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VOL- XXX. _, , HARAGQULdVARK., MONDAY JUNE6 1921 "~ ' nTm
I LAST OF TAPY
LECTURES HAD
HE MESSAGE
Address at First Baptist
Church On “The Spirit of
America” Touches Inter
est of His Hearers.
(From Saturday’s Daily Press)
Completing a series of twelve
splendid lectures which began with
ma 0- talk at the First. Baptist church
f last Sunday night, Dr. Geo. 11. Tapy
H of the 1'niversity of Crawfordsville,
K lnd., spoke for three-quarters of tin
j hour last night on the “Spirit of
America." All of these lectures
1“ have been of an unusual character
from the standpoint of penetration.
Dr. Tapy has the rare gift, of being
H able to appeal to the higher intel
lect of the most scholarly, and at
H the same time choosing words and
I thoughts that can be appreciated by
high school pupils. 11 i« address last,
night was a gem in all respects,
and the people of Puragould are
congratulating themselves upon the
good fortune of having had the priv
ilege of listening to his discourses.
Ill his address last night. Dr.
Tapy said Yu part:
“Most of our economic and in
dustrial troubles come from our no
."“"Mh m*r.
Fifty ’wits ago virtues were indi
vidunl, now they liavo become so
cial. WI1011 grandfather lived he
■was sufficient unto himself alone.
He built his own house, split his
own fuel, produced his own food,
raised his own sheep for clothing,
and made his own tools. The com
munity was the neighborhood. Now
we depend upon factories for houses,
upon tlie gas company for fuel, up
on railroads, and factories for our
needs. Somewhat suddenly the
whole world has become a neigh
borhood. Then the family was the
organization. Now the whole world
is tied together in its work. Then
the Atlantic was a harrier between
the Old and the New Worlds. Now
the Atlantic has become literally a
highway between Europe and Am
erica. League of Nations or
whatever happens in Europe we will
be iii it. I’eople easily adjust thein
selvj* to each other in their work;!
but their manner of living, sympa
thies. and feelings are older and
more stable.
“This adjustment in work hut
fnllute of adjustment in sympathy
lias brought tremendous problems.
It lias narrowed the individual by
the introduction of tlie factory sys
tem, in which a man’s work is not
educative as it used to he when ev
ery man did a complete pftco of
work. It lias given us case, com
fort, and prosperity, and therein- ins«
of hard 111 ood, initiative and (diame
ter. It has made population urban
instead of rural and thereby brought
the increasing crime of cities. Iti
has broken up the family which was
once an almost perfect social unit in
• which each member could be a pro
ducer, and lias made it necessary
that mother, sistors, and brothers,
if they continue to bo producers
must get jobs in other institutions.
I It has encouraged the growth of
[\ large institutions outside of the
family such as church, school, and
Industry—and made possible the sur
render of individual initiative to
the institution. The now way is
with us to slay. We will never
go hack to the old. What is the
solution?
“Klrst, we must learn to be obe
dient to the will o t'tlie group. When
once school, church, state, or busi
ness after free democratic discus
sions have decided by vote what
shall be done, minority and majori
ty must act together. Somehow
freedom of discussion in a democracy
must be permitted. If freedom of
expression is denied the man who
is wrong, it will not be long until
tiho man who is right will be de
nied freedom of expression. We
may think and talk individually, but
we must act together. A democracy
has a double problem in government ;
it. nmsi make the law and at the
same Mine reaper i and obey the
law.
"Second, we must serve the
group instead of serving ourselves.
No one today can prosper by him
self atone . Th> man who serves
tlio 'htire group best profits most
hini alf. As a cancer which is not
in harmony with the body upon
which it feeds kills the body and
thereby commits suicide, so u man
Who fails to give n day's labor for
*i day's wage robs the public and
HUNT FOR LEADERS
IN RACE WAR IS ON
Tulsa, Okln., June 4.—Search for
leaders of the race riot of Tuesday
night and Wednesday, the lifting «f
martial law and progress on plans
for rebuilding the negro zone were
developing in Tulsa yesterday.
Adjutant General Barrett, in
charge of the state troops here, an
nounced he has the names of per
sons suspected' of being leaders in
the trouble, and that these persons
when approached will he turned over
to the civil authorities. General
Barrett told the Chamber of Com
merce it was unnecessary to keep
the state troops here after today,
and yesterday afternoon he issued
the governor’s order restoring civil
la tv.
The ••Committee of Seven" at a
conference discussed the request of
| Governor Robertson for a .searching
inquiry and decided the best plan
would be to handle the investiga
tion through the Grand Jury. A
special committee from the Bar As
sociation will he appointed to co
operate with tho county’s staff.
The Committee of Seven also con
sidered the rebuilding plans, and
steps are being taken to provide a
well-built nogro section. The com
mittee expects no difficulty in ob
taining the $500,000 necessary to
rebuild homes owned by negroes.
An order was issued from mili
tary headquarters early yesterday
for tlie; arrest of anyone offering for
I'Of’iiriTin fr ilnrwlc: r\r> .
property in the burned district.!
General Harrell under the martial
law proclamation in an order warned
that Irresponsible' persons wc.ro seek
ing to obtain property at much less
than its value.
Humors that • radical leaders
among the negroes caused the riot
began to take tangible form yester
day with the statements of O. VV.
Gurley, one of Tulsa's wealthiest
negroes, .1. \Y. Adkinson, police com
missioner. and Harney Cleaver,
wealthy negro peace officer. The
statements, of the three tended to
indicate that for some time the ne
groes had hen preparing for race
trouble, and that the first shot at
file county building Tuesday night,
when white men who sought to
take from the Jail Dick Howland,
19-year-old bootblack, charged with
attacking a white woman, clashed
with armed negroes bent on protect
ing Howlndd. was fired by a nar
cotic-crazed negro.
Hundreds of negroes wearing
badges inscribed •police protection"
were on the streets yesterday and
downtown Tulsa took on a normal
appearance. Negroes were at work
in hotels, stores and other business
Places. Employers fed them and
provided shelter Thursday night in
garages, shops and basements of
residences.
More than 1,000 negroes who had
not been released from guard slept
Thursday night at the fair grounds.
The Red Cross distributed food and
clothing at a dozen churches, and
wag sifting names of the refugees
and bringing families together. Con
tributions front a number of out
side cities were received yesterday.
The list of known dead yesterday
remained at 30, no additional bodies
having been found. The list may
he increased slightly by deaths of
tome of the several hundred wound
ed.
New Train Service,
The new train from Itlytlieville
io Kennett and return via Caruth
msville and llavti, made its first
run* last Sunday. It arrives at. Ken
aett at 12:V> and leaves for llavti
at 2:15, making close connection
with both the north and south
bound Memphis trains, which gives
us excellent, mail and passenger ser
vice with Memphis.—Dunklin Dom
ic rat.
thereby robs himself. The doctor
who thinks about the patient and
not the fee makes money. The law
yer who thinks about serving his
client aird not his fee makes money.
Tito manufacturer who makes what
people need succeeds. The states
man who serves ills people immortal
izes himself. lie who would find
his own life must lose it.
' The mission of Hie church is mi
longer to save the individual Inu to
save society. Our country must be
come a good place for till of us to
live in or it will soon coa.se to lie a
good place for any of us to live in.
When wo begin to serve each other
instead of ourselves we will soon
learn to like each other better. Do
a man an inj try and you will
learn to hate hitn. Do him a kind
ness and you will learn to love
him. This is the gospel of the
Man of Oalllee; — that love comes
through service,” I
OIL EDITOR IS
PLEASED WITH
LOCAL PHASES
Frank Henderson Of Arkan
sas Oil News, Says Pres
ton People Show Signs
Of Real Achievement.
(From Friday’s Daily Fross)
The well being drilled by the
Preston Oil (las Company on the
Dick Lovclady farm, twelve miles
northwest of Paragould. is now
down more than two hundred feel,
and operations are being continued
night and day. Parties back from
the field this morning stated that
the bit had penetrated approximate
ly twenty feet of rock, and that
more lignite had been encountered,
hut in spite of the rock formation,
splendid progress is being recorded.
Over two hundred feet of the i r> 1-2
inch casing has been set.
Frank Henderson, editor and pub
lisher of the Arkansas Oil News, a
journal published at Little Rock,
spent yesterday in the county, and
for several hours watched drilling
operations on the Lovclady farm.
He says that he lias been all over
the state, and has personal knowl
edge regarding the character of
equipment and methods employed hJ
drilling most of the wild cal wells.!
and that the Preston crew is by far
Hie host equipped of any with whom;
he has come into contact. lie also!
says that the "deal” they are giv-i
ing the people here is the most lib-;
fra t he has heard of. In a fowl
cases, he says, drilling lias boon1
started without either a bonus or |
I he sale of stock, hut in such eases
the promoters have included hut a|
unall ner cent ago of the leased acre-i
ige in the corporation, reserving t bo I
remainder for speculative purposes I
u condition which is frequently ex-1
ceedinglv profitable. The Preston |
people have placed the entirety of I
fifteen thousand acres in the cor-j
port) t ion. and are not in position!
lo speculate in leases. Mr. Mender-'
son says that' tills section is des-l
lined to get a ”b!g play” in oil I
matters, and that oil men over tliej
date are confidently looking for
results In Greene county.
RACE QUESTION TO
BE INVESTIGATED
(United Press Associations)
Washington. June —Congres
sional action to solve the race prob
lem has been speeded up as a re
I stilt of the Tulsa riots. Leaders
jin congress stated Unlay that two
j bills are ready Tor early action.
Representative Dyer of Missouri is
author of a Dill which provides that
lynchers shall he prosecuted for min
der. amt would also fine counties
in which lvnchings occur ten thou
sand dollars. Senator Spencer or
Missouri lias a bill appointing a
J commission to study lynching, which
j would seek, also, to* bring whites
and blacks into closerjlinrinony. Sen
! at Or Spencer's bill |lias President
J Harding's indorsement.
LOOTING GOES ON
IN NEGRO DISTRICT
(United Press Associations)
Tulsa. June 3.—Looting is in
progress in the burned negro quar
ters. Seven pianos have been carried
away from tlie district, and as a re
suit of tliis condition, martial law
lias been tightened. It is now
estimated that the number of dead
will not exceed thirty, while ap
proximately fliiiee hundred were in
jured. A secret, negro cult designat
ed as "Blood Brothers” is believed
to have fanned race eelings. The
sr.oo.iioo.no building nnd is grow
ing fast.
A Pussyfoot T ictim.
London.— In reply to a London
tradesman’s advertisement for a ser
vant. t ho following Jivas received.
"I’m a female of the human species.
Wages required $200, plus food and
i.ltree bottles of stout (.or day. 1
wish to leave my present place be
cause they are pussyfoot."
in using the barometer, we should
notice whether it he greatly above
or below the mean height nnd the
rapidity of its rise or fall.
Thibet., Nerpual, Abyssinia, parts
of Arabia and Afghanistan are still
closed to the British and Foreign
Biihle Society.
Sea water contains certain in
gredients, such as compounds of
iodine, which makes it useful as an
internal medicine in certain illnesses
TO SCHOOL DIRECTORS, TEACHERS
AND CITIZENS OF GREENE COUNTY |
Wednesday and Thursday, June 8th
and 9th, have been set apart as special I j
days for school directors and citizens in- ;i
terested in education, and a special pro
gram has been prepared looking to that i
end. On Thursday Mr. E. L. Matthews,
Supervisor of Vocational Agriculture;
Supt. J. L. Bond, Department of Educa- j
tiorr: Dr. C. W. Garrison, State HealtLOf- j
ficer, and other specialists will be pres- |
ent.. A number of addresses will be |ij
given which will be of vital importance i;|
to every citizen in Greene county.
Also, an effort will be made to or
; ganize a number of School Improvement
| Associations, or to devise means for the
| organization of the same in every com
| munity in the county. Many talks of i
interest will be given on that day,
Come, in order that you may get in
touch with teachers and other persons
interested in the educational uplift of
the county. Be a part of that group of
men and women who are working for the jj
! betterment of the school condition of the ;
county. Yours truly,
H. R. PARTLOW,
County Supt.
COTTON INDUSTRY I
DEMANDS RELIEF
New York, June 1, American
I cot ton growers, manufacturers and
iaffiliated interests at their national
conference yesterday called upon t.he
federal government to aid in the re
habilitation of the cotton industry.
[The government was urged in res-'
olnt.ions:
To authorize and grant a more
liberal extension of credits on farm j
loans.
To lower the Federal Reserve
hank rediscount rate without delay 1
to a figure not in excess of fire per
cent on the rediscounts of farm!
products and all commercial paper.|
To instruct the War Finance Cor-I
pnration and the Department of j
Commerce to render all possible aid '
in opening up exports for cotton !
and other American raw products so
as to stimulate the movement and
consumption of such commodities
as rapidly as possible.
Restriction of credits and high I .
rate of rediscount charged on farm!
loans, the resolutions said, have ten
derod it impossible for farmers toj
plant and cultivate a normal cotton ,
crop in 1921, and indications are |
that the cotton acreage will be the |
smallest, planted in the last 25 years. ,
"The cotton-growing industry and )
the entire agriculture of the nation," ]
the resolution said, "are suffering (
ti'oin unspeakable losses in price!
values and stagnated markets in j.
America ;v11< 1_ restricted oxporis. I)e- ,
Vialiob in farm values, which was (
M) unexpectedly precipitated upon ;
lhe country in August, 1920, found t
the cotton growers with their crops t
ready for harvest and without pow-jt
er (o protect themselves from lu*||i
ilehaele of constantly lowering;
prices. i j
“The crop was produced at the I
peak of high cost and the growers v
found themselves facing bankruptcy )i
values. From an expectancy of $2,- a
r.00,000,000 ror the cotton crop in c
inly, 1920, when cultivation ceased, I1
1 he growers of that crop sustained 1
a loss of $ 1 ,.r>00,000,000, no part of *
which was profit, lint represented 1
i! not loss deducted from the*actual s
cost, of production." 1
It is proposed to have governors|
of cotton-growing states appoint a i11
committee to work out a plan of co- 1
operation in stabilizing prices. 1
■President Harding's message to 1
Hie Convention, pledging the co-op- 1
LU-otion of tlio administration in ini- 1
proving conditions in the cotton in- s
lustry, was declared to be one of
statesmanship and true Amerieaiv K
ism, and tile delegates to the world 11
niton conference in England were s
urged to present it, at thift gather- 1
jug. 1
The American delegates to the l'
world cottoii conference, to he hold *
in Liverpool and Manchester from *
'line 12 to 22. were instructed to 1
rge tlie adoption of the United 11
Dates standard of cotton grades in
the international marketing of Am- J
>rinin cotton between expovers and 1
foreign purchasers.
About 200 representatives of the!
industry will sail today to attond a
’lie world conference.1
if.
LABOR IS NOT i
TO BLAME FOR j!
COSTLY WASTE!!
_ ; u
Engineering Report Says '
Bad Management Charge- r
able For Fully Fifty Per >>
Cent Of Loss. °
_ t
(Dnlted I’reea Associations* I*
St. liouis, .June 3.—Startling fig-U
tires on industrial waste through-]1
mit the nation are made public I
in it report given out today by
ilie American Engineering Council's h
committee on Elimination of Waste li
in Industry. The report says that it
the blame for fifty per cent of the ii
waste can he laid to hud manage
ment, and less than 23 per rent e
charged to labor. The repur( urges e
co-operation between the govern- i
mom. the public, industry and labor, 1;
in an effort to eliminate the waste.
The commission found (hat there
are one million unemployed in the
country and that billions are tied]
up in idle equipment; also that v
waste through duplication in bids in e
building amounts* to many millions a
annually. The loss through pro- t,
rentable diseases is placed at three p
billion dollars annually.
DESPERATE NEGRO
SLAIN BY OFFICER
I.iitlo Rock, .fniip 'l. .less Drown,
a Bed ib'L negro, living at 4ft:’. Sher
man si reel, was shot and mortally
wounded while lie was under Hie
home or Mrs, l>\ A- Oswald, limn
i'umherlaml street, by Don J. che
tmult. deputy sheriff, shortly after
I o'clock yesterday afternoon. The
tegro is the fir t to he located of
lie sp\('ii who escaped from the
Pulaski county Jail annex moj-c than
i month ago. Dr \\\ A l.amb,
ounty coroner, yesterday afternoon
•ettimed a verdict that the killing
vas justified.
The sheriffs office received a re
tort that Drown had been seen in
he servants' quarters in the reur
if 90ft Rock street and Deputy Slier
ITs Chenault. W. p. Hobbs and Leo
ligh hurried to the scene. Drown
aw the officers coming and ran
mt into the alley, hut was stopped
iy the. officers. Suspecting that,
uoro of the fugitives were hiding
ti the building, Hobbs and, Chennitlt
nlered leaving High in the alley
vith the negro.
Chenault said that no sooner had
bey entered the building, than
ligli called for help. Drown had
mocked High down. The officer
might hold of the negro’s clothing,
mt the prisoner (ore loose. High’s
mees were skinned and his trousers
orn during the scuffle.
Chenault and Hobbs hurried to ‘tie
Hey and started after Drown, who
tuts running son lit up the allov lie
tossed Tenth street into the next
ilev nrm jusi notore lie uftrtcu ho
weeu two barns, Chenault lired
hroe shots into l tie nir, endeavoring
ii frighten the negro into stopping,
ut Brown emit limed runnnig.
The if fleers saw Brown dodge
rito tiie backyard of the Oswald
omc and were searching the barn
lien Mrs. Oswald ran from tier
omo screaming. She was seated in
window, sewing, when the negro
rnwled under Hie house, directly
eneafli tin* window. She informed
lie officers. Hobbs was tin* first
■> reach the house and getting on
Is hands and knees, with his ro
olver in one hand, started to
rawl under the house.
The darkness under the house
lade tt impossible for the officers
i see any distance ahead. Tho
egro who was hiding behind a
illar, suddenly pounced upon Hobbs,
lobljs called for Chenault, who lost
o time in getting to tiis partner's
ide.
Chenault said he ordered the no
ro to surrender, hut the desperado
aid no heed. Chenault said Brown
>ized Hobbs' revolver and for this
'fison, Hobbs could do nothing,
ohlis clung to his weapon, tint aft*
i- a short struggle called out that
rown soon would have the revolver,
benault said he again warned
rown, then raised his gun, and,
Hinting down, fired. He said Just
eforo he puled the trigger Brown
trued and looked into his face,
hen sneering. Brown made an
ilier lunge at Hobbs’ weapon.
Tho negro fell flat on the ground
nd Hobbs' revolver fell from It is
and. Brown made no statement be
ne he died 2ti minutes later at
i<; City hospital, where he had been
then in a Healey & Roth ambu-1
inee. Chonault said he gave the
egro more than one chance and
iat he fired only after Hobbs call*
1 out that the negro had his re
olver. I
The negro was sentenced to serve!
terra for burglary, it is said, but [
le records could not he found yes
•rday afternoon. He was one of
10 sovon who escaped from the jail
nnex by sawing a hole in tho floor
ud dropping to tho ground.
Brown had no previous police
mord, it is said. He Is survived
v his wife. Nellie Brown, who lives
n Sherman street. She identified
to body of her husband at the
eeley & Both parlors late yesterday
rternoon after he had boen identi
ed as Oeorgo Brown alias Blue.
The, bullet that kilted Brown en*
•red the lef'i side of ills hack and
idged in his left hip. It is bo*
ovod tho bullet passed near the
cart, severing an artery and cans'
lg him to bleed to death
Hobbs’ right hand, in which ho
Bitched his revolver, showed tho
ffoct of Hie terrific struggle with
n> negro. The hand was torn and
icerated in several places.
Find Lost River Bed.
Caribou, Cal.—A lost river bed
as encountered in drilling a pow
r tunnel here recently. It was at
depth of 400 feet and the log of n
ee was found in a perfect state of
reservation, the wood pruning free
CLOUDBURTS
IN COLORADO
DESTRUCTIVE
Pueblo Under Water, With
Property Damage to Ex
tent of Four Million Dol*
lars—Fires Add td Terror
(United Press ASsnct*Mo«»i
Denver, Colo., June t. Cloud
bursts. followed by floods, cruised nil
Immense amount of damage in sev
eral Colorado cities yesterday. Pdeb
lo is under water from an overflow
of ilie Arkansas river, and dfitnagSi
in Ibis city alone are estlmaled at
four million dollars. Hundreds of
(itizens are homeless FIN* has
added to the city's flood perils. FI.
Collins and Greeley are without light
and power. Several lives were lost
In Northern Colorado. The popula
tion of Loveland Is in peril, where
an irrigation ditch overflowed,
flooding the town.
Fear Is felt for the safety Of hun
dreds of tourists who are known to
have been ramping in I ho canyons
and valleys. Mrs. Carl Davis and
bailies were swept to death by tor
rents near Sterling. The two chil
dren were torn from their father's
arms while lie tried to rescue thftfh
from the flood. Pueblo Is under six
feet of watei and guardsmen aro
patrolling in boats. Communication
is cut off from the ntrlckeh areafl.
Many farms are under water, and
fifteen miles of the Lincoln highway
FISCAL YEAR TO
END ON MONDAY
(From Saturday’s Daily PreaS)
The Chamber of Commerce ends
'ts fiscal year on Monday, June Stl,
and ;i meeting of the directors his
been called for two o’clock In the
afternoon in Mm Commerce rooms,
at which time it will bo determined
whether or not the organization Is
to be continued. The terms of the
present officers and directors expire
at that time. All cltlzons who art
interested in- the organization are
Invited lo attend this meeting,
which will he open o the public,
F A MOUS HUMORIST
TAKES THE COUNT
(United Pres* Associations)
Cineiuattil, June 4.—James 8.
Hastings, fifty-three years of afU,
nationally known as “Luke MrLuW
died today, following an operation.
For twenty years he was a member
of tho staff of thn Cincinattl lt‘
qnlror, and for uine years Conduct'
ed the famous funny column Oh
that Journal, which was extensively
syndicated, lie leaver, n widow afta
four children.
KNOCKS OUT TEETH
OF SECOND WIFE: ERECTS
MONUMENT TO FuUt
<Int«rn»-iional Nows Service)
Chicago.-—Second wives bate cer
tain rights, according to Judge 040.
h\ Hush in circuit court.
These rights Include the liberty to
*pend their dowries as they please.
The Judge indicated he would gragt
Mrs. Eva Pollack, a second, wit* i
divorce because her husband took
her dowry away.
Mrs. Pollack testified Michael
Pollack, the husband, had spent bet
$1,000 dowry to erect a monument
over the grave of his first wife, Tba
fact that he wanted to be burled
under the same monument with 10
*puoe reserved for No. 2 only added
to the latter's case, according to the
sourt.
Pollack incidentally knocked oil
Mrs. Eva’s front teeth when «he OlP
lected to tbo monument.
Tyler Goes to Oklahoma
C. R. Tyler, formerly palter of
jtic of the Baptist churches at Para
gonld, Ark., writes the News to
change the address of bis copy to
Lone Wolf, Okia., stating that be
had accepted a call to the chutth
at that place. Rev.' Tyler Was at
>no time Missionary for Black River
Baptist) Association and resided at
Campbell.—Dunklin County News.
Origin of Court PlMter.
Court plaster derives Its name
because it was originally Applied
by ladies of the court as patches el
the face.