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0 ♦ We Guarantee Votan Coffee ♦ ♦ If Not Satisfactory, return ♦ ♦ Empty Can and We will Re ♦ fund Your Money. 4 ♦ ASHDOWN GROCERY CO. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Little River News. SEMI-WEEKLY ♦ 44444444444# ♦ ASHDOWN GROCERY CO. 4 ♦ The Cheapest and Rest 4 4 Place in Town to Buy Your 4 ♦ Groceries. •:» 4 ♦ ASHDOWN GROCERY CO. 4 4444444444444 VOLUME XXI. ASHDOWN, LITTLE RIVER COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Wednesday, august 6, 1919. m NUMBER 65. «UHY AGENCIES ATTEMPT TO LOWER FOOD PRICES IN THE UNITED STATES ; Federal Authorities Will Pay Strict Attention to Profiteering; Will Be Offered on August 18th. S Discussed in Congress. Immediate Sale of Surplus Army Foodstuffs Ordered Washington, August 2.—In the face o£ growing unif.st over the high cost' oi living, as indicated by the spread ing strike of railroad workers, many government agencies moved today in efforts to effect a return to normal price levels. Immediate sale of all surplus food stuffs purchased for the army, in stead of nr!v canned goods, was or dered by the War Department. Mil lions of pounds of meat, beans, pump kin, squash and other commodities will be offered to the public Monday, August 18, through the parcel pc3t system at prices materially lower than these now prevailing in the market. Purchasers will have to pay postage charges from place of storage. Director General Hines, Commis sioner Colver and Assistant Secretary Leffingwell, appointed by the confer ence, assembled by Attorney General (Palmer to recommend steps to reduce ( living costs, were engaged today in an < exchange of memoranda. Nothing Final Decided. The impression went out that the committee had agreed that steps couid be taken by Congress, which would aleviate the situation at once but it was said at Mr. Hines' office that nothing final had been decided upon. The committee was instructed particularly to deal with profiteer ing and to suggest how law enforce ment agencies should proceed to bring to justice men guilty of extor ion through unreasonable prices. If any recommendation is made to Congress, it is believed most likely that it will deal with the sale of the wheat crop at market prices and the absorption by the government between the prices and the $2.26 guaranteed the farmer. Many officials have indi cated that this is the most practicable step. Congress continued to discuss the living question and at the White House President Wilson was said to be re ceiving full reports of all phases of it, including a resolution asking the Banking Committee whether reduction of the currency inflation would help the situation. In the House an at tempt to recess for two weeks was blocked by Representative Igoe, Demo crat of Missouri, because his resolu tion to have the Federal Trade Com mission investigate the price of shoes was not acted upon. Railroad Men “Highwaymen.” Demands of railway employes for more wages drew from Represen tative Blanton, Democrat of Texas, who said the railroad men were act ing like “highwaymen’ in attempting io btain “another unfair billion dol lar” raise. Introduction in the House CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE FORTY MEMBERS LEFT 11 FOR MAGNOLIA MONDAY! Little Hirer County Boys and Girls are 1 At Magnolia Attending Short Course This Week. When number 3, Kansas City South ern pulled into the station at 6:15 1 Monday evening, a large crowd was impatiently awaiting to board her, all bound lor Magnolia, to attend the summer short course in agriculture. The crowd was about forty boys and girls from the various clubs, of Little River county, They were a, merry ^ bunch of fellows, and will no doubt; have a good time and receive much helpful information during their weeks , stay in that beautiful little city in Columbia county. i Also on the train was about 75 or i 100 boys and girls from Sevier and i Polk counties, who were .going to Magnolia for the same purpose. At ] Texarkana they were joined by a' similar delegation of Miller county. club members and all proceeded to McNiel in a special coach over the Cotton Belt Route and frow McNiel they went to Magnolia in automobiles i to the agricultural school. j They will return to Ashdown next i week, and no doubt they will have i many interesting things to tell that I they saw and did on the trip. Farmerss Short Course. County Agent G. M. Johnston states that a number of farmers from this county will attend the Farmers' Short Course at Fayetteville, leaving here on the 17th. The county agents will also attend the week’s work. All who think of going should communicate i with Mr. Johnston. METHODIST CONFERENCE Annual Course for Young People Be gins at Arkadelphia. Arkadelphia, Aug. 5.—Today marks the opening of the Second Annual Methodist Young People’s Conference at Henderson-Brown College. The mornings will be given over to class ( room work. Dr. Ed F. Cook of Kan sas City will give a series of lectures at 10 o’clock each morning. Miss Ruby Van Hooser, returned missionary, will conduct special classes in missionary work. The afternoon will be devoted to recreation. -o OCT OF ICE AGAIN Local Ice Plant Breaks Down as Usual and the Public Suffers. The usual break down at the Com monwealth Public Service plant has i occurred, and the public is out of ice. Last week an engine gave way and power has been furnished for the city it is said, with a crippled engine. Ice has been scarce for several days and Tuesday there was no ice to be had and with poor prospects of being relieved for several days, or at least until the local ice dealer can get a shipment in from Texarkana. The ice that the company have been making resembles snow very much, but still it is cooling to a certain extent. With Perfect Safety AN INVESTMENT “AT PAR.” Certificates of Deposit bearing the signature of this bank never shrink in value or give the in~ vestor the slightest concern as to their worth. You get back dollar for dollar what you put into them and your money is always available ou demand. They earn ■> liberal rate of interest. Safe, sound and convenient they offer every thing the prudent investor can desire. ARKANSAS STATE BANK ASHDOWN, ARKANSAS CONFERENCE PROSPECTS I ARE LOOKING GOOD; Ivor One Hnndred Boys from Over - Llitle River County Are Ex peoted to Attend. Committees who have charge of; ■very detail of the conference arrange- ' nents have been appointed and all ire working to make it a big success About 100 boys, representing all sections of Little River county, are ?xpected and the committee is asking for entertainment for them in the homes of Ashdown. These boys in many cases will be our relatives or friends, and in every case will be rcpresentive boys whom I it will be a pleasure to have in our, homes for the time of the conference. | If you have boys 12 years old or ^ above do not fail to ask the committee to send you two boys or as many as you can accommodate. If you havn’t boys of your own you will enjoy having two of the confer- j ence delegates as your guests, so phone the committee that you will entertain some. The banquet on Saturday night is always a helpful and an enjoyable af fair, and the program is one of im portance. The banquet is to be held in the Goldsmith building and only registered delegates are to be present. This includes our own local dele gates, members of the county commit tee, local conference committee, pas tors and other adult leaders. The committee is anxious to get ir» all registrations as early as possible so they may know how many plates* will be necessary to serve the banquet. The conference program as publish ed in the Little fRiver News is com plete and should prove very helpful. The citizens of Ashdown and of the‘county are invited to attend every session of the conference possible. It will be an inspiration to you and an encouragement to the delegates. Sun day promises to be a great day in the lives of all delegates. All men and older boys are invited to attend the meeting at 3 o’clock in the Methodist chnrch. The ladies are to have a meeting at the same hour in the Pres byterian church to which all mothers and sisters are invited. The farewell service at night is for everybody, but all delegates and es pecially parents of boys are urged to be there. Any boy in any rural community in Little River county who is interested in attending can get all Information, registration blanks and etc., by writ ing to W. G. Escott or any member of the committee. -o NEGROES DENT CHARGES Texarkana Residents Say They Are Net Arming Themselves. Texarkana, Aug. 4.—invent? leading negroes of the community held a meet meeting Saturday afternoon and adop ted resolutions declaring that the re port which has gained general circu lation that negroes here are arming themselves and organizing for the pur pose of precipating a race riot “has absolutely no foundation in fact, and that the colored people are going quietly about their business rather seeking to avoid trouble than to start It, and that we believe these rumors have sprung from some irresponsible party or parties who have for their aim and purpose the destruction of peace and harmony betwween the two races.” The resolution further says, “We hereby assure the citizens that we shall put forth our best efforts to con tinue the good relations that exists between the two races in this city.” Despite these resolutions, some of the local officers are a bit skeptical. They say that about two weeks ago, when a visiting negress from Indiano polis was arrested for gross insolence and insulting conduct toward white women on the street car, that her champions in court at her trial were the same "leading colored citizens’ who signed the resolutions at Satur day’s meetings. They also signed he* bond for appeal to the higher court after she had been fined. -—o NEGROES CANNOT ENLIST Are Barred Temporarily From Army by the War Department. Washington, Aug. 2 — enlistment of negroes for the infantry will be dis continued temporarily under an order issued by the War Department. This action was taken only because the authorized enlistment of negroes al ready had been exceeded. HAKE REPORJS ON ALL OIL AND GAS LEASES' tally Companies are Selling Stock in Arkansas; Many of Them for Arkansas Development. Little Rock, Aug. 5. — (Special) — \side from the high cost of living, ;here is no question which just now concerns so many people in Arkan- * sas at the development of the oil fields of Arkansas and Texas. Up to last night the State Bank Cow- j missioner had authorized 71 companies j to sell stock in Arkansas, of which 34 are Arkansas companies, and 12 of them lor Arkansas development. The Bank Commissioner is today: sending to all companies authorized; in the state, which he will require j them to fill out in duplicate and file , in his office every ten days. The blank shows the authorized' capital, the number and par value of shares, the number of shares sold be fore and after authorization, the total of common and preferred shares. The company must report the pro perty holdings under following heads: Real estate and leases. Each tract to be described separately, with ex planation as to worth to the company, at what price it was purchased, and its present value. Oil Production—Number of produc ing wells, daily barrel production of each, and tract on which same are lo cated. Gas production—Same as for oil. All other physical property-itemize and value of each. (The property that has been acquired, with cost, since authority was granted. True and correct balance of books, including cash receipts, its source, dis bursements and for what purposes it was spent. -n TALK TO BANKERS R. E. Waite of State Bank Association Talks on Banking. R. E. Waite, secretary of the State Bankers' Association, spoke to the bank officials and employes in the city Monday night. The speaking was held In the directors’ room of the First National bank. It is generally suppos ed that when bankers talk to bankers the subject would be money, but not so on this occasion. Mr. Waite talks of things more important in banking that strong vaults and heaps of money, the human elements. His remarks were divided separately to the stock holders, the directors, the executives, the assistant cashiers and teller and the clerks. Also the janitor and his part in the success of the institution came in for a share. The great fifth element, the public, and the various points of contact between the bank and that public was amplified. Mr. Waite spreads the gospel of good cheer, inspires his colaboraters with a new Insight into their work and the part that it plays in the life of the country. He stressed the importance of the cheery word, the appreciation of each other and the public, tMj stoile that counts so much in the day's work. Human elements is a subject that should not only be interesting to bank people, but to busy people everywhere. FIRE MONDAY NIGHT Jim Medley Home Almost Destroyed by Fire, Cause Unknown. The home of Jim Medley near the tinguished in a few minutes after a on fire Monday night at about 10:30. The building was the property of Dr. R. L. Meeks and was insured. Two rooms were gutted by the flames and the paper from the walls of the other two were burned. The fire was ex tinguished in a fe wminutes after a stream had been turned on the flames. The Medley family lost considerable articles of clothing and bedding, but saved a large part of the furniture. They carried no insurance. -o Dance at Red Bluff. Red Bluff, Aug. 2.—(Special.)—The young people of this place enjoyed a dance last night in the dance hall. A large crowd was present and all had a good time. The out of town guests were Misses Lavada Cobb, Hazel Wood. Ethel and Lola Donham, and Doc Donham. -o Decorating Court House. Judge P. M. McCord has workmen at ■he courv house making some needed improvements. The interior, is being decorated with a new coat of paint. The offices are being screened and the entire building being made more tidy and comfortable. rwo ARE KILLED, FIVE INJURED IN WRECK Engineer and Fireman Killed in a Wreck on K. C. S.; Many Others Were Injured. Fort Smith, Aug. 2.—Engineer A. F\ Easterday of Mena, and Fireman Fred Holt of Heavener, Okla., were scalded to death and five persons ser iously injured when Kansas City Southern passenger train No. 3, Kan sas City to Port Arthur, went into a ditch about noon today at Bunch, Okla. about 30 miles from Fort Smith. The injured: J. L. Stockton, mail clerk, Kansas City, right arm cut and body seriously bruised. R. L. Shannon, mail clerk, Kansas City; caught under mail rack, back, badly hurt. M. E. Lincott, baggage and express man, caught between sate and side of ,car; seriously cut and bruised. Mrs. W. H. Hawkins, Sayre, Okla., seriously injured about head and shoulders by jumping through a win dow. R. W. Green, (negro minister), Tex arkana, Ark., back wrenched. Other passengers were severely in jured and shaken up. A relief train from Stillwell, nine miles from the scene of the wreck, carried doctors and nurses to the aid of the injured, who were later placed on board a special coach and taken to the company hospital at Kansas City. The engine and all cars turned over ! with the exception of the two Pulmans. •.The engine and mail car were demol ished. Engineer Easterday and Fire i man Holt being terribly scalded. The engineer died four hours later, while Firewan Holt lived about half an hour being pinned under the engine. The engineer is reported to have said the wreck was caused by spreading rails. -o REVIVAL MEETING Meeting Closed at Elmore Sunday Night—Begins at Hicks. Rev. C. S. Wales concluded a series I of meetings at Elmore Sunday night. II here were four accessions to the [ church, three by baptism Sundaay I night. He began a meeting at Hicks i this week, and reports good interst.. AGED NEGRO DIES Columbus Jones, One County’s Oldest Negro Citizen, Dies. Columbus Jones, 85 years old, and one of Little River county’s oldest and best negroes, died Thursday at his home near Millwood. STRIKE SPREADS OVER ALL PARTS OF COUNTRY; TO CRIPPLE RY. SERVICE Officials Predict Railroad Schedules Will Be Seriously 1 ripped; The Steel Wills and Factores May Strike With Others. Other Unions May Strike With the Railroad Men Chicago, Aug. 3.—A complete tie-up of the railroads of the country was very probable in tile opinion of M. L. Hawver, president of the Chicago dis trict council of the Federated Railway Shopmen's Union, which galled a strike of shop crafts Friday.1' He re turned from Washington today and declared the strike is spreading rap idly and has overwhelmed the inter national officers. Advices today from Cleveland were that the Executive Board of the American Federation of Railway Work ers, with a membership of 26,000, icLiefly unskilled labor in Clevland and the East, had decided to strike to morrow, according to Mr. Hawver. The maintenance of way men's un ion also is preparing to strike it was said. With more than 250,000 shop men on strike and the number in creasing. both President Hawver and Secretary John D. Saunders declared railroad schedules and industry would be seriously crippled within a day or two. Already steel mills and other in dustries at Gary and other northern Indiana points and in Chicago have begun to feel the effects of the strike land when the strike is more complete factories and mills will virtually be forced to close down. Spreading Like Wildfire. “This movement is spreading like wildfire and we are not going to lay down until we get our demands,” said president Hawver. “It has not receiv ed the indorsement of our grand lodge presidents, although they now are get j ting ready for a strike August 24. “The seriousness of the situation seems to be better understood in the East than out here, although I did not realize the extent of the shop men’s strike until I had returned here , and seen the reports that had been I received.” -o Men Propose a Three Concern Control System Washington, Aug. 4.—Organized la bor came out today with the unequiv ocal, formal demand that private capi tal be retired from the railroads. CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE r. Sound Business Counsel Clients of this institution are always welcome to the ad vice and judgment of our experienced officers regarding any personal busi ness matters. f« The proper kind of a banking g Safety—Honesty—Courtesy —Service g 3t/id ?l&6ima£< Banf \