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LITTLE RIVER NEWS SEMI-WEEKLY ' Per Year. jS1«VI. In Advance. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays. GRAVES A GRAVES. Editors. Entered to postoffice at Ashdown. Arkansas, as second class mail matter *“ - | Sugar is down, can something. One hundred and fifty business men in Canon City, Colo., built a road the other day. No use to tell us how they felt after it was over. We know. Hark hack a few years and recall the bunch of roads that Ashdown business men built. No use trying to recall the memory. It forces itself upon us every time we drive over one of them, and with it the aching backs, sore muscles, and blistered hands, but there are the roads. Some of them have grown into gravel roads today. Now they have invented an airplane that flys under foot power like a bi cycle. Many may not think so, but every citizen who takes a lively interest in the affairs of a public nature of his own county, should read his county paper. You may think that your paper from Kansas City or St. Louis will fill your every requirement, but will it? There may be a tax muddle in Dallas, ^11 very interesting to Dallas people, but since you pay no taxes in Dallas, we don't see how that would interest you very greatly. We take it that all those hundreds of people who were attending court Thursday were per sonally interested in local affairs. Looking at it from their viewpoint, ■wouldn’t it have been more to the point had they been taking the same keen interest two years ago? It would save time, money and lawsuits. Keep up with the trend of events as they happen from week to week. You owe it to yourself and to your community. Little Rock la one of those towns which believes in keeping up with the times. They have a Sunday School league of their own. One of these days Ashdown will erect a grandstand at the hall grounds and give the fans a chance to enjoy the games in comfort and at the same time keep out of the way. We don't believe in being too op timistic, but some of the farmers tell ns that their crops are as good as they want them, which when translated m°ans that everything Is looking pretty good, thank you. Order of Eastern Star Meets at Masonic Hall, Second and Fonrth Monday night at 7 o’clock. Mai P. Mobley, Worthy Matron. Mary Lena Sntton, Secretary. Pacific Fleeet is to Be Greatlv improved Now Washington, June 18.—A redistribu tion of ships between the naval forces of the Pacific and Atlantic coasts will be announced next week by Secretary Denby. Meantime, details ar with held. but it is assumed from recent de velopments in the Navy Department that the Pacific fleet will he consid erably augmented by the establishment of a police, whereby oil burning vessels hereafter will he kept on the West coast, and burners in the Atlantic. Since practically all the Ittest ves sels of the navy are oil burners, it is assumed that the Pacific force will include practically all of the most modern capital ships of the navy. Vice Admiral H. P. Jones was as signed today to command the Atlantic fleet, with the rank of admiral. He will succeed Admiral H. B. Wilson, who will lower his flag on June 30 to assume command of the Naval Acade my at Annapolis. Rear Admiral E. W. Eberle, now commanding a battleship division in the Atlantic fleet, was named com mander in chief of the Pacific fleet, with the rank of admiral. Tie will suc ceed Admiral Hugh Rodman, who will he assigned to command the naval op erating base at Hampton Roads. Va. Rear Admiral John D. McDonald, now commanding the navy yard at New York, will become second in com mand of the Atlantic fleet and in com mand of the battleship force, with the rank of vice admiral. He succeeds Admiral Jones. Rear Admiral W. R. Shoemaker, nod commanding the Fourteenth naval district and the nav al station at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, be comes vice admiral of the Pacific, fleet. Admiral Jones is an Arkansas man, his home bing at Fort Smith. HARVEST WALES REDUCED Paying $3.00 Per Day as Compared Witli $10 East Tear. Little Rock. June 20.— (Special) — Last year those who followed the wheat harvest in Texas, Oklahoma. Kansas, Nebraska, and other states, were paid wages higher than had ever before been paid for similar service. Seventy cents an hour was the mini mum and it was a very indifferent laborer indeed who could not make as much as $10 a day. but now all this is changed. It is reported that w.ages in Texas range from $2.25 to $2.50 per day with board, while in Kansas as much as $3.00 per day with board and lodging is paid. This is about the rate paid by Nebraska and the DeKotas. The same tendency toward heavy re ductions in wages is reported by the employment services throughout the country. The harvest fields do not of fer light work and the sun is often ex ceedingly hot; therefore boys and men who are unused to hard work in thr open are handicaped in securing work in competition with able-bodied, ex perienced mn. Cutting will commence in Oklahoma this week and will move North gradually. LION HATS : Vhe Right Hat Jbr Real JtUn A good Line of Hats and Caps Newest Styles Kolb & Welch Price Makers * In the Baseball World *i 4> i' ** + + + + *,H,4,*,H,4, + 4,+ Aslulown Boats Hope. With a game full of thrttls. tne Ash-1 down bunch tied a defeat of 5 to 4 onto the Hope baseball team Friday after-J noon. Mobley and Cold) were hatter- 1 ies for Ashdown. Mobley pitched al most. and air tight game, the scoring, of Hope being made principally on er rors. Bill Robertson pitched for Hope and did fine work until along in the last half when he had to be pulled from the box. With two men on, Grover Cobh hit for two bases, and before the dust was cleared the score was tied and the winning run put over. Joe Wilson went into the nox for the visi tors. hut the visitors were still unable to connect with Mobley safely. The j game again hung in the balance in th" j ninth inning when Hope gov thrsr j men on bases. It was a tense moment. | but the man up popped up an easy i one to Mobley and the side was re I tired. Dunn and Draper umpired. -o Richmond Wins Another. Richmond won a game off the locals Monday afternoon by a score of 3 to 4. Grover Cobb pitched for the locals and Coggins caught. For the visitors the batteries were Smith and Smith. Joe Smith had a slow one and a fast one, which our boys failed to connect with safely. Cobb had a stow one on which the trade mark could ne plainly read as he gently tossed it over the plate. It was so slow that the Rich mond batters would grow tired wait ing for it and strike while it was still meandering casually along toward the plate. After quite a few scoreless innings had passed into history the Richmond boys grew more patient ami concluded that after all the world was not made in a day, were able to con nect with a few of them safely by waiting until the sphere had proceed ed so far on its journey that it had reached and crossed the southern boundary line of the plate and was attempting to sneak across it. No, it was not what you would call a hit and run game, but it was one of those old ball games just the same. -o Schedule for This Week. The game between the Methodists and Baptists has been called off for Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday, the locals will play a game with Hope at the latter place. Thursday, the Meth dists will play the Presbyterians. ---o May Get Ball Park. It is almost a settled fact now that Ashdown will have a ball park and grandstand in the near future. H H. Orton, who owns the lots east of the compress has promised the locals a lease on the ground for five years free of charge; W. B. Pruitt has promised to give them the lumber; A. J. Russell has promised to deliver the lumber on the ground; several carpenters have agreed to donate their work, and the only thing that is lacked now is for the fans and ball players to get the grounds grubbed off and to assist in building the fence and grandstand. Will they do it? There is not a doubt but what they will, and a meet ing will be called soon to organize and set a day for the work to be started. -o The Standing. W L Pet Methodists 5 3 .625 Presbyterians 5 3 .625 Baptists 3 5 .375 -o NEAR RIOT AT TEXARKANA — Negro Insults White Woman, Causing Much Excitement. Texarkana, June 20.—A near riot was precipitated at a local hotel last night by the action o£ a negro por ter, and serious trouble was averted only by the timely arrival of a squad of patrolmen, led by Chief Lummius, from the Arkansas police station. It is said the porter and two or three other negroes were standing on the sidewalk at the hotel when a young white man and woman passed. The porter began making remarks about the woman before the couple passed out of earshot. The young man hastily took the young woman home, and, enlisting the services of three other young men, returned in an automobile to the hotel for a set tlement with the negro. Seeing their approach, all the negroes at the hotel became alarmed, and, wltn the rry of ‘‘Ku Klux,” the entire force made a wild dash for the open, several of; them jumping through windows, and all rushed madly down alleys and fin-1 ally disappeared among a lot of freight* cars in the local Missouri Pacific yards. ; Later the police located most ofj them and induced them to return to i the hotel. The negro wno made thej insulting remarks has not been found, i and it is thought he has left the city. COTTON CROP 18 DAYS BEHIND Present Estimates is 7ftS,54ft Bales; Boll Weevils Plentiful. Little Rock, June 19.—According to the June report of the Arkansas Cot ton Trade Association issued yester day, the state crop is 13 days late tout, practically all of it is up and about OR per cent has been chopped out. Infor mation gathered from all parts of the state indicate an acreage of 2,000,000 as compared with 2,922,000 last year, and the present crop estimate is 708, 540 bales. The stand and color are good, but boll weevils are said to be plentiful and infestation is common from Rus sellville south on the Arkansas river, and in territory south of the river. The only bad features of the crop, ac cording to the report are the lateness of the season and the prevalence of the boll wevil. -o- . GASOLINE AT 15 CENTS Filling Station “War” at Texarkana Beneficial to Motorists. Texarkana, June 20.—Another local filling station posted gasoline at 15 cents per gallon today, following the lead of the first a week ago. All other stations are selling at 17 and 18 cents per gallon. -o The law prohibiting the killing or trapping of quail in the Charleston district of Franklin county for a pe riod of six years is now in force. New Two Strap Military Heel PUMPS For Ladies I New Shade Tan Brown Kid See them at— I ROSENZWEIG’S j FOR QUALITY At Everton, in Boone county, Wil liam Young was thrown from a binder when the team that was pulling it ran away. His shoulder was dislo cated, but as both of the Everton doc tors were absent, John Elam, the blacksmith,- set the injured shoulder. Sixty-one members of the Farmers’ Union at Greenbrier, in Faulkner coun ty, recently bought from a union mem ber the fertilizer he had on hand and emptied it into a stret in the middle of that town. rSfi LOVE BROS. Hi j CASH WITH ORDER PRICE LIST I With Each Purchase of 1 Lb. Package of I GOLDEN SUN TEA for 95c We Will Give You 1 Lb. of GOLDEN SUN COFFEE Sugar per Lb., 7 c FLOUR AND MEAL 24 LBS. ALPHEBET FLOUH _.$1.15 48 LBS. ALPHEBET FLOUR $2.25 24 LBS. BULTE’S EXCELLENT FLOUR $1.25 48 LBS. BULTE’S EXCELLENT FLOUR $2.50 24 LBS. BEST CREAM MEAL .60c 10 LBS. BEST CREAM MEAL _25c FEED NO. 2 WHITE OATS PC pr bushel .UllU cHr.. $1.70 100 LBS. SHORTS 01 7C for .«P • * V 100 LBS. REGULAR BRAN _.$1.65 100 LBS. MIXED FEED .$2.00 100 LBS. HEN SCRATCH _$2.75 SHELLED CORN OQ OO 2 bu. for .iP&iUU ALFALFA HAY CANNED VEGETABLES NO. 2 STANDARD TOMATOES _10c NO. 2 STANDARD CORN ORp 2 Cans for .faUU MOLASSES 10 LBS. BLUE BRER RABBIT gg 5 LBS. BLUE BRER RABBIT Afl. for . OUC 10 LBS. WHITE KARO Jjjp 5 LBS. WHITE KARO 4ft for - "tUu 10 LBS. MARY JANE *?r for . luC 5 LB8. MARY JANE 4ft. for .4UC 1 PINT LOG CABIN ONE GALLON SORGHUM Aft. for . bOC ONE-HALF GALLON SORGHUM ftr for ...—«..WUu ONE GALLON WHITE CORN SYRUP gg^ ONE-HALF GALLON CORN SYRUP QP for . OuU DNE-HALF GALLON MAPLE SYRUP gg^ SALT AC 25 pounds for.WuC BREAKFAST CEREALS POST TOASTIES AT 2 for ._.ZOC ROLLED OATS HP 2 for . ZOC GRAPE NUTS AC^ 2 for .OOC CANNED FRUITS 3 CANS PEACHES 04 A A HEAVY SYRUP for.0 | lUU NO. 2 PINEAPPLE SLICED AC_ for .jOC NO. 2 PINE APPLE, GRATED AC- • for .JOC NO.2 1-2 PRUNES AC for .ZOC LARD 8 POUNDS SNOW DRIFT LARD 0 4 AC for .—^ I iZO 4 POUNDS SNOW DRIFT LARD PC for . .DO 8 LBS. CREAM COTTON LARD ... |j <| Q 4 LBS. CREAM COTTON LARD gjjp 45 E DR!.M...$5.00 COFFEE 3XXX SANTOS PEABERRY per Lb. 3 LB. CAN BETSY ROSS for ... 3 LB. CAN GOLDEN GRAIN for . 3 LBS. CLUB HOUSE for . 1 LB. ARBUCKLE for .. DRY BEANS MICHIGAN NAVY BEANS "i per Lb.. f Q CALIFORNIA SMALL WHITE BEANS I* tor ----DC LIMA BEANS Q per Lb. DC BLACK EYE PEAS <1 A per Lb.,.| UC FANCY BLUE ROSE RICE r per Lb. ..,..DC SIX PACKAGES WASHING POWDER OC for .ZOG SIX BARS LAUNDRY SOAP Ar lor .....„ Z0C