The Mena star., 1898-03-02
STATE EXCHANGES.

Uncle Sam's army and navy must be we'll supplied with rations. Little Rock Gazette.
 Successful farmers have never pat ronized Kansas for bread or St. Louis for meat Preparations for home consumption marks the path to the goal of true success Clinton Demo- crat
 A good start ot fine hogs and a blg corn field are what our farmers want to own; then, if they have surplus ground and time, and are out of debt, patch of cotton might be gravely considered. Augusta Vidette.
 Plant a large orchard of choice fruits, get out of debt and live on a cash basis and all will be happy The credit system is the blackest blot that ever cursed a country to both parties. It fastens man with hooks of steel = Clinton Democrat
 
 There could be more than one enter prise run with froft in England, such as brickyards, etc. but the one that would undou btedly pay the best is an oil mill. With the business of the town the amount of seed that could be bought we know of nothing promising better returns England Courier.
 
 The Smith railroad has gone dead. If all that Gazette wind is lost what pity! Gov Jones should de- clare the charter null and roid and give some other company g chance to swoop few millions We need new railroad through this section of unde- veloped country very much. All nec- essary concessions will be made if assured it will amount to anything of value to us-Clinton Democrat
 The result of organization of the Fruit and Vegetable Growers Associa- tion may be easily foreseen. It starts with membership of about sixty of as intelligent and enterprising men as can be found in this vicinity. It assures a concert of action, resulting in the production of enough of the various products to gain thead- vantage Of car load rates. AL ready enough have obligated them selves to plant Irish potatoes, so that with anything like a season from fifty to seventy-hve car loads will be ship ped from De Queen to the northern markets this season, which means a considerable amount of money to be circulated here on account of that one crop. p.-De Queen Bee
 Dan Emmett, the author of "Dixie, is now s3 years old and IS said to be in want The Nashville American re- marks that 'it would be graceful thing for the Confederate Veterans Association to do something to cheer his few remaining days. He didn't write Dixie as war song and proba- bly had no idea that it would have a longer life than the average minstrel melody. Nor was Emmett's heart greatly enlisted in the Southern cause. But the air became so intimately asso- ciated with the Confectionery, so we'll did its thrilihg strains serve to cheer the Southern heart, and so dear is it still held, not only as the anthem of the lost cause, but the Marseillas of the South, now and forever, that there must exist in the South fondness for the man who composed it. Should the nation go to war the magic strains of Dixie would be heard throughout tbe South, calling its sons to the defense of the stars and stripes. There is no music that so stirs the Southern heart as Dixie. Dan Emmett composed the air; be is very old. and it is said that he is very poor and in want It would indeed, be graceful and grateful if the South should come to his relief, and it should afford all true Southerners a genuine pleasure to contribute to fund for that purpose. "-The Arkan- sas Gazette
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