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The Forrest City times., 1911-08-25

The average od-time farmer was prone to look upon bad roads as q necessary evil. He realized in a sense what detrimeut they were to his in. terests, but he put up with the situation because he did not see any way out of the Guemma-at least not without more work than he could afford to give Then along came the United States gov. ernment when rural free delivery commenced to be introduced. and declared that these rural mail carriers could not be placed in districts where the roads were not in fair condition This did much to awaken the farmers to the situation for every rural home prizes the boon Of q daily mail delivery. And. at about the same time the farm CTS, who thus had their serious attention focused upon the good roads question found as they looked closer. that bad roads meant a hole in the pockethook of every tiiler of The soil It began to be realized that if farmer required the serv- ices of four horses ard an entire days time to get load of produce 10 market via bad roads the loss to him was just as serious as though he had to accept very low price for the yield of his acres Herein is found the supreme incentive among many that has enlisted the progressive farmer in behalf of better roads
 One of the best things accomplished for the farmer by good roads is that 1t has broadened hs markets. With rocky or muddy highways en- forcing slow progress the average farmer was in the old days restricted to one market town-the che nearest his farm. Now with good roads be can Tn shorter interval than was formerly re. qolred reach any one of several communities To- cateo Tn d!Herent directions. This enables him 10 attain the market where he can get the best pnees Similarly with good roads the farmer is not hkeiy to be so restricted to one railroad for shipping facilities. If the road nearest his farm VIII not give him the ears he needs or otherwise play fair he most likely has some redress by drlNln6 across the countryside to rival line And the very fact that the introduction of good reads Is destroying such monopohes has served 10 render the railroads more obligilg to their farmer clients
 The ne" countrywide Highway Improvement association which IS 10 bold is hrst annual con gress in The future Will not seek 10 drive ont or supnlant the various soodroads associations
The Forrest City times., 1911-08-25

thrives in Europe In London and Paris especially is she encouraged to go ahead and be just as typical as she knows now. Sometimes she yields to temptation. in this respect. and then well. t is to laugh. Interesting to foreigners undoubtedly, but to plain, everyday home folks she is merely amusing and trige saddening.
 However. there are several Ameri. cans perfectly at home in England and on the continent who, while forced md, naturally, not altogether dis pleased to accept this title, the most complimentary which can be bestowed by European on a woman from the States-are content to retain the sim plicity of manner and style which dis inguishes them back home" Mrs. K. H. Carey, Is one of these. In ioubtedly great beauty, she has the gift of forgetting this fact very often md letting folks discover 1t for them Selves-a faculty possessed by few women famed on two continents for their loyeliness of face and figure.
 Mrs. Garcys grandfather was a Belgian and at one time was the may. pr of Antwerp. On the other side of her family she is descended from the Marchioness yon Ebbeson of Denmark. She is particular favorite in exclu. slYe yachting circles here and abroad.
The Forrest City times., 1911-08-25
4 TYPICAL AMERICAN BEAUTY
Mrs. R. H. Carey. Whose Charm h Especially Appreciated in Lon-
 don and Paris.

New York-Here at home. we rec ognize the fact that the typical American beauty" Is a myth. pure and simple. that there Is no particular type of face and figure which stands as an exclusive example of American feminine loveliness. The rounded grace of the brown eyed southern belle, the athletic spareness of the York state girl and the splendid. lithesome height associated with the daughters of the west-each Is beau tiful in it's own way. but surely typi. cal of a section rather than of the land of the free as whole.
 One needs to go abroad 10 meet the typical American beauty" She
The Forrest City times., 1911-08-25
1o-Year Man Has Escaped.

Fl Dorado.-Word has just been i' ceived here by Sheriff J W. HariiUD that Dave Childs. who was sent 10 .De penitentiary from this county last W V. tober for term of ten years, TOT 'n' killing of Franklin Williams al Y, litical rally west of here, has eseape1' o He was working on a railroad at ~ Valls Bluff when he made his eso'f and the penitentiary warden h@s fered a reward for his return
The Forrest City times., 1911-08-25
DECLARES COFFIN
 HAS DETER|0RATED
Falling Off of Crop Since IuIv 25 Is 10 Per Cent, Says
 Commissioner Sloan,
SEED R0TTED IN THE GROUND
However, the Crop Will Probably D. Equal to That of Last Year
 in Many Respects.

Little Rock. - Commissioner cl,r Sloan states that from all accounts <. has received, the cotton croD in ina past month or two. owing to the rain. has deteriorated fully b per cent He received the following telegrar from Senator James P. Clarke
 Tn connection with the action oD the resolution now pending in tha senate, it becomes important to know what deterioration, if any, has taken place in the crop in Arkansas sipco July 9. What is present prosDectvo yield of the crop this year compared with that of last year?"
 To this telegram Mr. Sloan sent the following reply:
 Cotton crop has suffered some de. preciation since July 2, caused bv rain falling into the white bloom In. ferior fruitage and lateness of plant will not give us crop exceeding last year, notwithstanding the fine appear. once of the stalk at this timea
 In explanation of the teIegram Mr Sloan said that for several reasons there is a deterioration in crop condi tions lately. Speaking of the causes of this, he said:
 Rains followed the planting in 1910 and many stands were lost by seed rotting in the ground Remembering their experience last year. the farm. CTS this season planted seed near the surface, many seed below being yisi. bie behind the planters. Following tho planting, f.om April . to May lO there was q dearth of rain from six to eight weeks and much seed did not germinaie until in June. In the mid. de of July one could see stalks rang. Ing in height from four to fourteen inches and a farmer hardly knew whether to use a blow for the large or the small stalk.
 Cotton that germinated in June will most probably be killed by the frost before maturity. although of course, We do have season. when killing frost will be delayed until the June planting natures, but 1t is the exception and not the rule.
 All these things together have pro- dueed decline in crop conditions from July 9 of at least 10 per cent, and so reduced the prospects that the production of crop equal in every way to that of 1910 is the best that oresee."
The Forrest City times., 1911-08-25
Offer to Build Railroad.

Pine bluff.-A letter was received by the Jefferson County Bridge com mission from a party of financlefS who offered to build a railroad to ths city from a point on the Rock lsiand' north of Pine Bluff, to this city anu then south to another Rock lslaAa connection, provided they are given 25-year right-of-way over the proposed free bridge, that is to be built at UT near this city. The promoters olie. to put up a cash guarantee that 'ne' will build the road before the coni' pletion of the bridge. if their pfoposi' tion is accepted.
The Forrest City times., 1911-08-25

should be noted that this public roads oHee-a branch of the United States department of agrtcul- ture-is doing a most important work fer the cause of road Improvement throughout the length and breadth of the land For thing laboratories are maintained al Washington specially equipped 10 ascertain which of these best adapted to use in any speched locality under any given ditons Even more important is the work of the government bureau in building stretches of model road
 Under this plan of building model roads to serve as object lessons in the possibilities and benefits of highway improvements Uncle Sam sends his force of engineers and experts into any community which seems 10 need to be aroused regarding good roads and with their own helpers, or by means of force of workmen recruited in the neehborhood they construct mile two miles of just the sort of road that is ideal for that particular district How beneficial these object lessons are is proven by the fact that thousands of miles of good roads have been built in various parts of the country this past few years with these governmental sample roads patterns. The showing made by rural roads before and after" treatment by the govern ment road doctors has prompted state legislatures county commissioners. local boards of trade farm CTS granges and other bodies to appropriate money for a more extensive good roads campaign in To- calties that have thus had taste of the benefits and in some states. notably Delaware. wealthy men have paid out of their own pockets for long stretches of improved public roads for the use of the whole community
The Forrest City times., 1911-08-25
Whale Strands Schooner.

Fritz Landing. - Partly subme's.ss owing to the weight of ma!nlo.n n,a whale on board, the schooner o q, is on the shoals near here hopeisss,s .s stuck in Mississippi mud and saA unless a rise in the river occurs V. powerful tug can be secured to Feseas as schooner and whale. The Naais washed ashore near Port Arthur I'd ag some time ago. IL is $ feet i0is I'd the bone taken from it's head is s-,s s.., 10 have weighed two tons Ihe N'' ',. was being towed to MemGEis l' Libition.
The Forrest City times., 1911-08-25
Disastrous Rains at Ash Flat.

Ash Flat-This county is almost washed away. All high water marks have been passed. The county steel bridge across Strawberry river is washed away. The growing crops on all the streams, both large and small, are washed out and damaged at least 10 per cent. On Big Creek, at King Mills, the water reached a depth of IS inches in J. T. Leck's store.
The Forrest City times., 1911-08-25
Message Drifted for y.,rs

Middletown, N While fishing Tn the Waikiki river near Moptgomerv Charles Smith Of that village found n sealed bottle in the mud. The bottle contained a piece of raper on which was written Joseph NJ. Leeper and John P. Sears. The war is over. Julg 4. 1866 The two men. now dead were lawyers. and gre supposed tr have been fishing in Inc river | years ago. when they cast the bott.e adritt.
The Forrest City times., 1911-08-25

enthusiasts who were looked upon until short time ago as "cranks."
 This is not saying. mind you. that there Is not much yet to be done to bring the highway sys- tenn of this great land to the point where 1t ought to be and to maintain IL there. We are still very long way behind most of the countries of the old world-notably sister republic of France-in the condition of roads. But that is perfectly natural not because the foreigners are any better road builders than we are, but
The Forrest City times., 1911-08-25
IS EVANGELISM PROFITABLE?
"Billy" Sunday Says lt Is, and He Produces S7o,507 He Earned
 During the Season.

Pittshurg, Pa.-WilIiam A. Sunday. quondam professional baseball player, now professional reyiyalist, has closed the eyangelistic season of 1910-11 and Is S10,507.77 to the good as the result.
 This return for about ten months work, more than the president of the
The Forrest City times., 1911-08-25
Hold AIleoed Robbers.

Fort Smith.-E. c. Berry and Ed ward Wilson, charged with being ae' complices in the robbery of the Rock Island railway station at Hartford were held to await the action of the next grand jury by Justice Goddard of Hartford.
The Forrest City times., 1911-08-25

F there is any field of public spirited activity in the United States which stands out con. spicuous above all others be- cause of recent progress 1t is that which concerns itself with the betternent Of our public highways If anybody had pre- dicted a few years back that the beginning of the second decade of the twentieth century would see so marked and widespread an improvement of the public roads of the United States he would probably have been laughed at by all save those few
The Forrest City times., 1911-08-25

that have been organized all over the country and many of which are, as has been said, doing an excellent work within a more or less local sphere However. the new national institution is designed to serve as a clearing house that will pass on all good roads schemes wherever they may originate and that will seek to bring together all the various local associations, harmonizing their aims and policies where in the past they have too often been working al cross purposes.
 The United States government is back of this new national orgamza- ton upon which public attention is now being focused. Indeed, the first president of the body is Uncle Sans chief expert on good roads namely. Mr Logan W. Page. direc- tor of the United States office of public roads. And just here it
The Forrest City times., 1911-08-25
Busy Times in Minnesota

Those in charge of digging the st-te drainage ditehes complain that they cannot keep men be cause the farmers grab he laborers To work in tho harvest fields. says the st Paul Dispatch. A Min. neahoHs man with an automobile tells how he was shahghaied ny those who wanted machine in which 10 Fde 10 and from their work as bnref.rs
 It would seem as though no one is safe in thee busy harvest times e
The Forrest City times., 1911-08-25

United States has drawn for the same time Is evidence that from a none tary standpoint evargelistic work ;s more profitable than playing baseball
 Sunday recently refused m offer to go back to the majors at $500 a month. Here are Sundays earnings:
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01
Free-fOr-all Column
Discuss Tt Here.

a. short as You please but not
longer than four hundred words. Poll
cics and principles but no personalities.
Sign Your articlcS1
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01
COMRADE HASKINS WRITES
OF CONDITIONS IN
NEBRASKA.

Editor Commonwealth:
No matter where the cold, hungry and
ragged proletarian wanders in this ''land
of the free and home of the brave" he
finds the social conditions for him about
the same. The competitive armies of
unemployed that, few years ago, were
found only in the cities, have spread to
the fields of agriculture, so numerous
have the armies become and so fierce is
the competition for job.
| have been in the harvest fields since
the 18th day of July. To the wneat
fields of Washington seekers after en-
ployment came floclling from almost
every walk of life. l found the same
condition in North Dakota. Then trav-
cling south to the corn growing state of
Nebraska l found again a vast throng
of men ready to sell themselves upon
the muscle market, many ofsthem from
the cities and scarcely knowing what a
corn field looks like. They are here
with ready and willing hands to help
gather the crop and store it away. What
they will do this winter and what will
become of many of them is a question.
No advertisement for Help Wanted" APP
pears in the papers; it is always Posi-
tions Wanted"
There is distinct rumble of dissatis-
faction among the farmers. Tenant
slaves are becoming more numerous,
competing with each other for a chance
to till the soil. The landlord is quick
to take advantage of this. Land that, a
few years ago. was renting for one third
of the crop, is now renting for from $500
to $500 cash and the tenant slave must
give note bearing interest if not paid
when due. Land has nearly doubled in
value the past five years, making it
fairly impossible for the tenant slave to
save enough from his scant earnings to
purchase a home of his own. In all this
one can sense the gathering impetus of
the oncoming revolution and the new
social era in which there shall be for all
freedom, equality of opportunity, and
Justice. Fraternally,
JEAN HASKINS.
Randolph, Neb., Nov. 10, 1911.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01
A SUGGESTION FROM PIERCE
COUNTY.

Comrades
There is strong probability, if not
a certainty. that the socialist party will
elect number of officials in this state
in 1912 in the counties and municipal
ties. We socialists are not the only
ones who are aware Of this possibility.
The office seekers have their eyes open
and You will notice from now on an in
fmN of good, capable men into the
socialist party. Not that ] am opposed
to good, capable men far from it. We
can never get too many in the party;
but it is for us to see that persons
who Join the party for selfish purposes
shall not be able to serve themselves by
so doing.
There is no doubt in my mind that
the juicy official plums in sight consti-
tute the attraction to the party that is
now growing so popular.
think we could eliminate this at
traction to considerable extent by the
following method: Let the locals take
the matter up for discussion and in
struct their state committeeman to
bring the question before the next state
convention and to formulate wage
scale to be paid to every elected official
in the state, the wages to be at pre-
vailing union scales and set strictly from
the working class standpoint.
We working men and women do not
propose to foster a new set of masters
composed of socialist officials. We are
not hunting for masters, we are looking
for servants, and if we take a working
man from the ranks and pay him from
81 800 a year up, while the average
workingman gets from $500 a year
down, he will soon get the notion into
his head that he is away ahead of the
men who elected him to that office.
But suppose he is paid only at the rate
that his comrades are getting and that
the balance of his salary be paid to the
party state and county,, he is more
likely to remember that he is a servant
only and the plum would not look so
large to the office hunters. Now is the
time to discuss and not after our Off
cials are elected,
Hoping to hear from some of the com
rades through the columns of The Com
monwealth, l am,
Yours for the revolution,
P. A. JOHNSON,
Chairman Pierce County Committee.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01
A DANGER SIGNAL.

Men and women are being discharged
from their jobs in Los Angeles because
they favor Job Hartman socialist can
didate for mayor. Their employers, in
many cases, make no bones of the mat
ter.
Assuming that such employers sin
cerely believe they are serving society
by using the bread and-butter club to
influence votes, hadn't they better pause
and look little deeper?
IF A MAN HAS NO CAPITAL SAVE
HIS ABILITY TO LABOR, DEPRIVING
HIM OF HIS JOB IS PRECISELY
LIKE HOLDING HIM UP ON THE
HIGHWAY AND STEALING HIS
PURSE. IT is A RESORT TO FORCE.
IT MAY BE EQUIVALENT TO ASK
ING HIM TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
VOTING FOR HIS CONVICTIONS AND
RISKING STARVATION FOR HIM
SELF, HIS WIFE AND HIS Chill
DREN.
About two thirds of all the voters in
the United States work for wages. If
the comparatively few business men who
employ them may reduce them to star
walton when they refuse to obey the
bidding of the masters on election day,
then freedom of the ballot" is an
empty phrase and the republic is ruled
absolutely by the few who control the
jobs
Is it possible that the employing class
is so short sighted as to invite the ap.
peal to force in settling the political,
social and economic questions of the
United States?
We hope not; it suggests a terrible
prospect Take our advice, gentlemen,
and don't do it, If you want little
mild excitement, stick your head in the
mouth of a hungry lion, but don't tell
American workers that you will starve
them to death if they don't vote your
way. That's dangerous Seattle Star
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01
RESPECTABLE SCALAWAGS.
Is socialist doctrine right?
Randolph, Neb., Nov. 10, 1911.

Is socialist doctrine right?
It holds that the institutions of a
time represent the dominant class of
that time.
When the supreme court was first or
ganized the dominant class was the
landed class How this class obtained
its normous estates has been described
in the chapters of Gustavus Myers
History of the Supreme Court of the
United States"
The first chief justice was John jay.
He was the grandson of Nicholas Bay
ard, who got a land grant of forty miles
long by thirty miles wide by bribing
the royal Governor Fletcher.
His mother was a daughter of Jacobus
Van Cortlandt, who secured enormous
estates by the same methods.
His wife was a daughter of William
Livingston. The Livingston family was
one of the richest land holding families
in the United States.
Jays partner, Robert r. Livingston
married the daughter of Henry Beck
man. who corrupted Fletcher To give him
two estates one sixteen miles long, the
other twenty miles along the Hudson.
Jay himself was big land owner and
land Spectator
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01
THE WAGE PROBLEM.

4 careful stud, of the best available
evidence suggests that in normal year
one half of the adult male wage .camcrs
aast of the Rockies and north Of the
Ohio get less than five hundred dollars
cneb. and three iourths of them less
than six hundred dollars; while three
.Gftbs of the adult female wage caners
oct less than three hundred and twenty
five dollars. This calculation embraces
an immense number of persons liter
ally millions The sums named do not
represont n decent living for free and
Industrious inhabitants of the richest
country in the world in prosperous
time.
Unquestionably, as general state
mcnt wages ought to be higher; but
where is the additional money to come
fromY Some industries that pay the
lowest wages yield only moderate re
turn upon the capital employed; and If
the price of the products is enhanced in
order that wages may be increased what
will the people who already complain of
high prices say to that!
There is huge maladjustment here.
Socialists think they know how to cure
it, but they are only handful and other
people prefer the disease to their rem
.edy.
Certainly competition is not the cure,
for competition usually is the cause of
low wages and low return upon the
capital.
One point is clear: If a great num-
Der of industrious people are unable to
get a decent living in normally prosper
GUS times, as a country we are still con
siderable of a failure.-Saturday Even
ing Post