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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21
WORKING IN THE GARDEN, THEN
 AND NOW.

The word "backyard" today con veys suggestions of disorder, old tn cans, ash heaps. Yet proDapiy three-quarters of the house-holders who have premises of this character today, worked as boys in thelr fathers gardens. The maintenance Of these plots created some degree of order in the backyard, and success fui little crop cut out an important bill of expense.
 The difference is not always that the modern map is less industrious than his father was. The former generation had less to occupy It's miad. There were no moving picture Shows to attend, no trolley or auto mobile rides to take. There were fewer newspapers and magazines There was often nothing to read ir the house but heavy old books thai had been perused a dozen times.
 Under these conditions life was simpler. More primitive pleasure satisfied people. The boys who once found gennine pleasure in seeing th' beans and peas reach maturity, nov spends his half holidays watching thu ball team polish off it's adversaries I, takes a philosophic habit of mint tn get close to the garden soil II l these days.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21

lS29-The Union Emigrant Sociot,, was founded in New York lS3S-Battle of Pena Cerrada (s,.. Carlist war;. 'HiSl 1So4-The old watch" which b.d =. lsted in Boston since 1631 wac va, abolished and a police densrt s' ment established. U lS67-The republic re-establjshed in Mexico, with Juarez as nroyi l slonat president.
 1SS4-The German Reichstag passed bill practically compelling Workmen to join the union or guild of their crafts. 1SS7-Golden Jubilee celebration If Queen Victorias reign. 1S9S-American troops landed 1T miles east of Santiago de Cuha 1S93-Lowell textile strike ended " ' 191O-Paris Academy of Medicine an. nounced the discovery of an antityphoid vaccine. 1912-An earthquake in Costa Rica caused snow storm in tropical weather.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21
\ HOMELY PROBLEM.

(Memphis Commercial Appeal.)
 One of the charms of Secretary Rrvan's oratory is the human touch he now and then gives the subject he is handling, bringing it down out of the clouds to the level of eVeryoay life.
 In one of his recent lectures he talked glowingly of the mysteries or life and death and the far, unseen Hereafter. Dwelling on the skeptl- cism of those people with whom noth- ing short of ''seeing is believing, he leaned from tue rostrum and said, with telling earnestness and sim plicity:
 Before you laugh at the big myste- ries try to solve this every day one: Why does red COW, that eats green grass. give white milk that yields yel- low butter?'
 Here was a process which every farmer knows takes place every day of every year. They see the red COW and the green grass, and they see and touch and taste the white milk and the yellow butter. There is absolutely no discounting these facts, but they have never stopped to reason out the
 chemical changes and natural prop
 lens by which the final result is
 reached.
 The truths of religion and immor- tality seem very aDstruse because we continually shroud them in mystery
 while we pass over the wonders of ma
 ture because they are so familiar tha
 we accept them as facts and ask nc questions.
 The chemical psychology, or thu
 psychological hemistry-whicheve , way one chooses to put it-tha changes life into life everlasting is il the same class, only higher up il , ethics, as the red COW and the yelloy butter. The differnece is that we ac , cept the latter because it is simpl , and homely, and set a question mar f after the former because we infest 5 with mystery and perhaps a littl , superstition.
 f It is true we cannot see the immOr tality as we see the yellow butter, bu D neither do we see the processes b f which the butter is evolved. We ar V willing to take that on faith, why no d then, take tAe psychological chang n on faith?
 We are such creatures of habit ths
 we overlook the problems of dail S life, their contributing causes, thei f interworkings, their very changes ( S color schemes until some dire( thinker brings them home to us 8 l. Mr. Bryan does in his homespun illus o tration of the red COW; then, if we V not wilfully close our eyes, we cato if a momentary flash of the transform; IF ton from sinner to saint from here. V thereafter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21

well as the neighbor girl.
 rlgns type out of what is 1oe, ol ths paying her share at homs ieit !. after starts star s to work at sixteen veal. III She Will find that in two years; years s's yop can not only be entirely self s tune lime shs ing put can put aside in the the support hsp1. small sum every week s 1f Oank a would all do their duty ever, ne iathes working girl whose parents ls hs. bright With no pecuniary misfortunnaa nave met have $500 in the bank by the a4t ti, may reaches her twenty-first hirtta ti,ile She
 That will be a splendid th;y. thaay. her, whether she marries tbou rnlls for tinues her employment 'H UT con.
 Girls and boys who learn ,o.
 thrift do not forget them whaa tssols s Of become men and women, Hea,.e.e ea ,aey employment for young peonle lLeai.nlu 1t moral protection, to say notbin tb ,s a the capacity it creates for ans sunaa. Or battling with the problems e'sSla of sSul life. oi adult
 Would it not be wholesome so. , nation if there were more adr,;.a,.ne n. the for the savers and less fnn ''lon spenders? i' ne
 T. D. MACGRECop
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21
\ TIRE ASSURE HOUSE OF
 RESOURCES,

The daily Mexican news tells oi death, destruction, and paralyzed ln- dustry. Our people do not realize wbrt a reservoir of resources and wealth is tied up as the result ol human folly.
 The original resources Of the United States are to an extent de pIeted and squandered. Land is nigh and food of all kinds will eventually cost much more money than today Mexico's idle land can feed millions and her mines and forests can set i'll aIstry in motion.
 Mexico is a natural field for tn C, terprise of American business men If order can be restored, a great dea of this wealth will legitimately flov into the United States. The proflt Ct mines, forests, and fields will b. srent here. This is possible withou exploiting the Mexican people. o denying them their fair share of tn product.
 In one church in Guadalupe, tn altar vessels, railings, candelabr etc, include 30 tons in silver. mi is but slight suggestion of tn abundance of the precious metals Rich as are these treasures, it is sai the country would be four times a
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21
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bushel,' merely protest against efforts to hold that light to the front in such manner that the prosperity, development and welfare of the con- munity are hidden in the shadow oi the individual.
 Pine Bluff is bigger than any man in it.; it's interests will be consider ed paramount by all who are truly patriotic; really sincere aud worthy tC be accepted as leaders.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21

to blame that he does not sell his cap
 bages in Beaumont, just as the Rose dale truck grower is to ~blame Una
 New Orleans cabbages supply Beau
 mont tables and Jefferson county
 cabbages xot in the fields. The truck grower is entirely te l blame. The skirts of the Beaumont commission men are clean. They don buy from the local producer because they cant.
 The local producer does not market
 his stuff in a way that the commls- sion men can handle it.
 When the Winnie cabbage grower ships cabbages to Chicago he ships ill carload lots. He organizes. He CO., operates with his neighbor and fixes the cabbage up as it should be fixed for market.
 When he brings his cabbage to Beaumont, he brings it in driblets. lie does not inform himself of the de- mands of the market and when he gets here with a load of cabbage he may find a glutted market. He sells for half d cent instead of cent ana his ueighbor has to do the same thlng. No market in the world can remain steady and pay steady prices to that kind of marketing.
 The produce men do not furnish a denendable supply, which is necessary for the commission men to have.
 If the truck growers of Winnie, o1 Rosedale and of every other truck growing center will organize ill thelr respective communities and market their produce together, they Will ma that Beaumont will not buy New or leans cabbages and beans. Beaumont will he glad to get the truck raised by it's neighbors, but our grccers and commission houses must have a de- pendable price. They can easily do It by organizing. They can get falr price if they will demand it and Will furnish their truck ill dependaple quantities.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21
n INE BLUFF O ROGRESS
 ROSPERITY
A LESSON FROM MEXICO.

Besides the land question, the one great reason that Mexico is in almost si continuous revolt is because oi the personal ambition of those lnen-aay man-Who can gather around alEi few followers. The lana question makes it possible for almc ,t. any man ho assemble a few malcontents, End thus a new revolution is .yuor.l. These leaders, care little fcTthe wei fare Of the mass of the gechlc, noth- ing about the coup.try and are prompted only by seN-aggrandizment The result is that Mexico as re ru0lic has not heen bowling sue cess.
 This is YSt peculiar to Mexico. nor even 10 South America. republics. The same situation can be found on lesser scale and ill more subdued light in many cities and towns Uf the United States.
 In these there are men bent only on 
 ing about the majority of tn people and little about the city, except inso- far as these can be used to further u cir own personal aims and asp,ra- tions. While apparently using their talents and time for the good of inc vOhle, these are only seeking to make aD opportunity that ttey may utilize to achieve the purpose, the perscbal goal to which all thei efforts have teen bent. And when the Opportunity comes, they are so eager to grasv Il that they frequently commit some act that more than offsets all the good that might have resulted to the city from their previous efforts.
 There can be no quarrel with any man about his personal ambition. Il is the force that impels man to dc lis best, and were it no. for ambi ton little progress would be made.
 But any man who is worthy to leat his. people, worthy of prclerment a the hands of the people should b' willing, nay glad, to efface self i the interest of the entire community put aside personal ambition :t Il likely to conflict with the progress the city or retard it's advancement
 Petty bickerings and quarrels re tard the advancement of city, eyel city like Pine Bluff just as they rt tard the development and advance ment of republic like Mexico.
 There is no disposition to urg that one should hide his light undt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21
r~,'-' -
 PRESS OPINIONS
RECIPROCITY IN HOME TRADE.
(BeaumOnt EntGrpTIS6.J

The Winnie Chronicle, published at Winnie, Chambers county, ln the Beaumont country, has the following editorial:
 We have heard it said many times Trade in Beaumont As matter ol curiosity we would like to nave req sons for it. We hear that we should trade there for things we can not get at home in preference to buying rom catalogue houses. Now, We do not Wlsn to go on record as favoring the buy ing from catalogue houses, but are simply after Information.
 There is such a thing as reciprocity. Why should we buy from Beaumont houses when Beaumont houses do not buy from us? It is not mater ol nrice alone. The merchants Of Chl- caeo do buy our truck and products, so why should we not patronize the Chicago merchants? We are not the only ones around Beaumont who are struck with this attitude of the Beau l mont merchants. Farmers on all sides of Beaumont tell the same story. Vegetables are shipped in from as far away as Alabama and New Orleans when they do not want stuff from here. and it has to be shipped to Chl- cago or St. Louis. They take it there all right. It is said in no spirit Of re- taliation or of fault-finding, for we would be glad to see the trade of thls section staying right here. But we would simply say, why Trade in Beaumont" when Beaumont does not trade at home.
 Just for an example, party from here went to Beaumont this week ano went into one of the big grocery stores of the city. Asked for cabbage Only two half heads were to be had The clerk said that was all they had Price , cents per pound. The mar asked for the proprietor and asked , him about cabbage. They had beer
 paving cent per pound the pas
 week, but could not do that now Query: Why the cost of high living
 Cabbage bought by the merchant a
 less than 1 cent per pound and sold
 , cents. Demand so great that it wa
 hard to keep in stock at that price ant
 cabbage rotting in the fields within
 twenty miles because there was n | sale Ill beaumont dHu tHc lIClSH
 prices too high to ship at the price
 north. If the Chamber of Commerc
 wants one reason at least why grea
 many people do not trade in Beau : mont, this will inform them. Of cours it can be minimized as reason, bu
 that will not do. As may be easil
 ascertained, this is condition an not a theory and must be met an answered on that basis.
 The Chronicles statement of fact , substantially true, but we can nc , agree with it's conclusions nor with it
 diagnosis of the causes of the cond
 tions that exist It is a fact that Wir
 nie truck growers have shipped t } Chicago; that they do not successful 2 market their produce in Beaumof e and that there is demand here fo :, Winnie produce that is supplied b . produce from New Orleans. It is '' fact that Beaumont ought to buy il
 vegetables and fruits from it's oW farmers who trade here, and If ot n dealers in vegetables and fruits wei r to blame, we would be the first to say "Go buy your supplies from the peep ; who buy your produce"
 The Winnie truck grower is sole
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21

One of the greatest recent demon- s,rations of the efficiency of news paper advertising is furnished py tue state of Kansas, whose labor commls- sioaer announced Friday that the state had all the harvest hands need- ed Three weeks ago Kansas issued an appeal for 10000 men to heii harvest the wheat crop. The news papers of the United States gave the state want" advertisement pubi1c'ty free of charge. The labor commls' s;oner of Kansas says between 5"'- GOO and o,00O men have entered 'he state during the past two weeks
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21

Clarence Walker of the Browns is the mostly coctly player on any of the St. Louis teams. but he has play
 ed a prominent part in keeping the team up in the race. The Browns gave Compton, Brief, Allison and a sum of money, said to be $15,000, to get Walker from Kansas City. \
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21

Two tickets have been nominated for the offices in the Young Me Progressive league. If the campalsh is conducted along the right lines and in the proper spirit, the organiz'- ton and the city will gain. II ao'- uel, there are breakers ahear. tha' all. This is just intended as H'n'' If is better to warn of danger, 1hah - ID criticise when too late.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21

The courses of Chautauqua lectures ty congressmen would be very su0- cessful if the government dld ho. sometimes interfere and require ,heso statesmen to come back to Washington.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21
SOME SENSE AND
 SOME NONSENSE
Manual Labor.

First Financial Brigand (after a melon cutting ng)-Don't fail to attend the directors meeting this afternoon, Grafton. Very important business.
 Second Financial Brigand-Whats doing now?
 First Financial Brigand-We're go- ing to draw lots to see who'll burn the books.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21

Great results are being accomplish H. ed by the children's gardens, which are planted by the kids, and wate'ec' weeded, and hood by father and mother.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21

Almost any day Washington neor'e may see a number of large moV'hs vans delivering the records in the Thaw case at the steps of the capitol to the United States supreme court.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21

There is profound satisfaction among the leaders of both political parties, that they have secured the United States a big wheat crop.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21
Got Away With It.

UOC Away WIIH Ite
 "How's this?" demanded his wife. "You were talking about jackpots and flus,les in your sleep last night" "I-er-oh, yes 1 tried gambling case in court that day" exclaimed the resourceful lawer.-Kansas City Jour- nal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21

White clothes for men in summer gre growing popular. It only taxes two or three freshly laundered sults to keep looking clean for day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21

Give our economical laundry sef,u ", ice one thorough trial, and youn decide to let us do your "ashnns regularly. American Excelsior hau4, T, dry Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21

The government has ordered thirty tens of candy for the bluejackets, Ill spite of the fact that the typewr''ef girls in the departments at Washing' ion probably want it much more.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21

Governor Hays made only jour changes in the personnel of '''" S'' ancis levee board. This crea'"o as much surprise, as if he'd supsti ,mted new men for the eight wacse terms expired.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21

-"Tiger Roofing is on top or hundreds of houses. slZ9 TOT ply complete at Cleveland-Matthews Huw: s: Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21
Several Chances.

"Where can I see some of the latest effects in spring hosiery?'
 Our stocking department is two aisles to the left" replied the floor walker courteously. "We also have musical comedy in our theater on the roof. ."-Detroit Free Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21

If more pains are not taken to teach the boys arithmetic, few of them will be able to compute basebasi percentages accurately.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21

Considering the frequency of steam ship accidents, prudent travellers keep their life preservers on and sl' ir the life-boats.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21

It is useIess to forbid the chiidteh to cut across the lawn; as thelf 'lhlo is too valuable to take the paths.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21
March of Progress.

MATCH or FFUgrtSSs Great times we live in. "How now?"
 "Heard a farmer today telling the druggist his soil was impoverished. And the druggist had something good for it, by gum."- ."-Louisville Courier Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21
JUNE PEST IN HISTORY

T. D. MACGREGOR
Rock Island Argus., 1914-11-16
SEARCH FOR Wife
OF A DEAD MAN
Police Attempting 20 Locate
Mrs. G. T. Newton and Her
Two Daughters Here.

Rock Island police today were look.
ing for Mrs. c. T. Newman and two
daughters, supposed to be residing in
this city. The search was instituted
following the receipt of a telegram
from Springfield. Mo, stating that C..
I. Newman had died there yester-
day.
The message was from w. c. Lob
meyer of Greene county, Missouri, and
stated that Mr.. Newman had said be-
fore he passed away that he was from
Rock Island and had two daughters
here
The officers searched through direc-
tories, and each made inquiries upon
his beat. but up until late this after
noon had not located the wife or
daughters of the deceased man.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-11-16
Sunset Camps and Trails.

Sunset Camps and Trails, in the No
yember Sports Afeld. will not only
interest the old timer. but will fire
the blood of every boy. 1t is typi-
cally western, full of hair-raising en-
counters with bandits, horse thieves,
and other bad men of the mountains.
and yet told in an easy narrative
style, with none of the earmarks of
the so-called realistic school of writ
ers, whose work is usually marred by
a too obvious striving after strong
effects. There are also moral lessons
in this story which will true up the
principles of every American youth
The East Indian Mongoos. with its
five queer photos, will be especially in
teresting to all nature students There
are some strong articles on wild
fowl shooting. winter fishing, About
Our Mackerels and the Pearl Bearing
Mussel. Jim Durnell's Experience in
Mexico is an account OF a furious sin
duel with six Mexican
horse thieves, in which five of them
were 'all shot to pieces" though not
a hair of Jim's head was touched.
There are many fine photographs and
some capital editorials. which come
well up to the high standard set by
this strong western magazine. Your
newsdealer can supply you. If not.
send 15 cents to Sports Afield. 542
South Dearborn street, Chicago, Ill.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-11-16
Inu nf thr GhrtHtiuaH Shtr
Chicago Herald.)

Ten weeks ago today the Herald published its
message To the Children of America
Seventy days have elapsed and the Christmas ship
has passed from the Port of Dreams to the Land OF
Reality.
Its cargo is unique in the history of the a
million children of a nation peace are its consign-
ors five million children of seven nations at war It's
COns1gnees.
its 100000 gifts.
In the gathering of this great cargo, the value of
which probably exceeds $2,OOoOoO, 2I2 American
newspapers united.
Forty-four great railway systems and SIN big eN-
press companies transported this cargo to the sea-
board.
From Alberta and Saskatchewan they gathered it;
from Portland, Oregon. and Portland, Maine; from
cities and towns and villages in every state in the
Union: and from the Hawaiian Islands and Porto
Rico from Mexico and Cuba.
Private citizens and public officials schools, coun-
ties. cities and towns, departments of the national
government, churches. Sunday schools traernal or
ganizaons prisoners IN penltent1ar1es lonely Won-
en- in institutional homes, lighthouse tenders, people
of the mansions, people of the tenements children
OF the rich and children of the hungry-these gave
the gifts with which the ship is freghted.
To attempt reduce the result of their efforts to
statistical form would be almost sacrilege The fol-
lowing figures are given fixed facts
as accurate estimates. They given rather as an
index pointing the way to the tremendous scope OF
the Christmas Ship movement.
Approximate number gifts contributed 5,00O 600
Total number of carloads ............. 100
Estimated value of gifts ... So 100000
Number of newspapers COOP Grating ....... ,212
Number of railroads cooperating a.
of express companies cooperating. 6
service rendered by railroads. S 100000
of service rendered by express $4,000
Value of o U. S. collier $4,000
Value OF teamng service donated 5000
Value of warehouse space donated $500
The total amount of cash contributions received
for the Christmas ship S42SO2. 80.
This money truly spontaneous Outpouring
The Herald had not asked for cash gifts to the fund
The contributions came from all the country
and include generous from several newspapers
which volunteered to share in the necessarily heavy
expense of handling the great flood of gifts.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-11-16
TO PAY TRIBUTE
ON DECEMBER 9Th
Local Lodge of Elks Hold Mem
orial Services at Central
Presbyterian Church.
SHALLBERG is THE ORATOR
Moline Attorney to Make Principal
Address-ReV. D. A. johnson
Also to Be Heard.

On Sunday. Dec. G, Rock Island
lodge No. $50. B. p. o. Elks, will hold
its annual memorial exercises at the
Cent? al Presbyterian church. Attor-
ney G.. \. Shallberg. Moline, will give
the principal address.
The program will begin at o'clock
in the afternoon. and Will be held here.
as other lodges in American and
American possessions Will do. on the
same afternoon, the first Monday in
December having been set aside by
the antlered tribe as the time for pay
ing homage to departed members.
johnson to Speak.
Rev. d. A. Johnson, pastor of the
Central Presbyterian church. will also
make an address, and a ritualistic ser
vice by the lodge officers will be con-
Quoted \ musical program Of fitting
nature will be provided.
Announcement OF the memorial eX-
ercises was made today by Arthur
Harms. exalted ruler of the lodge. and
it is anticipated tha, the church will
be we'll filed upon that Sunday since
the program is public and all are vel
come 10 IT,