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The Forrest City times., 1914-05-22
Death of Old Citizen

Mrs Cynthia A Parrott, mother Of Mrs II r. Dooley, and who had made her home with Dr. and Mrs Dooley for some nine years, in fact since shortly after the death Of her hus. band, Judge John NJ Parrot. died Sunday evening, May l7th, 1911. at five o'clock, of old age and general de bility.age 70 years, 6 months and Is days, and was buried in the Forrest City cemetery on Monday following, Rev F W. Gee of the Methodist church of which She had been a de. vout member for forty years, otficiat ing.
 She came 10 Nil Vernon from Hi. nois in lS44, and has resided in this county since. \ short time after coming here 'he vas married to Hon. Gus Johnson, then High Sheriff of this county, wien she was sixteen years of age, and three daughters sur. vive her, namely Mrs. Dooley Mrs. Heo. .. Martin, of Memphis, and Mrs Ida NJ Her of Johnson township Eight grandchildren survive her. viz three children of Mrs. $. E swan; four children of Mrs Ida Miller and one child of Mrs Geo c. Martin Hon. Gus Johnson her first husband died in lS55
 Some years after the death of her first husband she married the late Judge John M Parrott who va, county Judge of St. Francis county, and afterwards circuit and county clerk for fourteen years He wa, alse a member of the Constitutional Con ventious of lN36l>74. and dIed in March. ls95 She leaves brother who resides in Oregon and Is 2, year, of age
The Forrest City times., 1914-05-22

Grandma Parrott was splendid woman. In her life time she was q kind and indugent mother d neigh bor who would go to any trouble or inconvenience to help in sickues, 1T distress. She watched by the bedside
 of the .ick, nursed the babies. waited upon those in distress, and was an in valuable friend Her death is a great bereavement, not only to her devoted relatives. but 10 scores of other cti.
The Forrest City times., 1914-05-22
Clean | ?.

If the Mayor of the town If Forrest City has any desire 10 do good for the inhabitants. and go down in history as having accom- piiShed a blessing for tue town. he will now do all he ear to urge the people 10 clean Gp fight flies and mosquitoes The Mayor can do much in fighting flies and mosquitoes by having coal oi. al stated intervals p9ured m vet and damped locations
 iuthe Commercial AppeaI "e read
 Long years aLc tue United States discovered that the most important department of the Government vas that which 3aked after tUe public health No town can n0urj>u when it is infested "ith miserable santa. ton
 In the Ladies Home Journa wrt- ter says If men and women could earn thattte ,traightening of fence the planting of shrub or vine, paint ing or whitewashing a barn or out house, k as in portant or more 50 may Oe. than the erection ot a fine public building
 It tdoes no real good for us to drive past poor, unSanjtary, disheartening p3aceS towatch some fine public build ing Are We going e. have the wrong idea of public spirit and civic pride 7
 Instead of one little spot for park the whole town should he one beauti. t.l park stceets and a eys back yards as "e.. as 5ren nt yards, the grounds around eacA -ai!rJad station, grounds aro-nd scaco. b.i.diug. our much neg lected cemetery and the grounds around o-r courthouse Part of the beautiful grounds around our court house has been turned into stock yard and pig-pen This is public prop etty vic las rigtt tc grant any suct priE.ege
 i 4 woman tauguJ tue people Of Phil. l ade phia how C. beautify and e.ean up ! the city
 1 Who vii teach the people of For. ! rest CNy>
The Forrest City times., 1914-05-22

zen> who have at some tine yr otha, been the benefciaries o' lar xindl, miuistratiOns
 Her mind was stored a Il. many in. teresting incidents in the story of this county, and she ecu 4ntertaic for hours With "reminiscences Of bg. gone days.
 The Times r'gret> Ter death sin. cereIy. and extends heartfelt sym. pathy 10 the bereaved family.
The Forrest City times., 1914-05-22
l he State ConNention

Pine Bluff is going 10 entertain tue delegates 10 the Democratic State Convention which couyenes there on June Srd in its usual hospitable manner
 For several weeks the sub.commit. tees from the Executive Committee that have in charge all arrangements and details pertaining to the coming Convention, have been al work per fecting the plans for what promises to be the most notable political gath ering in the State of Arkansas
 There is to be unusual interest in the sessions of the convention this year owing to the fact that the Kirby Clarke Senatorial contest is to De aired before the 629 delegates
 County Judge C. NJ Philpot is Gen era Chairman of the Executive Com mittee, and Meyer Solmson secretary.
 One thousand badges have been or dered for the delegates and alternates, with seperate badges for the presiding officers, and the members of the Dem. ocratic state Central Committee.
 The badges are to contain medal. lion bearing an excellent likeness of Hon W F. MeCombS. Chairman of the National Democratic Committee. who is Southeast Arkansas product. and who achieved considerable fame last year a. President maker
 After the convention is over the McCombS medallion can be detached from the badge and converted into an attractive watch fob with fob straps that will accompany each badge
 NIT McComb bs iS most apprecialiye of the compliment that is 10 he paid him.
 Mr McComb, is a native Of Ham. burg Ark. and the success of Presi- dent Wilson in the last National campaign, was due solely 10 Mr. Me Combs personal efforts before the Bai- timore Convention In appreciation of lis valuable services for Democracy and as a compliment to him as dis ting guished Arkansan, the Executive Committee will so honor him at the State Convention.
The Forrest City times., 1914-05-22
Eyes >unken With Pain

iiree years ago had a very uad spell Of neuralgia which caused my eyes to become S~nken and bioodshot with pain Hunts Lightning Oil wa, recon ended and, after using, tha paiu left and has not recurned; says 4 Nj Cooley, @It NaG buren St LitcAte.d [. This wonderfu meGi- cite is sod by al druggists every wtefe \ E Richards Medicine Co.,, >harmau Texas
The Forrest City times., 1914-05-22

! large genera line ot clothing comprising a tie newest patterns of the season for Men Youths and Boys al woot serges, etc. ranging in price from < 5o to Sl6. but which we have decided 10 close out regardless of cost-uJ better values to be found anywhere than those displayed in this stock Come and pick them out. You'u be treated right just as you a. ways are at this store Brandon, Baugh < C1
The Forrest City times., 1914-05-22

A Absolutely the prettiest line Of Spring and Sumner Suits, for Men, Young Men, Youths and Boys. ever brought 10 Forrest City, is now on display in our clothing department, Those handsome Silk Mohair Suits are priced now at from sl2 90 to s16 Come in for 'try.onn before you buy Brandon, Baugh X Company
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-19
THE MEXICAN SOUABBLE.

Several Americans have been killed by
spent bullets in Naco, Ariz. The president
has sent a peramptory request that firing
shall cease jeopardizing Americans.
President Guitterez, has responded
promptly, declaring that he would even go
to the extent of jeopardizing their inter-
ests to prevent injuring Americans whose
friendship they were desiring of retaining
Villa is doing all to prevent intervention,
but sly old Carranza, playing a losing game
is anxious to force Intervention to save his
face a la Huerta, hence sent an impairment
statement, that any action by the u. S. in
the way of a reprisal would be considered an
u%nfrlendly and hostile act, those interested
in Army Controvels and the American Jnigo
who is an allround----are ali bowling
and embarrassing to the limit of their petit
ness the president, who severely goes on and
does what he thinks is best for the country,
and the majority of same people, are with
him, IN all parties, who much as they deplore
the killing of Americans, much prefer the
accidental killing of a few Americans to a
Guerilla war of one or two years; the killing
of thousands and the expenditure of billions
with the ever present danger of foreign COM
plications.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-19
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ASSO-
CATION.

The Clarion is heartily in favor of the
permanent organization of the Opelousas
School improvement Association, because it
believes it will do a great deal towards the
upbuilding of the grand institution which is
the pride OF every taxpayer of this city.
We therefore take this occasion to %unquali-
fiedly endorse this movement, and to urge
upon our citizens to rally to the call of Sec
rotary Perrault and show their interest in
the Opelousas public school by being pres
.ent at the next meeting; or by sending their
names for membership.
Many things are needed at the Opelou-
sas High School, and the only way to obtain
them is through organized effort.
Every parent who has a child at this
school, and every other citizen who is in
terested in this great institution. should en-
ter heart and soul into the movement. The
school needs a gymnasium. 1t needs a
swimming pool, it needs scenery for it's au-
ditorium and it needs too many other things
too numerous to mention. All these things
would contribute materially to the health,
happiness and intellectual training of our
children.
If you approve of this movement and
want to join, but cannot attend the meet
ing on next Monday morning at 1890
just drop a line of encouragement
to Secretary Perrault.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-19
Buy Bale of Cotton.

On a recent trip to the South / was
much impressed by the fact that many
planters are in distressing need of funds.
A year ago when | went through the same
district, in all the principal towns there
were cotton-buyers from various parts Of
the world.
Today a planter may drive ten miles or
more to market, and no buyers await. Dis
appointment, sorrow, misery. is his portion.
His family may be with him-they have
planned about the things they will buy for
the children. Alas and alaek, no one is buy
ing cotton now! Or perhaps a shark offers
him five cents for a product worth double.
A year ago cotton was as stable as
wheat. The buyers were paying around
cents, and the shining gold was
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-19
UNCLE DAN CURRAN.

Hon. d. D. Curran, President of the
N. O. & N. E. R. R. was recently elected
president Of the N. O. Railway & Light
Co. and it is reported contemplates re-
signing from the first position.
Uncle Dan, as he is ~afectionately called is
the most popular railroad man in Louisiana,
and his selection to bring order out of Chaos
in the street lines of New Orleans was a
Master Stroke of the Directorate. The SER
vice Of these street cars has been simply
abominable, and no other city in the world
would have stood the i~nadequacy and discom-
comfort that this rapacious corporation has
been inficting IN a patient and long suffering
public. With Uncle Dan at the head the
public viii get some relief if humanity posi-
Bile to secure it.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-19
Door-Knobs.

The strongest kind ov men are
thoze who hav got the most weak
nesses and know it.
Young man, husband yure
plezzures, thare is not only more
fun but more length to the fun
in sucking slider thru a straw
! than drinking it out ov a four
quart pitcher.
Lasting reputashuns are a slow
growth. The man who wakes
up Janus, sum morning, is quite
apt to go to bed sum night and
sleep it all off.
Friendship don't appear to be
emmy thing more than a bizzness
operashun, into which men put a
certain amount ov kapital, and
then commence trading upon it.
| wouldn't give 10 cents a yard
for all the pedigree in this world;
if a man haz got a level he'd on
hiz shoulders, and an honest
harte in his boldly, he haz got all
the pedigree i am in search ov.
| notiss one thing, the man
who rides on the the kars every
day il satisfied with one seat, but
the man who rides once a year
wants at least 4.
| am allwuss a little suspishus
ov the old phellow who IL forever
preaching morally and the 1OI
commandments: i often find that
hiz morality dates no farther bak
than the time that the handle ov
hiz own pashuns went out.
When a man gifts hiz harte
broke he generally puts it to soak
in whisky.
Beware ov the sliand suspishus
kritter, the man who knows thare
IL a going to be a sudden rise in
hens eggs, and kant tell it with
out taking yu out behind the barn
to whisper it in yure ear.
The CRATE weakness ov most
people lays in the fakt that their
Majors kno them better than they
kno themselfs.- Josh Billings.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-19

the residents of st. Landry, living west OF
Opelousas, will awake to the realization OF
the great profits to be derived in good fer
tile land, well drained.
The Clarion has been preaching drain.
age for the past several years and it hopes
to live long enough to see st. Landry the
best drained parish in the entire state. By
securing the aid of the National Government
will make a splendid start towards that goal.
Every indication points to Congressman La
FARO securing a handsome appropriation
from Congress for the dredging of Bayou
P%laquemine Brulee, which would drain
thousands of the most fertile acres of land
to be found in the United States.
1t is readily understood that as soon a
Plaquemine Bayou will have been drained
that there will be a real hard campaign for
more drainage, because farmers residing in
the low lands situated near this bayou will
be out preaching the gospel of drainage.
We will be in a position to judge for our
selves the good results derived from drain
age and it will not be many months before
Bayou Mallet and several other streams will
be dredged and st. Landry possess a splen-
did drainage system.
The Government has dredged Bayou
Plaquemine to a point not far from Crow
ley, only a few miles from the st. Landry
parish line; the remainder of the work is
child's play compared to the primary work
accomplished. By dredging this bayou a
great portion Of the surplus water, which
remains on the lands from Opelousas to a
point several miles west of here will easily
find its way to the proper place-the Gulf
of Mexico.
Drainage will inevitably be followed by
good roads, which is the forerunner of pros
perity. Farmers residing in that section of
the country which is we'll drained will real
ize enough money from lands which had
been of no earthly use to them, as well as
from an increased production, that it will be
a natural consequence for them to tax them
selves to erect modern up-to-date highways.
1t does not take an expert to arrive at
the conclusion that with drainage and good
this parish would be the greatest ag-
ricultural section in the United states. We
have in this parish hundreds of thousands
Of acres of land which bring no revenue to
the farmers, very little taxes to the parish,
and for which the owner can secure no price
if he wishes to sell. Drainage will bring
land on the market, produce from it's
millions of dollars worth of crops
each year and the parish treasury would
come in for its share from taxation. Thus
it is seen that drainage would not only ben
eft the individual but the entire public as
well.
We feel confident that Congressman
Lazaro, st. Landry's son upon whom the
Louisiana Congressional District
voters have bestowed so much honor, will
use his influence to secure an appropriation
from Congress to dredge Bayou Plaquemine
Brulee and start one of the most progressive
spochs in the history Of our parish.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-19
FREE BOOK ON sTomACH HIS.

Geo. H. Mayr of 154 Whiting ST.,
Chicago, Ill, a prominent druggist. has
published a guide to health, in which he
shows how he cured himself and brought
relief to thousands Of other sufferers
from constipation, biiiousness, indiges-
ton and intestinal troubles by the use
of French healing oils. One dose usu-
ally convinces. The most chronic cases
rarely need over three doses. Any one
wanting a copy Of this book can get it
at the drug store free. Mayr's Won
derful Stomach Remedy is now sold
here by
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-19
BAYOU PLAQUEMINE BRULEE.

If the value of drainage is never real.
lied until one community has gotten to work
and by pluck and might secured the drain
age Of a certain area; then it is possible to
figure up in dollars and cents the annual
revenue derived from drainage.
When Plaquemine Bayou viii have been
dredged by the United States Government,
which we sincerely hope will bh soon, then
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-19
is THE MATTER WITH
THE UNITED STATES?

This is the question asked by Herbert
N. Cason, in Associated Advertising for De.
cember. He answers his own question with
such fine optimism and such logical reason.
ing, that we herewith reproduce his article
in its entirety:
What is the matter with the United
States?
AS / have been residing in London
since the beginning of the war, | have been
hearing this question asked on all sides. !
have never heard any satisfactory answer
No one seems to know.
why are the American factories not
running night and day? Why are the rail
roads not opening up new territories and
getting ready for the millions of immigrants
who have already made up their minds to
leave Europe as soon as the war is over?
1Why are there not fifty American
drummers in London right now, trying to
sell $500, 600, 900 worth of American goods
in place Of the goods that were bought last
year from Germany and Austria?
Why have advertisers become cutters
just at the time when their advertisements
were most needed and most effective in
cheering on the business forces of the
United States?
From the European point Of view, the
United States is a haven of peace and secur-
ity and prosperity. 1t has no troubles that
it dare mention to Belgium or Austria or
Britain or Russia.
Every tenth Briton has enlisted.
Every tenth Frenchman is at the front.
Every tenth Belgian is dead. What does
the United States know of trouble?
If / could afford it, | would charter
the Mauretania and L~usitania, and convey a
party of s. 1000 American Advertisers to Eu-
rope for a trip of education. | would give
them a week in London, a week in Paris,
and a week in Antwerp.
/ would let them look at the United
States from the scene Of war. | would give
them a look at real trouble. | would let
them see trains, ten at a time, five minutes
apart, packed with the manned and the
dying.
I would let them hear, from fragmen-
tary survivors, the incredible story of bat
tlefields $50 miles wide, and armies that are
than the entire population of Texas.
I would let them see graves 100 yards
long and full, and Belgium, the country that
was, nothing now but IL, 900 square miles
Of wreckage.
Then. when they began to under
stand, to some slight extent, the magnitude
and awfulness of this war, | would say to
Now go back and appreciate the
United States. Realize your opportunities.
DOM start digging trenches when no one is
iring at you. Don't fall down when you
lave not been hit. Don't be blind to the
most glorious chance you have ever had in
-our life.
Go back and advertise. Get ready for
he most tremendous business boom that any
Iation ever had. Build your factories big
Train more statesmen. Borrow more
Money. Go ahead, andthank God that you
re alive and that your family is alive, and
hat you are living in a that is at peace, at
i time when nearly the whole world is at {
ar" y
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-19

handed over Immediately the cotton was
sampled and weighed up. The individual
who buys a bale Of cotton, today, at ten
cents a pound. investing fifty dollars, will
have the sweet satisfaction of knowing that
his mondy goes where it will do good.
Also, he has the assurance that he has made
a safe investment.
At the close of this war, which famine
will dictate shall be short, there will be an
will have to supply it.
The Roycrofters have correspondents in
all towns and cities in the South, and are
prepared to take care of any orders for cot
ton that are entrusted to them.
If you want US to buy a bale of cotton
for you, send check for fifty dollars; if you
want two bales send one hundred dollars; if
five, two hundred fifty dollars.
We will then select some particular dis
trict in the South where we know the money
is especially needed, and our friend there
will buy the cotton for us, pay the planter,
place the bale in the nearest warehouse, get
a warehouse receipt, and send this to us,
when we will send the receipt to you.
Later, when you get ready to sell your
bale, advise us, and we will follow your or
ders. We will perform all this service with
out charge. Your commission will have our
prompt attention. BUY A BALE OF
COTTON!
Ebert HUBBARD,
East Aurora, N. Y. Banker.
When a man North of Mason & Dixon
line inserts such an appeal in his widely
read journal the Fra" for the month of
November and then follows this up with the
leading editorial in the next issue of his pa
per for December, insisting upon the Buy
a bale" movement, every cotton farmer in
the South should feel kindly disposed
towards him. From his ten column editorial
headlined The point of view" | quote the
concluding paragraphs:
The poor planter in the South needs the
money to buy the necessaries of life for him
self and family. Buy a Bale of Cotton
means shoes for the children, books for the
girls and boys so they can go to school, and
in many instances it means flour and bacon.
Your fifty dollars is bound to carry joy
into some modest home.
The men on the spot who buy the cotton
are using their best judgment, | believe,
and buying only from planters who are alb
s%olutely in need of money and have got to
sell their crops in order to live.
So there you are! And | say, be bigger
than 'section''-be neither Northern nor
Southern. Be an American. And if you
can go one step further and be a citizen of
the world, [ congratulate you.
I repeat, when a Yankee, " as some of
our Johnnie Rebs" call them, can lend
himself and his publication Zone of the best
in these United States) towards assisting
cotton farmers of the South, he shows
himself a typical American, one who
knows no North. no South, no East, no
West, but a common country. Southern
farmers, you owe Mr.. Hubbard a debt of
gratitude which you can never repay.
A few more Ebert Hubbards boosting
The Buy a bale movement" in the Northern
States, would greatly rebound to the bene-
it Of the impoverished cotton planters of
section of our common country.
Yours truly,
GILBERT L. DUPRE.
@ e-H HK A. -
The Ordway new era., 1914-05-01
Numa District
Miss Colyer Honored

A surprise party was given Miss
Linnie Colyer last Saturday evening
at the home Of her parents, by a num-
Der Of her friends. The party was
given as a farewell to Miss Colyer who
has gone TO Pueblo to complete her
course at the American Business col
lege. The guests we're entertained
with music and at games, and refresh.
ments were served. Those present
we're the Misses Wanda Mundell, Jewel
Strever, Dorothea Wilson, Frances
Strever, May Dyer. May Helms. Ma
tilda Helms, Gladys Hosler, Ulta
Helms, Mabel Schroeder, Lola Colyer.
Linnie Colyer and Miss Thyre; Messrs.
Boyd Mundell. Lloyd Mundell, Earl
Schroeder, Jake Pantle. Fred Pantle.
George Oliver. Oran Belveal, Bryce
Weldon, Otis Bollacher. Leonard
Eaks, Bruce, Glenn Polling, Thyre.
Herman Landon, and Mr.. and Mrs.
e. e. Hosler.