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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-09-10
JEFFERSON AND HOGS.

Two new items appearing in yes tetday's issue off The Graphic, etak-, ing in conilhetioa, fnfnisheedl ed food fof thoughta ,'iEl Y . 'f !, fz''1 k .,. z <, A dispatch from, Washington statea the census bureau reports 6S22 farm honies in Jeffersbn bounty. The rel equalization of Assessor John 5. King shows there are owned in the county TAO hogs, assessed for $14,- 2SO or $2 each.
 Think of*it!-. In county like this, just 7,14O hogs. Hardly more than one hog to each farm home. Is it any wonder the farmers are in debt at the end of the year? Any wonder so much meat is imported? It is not sur prising that the farmers, are in dire straits as soon as cotton slumps, when it is recalled that each farm home has just about one hog. If chickens were listed, the figures would probably show an average of five hens and rooster to each farm nome. Yet the waste from the kitchen of each home is sufficient to feed at least two hogs and good-sized bunch of hens.
 Joe Hirsch, a banker of Corpus Christi, Texas, who is chairman of the committee on agriculture of the Texas Bankers association, has con- ceived plan for bringing about a reduction of the cotton acreage and increase the meat production. Brief ly, 1t is this: To place on each farm three brood sows and one registered boar. Mir. Hirsch has gene to work to put his plan into execution among l25 farmers in the Corpus Christi country, and the way he will do it is to aid the farmers financially. He calculates that the 800 hogs to be placed on the 125 farms will in two years increase to 10000, a crop worth $100,0OO.
 Applying MT. Hirsch's calculation to Jefferson county, it will be found that If at each farm home there were placed right now three brood sows and one registered boar, in two years there would be crop If 136.44O hogs worth $1,364, 400.
 The demand for pork increases each year. and if Jefferson produced 136.- 44O instead of TAO hogs each year the fact that there is d war thousands ot miles away would not disturb at all.
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CAPITALIANS FORM
 'BUY-A-BALE' CLUB
President of Board of Trade Names Committee to
 Push Movement.

Little Rock, Sept. 9.-The state "buy-a-bale" committee, appointed by Chas, 5. Stlfft, president of the Little Rock Board of Trade, will meet Tor organization at 1 D. nj. tomorrow at the Board of Trade. w. A. Hicks, cashier of the German National bank, Is active chairman, and the honorary wee chalrmen are Governor Hays and Mayor Taylor. iii the appointment of this committee to carry on the work o1 the buy a-6a4c movement ihai Is pelns slveh so great an impetus thfouShout tle Houtli, PreS1uenr stunt says that Tt IS all evident fact that there Will have to be something done to save the South rom llnanciai em- barrassment'
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It is not exactly dearth of money that causes hard times, but that the money is withheld from circulation. There is just as much money in ex- istcnce during hard times as during prosperous days, but those who possess money tighten their hold upon it. The "buy-a-b bale' plan will attract from hiding places thousands of dollars withdrawn from circulation as soon as the first news of war came from across the water.
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that every individual who can do so purchase direct from the farmer one or more bales of cotton at 10 cents and take it off the market. It pleads for this in the name of progress, pros- perity and humanity.
 When the Spanish American war broke out, Pine Bluff men were quick to offer their services to the coun- try.
 The South needs at this time money more than services. It is not sacri- flee, either. For every $50 invested in cotton now will bring $6O or more next year. This seems certainty.
 How many patriots are there in Pine Bluff and Jefferson county to- day? The list of those who buy a bale will indicate.
 This is a matter of such vital im- port to the community the Chamber of Commerce should prosecute the movement to success. The Graphic calls upon the Chamber of Commerce to call a meeting immediately, that arrangements may be made to have Pine Bluff do it's part in taking care of the must-be-sold cotton of Jefferson county, and fostering similar action in other communities of Southeast Arkansas. A committee is needed to accept the orders and to purchase from the farmers who must sell. In the meantime those who will buy one o' more bales ar lo cents and take the cotton otf the market can help the country and themselves by telephoning their intention to The Graphic phone ii.
 Do your patriotic duty right now.
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TOWNS ORGANIZE .'. TO HELP SOUTH
 - Little Rock and New Or leans Take Up the Buy
 a-Bale' Plan. ..sz
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Reports Indicate That Hundreds C. People in the City Are Only Waiting to Be
 Solicited.

The ''buy-a-bale" plan is sweeping the South. Reports from ali sections are to the effect that the people are rallying to the call and buying cot ,on, which is being taken off the market.
 Following the action of the citizens of Atlanat, Ga, in launching an or ga1iized movement other large cities are taking similar action. Little Rock, New Orleans and TeXarkana are among the three latest to take up the buy bale" plan for the immedi- ate relief of the farmer who must sell.
 The plan is the same everywhere: A committee is named to ascertain the farmers who must sell, to accept or ders from patriots willing to buy at 10 cents :, pound-basis, good mid dling-and hold for year. The committee gives the order, and has delivered either the cotton or the warehouse receipt.
 It is beliveed that thousands of bales could be disposed of in Pine Bluff in short order by concerted eff fort. Say. a one-day's campaign with committees working every part of the city and others reaching people in the country by telephone. On the same day letters, explaining the situ- ation, could be sent out by bankers, jobbers, wholesalers, merchants and others to friends in other sections who would doubtless be glad to aid a movement that promises them 12 to 20 per cent on their money.
 The Adams Printing company has offered, in the event of hurry-ub campaign, to furnish printed badges for the committee to pin on every person who enlists in the Army of Patriots by buying a bale. These would contain a picture of a bale and the words, "I've bought bale. Have you?' The same company would doubtless supply the letters with which to circularize friends in the North, East and West if there is a concerted movement in this direction. Cotton Man Fathers Idea.
 Isaac Haas, of Atlnta, Ga., is ac- credited with the honor of fathering the "buyabale" plan which will give immediate relief to the South. J. s. Schloss of the Dreyfus company formerly resided in Atlanta, and was connected with the Fulton County
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The buy bale" plan need not interfere with any of the movements under way to aid the Southern cotton grower and the South. The wealthy will need Eelp from the banks to mold then cotton. but it Is agreed tna, the man without credit will not benefit run tne emergency currency to ue issued. The buy -a-Dale" plan Is in- tended to ald the snfal farmer who must sell, ana at the same time help ourselves by making It unnecessary to throw the cotton of the small farmers on pool market.
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THE PRICE OF BREAD.

If dependence can be placed ill the meager dispatches we get from abroad from, correspondents of our own newspapers, there have been greater advances in the prices of focdstuffs in the United States, with the greatest crop of cereals on record and with the country prosperous and at peace with all the world than there has been in Germany, which is fight ing half the world and is unable permanently to produce her own food; in England which has entered a war that may last for years and has to import most of her grain or iil France which is about to undergo. siege of her9capital and devastation of, her agricultural resources. s*sF<s <
 With our tremendous crop of wheat for which the farmers of Kansas would have been glad to take Ca cents bushel two months ago Is it right that the American people should be compelled to pay double the price, and perhaps moro? Is it right that the price of all foodstuffs should be permitted to advance fin sympathy" with wheat? And the advances justi- liable even on the theory that the relations between world supply and world demand produce the high prices?
 In the course of an article on the manipulation of food prices by the gamblers in foodstuffs, the financial editor of the New York World, a rec ognized authority on commerce and finance, says:
 There is absolutely no justification whatever for the quotations that have been established for wheat during the week. Even with tho prospect that the yield of spring wheat will be sub stantially below the early indications as result of unfavorable weather conditions. there will be the largest eXportable surplus in the country's history this season. It should be suf- ficient to meet even the extraordinary requirements of Europe under the abnormal conditions that now exist In France, where it was feared that the war would interfere with the garnering of the comparatively small crop that reached maturity, the harv- est has now been practically con- pleted, and Broomhall reports that the farmers are receiving only mod crate prices for their product.
 It may be all right to hold up Flu rope for all She will pay for grain, but it is possible that in the end it may prove to be poor business pol icy to hold up the people of the Unit ed States, for it is possible that con- gress will pass law authorizing the president at his discretion to stop the export of foodstuffs the domestic price of which has been unreasonably 1 advanced by reason of the real or fic- titious export demand. If such a law were passed and the president should see fit to stop wheat exports. the price of wheat l would drop below the ante-war prices. The wheat farmers would suffer, but the general public would reap a corresponding benefit But the wheat farmers would not be the heaviest sufferers, for they have sold most of their wheat. The sufferers would be the men who have specuss.. ed in wheat; the men who have ac. cording to expert opinion, unjusti
 flably raised bread prices
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SEPTEMBER 1GIy HISTORY

leo4-1rcubie with the church caused the government of France to banlsh many priests from that country.
 le29-An exciting debate took place in the French chamber of Deputies on the subject of slave trade.
 loo2-Ihe Burmese eXacted and burned Prone. l''o-klng Willia moi Prussia pro- posed for Emperor of Fermany. loS4-Ihe Earl of Dufferin prompted to Victory of India. l9oi---h husso-Japanesc war; General kufokl, of the Japanese forces, reports that Russians left 5000 wounded on the field of battle at Lao Yang, footing of the city began by Japanese soldiers
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ON AND AFTER AUGUST 1.

As we have been greatly imposed upon we will deliver all work strict iy cash on delivery, parties not wishing to pay C. 0. D. will pieast not ring for our deliveryman, as the9 have strict orders to return all work which they are unable to collect for.
 Tank Dietrick's Clothing Hospital, 22t 1-2 Main street, over Goldberg's Shoe store. Phone 1G26. SS-1m
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If this years crop of cotton is forced on a 6-cent market, every man, woman and child in the South will feel the effect That's why it is to every persons interest to buy a bale and keep it off the market for a year.
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The cotton situation is not one that you can regard as you do the war in Europe. "It'sn pretty tough fer those people, over there, sHN1t It af- fects YOU - f&.Fs v v V
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GIRLS BE BEAUTIFUL-Send 50 cents for jar of Mrs. McCOrmick's Beauty Cream, it promotes and per fects that irresistible charm a beauti- full complexion. Use it and improve your complexion and be charming. Lady agents wanted. BEHRENS DRUG CO.,, Waco, Texas.
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In order ot keep the record straight and render honor to whom honor is due' It is we'll to state that Isaac Haas, cotton factor, manufacturer and lawyer of Atlanta, is accredited With originating the "buy-a-bale" plan. .e -
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-09-10

The Little Rock Board of Trade has appointed committee to take up the "buy-a-bale" movement, and will urge that every corporation, firm and individual doing business in the south sign an agreement to buy one or more bales of cotton" Pine Bluff might as well have obtained the pres tlse of launching the movement in Arkansas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-09-10

visionary" is the way some few cotton meE characterize the "buya- bale' plan. "Visionary," people said of Thomas Edison and other great leaders and inventors. They said worse of the Wright brothers. When people term something "Visionary" without giving it fair consideration, they simply indicate that it is beyond their immediate vision; it doesn't mean there is no virtue in the plan.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-09-10

For rent-lStore opposite Hotel Pines, Ar Main street. Good location with low rent. Can get possession by october 1. Apply to Cleveland-Mat- theWs HdW Go. tt
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Don't buy a nat till yoll see the great bargains at the Sweet Millinery shop. tf
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SOME SENSE AND
 SOME NONSENSE
Mean Brutel


 wy, my. exclaimed Mrs. Gabb. Heres a New York woman who ar- ranged all her own burial plans and purchased her own casket before she died">
 well, what about it?" snapped MT. Gabb. "lt was her funeral, wasn't it."
 Huh! T see by the paper that dancing in the dark is the latest society diver slon,' observed the Old Fogey. That goes to sho wtlat those Tan goers have some sense of shame after all, replied the Crouch.
 Paw Knows Everything. Willie-Paw, what do nightmares live on?
 Paw-Welsh rabbits, Holsters and wild oats, my son.
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Huh!
AVERT DISASTER:
 BUY X BALE NOW!

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The log cabin Democrat., 1914-10-14
DAMASCUS.

We have been having some more rain. Cotton picking and corn gath ering has been checked to some de- gree.
 There will be an unveiling of the monument of Mrs. Mollie Merchant on the fourth Sunday in this month at the Lloyd grave yuard, three miles north of Damascus. All members of other Woodmen camps and circles are invited to assist in the exercises.
 Mrs. Ed Mcgee has been very i'll for two or three weeks, though she is some better at this time.
 All who attended the annual fair at Conway last week reported that they enjoyed it very much.
 There will be an entertainment at the schoolhouse Friday night, Octo- Der 16, given by the S. l. A. They have a silk and satin quilt to be drawn for, and each one that wants to draw for the quilt will get ticket and lunch for 25 cents. Everybody is invited to come and take a part in the entertainment.
 Quite lot of wheat is being sowed in this community this fall.
 G. w. Mcgee has put up about 250 bales of cotton to date.
 Lane Spires of Jefferson county is here visiting his parents. MT. and Mrs. H. F. Spires. He will accompa- ny his family, who have been here about three weeks, back home.
 Rev. Thurlow Herring of near En- ] ders is here visiting Bro. Holt Her 7 nne, who is in failing health
 Prof G. S. Butler and Elmer Tan ner made special trip to Choctaw last Saturday in the interest of the inter-school contests for this school
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-10-14
VILONIA.

Cotton picking is the order of the day with the farming class here, but as a rule, all seem to be slow about rushing it on the market.
 Mir. Yelvington, who has recently been very i'll, is improving at this time.
 Luther Gray has made considerable improvements on his dwelling house
 Lewis Clements carried cotton tt Little Rock the past week.
 A great improvement has beer made in the Sunday school work at the Methodist and Baptist churches since the summer revivals. Prayer meeting has also been organized at both churches-at the Baptist church lon Friday night and the Methodist church on Saturday night.
 Bro. Kelley, the Methodist pastor preached an interesting sermon at the Methodist church last Sunday mo IL ing He also preached at the evenina hour.
 Re Otto Wilmington of Conway will nreach the ordination sermon at the Baptist church on the third Sun- day in this month.
 Gus Bush and wife of Little Rock spent the past week in our midst wis iting old friends and relatives.
 Miss Winnie Sherrod of Coal Hill is visiting here for few days.
 Miss Ollie Bush of this place is spending a few days in Little Rock.
 Very few of our people attended the Faulkner county fair at Conway and very few reports have reached here.
 Vilonia high school is still enroll ing a lot of new pupils, and still more
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-10-14
TRAINING CLASS PROGRAM.
October IA.

Following is the program of the Teacher Training Class which meets Wednesday evening at 6:45 o'clock. All Sunday school workers are invit- ed. The class will be dismissed in time for the revival services at the tent:
 Review of the first 12 centuries of church history, by the leader. Protestantism-Prof. C. J. Greene.
 The German Reformation-B. O. Womble.
 The English Reformation-B. A. Short. James Arminius and Arminianism J. l. McClurkin.
 The Counter Reformation and the Jesuits-Miss Maggie Denison. The Inquisition-Mis Gladys Bas- sett. The Wesleys and the Wesleyan Movement-M J. Russell. Anne ~ican Professionalism - R. E. Womack. A brief preview of next Sundays lesson will occupy the last few min utes of the hour.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-10-14
COTTON SHIPPED
 DIRECT 10 JAP AIN

What is said to be the first consign- ment of Faulkner county cotton ever shipped direct from Conway to Japan is being loaded out by the Conway Compress Company today. The ship ment consists of 200 bales and is con signed by Frauenthal X Schwarz to Yokohama Ki-ito Gemei Kwaisha, Yo- kohama, Japan, the draft with bill of lading being forwarded through the Bank of Conway.
 With the European mills closed, Ja- pan is taking increased quantities of American cotton this year, although the consumption in the orient is not sufficient to absorb more than small portion of this years surplus.
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UNION VALLEY.

The people are enjoying good health, but are not enjoying them. selves financially. We are now facing one of the most critical periods for many years, but it will cause many to change their ways of farming and leave off some of the cotton and raise more of their living at home.
 Bob Harris and wife of Quitman were visiting relatives in this section the past week.
 We have had fine weather for gath erng crops.
 Robert Reedy of Vilonia preached at the valley the first Sunday and Sunday night, and will preach again the first Sunday in next month-
 The farmers are not selling their cotton so freely, on account of low prices.
 Harley Jones won the prize on corn. This should encourage other boys to compete for prizes next fall.
 Rev. Bevens will preach at the val ley next Sunday evening. The writer went to Black Fork Sunday and enjoyed some good sing | ing.
 October IA.
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year.
 Health is very good in this con- munity at this time.
 October IA.
year.
WOODROW SCHOOLHOUSE.

If the weather is favorable most of the cotton wifi be out by the last of this week. Just little scattering cotton will be left.
 While it is not settled, the school here is supposed to begin the first Monday in November.
 Mir. and Mrs. Barrid of near Vi lonia attended preaching and took dinner with Collie Snow here last Sun day.
 Regular monthly preaching here every second Sunday.
 o. G. Moore, Otto Mashek, John Wilson and Raymond Moore went fishing down in White county last week. They caught plenty of fish and divided with their neighbors.
 Several attended the fair last week. Among them we note the following: Collie Snow and wife, Misses Eardley Moore and Lalex Huddleston, Harold Moore and others.
 There was a Socialist speaker here Thursday and Friday nights. His lldIIlS was SuSO1l otilu IliS IS near Searcy.
 If the feed crop that is contemplat- ed for the future was matured now we would have plenty of feed for the winter
 We was surprised but pleased to see a Woodrow item clipped by a Fort Smith paper this week
 After attending the Holiness con- vention at Cabot last week the Vii lonia delegation passed through here in body Monday. Vilonia will get the next state convention. ! Born, to MT. and Mrs. Randolph Whorton week before last, fine boy.
 J. H. Jones, who is now living at Vilonia, was baling hay here last week He and his family and the dormitory students attended church here last Sunday.
 Mrs. A. N Moore of Cabot is visit ing ser son, o. C.. Moore, and family here, and her daughter, Mrs. J. H Jones of Vilonia Her many friends here are glad to see her looking SC well.
 October IA.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-10-14
CATO

Health is sc. v good around ere
 Cotton pi-kirg is the order o' the day
 The society met here last riday night and ha1 nice time. Thy had a deSate, the Inject of whih was "WhctAer tte Var was a Bereit to shc Cnited States or Not" Fred Ho- pan cnd Charlie Steed were ,n the affirmative side and Grover Pairet nd George Ellis on the negative. They had good debate, the negative getting the decision.
 T . Pairet and wife took their lit tie boy, Fred, to Little Rock last Tuesday and put him in school
 Mrs. Alvie Pairet, Misses Coga Black, Georgia Upton, Charlie pton, John Ramsey and Grover Pairet visit ed at R. w. Clark's Sunday.
 Mrs. Pate of Bonneville is here vis- iting friends a few days.
 Mrs. Springer from across the hill
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spent last week here with her daugh- ter, Mrs. Owens.
 Henry Hacker and wife from across the hill visited Robert Owens and wife Sunday night and Monday.
 MT. Puckett from across the hill has rented land from J. E. Hogan and will move here in the near fu- ture.
 Will Carson has rented land from w. D. Springer for another year.
 George Ellis has moved back home at Faulkner Gap.
 Prof. Clark made business trip to Little Rock last Saturday.
 Robert Owens and wife are the happy parents of fine girl
 w. D. Springer, T. B. Proctor, J. E Hogan and Joe Price went to Little Rock in MT. Springer's auto Monday.
 Hard times don't seem to stop the drummers.
 The Woodmen Circle met here last Saturday, with a good turnout.
 The w. o. w. met here Saturday night and initiated nine new mem- bers.
 The O. E. s. will meet here Satur- day afternoon at o'clock, and hope that all the members will be pres |ent. We are going to have debate at the society next Friday night. Ev- erybody come and have a good time
 Joe Bargiel lost fine horse Mon day. October IA.
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are expected to enter. We urge all parents who are interested in educat- ing their children to send them to Vii lonia. Our best efforts will be with and for each one
 October IA
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At The Theatres
THE ARKWAY.

Their Picnic," Crystal comedy, tops the bill tonight at the Arkway. Geraldine and Joe go on a picnic. So does Harry and Alice, Joe goes for some water. He is chased by a tramp. Harry falls asleep and Alice goes for a walk She meets Joe and they engage in conversation. Ger aldine sees them. She is furious. She meets Harry He escorts her home. That evening Geraldine writes a letter to Harry asking him to call, and one to Joe telling him she never wants to see him again. But she gets the letters mixed and Joe gets the invitation to call He does so and Geraldine, realizing her love for him, submits to his embrace. Harry can nDt understand his short-lived sue cess.
 Two other good reels will be shown.