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The Brinkley argus., 1914-12-18
Prominent Cotton Plant Man Buried in Brink
 ley

Chas. Meehan. one of the old pioneer merchants of Cotton Plant who died in Little Rock Tuesday was buried at the Catholic Cemetery in Brinkley Wednesday morning. Services were held by Father Frommen at the Catholic Church.
 Ax eehan became deranged in mind. supposedly from worry ing over the killing of his son, Chas. Meehan. Jr. by the Cotton Plant Marshall some several months ago. and had been in Little Rock for treatment.
The Brinkley argus., 1914-12-18
City Notice

As the Xmas Holidays are are closely approaching 1t IS made my duty to call attention of the public to an Ordinance prohibiting the ingniting and exploding of fire crackers. sky rockets, roman candles, tor pedoes and other like dangerous fire worbs and fireing pistols or guDk within the corporate limits/ /ofL4e city during these days espectally and any person violating that Ordinance will be arrested and fined accordingly. It is to be hoped that every citizen and person will use their efforts toward a safe and sane celebration of the Xmas holidays, especially Xmas Day.
 JAS. GRANT, Mayor.
The Brinkley argus., 1914-12-18
koenlssbero and Kant.

Koenigsberg die not treat its most famous citizen. Kant, any tSo gener- ously in money matters. Barring tue ten years spent as tutor in private families, Kant passed the whole oi his long life in Koenigsberg. wnere he was born in 1724 During his early tenure of the chair of philosoph: nis sole emoluments consisted q kzo year a sack of wheat every month ana sufficient firewood to warm his aousd in cold weather On becoming sec' tor of the university, only anotnes E2o was added to his yearly stipeno, SD the greatest of all German pniioe ophers was not much better on thap the pastor of Goldsmnh's "Deserses yillage.~ However. in the latter year. Rants scanty means were senppae menteG by an annual sllowenee oA 426 from the privy pQrse of ick the Great London chronael
The Brinkley argus., 1914-12-18
E1OE HISTORY
of Plant Sacred Rks |ruidicaI Religious Festivals.
..ed a Potent Remedy sev ,,ef Which still Exists ln es the Remote Plaess of Europe.

decorate our homes witf
 prays of mistletos at Christ
 nss time, but few of ui
 |now the history of t as [
 Fuletide symbol. Pretts
 lirls are kissed under 1t and
 el of fun and nonsense ts
 apropos of it, but no one
 ink of how ancient 2 dec
 is or how sacred 1t was ht to be-
 everybody has 2 vague
 that the Druids of old had
 to do with the gathering oi
 hut just what that some
 Is not clear to the averaGe
 is that the ancient Cel0 n
 car religion had two great he in June and the other tn
 xhe latter being eouivaaeni
 istmas. In both of theee
 rsls the gathering Of the
 as . sacred rite.
 his Natural History de
 ceremony. Speaking q the
 ship of the oek. hs aaye Dve that whatever grows oa
 is sent from heaven and is
 the tree has been chosen 1 himself. The mistletoe is l to be met with. but when |they gather it with solemn
 This they do especially on ky of the moon. because by hy the moon has plenty Of kas not run half its couroe.
 e preparations have beea i sacrifice and . feast under Sey hail 1t as the unisersal bring to the spot two white e horns have never beoa te. 4 priest clad in . whito ] the tree and with . golden
 the mistletoe. which is ' white cloth. Then they e victims, praying that God his own gift to proeDor
 upon whom he has be- elieye that . potion pre- h mistletoe will increase
 and that the plant is . enst all poison
 elieved to be . remedy for hnd this belief is still to be hany remote places In Eur Holstein. for example. tho B regarded as . healing wounds, and in Lacaune. as always administered by people as an antidote for lrtheast of Scotland people withes of mistletoe at the moon; these they bent in kept for a year to cure hec- nd other troubles. In some lrmany the mistletoe is es- |eemed as a remedy for the children. who sometimes nz around the neck as n n on Midsummer eve mio- llisently sought after. the Dving 1t to be possessed o9 tc qualities. and that if q 'is attached to the ceiling nng house. the horse's stall 2 crib, the trolls will then P to injure either man or nches of the plant are con in farm houses hanging llling to protect the dve1l- ' harm. but especially fsom sons afflicted with tho fan think they can ward q pr the malady by carrying mem a knife which has q listletoe.
The Brinkley argus., 1914-12-18
Ex-BrinkIsy Man h California
Writes Interesting Letter From Far Away Gold
 en State

en State
 Escondido, c l., Dec. 10, 1914 Editor Argus:
 It has been so long since ] wrote. I suppose your readers have begun to think have for gotten all about them or have run out of something to write about.
 Neither is true, but very seldom feel like sitting down at nightfall and writing a long letter after being confined to business for 10 or 12 hours. for as l said before, California is the greatest place for work I ever saw.
 A man can work here if physically able 365 days in the year because he is seldom deter ed of the elements and never by the law.
 For the first time since l cane to California, I am conlned to room and that is why I am writing today; otherwise this is a letter you might not get.
 In California there is some thing to see all the time. even if you have seen it before.
 The rocks and the mountains and the beautiful green valleys surrounded by those mountains never grow old to me.
 Every morning when arise I look across the hills and valleys to the mountains in the distance and they inspire me with the thought that there is still some thing left to live for even among the inanimate things in our world.
 Then on the other side of me rolls the Grand Old Pacific Ocean, flashing it's restless waves against it's rock bound coast. or in other place rolling its waves out oyer an endless (so far as we can see) stretch of sandy shore. How could one ever tire of those when at tn e same time the beautiful sunshine of about 300 days or more is continually bathing these in it's own beauty?
 We have just passed through a very heated prohibition cam paign. and after a hard fight on the part of both sides the ''wets" won the days and for a while we can get booze almost in every large town, but most small towns will be nominally dry. So don't you people be afraid if you come to California you can't get something to drink.
 Myself and family drove to San Diego on Thanksgiving day to witness the daring Lincoln Beachy. (the lair man") do some of his stunts while playing with Death.
 He performed quite a few daring feats to interest the thousands of spectators who had gathered in and around the exposition grounds.
 He looped the loop several times in succession, just as easily appearantly as 8 profes- sional acrobat would turn q summersault. He flew bottom upwards, which was something I never saw a bird do, and made the spiral as easily as a bird.
 There will be quite a few flights next year l suppose dur ing the exposition; and by the way, I want to remind the people of Arkansas that they must try to come at some time during the year. It is a trip that will give more pleasure, rest and enjoyment than almost anything else they can do with the same money it will take to come to the Exposition at San Diego.
 I just learned in the last Argus I received that Wm. E. Spencer and his wife are still
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The Brinkley argus., 1914-12-18
Excepf ye become as q IittIe child ye sh0ii tn no zpise enter into the joy of Christmas time.
The christmas Robin.

In many parts of England the robin is associated with Christmas tide rhere is belief that on Christmas ave these birds will sing near house vhess . person ts dyinx to cheer htms
The Brinkley argus., 1914-12-18
Political Announcement

The ARc9s is authorized to announce Prank Federer as a candidate flor Mayor at the election. Jan. 4th, 1915.
 Teli 'em You cav # tn the Ara
The Brinkley argus., 1914-12-18

zu1s - .Sons. nenr eealpse r,.e vro}s ses, no m atter Of tow ioee eql .. @ sre scurx8 hS 4he uoaterfni. eid xc1l7 portetsa hSfnnGpt1c HealinG OIL
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-01-02

people lovinl B, and her ,ntones no,nes
 happy and their heartis,ones 5 bright and their waters sun anu their pastures good, and her con ,:. science clear, her weal'h u.l- fused and Por-houses empty .,; :; her churchesF earnest anu al creeds lost in the gospel. 1":e and sobriety4 walking hapo Ill hand through her borders; honor in her homes, uprightness in her midst, plenty in her fields; stral- ght and simple faith in the hearts of her sons and daughters her two races walking together in peace and contentment; sun shine everywhere and all the time and night falling on her gentle as from the wings ot the unseen dove.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-01-02
THE DAY AFTER

There are no distressingly novel observations to be made about Christmas. The day was properly celebrated and every one is glad thatit is over. Christ mas, after all, is a day.for child ren. The worry and work pre- paratory to the celebration is for them.
 At this particular time Christ mas, while affording nothing new to discuss, may be better thing to talk about than the weather, and no good authority will question that language was invented for the purpose of com municating a want of ideas about that important subject.
 It IS not recorded whether the bird of dawning sang all night  Wednesday or not. Heis a more humorous fowl than he looks and prefers to sing only in neighDor- hoods where he knows that there are lot of people addicted to in- somnja ana profanity, besides Christmas, lil,e Thanksgiving, is not a healthy season for birds of the roost.
 Everybody wEo could get il ate too much Thursday. Almost everybody g ot heavy feeling of uncomfortable comfort and many creams, strange dreams at night.
 This tucking down of food and drink did not have tendency to inspire il either men or women many thoughts or religious or philanthropic images that should attach to Christmas. Religion and philanthropy, in its best and a0t la the cant sense, are uncon- SciousIy present in children. They ! can eat too much without doubt Iur God or hating nan Happy @as the man who had a Christ mas tree and children to wond-I
 and rejoice in t. The ,..... gao vas not too slow CT to- stupid to play Santa Claus de. eivedan exquisite pleasure in the .dav. Such man knows how to enjoy himself. There Were old men on Thursday who Were boys .a%aia. These men kept Hp the beautiful custom of Christmes
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-01-02

Do not forget to provide for the comfort of your livestock of every kind. Get up bedding and see that the stalls for the horses and cattle and the quarters for all other kinks of Hive stock are we'll bedded and made comfort able. In this way not only will the stock winter better and on less feed, but large quantity of manure can be provided for next summers crops. Manure above all other things is what most of what our lands need most. Pro- gressive Farmer.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-01-02

The use of hoppers for dry mashes should be more general, and hoppers should always be used for grit, charcoal, meat, scrap, bone and oyster shell or lime rock. When poultry can have free access to these, they take just what they need, and in such vuanities as their nature craves. Progressive Farmer.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-01-02

Eve and Santa Claus. In the eyes of tae children, in thelr flushed little faces they became children again.
 Such men are men.ot peace ana good will and youth willy always burn bright in their hearts
 Christmas ought to be good tor all of us. fought to be good for us to give presents,ss even II the commercial e n s e sometimes mingles with the interchange We should or Christmas Day ea'' drink and be merry within the limits of becomings.mlrtn. oi- fortunately too few do thlS; They over-eat oyer-drink' and are over-mery. Mir. Ina 'Eeray oXcellently expressed the piopei Christmas thoughtlswhen ne wrote:
 "Wholoses.o whoiwins the prlze ~
 Go lose or bnquerssas you can But if you fN or if you rise, .'e,,,.n
 Itis questl lOn as to how man! many followed this .lnjunction Thurs day. = Commercial Appeal
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-01-02
GRAOYs STRIKING PICTURE


 vas drawn by the south,s grea' orator, the late Henry W. Grady
 T,et me picture to you t h (
 footsore confederate soldier aS 4buttoning up in his faded gray Racket the parole which was to
 bpar testimony to his children o1 3bis fidelity and faith, he turned his face southward from Ap- {Domattax in April, 1865. Think
 bf him as ragged, half starved |ppavv-hearted, unfeebled by (yant and wounds having fought,
 to exhaustion, he surrenders his
 run, wrings the Lhands of com
 rades in silence, and lifting his
 fear.stained and pallid face for 4he last time to the graves that
 bot old Virginia shill, pulls hls
 kray cap over his brow ana De-
 bins the slow and painful journey.
 What does he find-let me ask ! |vou who went to your homes
 eaoer to find in the welcome you
 had justly earned, full payment
 flor syour four .-years sacrifice, what did he find when having i followed the battlestained cross (against overwhelming odds. ] threading death not half so much as surrender, he reaches the home he left so prosperous and beautiful? He finds his house Tn ruins, his farm devastated, his slaves free, his stock killed, his barn empty, his trade destroyed
 his money worthless, his social system. feudal in it's magnif- cence, swept away; his people without law or legal status; his comrades slain. and the burdens of others heavy on his shoulders. Crushed by defeat, his very tra- ditions are gone. Without money, credit, employment, materal or training; and besides all h s, confronted with the greatest pro- blem that ever met human in- telligence-the establishing of status for the vast body of his his liberated slaves, What does he do this hero in gray with a heart of go.d? Does he sit down in suIleness md despair? Not for a day. Surely God who has stripped him of his prosperity, inspired him in his a diversity. As ruin was never so overwhel- ming never was restoration swift ter. The soldier stepped from the trenches into the furroW, and fields that ran red with blood in in April were green with harvest in June; women reared in luxury cut up their dresses and made brooches for their husbands, land with a patiert and heroism that lit women always as garment, gave then' hands to work.
 T see a south, the home of fifty millions of people, who rise up every day to call from bless ed cities, lass hives of industry and thrtt: har countryside the treasury .oe which her resourc- es are dca VI her streams vocal with WIrr.n2 splndles; her val leys taalnpled in the white and gold of the harvest; her mount. airs showerag down the music ot bells as her slow moving flocks and herds go forth from their folds; her rulers honest and her
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-01-02

A system regulator is meditine that strengthens and stimulates the iiyeL, kidneys, stomach and bowels. frlckly Ask Bitters is superior system re u guiator. It drives out all unneaitnY conditions, promotes activity o1 oooy and brain restores good appetite.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-21

temperance crusade with the cry Of
Votes fer Women" anc out Of the
union ii these two causes has come
the present worldwide woman s
movement.
Today the NatloDaI w. c. T. U. is
the largest woman's organization In
che world. 1t has membership on
$4,000 '|emcn and is actively orn
sanizcd in more than 10000 towns
md cities. 1t has an ors~nfzation in
81 state III the union When it
founded IN 1874 there was only
ne dry state on the entire map OF
nc United States Maine. But with
~ the last ten years the dry" ter
|sltory has encroached on the wet"
go there are now ten states where
iquor cannot be legally sold. From
the movement has sprung the ma
tlonal woman's suffrage movement
and there are now many states where
women have won the right to vote
The National w. &. T. u. is the
parent of nearly an the organic &C
uvities of women in this republic
II is the mother of the juvenile
courts. 1t inspired the work of
stamping out white slavery. It has
aldcd working men to secure an
Fight-hour law in many of the states
nd Teen factor ~ the movement
kor world peace.
Verify, woman. III organization and
#n endeayor is making her impress on
Plstory, cn laws and on socity!
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-21

Heartburn is a symptom of indi
gestion. To correct the digestive or
gsns the remedy is SIMMONS REF
Il LIVER REGULATOR The mi3ery
disappears at once. The bowels op
crate speedily and you feel stroag
rigorous and cheerful. Price, !drg
package, s10O; small size, 25c Sc.d
by all druggists.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-21

Il those Americans WHO are res,
dents OF vera Cruz arc wise IN their
day and generation, they viii follow
the nag, when it returns to the
united states Fi.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-21

The Turk has fallen into the Ger.
man idea OF claiming everything in
s.on. early an the game. All lux si4
reports are YictVga40 OAc5
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-21

There is one thing certain, dead
moral certain. Some OF these days
and not very Tar distant at shar,
t.e world Is going to discover
rather suddenly tina, ii wants cot,
ton. Wen. the South has that cot.
ton! I'll
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-21

Then, again, It may be that the
Turks can explain the shooting in.
oident of tse Tennessee with the
statement that everybody and every.
tnsng IN la.epe Is snoot.ns.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-21
lie MEXICAN MERRY.eo.RouNl

so pleased with the sweet peace
mexico was Mr.. Bryan that he
Washington AID the cares Of office
desday night for rest and rejoic
on his Florida estate. Because wal
again the order of the day or was
yesteT days no reason why
should forge either the vacation
TIC celebration and return to sit
with The crisis. BY the time he CO.
4tA 10 liza 5tate u ..artlaen.
aa lle nsgAt ee Efc4th|
amty once more, ana, WAi!e he I
turning from the door, war cd
close down stlll again. The pc
OF the department. moreover, cons
ing in a deep and abiding faith
& happy outcome Of the Mexi
business, may be practiced just
well al Miami as at Washington,
its proclamation, for lack OF fac
may be less frequently recur
Everything win go on in Nc
quite as badly while Mr.. Bryait
away from Washington as it
gone and viii so On while he 4
the capital, though scarcely any ~
the capital, though scarcely any "
parture of the American forces
vera Cruz for Monday the TIVE
lllird instant. now two days in
lutuIe, there will be less disposit
perhaps, to change that schedule f
Florida than there might be at wa
ngton. The one and the only th
Tor the United tsates TO do, In q
sonance with all that il has done
not done thus far with respect
Mexico, is to get away from q
scene OF trouble, TO which, since
more than going there was III co
faauu, there should never ma
peeu an approach.
The quarrel between the Carran
and the villa factions is bound
come TO trial in the field uniesv CO
ANA and his adheren.s submit co
pletely to the doughtiest hghting mi
n Mexico. They seem unable
themselves to do that, and the
uosiq ~ 1 14n .hage Y
p pm 70 gife passage TO
l.aa aests. st.n, see What b.
pened to Belgium! surrender CT
actions to Villas domination m
come ateut in Moxleol either with
without war, more likely, and as
as Villa Is concerned perhaps i
rably, with war. The ex-bandit 9
cnief of the ConstitutionaAsts he
ig forces, hasn't had tho excitem
of a battle for three or four mont
and, whether II be Iluerta or Carr
aa, IL is probably much the same
him whom he Is overthrowing
man must have something to do
Mexico as #ell as elsewhere, a
SINCE the principal pastime of
country Is war II would be pre-
hard Ii such good player of
game as il villa should 10 den
Indulgence in it.
AS long as wo are not determil
10 make great and genera. Gle
IN OF Mexico, ut whatever the c.
Ne least we have to do with aha
IL that country the better for us.
is cake that takes long baking,
it is much better to draw the
from the oven than to eat half d
CONNECTION, Is there peace in N
ieoe Is there war? No matter,
ls not our peace, nor is II our y
We have accomplished nothing
stepping ashore and we had bel
take ship for home, without wait
10 See the determination OF the
mediate issue. Whoever sets up
the palace at Mexico City can vi
or cable us that he il there I
ready for business. because we !
mt the merrygo-round is no rea
why we should SIT by until
time.
l1l1 lnu.allle1
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-21

ao -nsAsh parliament insists that
laser 81 tAa government viii collect
the cost of the war from Germany.
The fact 81 the matter is that It is
beginning to look as ii Germany were
having trouble paying her own.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-21

The New York World dominates
i.cniose aud Cannon rs inc Rcpub
iiean national ticket In 1915 II the
voice of the Republican party speaks
for anything at all, II spcks for this
i!instrious pair on the first Tuesday
in November
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-21

Il as tather d hardship 10 force
epaA.R Clark 70 81, Georgia possum
ana pretend 70 like it. II WAS down
riGht unfair to force him to laugh
at the ..aacon brand OF jokes.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-21

IA fe8 nlore lays Thankag ing
wi. 50 here agaln. haye you stopped
fer moment to reflect and to con.
sider The manifold things for which
W. i. ms country should be thank.
fur
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-21

FORTY YEARS OF THE W. c. 7. U,
Forty years ago today the Womans
Christian Temperance Cnson was
lorganiaed in Cleveland. The move
kncnt had its beginning in The follow
ing incident; In 1873 Dr. 0o Lewis
ioc,nrei on temperance In niilsboro,
ohio. and at this lecture there was
present Mrs. Judge Thompson. No
man Of singular beauty, VINO Was
moved TO begin woman's crusade
against intcmpemnce. Led BY her
the women entered the saloons and
organized. prayer meetings. Tho
movement spread through Ohio and
thousands OF barrels of liquor were
ainptied into the cutters In rhe Mid
die West. An army Of men signed
the temperance pledge, Hut y reac'
ton soon followed In Chicago. T.
combat this MISS Frances l.. Willard
appeared upon the field with he
l'whno Ribhcn Army Her crusade
2gathered such menentnG that in Re
fan OF the following year the Ma
J lonal w. Z. T. U, was founded. Miss
,lllard was appointed secretary and
egan the work OF organization. Miss
3Nnlard was the first 10 combine the
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-21

Peace IN Mexico comes In the
evening and yanishes overnight. The
situation was never IL. ,sorse shape
than is the case Mt present and the
sooner Washington withdraMs her
troops from Vera Cruz the letter.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-21

aa~ @ay 70 the u.A q tity
4tAA see avns. u 9g.a A.A,ss,
tie taA % 40 Qaese.y1 ou- ia
Iq.key snou.d naso i..au. - 4...ea,.v
hon4raeie paompt.y.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-21

IL takes nero than snow and ice
10 nee1e the nsnting spirit cut OF
lliose sealdy beigIans.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-21

The haiser has another guess cons
Ing. II will be recalled tina, be rel
marked back yoader in September
thai he would eat his thanksgiving
dinner in Paris. The chances are
that he win not eat that ono or any
other dinner in that city.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-21

The famous MlcheIen auto tires are
or sale in Brunswick exclusively
~ Wright Il G0wan Co
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-21

The Parant.Teaener associations OF
tins city deserve TO be commended
loa pra rieal.y illustrating 10 Rruus-
wick mothers. AMI others some whole
some truths, hygienic ax:0ms and
common sense principles With refer
ence &c ihe care, etc, OF babies and
children. The exhibit AIT the oon,
tertess was net only interesting, bal
educational as welt