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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-11
French Corporal Hero.

Paris, Sept. 9.-TWo wounded
French infantrymen arrived here this
afternoon bringing with them two
German battleships, captured in yes
terday's fighting. One OF the infantry
men, Corporal Guillemard, was imme-
diately decorated with military med
al by General Gallieni
A French steamship line today an
nounced that It has arranged for
regular sailings between Havre and
New York each Saturday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-11
( States Indebtedness.

Little Rock, Sept. Snow, with all
of the counties settled with the state
except Jefferson, the outstanding in
debtedness of the state has been re
duced to S2C2,12224. Nothing will
come in now to reduce this. and the
amount will rapidly increase until
next years taxes begin to come in
when the state will be confronted
with a deficit of not less than half q
million dollars.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-11
NEW ORLEANS IN LINE.
Cotton Exchange Members Form
''Buy.a-BaIe" Club.

the New Orleans Cotto neXchange to-
day started local "buy-a-bale" move
ment and Immediately met with sue
cess. Business men generally joined
with the cotton traders in the plan
to buy one bale at $50
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-11
Cost Kept Down-Quality Kept Up

No better medicine could be made
for coughs. colds, Group. hoarseness,
tickling throat, bronchitis, etc., than
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound.
That's why they can't improve the
quality, and war or no war. the price
remains the same. No opiates. Don't
, <tsks syes y icr E2ley z HS2sy
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-11
STATE CORN CROP.
Now EeStimated Arkansas Will Pro.
duce H,40G,0O0 BASKETS.

Washington, Sept. Sit is now esti-
mated that the Arkansas corn croT
will be 41,400,000 bushels. The oat
crop will total 100000. The in
crease in the estimates is due to rains
during the past few weeks, according
to the federal bureau of crops estI,
mates.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-11

WARRANTY DEEDS
Adward P. Hawkins to Geo. B.
Yanch, .Pt. Lots 4 and 5. Blk 2, Ring
ler's Addition $1.00.
Thos. J. Williams 10 G. J. Meyers,
NE IA NV IA Sec. 34-4-1Q, $50.
G. ]. Meyers to Thos. J. Williams,
Lot Z, Blk II, Monks SW Addn. ST..
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-23
THE USE OF ALCOHOL
 ON THE BATTLEFIELD
To the Editor of The Lancet of Lon

To the Editor of The Lancet Of Lon
 don:
 Sir-The great wave of temperance which has swept over civilized peo- ples in recent years has gained much of it's impetus from the efforts of many distinguished members of our own profession. It is, therefore, with great diff1dence that venture to raise the above question in your col umns. Nor do I wish for moment to advocate any essential modihcation in the non-alcoholic diet Of our army in the field, however anxious l may be to prove my own thesis that the value of alcohol in the present cam paign should not be under-estfmated-
 will endeavor to put my points as conciseIy as possible. One of the ar guments against the use or alcohol even incidentally, often quoted by sci entif1c temperance lectures, Is the statement that alcohol inhibits pha- gocytosis, thereby impairing the first line Of defense against the infections. I have never discovered the expert
 mental evidence upon which this statement is made. and about five years agoI did some research work on my own account to ascertain its .ac- curacy or otherwise. The Lancet, of November 5, 1910, published re- search which had made upon the influence of Quintne and smorphia on phaEocytosls, and it was on the same lines that I endeavored to investigate the influence of alcohol on the same process. My researches, though. they entailed much intricate and laborious microscopic work, did not appear to me of sufficient importance to publish until I had confirmed my early con clusfons by many repetitions of the experiments, nor was anxious to Ien- ter the lists against the champions of total abstinence until I had made my weapons more effective. The expert ments, so far as they went, showed clearly. that large doses of alcohol (e. g.. the equivalent of 10 oz, for an, adult of 10 st destroyed the phago- cytic action of the blood upon all the comm oRsp a8hogante- --ba actaEta~ used Ih my experiments (pneumo mocoeci. E, coli streptococci and B. infi'1enzae). but that moderate doses @ oz.,) dis tinctly incFeased phagocytic- action against thes organisms. This con- frmed cohcIusions which had come to in clinical observations spread over 20 years of active practice. and have
 met many able practitioners whohave agreed with me on this point.
 Last year, at the international Con
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-23

coho1 Is useless as a medicine.
 I suggest that if there were under the control of company officers a sup ply of alcohol which could be served out at their discretion, very much in the same way that our naval officers ordered tots of Jamaica rum to the spent sailors in the days Of Nelson, there would not be much fear Of abuse. It would be distinctly under stood that it was an emergency ra- ton, and since the dose need not ex- ceed 1 1-2 oz. of alcohol (good London gin, Scotch whiskey, Jamaica rum. or good cognac if availa,ble) 1t would not form a very bulky addition to the ammunition columns. Our heroic troops are not likely to be brutalized by this '.prophylactic'' use of alcohol. and if 1t prevented the death of only one in every 100 of them it would be well worth the cost and trouble Of suppy.- If I have not misread Mer- cier's delectabIe writing upon alcohol and insanity, it is not the use of al- cohol which drives men mad, but the insane man who makes insane use of it.
 am, sir, yours faithfully,
 H. LYON SMITH.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-23

bidding was scheduled to take place. Wall Street was well represented, not entirely by interested persons, but bsr number of bankers who had never witnessed such a proceeding.
 Money rates are much lower than those prevailing a year ago, call mon ey renewals being obtainabIe at 8 per cent. against Ia per cent. last year while time money may be secured at 1 per cent. whereas a year ego to 5 1-2 per cent WEES quoted. Commer- ciaI paper rules much cheaper at 1-z to 5 per cent as compared with 6 per cent. last year. Cotton and coffee are four and three cents respectively be- low the figures of last year, while wheat prices are about 3S cents higher and corn two cents higher than a year ago. The average price of railroad stocks rules about fourteen points be- low a year ago while industrIals are but three points lower. The four months shutdown oft the stock ex- change machinery could not better be evidenced than through a comparison Of securities dealt on the floor. The total of stocks since January 1 was 4s, 100000 shares against 8, ,O0O, eco up to the corresponding time of last year The bonds on the other hand have not fared so badly. the total to date being $449. o00, 900 against $4sA. .ooo.0 900.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-23
NEW YORK EXPERT
 REVIEWS SITUATION IN FINANCIAL WORLD
eBarron Financial News servtoe.)

(BarTon Financial News Servtce.)
 New York, Dec. 23-Bor the purpose of ascertaining, if possible. the Inter state Commerce COmmaSsion's views as to how much additional revenues the railroads might realize if their en- tire application for increased rates had been granted, the Barron F1nan- Commissioner Clark on the subject and received in reply the following comment:
 f"The proposed increase in rates on the roads in official classification ter irtory has been quite generally re- ferred to as the Five Per Cent Case, but, as stated in our original report in that proceeding, the increases pro- posed were not uniformly five per cent. They range from three to fifty per cent. I should say that the large percentages of increase were limited in number as we'll as local in chArac- ter The only estimate that has been involved was made by the railroads and did not pretend to be more than a rough approximation and. as l1u- derstand, it was arrived at by ae- suming an increase Of Av0 per cent on one billion dollars of annual rev. euue. It would be impossible to reach accurate figures because the volume the same in one year as in another year, and no ono knows what changes In the movement of tEaMc would re- suit from a read Justxnent of the rake@
 There are na4IljonS Of rates uu1e1
 which but litt1e trahac moves. It da
 obvious that an increase of one peS cent. upon a rate under WaxAch e lakwe volume of traffic moves is of more real importance than an increase ef ten per cent. upon q rate under wh3oR, practically no tranac moveas'
 Not often does 6he sale at as0cE4on of big railroad property take pSaca much less in New York City, The aA- vance announcement that the prop erty of the Chicago Rock Island a Pacidc Railroad would go under the
 hammer to the highest bidder broushi forth crowd Of aiEhf-seers EO tho county court house steps ~1Raere the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-23
sIHFszsEz IS 4 SANTA CLAUS

N Nearly twent years ago, little girl. Virginia GFI4an1on eight years old, evinced some doubt of the exist ence of the Santa Claus. who makes Aa children so happy on Christmas Bay
 Virginia was so skeptical that she wrote the New York Sun to find out if there was any truth in the Santa. Claus story. The Sun answered her. The Sun thens was in charge of MT. charIes A Danas and MT. Frank P. Church was the author of the Suns reply which was printed on Sept 21, 1s97- Following is the editorial:
 (From the Sun Sept. 21s 1S97.1
 We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the com n1unication below, expressing at the same time our great qualification that ifs faithful author is mum bered among the friends of the Sun:
 Dean Editors am eight years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says s.If you sec it in the Sun, it's so.p Please tell me the truth; if there a Santa Claus :?
 VIRGINIA eO'HANLON.
 115 West Nfnety-Fifth street
 Virginia. your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skeptieism of skeptica1 age They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which IS not comprehensive by their little minds. All minds, Virginia whether They be mems or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is q mere insect. an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the bound1ess world zboft him, as measured by the intel 1il Once capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowIed ge.
 Yes. Virginia there is a Santa Claus He exists as certainly as love and gen. erosity and devotion exist, and you Know that they abound and give to your life it's highest beauty and joy. 8AIasi how dreary would be the world fl there were no Santa Claus. There would be no chiIdrenIike faith then, no poetry. no romance to make tol- erab1e this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with. which childhood filled the world would be extinguished.
 Not believe in Santa C1aus.. You might as we'll not believe in fairies. y ou might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the claimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but That is no sign that there is no Santa Claus The most real things in the world are those that neither chil- dren nor men can see. Did you see nc proof that they are not there. No body can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unsee- able in the world.
 You might tear apart the baby rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest z1aaug nor even the united strength o1 sfafths fancy. poetry, love. romance can push aside that curtain and view
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-23


 and picture the supernaI beauty and glory beyond. Is he all reel Ah. Virginia in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding
 lives. and he lives forever. A thou sand years from now. Virginia, nay, ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart Of childhood.
 Thousands of good women and good men In the United States are today vitaliing the Santa Claus spirit through the medium of the enormous relief agencies which are trying to alIeviats destitution among the child victims Of the European war
 Among them is the Committee of Mercy, neutral. appropriateness tartan organization. of which Hon. Elihu Root is president, and Mr. Au- gust Belmont is treasurer. It's offices are at 2o9o Fifth avenue, New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-23

gress of Medicine. a paper was con- tributed to the section of Bacteria oIogy
 and Immunity by Professor Besredka
 of the Pastuer Institute, on the sub
 ject of anaphylaxis could be brought
 about in in test animals. They receiv-
 edF an injection Of some foreign pro-
 teid, and on a subsequent date had
 become so sensitive to this that @ se-
 cond injection produced rapidly fatal results Another series of experiments
 was made in which the test animals
 were divided into two sets; all re- ceived the same Initial dose of pro-
 teid. and all received the same 1ethal
 dose on the day of greatest sensitive
 ness, but one-half-the controlled an-
 imals-during the interval had been
 given certain amount of alcohol All
 the teetotal animals died and all the
 alcoholics survived. It was evident
 that the alcohol had in some fash on neutralized the poison, stimulated the
 animals blood to develop an anti
 toxin, or narcotized the nervous sys-
 tenn so that the higher centers were
 imptrvious for time, and the viru-
 lence of the poison abated before the
 protective effect of the alcohol had
 passed away.
 It is conceivable that. given an in jury-say, an infected wound-fol- lowed by prolonged exposure to cold and damp, and also in many diseases, conditions are met with closely anal agous to this experimental anaphy- 1axis Many apparently healthy peo- pie are unwilling carriers of patho-
 genie bacteria, such various types
 of influenza, baci11i, pneumococci. the
 large family of streptococci, and the
 B. coli group. These only need some depressing factor in the shape of dan i ger, hunger, damp and cold to lose thei1, normal resistance to the germs and fall an easy prey to acute tnfec- .tions which may assume the form of ] infIuenza1 fever, rheumatism. pneu- nnon1a, bronchitis, or septicaemia- ! When numbers are herded together
 severe epidemics may easily arise 1 from such a focus, and a. virus which fhas suddenly taken on a greater de- ! gree of virulence spreads very rapid :! Iy. I have not the slightest doubt | that ta the first stages of most of 1 this group of cases moderate doses of alcohol are valuable in aiding the nat ] ural resistance of blood and tissues. i3It is too apt to be of any service when the patients tissues are already infll- i 4rated with excess of toxin, and be-
 lfeye chat 1t is the futule attempts to
 save dying men by the administra- I tion of alcohol which have led 50
 many able observers to say that al-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-23
POINTS OF INTEREsr.

Special preparations for .Christnas Day have been made by the manage
 ment of The Fairfield Restaurant.
 174-17S I.air1e16 avenue, which has re-
 gently been reopened under the man
 agement of Freyler, Judson & Castillo the latter former chef at Carr's and 1t
 has been planned to serve a full course
 family dinner from noon until eight o'clock in the evening. This dinner
 will be served at very moderate price and will be prepared by Mir Castillo. which is guarantee that 1t will be good. As an added attraction there will be a concert by the enter tainers and the Blue Royal Hungarian Orchestra. K. Veress, conductor, from 12 to 2 and from 5 to 8 o'clock This will make an excellent place for fam
 f1' parties to have their Christmas 1 dinner without the worry of cooking and planning at home.
 Under the policy of the nnanage- 1 ment a. business mems lunch will be served daily from 11:30 o'clock until 2 o'clock. Meals will be served a la carte at all hours For Sunday the management has planned for a family l dinner to be served between 12 and 8 o'clock at very moderate price with l music between 6 and o'clock. This | will be an excellent dinner and fully i in keeping with the reputation of the l chef, MT. Casi11c.
 Concerts will be given every evening
 by an excellent corps of entertainers
 headed by the Blue Royal Hungarian 1 Orchestra under the direction of K. 1 Veress, with changes of program and l singers at frequent intervals. It is the intention of the management to
 make The Fairfield in every respect l the leading restaurant and place ot entertainment in Bridgeport and no effort will be spared to that end. Cuisine and service will be of the best l and moderate prices will prevail
 For New Years eve special enter tainment is being planned which will
 be announced later and for which some extra features will be provided. It will be wIse to make your reserva.- 1 ton of a table at an early date, as many are already engaged for that evening.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-23
MINING PROSPECTS,
 TN GALICIA RARE

eCorreap.ondence Of Associated PEel.1
 PeEograd, Dec. 2S.-RrAsaaR zzan-- Ing experts who have been sent d, Aa- vestfeRts inc possibilities oe anaz8S- dfA&e dNpea0pn8sn& of the Eaanexm1 re- sourcea Of the occupied esEEIS5GyS have sent back enthusiastic raI1oaa Ssa the goweGnxnemt here The oil dag~ tr1ct1 now in Rs1aaaan hands, g fs 6a41 can eAAa1y be made 60 pGov1d@ 11F 8GS entire @outhwegtern part Of EEugla be started early in t35o apE2mE
 In other pArtg of the oocupsR el- r9tory. the expereS find akDuzltauE og-l- plies of sa1t, iron. sf1vexs eoE@es lsG-as and certain rare nnsha1A
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-23
WHY THEY RECOMMEND
 FoLEY,s HONEY AND TAR

.sit produces the best results, always cures severe colds, sors throat and lungs and does not contain opiates or harmful drugs pr. John w. Taylor. Luthersvf1le, Ga-because .'I believe 1t to be an honest medicine and it satisfies my patrons. w.. L. Cook, Neihart, Mont--because ''it gives the best results for coughs and colds of anything sell" Every user is a friend. Hind1e's Drug Stores.-Adv.
 So far the Mexican generals has not demanded that Americans hurt by stray bullets shall apologize for get ting in the way.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-23
HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR
 DIsBoCATEs HIS ELBOW

Aaron wittstein of Seaview avenue is carrying his right arm about in a sling as result of dislocation of the elbow received while cranking his automobile Saturday MT. Wittstein who is the head of the rnath ema atics department of the local high school, conducted his classes as usual yester- day but was unable to do any writing. It is expected that he will be able to use the member before school re- sunes following the holidays.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-23

Gore, Ga, P. A Morgan had occasion recently to use 8 liver medicine and says of Foley Cathratic Tablets: ''They thoroughly cleansed my system and [ felt Nl0e Q new man-ngat and free. They are the best medicine I have ever talDen for constipation They keep the stomach gWeet. liver active. bowels regular" Hind1e's Drug Stores.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-29
GIGANTIC PARADE IS
PLAN OF BOOSTERS
Committee of One Hundred
Hopes to Have Thousands
in Line.

1t is the hope of the committee of
one hundred that more than a thous-
and men and boys will join in the
parade tonight. At the tabernacle
service last evening, Rev. Honeywell
urged that every man, young man and
boy who is interested at all in the
campaign, meet at the Y. M. C. A.
at o'clock.
"lf you are a trimmer" he said,
land afraid that some saloon keeper
will stand on the pavement and make
fun of you as you go by, we don't
want you. / will have a message es-
pecially for you. Friends who have
heard it in other places have been
kind enough to say that it is the big
gest sermon l have in my barrel. We
will have the center section reserved
for you, SO you do not need to be
afraid of not getting a seat. Women
will have reserved for them the sec
tions on the side
A big Sunday school rally and pa
rade have been arranged for Satur-
day afternoon. A committee is busy
arranging for automobiles, carriages
and wagons in which to haul the chill
dren to the tabernacle. These will be
decorated with bunting and flags. The
procession will start in the vicinity
OF Reid Memorial church and Will pa
rade up Main street to the taber-
nacle. Rev. Honeywell hopes to Sc
cure a large number of conversions
at this children's service.
A special meeting in honor of
mothers was held this afternoon at the
tabernacle. Others beside the moth
ers were present, but the evangelist's
sermon was especially aimed at wives
and mothers.
In the services last evening he
urged all business and professional
men to leave their business between
2 and 4 to boost this meeting. IF
you have any respect for your mother,
any desire to show your appreciation
of what she has done for you, you
will not go near a business house or
an Office during the time of that ser
vice"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-29

the earnings although he does not
have the money on hands for the bill.
Corporations base their report on
net earnings and not gross earnings.
Report Losses and Gains.
Stock brokers should make returns
of losses and gains for the year. If
stock is purchased at a mark and
then falls below SO that the broker
sells for loss then he may make A
return of that stock in the column in
dicating losses. All stock sold for a
profit must be listed as gain.
Where a corporation has a man.
whose income exceeds the exemption
amount of $4,000 for unmarried or 81 ;
600 for married. and the corporation
agrees to pay this mans tax then it
must deduct from the mans salary
either at intervals or at the close of
the year, sufficient amount to pay the
tax. If on the other hand the man is
interested in a concern which is being
operated at loss he can make a re-
port to his company stating the eX-
act amount of loss and if this loss
overshadows the difference between
the specified exemption and the sal
airy then the company must report that
fact but it will not be held to pay tax
on the mans salary.