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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
He Found "Good ReaCinq."

A man came in and said to the oth. CT man: "Where does this quotation come, I said in my haste, all men are liars.'" The other man wrinked his forehead Bible" Get little clos err How about the Psalms?" That will do for guess. Met a man out side who said it was something of Paul's. Mother man said Job. Couldn't find it in the concordance" ''I'll lock 1t up." "All right. So will l." The next morning tic other man told the first man he had found it. T spent two hours over it." he said Did 1t take you two hours to find it?" No, l found It right away" He paused. That's mighty good reading. isn't it?"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
Romance In Gibbons Life.

Edward Gibbon, author of the De cline and Fall of the Roman Empire" had his engagement with the Swiss: Miss Murchod broken off by his fa' ther, mainly on account of his sons health. On his return to England Gib' bon wrote: After |. painful struggle i yielded to my fate: I sighed as a lover. but l obeyed as son." The disappo.ntment made Gibbon Q sad and sour man ail hls lifa.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
still a Bit Abnormal.

The lady had been out shopping
 She returned home with a handsome sable scarf, She remarked to her sis
 ter, who was admirMg the purchase: That stupid salesman tried to get ne to buy fur with two heads. cannot tolerate the unnatural ln any. thing. Who ever heard of an animal with two heads?" Her sister looked critically at the scarS. Then smiio of amusement lit np her face Yes she remarked. you didn't buy a fur with two heads; but you bought ons with iS tails."-London Opinion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
 Couldn't Scare Her.

A dinner was given to which one guest failed to come, leaving thirteen persons. Some objected to sitting with thirteen, but Mrs. W. said: You can't scaSe me, am not going to miss 8 good dinner for any thirteen no- t:ons." A few months later sine and her only daughter went east with MT. w. The hotel at which they stepped in small town took fire and the en. tire family was burned to death
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19

It is not surprising that 3 man wao traded an Arkansas farm for land ia Nc hraska should "squeal," but getting the worst of a bargain does not justify one in trying to have the "other fellow" tried for fraud, as was done in the case of a Stuttgart mar. The best thing the Nebraskan can do is to give his land away, return t3 Arkansas and homestead tract, if he cannot buy one.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
Puzzie-What Happened:

A well dressed lady having given :he signal that she desired to alight. he trolley car was brought to a stop, but just so the rear step was directly over a small mud puddle. The lady looked an instant, and then asked: How do you think can get off here?' snd che condustcr replied; T can not cell you. madam. but I do know that we can. wait until tiat puddle driea aD."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
Lonq Lifetime ln Bed,

F1fty-five years iE Bed is probably record in that line. and is held by <llie .acaox. a spinster of seventy five. living at Wouvion, France. Although III perfect health, she went to bed when she was twenty with the avowed intention of never leaving 1t again. end has faithfully kept her word. She Is naturally suffering from chronic cramp, but Der general health is good
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
yhost of Liuuor Charged.

Tom Wheeler a negro employe or the Iron Mountain local freight house was arrested by city police last night and is held under a charge of larc- eny. It is alleged that the negro has been stealing from the freight house for some time past. The definite charge made against him is the theft of three bottles of liquor, which were taken last night Two of the bottles were recovered by the police.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
TO Pay City Employees.

Policemen, firemen. street depart ment workers and other regular em- ployes of the city of Pine Bluff will drew their pay for December work Tuesday. by direction of the council. The custom has been to thus allow employees of the city to be supplied with Christmas money. and has proVeu popular in the past.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
OPPOSE REFERENDUM.
Texarkana Council Does Not Want People to Vote On Waterworks
 Plan.

Little Rock, Dec. 1S.-City Attorn- ey Frank S. Quinn of Texarkana. was at the office of Secretary of S.ate Hodges Friday and secured a cerulleu CODY of the petition for a referendum on the water-works ordinance. lie announced that the city will seek an injunction against certifying out the petition for publication.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19

The use of paint and powder by the girls is said to be increasing, da,, sEite tha war tax. One can hardly blame the girls, however. If it were not for the free use of paint and powder, lots of girls would catch their death of cold, keeping up with the present styles.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
Editing by the Golden Ruie.

A country editor wrote: Brother, don't stop your paper just because you don't agree with the editor. The last cabbage you sent us didn't agree with US either, but we didn't drop you from our subscription list on that account"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
Sharks in Scottish Waters.

A shoal of sharks, for some days has invaded the Firth Of Forth. and one of the Dunbar line fishing fleet re- ports that 8 large stretch of fishing gear, consisting particularly of lines, has been carried away. While haul. ing the remaining portions several sharks were observed to haver about
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19

Teacn snd Practice se't''s"
 Teach self-denial and maAs N tice pleasurable, and you ..,r, v the world a destiny more supas. Y. ever issued from the brain o' Y est, dreamer.--Walter ScotL
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
BANDITS LOSE FIGHT.
Two Captured After Pistol Battle at
 Kansas City.

Kansas City, Dec. 1S.-After ten 'block chase through crowded streets in inc downtown district today. two bandits who held up and robbed Ahraham Diamant. a jeweler, of slSo and valuable diamonds, were cap. tured. They gave the names or Charles Morrell and Charles Mulpny. more than a dozen shots were nreu.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19

The girl whose petticoat hung be- heath the hem of her skirt, in Second avenue yesterday, was doubtless ignorant of that fact. But she de- serves a heap of praise, just the same she wore petticoat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
Modern Society iAr,.,s

MHUuCTS SccU' CO UV 1"'1v ter of individual prefeftnce slna is 80 little harmony i oplnpa
 man who condemns Fraise el !. gown or becoming that on U m K of bad taste will openl! cl'ua.| s.' ne,ghbor for acts which are " liking. This is, on the wnos' N aeal of arrogance shown ln ses 8 standard and expecting 1N r humanity to follow it.-E1c'''r
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
Paw Knows Eyerxthing.

Willie-Paw, why is bigamy a crime?
 Paw-Because the Bible says that no man can serve two masters. my son.
 Maw-Willie, you go out in the back yard and stay there.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19

The Russians all the time are ges ting farther away from that Christ mas dinner in Berlin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19

John Bull seems to realize now that locking up the "Dutchmen" is mans size job.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19

People without fuel and food sui fer just as much here as they do in Belgian.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
SENSE AND
 NONSENSE
Cincinnati Enquirer)

Cincinnati EnQuirer)
 Strength.
 "A scientist claims that there is more strength in eggs than in meat" remarked the old Foggy. ''He is right" agreed the Crouch "A one-year-old egg is whole lot stronger than five-year-old steer"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
Mean, Rrute.

'I never lose my temper" argued Mrs. Gabb.
 "No," replied Mir. Gabb. You keep 1t in such constant use that it has no chance to get lost"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19

--For rent car call 77, Julian liar. bour Auto company. l1-o-i-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
NamAs Is ,NAmeS.

Dr. Akers is a dentist at Logan, W Va.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
Ti6ae E 'l'iS!gEs}

openings in your skin.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-13

he had. Mother Is holding her own pref
~ Wen. OF course, she is getting q
little gray but she Is just as strong
as ever and goes into town and back
twice a day without even O. sigh. She
never was driven very hard though
and most always had women with
her. Pa 'bummed' around with every
body and that's why he had to go
to the hospital so much. He had the
drink habit something awful. Why.
he could drink more gasoline and
carry II than any car I ever saw.
How many brothers and sisters
have /? why. say. our family has
an addition about every five minutes
and / have so many brothers and sis
tiers that I've lost all count. You
see our family is very popular We
don't stay together very long. We
no more than see the light of day
before somebody comes. falls In love
with us and takes us away; and that
brings me to my own story.
You see I am A baby a real 1915
a very wide experience for one 30
young. Believe me, have been put
to a hundred tests and can stand any
thing now. They wouldn't let us
leave home II we weren't strong and
healthy and able to do all kinds OF
work.
one day. not long after I came In
to existence, two men came up to me
In our factory and stopped They
were arguing about me and I heard
one man say to the other, I'll bet
YOU good hat that she can take
you 1900 miles and you won't have to
touch her
OF course, 1t pleased me to hear
myself praised, and l was not In the
! trust scared when the other man re-
piled, IN take your bet and besides
I won't carry a single tool-she's got
to go all the way without an ad-
justment
Well, to make long story short. ]
made the trip. 1890 miles In all and
over some of the worst roads ever
hope to see. l averaged about thirty
five miles TO gallon of gasoline on
self my new owner never had 10
crank me once.
People who have ridden In me say
I'm the incest riding car they ever
saw and they speak OF my beauti-
/ full stream line body and believe me
am proud OF myself and OF my
/ family.
( Who am I? Why; didn't I tell you
my nance ! beg your pardon--rny
name is Maxwell, I am one of the
new 1915 touring cars. and now what
just plain waterT'
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-13
AUTO BUSINESS IS
DEAD IN ENGLAND

In a letter to Mr. F. b Stearns.
preside of the +. y. Stearns COM
pany. written from Coventry. England,
on August %, Mr.. Charles Y knight.
inventor Of the knight motor, says:
AS YOU probably know. everything
over here in the motor line ia dead as
the deadest mackerels. The only
customer the Daimler company has
is the government. The plant is work
ing fun force on trucks and twenty
horsepower chasses, all with the
knight type motor. or course, as the
Daimler company uses nothing else.
They ore fitted with rough wood
bodies painted KHAKI color, They
fr1-rvt' ruff1 ttT7 gUvrTTTUUTT TrUut 90
cars all told in two weeks
"On the Continent AZ the forces
from the plants are AT the front.
Minerva, Mercedes and P2nhard are
all shut down, aud | suppose by the
time you get this, half their men will
have been put out Of business in the
battle which Is just opening mp.
"But Eurppe's misfortune is Ger
tain to be Americas gain. There will
be no motor progress. over here FOR a;
least two years, and very little then,
Things here are not very different
upon the surface from what they have
always been. Not enough men have
gone 10 the rent from England ia
make any sort OF showing. Food
prives have advanced very little, and
luxuries are really cheaper than ever
before But very little motoring is
being done for the reason that people
don't feel like riding about for pleas
nre when more than 1000, 600 men
are engaged within 200 miles If here
In mortal combat
"Mr Kubourne. the other member
OF the firm of the knight & Kilhourne
Patents company. is in dire danger In
Germany. / haven't heard from him
for three weeks and fear for the worst.
He was touring with an English
driver In a Daimler car and goodness
only knows when or how he viii get
through the steel barrier which now
encioses Germany
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-13

Mrs. Rumbold motored over one day
to Join Mr.. and Mrs. De Courcy w.
Thorn for luncheon.
Bishop and Mrs. Denny of Rich
mond. have been paying John p, F..
Branch a short visit at his cottage
here.
Judge w. II. White, Of Richmond.
who was away, has returned for the
fall season.
Mrs. Thomas Boiling and Mrs S.
Nenable Boykin, who have been visit
ing Mrs. Thomas Rutherford at her
cottage, will remain until October,
when Mrs. Rutherford will close her
cottage.
William f. Farnell. Of Norfolk. who
was here visiting Edward Richmond,
of Philadelphia, has left for home.
He will later Join a large house party
of White Sulphur habitues to be
entertained by Mr. and Mrs, George
r. Appleby at their winter home in
Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic Sterry and
Miss Virginia Sterry motored over
from their place In Virginia and
spent the week END with friends at
the New Greenbrler,
James r. Weir, Of Charleston. has
returned to spend the fall season.
Mrs. Weir Is arriving later.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-13
RALPH ljEPALMh
GETS CHANDLER SIX

Ia gsh he Palma. Americas most
sItsssansaf rac.ng driver, spent the after
|1Isooasg Of August 81 and - accumnlat-
ansg Some S+40o in prize money To
ssasn shis pHrse he pushed his
SSsaeaceass racer over Cog miles Of
S|Alsinais esalntry road at an average
SFssssa ~ seventy miles per hour.
SsSew. Ss,@90 IS a fairly acceptable sum
H1as aaElaast amy one, hul Ralph had
gEanra a. AGA4se lhAn appeared on the
Ss8aas1ace- Some months back he had
sARt as heart on purchasing an Ameri-
iks- sa-fgfaae slN-cylinder ear and his
syiaai victory a Eiein spelled certain
lArhievemenE Of his hopes.
@ssF Del alfnas choice 81 a Chandler
8isEhtwsSgh1 SIX OF 1915 design Ia real
ftxshute 10 the American built motor
:NET. ferhapa 40 other racing driver
shaa had SO great All opportunity Of
aSFI11g the merits Of foreign and
S@SAasserlcan ma he oars. and his selection
|nf tass HOMEGROWN product indicates
sass belief ig the methods of Yankee
ma sefs
Sales Manager Ruprecht Of the
E1sssafls 3algaH company, New York
sElty who sold DeFaln4a his new car,
|eIairns fhat the swarthy italian Is an
Gwen better demonstration than race
zjsTsTT- x TT ErTTg 1feTTvFfy OF MS
Skhandies. Ralph invited the entire
skssiwR farce for q ride and furnished a
Snpyeiy To the party by threading the
s3tsassia ~ FIFTH avenue as skiliful!y as
III New fork-hre taxi driver. During
&tAs trip through the most congested
9paris Of the city he kept his six
sNgisuder car on high gear and quail
NEED for "a job as demonstrators al the
sgady Murray company any time he
s3Rsfs ready to accept,
n DeFalua first drove 81 Chandler
Sssx Bhlle at ii race meeting In San
sAsaaonio last winter and intends using
$diis new car for touring between cities
ais hss 1915 racing schedule.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-13

market everyone except those of the
most substantial and soundly estab-
lished financial position. These are
people whose demands upon anything
they purchase or use are exacting and
this is especially so in the case OF a
motor car which enters so closely into
their lives,
The Peerless '4S-Six Of this year,
which has just been announced. will
be more popular with such buyers
than any we have ever produced.
1t Is a fitting elimination of fourteen
years of unrelenting effort to turn out
the most perfect motor car possible
without regard to cost or any other
consideration.
This new model offers a number
of typical Peerless refinements and
improvements in detail. The new
body lines in the current style ac-
centuate and modernize the most at
tractive features Of the Peerless bodies
of the past. Everything is done in
most skilled workmen.
Special preparations have been
made by the Peerless company This
year to supply special cars fieted "a
the desires of purchasers who wish
to have a highly individual car fitted
10 their own taste, The standard
body types for the ASSN are tour
ing and limousine, each for seven
passengers, but landaulets. five pas
senger Sedans, and five-passenger
open cars can be produced for pur-
chasers who want them"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-13

era OF prosperity when war was sud
denly thrust upon them. Queen
Elizabeth is Bavarian. the daughter
of the late. Duke Charles Theodor.
She is extremely popular with Bel
gums who look upon her as an angel
Of mercy. She Is deeply interested In
the red cross work and before COM
PEELED to leave the country was al
most constantly around the hospitals
taking her turn in nursing the wound
ed. Her presence cheered the men
for they knew how deeply Interested
she was In their families. This. too,
was a part of her good work as the
wives and children whose husbands
and fathers have gone to the front
receive aid through the Queen.
The domestic life OF the King and
Queen Is particularly happy one,
for the marriage was the result of a
love affair. Three children have
blessed their union. two boys and a
girl. These children are being
brought up in simple fashion and
they display none of the airs" so
often found among the royal children
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-13

itants. It is the capital Of the
Province OF Namur and has always
been of strategic Importance and is
well fortified. being surrounded by a
circle Of detached forts. Ever since
the time of Louis XIV II has suffer ed
many sieges. The town received It's
name of "fairyland" from It's many
quaint old buildings. Here too. the
Germans lost heavily and many of
their 10000 men were taken prison
ers. AT Malines. where severe fight
Ing occurred. the Belgian artillery
surprised military experts by their
superiority over the Germans in their
strong offensive tactics
King Albert has headquarters close
TO the army while the Queen and the
royal children have gone to London.
England. The Queen who has always
been noted for her charitable work,
maintains a hospital at Antwerp.
which IL now partly filled with wound
ed men. bomb dropped from q
German dlrigihle destroyed "A part Of
the new wing recently constructed.
Fortunately It was unfinished and
there were no patients in that Soc
ton
King Albert.
King Albert has always been known
as man Of peace and under his
regime Belgium was undergoing an
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-13

that two hours was all the time ne
would allow for such purposes. After
this time had ella psed the battle ao-
cording TO an eye witness. became
furious beyond description for the
Germans attempted to storm the fort
only TO be driven back leaving hum
dreds of their men dead and dying.
number of Germans were taken
prisoners. These men appeared dazed
and declared that they had been led
to expect a totally different Kind OF
welcome on Belgium soil One of
them said. that the regim entail on
GERS had promised them a really de-
lightful time in the hospitahie land
Of Belgium. where they were go
ing to help the Releiaus drive out the
invading French" While the Bel
CLANS fought valisntly II could not
be expected that they could win out.
for Germany soon had five times ttair
number in the field and by marching
around. the German army soon ca7ae
into the City OF Brussels.
French Troops Assist.
In the meantime the\French troops
arrived and the fighting was con-
centrsted about the town of Namur.
known as the fairyland of Belgium.
This town Is picturesquely situated at
the confluence OF the Rivers Meuse
and sanbre and has 81, 800 :.hab-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-13
MAXWELL MACHINE
MAKES RECORD RUN

a 3nw days ago a man walked into
jthE office - he Maxwell Motor com
sN&ns ia Detroit and asked for Mr..
10 RI Booth. southern sales superyis-
~ ri tiifr ftzss-t-fi company. The man
sNas George Napier ol Macon, Ga,
Mil wl9sn he saw Mr. Booth a broad
S3suise tare over ms face. Said
sssssl,as,s Tou told rse you had . car
ahaf would ran thousand miles
stlteut 40 adjustment Where is the
Ys
r Fseoth showed Mr.. Napier the
|S5ses ~ maxwell touring car and assured
Ar fhat his assertion was true and
Ikhas sae, Mr Booth, would stand back
enf hss statement.
Jhe result WAS thai the following
ssAss saw Mr. Napier and his family
akfsirftag for home in IA 1915 Mxwell
EFs1hf Gar Was equipped with all the
kNaraG IA MALTA known to campers and
|lS - f~stfts%-Fa f7stft to keep as
Efhk away from hotel life as possible
$s me trip vas 70 occupy ten days
S4hA no tools were TO be carried. Mr..
Napier Ia a Maxwell dealer In Macon
kn6 knows Maxwell cars. but he ha !
2NtA DOUBTS as To the Journey he was
Mksng with so many restrictions HIS
Nsesaht&f however were soon dispelled
Ad his statement. which appeared in
tlaafa Saaday American. Of
nxhss "a, villa tell the story OF his
xHafEAhle ran TO Atlanta.
haze just covered 1000 miles In
<M saken from the factory assembly
6t4m @na / have not only no tools In
ear. but 7 have had no tire trouble,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-13
MAY STILL DEMAND
PULLMAN-L|kE CAR

Although the development Of the
light four and light six has reduced
the market for a car OF the type of
the Peerless ASSN" there are still
many people who demand the stability
and Pullmanlike riding quality
which is characteristic of the large
car. They have been educated to ex-
pect a little more perfection every
year. their demands are more exact
ing now than ever BEFORE" said r. j.
Schmunk. general sales manager of
the Peerless Motor Car company.
The development Of the light car
has removed from the heavy car
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-13
White Sulphur Springs

White Sulphur Springs. Sept. "a
Mrs Decatur Axtell. OF Richmond
closed her summer home at the vir-
ginia Hot Springs ten days ago and
came over here for fortnight's visit
Upon her arrival, Mrs. Axtell was
warmly greeted by her many friends
in the cottage and hotel colonies who
had missed her during the summer
here. where she had cottage last
season.
+. l.. Fl. Rumbold has entertained
several large motor parties at lunch
con and dinner at his charming old
Tudor home at Callaghans this week.