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The Spectator., 1915-07-16
PROVIDE SUPPLY OF
 CHARCOAL FOR HOGS
Corncobs Burned in a Pit Three Feet Deep Will Furnish All
 That Is Needed.
lRY J. M. KELLY.l


 For the last 30 years, to the writer's positive knowledge, farm writers have been telling their readers to feed the hog plenty of charcoal. Even if the advice is old it is good. There should be charcoal before the hogs all the time. The supply may be made from corncobs. These must be burned in . pit, which should be three or four feet wide. three feet deep and eight or ten feet long.
 A load of cobs should be put In the pit and set afire. As soon as they are well ablaEe the pit should be GOV. cred with strips of sheet iron and the cracks with earth SO as to exclude air. In a day or two tho pit may be uncovered and . supply of charcoal will be ready for use.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16
Propsr Feed for Gown.

The COW cannot turn all the nour ishment she gets from her food into milk and still have enough left t build up her system and that of hel offspring. We need to feed cows tha1 are with calf the best kinds of feet the farm affords and not compel them to 90 through the winter on half ID uons.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

\ College Bulletin at Conway. which will be issued next week by the publish CTS, contains important new regula- tions which will be in effect at the opening of the thirty-second annual session of the college on Septein. Der 15.
 Claimants against the Midland Val ley railroad. at a conference with the Arkansas Railroad Commission, mise offered by the company with the understanding that the suit asking for an injunction against the commissions Standard Freight Distance Tariff No 5. now pending before Judge Jacob Trieber in the United States District Court, be withdrawn.
 This years experiment with wheat in Monroe County has been so sue. cessful that there will be q large in- crease in acreage next year. The land from which this years wheat has been harvested has been planted to Mexican June corn and to peas The same land will again be planted to wheat next fall.
 At one of the most enthusiastic meetings ever held in Yell County the Democratic Central Committee of the Fifth Judicial circuit declared A. R. Priddy the nominee for circuit judge, and found that he received a majority of l.50S in the primary election held July 3.
 George Ware. an Ashley county farmer. advises the farmers of Ashley County to prepare to take care of their big sorghum crop He says there are not enough cane mills fin Ashley County to care for the crop this year.
 Police Chief Frank Stewart will keep record of all automobiles in Pine Bluff. Autoists must file their names. their addresses and the mum. her of their state license. There is penalty for failure to comply with the rules.
 Hearing of four additional indfct. ments against 9., E. Lake. as a result of the failure of the Bank Of Hunting ton. of which Lake was cashier, have been continued until the next term of Circuit Court at Greenwood. The contract for new school build. Ing at Houston was awarded by the School Board as a result of school bonds fioated hy the district rr. gently.
 All Arkansas crops will greatly ex. ceed those of last year. according to the figures of the Bureau of Crop Els. timates. which have recently been given out by the Weather Bureau. in connection with the United States De. partment of Agriculture. Engineers of the State Highwnv Department have begun surveyin. the route of the proposed highway from Eureka Springs to the Missouri line. They have been furnished | crew of Ave men.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

Large deposits of pyrites of iron. commonly known as fools gold" have been discovered at Caddo Gap, Montgomery county according to in formati.n received by state officials. It is said the deposit is unusually pure. but that there are no reducing plants in Arkansas, so that profitable mining of the deposits is impossible.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

The evident readiness of the people of Arkansas to organize for better az riculture, and their desire to develop the states great resources, was the consideration that finally influenced Dean J. II. Miller to accep; the posi- tion as head of the division of univer- sity extension work of the University of Arkansas. according to President l. C. Futrall
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

The Lonoke Rice Mill. one Of sev, eral in the Arkansas rice belt, handled l62,000 barrels of rice during the sea son just closed and paid out s60O. .0rC' for rice. A few years ago no rice was grown in Arkansas.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

The Board of Eduucation of Van Buren awarded to G. F. Pope con. tract for the erection of the new King school. The building will cost about s7,000. and will be completed by fall.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

Judge James Gould has returned to Pine Bluff from Jonosboro and Osceo- la. He bought s50.000 worth of road bonds at Jonesboro and $500. GOO worth at Osceola for the first modern highway in Mississippi county
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

The Robinson Drug and Mercantile Company of Blytheville filed notice of the surrender of its chartay.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

Engineers of the State Highwny Department have begun surveying the route of the proposed highway from Eureka Springs to the Missouri line. They have been furnished . crew Of nye men.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

The supreme court in an elaborate and unanimous opinion signed the death knell to the state aid to high schools proposition; at the same time and in the same opinion the court re- fused to. tie up the $1.250,000 to the credit of the common school fund in the state treasury. In the former case the court held that specific legisla- tive appropriation was necessary, while in the common school fund case the state constitution covered tho matter.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

The Wilson Mercantile Company of imboden is operating new flour mill of the Midget Marvel system, having a capacity of 25 barrels day. Tho wheat crop in this section Is large
The Spectator., 1915-07-16
AN ARKANSAS EPITOME.

College Bulletin at Conway. which will be issued next week by the publish CTS, contains important new regula. tions which will be in effect at the opening of the thirty annual session of the college on Septein Der 15.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

The population of the state peniten- itiary received another large increase when three consignmcnts totaling 20 .prisoners were received, eight frcr, lPt'llips. eight from Sebastian and kow from Miller county.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

The supreme court, by the vote of s to 2. Chief Justice McCulloch ard Justice Hart dissenting, held that Gov. Hays did veto the Sawyer racing bill passed by the last Legislature.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

All Arkansas crops will greatly ex. ceed those of last year. according to the figures of the Bureau of Crop Els timates. which have recently been given out by the Weather Bureau. in connection with the United States De. partment of Agricultirre.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

- E- l.. Mckinley, deputy state labor commissioner, returned from Jones. boro, where he went to arbitrate the strike of the empioycs os Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern railroad. with. out accomplishing his object MT. Nc. Kinley conferred with R. E. Lee Vii. son. president of the road, but says he declined to adopt any suggestion for change of his policy.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

Orchardists are now hauling baskets and crates preparing for the Elberta peach crop. which will begin moving in car lots from Russellrille about July 23.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

R. C. Miller. once editor of the De- Witt Democrat and now state editor of the Mobile Item. win toin the stafy of the New Orleans Item on tho ana eS this month.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

Despite the talked-of business de pression the sale of automobiles 1T Arkansas continued more rapidly thar at the same time last year, according to the records of the Department O State Lands, Highways and Improve ments. At the close of business las night 6,S0S had been issued, as com pared with 5,642 last year Official. estimate the number of cars in tn, state at the end of the year will b approximately $500.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

W. F. Clint 5s. of Huntington. sui fered broken neck and died In stantly when he became overheateti and fell off a scahold while working or, house
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

w. B. Owen. chairman of the State Highways Commission, and Hugh R. Carter. state highway engineer. were ir Pine Bluff inspecting the route for the new road to be built to connect roads leading out of Little Rock and Pine Bluff.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

At one of the most enthusiastic meetings ever held in Yell County the Democratic Central Committee of the Fifth Judicial circuit declared A. B. Priddy the nominee for circuit judge, and found that he received majority of l,50S in the primary election held July 3.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

George Ware. an Ashley county farmer, advises the farmers of Ashley County to prepare to take care of their big sorghum crop. He says there are not enough cane mills fin Ashley County to care for the crop this year.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

At the close of business the amount of unredeemed state warrants was $664,343.75. the lowest since March 29. Approximately $75.000 in warrants have been redeemed in the last ten days.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

About $1,500 in franchise taxes from corporations was received at the state treasury. A complete settle ment of state taxes from Nevada county was made by Sheriff Sam E Mum. The amount was s24,373S1. oi which $7,600 was for the general reve nue fund. Most of this was in state warrants and warrant holders. whc waited at the window, were able tC cash less than S4,000 worth during tn. day.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

The SeArcy Spoke and Felloe Com pany and the Pine Bluff Mercantile Company filed notice of dissolution.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

More than quarter of century ago the first Blue and Gray reunion ever held in this part of Arkansas was participated in by several hundred vet, erans. who met in two-day celebra. ton at Heber Springs. Since that time this reunion has been an annual occasion every August.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

Police Chief Frank Stewart will keep record of all automobiles in Pine Bluff Autoists must file their names. their addresses and the mum her of their state license. There is a penalty for failure to comply with the rules.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

The contract for new school build. Ing at Houston was awarded by the School Board as result of school bonds foated hy the district re- gently.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

It is believed there ia an o.l field ln Grant county around Belfast and de. ve.opment work is now heinz done, there.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

Wolves have been killing hogs and young calves in the vicinit, os Darda nellc and a big wolf hunt has been organized for the 18th and 17th of. July.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

Hearing of four additional indict ments against 9. E. Lake. as a result of the failure of the Bank of Hunting ton, of which Lake was cashier, have been continued until the next term ol Circuit Court at Greenwood.
The Spectator., 1915-07-16

Governor Hays reappointed Thomas Shaw of Midland as state mine inspec- tor, for . term of two years. Az though delegation of mine operators trom Russellville appeared before the governor to urge that he appoint someone else.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
a EolsTRATIoN OF BIRTHS

Many persons interested in sociol-
sgical studies, ranging from the eu-
geaists to immigration experts, long
hase wished that a countrywide pro-
tision were made for birth registra-
Ssr. A majority Of States have de-
seStive registration methods, and
sd,as none at all. 1t is gratifying
sas. the official seal Of the Bureau
ef me Census has been put upon the
rss Jtration work in the District.
This announcement was made in
caonection with list Of the States
frsn which the bureau will study
sittf rates, both in relation to the
tctsl population, and by comparison
~ he rates among the different
races represented. Besides the Dis
rict Of Columbia, ten States were
found where the registration was
sufficiently accurate to be included in
the survey.
Aside from the marked value of
such registration for statistical pur-
poses, the legal aspect of the aues-
ion should lead to a wider provision
for adequate registration. European
countries long have recognized the
necessity for closer attention to this
detail, and the figures gathered have
been valuable for comparative study
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
SUGGESTS US. FLEET
OF MERCHANT SHIPS
Commerce Official Would Lease
Them to Private Concerns
to Develop Marine.

CHARLESTON. S. c.. Dec. is.-Four
hundred ships. owned by the Govern
ment. but leased to private concerns
with the understanding that they may
be converted into battle cruisers In time
of national need. were suggested by
Assistant Secretary of Commerce Ed
win r. Sweet. In a speech before the
Southern Commercial Congress here
today. as a means OF rehabilitatinS our
merchant marine and developing ma
tlonal preparedness.
A commission appointed by tho Presi-
dent and having both the authority
ana the money to put such a plan In
effect was suggested by the speaker,
who said that the question was too
big for politics. and that the need was
for statesma nship business expert
ence. and sagacity.
Speaking of the need for national de-
fense MIR. Sweet said:
We need some more battleships.
many more submarines. many more
hydroaeroplanes. and great many
more transports. colliers. messenger
boats. and craft which could readily
be converted into cruisers. A retired
naval officer told me recently that 100
such vessels would be none too many.
IT Is striking and most fortunate
eN~ s'as tlVSe lWo EIcat heSuo' ouA'-
larry vessels for the navy and ships for
foreign commerce. are forced upon our
attention at the same time, because
we can now kill two birds with one
stone. IL we wisely supply the auxiliary
ships needed for our navy in time OF
war we can arrange 10 use the same
ships for foreign trade in time OF
peace.
These ships will be suitable for car
rytnR passengers as we'll as freight.
Thew need not be operated by the Gov
ernment. but can be leased TO private
| individuals or corporationS, subject to
Government control in time OF war and
upon terms which would be highly sat
! istactorv to the lessees and at the same
time will pay back to the Government
, Its entire investment. principal as well
! as interest. In less than twenty years
! But we need not consider details. The
/ whole subject can safely be left Ia
| such n commission or board as the
| President NAV appoint.
| 1T is not to be understood for 4
| moment that the 400 OF 500 ships re-
! nuired as auxiliaries to our navy would
, be all that we require for supplement.
ing our present small fleet engaged In
foreign trade. Our chief reliance must
| I think. always be the privately owned
ships. and the utmost care should bt
used to avoid the slightest suspicion
| that the legitimate interests of pri.
! vate owners may in any way be jeop
ardized bv the use OF ships owned by
! tho Government"
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TODAY

Meeting Pocshontas Memorial Associa ton,
Hotel Bellevue, t:30 p. m.
Home Club chorus rehearsal. 7:t5 .. m.
Address How 10 Prepare" Arthur II. Dad-
nun, under auspices OF the Twentieth Cen
tury Club All souls Church, II a m
DAY Nursery. Masonic Temple. -
sale, Waits or Poland dolls benefit Of tho
Polish Relief Fund. shorehann. all day.
Meeting. Chemical Society Of Washington.
Cosmos Club, p. IN.
Bazaar. women OF the Metropolitan NJ. E.
Church, ball room, Raleigh, afternoon and
Turkey dinner. benefit OF tho Washington
Eye. Ear and Throat Hospital. Iowa
Nesting. under nc "a auspices Is OF Mining and Met
ailurgicsl Society OF America. Raleigh, 10
A. M. ?:3o and $50 p. M.
Adoniram Council. No. :. Royal and select
Masters; Esther. No. S. Eastern Star.
ODD Feliows-Covenapt. No 10: Columbia
No: TO-: Salem. No. q; Friendship No. &
Knights Of Pythias-Frahklin. No. 2. J. T.
Coldweli Company. No. Z; Uniform Rank.
National Cnion-National Council. Mt. Yer
non Council.
United spanish War veterans-Richard Hs.-
den Camp. No. ?; Henry w. Iawton Camp.
, Modern woodmen o, America-A. r Talbot
| Improved Order OF Red Men-I0Ean Tribe,
Knights of Coiumbus-spalding Council.
SOCIALIST Par,y-German Branch Organization
and Education committee OF Worl1men
Circle.
! Lectures on the Philippines and Mexico unds,
Iaa, at .hs hs morr,p M .,
! and 8. J. Msrtarren.
! Examination for District Bar, GeorEetovr
Address, :'sp.ti.uaj Guidance" by Mrs F
| W. Day. W. c. r. z. Hall. p. m.
Lecture, American Diplomacy;" by Jnstic.
! r. II. Anderson American rntversity
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
Colonial School Girls
Present "Robin Hood

robin Hood" was presented las'
evening by pupils of the Colonial Scho"I
for Girls, under the direction OF Miss
Helen Pauline Lemon. OF the senior
class
A reception later was held by mein-
bers of the senior class and the rrih
cipal of the school, Miss Charlotte {.
Everett.
Taking part in the play were FlorenH' =
Bradner, Charlotte Hommel, Elizahri!
Waters, Beatrice Traugott, GwendoHhi
Pierson, Martha Gamble, Martha MI
Mann, Mary Gayton, Ruth Crawford
Wilhelmina Lamont Millicent Towt"
Helen McKillips. Louise Scagg$ Louis
Droerhardt. Alma HamriSk; Helen VA,
ters. Margaret Gamble, Lena Gallup
Irene Sayre, Isabella Polk, Lucia Hack
ley. Marjorie Dewey, Helen Lemon
Madaline Green, Opal Hillard, ana lsh'
bel Waters
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
THE PUBLIC DEFENDER

No one development in present
day legal procedure bears watching
more than the experiment of Los
Angeles with public defender
"playing opposite" in theater
phraseology, the public prosecutor.
The issue is especially alive at this
time because of the arrival in the
East of woman who is making it
her business to spread propaganda
upon this question.
Lawyers have been inclined to re-
sent the idea of public defender,
on the ground that the defender, in
no sense, can be "public." His func-
tion is the defense of private indi-
viduals. The term "public," as ap-
piled to the prosecutor, does not
mean that he is used promiscuously
in various cases, but that he actual
ly does stand as a representative Of
the people to aid in protecting So
ciety against offenders.
Without doubt the same charity
should be meted the person who is
unable to employ an attorney to de-
fend his case, as that which is given
the person who needs other aid. Such
provision, of course, is made in the
appointment of defenders by the
court. But that system has it's flaws,
because usually the defender is paid
only for the time he is in court, and
not for the time spent upon prep.
aration of case, and also no pro-
vision is made for taking steno-
graphic copies of testimony.
But it would seem that the pres
ent system could be improved upon
without resorting to the wide de-
parture from the present legal prac.
tice represented in the naming Of q
pubhS defender.
How heavy the burden upon the
taxpayer would become by the
wholesale creation of such Offices il
indicated by the same figures thai
are pointed to by proponents of the
Los Angeles idea to show the neec
for such a system. The public de
fender there already has engaged
eight deputies, besides Investigator!
and clerks, and the total number o.
applications for free legal aid, in :
single month, numbered 1888.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
THH STAND AT SALONIKI

Saloniki, the base. from which the
allies conducted their Quixotic at
tempt at the rescue Of Serbia, is be-
ing transformed into great fortress
with all possible speed. The allied
forces, falling back from the north,
are preparing for great stand at
the seashore. Every move they
make indicates their determination
that they will not be driven finally
from Balkan soil. but rather that
they are going to fight to the last.
A few weeks ago there was report
that the Gallipoli expedition would
be withdrawn. That move, if it had
been made, would have been the sign
OF determination to give up the near
Eastern effort and concentrate every
thing on the western flank of the
northern war zone. But instead, de-
spite disasters and disappointments,
the allies have agreed that they will
stick by their guns in the Egean and
draw the Germans into a great con-
test in that quarter.
At the moment all the advantage
in such struggle seems to be with
the central powers. They are pres
ent in superior force. They have
drawn Bulgaria to their standard,
and have neutralized Greece. But
the other side of the question is
worthy of examination. The allies
hold the seas, and by way Of the
seas they may yet summon vast re-
sources to their support. They must
protect Egypt; but, on the other
hand, so long as they can protect il
they can draw vast supplies from it,
which, if they lost it, would presently
| fall into German control. 1t would
be fatal to allow Greece to be over.
| run.
So long as the war in the neal
East is being pushed by the allies, il
is being kept in the zone that is Of
keen interest to Japan. Japan doe.
not want Germany in Asia, or ir
control Of the routes to the far East
She would be justified in throwing ar
army into any theater Of war wher,
her interest was directly menaced
and it is menaced by every develop
ment that suggests possibility o.
Germany at Suez. The allies mus
keep the fight going, even through
disaster, with the expectation tina
Nippon will take hand at the righ
time. There will be no ultimate dis
aster, no overwhelming defeat cal
culated to break the British empir'
in two, SO long as the army and tn
fleet Of Japan remain in being.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
+. SEBALL PEACE IN SIGHT

..e is to come to baseball, il
80 20 Europe. The conference in
,>8 70, at which representatives Of
h,. National, American, and Federal
..ragpes got together and talked
hryi sense about the condition Of
:ua sport, resulted in protocol
wrica will become The basis of a
permanent treaty.
The Federal League is to be alb
>orbed by the two older organiza-
ions, it's property, investments and
players being cared for as we'll as is
possible in the circumstances. This
means, Of course, that there will
lave to be a distribution Of losses
among the various business factors
IN all the leagues; in effect, it means
that baseball of the future will be
oveYcapitalized in order that it may
carry the burden Of losses that this
Unfortunate warfare has imposed.
This Is not a good time to initiate
he capital charges Of the game.
.hree full sets of players, it seems,
must be cared for in two leagues,
which would seem to signify that
instead of reducing the number of
men per team, there will more likely
ne an increase.
Anything is better, in present con-
ditions, than to go ahead into anoth-
cr season Of baseball chaos. The
sport was fast losing its grip on the
public. Few teams in any league
made money last season, and the
nace could not have fbeen maintained
another year. But the mere elimi-
nation of the Federals will not re,
store the game. There must be
something more than a merger OF
business interests. There will have
10 be recognition Of the fact thai
the public has lost a good deal o,
confidence in the game and grown
disgusted about its too NANTES
commercialism. 1t will have to b.
restored to an honest sporting basis
With a free field and fair chance t.
all teams, on their merits.
The baseball public has come t.
believe that the game is so directe'
hat only certain teams, in the bi,
and highly profitable towns, cal
ever expect a chance to win a pen
nant. That is easily enough ar
ranged, by seeing that the stroni
players are apportioned to thos
~swns. But it is might, bad bust