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MONEY NEEDED FOR
  AGRICULTURAL WORK
Legislators Being Urged to Make Ap, FrCpriation fer Benefit of Farm
 ss =. ing Communities,

I Little Rock, Feb. S.-E. J. Bodnlan tsot@ this: city, general chairman of the Profitable Farming Campaign commit tee, reports that the business men of all parts of the state are thoroughly aroused to the necessity of a perma- nent follow--up system for the capl- palgn that was conducted last fall. The committee; has become convinced sthat the only practicable means of fol- lowing up tllls campalgn, is to pass house bill No. 206, which seeks to ap- proprlate $47 ,2bo for agrlcultural ex- tension work for the next two years. It the state makes this appropriation, the federal government will contribute an equal amount, unuer the terms of the Smith-Lever agricultural exten- sion act. Letters and telegrams are now being received by the members of the legislature from all parts of the state asking them to support this bill. ~.~, e>s. ..,s
 If this appropriation is made, a part of the money will be spent in con- ducting extension farm schools wher- ever they are called for, but at. least so per cent of the fund must be spent for actual demonstration work. Five. per cent may be spent for printing popular bulletins for farmers. Some domestic science work will he done, and women who are specialists in this line will be given portable outfits for popular instruction and demonstra- tion. So far as the funds Will permit these women will visit any commun- ty in the state and conduct demon stration schools. .
 The specialists. in agriculture will cover all parts of the state, and will give advice and assistance to groups of farmers and to. individuals. There will be men to give demonstrations in vaccinating hogs against cholera and to organize the farmers to fight against this disease. Arkansas loses million dollars a year from hog cholera, and the disease is absolutely preventable.
 There will be men to lead the fight against the cattle-tick and to organize the farmers against it.. So long as the cattle-tick infests anyScounty, the livestock industry cannot be profit able in that county, and livestock is the very foundation of profitable, suc- cessful farming.
 There will be specialists in soils. who will show the farmers how to
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test their soils and thus find out to what crops they are best adapted what clements of soil fertility they lack, and what should be done to build them up. The soils of Arkansas are growing poorer every year because of a system of farming that removes tho clements of soil fertility and puts nothing back. Any country that al- lows the fertility of it's farm lands to be wasted is ruining it's own pros- perity.
 There will also be men to help the farmers organize cooperative associa- tons for the marketing of farm pro- ducts, buying farm machinery, fer tilizers, etc., and for otAer purposes. in fact everything will be done to realize the fullest meaning of the new industrial and commercial term co-opetition.
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spent the weekend with her mother
 Miss Hattie Deal of Kedron was a visitor in the city Saturday.
 Miss Agnes Julian of Pine Bluff wis ited friends Saturday and Sunday.
 Mrs. Sallie Lowry and children wis tied Pine Bluff Sunday.
 R. l.. Huselton, who has been con- fined at the Davis hospital or sev- eral weeks, was able to return We'd ncsday.
 Clint Jones is visiting relatives ill Pine Bluff
 Henry Herr spent Friday in Pine Bluff.
 MT. Gady left Friday for DeVall's s Bluff.
 Wesley Herr visited Albert Griffin of Roane Saturday.
 Mrs. Iva Gady is visiting her mo- ther, Mrs. Griffin at Roane.
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NOTICE. SEWER DISTRICT NO. 15.
 South Plum Sfront


 The tax books for the collection Of special assessment upon the real property in Sewer District No. 15 in the City of Pine Bluff, has been placed +: my hands. x All owners of real property lying in the district are required to pay their assessment to me within thirty days from this date.
 If such payment is not made action VIII De commenced at the end of that tune for the collection of such as- sessment, and for legal penalties and cost 1 Given under my hand this 21st day of January, 1915.
 VIM. V. HUTT, City Collector. Office, City Hall, a. m. to 3 D. m. Y
 1A21-1m
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Xow York Cotton.

kork, Feb. S.-Cotton was qul-
 ah during today's early trad |uagest that the scattering in-
 had had been pretty well evened |rd the close of last week with rs disposed to await fresh de- ynts in the shipping and spot
 and possibly for a better idea Enditions under the operations tottoll futures law which goes set on February IS. Liverpool (hade better, than due and the |arket opened steady. 1 point 1 2 points higher, with prices
 around Saturdays closing during the. !. early session.
 ksh ftKtu.e ydeFelnped later in |rning and Erices,a fluctuated l range .ol asor$ Rints Heavy Ih cleafances helpbf tps steady |e, howeyel, ',and prisess held
 or twG oyeFsatur Jays sfose. harkst qlosed,s--sbars1N steady.
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F0I EXPORTS :
 |aUlA1E BUYING
l. c1oses 5 and 8 Points After Brisk Trad ing Day.

.,..ns Feb. S.-Cotton moved
 rlsr asrnw limits in the early touai, srst half hour 1 point up |int nt dc down compared with last l1ase 'n' scalpers did the. most Faarhstt srpet displayed very little n,a, daring ing the morning. At the ua, a,as M 2 points over Saturdays sIj st it's lowest 1 point under. 1avv ~ exports for the day stim- lu,,ig gs,s after the noon hour and usNn . m. prices were at a net ~ sstot Q closed steady at an ad-
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AFTER MANY YEARS

J. l.. Southern, Eau Claire, Wis, writes: years ago wrote you in re- gard to great results l obtained rom Foley Kidney Pills After all these years have never had a return ot those terrible ibackaches or sleepless nlghts: am permanently cured" Mln and women, young and old, find this reliable remedy relieves rheuma- tlsm, backache, stiff joints and ills caused by weak or diseased kidneys or bladder. Mann Pharmacy. ?
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10 somewhat increased country offer lngs. The setback was hardly check ca oy pig falling off in the United states visible supply total. The close was unsettled, 1-Sc@3-4c net lower
 weakness developed in corn when the wheat market headed down grade put prices were later steadied bv 2 report or some sales for Europe The close was easy at 1ac to Bm5-Sc nm. n der Saturday night. ~ oii-
 The leading futures ranged as fo,
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Don't Waste Time ''Hoilering." GETS IT."
 Worlds Simplest Corn-Cure, Never Fails.

why corn-millions have gone wild over GETS-IT'-nothing like it ever known. Some folks, to this day, butter around With bandages, sticky tape, thick pasters, corn pulling" salves, gouge corns out with knives, snip them with scissors, make them bleed and then howl because they can't get rid of sore corns. Use "GETS-IT.' There's nothing to do but apply drops. The work is done, GETS IT'' does the rest. No pain, no fussing, no, changing shoes, no limping. It never fails. Try it tonight for any corn, callus, Wart or bunion. Be sure that you get "GETS-IT" and nothing else.
 'GETS-IT'' is sold by druggists eyery- where. 25c 6 bottle, or sent direct by Ee Lawrence & Co.,, Chicago.
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FIVE CENTS PROVES TT.

A generous offer. Cut out this ad, enclose with cents to Foley & Co.,, Chicago, Ill.,, and they will send you our trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs, colds, croup, bronchial and lagrippe coughs; Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. For sale in your town by Mann Pharmacy.
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FOR SALE-BEST 16O ACRE UP
 land farm in the county, elght
 miles west of town, on good road,
 producing forty bushels corn and
 bale cotton per acre, good house,
 barn and orchard. $20 acre. !, One ' of the best 7CO acre plantations in < Jefferson county 9higmy' improved, will take come city property in ex- :, change. J. P. Cady, 127 1-2 Maiu
 street. If
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LiyerDOOl CGttOn,

pool, Feb. S.-Spot cotton ir-
 good middling, 5.39d; mid b07d; low middling, 4.66d; 1000 bales; speculation and ex- DOC; receipts, 2,019 bales.
 les quiet. May-June, 4.95d; gust, 5.O314d; October-NOvem- Sd; anuary-February, 5.22d.
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A scald burn, Qg severe cut heals slowly if neglected. The family that keeps a bottle of BILLIARDS SNOW LlNlMENT on hand is always pre-. pared for such accidents Price 25c, 5oc and s1.00 per bottle. Sold by w. l.. Dewoody & Co.
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St. Louis Grain.

St: Louis, Feb. S.-Wheat--No. 9 red $l.6oWl.6l A; No. 2 hard, $1.62@1.63,
 Corn-No. 2, 75c; No. 2 white, TIE O oats-No. 2 white, 57@57AG; No. 2 white, 53@58hc.
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WHEAT LOWER.
Pn of Buying Orders Causes Slight DrOn-

n u buying Ur0efS causes Slight Drop.
 go, Feb. S.-Wheat prices took (ard turn today, influenced to Ftent by Liverpool dispatches |ot fear as to a shortage of
 In Great Britain and France, Penlng 5-8c off to 1-4c up, quo-
 scored a material all-around reflected the action of wheat. Fhlhg, which varied from a |ecllne to 1sc gain, was follow
 moderate general advance.
 ID oats was small, but prices Plons held comparatively < |auently orders to buy wheat ]. ana a decline set in owing
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WANTED-SAL LESMAN CN ABlI.- lty and neat appearance to call OH merchants i'll their territory. Sal ary and commission to hust!crs. Belmont Mfg. Co.,, Cincinnati. o.
 2--6-6t
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FOR SALE-325 ACRES BOTTOM land on Tamo pike, 275 cultivated. Seventy acres extra good unimprov- cd up land 12 miles from town on
 good road, only $350 cash. Forty acres at Dexter, part cleared $660
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Kansas City Grain.

Kansas City, Feb. S.-Wheat-No. { hard, $1.57@1.59; No. ? red, s1.5sh a 1.59. '- V
 Corn-No. 2 yellow, 72@74c; No. Z mixed, 731sc.
 oats-No. 2 white, 57@57Ac; No. , mixed, 55@56c. @
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Mondays Spot Market.

Liverpool, unchanged, 5.O7d; sales ,, 7.O0O bales,
 New York. unchanged, S.65; sales none. i
 New Orleans, unchanged, 8 3-16c; sales, 2,325 bales. Memphis, unchanged, Sc; sales, g. 900 bales. Houston, unchanged, 1-Sc; sales 4,299 bales. Galveston, unchanged, Shc; sales, 315 bales. Dallas, 1-Sc up, 8 1-8c; sales, 3,279 bales. 5 Savannah, 1-8c up, 3Sc; sales, g. 761 bales.
 Charleston, 1-Sc up, 1-sc; sales, 500 bales.
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FOR SALE - NEW COTTAGE, plastered and strictly modern, with good barn. Situated near Lakeside church and near car line. Terms can be had. If you want a
 modern home at a bargain see or phone Hollis Real Estate Co.,, No. 123 1-2 West Second ave-, phones. Nos. ? and 112. fH If
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AGENTS WANTED-$5 TO & DAILY selling New Free Brooms; every
 woman will buy. Sample by parcel post, go cents. Wynne Broom Co.,, Elmira, x. r. 2-66t
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F 0 h s A l. E

FOR SALE-HOGS, YOUNG HOGS, high grade Berkshire and ked DuroC, suitable for those who want to begin raising their meat. Prices from 5000 up. C., k. BrccK- inriuge, Noble Lake, Ark. 2-1-1m
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FOR RENT-320 ACRE FARM: 120 acres under cultivation; farm known
 as Knotts Island. Situated on Ar kansas. river, 3A miles from Rob
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Crop Mortgages, and other legal Dlanks for sale by Adams Printing Company. #
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Corn. N ad |? Use
 "GETS.IT," "It's Sure
Makes Corns Vanish Like Magic :!

A hard cap of skin makes up every corn. When you put drops of GETS II on It, It shrivels up and comes right off-and there's your corn-gone by tbun- der! Simple as taking of your hatI That,s
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w 4 N T E D .

WANTED-TO SELL OR TRADE, A
 carload of gentle broke mares and horses at 202 East Barraquc St. Rick erd x Atkinson. 2-9-6t
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FOR SALE AT 4 BARGAIN-lsEG- 1suered Duroc-Jersey boar and SOW, Z years old; 2 gllts; l young boar.
 Price $75.0O for the herd, T. C. Ed
 gar, 4US Citizens Bank. 2-2-6t
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eN Orleans Spot Cotton.

tW UTItdHS SpVb CVUUVI1@
 |Orleans, Feb. S.-Spot cotton |hnd unchanged; sales, on the B bales, to arrive 1,400 bales; tdinary, 6 7-16c; strict good ], 6 15-16c; low middling, l strict low middling, 7 13-16c;
 E,aS 3-16c; strict middling, s sood middling, 8 13-16c; strict |iddling, g 3-16c; receipts, 10,- ks; stock, 403,17S bales.
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WANTED-~PLAIN SEWING, CHILL drens' clothes, and boys waists
 speciality. Also shirtwaists and
 house dresses. Cali, 800 w. 14th avenue. 1l-l4-Ct
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FOR RENT-TWO NICELY FURN- ished rooms for iighthousekeeping, Also two or three unfurniShed rooms. All modern conveniences
 Close in. Apply 316 w. Pullen or phone 2029. 1-14-lm
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Select Hoos,e: TOW, and we will hold 1t for you until Xmas. sI cash and dollar week. Reap & Craw- ford Furniture company. tf
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F o R R E N T.

FOR RENT--NICE FURNISHED rooms suitable for light housekeep- ing-Apply 414 West Barraque or telephone 1643. 2.7-et
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crop Mortgages, and other legal blanks for sale by Adams Printing Company. if
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Pine Bluff Movement.

The Pine Bluff cotton exchange yes- terday reported the cotton movement here as follows: Receipts, 105,655 bales, against 12S,- 933 bales last year and 91,55O bales in 1913. r,.f.~e--.
 Shipments, 74,S0S bales, against 92,- BOP bales last year ant 66,7O6 bales in 1913.
 Stocks, 33,536 bales, against 37,939 bales last year and 24,O69 bales in 1913.
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FOR SALE CHEAP-NATIONA cash registers-all sizes and styles, In first class condition. Some of them almost new. M. Cans com-
 PdAy, phone lOS. 1-9-tf
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LOANS WANrED-lF YOU H'ANT TO borrow money, buy or sell proper
 ty, see or phone Hollis Real Estate Co.,, 123R West End Ave. Phones Nos. and liz. If
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FOR RENT NICELY FURNISHED room for light housekeeping, close in; modern. at 609 w. Barrauue St
 also rooms for housekeeping oa Beech street Any number rented as desired Gall 1864. Mrs. M
 M. Meyers 7-22-tf
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FOR SALE-ALL MY FURNITURE, bedroom suites, iron beds, ward robes, leather couch, prayer piano, rockers, library tables, sewing, machine, iron cot, rugs and art squares. kitchen cabinet, and some canned fruit and jellies. Phone 2o9 or call S19 E. Tnlrd aye. 2-5-6t
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FOR RENT TWO FURNlSN
 rooms on first floor for li&
 housekeeping Private entcrancA close to business section. Phor 1880. 2-5 5-Gt
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Chicago Produce.

Chicago Feb. S.-Butter-Steady clkamery, s24@32c.
 Eggs-Lower; receipts, e,775 cases; j; at mark, cases included, 21@25c; or dinary firsts, 23@24c; firsts, 25c. / Potatoes-Steady; receipts, 65 cars Michigan and Wisconsi inA red s4Q@44c, white. 4S@4Sc. .<.,.->1ai .-'>s' ... .Roultry-Higher; 5prings;sss1. r. fsc; fOWls.s15c. ,. '=t |.
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FOR RENT-FIVE R&-
 with hall and bath, GOTTAGh' h' Barraque strset. Can N19 west sion February b. All h posses- veniences, one block frolXn con on paved street. AddreX l!l9' Loetzerich, Jefferson EIrs,
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{ St. louis Live Stock kt.'

Sst. Louis, Feb. S.-Hogs-Receipts 18. .o00;% higher; pigs and lights, s6.15 @7.35;. mixed and butchers, $7OO@ 7.25a good heayies, $7.1O@7.25.
 Cattle tle-Receapts, 6,5Do; steady; na. tive beef ste eers, $7.5O@9.25; cows and heifers, .0d@S.50; Texas and Indian steers, $5!75@7.S5; cows and heifers $4.O0@6.0O: native calves, $6OO@11.00
 Sheep-Receipts, 12,OO0; steady; ma tive muttons, $5.25@650; lambs, $S.25 @9.25; yearlings, $7OO@7.75.
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FOR #SALE-FUIL BLOOD YOUNG Jersey COW with calf. l.. P. Lloyd,
 k. F. D. f. Box 56 1-31-Gt
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AGENTS WANTED - ARTICLE sells in every home. Pay salary or
 coa.3nission. Write E. r. Gilbert
 Ft. Worth, Texas, Box 2S5. 2-2-l0t
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FAITH NEWS NOTES.
Basketball Team Loses to Randal by
 IA to 5.

Faith, Feb. S.-Saturday afternoon the Faith basketball team played the Randall team. The game was a fast one from the start to the finish. This was the first game played by the Faith boys, but they put up a brave fight all through the game. The Randall boys were considerably heav- fer than the home boys and also had the advantage in that they had played several games already this season. The visitors were manly set of boys and played q good game from the first, winning the game by<a score of four teen to three. Just before the game with Randall, the second team of Faith played a bunch of small boys from Rison. The game was won by the Faith boys by. the score of 15 to 5. The game was an interesting one from the first whistle.
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To ST 4 ND ND

FINDER OF WATCH BEARING
 name of C.. Ware, please call at Graphic office. 2-3-St
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f Q X E. E " T c. s. M N K "
PHONE S7l
iGk PINE STREET

60 acres land, good house and barn, cotton and vegetable land.
 703 Main, 6 rooms, modern.......... $25.90 712 Main, 8 rooms, modern. $35 .OO 32O Beech, rooms, hall, modern,
 Close In $20 0O Sl2 Main, 4 rooms, city water, close
 m .00 SIG Main, rooms, city water ....S1OOO 1902 w.. Sth, s rooms, modern. $25. .0O loOe w 3rd, rsOms, modern, brand
 new - .$17 00 BIO k. End, rooms, newly papered,
 city water, paved streets.... .$1O. .OO 703 Main, rooms, modern, close to
 business section ............S25.O .OO 1916 w. Barraque St., 6 rooms, modern
 except gas; good repair .$2O. .OO 1902 East End, 4 rooms; chicken ydlu $l2.5O 1904 E. 9th, 5 rooms, modern. ..$2o. .oo l4o6 State; rooms and hall. $16.OO lOO4 E 9th; rooms .OO 34th and Beech, block, 8 rooms, sta
 ble and buggy shed, pens ........$10.0O l4O6 State, rooms, lights, gas and
 pdtn ..-,..--..---..--...-..--..... 500 1919 Laurel, 5 rooms, barn, lights, gas, path -..-.-.--..-...-.....-....... $15. % POS Cherry, 4 rooms, modern, excel lent repair ...........-......... $15.O0 2300 w. 11th, rooms, we'll, outbuild-
 Ing, two lotS 10.00 l4l4 w. End, 10 rooms. modern, $3O.OO 18th and Chestnut, rooms, lights,
 water and gas, blocks from Main street car line $15. .OO 2 rooms, furnished, on Main St. $500 z2nd and Alabama, 3 rooms, good
 well .O0 Brick Store House, Martin and Main,
 suitable for grocery or fruit 121 Georgia, rooms, city water.
 close to business section........$12.E0 19lOW. 18th, rooms, good we'll. ..$9 O0 l114 w. Barraque, rooms, mol
 ern, near car line, paved streets
 etc. 1419 D. 9th. 5 room bungalow, newsy
 papered ......-..-..--.-...........-..- 50 2l2 N. Poplar, rooms, city wgr
 ter 800 COP w. Pullen. 5 rooms, bath.... $l5. % ll02 Beach, rooms; modern in ev-
 cry respect; vacant Jan. 6; close
 to schools $20.00
 FOR SALE
 Two good secondhand show cases at bargain. one 12-ft. long, one high square; $500 each
 40 acres, miles from Pine Bluff. on Dollarway road; would make dandy truck farm; % acres in creek bottom; 10 acres cleared; timber enough to fence and build. so or 160 acres, miles from town 1 on Dot!arWay road; B acres cleared, | Tn Caney Bayou bottoms; room house; shed for stock; bargain.
 50 it. 154 it. with three business houses; rents $37.0O per month; will sell for $1.600.00. A big bargain. ]
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FOR RENT-ONE OF THE MOSG- modern houses ill Pine Bluff, rooms, and bath, and all modern conveniences, 1S17 Poplar street.
 apply to pr. J. T. Palmer, tclc- phone 1261. 2-1-6t
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MT. and Mrs. Chafles Gady and son visited Pine Bluff Thursday.
 Mrs. Hattie Strahn is visiting her mother, Mrs. Jones.
 Miss Kate Simms Of Pine Bluff
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New Fork Spot Gotten. York, Feb. S.-Spot cotton qui- dling uplands, S.o5; no sales.
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Roy. Apply inT Adams. Non to Geo. II.
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papers there people in far off cour-
try districts heard 1t.
The State House was in ruins
Portsmouth and Boston navy yards
had fallen'
New York. ran the stories through
Boston and all New England, was in
vested at both approaches! Fort Tot
ten had been blown up, The enemy
ships had the range of the city, and
already the skyscrapers were topping
into Broadway.
The Government was fleeing from
Washington. An army had landed on
the Delaware coast.
Even those who had the newspapers
before them, and knew that none Of
these things was true. were shaken
when the tales that had sped ahead
came back like the backwash Of a wild
sea. Many hundreds that night ran
with the newspapers in their hands
and helped to spread. and make more
fantastic, the fantastic falsehoods that
had been born miles away.
But the newspaper organization
worked steadily. bit by bit the med
ley took tangible form. From the
watchful, self-controled chain Of
lighthouse and life saving stations,
revenue marine and other coast guard
services: from the steady. unimagina-
tive army and navy; from the alert
mistaken harbor defences, bit by bit
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The blast killed the wind and made
an Internal little gale of its own
around each ship, that spun in hot
ascending columns. Surface swimming
fish were struck dead and foated in
schools on the water. miles away.
Even the bottom haunting creatures
felt the shock and scurried into the
sand and mud.i
This was only the blast from the
lips OF the guns. 1t was only pres
sure. 1t was only the released energy
that drove conical steel masses for
ward. They sped with violence that
would leave the swiftest locomotive
behind in the wink of an eye. Like
locomotives smashing into an obstacle,
the projectles hit the land.
That impact alone was humiliation.
Having struck, the projectiles ex-
ploded.
The chart under the shaded light in
the Admirars cabin had a semicircle
marked on it-a semicircle that made
great segment into the land. As
If 1t were in the electric arc. the coun-
try in that zone of fire melted. Houses
vanished into stone dust and plaster
dust even as the screaming thing that
had done II struck houses a mile be-
yond and threw them on each other.
Streets became pits with slopng sides
that burned. Trees rocked. roaring as
in gale, and were tossed high. and
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outspread. With his eyes wide open
he tottered and pitched face down.
Another order and the sailors
wheeled, covering the islanders.
Dan" screamed a girl in the
crowd.
Hush! Don't look" An older
woman caught her around the neck
and pressed the girls face to her
breast
HE brought it on himself" said
the Lieutenant to the fishermen. Take
warning! That Is war;" He turned
and walked to the beach.
The dead man lay where he had
fallen. The bluejackets, lowering
their carbines. came to rest beyond
him, facing the Book Islanders i'm
passvely.
None OF these had said word, Save
for the cutlery of the girl and the
woman's Hush" there had been
utter silence, as If the discharge of
the weapons had swept away speech.
Slowly clenching and unclenchinS
their hands. the big weatherbeaten
strong men stared at the corpse that
sailors,
One OF the women touched a BUSH
nesslike looking young Lieutenant on
Q. A landing party sei.ing an outlying
island for a base, as BLOCK Island cOuld
intdHibly be sci:cd. almays destroys
crcrything that might enable the in
hdbitdnfs to communicate riih the main
land.