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The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26
Interesting Hosiery.

Black and white and black clocks on white and vice versa. checks. solid and lined, stripes, plaids, polka dots. brilliant and subdued colors. embroid. cry effects in one to three eolors of floral and other designs, are all seen. A novelty has a solid white leg and white horizontal stripes on the black foot Two-toned hose have top and foot in contrast with clocking like the upper part. White is combined with Dutch and Belgian blue, pink and pur- pie. Beige is also combined with bril- liant shades
 A novelty in silk hose has lace in- sets, with the designs emphasized by crystal beads. A bootee pattern has imitation buttons and gilt braid but tonholes up the ankle, to initiate button boot, which is to be worn with pumps.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26
REGENT RAINS SWELL STREAMS OUT OF BANKS-UNTOLD
 DAMAGE.
SOME LIVES REPORTED LOST
Fields Recently Laden With Bumper Crops evastated-Levees Break and Flood Towns, Forcing h.
 habitants to Flee.

Newport.-Five lives have been lost 1t is reported. from Elmo, in the worst flood that has swept the White river valley since 1891. Scores of fam lilies in the Oil Trough bottoms that are flooded for miles, are being re- moved from housetops, trees and other places of vantage by the crews of the steamers Mary C. Lucas and Musko- gee. These boats and men work ed for many hours and have steamed without trouble over miles Of territory where, many feet beneath the water, corn that only a few days since neared harvest, now is ruined and will be lost. Captain Inman of the Muskogee said he has driven his boat miles from the river. He reach ed Elmo, eight miles inland, with diff fculty.
 Jacksonport was inundated The levee parted there and a wall of water swept into stores and homes, whence occupants had fled few hours before. The property loss there will be large.
 Direct railroad communication to Little Rock was stopped because of waShouts on the Iron Mountain
 Mines on the bank of the Buffalo river district have been extensively damaged and expensive machinery has been washed away The rise on this river is estimated at 50 feet. Rush, the principal mining camp of the dis trict, was covered by the flood for a day. The residents escaped to the hills. The White river division of the Iron Mountain railroad has suffered from one end to the other
 Heavy damage to crops and loss of live stock has been caused by the un- usual rise of the Ouachita river One farmer near Philadelphia lost cotton, corn and cattle valued at between s6,000 and s7,O0O
 A break in the levee on Indian creek, near Success, let the flood de- nude many acres of crops and many cattle were drowned. Wind and floods have damaged the corn crop in the Little Missouri valley. Spring river has been higher than ever before, and crops in the bottom lands of Straw berry and Eleven Point rivers have been destroyed
 Damage estimated at S200,000 has been done in Fulton county. Reports from Salem say that the South Fork was up 25 feet, and that three bridges have been washed out. Havana reports that the Petit Jean bottoms are food ed with loss of thousands of acres of corn. Families in this district will be destitute as this is the second crop destroyed this year.
 The upper White river valley along the White and its tributaries presents a scene of devastation down on the low lands. Fourteen inches of rain fell in 60 hours, and this rainfall was general all over the White river wa ter shed.
 The bottoms along the White are all submerged, and the rive- is running bankfull from bluff to bluff The esti- mated damage in Boone, Baxter and Marion counties, Arkansas, and Fancy county, Missouri. is placed at one mil lion dollars.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

front, sloping abruptly down from panel of braiding to a length about ten inches below the waist line at the back. The throat is open in a square effect at the front, and the standing, faring collar at the back is modifi- cation of the summer collars of thin materials that have proved so becom- ing.
 Three different widths in silk braid appear in the decoration of the coat and skirt.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26
Aug. 2e, 1914.

Germans burned Louvain, Bel gium.
 Lonewy, France, occupied by the Germans.
 German Toeoiand, West Africa, surrendered to British force from Nigeria.
 French cabinet resigned and new ministry was announced.
 Ministers of foreign powers at Antwerp protested against throw ing of bombs from air craft.
 Belgium protested to United States against German acts.
 British marines landed at Ostend.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26
Reliable Method.

Gan you spell the name of this new high explosive?" asked the man who shirks.
 Yes replied the one who + never at loss.
 How do you spell it?"
 By looking in the dictionary"
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26
Wires Open to Mexico City.

Laredo. Tex-Telegraph and rail- way comnunication by an indirect route has been opened from the bor- der here to Mexico City, according to statements of Carranza officials m Neuvo Laredo.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26
Aug. 25, 1914.

Austria declared war on Japan. Germans in East Prussia retreat ed on KoeniGsberq.
 Russians reached point within eighty miles of Lemberg, Galicia.
 French evacuated Muelhausen. Lord Kitchener made his first speech in house of commons, pre- dieting a long war.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26
Cotton Loss Heavy.

Houston, Tex. = Reports from 21 counties in this seo-son show that cot ton was badly damaged, possibly s 1-2 per cent, by the recent hurri cane.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26
M'CLARYGRAMS

He who lies must sometimes crawl. It is eas5 to tell the man to whom one can tell nothing.
 The man Who gets two ideas at once isn't much better off than he who gets none.
 There are some people whose chief study in business might be called that of "trickenomstry."
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26
BRIEF NEWS AND NOTES.

At good roads meeting at Aplin sll the land owners present signed a petition to form a road district. It is thought construction on new roads will begin within the next 90 days, and that Fort Smith and Little Rock will be connected with a turnpike on the south side of the Arkansas river iu- side of a year.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

A business firm at Pocahontas dur ing one week shipped 12 carloads of wheat, and are buyng and loading others. The price paid was 95 cents a bushel. Much of the wheat raised fin Randolph County is being taken to roller mills at Burdell and Imboden by the farmers and made into flour for their own use
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26
Auq. 27, 1914.

Austria declared war on Belgium. German auxiliary cruiser Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse sunk by Brit sh cruiser Highfiyer off West coast of Africa.
 German cruiser Magdebura sunk in Gulf of Finland.
 Three day battle begun at Ger telshurg, East Prussia, that result ed in Russian defeat.
 French retreated from Lille, Rou- baix and Valenciennes.
 Japan Blockaded kiaochow.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26
Aug. zs, 1914.

Aug. z8, 1914.
 French cabinet issued 6 mani festo.
 Gen. von KIuck defeated the French near Maubeuge.
 Gems. won BueIow and von Hau- sen defeated the Franco-Beieian forces between the Sambre and the Mouse.
 Two German cruisers and two torpedo boats sunk by British fleet near Heleoland.
 Germans attacked the Belgian Congo.
 German airships again bombarded Antwerp.
 Norway and Sweden formed mili- tary alliance to preserve their neu- trality.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

Aug. 24, 1914. Retreat of the English forces from Mons began. Germans in East Prussia retreat ed before Russians. Antwerp bombarded by German Zeppelin.
 Japanese warships bombarded Tsingtau.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

Members of Company H, Fifty-sec- ond regiment, Uniform Rank, Wood men of the World, of Conway Camp No. 35, will go to Normal, Okla, Mon- day, August 30, to attend the annual encampment of the uniform rank to be held August 31 to September 4.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

Boil weevil has appeared in the cot ton on some farms adjacent to Ozark. doing much damage. The late rains caused their appearance The corn this year is clearer of worms than for many years.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

w. B. Mercier, special government agricultural agent from Washington, D. C., in an address before the Busi- ness Mems Club at Fayetteville de. clared that Arkansas has made greater agricultural advancement dur. ing the past five years than any other Southern state. He also said he be- l1eves Arkansas and Louisiana have the greatest agricultural opportunities of any states in the Union. c. w. Watson, state demonstration agent, praised Arkansas business men for their aid to scientific agriculture. They were scheduled to make an auto tour of this county, giving lectures to far mers. but heavy rain prevented
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

in May, 1914.
 The out-of-town guests were: Mrs M. E. Atwood, New Edinburg; Dr. c. E. Petty, Memphis; Mrs. J. E. Sum- crow, Rsson; Mrs. Adah l.. Roussan, Osceola; Miss Catherine Stanfield, Rison, and Fauntleroy Stanfield. Mem bers of the Little Rock Press Club, many of whom were present, sent the bride huge bouquet of American Beauty roses.
 BRIEF NEWS AND NOTES.
 At a good roads meeting at Aplin sll the land owners present signed petition to form road district It is thought construction on new roads will begin within the next 90 days, and that Fort Smith and Little Rock will be connected with a turnpike on the south side of the Arkansas river iu- side of year.
 A business firm at Pocahontas dur ing one week shipped 12 carloads of wheat, and are buyng and loading others. The price paid was 95 cents bushel. Much of the wheat raised fin Randolph County is being taken to roller mills at Burdell and Imboden by the farmers and made into flour for their own use.
 Members of Company H, Fifty-sec- ond regiment, Uniform Rank, Wood men of the World, of Conway Camp No. 35, will go to Normal, Okla, Mon- day, August 30, to attend the annual encampment of the uniform rank to be held August 31 to September 4.
 Boil weevil has appeared in the cot ton on some farms adjacent to Ozark. doing much damage. The late rains caused their appearance. The corn this year is clearer of worms than for many years.
 Sunf1ower growing, comparatively new industry in Arkansas, has been started in Mississippi county and is now conducted on a large scale, ac- cording to L. M. Ross, editor of the Blytheville Courier
 Miss Myrtle Griffith has been elect ed maid of honor from Hot Springs to attend the queen at the statewide labor day celebration in Little Rock. September 6.
 Farmers of Colfax neighborhood have organized the Colfax Farmers, Mutual Club, with 25 members. The object is to promote the interests Of the section.
 The main road leading to Waldo from Lamartine was graveled by local residents. Many teams and men were at work, and the road was greatly inn proved
 Great quantities of beans, peaches and cantaloupes are being shipped from Gravette by express. Rains have he'd the crops back but little has been lost.
 P. G. Connor of Austin will ship two carloads of fine pears in two or three weeks. The peach, apple and pear crops are very fine in Lonoke county.
 The making of illicit liquor is d. legged to prevail in the northern part of Howard county; wildcatting is al- legged to be rampant
 Burton Bunch, formerly with the North Arkansas Herald at Harrison. will start the Lead Hill News at Lead Hill, Boone county.
 The peach shipments are over at Mulberry, 69 cars being loaded It is es- timated that the peach crop has brought to Mulberry and vicinity near ly S14,000.
 !. B. Jackson has purchased the tele- phone exchange at Quitman from John M. Covey, and will take charge at once.
 The cost of the grand and petit iu- TOTS services for the July term of Faulkner Circuit Court was $1.325.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
 YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
Aug. 23, 1914.

FNUS NOI F0 I-Fs Japan declares war on Germany. Namur, Belgium, captured by the Germans.
 Germans advanced westward against Mons and Charleroi. French and English forces moved northwaro against German right wing.
 Germans occupied LuneVilie, northeastern France.
 Austria announced victory over Russians al krasnlk.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

Sunf1ower growing, a comparatively new industry in Arkansas. has been started in Mississippi county and is now conducted on large scale, ac- cording to l.. M Ross, editor of the Blytheville Courier
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

Resolutions advocating the creation of an advertising fund to provide pub licity for Hot Springs for the ensuing five years, as we'll as favoring the creat- ing of an improvement district for the entire city, under which all streets will be paved to the city limits, and the creation of an improvement district for the building of new roads under the Alexander law, the establishing of a central bureau of information and the elimination of the man on the train" the government agent who warns visitors against drummers, were adopted at a mass meeting in the Auditorium theater.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

Following two days and nights oi incessant rain the Petit Jean Bottom near Havana are flooded.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

Miss Myrtle Griffith has been elect ed maid of honor from Hot Springs to attend the queen at the statewide labor day celebration in Little ROCK, September 6.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

To date 910 cars of peaches have been shipped on the Frisco Railroad north of Van Buren and 1S6 on the Kansas City & Memphis Railroad, a total of 1,O96 cars for the Ozark sec tion of Arkansas.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

Farmers of Colfax neighborhood have organized the Colfax Farmers Mutual Club, with 25 members. The object is to promote the interests Of the section.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

Baxter county is shipping wheat. having raised big surplus The sur plus of corn, however, will be greater than wheat, and the farmers are fig uring on shipping corn as soon as it natures. The corn crop this year is by far larger than any ever raised in the county before
 J. A. Mcleod, of Bearden sold Dr. c. W. Conley of Eaton, Ohio, 10000 acres of land. The land is located near Bearden and will be used for stock purposes
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

Benton county has school popula- tion of 12.S35. The total number ot children actually enrolled in the schools is 1O.4O2, including 5.455 girls and 4,947 boys.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

The Pine Bluff public schools will open Monday, September 20
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

J. A Pence of Conway received a medal from the sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Eel. lows in recognition of 35 years of membership in that order
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

The cost of the grand and petit tu- TOTS services for the July term of Faulkner Circuit Court was $1.325.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

The main road leading to Waldo from Lamartine was graveled by local residents. Many teams and men were at work, and the road was greatly inn proved.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-08-26

]. B. Jackson has purchased the tele- phone exchange at Quitman from John M Covey, and will take charge at once.
Evening journal., 1915-04-22
PINK EYE EPIDEMIC
OPENS ATTACK IN CITY

Grip. the veteran spring busbear,
is not confining itself 10 the old-fash-
toned trench system OF attach this
season. Just at present it has open
cd hre with a rapld-hre gun Which in
the language Of the oculist is termed
coniunctivitis. but ID the good Kings
English that mother used TO speak is
known as pink eve"
The Nmalady is the result of the in
spirstion of modern warfare that has
old General Disease in its grip. The
ancient method of attack by flank
movement up the spine, with a chill
that rattles ones teeth out aud ends
with the burning of a Rheims Catho-
dral in the centre of ones head has
been elaborated by a subtle aircraft
Offense.
Some morning il you wake with a
gummy feeling in your eyes and the
pupils bloodshot aud dilated, don I
he alarmed. II merely means that you
have grip in the eyes You will be
one OF hundreds OF Wilmingtonians
similarly afflicted by a seasonal COM
plant which is particularly preva-
lent this year.
Evening journal., 1915-04-22
FAIR ASSOCIATIONS MAKE PLANS.

Representatives of the West Chester,
Oxford, Philadelphia tByherryl, and the
Delaware State Fan Associations met M
parlors 4 and of the Hotel DUPONT to-
day. The meeting was preceded 10y
luncheon.
The object Of the meeting was TO dis
cuss plans for the fairs 10 be held by he
associations. Tentative programs were
arranged 80 that there will be no con
hict between the fair dates. According
10 ihe reports made the different fairs
promise TO be a success this year.
s. II. Wilson. -.Ir.. presided in the abb
.encc of j. +. Scldomridge, of Lancaster
Pa. IN whose family their has been a
death
Those present at the meeting we're
Morris g. Temple aud Rodman II,
Apple, West Chester; Thomas Gilhng-
ham and Thomas f., Grier, oxford; Al
bert n. Eutwistle and Charles II. Med
ford. Philadelphia lByberryl Atwood J.
Ncldin. : II. Wilson, lr.. Howard e.
Wallace. Joseph Davidson and j. Leonar'.
Johnson. OF the Delaware state Fair
Evening journal., 1915-04-22
ELKTON SONS OF
AMERICA Nine Years old

Special 60 The EVENING JOURNAL
ELKTON Md, April 22-Elkton
Council. Sons of America. celebrated
It's ninth anniversary on Monday
night.
Town Council has passed an ordin-
arce requiring the placardine OF. all
houses where there are contagious
diseases.
Personal: Mrs. Elizabeth n. Hurn,
OF Elkton, has been entertaining Mrs.
John W. Lowe. of baltimore, al the
Hoffman Apartments. Washington ID.
c.. where she Is spending the win
ter.---Mrs. George 7. Witworth. of VII
mingtOn has been-visiting her mother,
Mrs. A. Palmer Shockley. Mrs.
Charles NJ. Ellis Is i'll at her home
on West Main street. j. W. Falls. of
North East was a recent visitor here.
Clarence holland, of Wilmington. has
been the guest of relatives in Chess-
peake City.-The Rev. William Schou-
Ter has returned from a trip TO Cincin-
nati.-Miss Mollie l.. Clark. Of Cedar
Vale" was the guest of Elkton friends
on Thursday.
Evening journal., 1915-04-22
TO LECTURE on INSURANCE.

The Delaware Association Of Life
Underwriters is making final arrange
ments for the first lecture in the
course to be given al Delaware College
on life insurance. The lecture is TO
be given in the college oratory iomor-
row night and will be open 10 the
public Professor s. S, Huebner Of
the University OF Pennsylvania will
be the speaker and his topic will be-.
"The Family and Business Uses OF
Life Insurance" Or. Huebner will be
entertained by tho Delaware Ass ocia-
ton al the Hotel DUPONT tomorrow
evening prior TO starting for Newark.
Wilmingtonians desiring 10 so TO
Newark 10 attend the lecture may take
the 6.42 train on the p. b. and w. 10
Newark Centre returning, leave
Newark on the b. and o. AT l017.
Evening journal., 1915-04-22
Try This if You
Have Dandrufi

There is one sure way that never
fails TO remove dandruff completely
and that is to dissolve It,. This de,
stroys 10 entirely. To do this, just
set about four ounces of plain. ordi-
nary liquid aryon; apply IL at night
when retiring; use enough TO molsten
the scalp and rub it in gently with
the finger tips.
BY morning. most If not all. OF your
dendrun Will be gone, and three or
four more applications will completely
dissolve and entirely destroy every
single sign and trace of il. no matter
how much dandruff you may have.
You will find. TOO. that all itching
and digging Of the scalp will stop in
siantly. and your hair will be fluffy
lustrous. glossy silky and soft and
look and feel a hundred times better
You can get liquid arvon at any
drug store. II is inexpensive. and four
ounces is all YOU will need This
simple remedy has never been known
10 fail
Evening journal., 1915-04-22
YAMA FARMS Inn
has new MANAGER

Gustave, known all over the world
simply as "Gustave" so much so. in
fact that he registers at the Narier-
bilt Hotel New York, as s. A. Gus
tave, instead of under his almost for
gotten name of Gustave A. soggelko
has just relinguished the manage
ment Of the Savoy Hotel in London
after being in charge there and has
come to America and will run the
Nama Farms Inn at Napanoek. n. w.,
the mountain home developed along
the lines Of Frank Seaman of New
York.
This project. while founded upon the
old American principle. OF fiat rate,
has so much in it that is unique be-
sides. that Gustave attempted 90 buy
the place Mr. Seaman refused 10
SELL but compromised by turn,nr the
inp over 10 Gusiaves management 10
run il as his own.
Gustave nrInss his own star from
the other side. and with the fish, yege-
fables and poultry OF the farms az ms
disposal he has unlimited opportun.
ity for initiative in entertainments.
The Nama Farms Inn, while run with
absolutely no extras and no tips. and
at the same time with no restrictions
upon the guests as to tho foods and
wines they may order, or the service
they may require. admits guests only
from list of 100 names. first select
cd by Mr. Seaman and afterward add
ed to only upon the approval OF those
already selected. In Gustaye's own
words, such an opportunity Is "ho-
tel managers dream
Evening journal., 1915-04-22
NAME CONyENTION DELEGATES.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
SMYRNA. Del. April 22.-Asbury
Methodist Episcopal Sunday School.
has elected Mrs. Thomas Wilson.
delegate. and John Buttery. alternate,
10 the State Sunday School Conyen-
tion to be held in the Second Baptist
Church. Wilmington. April 90. 80
Miss Ethel Grieves, OF the Delaware
Woman's Affiliated College spent
Sunday here. MIR. and Mrs. Frank r.
Busser. of Germantown, Pa, have re-
turned home. from a visit TO Mrs.
pusser's mother here. Mrs Joseph l..
Beckett and Mrs. Charles n.
Lefevre and daughter Hester Ann.
have returned from a visit to Phila-
delphia relatives.
Evening journal., 1915-04-22
DRILLS and TABbEAUX
With CEIBEL CONCERT

A variety Of drills and pretty tab
leaux will picture the concerts TO be
given by the Geibol junior chorus
in Epworth NJ. Z. Church on Tuesday
and Friday evenings. May 4 and z.
One Of the prettiost Of these viii be
the rose drill, which viii be perform
ed by eight small girls and six larger
girls. while the popular song, Here's
Rose for You Is being sung by
Miss Mildred Hanna and the entire
chorus. Those taking part in The IL
lustration numbers arc being rehears-
ed by Ferris Giles.
Another pretty illustration will be
the daisy drill. performed hy six
girls, while Charles r. Edwards latest
two-part SONG. ION a Summer Day I"
is being sung by tho large juvenile
chorus This song by the well known
3 LEGAL composer is written in waltz
time and has a remarkably sweet
melody The added feature of the
daisy drill. while q is being sung.
Will make II one of the most attrac.
tive numbers on the program
John Phillip Sousas STARS and
/ Stripes Forever" Is never heard with
out burst of patriotic onihusiaam
lt is TO be sung az the coming series
OF concerts, and those directing the
musicale are planning a spectacular
patriotic demonstration ihat viii
( doubtless bring the audience TO its
feet.
Ample assisting talent will helm ir
making this series OF concerts IN,
( best yet given by the Gelhel chorus
Master Charles Edwards, an unusual
/ ly proficient violinist will be on IN,
program and this fact will be pleas
ing 10 those who heard this youthful
/ musician at the Geibei entertainment!
Evening journal., 1915-04-22
ROTARIANS TELL STORIES.

Story telling was the feature of
today's luncheon of the Rotary CLUB
In the Rose Room of the Hotel
DUPONT. Lots were drawn 10 see who
should tell the stories. Those drawn
Included Clarence killen. w. A. Jor-
dan. G. X. Parsons. W. H. n. Willis.
w. j. McCOrkindale, J. X Rodgers,
Harrison Cruikshank. Stories also
were told by the guests, Alexis l.
DUPONT and Messrs Coan and Sutton.
w. f. Douglas presided There were
sixty members present.