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Embden Cattle show and Fair VIII
Occur an sept. l.

The management Of the Embden
Caitle Show and fuir have selected
the date of Sept \ for hcir ,Nhibit
The officers are Grant Wltham presl-
dent; c. X Williams secretary. :
Nitham. treasurer
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>olon Grsage Fair. September ~

Solon Grange will have IT, annual
Iattle Show and Fair Wcduesda,
September - 4 : Wtham is the
president " l. rallard ls secretary
and Grant wl,hem Is treasurer
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saturday Ends Series

Next Saturday afternoon the last
game In the Madison aud SkoN hegan
Series will be played on these grounds
II will be a record hreaking contest :
Ladies' take Toe for grand siand
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Al Aboard for Water,ille's Rail- Game

II POO tickets are sold In advance a
special train viii leave for Watervillc
at is =. VI. tomorrow friday If
mol. YOU must take the ll.50 regular
and return special at SIS will bring
you home. Early Friday morning an
nouncsment will be made
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BANGOR, Me-, Aug. 30-President
Todd of the Bangor & Aroostook Rail-
road, received today from Washington
a telegram announcing the immediate
removal of the quarantine against
Maine potatoes on account of powdery
seab.
These two matters are of great i'm
portance to Maine farmers especially
to those who have been accustomed to
the raising of stock for the Brighton
market and the big potato growers of
the state.
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BRIGHTON STOCK
YARDS OPENED
Removal Of Quarantine
Against Me. Potatoes
Matters of Importance to Maine Stock
Dealers and Potato Growers.

BOSTON, Aug. 30-The big stock
yards in Brighton, closed to cattle
from outside the state for nearly a
year owing to the prevalence of the
foot and mouth disease, were opened
today for the receipt and sale of milch
cows and other cattle from Maine,
Vermont and New Hampshire, as well
as Massachusetts. The re-opening of
the Brighton yards is upon Federal
order 1t is understood here that Fed
eral notifications of the quarantine
go into effect today in other states, in
cluding Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Minnesota and Pennsylvania.
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Services Resumed at the Congrega.
tional Church

Rev has McElhiney of Searsport.
candidate for the pastorate of the
Island Avenue church Will occupy
the pulpit. next Sunday morning
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Mr.. and Mrs. Edward J. Butler are
passing a week at New Meadows.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-17
To Encourage Recruiting.

A new method of encouraging re
cruiting in Ireland is provoking
some criticism. Under the Irish
lands act the land commission is
empowered to distribute farms on
untenanted estates to suitable per
sons. The commission has now
declared that many Irishmen en-
inentIy fitted to succeed upon
farms are serving in the war and
the claims of these persons and of
others who follow their example
should not be ignored" Mr.. Shee-
by, member of parliament for
Meath, when this decision was pro
mulgated, condemned it, though be
has been a strong supporter of the
war and an advocate of recruiting.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-17
Center Hill.

Not more than ninety per cent
of the cotton and corn crops re
main in the field.
With the exception of a few cases
of chills among the children.
health in this community is excep-
tionally good.
J. T. Muse has purchased a lot
,on West Court street and will
have a modern residence built up
on it soon, and it is understood he
will occupy it himself as a home.
Several persons in this commu-
nifty felt the earthquake shock and
many noticed the disturbance quite
distinctly Some thought it was
the Cross county election, but TX
are probably mistaken, as the pom
ers down there did not begin to
quake until after dark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Lockwood and
two interesting children, Georgia
and Winnie, will leave Wednesday
morning to spend the Christmas
holidays with old friends and rela-
tives in Middle Tennessee. We re
greet to be without Georgia in school
for a while.
Among the lower grade pupils
who made creditable grades the
past month in the Center Hill
school were: Minnie Gay, Oracle
Grooms, Callie Darlington, Velma
Brown, Margaret Emmert, Winnie
Gay, Mary Stevenson, Irene Keis-
Ter and Lorene Stepp; boys, Ora
ham Tyner, George Lockwood. Louis
Howard, Tyler Grooms, Cleo Cobb.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-17
HEAD FEELS
RAZOR STROP STING

Russellville, Dec. 10.-Chas. E.
Scott, president of the second dis
trict agricultural school, was beat
en- with razor strop last night
bu students.
III feeling between the students
and the president, which has ex-
listed since a student strike early
in the session, reached a climax
yesterday when Mr.. Scott is said
to have severely punished stu
dent.
The attack on the president was
made just after supper, as he was
leaving the dining room. A crowd
of students was waiting at the dootE
of the hall. President Scott, who
is of powerful physique, resisted.
and a lively scuffle ensued. When
overpowered by superior numbers.
Mr.. Scott was pinned to the floor
while one of the students applied
the razor strop.
The student body went on
strike early in the session because
of what they termed rabitrary dis
cipline and unreasonable exactions
by the president and Governor
Hays was called to the city to CON
fer with the student body o.
townspeople. Through his inSu-
ence the students called off the
strike after promises of better
treatment by the board and faculty
members. However, there has been
Ia constant undercurrent of unrest
since. Students declare that fire.
quent acts of cruel and unfair
treatment added TO the dissatisfac-
ton which eliminated in the af-
fair last night.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-17

in police court this morning on a
cf~ of drunkenness.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. P. Cathey is critically i'll at the
family home on West Emerson
street
Odis Finley and Roy Lomor
were fined ten dollars each in po-
lice court last night on charges of
drunkenness.
Mrs. Anna Trice yesterday award
ed a contract for the erection of a
modern five-room bungalow on the
rear of her lot on South Third
street. The cottage will be used
for rental purposes.
Rev. f. G. Laslette, pastor of the
First Christian church in this city,
;receivsd intelligence this morning
of the death of his father, Thos.
H. Laslette, aged 80, at Selleardye,
England.
The two months old son of Mr..
and Mrs F. j, Kasper died early
this morning. Funeral services will
be held tomorrow morning at nine
O'Clock at the Catholic church. fol
lowed by interment in the Catholic
cemetery southwest of the city.
Mrs. R. NJ. Parkhurst and chill
dren OF Detroit, Mich, who have
been the guests of Mrs. Parkhurst's
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Newt
Wright, on East Main street for
the past several weeks, have return
ed home.
Mrs. E. B. Perkins left this morn
ing for Little on a visit of several
days. She will meet her daughter,
Mrs. j. Frank Cox, of Fort Smith,
lin Little Rock and Mrs. Cox will
accompany Mrs Perkins on her
return to Paragould to spend the
holidays here with friends and rel
atives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Earl, for
merly residents of Paragould, now
living in Little Rock, arrived here
last night with the remains of
Vienna L. Earle, their two year old
daughter who died Monday. Flu
neral services were held over the
body this afternoon by Rev. A. c..
Griffin, followed by interment in
Linwood cemetery.
A train of twenty-four tank cars
filled with olive oil passed through
Paragould yesterday over the Cot
ton Belt. The tanks contained a
total of 10000 gallons of the oil,
valued at two dollars a gallon. The
shipment was being made from Cal
ifornia to New York. The train
had right of way over all other
trains on the line, including pas
sengers.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-17
"vOT VAR ISIS"
According to j. Fitznoodle.

In de first place, it shouldn't be,
because peoples are slabing and
shooting each odder, for vot? For
noting else but de glCry that ISIS
in itself. Twas dinking to mineself
dat We should find oud de nature
of de happenings of dis most ter
rible outrages and vOt ISIS in front
of it all. You see l am expressing
mineself in dis ding to de best OF
my ability, dot you shouldn't mis-
took my understanding of vot l
have to talk about.
Var ISIS like the birds, day flop
their wings and dat shows you at
once dat day do dis in a spirits OF
madness. ISIS it nice 20 be solger
and get shooted, l esk, 1t isn't the
shots vot hurts de solgers it is de
way vot day in-bead demselves. II
Ia bullets ISIS Gaming your way and
you should see it, it ISIS your duty
to avoid as much as possibilities
will allow you. Run away from
dem, go yer dey amt dat is vot
l call self protectionating yourself
Var is yust like a man getting
married, only not quite so bad; II
you are married you can escape dis
kind of var by getting deforce,
but if a solger wants to not fitting
anymore, because he ISIS too tired,
right away he ISIS shoot9d by de cap
tain. You see l am speaking de
truth, and another ding about dis
var, who vas it, l esk, dot ISIS
responsibilities of dis var. Vos 1t
Chermans or the Englanders? The
Turkeys, the Syrups, the Slaves, the
Rushins. the Trenches, or the Aus
triches? Who commenced or who vos
der somevone else who had nothing
to do mitt it?
Can it be impossible dat de In
iuns had someding TO do in dis biz
mes? Der rodeskins are always
looking oud for schalps, but leav-
ing all dis outside somevone did
IL and wont own into it. Dat ISIS
vot I call imgratamatude. Am l
not rite? Shure,"
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-17
St. Paul Items.

Geo. B. Parsons has pneumonia
John Biggs Jr., who has been in
Oklahoma the past year, is visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Biggs.
Cleve Cox is suffering with an
attack of slow fever.
]. E Gather who has been in
Texas the past five years, returned
to Greene county last week. He
brought his wife and children with
him and will again make Greene
county his home.
Trolley Wilthong and family have
gone to Reydel where they will re
side.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-17
BOOTLECCERS FIRE
BIG SHOT AT ENEMY

Sloan Springs, Dec. 11.-Wil-
liam Shelton of Grove, a deputy
United States marshal, was Prob
ably fatally shot in battle with
three bootleggers at Bears Springs,
Okla, two and a half miles west
of Sloan Springs, yesterday
A charge of buckshot lodged be-
meath his heart. The bootleggers,
who had wagonload of whisky
opened fire on Shelton and D. A.
Thompson, another federal deputy,
when the officers accosted them.
The fugitives abandoned their
team and took to the hills afoot.
A posse is in pursuit.
Shelton was shot before he had
a chance to draw his gun. Thomp-
son, who opened fire on the boot
leggers, escaped injury. Twenty
gallons of whisky, which authori-
ties say is the product of local
disttllery, was found in the wagon
abandoned by the bootleggers.
Shelton narrowly escaped death
a month ago when he had fight
with a bootlegger on a train en-
route to Muskogee. He was struck
on the head with a poker and only
recently was released from hos
pital.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-17
YOUNG LEN EATON
PLACED ON TRIAL
(From Mondays Daily Press)

Len Eaton, son of J. w. Eaton,
under indictment on charge of
having set fire to the building oc-
'cupied by ]. B. Mime on Pruet and
Court streets, on Sunday morning,
July IS, was placed Oh trial in cir
cult court this morning.
All members of the regular pan
ell of the petit jury that served
on the Frank Threlkeld case, were
disqualified from sitting in the Eat
on case, and it became necessary to
summons special veniremen to make
Iup the Eaton jury, which is com
posed of the following citizens:
Herbert Woodland, w. C. Thomp-
son, o. c. Hunt, W. NJ. Russell, f.
w. Faulkner, jim Wright, E. T.
Roberts, S. c. Austin. w. N. Stairs,
Ed Rowland, l. w. Drake and ].
C. Boone.
The state concluded the intro
duction of testimony before the
noon hour and when an adjourn
ment was taken at twelve o'clock
two witnesses for the defense had
been examined. 1t is expected the
case will be finished and given to
the jury before adjournment this
afternoon.
The principal witness against
young Eaton is Sam Pruett who
testified in substance that on Sun
day morning, July IS, while witness
land ten or fifteen associates were
finishing the contents of key Of
/ beer in Joe Langdon S .paint store,
Len Eaton came in; that it was
suggested some whiskey be bought,
and Pruett, /. w. Wallace and an
other party Clipped in twenty-five
cents each and gave the money to
Eaton to get the whisky. This
transaction occurred back of viii
Meredith's fruit stand Eaton left
lostensibly to purchase the whiskcy,
and within thirty Or forty-five min
utes the fire alarm sounded and the
Mime building was in flames on the
second floor.
Pruett testified tha3 afternoon he
met Eaton and Walter Cooper in
front of the Mime store and there
Eaton told him he set fire to the
Mime building, then went to the
Iron Mountain railroad tracks, and
turned south. Witness said Eaton
remarked he made a botch of the
firing the Mime building that
morning, but that he would make
better job of it that night. Pru-
EFT testified he told Eaton to drop
that kind of business, that he
would get into more trouble in a
minute than he could get out of in
year
Pruett told Chief CT Police Pete
Houston that afternoon of the
threat Eaton had made to him.
and Houston and his men watched
the Mime building for several nights
to prevent the carrying out of the
Threat to fire the structure.
Frank Threlkeld, who was con-
victed Friday night and given
sentence of two years in the peni-
itentiary and who tainted when the
verdict of the jury was read, is re-
covering from the shock. He was
able to sit up and converse this
morning.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-17
MUELLER BRECKENRIDGE
CASE AFFIRMED BY COURT

Little Rock, Dec. 13.-(Special
to The Press The supreme court
this morning affirmed the judg-
ment of the chancery court OF
Greene county in the case of Jos.
s. Mueller ct al VS.. q. T. Brecken-
ridge ct al. The litigation involv-
ed a balance of $4,000 on prom
issory note for $4,000, and also
note for, $500.
The case of r. Y. Shook VS.
Lewis Sachs, appealed from Clay
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-17
LOCAL. NEWS
lFrom Fridays Daily Pressl

(From Fridays Daily PresS)
Henry Highfill, one of the best
known farmers and stockmen in
the county is i'll with pneumonia at
his home southwest of the city.
j. r. Goode, son OF John Goode
who operates grocery store in
Northeast Paragould, was married
at 1880 last night to Miss Dena
Mitchell. Rev. A. c, Griffin per-
formed the ceremony.
John Highfill who is attending a
business college at Bowling Green,
Ky, is here to spend the holidays
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hen
~ Highfill, residing southwest OF
the city.
Yardmaster Herbert Wood of the
Iron Mountain says his road is do
ing the largest business it has
handled since Paragould was made
a division point about five years
ago. Every available engine and
car is in use and the IS. o. s. sig
nal is being sent out for addition
al rolling stock to handle the big
volume of traffic.
H. d. Kirkley, the truck farmer
residing one mile southwest of the
city, brought some strawberry
plants to town this morning bear
ing ripe berries. He says the plants
have been out in his patch all the
year until yesterday afternoon and
that they have withstood all the
freezes. The plants are cross be-
tween the Texas and the Produc-
tive, grated by Mr.. Kirkley, He
says he has had ripe Strawberries
at his home every day since his
large variety of plants first began
to bear last May.
A car load of Chevrolet automo-
biles was received here yesterday
by Bertig Bros, who have secured
the agency for this popular priced
car made in St. Louis by Russell f.
Gardner who has become famous as
the manufacturer of Banner bug
gies. The cars were unloaded and
driven down Pruet street in parade
formation and attracted a great deal
of attention. One of the spaces in
Bertig's large display windows on
the Court street side has been en-
larged to accommodate an exhibit
ton car that has already been in
stalled.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-17
Senator Cockrell Dead.

( Washington, Dec. la Especial to-
The Press. Former Senator F. NJ.
Cockrell of Missouri, died this aft
ernoon. Senator Cockrell was 81
years of age and had been in III
health for number CT years.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-17
(From Saturdays Daily Press)

(From Saturdays Daily Press)
Mr. and Mrs. It. F. Montgomery,
residing at $40 East Lake street,
are the parents of a new boy ba-
by
Prof. L. L. McWhirter, who is
teaching school at Rector, spent
Saturday in the city looking after
business matters.
E. C. Richeson and Miss Maud
Gopher, residing near Unity, were
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-17
THE WEEKLY sopHoNr pARAeouD ARK FRIDAY

county, was reversed and remand
ed
P. D. English, for nineteen years
chief clerk of the supreme court,
resigned today, and was succeeded
by w. P Saddler, deputy under Mr.,
English.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-17
American Wheat in Italy.

American wheat. Is arriving al
Genoa, Italy, in very bad condiA
ton, being heated and musty.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-17

Venice has $4,000 residents, and
the town is built on seventy or
eighty inlets.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-17

(From Tuesdays Daily Press)
VIII Mcleod who has been in
the northwestern states for some
time, is here on visit to his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs R. N. Mcleod.
DR.. e. J. lIaerle, formerly of this
city. now practicing at Nimmons,
passed through the city this morn
ing enroute 10 Nimmons from Kan
sas City where he had been on a
short visit to his mother.
DR.. F. C. Johnson's alfalfa patch
near his office on North Pruet
street. is somewhat like Tenny-
sons brook, it just 'goes on for
ever" DR.. Johnson has made his
sixth cutting from the patch and
if the weather conditions should
continue the summer tinge it is
not improbable he would make a
seventh cutting. DR.. Johnson has
been experimenting with alfalfa
during the past two years and he
is convinced it is the greatest hay
and forage crop that can be grown
in this section of Arkansas.
(From Wednesdays Daily Press
Eugene Wilbourn who went to
Los Angeles, Cal, several weeks
ago has returned home.
Wad Cndd was fined ten dollars
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-17

married at two thirty this after
noon at the home of Rev. A. c..
Griffin on West Poplar street The
couple will reside at SAL North
Second street in Paragould
Mrs. Lila Porter, Miss Orine
Porter and Hays Porter left this
morning for Clinton, KY in re-
Spouse to a message announcing the
serious illness of a relative.
Virgil Roberts of Gainesville,
route l, is spending the day in
Paragould. Mr.. Roberts stated that
he would be a candidate for tax as
SCISSOR, and that his formal an
nouncement would be made the first
of January.
Fireman B. P. Champion, run
ming on the Iron Mountain red ball
freight, was injured at Nettleton
last night as he was coming north
on his train. The gate at the j.
L. c. & e. crossing struck him on
the side of the head and on his
left arm and inflicted painful
wounds.
A message received here this
morning from C. f. Silliman who
is in st. Louis, states his wife, who
was injured on Monday evening
when she was run down by an au-
tomoble is improving. An oper-
alton was performed on her right
cheek yesterday and the physicians
believe she will now recover.
(From Mondays Daily Press)
/. N. Newell of Delaplaine spent
the forenoon in the city on business.
M. Knecht of Hartford City, Ind,
has been here several days looking
after business interests.
Chas. Knecht who has been living
on farm one mile southeast of
the city, has moved to Paragould.
Chas. Merryman and wife of
Cardwell were visitors in the city
yesterday
A. F. Justis is erecting a cottage
on the rear of his lot on South
Seventh street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Matsell, re-
siding on Baldwin street, are the
parents of a new girl baby.
The many friends of Henry
Highfill, residing southwest of the
city, will be glad to know he is
recovering from a threatened at
tack of pneumonia.
Chas. Street and Miss Lydia DAN
iel, who were married Nov. 10,
have just acquainted their friends
with the fact. The ceremony was
performed by Esq. Thompson.
Chas Unison and John Meade
were each fined five dollars and
trimmings by Esq. ], w. Thomp-
son this morning on charges of
drunkenness.
]. N. Bishop was gwen a fine of
five dollars in police court this
morning on a charge of disturbing
the peace. L. C. Jones was pen
allied five dollars for frequenting a
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-17
house of i'll fame.

house of i'll fame.
At nine thirty yesterday morn
ing fire destroyed a five room cot
tage on North Pruet street belong
ing to Fl. c. Downs A defective
flue was responsible for the contla-
grafton,
Herbert Wood and wife, and Mrs
Guy H. Snowden and Mrs. Cas-
bier went to Memphis this morn
ing to attend safety conference
of Iron Mountain officials and en-
ployes.
C. E. Silliman who has been in
st. Louis the past week at the bed
side of his wife who was injured
in an automobile accident, returned
to Paragould yesterday. He says
Mrs. Silliman is improving rapid.
and will probably be able to return
home within two weeks.
Invitations have been sent out by
DR.. and Mrs. G. T. Hopkins of West
Court street, to the marriage of
their daughter, Miss Emma, to MIR.
n. c. Adams, at the Hopkins res
idence on Monday morning, De
cember 27, at nine thirty O'Clock.
The ceremony will be performed
by Rev. w. c. Wood, pastor of the
First Baptist church. The couple
will leave at eleven o'clock shat
morning for St. Louis on bridal
trip. Miss Emma is the oldest
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Hopkins.
She was educated in the public
schools in this city, and later at
tended the University of Arkansas
at Fayetteville Mr. Adams is a
machinist at the IrCp Mountain
shops where he has been employed
during the past two years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-02

God. We educate the mind. We pretend
to believe I'm the soul out what do we do
for II? We raise wonderful hogs. We
gain millions IN money. Three or four
little citizens are born to our great Euro
pean rivals each year for one American
of the old American stock Our birth
rate II falling.
Money Money! Is money our god /?
II moneys his god the citizen becomes
hard, and the duties OF citizenship be-
come the mere harlots OF a self-interest
We abolish the canteen We're prohibit
tionists Wen become righteous by legis-
lation Wen found societies for right
eousness.
"Mr Hyhedd will cure the neglect OF
the barest functions OF loyal citizenship
by doubling the duties with his precious
referendums and isms. All this talk is
so much easier than little self control
and individual effort and sincerity.
THE correct thing is to say 'Alrs
we'll to say I'VE can lick all creation
to say IL again till we believe it and 10
blindly OH. Reading? Study? No. We re
too busy In the chase for money. We've
no time. We must be quick with our
half baked ideas to outstep the opposi-
ton: to get the credit. We're too clever
to study the past history is reactionary.
Intuition, luck. the mercy OF God. And
peace fiends and faddists"