The Springdale news., 1915-07-30

Dear Sir:
 Taking advantage of your liberal offer of reduced subscription rates, which, 1 take it, is intended to ill., clude all Of Uncle Sans domain, l hereby enclose the wherewithal to bring me the News. and by the way, it is a ne'wsy and lively weekly letter picturing the most. important current events ot Sprinsdale and northwestern Arkansas.
 Allow me to say in passing that it is somewhat restfnl and indeed mild sedati4e ta o*erWrou&ft nerves to drop the large daily papers for spell and look far away once q week at least from the hustle and tumult Of great essfy to the quiet c the country town ard vicinity minus noisy trolley ea.s. rsarirg elevated trains, heavily loaded motor trucks, various easy ways Of getting killed. to say nothing about perspiring crowds thicker than Kansas grass hoppers, and quietly read about the cars and ears Of strawberries and other fruits being shipped away from the Land of the Big Red Apple.
 In closing allow me to congratu- late you upon your sane Fourth of July celebration, with patriotic speeches, with proper regard. 10 doubt, for the freedom and high nor al and humanitarian ground on which We stand as nation today and whose stars and stripes are still re- spected by almost a dozen warning nations; the movies, the tiddles, greased pole and other harmless amusements, and lastly, To drunks, no murders, ne fights. ltwas glor- ieHs. Same ta3 hefe, but t has taken this town a Iaae time 10 work ID to such state of affairs. To shoot a fire-cracker CT fire pistol Was an invitation for immediate arrest and a freo ride in tte patrol wagon and a fine, 90 very r.. cared 10 take a chance The saIe Fourth ot July sentiment had already reached here before this last one, but never has this city passed through such quiet celebration. The eOnflagration in Europe has brought disgust at a pow der and potash celebration to a large majority O. decent, law-abid- ing citizens here as elsewhere.
 note with pleasure the strong an, ti-liquor, anti-war sentiment jn your community both of which it is well to cultivate, and as yours is dry town anyway jt makes the problem easier of solution. This wholesome public attitude toward evil is also reflected by your able correspoi dents as we'll as in your editorial columns and it is but justice to state that this same sentiment is growing here although We still have over seven thousand thirst joints" that Billy Sunday will have to reckon with when he comes jn 1917 as he has promised As for anti-war sentiment it would be difficult to find a more peace-loving people than our two and half millions here in Chicago form ing a prominent part of the time honored melting pot" and all neu- tral besides, although some are in- clined to agree with Pat who was strongly neutral. tat didn't care wht licked the Kaiser. /" We, one and all deplore the awful carnage to say nothing about the billions of dollars going to waste. We think We know something of the causes Of the war We have made our diagnosis But what of the remedy Who knows but what our neble. far seeing presi- dent s inventive mind may yet dig up a peace serum for hypodermic injec- tion or an anti-war vaccine and sue cessfully inoculate the kings and heads of the war party and all other insane war propagandists, not only I stopping this wholesale butehery but forever preventing a like catastrophe In the future? It is unttinkable that the United States should be drawn into this bloody whirlpool ex cept to act as peace makers. "fol they shall be called the children q God '
 Yours very truly,
 Eugene T Hay