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Evening star., 1915-07-11
st0nians Hear Call of "Old Swimrnin Hole

splashing around in the shallow end
of the pool for all of a half hour. He
seemed to be engaged In some kind O.
gravity and the peculiarities of sub
marine locomotion. The experiment
didn't seem to be pauning out very
well. Finally he climbed out. squeezed
the water OF his chin and made ora
tion:
Gents" said he, its a tough game.
I've been fooling with this swimming
proposition since 1 was a kid seven year.
old. and I amt never mastered this
proposition of lost motion. When ! get
into the water I just naturally get mad.
I can make all the patent motions with
my arms and elbows and my knees ami
toes. and I can read all this tomfoolciN
about the water being heavier'n I am. hut
] don't believe it. ! can use up enough
power to run the st. Johns TO Colonial
Beach and back again, and the best ]
can do is gain yard. I founder around
like liner with busted propeller blade.
and the folks around me hand out more
suggestions than hash in a boarding
house, but there's something the matter
with my engine room. l guess.
He took a seat on the edge of the pool
alongside another battered specimen, and
looked at the water sadly.
Say" remarked the other battered
remnant, that stuff Of yours reminds me
Ancient Mariner. A friend OF mine who
likes art was standing in front of an art
store window, admiring painting or
The Ancient Mariner. The picture
showed a ship becalmed. and all hands
dying of thirst. while the mariner him
self was standing on the deck. very
gaunt-eyed, with the albatross around his
neck.
Pretty soon a motorman comes up
alongside and asks: What's that picture
all about
oh. that's the Ancient Mariner
says my friend. proceeding to tell how
they had killed the albatross that made
the wind to blow, and how thery're stuck
in the middle of the ocean without food
or water.
"The motorman looks at IT a minute
and asks: You say they're stuck there in
the middle of the ocean?
Sure says my friend they've been
hung up so long their waters all gone
''The motornan looked a while longer
and finally gets the idea All, yeh. see.'
he chirps. What dye suppose is the mat
ter-engine trouble?'"
Then they fall to talking of other things
and after little they opine they'll take a
farewell dive across the pool and go out.
Fright across the pool?" asks the man
with the engine trouble.
'Sure. straight across"
mot me, mister" he replies. '"These
here life guards don't look heavy enough
to suit me. If you can borrow me life
preserver or a rowboat I'll go across with
you. Otherwise. I guess I'll just fall off
here and take little splash and call it
quits It's funny. though. how this stuff
this water here-keeps beckoning you to
come on in and try just once more. And
I've been trying it, as say, since was
kid O. seven"
Evening star., 1915-07-11

~ OMEWHERE beyond the reach of
~ the long fingers of the law
"A scattered, furtive company of
W criminals are hiding OUT today.
They are men who have escaped from
federal prisons during the past six
years Some of them may have died in
their self-sought obscurity. Others
may have made periIous going to some
strange port where extradition is an
unknown menace.
Yet, whether they are alive or dead,
and whether they are In zone of safe
ty or skulking in some underworH dive
from which they could be dragged forth
to pay the penalty for their of1enses.
the superintendent of prisons in the
Department of Justice and countless
sheriffs and prison officials throughout
the country are anxious to learn their
whereabouts.
That is why a small volume contain
ing the photographs of the escaped
criminals, their descriptions, details OF
the crimes for which they are wanted
now being prepared for publication in
the near future.
These escaped convict albums will be
distributed broadcast throughout the
country. Within the coming year they
will grace alike the bookshelf of the
sheriff in the newest western settle
ment and the library in the Oldest and
most dingy station house of all the
eastern metropolises. 1t will become
the text book for sleuths with camera
eyes," and the likenesses Of the $50
escaped convicts will sooner or later
become part of the mental equipment
of detectives from one end Of the Unit
ed States to the other.
One of the most interesting features
OF the album, aside from the fact that
each page of 1t will contain the record
of crime or tragedy. is the fact that 1t
emphasizes, perhaps. more than any
thing else has ever done. the compare
tive infreQuency Of escapes from fed
eral penitentiaries and jails, and the
indomitable, never-ceasing, relentless
who may for the moment, shake loose
their shackles for a brief, though hunt
ed liberty.
There are approximately only $50
convicts at large today who have won
their ways clear of federal prisons
without the formaiity Of discharge or
pardon, and 1t is these men who make
up the escaped criminal album" of
the Department of Justice. Setting this
against the federal prison population
of the United States, which Is estimat-
ed to be in the neighborhood of $500,
it is seen that but little more than
Evening star., 1915-07-11

~ ERTAIN varieties of Eongbirds
II come to Washington for the mid
~ summer months only, and at
present numbers of these visitors can
he seen in the city parks. in the
grounds of the Capitol, White House
Or Agricultural Department. They
usually remain until September, and
are recognized both by their tuneful
songs and by their vivid coloring. The
summer birds have bright reds, yell
lows. greens and blues in their coats,
in marked contrast to the sober grays
and browns of those which fly about
during the drearier months of the year
The warblers, thrushes. vireos, tana-
gers. swallows and orioles make up this
summer colony which settles in the
heart of the city and IN it's many beau
tiful suburbs beyond.
The warblers are a busy little group
that frequent the Virginia side of the
Potomac from Rosslyn to Chain bridge.
They are small birds with thin voices
that are not especially musical, al
though one or two varieties have some
really fine singers. They live near the
ground, or on the lower branches of
trees. One of the commonest is the
black and white warbler, which is
about five inches long. and is found in
.the open woods. usually scrambling
over the trunks branches looking
for spiders and other insects The yel-
low warbler is one of the hrst birds to
main all summer. The little fellow is
especially useful for his destruction of
cankerworms, plant lice and small
beetles. There is another kind called
the worm eating warbler. that is found
in dense underground, where 1t spends
a. ftrnsz hA hfrn n nj IN
Evening star., 1915-07-11
OF JUSTICE PREPARES AN
ALBUM OF ESCAPED FEDERAL PRISONERS

tendant. choking him and beating him
to the ground. Then he went straight
for the high stone wall, scaled it and
dfsappeared When he escaped from
the hospital he had no money and no
clothes save his asylum garb. and yet
no word has ever been heard since
that time of his wherea bouts.
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per cent of the men who have been
sent to prison during the past six
years have broken confinement to any,
thing like permanent freedom. 1t is
pointed out also that, taking into con-
sideration the men who have served
their terms during that time and are
not now part of the prison popula-
ton, the percentage is made even
lower.
Francis H. Duehay, superintendent Of
prisons, under whose direction the al
bum is being compiled. in discussing
as shown by the album statistics, said:
"Of the $50 criminals which our CEN
sus of escaped ,convicts shows are still
not learned, only nineteen broke from
federal penitentiarIes-Leav
Atlanta, San Quentin, Baltimore.
Moundsville, Trenton, Santa Fe. Phila-
delphia and such penal institutions.
The other 131 won their ways from
jails where federal prisoners are con-
fined. That record hardly gives two
escaped prisoners apiece to the fed
eral penitentiaries over period OF six
years. But that is not all.
"Of the nineteen men who are wanted
LOT breaking from 1cucId1 pOHSoh-
tiaries and who are included in the
album. fourteen never actually broke
jail. but are only technically escaped
prisoners, having been on parole and
violated their agreements and disap-
peared.
Therefore. strictly speaking. there
are at large today-escaped prisoners
from federal ENTHUSIASTICALLY five
men-less than one year for all the
penitentiaries combined.
"Of course, these five men are not
the only prisoners who have attempted
to escape-and who did escape-from
federal penitentiaries since 1909. But
they are the only men who were clever
enough, or lucky enough. to avoid be-
ing brought back to finish their terms
without time off for good behavior.
And it speaks pretty well for the abil-
ity Of officers of the law In appre-
hending those who have plotted to
break confinement or who have actuai-
ly gotten beyond the walls OF tneir
prisons before their intentions were
discovered"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-28
FEDERAL OFFICIALS ATTEMPT TO SIDESTEP
BLAME FOR EASTLAND WRECK

BY CARL SANDBURG
After interviews in the Blackstone
hotel with William c. Redfield, secre-
tary of the U. S. department of COM
merce and labor, and A.. L. Thurman,
acting secretary and also the lawyer
Of the U. S. steamboat inspection
service, I wrote these down as true
and important points that have a con-
nection with the Eastland sinking
and the Investigations now on: ,,
1. Sec'y RedfieId lacks knowledge
of vital matters in his department or
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-28

Sec'y of Commerce Vim. c. Red
field, who defends his department.
ganization. This lack of knowledge
borders close to a serious. Ignorance.
2. Solicitor A. L. Thurman is a
high man of the steamboat inspection
service, who is secretiVe, brutal, I'M
democratic, with little or no feeling
for nor understanding of the thou
sands of workmen who sail the Great
Lakes and risk their lives on vessels.
told Redield L have read his
speeches il. congress and his book on
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-28

whether the Eastland affair had
shown him any necessity for reor-
ganiZatiOn of any parts of the steam
boat inspection service.
mo" he said decisively. Then he
added: Nothing that l didn't know
a month ago"
Have you had the inspection serv-
ice give you a report on the Ameri-
can Bureau of Shipping and its bear
on the Eastland AFFAIR.""
THAT bureau does not enter into
affair It is a private concern oper-
ated, believe, by insurance COM
panies."
But, Mr.. Secretary, the local in
spector of hulls, VIM. Nicholas, told
newspaper men on Saturday that all
standards and tests with regard to
stability of huIls are fixed by the
American Bureau of Shipping. Your
inspection service, Mr.. Nicholas says,
never inspects hulls on stability. This
would mean that the steamboat in
spection service never inspected the
hull of the Eastland, never inspects
huIls of any vessels as to stability or
tendency to tOpheaviness. The only
hull inspection made by the U. S.
government is with reference to sea-
worthiness. In other words, the
American Bureau of Shipping, a pri-
vate business concern. passes on top
heaviness. and your government
service on seawOrthiness, condition
of wood and nails and rivets. That
is the way Mr.. Nicholas told it to us
is he corect?"
''That is a matter I am not in
formed on" said Secretary Redfield.
ct is a matter Of law. Sometimes we
want to do certain things, but we
can't because the law specifies other
wise"
Your inspector, Nicholas, also
told US that the inspection service has
power to annUl action of the Ameri-
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-08
Among the Farmers

Why wait for big cofnty fairs with cheap shows and falirs? The good farmers of any good township can get up a good fair right out in the country without paying out a dollar in premiums. Just try it. Buy a few yards of ribbon and have a fair at a cen- tral school house, bringing out the best cows, vegetables, canned goods, fancy work, bread. butter and then have a colt show, and, best of all, have a good time.
 One of the very prettiest farms within 5 miles of Brinkley is Alex Oehlschlager's Fair View Farm just north of Wheatley. Alex has 40 acres of Blue Rose rice which he feels sure will make 10000 bushels. In addition to this Alex has just purchased an additional acreage right across the road from his place. The farm home at View Farm is one of the prettiest and most modern homes in this section. Alex had a letter few days ago from his brother who is a farm CT at Sweet Springs, Mo-, and | in it he told of having collected the rent of 40 bushels of wheat on a particular 20 acres of ground worth $15O.O0 per acre. $2 OO per acre income on a piece of land worth $150.00 per acre is | in rather a marked contrast to to the producing power of klex's entire 40 acres which averages about $60 per acre. One is in Missouri - the latter is in Arkansas where the land can be bought for less than half of the price of the Missouri land.
 While on a short cross country
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motor trip Tuesday the ARGUS man visited the Riley Harrison ranch 8 miles east of Wheatley and had the pleasure of meeting the new manager J. T. White head. This beautiful ranch was recently sold by Messrs Riley and Harrison to c. N. Whitehead, of Chicago, and his son, J. T. Whitehead, came down Sept. 17th and assumed charge They have $50 acres in the tract, 25O of which is in rice and when the ARGUS drew up there on Tuesday it looked just like we had struck them on their busy day but all days are busy days on rice plantation now for the threshing is going on at full tilt. Thirty men are busy as trogans at the Riley Harrison Ranch. The manager is said to be a promising young lawyer in Chicago and will return there as soon as the season is over. They have an ideal place, IA head of fine big mules, 3 binders, thresh- CT and one of the finest wells on the prairie, watering perfectly the 25O acres of rice which this year will make between 13, 900 and 15, 900 bushels of fine rice and the price promises to be around the dollar mark.
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Wheatley Locals

After an absence of few weeks we are back with more locals.
 H. R. Coleman, who was for merly agent here, has moved to Tupelo where he is agent and operator.
 Paul Lemm, the clever steno- grapher at the Wheatley Rice Mill, returned Tuesday from Memphis where he has been visiting homefolks.
 s. P. Brownlee will sell you Setter Brand Pie Peaches at Sets. a can.
 A. c. Bratcher and J. B. Hall were in Little Rock Monday on business.
 Dr. Bogart, of Marianna, was in town Wednesday shaking hands with friends.
 Bring your samples of corn, rice or any other product of your farm in to the Post Office and same will be labeled and dis played.
 i s. P. Brownlee will sell you Old Judge Coffee at 83 cts. per pound.
 1 The Wheatley Gin is running steady and has already ginned more than 100 bales. l The Wheatley Rice Mill began
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If you need cook Stove wood

If you need cook .Atoye wood, phone 59. I
 Brinkley Ice&Coal Co.
 Nelson Williamson, son of the late Postmaster Billy Williamson of Helena was a Brinkley visitor this week.
 l Mrs. J. H. Coleman spent yesterday in Moro. with MT. Coleman who is holding a meet ing there.
 Miss Fay Req, who has been visiting relatives in Illinois for the past three months, returned home Monday.
 Mrs. H. c. Strong had as her guest on Wednesday Mrs. c. T. Doss and little boy, c. T. IT,, of Cotton Plant.
 LAND FOR SALE:-The North East quarter of Section 32, Tp. 6, Range 1, in Woodruff County. Apply at this office.
 Andrew Hurst is just about to complete an addition to his place which he will use as a grocery depart ment.
 Mack B. Folsom, the ginner who has charge of the Lynch vile Gins for Manager E. A. Skillern, was over Sunday.
 Miley Steele was thru Brink ley to-day en-route to his home in Hartford, after a visit with relatives and friends in Missouri.
 Mrs. Herman T. Hess and pretty little baby, Maxine, of Boonville, Ark, are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gold berg this week.
 R. C. Butler, the market man, was in. Memphis this week and friend w. B. says he went for the purpose of for ming a life partnersh ip.
 J. E. Tho mpson and daughter, Miss Willie, are now occupying the cottage on the cor ner of Main and Ashe Sts. formerly oc- cupied by Mrs. Converse.
 Mark Mushrush, the clever lumber man and one of the busy fellows who is making things ome to pass at Hunter, was a Bri nkley visitor Tuesday. Mrs. Benj. Emmons. who has | be en spending several weeks down at Garner. Ark. with her sister, Mrs. c. B. LaBelle, is ex- pected to return home this after noon.
 m 0slalns Thss 0ees- lltt Alaeet Ths Heed Because of its tonic asd ie3aeife effect. tAxA- Quinine and does not e3QfsIpervousness nor look o for t the % signature 9i Elw. GROVE. ase.
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The best typewriter ribbon made for any kind of a machine you can always get right here in Brinkley from the Folsom Print cry.
 Grant Winfield. of Campbell, Mo-, spent Sunday here with his mother, Mrs. Geo. P. Reid, while en route to Clarendon to pack up his furniture to move to Missouri.
 The Sunshine Girls Club are planning to have a Halloween Social on Friday night Oct. 18th. at the hospitable north side home of Mrs. E. l.. Woodfin. Watch for later announcements.
 Every one who in years past visited in Hot Springs will re- member. Happy Jack Mcleod. he of Happy Hallow fame, and re- gret to hear of his death which occurred in Hot Springs this week
 Get your White Crest Flour from AR. /Hammon & Go. He makes the prices right. No higher than other but quality better.
 City Marshal Clayt Owen, Constable Jas. A. Saine, Justice of Peace R. M. Henderson, John Rast and Ruel Henderson drove down to Helena Tuesday in the Henderson car in order to attend the Fair.
 R. G. Peete, one of Holly Groves clever young merchants was a Brinkley visitor Tuesday and when last seen headed towards home was in fine com- pany and as happy as if cotton had already reached the 15ct. mark.
 Piles Cured Iu'6 to 14 Days Your druggist win y9fund money if PAzc OINTMENT fails to ea1re any case of Itching Blind. Bleeding or PrstfudinR Piles in to l4 days The hrst application gives Ease and Rest. soc
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running Tuesday but have closed down until Monday when it will start again.
 Johnnie Cross is very sick at this writing.
 Vim. B. Folsom, the ARGUS Editor, Mayor Jas. Grant and H. C.. Strong, of Brinkley, passed thru our town Wednesday in Mir. Folsom's car.
 E. N. Harrod and E. N. Mc- Corkle attended the Fair in Memphis this week.
 Mrs. s. P. Brownlee and Miss Emma Williams were shopping in Brinkley last Friday with ARGUS advertisers.
 NIT. WdSHCl. tuC DiHiniSJ soda water man, passed thru here Wednesday.
 S. P. Brownlee will pay the highest market price for country produce and sell you groceries cheaper.
 Rev, A. A, Weeks, pastor of the Baptist church, preached in Clarendon last Sunday. Messrs Riley and Harrison have sold their rice farm to a Mr. Whitehead of Chicago.
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 News was reached in Brinkley to-day of the arrival of a fine baby boy at the home of MT. and Mrs, John w. Pope in Memphis, on yesterday. morning. They have named the young man John Westley Jr.
 Miss Myrtle Martin, of Little Rock, is now stenographer for Dr. T. J. Stout. Miss Myrtle is we'll known in Brinkley, hav- ing visited here several times and has many friends who are glad to have her here.
 FOR SALE-Good boxing lumber for barns, cotton pens, etc., $8 per 1000 feet; also fram- ing lumber, $10 per 1000 feet. J. w. Wheeler & Co.,, Madison, Ark. 9-18-4t.
 Mrs. A. Goldberg left yester- day with her cousin. Mrs. Her. man T. Hess, to visit in Darda- nelle and thence to Mrs. Hess home in Bonneville. On her re- turn home she will visit in Little Rock, the guest of Mesdames Albert Bloom and Joseph Scholem.
 J. T. Black, who has been a resident of Brinkley for the past six or seven years, has gone back into the Walnut timber business and has accepted a position with a big concern in St. Louis for the next two years. His family will remain in Brinkley until the first of the year and will probab- ly move north. MT. Black has been a most estimable citizen and one of the kind that Brinkley can i'll afford to loose.
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Warning Order

In the Monroe Chancery Court Jessie Jackson Piaintfi
 VS T. H. Jackson, w. B. Jackson, Southern Trust Co.,, Guardian for Francis King Jackson, Howard Roy Jackson, Eugene Jackson and ]. H. Stack, Defendants The defendant w. B. Jackson is hereby warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff Jessie Jackson. Given under my hand and seal as Clerk this 23rd day of Sept 1915. R. A. HOLLOWAY,
 Clerk. C. OTIS BOCLE
 Atty for plaintiff.
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,;,,,.s u,d Sores, othsr asmsdles Won't Cure
Whenever You Need General Tonic
 Take 0rOve'S

The Old Standard Groves Tastcless chill Tonic is equally valuable as la General Tonic because it contaipai tne well known tonic properties of QU1NHSH and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Nalaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds mp the Whole System. oO cent&
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL

 ! Clancy was in Memphis ess Tuesday. Chas. Duff was a visitor phis this week. i |Remley spent Sunday in with friend (s.) Sulzbacher attended the Memphis this week. Baggott was in Memphis kk attending the Fair. It to eat, get It at X. R. IS.
 nd Mrs. Geo. P. Reid Bitors in Memphis Mon- |nd Mrs. c. F. Greenlee the Fair in Memphis Ks
 T. Murphy and family flew days this week in ]. H. McKie returned from a visit to relatives his.
 t Abramsohn, of Holly pent Sunday here with It's.
 hd Mrs. R. F. Milwee ben, of Clarendon, were ere Sunday.
 Folsom returned Sun- 2 few days visit with D Memphis.
 Yn Brinkley- White Sold only by A. R. &Co.
 y G. Otis Bogle was
 this week attending District Court. lary Dee Folsom re- ne yesterday after a It in Memphis.
 Drenner, of Memphis, lsltlng her brother, M. m and family.
 Mrs. Jas. L. Woodfin
 and Mrs. Wm. B. ent Monday in Mem- F. Milwee was a into Little Rock Tues having come up in his
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COTTON 6 lEf TO-DAY

Cotton is selling to-day in Brinkley at 121s cts.
 Cotton seed is selling at $30.
 In Clarendon cotton is selling to-day at 13 cts, and cotton seed at $31.
 In Blackton to-day cotton is selling at 13 cts, and cotton seed at 5000.
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To Drive Out Malaria
 And Build Up {

To Drive Out Malaria
 And Build Up The System Take the old Standard GROVES rASTELESS chill TONIC. You know what you are taking, as the formula IS printed on every label, showing 1t Is Ouinine and Iron in 8 tasteless form The Quinine drives ont malaria, the Iron builds up the system. 50 cents curss uld Sores, 0thsr Remedies Won't Cure The worst cases, uo matter of iiowlong standing are cured by tie wonderful. old reliable pr porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves eain and Heals at the same time. 2pc' soe. sio
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Your druggist win, ytfund money if PAzo OINTMENT fails to SHre any case of Itching. Blind. Bleeding or PrstfudnR Pilesin6 to l4 days.
 The hrst application gives Ease and Rest soc.