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The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-12-31
PARIS DEPUTY SPEEDS
ACROSS COUNTRY TO
ARREST CAMDEN MAN
Arthur Balm Taken Into Custo-
dy In Connection With the
Wrecking of the War
trace Bank
FATHER SIGNS THE BOND TO
SECURE HIS SONS RELEASE
Rumored That Other Arrests
May Follow In Benton
County Within Next
Few Days

Speeding across the country
in an automobile, J. E. Maxwell,
United States deputy marshal,
left Paris early last Friday, ar
irving in Camden before noon
and placed under arrest Arthur
Balm, we'll known in this city,
charged with aiding and abet-
ting" in the wrecking of the
First National Bank at Wartrace.
This was the second arrest in
the sensational Middle Tennessee
bank failure, the cashier, W. H.
Hooser, it is alleged, having
made q confession at the prelim-
mary examination and later re-
leased on bond of $4,000.
Balm was taken to Nashville
and gave bond of SIP, 500 for his
appeara ice. The bond was
signed by his father, Justice
George B. Balm, one of the
wealthiest men in Benton county,
and by John Wiseman.
The bank shortage is estimated
at about $125, 900. The cashier,
Hooser, formerly was cashier of
the Benton County Bank at Cam
den, now in course of liquidation.
1t is alleged that he confessed to
both embezzlement and forgery.
He was prominently identified
socially and in religious circles.
Until his confession, the people
of Wartrace steadfastly refused
to believe him guilty.
Arthur Balm, who was recent
ly in Paris on a shopping trip,
recently went into bankruptcy.
He was engaged in the tie and
sawmill business and did his
banking with Hooser. 1t is
charged that he was supplied
with funds by the defaulting
cashier with which to operate his
timber industries.
1t is rumored in Camden that
there will be further arrests in
that town.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-12-31
FARMERS REAP HARVEST OF COIN FROM
THE HEAVY SALE OF EGGS AND POULTRY
Ample Feedstufs Produced This Year to Sup
ply the Home Requirements With Pen-
ty Of Meats and Vegetables for the
Family Throug h the Winter

Substantial Improvement all lines c business throughout
Henry county developed during December and with dawn of
the New Year continued trend activity anticipated by
bankers and merchants
The Henry county farmer has disposed of cotton and
major of his co but hay crops remain un
sold.
There every indication that tobacco buyers will be in the
chief considerable old probably be cancelled and
local bills adjusted.
In the rush of the holiday trade not pushed
collections but the next two weeks will campaign toward
this end,
Probably the greatest advantage the farmer time
last the fact that today he amply supplied with eedu
for his stock and the family rder packed capacity Last
and hay being imported year the crops
have been splendid
Bank deposits have been increased but Withdrawals have
been ranging hghan evidence that the people buying goods
and paying debts, putting their money into circulation
Chickens and last fall brought thousands of dollars
the and the Importance this phase
agricultural industry.
Paris merchants generally gratifed their Christmas
business and of them made high only
their holiday saes but for the entire yeur
Local bankers invariably ultra conservative, but despite
renewals they have converted huge quantity old
coin of the realm.
In speaking of conditions A. Michum cashier of the Bank
of Henry said:
Trade conditions Paris and the county gradually have been
improving last fall and Christmas week business reached
brisk basis that satisfied the merchants of this city far
cassed volume the transactions of The prosperity of
the hinges the of the tobacco and
indications sh ud be gratifying the merchants and
bankers of this section"
j. F. Aden cashier of the First National Bank synopsis
of the situation in this territory, said
Henry county emerging from period of depression caused
both by the and the of 1914 and today business
grow better When the tobacco crop begins and the far
sells his hay money will become and look for still bet
collections hngthe farmer has plenty of feedstu of
his production this year and forced borrow
supply his farm needs many of them did this time last
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-12-31
LOCAL TURKEYS BRING
STRONG MARKET PRICE
Poultry Shipments for Decem-
Der Aggregate About
$1,000 for Paris

Hats off to the Henry county
turkey. Local produce dealers
declare home grown fowls reach
the more select markets and for
the Christmas trade $4,000
pounds were shipped out of this
city, the farmer receiving 13
cents per pound.
1t is estimated that about
$1,000 was paid out here for
poultry and eggs this month.
Higher prices are to prevail next
month.
Quotations this week include
eggs % 1-2 cents. hens z cents,
turkeys 13 cents, roosters 5
cents. ducks Z cents and geese
Z cents.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-12-31
Famous Quartette
Is Coming to Paris

One of the bes. attractions cf
the Baraca, Philathea lyceum
course, THE American Quar-
tette," will be- heard at the Dixie
theatre, Monday evening, JAN
uary II. This quartette is COM
posed of male musicians who
present an unusually strong and
attractive program. There are
two more engagements scheduled
for the winter season, Judge Ben
B. Lindsey oh February II, and
THE Raweis," March 16.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-12-31
Partisan Staff Is
Back On the Job.

Employees of The Partisan re-
turned Monday after enjoying
brief vacations. P. M. Ware
visited his mother at Trezevant,
Eugene Travis spent Christmas
day and Sunday at Camden, and
Misses Beulah Brown and Elaine
Lowry visited their homes in
Big Sandy. Bryan Travis re
NAMED at the helm as the keeper
of the editorial conscience during
their absence. Miss Clara Gillen
also returned Monday.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-12-31

Our Tailoring Will Please
You Because It's Unsurpassed
Joe. the Tailor
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-12-31
John Mclean Is In
TolUn for One Day

John M. Mclean. former editor
of the Partisan. now statistician
in the department of agriculture
at Nashville, spent Tuesday in
Paris, the guest of friends. Mr..
Mclean was returning to Nash
vile after spending a few days
with his mother at Murray. KY.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-12-31
BUSINESS PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHT FOR 1916:
TOBACCO MOVEMENT EXPECTED IN JANUARY:
MERCHANTS RUSHED WITH HOLIDAY TRADE
Paris Postoffice Does a Rushing
Christmas Business; Stamp Sales

1t is estimated by Postmaster Caldwell that the Paris
pos ce did the greatest Christmas week business this
in its history Stamp sales for the year. however will
ceed those of last year. according Indications Sales
for 1910 amounted 49, 49, for 1911 SO $685. for 1872
$40 397 O for 1913 $2 129 12 for 1914 $l 1926 g. and
the this year for last.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-12-31
Cold Wave Hits
Paris With Rair,

Old Man Winter slipped up on
Paris early Tuesday with the air
as raw as your mother-in- laws
breath. The cold wave followed
a rain. The kiosk begun to rise
late Tuesday night with another
rain, Wednesday bringing a Sec
ond zero snap.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-04
HAY IN SOUTH is
A Big PROBLEM
More Than Seventeen Mil
lion Dollars Is Paid
Out per Annum.

That alfalfa, whish is beginning to
be grown in large quantities in Tulsa
county and other parts.of oklahoma,
is coming to be the great crop of the
south is shown by figures recently
announced by the United States de-
partment of agriculture. The most
significant part of the report is the
fact that the south imports a portion
of its hay"
According to the official figures
100000 tons Of hay valued at
$17626,000 are brought each year
into the eleven southern states, in
Guiding oklahoma. In other words
the south produces only four-f -fifths OF
the hay that It consumes and imports
the other one-fifth, This is a singular
state of affairs for great agricultural
section.
The department of agriculture says
that hay can be raised in much
greater quantities in the south, and
urges farmers to go into that crop
more extensively.
Alfalfa makes four or five cuttings
a season in this section as a rule,
although rains have sometimes pre-
vented more than three cuttings. But
on the whole It is an admirable hay
for eastern oklahoma
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-04
Dark-Skinned Inhabitants of little
Africa" Doing We'll in the Light of
White Metropolitan Improvements

and recognizing the necessity Of seq
regating the colored population the
police have assigned two uniformed
colored patrolmcn for exclusive duty
in that part of the city.
At Greenwood and the Midland
Valley tracks is the triangle build
ing" 1t is a two-story brick struc-
ture of oCtagonal shape. The lower
floor is occupied by a confectionery,
equipped with a marble soda fountain.
1t is usually filled TO the doors, es-
pecially on a hot night
Every feature of a city is repre-
sented in the modern brick buildings
that face this street. There are pool
halls, restaurants, barber shops, the
atres, mercantile establishments. and
even a garage, all operated exclusively
by colored people.
Negro Rockefeller.
A tall, thin negro named williams
is the Rockefeller of Little Africa. He
owns three brick buildings. He op-
crates the Williams garage, the Will
liams confectionery and the Williams
Dreamland theatre, a modern moving
picture show. Many white people have
their automobile repairing done by
williams, and he also operates livery
cars, but these are for members of
his own race.
At night Greenwood avenue Is filled
with gay crowds. The theatres do an
enormous business. The negro speiler
is ever present and one showhouse en-
ploye, a "bally-hoo" band Of four
pieces, a cornet, a trombone, BARI
tone horn and a snare drum. This
miniature band sounds at distance
like a twenty-piece carnival organiza-
tion.
Time was when Little Africa con-
sisted of frame shacks, muddy streets
and tough dance halls. 1t was a con
stant source Of trouble for the police.
Metropolitan Airs.
But things have changed now. The
street has been paved, a sewer sys-
tenn has been installed, petitions have
been sent to the city commission ask
ing for further Improvements, and
many creditable buildings have been
erected that really give Greenwood
avenue a metropolitan appearance.
The colored policemen maintain
very good order but on account of the
motley crowds that sometimes as
semble in Little Africa there are oc-
Continued on Page Thirteen.)
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-04

WILL STARVE 1T OUT
Department Of Agriculture
Sends Out Rules for Get
ting Rid of Pest.

The loss in tho 1915 wheat crop
from the ravages Of the iessan fly
in some sections of oklahoma will be
the greatest in several years. For
tunatcly the fly did not get into the
Tulsa county fields but 1t is on the
borders of the county and only the
most drastic action will prevent a
heavy loss TO next years crop, aC-
cording to Newton r. Graham, the
local agricultural Investigator.
Prom lato May or June 10 October
1914 said Graham yesterday, the
department Of agriculture issued re-
peated warnings and advisory state
mtnts telling OF the impending danger
Of serious outbreak Of the pest dur
ing the year 1915"
"It Is now too late" he continued,
"tO do anything toward lossening the
deyastations Of the Hessian fly in this
years crop. Now Is the time, how
ever, to begin the work of saving from
the fly the millions OF acres OF wheat
which will be planted on the present
infested area within the next few
months.
There are two generations OF the
liessan fly each year, one in the fall
and one in the following spring, the
former. Therefore, If there were no
flies to lay eggs in the fall, it stands
TO reason that there could be none to
lay eggs in the spring.
Bad in August.
THE first flies Of the second or fall
generation begin to issue from the
flaXsecds about the middle Of August
and continue TO issue until the last of
October, according to latitude, the
maximum emergence occurring during
the past two weeks OF September or
the first week in October, depending
on the locality. This second genera
ton infests volunteer wheat and all
wheat sown before the fly-fret date.
The flaXseeds' Of the second genera
tion remain on the plants Of fall-sown
wheat until April Of the next year,
Continued on Page Thirteen.)
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-04
Is
Real Nemesis
of PeSky Fly

Feed it hellebore,
At last "a means OF getting rid
OF the pesky fly has been discoy-
cred, and it is herewith divulged
to fly bothered Tulsaus, without
charge.
Powdered hellebore Will do the
work, according 90 the depart
ment OF agriculture.
Files lay their eggs chiefly In
stable manure. Powdered helle-
boro mixed with water and
sprinkled over the manure will
destroy the larvae which are
hatched from tho eggs, Since
powdered hellebore is readily OBJ
tainable, this puts into the hands
OF everyone remedy for tho
pest. Powdered hellebore, how
ever, will not kill adult flies
which must be- swatted OF
trapped.
One-half pound OF powdered
hellebore, mixed with ten gal
Ions of water. IS sufficient to XIII
the larvae IN eight bushels, or
ten cubic feet, Of manure. In
most places helleboro is obtain
able in l00-pound lots at cost OF
eleven cents a pound. This makes
the cost OF the treatment less than
seven-tenths Of cent per bushel
OF manure.
Borax Is recommended for all
other refuse in which flies lay
eggs.
Chickens picking i'm manure
treated with powdered hellebore
suffer no Al effects.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-04
Wind Blew Down
Oats Crop; Came
Back, Raised it

IT'S an i'll wind that blows no.
body good" and there is no
counting for the antics Of an Ok
lahoma miniature tornado. An
illustration Of what an Oklahoma
storm can do which bears out the
latter contention occurred on the
farm of William Lynch, near
Dawson, last Sunday. When the
terrible NOR easter" swept over
this locality that morning 1t laid
low very promising looking field
Of oats on Lynchs farm. In fact,
after the wind had passed, ii
looked as though the field was
totally ruined. The stalks were
as limp as a dishrag and the we'll
filled heads which only the day
before promised a yield OF
seventy-five bushels to the acre
were literally driven into the
ground by the force Of the wind.
That afternoon, however there
blew up a very stiff wind from
the southwest. While not as Sc
we're ns the sister breeze from the
northeast in the morning It was
some" wind When 1t reached
Bill Lynch's wllted oat field the
wind blew the oats back up until
1t stood as good as new and al
most as promising as before the
big storm hit It.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-04

Editor Learns
of a Whiffletit

'Floyd Steenrod, editor Of the Col
linsyille Times knows what a Whit
fletit is
A waiter in a Tulsa cafe put hin
wise" In recent issue Of tn
Times Steenrod says that he took din
rer in a Tulsa restaurant with Jane
ID. Ward, also OF Collinsville. Tn
following dialogue ensued, accordin
to StecnrOd:
Waiter, what kind Of fish
have you, today? We don't get
good, fresh fish where l live"
said Ward.
"Oh," was the reply, we
have all kinds-whitefish blue
fish, graylings, sea bass, weak
fish, kingfish, perch"
"Oh, pshaw!" yawned Ward.
I'm dead tired Of those common
fishes. Amt you got any new
kind today-some kind | never
ate before"
We'll" said the waiter slowly,
the whiffletits are very good"
"Whiffletits! What in blue
blazes is whiffleut?"
why" replied the waiter,
smiling, don't a flsh.sharp like
you KNOW what IL WllllltNll 10
They're common here"
where do you get them2"
queried Ward.
well, you see," explained the
waiter, "the whiffletit lives only
in circular lakes You find cir
cular lake, sir, and hire a boat.
Then you row out all alone to the
middle Of the lake, about a mile
or so, and anchor. Then you take
an auger and bore a hole in the
water and bait 1t by putting a
piece Of cheese on the edge Of the
hole. The whiffletit comes up to
get the cheese. eats it, and It
makes him swell up so he can't
get back down the hole"
well, said Ward, what them"
why" replied the waiter. as
he filled a glass Of water, you
lean over the side of the boat and
laugh the whiffletit to death.
Would you like an order Of them,
sir"
Give me a black bass, and |
don't care a cuss whether 1t
comes out Of a circular lake or a
crooked river. but it's got to be
black bass
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-04
Young Usage Full-Blood
Says Indian Must Learn
to Outtrade Palefacc.
ALL NEED EDUCATION


HOMINY, Okla, July 3.-Noycr be-
fore in the history IF the Cslgc ma
tion have so many full-blocds become
Interested in the growth ana dcycl-
Cpmeut Of their lands. both ag1icul-
turally and as oil and gus develop
ment a careful review of the recent
history of the Usage Indians i'm this
vicinity shows that moro than one
hundred young mel graduates Of
government schools. have taken hulu
cf agriculture in earnest.
Competition or Starvation.
John Blaakcagle, a noted young
fuIl-blood, recently returned from Car
lyslc said today that the aNcra se full
blood, especially among the votmger
set, had for ,he first time realized that
it was either starvation or sharp COM
petition with his paletaoe brother.
and he preferred the latter Of own
nearly two thousand acres Of rch ag-
ricutural lands IN this locality" said
the young full-hlood, "and / realize its
value to somc extent, SO far ls sur
face values go, but | intend go drill
oil ana gas wells to get whatever !
can from underneath. / know my
people have waited too long already
to get money without work, but not
so with me. The school taught me
valuable lessons IN many important
lines of human cndcavOr" said the
young man.
White Men Not Robbers.
Il want to go on record denying
the Oft~rcpoatCd slapder on fhc white
men who have had so much TO do
with the development of our lands.
The average business man, and even
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-04
English Meteorologist Again
Visits the United
States.
HERE FEW YEARS AGO
Has Proved That Cannon
Fired From Earth Will
Affect Air Waves.

(Bv A. r. FORTEsCUE, f. Il. s.
NEW YORK. July 3.-SIr Cecil
Johnstone- -Johnstone Burlelgh, the
great English meteorologist, is VISIT
ing this country for the second time,
the prevalence Of war in Europe pre-
venting his making any investigate
on the continent and his work, so Iar
as the British Isles Is concerned, was
long ago finished. Some years ago
Sir Cecil gave voice to the theory
that rainfall could be produced in the
desert OF Sahara and in the Wlde'
waste places of the western portions
IF the United States by the discharge
of cannon at regular Intervals, ana
he proved It in some instances. Cen
eraI Dyrenforth, it will be remem-
bered by students Of meteoroiogy,
tried this theory out with but limited
success. General Dyreuforth's eX-
periments were conducted in western
Texas where there are grown-up men
and women who have never seen
real rain. But instead Of cannon
General DyrenfOrth used balloons
carving high explosives which were
discharged at an elevation of from
500 feet to 5000 feet. The expert
ments lasted over the greater portion
of the month of July, 1900, and pro-
duced one slight shower, although
hundreds OF pounds of explosives
were used.
Sir Cecil is of the opinion that the
Dyrcnforth experiments we're not con-
Quoted according to the method orig
lnaly discovered by him and which
he uses and that is that the discharge
Of the explosives must occur on the
ground level 50 that the atmospheric
disturbance reaches all the air strata
between the ground and the desired
altitude to provide the fall of moist
ure so much needed.
Great Increase.
"If you will notice" said Sir Cecil,
there has been an extraordinary
rainfall all over the United States
since the fall OF last year. The rain
fall through all sections. of the coun-
try has been greater than at any
other time in the history Of the
weather bureau and this organization
has been rendering excellent service
for the past twenty-five or thirty
years There have been floods in
places which never enjoyed that eX-
perienCe before and this is especially
true Of some of the western state,
particularly Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas,
even Arizona and New Mexico, the
last two states being regarded as
constituting part of the defined arid
region. There have also been floods
unprecedented in volume in the
states OF Missouri and Illinois. This
tremendous fall Of water is not due
to a freak Of nature not due TO one
OF those ever recurring convusions
such as earthquakes or volcanic
eruptions but are due to a cause
which is as easy Of understanding and
explanation as the old double rule
OF three which we learned in our boy
CONTINUED on Page Thirteen)
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-04

FEATURES OF NEW LAW


WASHINGTON July 3.-There is
war between the executive and legis-
latiye branches Of the Democratic ad-
mnstratlou.
The department Of justice has asked
the United states supreme court to
declare null and void statute upon
which the Democratic congress la
bored for more than six months to
enact into law.
This amazing spectacle has its
origin in the clause Of the tariff act
proposing to give five per cent dis
count ON all duties imposed on NOR
,haudisc imported in vessels admitted
to American registry. Its history Is
well known The court OF customs
appeals recently upheld the law in a
divided opinion. From this decision
the government has appealed.
In its brief asking the supreme
court to review the case, the depart
meut Of justice severely crlticiscs
congress for laundering
"The congressional purpose OF IA
vQriug American bottoms as OBJ
structed by treaty provisions to the
contrary" declares the argument for
"A review, "and congress was fully ad-
vised of the purpose and existence OF
these treaties. II no precise or in
telligible meaning can be given to the
law i'm question. consistent with the
manifest intention Of congress, 1t
must be held to be void and Of no
effect.
Is Statute Void?
"If the initial clause and the pro-
viso of the section are irreconcilable,"
a
statute Is void Better that the words
used should be declared inadequate
for the purpose intended than that in
terpretaton should usurp the function
Of legisauOn.'
The department stll further en-
phasizes its belief that the act of con-
gress was absurd by quoting with APP
proyal the senate committee report
which rejected the offending section.
"YOur committee struck out tho
provision" says the report as quoted
by the government brief. 1T was in
ContraventiOn Of some nineteen or
twenty treaties Of the United states
In our opinion it could have led to no
good result, as every other country
could have retaliated and all the
countries in the end would have been
Just about where they started. We
taliation, but retaliation where our
opponents would have had in nearly
every case the better Of it, and in
many cases infinitely the better"
Furthermore, the department Of
Justice contends that congrt IS en-
acted law either Impossible Of per
formance or that must be postponed
until treaty relations can be modified
so as to permit Of it," and urges the
court to declare the statute inopera-
tive.
} The development Of this division
between the executive and legislative
branches OF the Democratic admins
tration merely repeats history. The
party Is running true TO form, and
reminds one OF tho division Of the
Democratic party during the admins
tration Of Grover Cleveland, when he
refused to sign the tariff bill which
the Democratic congress had enacted
after months. Of labor.