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tables in the back yard or maybe in the front. 1 like to see grow. ing boys and girls, growing pigs, growing calves, growing chick ems and growing crops in their season, and who does not? Those who will utilize every foot of ground in growing something will get inspiration in making two blades of grass grow where only one grew before.
 And while we are on the sub- ject of growing things let me call attention to those who have tried to grow peach trees. Some will contend there is no use to { set out peach trees, they are SC short lived that it don't pay. Perhaps such have not discover ed the cause of them dieing SC soon. We believe that in nine cases out of ten it is the borer. Those of you who have trees and are interested enough to try, just take your hoe and rake away some of the dirt from the tree, take your knife and search where the sap has run out and harden ed into a glue and you will be pretty sure to find the worms called borers. Get them out and put a little ashes or lime around the tree and leave the base or but of the tree exposed until spring when you may pull the dirt back around the tree. New, this is free advice, so we will not be surprised if you do not heed it, but if you do try it and make a discovery, just tell it to the ARGUS readers.
 I know one good old bachelor farmer who says he don't be- lieve there is such a thing as a borer in a peach tree, that he never saw one, and yet he thinks he knows all about raising fruit growing orchards. But we know there are none so blind as those who will not see.
 We only need to be persistent in our efforts to grow things and we can raise an abundance of
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MT. and Mrs. c. Parker ane
 children left Wednesday after
 noon for a two weeks visit witt
 Mrs P's parents in Paragould.
 Choice Red Rust Proof Seed
 Oats. See H. R. Simpson or Der Stagg. Office in Greenlee Bldg.
 Brinkley. Ark. tf
 Miss Helen James, of Claren. don passed thro' our city Wed. nesday en route to Little Rock where she will visit for a few weeks.
 The best typewriter, ribbon made for any kind of machine you can always get right here in Brinkley from the Folsom Print cry.
 Mrs. Fred Beyer returned home Tuesday after a few days visit in Little Rock with her daughter, Florence. who is talk ing a business course. Mrs. s. Bacharach, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Lou Allenberg. in Helena, for some time, returned home Tues day. She was accompanied home by Mrs. Allenberg.
 Our clever old friend, Henry Scheaffer, the St. Clair Rice Ranch Manager, was down from Hunter Monday trading with ARGUS advertisers.
 FOR SALE:-Four year old Jersey Bull; weight 1900 pounds. Call on or address, H. V. Nc Gill, Box 393, Clarendon, Ark.
 s. c. Webber is having the Cypress St. place recently vacat- ed by Brown & Mitchell, over- hauled and a fine plate glass front put in preparatory to be- ing occupied by s. Salinger Co.
 Memorial services will be held by the Elks on Sunday, Dec. 9th at the Hall. Hon. Jas. A. Gray, of Little Rock, will deliver the address. The public is cordially invited.
 o. c. Kemp, formerly 0 f Cotton Plant. has moved to Brinkley and opened a Jewelry Store and Watch Repair Shop next door north of the Dutton Drug Go.
 Owing to illness in her family, the meeting of the Guild, at Mrs. Iryin Campbells, was postponed until Tuesday, Nov. 30. All members are earnestly desired to be present.
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Mrs. Dolores Chapline anc Miss Clover James. of Clarendon, spent Sunday in our city.
 MT. and Mrs. John Keath and little daughter, Nina Lucille, of Marvell, spent Sunday here.
 If you need cook stove wood phone 59. # 1 Brinkley Ice 6 Coal Co.
 Our clever friend, Henry Gold man. of Memphis, was shaking ing hands with friends here this week.
 LAND FOR SALE: The North East quarter of Section 32, Tp. 6. Range l. in Woodruff County. Apply at this office.
 MT. and Mrs H. c. Strong and son spent Thanksgiving a t Hazen with her brother, Dr. Lynn.
 MT. and Mrs. E. T. McCreight spent Thanksgiving in Little Rock with their son. Claude and family.
 Tell lem you saw 1t In the Aroua
 Dr. F. T. Murphy and family spent yesterday in Memphis, the guests of MT. and Mrs. H. B. Weiss.
 Choice Red Rust Proof Seed Oats. See H. R. Simpson or Ben Stagg. Office in Greenlee Bldg. Brinkley, Ark. If.
 Mrs. H. G. Mitchell and daughter, Kathryne, and Miss Sara Black spent Thanksgiving in Little Rock.
 FOR SALE CHEAP Good rubber tired, auto seat buggy, a hand. some rig. good as new. Apply to Brinkley Ice Co.,. City. If.
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l UC SQli CllC 0CCCllSlOA eO cll error which occurred in last weeks issue of the ARGUS in the ad of C. B. Knott. It read, Will practice in all counties of the state" and should have read, Will practice in all courts of the state"
 H. A. Foster left Monday for his home in Fairbury, H., where he will stay until after the first of the year, and then return to Brinkley to look after his busi- ness interests. We truly hope Mir. Foster will decide to make Brinkley his future home and move his family down here, as we need him.
 Said Charley Washington, When saw Manager H. K. Smith, of the Wheatley Rice Mill, hand MT. Johnson a $500 check as pay for one-seventh of the rice crop off of 70 acres of 70 acres of land, then l knew that the ARGUS has been telling it just right about there. being money made on the rice lands this year.
 Several hundred colored people and quite a number of the white people were :. at the Second Baptist church, colored, last night to witness the marriage of Albert Withers to Miss Minnie Gettis, E. D. Bledsoe officiating. The Brinkley Colored Band play ed the wedding march and Miss Theresa Bryan sang, Those who attended report a pretty and interesting service.
 J. c. Walker, one of the ARGUS esteemed colored farmer subscribers, came in Saturday and paid up his subscription to 1916. Walker owns a nice little farm west of town and made 7 bales of cotton this year besides his corn, peas, peanuts, etc. The ARGUS can always count on Walker taking care of his sub scription and generally he answers the very first call
 U. B. McKoy, a clever farmer and merchant friend of the lower end, was in Brinkley Tuesday night, the guest of Geo. P. Reid. MT. McKoy is one of the safest and most suc- cessful farmers in the county. He will have nearly 100 bales of cotton this year, much of which he is holding. Besides this he has many hundred bushels of corn, tons of hay, etc.
 It was just like our esteemed friend, Carl D. Mitchell. of East Prairie, Mo-. when he a few few days ago mailed us a check for TWO years subscription in- stead of one. His subscription now stands marked up to April 1st 1917 the most advanced subscriber on the ARGUS list. It is not out of place to mention here that MT. Mitchell is 8 former Brinkleyite of boyhooo days, and in as much as he sell dom comes back here some may not know what this newspaper man finds out about him. They say of him that he is one of thu most useful, dependable ant altogether influential citizens 1T .Ihis section of Missouri. ant
 several times it has been sail
 that we Brinkleyites need not b
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crops, fruits. berries and yece. tables of many kinds. Let the gospel of Better Farminqn continue to be sounded out til the the people are aroused to a realization of what may be done. Yours to hear and learn more.
 LYcURGUs.
 Good Lycurgus, your talk sounds good, come again. Ed
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Dutton is down iron
 ck this week.
 Blessing was a vlsl tol
 Rock this week.
 hams and new sugar
 Les at Hammons.
 kheI James was a visitor
 Rock this week.
 l Mrs, H. L. Baker were
 Hunter this week.
 he s. I. A. Bazaar for
 Btmas gifts on Dec. 3rd.
 Cooke, of Helena, yis-
 ster, Mrs. J. J. Farrell,
 or the signs and go to IA. Bazaar on Friday,
 ie Dunlap, of McCrory,
 nksgiying here with kr.
 he world-White Crest gers coffees, both at boper, of Monroe, was bt visitor in our city hesday. ] N. Gibbs, of Zent, ! shopping with ARGUS B Tuesday. glad to note that Fred improving after an ill., b weeks. Allen spent a few days this week the guest } Travis. |W. Turner, of Helena, P son, Wm. Schimpf, ld Monday. II. A. will serve you y and fancy work on t the Bazaar IE. Terry, of Blackton, 'eity Tuesday shopping Us advertisers. lck, who is workino in IS spending a few days 'his family. gar house Passes, new Ut and school pickles. has has lem all. 'es C. F. Simmons and asman were shopping ock Tuesday.
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For Sale

Pea hay. rich and fulfof peas.
 will sell for cash or exchange for hogs or cattle. Apply to J. Al Mauldin on Gum farm.
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B lbs. Granulated Sugar For $l.OO By Hunter Drug Co.

Hunter Arkansas This is sold with "a S10 purchase of Groceries, Drugs, Sundries. Stationery, etc, in fact anything except Sugar, Flour. Meal, Feed. and School Books. ..
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Legsir Work

l. clocks and jewelry B,t my residence on St, H. |, Baker.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-02

ton. General Wood added. "The en-
tire yearly capacity Of the United
States is just half that amount" MIR
Davis brings the story down to date
by asserting that today a single bat
terry of French artillery can eat up in
twenty-four hours one-half as many
shells as in the same time the arsnels
Of the United States can manufac-
ttre.
The situation as Mr.. Davis presents
is is serious, it is criminal negligence
to shut our eyes to existing facts. The
public and congress can remedy con-
ditions. if they arc indeed found to be
as bad as Mr.. Davis paints them.
There is no excuse for not knowing
the truth. We are entitled to it
and the soone rive know whether what
Mr. Davis has written aud printed
is fiction or fact the better it will
be for all of US, no matter what our
subsequent course Of action may be-
Des Moines Capital.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-02
TWO VICTORIES FOR THE DRYs

Two notable victories for the drys
have been won without a great deal
of flourish within the past week
While the circumstances of the two
cases make them local in character
the result in each instance as strong
ly indicative of the trend of the
times so far as the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors is concerned.
In Carroltown, Mo-, the voters de-
cided against the saloons by major
ity of 1856 votes after very hot local
fight. Carroltown is a southern type
of Missouri city. 1t is a city of about
5000 with many residents of the mint
julep persuasion. Not for twenty
years has it been possible to get a
vote on the liquor question in Car
rolltown. But the submission came
at last and the vets introduced a
number of high-priced orators to help
carry the day. Prohibition was de-
scribed as taking from the residents
of Carrolltown "God given right"
The oratory did not prevail and Car
rolltown went dry. The liquor inter
ests now have only three towns left
in northern central Missouri and the
drys expect to "clean up" soon on
Brookfield, Chillicothe and Moberly.
Another interesting victory for the
drys occurred in Wisconsin. 1t is
often said that Wisconsin will be the
last state to go dry, but the drys are
making steady gains there even
tho the. progress is slow. Gov, Eman-
uel l.. Phillips, resident of Milwau-
kee, vetoed the bill passed through
the legislature by the vets last week.
The bill provided that in town and
cities where saloons are closed on
election days the saloons may open
as soon as the polls are closed. The
governor did not seem to sympathize
either with these politicians who
would drown their sorrows after the
result of the lection was known or
with those who coveted an oportu-
nity to celebrate. He took the posi-
ton that even in Wisconsin it might
pay to keep sober after the polls had
closed and ponder over the result
Des Moines Capital.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-02
PATRIOTS WILL BE TRIED.

The coming presidential election
will be one of embarrassment to all
citizens of the United States who love
their country.
The New York Tribune suggests
that all parties should nominate
Woodrow Wilson. This is startling and
would not be considered for min
ute except for the European war, says
the Des Moines Capital.
The German empire is calculating
on the defeat of Wilson. The Ger
mans expect to have somebody elected
in the United States who will be es-
pecially friendly to Germany. This
hope on the part of the Germans is
clearly defined, and everyone famil-
lar with European affairs REALIZES it.
The German empire counts on the
support of all German citizens who
are now citizens of the United States.
The German empire knows that
in this country every man has
voice in the government. They know
that naturalized citizen has as much,
if not more influence than anybody
else.
The German empire looks on the
situation in Great Britain and sees
what political discords can do. The
British have parliamentary rule, and
the partisan and factional spirit is
stronger in that country than in the
United States. The British cabinet
was enlarged to try to promote har-
morious action. This has not been
success.
The Germans are counting on
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general shakeup in American politics
by which the sale of American sup
plies, such as mules, horses, corn,
wheat cotton, copper and every other
thing which can enter the war, shall
be cut off Then the Germans expect
to win easily and they are prepared
to wait.
There are some difficulties in the
way of supporting Wilson. One is
that Wilson is an unyielding, uneom-
promising Democrat from the small
est fourth class postoffice up. Then
there is McAdoo and the members of
his cabinet who are the rankest of
rank Democrats and all free-traders,
because the white sox represent the
absence of dye stuffs. The election
of a protective congress would do no
special good because Wilson is a stiff
ee-trader and would veto any
thing that looked like protection, adds
the Capital. He makes it practically
impossible for even the lovers Of this
country to vote the Democratic ticket.
The president has made but one cab
met appointment that was not poll
tical, and that was the appointment
of Lansing, to succeed Secretary
Bryan, and this is an appointment the
president could not have avoided with
out doing a great wrong to the Ameri-
can people. Lansing is capable and
his appointment is to be commended,
Yet if vigorous fight is made on
Wilson it will be a comfort to every
country in Europe where everything
in American political life is misunder-
stood.
The year 1916 is going to be one
to try the courage of every Ameri-
can who loves his country.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-02

On the same ballot which the U.
S. chamber of commerce used in re-
eordng its opposition by 600 to SO
votes, to the administration ship
purchase scheme, was printed this
question; "Do you favor subventions
from the government to establish
regular mail and freight lines under
the American flag to countries in
which the commercial interests of the
United States are important, and to
American dependencies 2" On this
question the member bodies voted yes,
7l8; no, 80. If the ear Of the admin
istration is keenly attuned to the
wishes of the country, there will be
no faltering on the merchant marine
question Republicans in congress, we
feel sure, viii put the question square
ly up to their Democratic colleagues.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-02
BLOOD BREAD.

Prof. Kober, of munich has pub
lished little treatise on the utiliza-
ton of blood as food, from which Die
Umschau quotes the following state
ments concerning the sue of blood in
breadmaking:
For centuries blood bread has been
the staff of life of the EsthoniaBs of
the Baltic provinces and their colonies
in all parts of Russia. 1t is made Of
rye flour with an admixture of at
least 10 per cent Of whipped hogs
blood. In the vicinity OF Patrograd OK
blood is also used. Blood bread is
very nutritious and is highly praised
by Esthonian physicians because of
its richness in organic compounds of
and nerve-restoring salts.
Bread made with OK blood dries very
quickly, but this defect can be rem
edied by the addition of potato flour,
which is now q common practice in
Germany. Blood bread is the most
natural substitute for meat and, with
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-02

The president of the New England
Shoe and Leather association assert
ed recently that the domestic shoe
trade Of this country was not more
than so per cent of normal. The
people, he said, are economizing and
the repair trade has shown an enor-
nous increase. In other words, peo-
pie cannot afford to buy new shoes
and they have their old ones cobbled
up to make them last longer. This
looks to us like n fundamental DEM
onstration that hard times are by no
means over, despite "war orders"
which concentrate large sums of for
eign money in a few localities where
war material may be manufactured
The truth is thatb usiness is bad in
this country and that it will not be.
come permanently and generally bet.
ter 50 long as the present low tariff
is in operation
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-02

young farmer, becuse when he went
driving he let one foot hang outside
the buggy and wore kid gloves on the
street. She married sporty cigar
ette smoker, who danced well and
dressed well but now she is trying to
organize "Larkin club" to buy a
go-cart, and the young farmers wife
is living in a modern new bungalow,
and drives an automobile that is paid
for. She and her husband are both
graduates of the X. S. A. C. and will
visit the Panama-Pacific exposition
this fall. The real jays are in the
little country towns and pose as
dudes"
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-02
POSTOFFICE REVENUES.

The postoffice department reports
a deficit for the last fiscal year of
over $6,600,000, compared with one
of but 1886 for the proceeding year.
This in spite of the desperate efforts
to economize along certain lines, eX-
tending even TO the laying off of jan
tors for two or three days month.
Other eXpedients have been resorted
to which have cheapened the cost but
decreased the efficiency of the SER
ice This disappearance of the sur
plus and the growth of the deficit in
the departments income has been the
result of what has often looked like
attempts to use the postal system for
the manufacture of political capital.
Changes have been made which have
looked toward popularizing the sys-
tenn, and as consequence those re-
sponsible for the changes, but with
out much regard to the resultant cost.
This has been especially true of the
parcel post. There is much in the po-
sition that branch of the govern
ment like the postoffice department
should not be regarded as great
money making institution, but those
who use it should be charged at least
enough to pay for the service rem
dered them The people of Kansas
should not be taxed to meet the ex-
pense of favors extended to the mail
order houses in Chicago. From pres
ent appearances it is probable that
the deficit will continue to increase.
For one thing, under their contracts,
made before the establishment of the
parcel post, many of the railroads
have been compelled to carry this
rev class of matter practically for
iothing while at the same time they
ave suffered heavy losses in their
express receipts 1liis has been as
Unfair To the railroads as many of
Their fo.mer practices were to the
government The adjustment of this
difficulty means greater expendi-
lures. In fact, only last Saturday the
railroads Of New England brought ac-
ton in the federal court of claims
for over S1O,OOO,OOO based largely on
this state of facts On the other
hand, recommendation made by the
postmaster general with the object of
putting certain parts of the service
more nearly on business basis were
blocked by the last congress lest they
should interfere with the political
fortunes of some of the members. 1t
would, indeed, be an interesting spec
tacle to see some day this department
run as a great business institution
and not with the object of advancing
the ambitions of some man or group
of men.-Salina Journal.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-02
UNFAIR DISTRIBUTION.

The postoffice department has been
authorized to employ automobiles on
rural free delivery routes, and on the
second of August about hundred of
such vehicles will be put into com
mission. Postmaster Burleson has just
made the allotment of this service
and the geographical distribution of
this national buzz-wagon is interest
ing, to say the least Fourty-four of
them will whizz over the practarian
pavements Of the imperial state of
Oklahoma; 28 of them will toll
through the sandy lanes of peerless
Georgia, as reward for electing a
Democratic senator, California will
get 10 of these government benzine
buggies. Mr.. Burleson't great state
of Pennsylvania gets two-located, for
guess, in A. Mitchell Palmer's dis
trict. New York will have none be-
cause Mr.. Burleson and the admins
tration in general does not like New
York just now. But the significant
thing is that a southern postmaster
general proceeds to put about 80 per
cent of these machines into three Of
the southern states. The experiment
with automobiles in rural freed de-
livery was intended by congress to be
national in its scope. The postmaster
general intends to make it sectional
However, this is a sectional admins
tration
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-02

The Montgomery (Ala) Advertiser
shows impatience with Postmaster
General Burleson, who declared the
postal deficit to be "due to the war
The deficit is $6,60O,O00, and the
Advertiser points out that postal re-
reipts in the last year have only de-
creased 100000, while the expense
Of running the department increased
nine million dollars "And this"
says the Advertiser, "in face of the
work of reorganization in the interest
of economy, which has gone on for
several months in the postal system
of the country The shakeup in the
service was done for no other reason,
we were told at the time, than to
run the department on less money.
If it cost $9,00O,000 to run the post
office department during the year
just ended, and if the receipts were
only 100000 less than the year be-
fore, how is it that the war is direct
ly attributable to the deficit which is
now confronted by the department
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-02

1t is strange thnt the advocates Of
government ownership, who assert
the failure OF government regulation,
over look the fact that government
regulation is Just AS essential under
government ownership as it is today.
If the interstate commerce commits
sion must be charged with the duty
Of regulating rates, supervising pros
visions for protection Of life, and
guarding against favoritism and dis
examination, surely all these duties
1lrst be performed under govern
Dent ownership.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-02
PRISONERS ENJOY
GREAT FREEDOM
By Car w. Alderman

~ IlW ". A0kerman
Omitted Press Staff -Corresrondent.) )
PRISON CAMP. GOETTINGEN.
Germany June 1s,-(By MaiD-
Here is one spot in bellirerent Eu-
rope where prisoners of war enjoy
more personal freedom then they did
at the front as soldiers. The camp
is almost 'free city" The men
do as they wish and after several
months under rigorous orders at the
front they are enjoying their "free-
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-02

America could save 25 per cent on
food by practicing German economy.
Why, do that? 1t would lessen the
demand, and a weakened demand
would weaken prices. The prosperity
Of nine-tenths of this country de
pends on the prosperity of the farms.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-02

The editor of the Wetmore Spec
tator having heart-to-heart talk
with his subscribers: "One of the
pleasures Of running a small town pa
per is that the editor can boost every
thing in the town all the time and
then suck the hind tit"
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-02

When the newspaper men called
on Edison and Daniels and asked the
former what he thought of the lat
ter's proposed advisory board, Edison
said, Its his idea Let him talk"
The main problem, however in this
and all other naval matters, is to
get Josephus to working instead Of
talking
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-02

government control of the slaughter
houses, it need cost little or no more
than ordinary bread. According to
the Frankfurter Zeitung, rye bread
containing hogs blood has long been
used in Oldenburg.