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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25
A.MIrSE-U THEATRE.

Tcday-Xmas program consists of "Where the Heather Blooms,' two reel Nestar with Ettie Lyons, Lee Moran and Miss Carmston, Col. Steel Martin Gambles, a Big U drama and a vaudeville film.
 Watch for Graft"
 Of all the great triumphant and successful Universal serials none have had greater punch. more popu- lar stars or more intricate or in- teresting plot.
 Added to this is the supreme and heretofore unequalled quality-the eighteen author power of this supert series-serial. Each episode of th,s thrilling modern picture is 2 com plete story in itself, so that ou1 patrons may start with any episode and enjoy the remaining installments without loss of interest.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25
ADJUSTMENTS All advance notices YI-oished by
 Theatres.
ORPHEO THEATRE.

Today-An excellent program for 1 the Xmas, the Wallingford Atory, g five-part comedy drama which has proved such a big hit throughout the country. Charlie Chaplin in five thousand feet of laughs, and five oth- CT good ones, makes up+a program for rejoicing today.
 Coming to Orpheo Next Week: During the course of the making of the picture, "The Regeneration ,' which is the picturized version of "The Regeneration" Owen Kildare's story of Mamie Rose, and which is Icing presented by William Fox, it vas necessary to take a scene of the burning of an excursion boat. Di- rector Walsh secured an cld-fash- tened barge and hundreds of Bowery characters, men and women, and took tie entire party-nearly 800 strong up to Glen Cove on the East river, where it consumed n entire day to film this one scene at an unusually large cost.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25
New York Cotton.

New York. Dec. 24.-As the cotton market at Liverpool will remain clos ed until next Tuesday there were no cables to influence sentiment here either way today, but after opening steady at an advance of 2 points, the market improved on covering of shorts and some spot house buying. Januarfy contracts sold up to l1.9Sc and May to 12.49c during the early trading, or about 10014 points net higher. Southern spot houses were credited with buying May hero. but a good part of the early demand was attributed to covering by Wall street and local shorts. over the holiday and week end.
 The early advance carried March contracts up to 12.25c and May to 12.5Oc. with active months generally selling about 11@15 points net higher, but after this spurt of covering trad ing became very quiet and prices at midday showed reactions of 1 or 3 points from the best.
 Trading was restricted in the after noon, with prices ruling around 12.- 21c for March, or about points net higher.
 Cotton closed firm. The range:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25
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WINDOW GLASS

Baughman Cabinet Shop. Phone 1247. Why encounter ra,gue and disap- pointmen!s hunting your wants in person, when The Graphic "cl2sstfied" e5s will do the work bettarf If You can make your choice in the quiet of your home or office, by hav- ing Graphic Classified" ads bri1g applicants and applications to you. If Just received, one carload extra fine Missouri mules. Also carload of mares. Prices right. Berlin Bros. 12-3-7m
 Call the New Wood yari for any kind of wood, dry or green, oak or pine, cut to order. 241S w. 18th, hone 1164, Cotton Be:y wood Yard.
 f 12-9-1ln With less than three weeks to work, and a number Of the contes- tants in the Suite Contest with practically the same standing, they all have excellent opportunity of winning. Reap & Crawford Furn Go. u The Hoosier took the highest prize at San Francisco Exposition as 1t always does. Get one for wife's Xmas present, CT a Macey book ease with the door that never sticks. Rear & Crawford Furn. u Let Us wash your blankets. we know how. American Excelsior Laundry Co.,, phone 146. u
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BEST THEATRE.

Christmas PrograT-Trene Hunt Is featured in "The Stab," a strong play by the Reliance company. The trag- edy of a mismated husband and wire brings out the remarkable depth and finish of Miss Hunts acting She is ably supported by William Hinckley in the role of George Landon." The drama depicts the heros marital mis- lake and it's fighting. While Alice, the woman best fitted to be his wife, cares for his and Ruth's child, whom the butterfly mother neglects, Lan- don is seriously laboring with the problem of his wife's frivolity and probable faithlessness. The solution is fatefully brought about by a jeaT- ous admirer Of the wife.
 Weber and Field, the celebrated comedians, in two-part comedy entitled "The Delicatessen Shop" Ycu will laugh to your hearts con- tent, as we'll as with the world re- rowned comedian, Charlie Chaplin, i'll one of his great comedies. sMabers Pusy Day."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25

Ask our drivers about launder- ing youc rag rugs, any size, Amer ican-E Excelsior Laundry Co.,, phone 146 tt
 We have never and will never sacrifice quality for price. Quality goods are always worth the money. Our store is quality store. Reap & Crawford. If
 Anyone wishing to buy or sell Jefferson county script, call on Chas. Wei Supply Co. #
 If our work pleases you tell your friends, if not tell us. American-Ex- celsior Laundry Co.,. phone 146. If
 A Hoosier cabinet. A Duntley cleaner, Macey book case, or any one of thousand other useful gifts at Reap x Crawfords. If SPRAYED OR STOLEN-HOLSTEI
 COW; brown with white marks Il
 flank; slight blaze on forehead
 For return or inform ation leading
 to return, phone 951SF4. 12-25-6t
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SEND GUT WRECKER
 BEFORE TRAINS CRASH
Dispatchers Knew of Impending Col lisiOn in Which Twelve Lives Lost,
 But POWerIeSS fO Prevent Wreck.

Nashville. Tenn, Dec. 24.-Power- less to avert what they knew was to be an inevitable wreck. and await ing the impending crash in which twelve lives were lost and a persons injured, dispatchers of the N. c. & St, l.. railroad, between Sherwood and Rockledge, Tenn. ordered wrecking train and crew to the scene ten min ules before the. head-on collision oc- cured. Within 30 minutes all the dead and injured had been removed from the debris.
 Investigation today of the collision last night between the fast freight train and passenger train, 90 miles south of here, shows, according to the railroad reports, that the wreck was due to tangled wires Blame is placed by the railroad upon the West eYn Union Telegraph company.
 The engineer and fireman of the passenger train were killed, and the rema nder killed were negro work
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25
CARD OF THANKS.

I take this method to gratefully sincerely, express my thanks and heartfelt appreciation of the assistance given me by countless dear friends III the contest which resulted in my winning the handsome bedroom suite given by the Reap & Crawford Fur niture company and the A-Muse-U theatre. Without the help of my friends. I could not have won. It is a most beautiful Christmas gift, which will always keep fresh the aprecia- ton I feel
 EISYE IM. SMITH
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25
o,ton closed firm. The range:
New Orleans Cotton.

New Orleans, Dec. 24.-Week-end covering by shorts was the main in fluence in the early trading on the cotton market here today. Prices did better from the opening and at the end of the first half hour of business were at a net advance of 5@9 points.
 At the best of the morning prices were 9@11 points up. Toward noon the demand slackened and the gam was pared down to 301 points.
 Trading was restricted in the alt ernoon, but the tone held steady.
 Cotton closed steady at an advance of 407 points. The range:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25
The Peoples Champion Has The Necessary
 Evidence
WATCM FOR EURTHER fs'-s'rA DENEMrS
IN SUNDAYS GRAPHIC.

Never in your life have you seen On the screen such scenes, settings, CT situations as are revealed in the succeeding episodes of Graft" Never has the inside workings Of moGern politics in American cities, towns, villages and hamlets been disclosed ir moving pictures as they are shown in all the hideousness of corruption in this wonderful collaboration Of eighteen Of Americas best known, best read and most popular authors.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25
ChicagO Grain.

Chicago. Dee. 24.-Breaking of high price records for the 1915 crop con- tinued today in the wheat market here. Big concerns were active buy CTS and there was only scattered sell ing. Strengthening of values appear cd to be growing more pronounced. It was also said that the big mills at Minneapolis were buying heavily. The opening here, which ranged from 3-S 07-Sc higher, with December at s1.- 25A @$1.251A and May at $1.26@1.- 26 1a, was followed by substantial higher gains.
 Bullish foreign news carried uI corn as well as wheat. Unsettled weather counted also against the bears. The volume of trade was un- usually large After opening 3-S@ 7-Sc higher prices continued to as- cend.
 Oats sympathized with the strength of other grain. Besides, the light ness of receipts made shorts uneasy Prospects of less plentiful arriv- als of hogs gave life to provisions Demand was especially keen for ribs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25
NNTICE.

Effective at once, we beg to advise cur friends and patrons that as we have no collector we will sell meal and hulls for spot cash only at the mill. Nothing else to be charged.
 UNION SEED & FERTILIZER CO.,,
 Pine Bluff. Ark. 11-24-tf
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AMERICAN EXCELSIOR
 LAUNDRY TO
 ENI0Y GHRISNM

The American Excelsior Laundry asks it's patrons to send in their laundry immediately so that the work can be finished before Christmas day as its plant will close down all day December 18th, in order to give its numerous employees the full holiday.
 12 23-2t
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FOR RENT--Stor 119
 Main Street. Apply
 M. Schwartz Ct
GARAGE.

We store, repair, wash and polish your car; all repair work guaranteed to be satisfactory. THOMPSON'S GARAGE, Wilbur White, manager, Ill Main street, phone 204S. 12-1O-1m
 5000 pouncs Of fresh home made candy; made by Bettis, the man that knows how, at Bobbitt and Dancy. 20 Main street 12-19-5t
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Emma H. Ellis-Burnham Graduate
 1404 Texas Etreet.

Solicits the patrona ge of ladies who desire beauty treatments at their residence. Shampooing, hair dress ing, facial massage, chiropody, mani curing, hot oil treatment for the scalp, manirose oil manicure a speciality. Phone NO. 17t9. 11-30-1m
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25
KILLING NEAR ENGLAND.
William Duncan, White, ExOnernted
 of Blame for Negro's Death.

NlEllam Duncan, White, EXOnernted
 of Blame for Negro's Death.
 England. Dec. 24.-Lee Allen, a regro, was shct and killed yesterday four miles from England, on the w. T. Hamilton farm. William Duncan. a white farmer, was exonerated by coroner's jury. The negro, it is al- legged, first shot MT. Hamilton with a shotgun loaded with buckshot, and was preparing to fire again when T'uncan shot the negro to save Eamilton's life. Hamilton was wounded in the face.
 Our Press Process is uneXcelled. American-Excelsior Laundry com pany phone 14e If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25
VICTOR MILLER

Pine Bluffs undefeated champion, who wresteles Sailor Jack" this aft ernoon at o'clock at the Gem the atre, best two out of three falls, win ner take all
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25
REPORTS OF
 MARKETS TTON-GRAIN-LIVESTOCK.

low middling, lie; strict low mid ding. 11.32c: middling, 11.69c; strict middling. 11.94c; good middling, 12.- 26c: strict good middling, 12.5Oc; re- ceipts, 5,644 bales; stock, 45O,1S5 bales.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25

Telephone 6S for a box of Bettis home made candy, the best ever, at Bobbitt & Dancy. 12-19-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25
Liverpool Closed.

London, Dec. 24.-The Stock eX- change and Livarpool market arc closed tomorrow and Monday
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25
The range,
New Orleans Spot Cotton.

New Orleans, Dec. 24.-Spot cotton dull and unchanged; sales, on the spot 15, to arrive 5S5: good ordinary 9.93c; strict good ordinary, lO'49c' ;
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25
New York Spot Cotton.

New York, Dec. 24.-Spot cotton quiet: middling uplands, 12.15c; sales, none.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25
New Orleans Rice Market,

New Orleans. Dec. 24.-Rice Re ceipts, rough, S,756; millers'. S,560; clean. 2,156. Sales-2.492 pockets clean Honduras at 1-S@4 7-Sc.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25

Send your laundry to the old re- liable, all work guaranteed. Amer ican-E Excelsior Laundry Co.,, phone 146, tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25
f T.OuiS prOduca.

St. IUUIS TTUUHVcs St. Louis. Dec. 24.-Poultry- -Un- changed, except springs, 12@1Sc turkeys, 201a @21c. Butter-Unchanged. Eggs-Unchanged
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25
St. LOuiS Grain.

St. Louis, Dec. 24.-Wheat-No. red. $1.25M126; No. hard. nominal Corn-No. 3, 72c: No. white. 73c Oats-No. ?, Al 9 M42c; No. white nominal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-25

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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-10

the scene from an ordinary one to
one of superb comedy.
At noon the players stopped their
work and | went over and introduced
myself to the little comedian.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-10
Charles Chaplin, showing how he
looks off the screen and pose in a
7eW movie makeup.
BY ESTHER HOFFMAN,

A little man waddled into the: mo-
vie studio. He took funny little
mincing;. steps, kicked himself in the
back with one foot, juggled tiny
little cane and twisted small be-
draggled black mustache that was
pasted on his upper lip.
Morning." said Charles Chaplin,
some morning. How's the light?
Everything ready? Let's CO." He
shuffled his feet, executed few steps
of a clog-dance, pulled over his ever
falling trousers and Lit into the bust
ness of the day like a cyclone.
That is one of the striking things
about Chaplin, the way he attacks his
work. He goes at it with a rush and
the rush lasts until the work is done.
The camera began to click. 1t took
about IS minutes to put on the first
scene. Near the end Chaplin got his
foot caught in the door, movement
that had not appeared in rehearsal,
and it was the last touch that raised
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-22
Moves to Lee County Farm.

For the next four years, he devoted
himself to the buying and selling Of
Lee county farms and finally settled
on a large farm in Des Moines town
ship, this county. He divided his
time between this farm and Keokuk,
where he kept permanent residence.
The farm Of some four hnnd ed acres
was in his possession at the time of
his death, it being run by him and
his son, w. M. Young, in partnership.
Following his settlement on this
property, he became public land
salesman and followed this occupa-
ton for the next twenty-four years.
Mr.. Young devoted much of his time
and attention to stock raising and
his reputation as stockman is not
confined to Lee, county only. The
field in which he won his greatest
success, however, was in the political
field. He had taken much interest in.
political affairs since he was young
man and had done much in .ehalf of
his friends though not going into the
campaigns as public speaker He
had attended nearly all of the state
and county conventions since he was
twenty-one years old. He was elect
ed as "a ustjice of the peace in 1880
and filled this position in an accept
able manner for four years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-22
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-22

lief it is easier to keep them clean
than a horse of darker color. Again,
lit is a simpler matter to match gray
horses than it is to pair those OF more
somber coats. 1t is also interesting
TO note that as, these grays grow old
er they become lighter in color. Hence
the rule: Gray horses group them
selves as to color according to the
progress O. their years"
Many years ago Ringing Brothers
used mules to the almost entire ex.
clusion of the horse. 1t was thought
that the mule was better able to wit
stand the hardsbips incidental to con-
slant travel. Experience disprovei
this theory. The smallness of the
mules foot, as compared with that OF
the grade percheron is at times a
fatal drawback in muddy or sandy
roads. Nor will the mules hoofs
stand up under the pounding on
paved streets or even hard roads. An
other objection to the mule is his lack
of weight, for it takes pounds to draw
rounds and some of Ringing Broth
ers' vans such as those carrying the
costumes for this seasons gigantic
spectacle of Solomon and the Queen
of Sheba, are of tremendous weight.
Thus the horse has won a logical
triumph over the mule SO far as the
circus world is concerned, tho long
cared candidates being Obliged to CON
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-22

fine their appearance to an occasional
appearance with the clowns.
I, The ideal horse for circus purposes
is a short coupled, heavy bone1
blocky draught horse of about 1900
pounds weight. Twenty years ago one
would have had no difficulty in going
through the middle west and picking
up several car load; of these horses.
Such is far from the case today. The
coming of the motor truck has stayed
the breeding of these splendid animals.
This scarcity OF stock has meant an
increase in price. Horses which once
sold for from SITS to 5000 apiece now
cost from $500 to $500 Ringing
Brothers have recently paid as high
as $500 for some Of their big dapple
grays.
But the horse is perpetuated. what
would the circus be without them
During the past winter the Ringlinss
had a peculiar offer from well
known automobile concern. This
company agreed to furnish the famous
showmen a sufficient number Of motr"
trucks to carry the entire three miles
of parade glories' merely for the adj
vertisement which its trucks would
derive from being used in the world
greatest street pageant Ringing
Brothers declined the gift and few
days later bought a hundred NOR
horses