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The Harrison times., 1915-07-24
INSPIRATION Of
THE COUNTY FAIR
by Peter Rsdford.

When you enter the agricultural de-
partment of the county fair, you feel
your soul uplifted and your life takes
on a new power-that Is the inspirs.
ton OF the soil You are oyerpoweTed
by the grandeur and magniticence Of
the scene-that is The spirit OF the
harvest. You can hear the voice OF
nature calling you back to the SOIL
that is opportunity knocking at your
door. 1t Is good chance to spend
quiet hour In contact with the purity
and perfection of nature and to sweet
en- your life with its fragrance, elevate
your ideals with it's beauty and expand
your imagination with its power.
These products as food are III for
the gods, and as an article OF cOu-
merce they ought to bring tip-top
prices on any market in the world.
The products of the soil are teachers
and preachers AZ we'll Their beauty
gives human life its first entertain
ment their perfection stirs the genius
in artists their purity furnishes mod.
els for growth of character and their
marvellous achievements excite our
curiosity and we inquire into the won
derful process of nature
Before leaving the parlor Of agricuI-
ture where nature is y plradiug In her
most graceful attire and science IL
climbing the gddy heights OF perfec-
tion, let uB pause and take a retro
spective view How many OF you
know that after these wonderful prod
ucts are raised. they can seldom bs
marketed at n profit? Take the blush.
ing Elberta, for oxample--they were
fed to the hogs by the carload last
year. The onion--the nations fayorite
vegetable--evory year rots by the
acre In the Southwest for want OF
market and az result hundreds Of
farmers have lost their homes Cot
ton--natures capitalist--Often goes
begging on tho market at less than
cost Of production.
It is great to wander through the
exhibits while the band Is playing
Dixie and boast OF the marvellous
fertility OF the soil and pride ourselves
on our ability to master science, but
II is also we'll to remember that there
ia market side TO agriculture that
does not reflect It's hardships In tho
exhibits at county fair
The Harrison times., 1915-07-24
WASTE

W ORtSf ana hct nnd orchord noun
Ruu, " coal dnd nra
MIlnty haR hepn their bounty lin.
n ltleas seemed their store.
No we have bllthelS slulndefed, so
We huvo sacked aou spoiled
BoaHtlng ABOUT our "progrcSs' Dragging
~ how wr lnllHd
Drunken with natures bounty va hld
our plrulvuuH galn
10 tho magNc OF Yankee hustle. " the
vigor OF Yonkec brain
And We looted tue goudly forests and
planted tnu wsuelul cr0p
And We nouIvd tho careful prophet VINO
sald lnsl lhp iouI must stop
Hut wore learning our lllly lesson, and
We RELISH II not ut sll
And we're pByng ror psal escesses Ia
bills that are TAI from small
W. guted end gougcd our Forests ant
the foods came roaring down
To ruin the farmers acres pnd ravass
pud wreck the town
over and over ana over We planted tina
mlue Old heli
with tho same Old crop repeated, then
slghpd AZ the dWlndllhp Nluld
Aud we wasted our coal and iron nor
cared FOR the wealth We lost
TN tho price moved up uud onward, ana
We gruwlrd AZ tho udjod cost
W. are learning our llllle lesson, but Va
have not learned II true
tor We waste In some diteelluus the stmn
ne W. used 10 do
hut natural gas We sQutudgr 10 poison
thu healthy alr
Wprc waiting Qul oil nVw bllndly, ana
nobody seems 10 care
IN factory farm and forest we're throw
Ing our wealth away,
And the Oil Tor our careless livhg our
children will have to pay
Tarln ana trusts ana wages are problems
that must bp faced
lul ttu greatest NJ all our problems 10
the problem VI yprelrss waste,
=BpHon liraleY
The Harrison times., 1915-07-24
CRASpING At the SHADOW
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No man especially II he IA mar
would deby woman any right
she demands Take The earth aud
give VA peace, but why does woman
long for Tho balloi7
- When all IN goid and done Ia not
Tho Selection Of The butcher more i'm
porient 10 tho home than the election
~ n mayor, ID not The employment OF
tho dairymnn n tar more important
event IN tho llte Of the children than
the appointment Of \ postmaster IA
not tho selection Of books for the
family library more important than
voting bonds for jail aud court house,
Why doca woman lay aside The lm'
porlani thlnga In lfeY Why leave The
substance aud glaHp At the shadow
lie /, said 70 the credit 0f woman
hood that II Ia not a. a rule the
woman who rocks the cradle that
wants to east the ballot II Ia not
the mother who teaches her children
io say Now I lay mo down 10 sleep
that harangues the Dopulacei II II not
The daughter who hopes 10 reign 40
queen over q happy home thai longs
for the uniform OF the auffseeite' u
IA. As a rule, ihe woman WHO deaplaea
her home, no, ,lools her children aad
ncofna mDlhffhOod that leads parad'c
and Hmaahes Windows,
The Harrison times., 1915-07-24
UNIVERSAL PEACE

This nation 10 now In the midst Of
a controversy an to how beat to pro
mote uniyoraal peace That question
we will leave for dlpomats 10 dis'
cuss, but pouoo within nations Ia no
loss important than peace between
nations aud it Ia heavily adeu with
prosperity for every citizen within
our commonwealth
Many leading politicians and ofttimeS
political platforms have declared war
upon business and no cabinet crisis
ever resulted Many men have stood
in high placos and hurled gas bombs
nc industry, thrust bayonets into bus
mess enterprises and bombarded AZ.
riculture with Indifference Party
leadera have many times broken dip
lomatio relations with industry sent
political ayIators gpylng through tho
AFFAIRS OF businesB, and political sub
marines have sent torpedoes crushing
into the destiny OF commerce., Dur
Ing the past quarter OF u century wa
have fought many n duel with prog
ress, permitted many politicians TO
carry on u guerrilla warfare against
civilization aud point a pistol at the
heart Of honest enterprise
No man should be permitted to cry
out for universal peace untll hla rec
ord has been aearched for explosives,
for no vessel armed or laden with
munitions Of war Bh0ud be given a
clearance 10 sail Tor the port OF Uni
yortnl Peace let N by all menna
have peace, but peace, like charity,
should bagn at home, ..,,e,a
The Harrison times., 1915-07-24
Here's An Important Letter from
Fl. S. Price, the President of our frm---
Faye t teville, Ark.
July lTth, 1915
Price Clothing Co.
Harrison, Ark.

Gent emcn: I am just in receipt OF
your letter Of the 18TH in which you
report you have 400 mems and young
men 5 sui is in stock. This is entire
ly too much clothing to have on hands
this late in the season. and I would
advise you to put cut price on every
suit, one that will move them quick.
Give absolute choice OF any suit in
the house for $l2.75. 1t looks ike
shame to sell these $40 90, $22. 90 and
$3I. 90 suits for such a ridi cul Gus low
price, especially when they are all
new 1915 models but you know the poll
cy OF this company j $ to close out the
ENTIRE STOCK EACH SEASON, so that you
may commence next season with all new
goods.
Remember That the above price is for
CASH ONLY, and goods be charged
at this prioc.
Yours Very TRULY
II. S. PRICE, Pres.
The Washington times., 1915-11-22
THE USES OF WATER POWER

The Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul road has installed the most
modern electrical equipment on 400
miles of it's line across the Rocky
mountains, and is having delivered
to it a number of the greatest cleo
trio locomotives ever built. One OF
these machines will do the work OF
about four heavy steam driven To-
comotives. They will, it is said,
handle a train of 900 tons at sixty
five miles per hour on level track
and the same train at twenty-five
miles per hour on 2 per cent grade.
One of the wonders of these great
engines is that when they run down
grade the motors can be reversed
and turned into generators; they act
as brakes to hold back the train,
and store up new stock of electric
ity in the process.
For this big and revolutionary
transportation reorganization, the
railroad company provides the elec-
trical power from great hydro-elec-
trio plants, based on halnessing con-
venient water powers. 1t is freely
predicted that within a few years
this will be the accepted method OF
railroading in the mountain StatsS
The Washington times., 1915-11-22
US OPENS DOORS TO
vOLP| AND SECRETARY
Secretary Wilson Orders Admis-
sion Of italian Art Connols.
Seur and Girl.

Secretary Of Labor Wilson today
overr,iled the order of the board Of spe-
cial Inquiry at Ellis Island deportins
Prof Ella Volpi. millionaire italian art
connoisseur. and his secretary. Llsetta
Morosino. a beautifu, italian girl. and
ordered that they be admitted to the
United Statea
Prof. Volpi. who was a friend OF the
late J. p. Morgan. arrived IN New York
last Wednesday on tho steamship Duca
Abruzzi and was denied entry. Prof.
Nolpi. who IL sixty-seven years old. an
nounced that he had brought several
works Of art valued at moro than
100000
Objection to his entry was made on
account Of tho presence Of his Girl COM
panion. Volpi said that Miss Morosine
Is twenty-four years old. Several tests
made to determine whether she wa
capable Of performing the duties Of
secretary failed to satisfy tho board OF
special inquiry at Ellis Island and Ar
order Of deportation was issued.
Commissioner Of 1mmlgraton HOWE
recommended that tho Italians be ad'
mitted. Secretary Wilson approved this
recommendation on overruling th'
boards deportation order.
Tho case has recalled to mind that
Of Maxim Gorky. the noted Russian
who was excluded when he cams tf
this country with woman not htf
wife, but later was admitted on an ap-
peal to Warrington.
The Washington times., 1915-11-22
ANTHRAX CURABLE,,
SAY MILL DOCTORS
Disease Declared to Be 0ccu.
pationaI and Easily Con.
tracted.

G1.ovERsvILLE. N. Y. Nov. S-rhs
several hundred men employed In ths
leather mills here arc greatly interested
in the recent decision of Compensation
Com mmissioncr William G. Archer grant
Ing an award OF 1900 to John Henry for
disa bility and medical care during a re-
cent attack of anthrax The insurance
company. which carries the insurance
OF q. Levor & Co.. leather dressers.
where Henry worked last March when
ne contracted tho disease. is expected to
apDeal the case.
Whether the disease IL occupa tionL
is the main point involved. Last July
Henry appealed to the commission for
damages. and II was then decided that
the disease was occupational. and that
he had no redress. Later the commis-
sion consented to reopening o. the
case. The insurance company GLAZING
that the matter was closed permanently.
and that tho present proceedings are
illegal
DR.. b. O. McKlllp and DR.. D. n.
Murphy. of this city. testified for Henry
that the disease was contracted through
an abrasion on his chin from skins
which he had handled. Tho abrasion
resulted from an accident IN the mill. 1t
was claimed.
DIR. Mckillip cured Henry after a hard
fight. When the first signs of the dis
case appeared he performed a radical
operation. removing the mans left
cheek Then he injected anti-toxin ms IL
Of cultures taken from Henry's neck.
This checked the srrea ding OF the NAL
ady and eventually effected a cure.
At the time George y. Stackpole was
fighting against anthrax in New York
several local physicians scoffed at the
idea that the disease was incurable. DIR.
McKilliu said he belived that Stack
pole could have been cured II he had
been treated in time. Health Officer
Or. A. l. Johnson and several other
local physicians also disputed the ella i'm
that anthrax was necessarily fatal.
Three other cases of anthrax have been
cured in this city during the last five
years.
Since Henry contracted anthrax strict
precautions have been taken in locs
mills. The men have promptly ATTENDED
to all scratches. and in some cases have
stopped work for a few davs until q
scratch could completely heal.
Publicity has done much toward edu
eating the feathers workers az TO the
dangers they constantly face. Mon en-
ployed In skin mills In many instance
have but little education. The work i
hard and requires big. strong men. II
the summer many of them work witt
barred backs. which. physicians poin
out. makes the danger Of infection
| greater.
The Washington times., 1915-11-22
MAKING 1T UNANIMOUS

Events Of tho last few days have
left Congressman Claude Kitchin
higher and drier than ever in his
opposition to adequate measures
for national defense.
When Congressman Mann, the
minority leader Of the House, came
into the fold on Saturday with the
announcement that he Is "for pre-
paredness and for It strong" the list
Of leaders Of both parties in both
houses Of Congress who believe in q
preparedness program was com.
pleted, with Mr.. Kitchin's name
alone missing.
On the day Of Congressman
Mann's declaration, DR.. David Starr
Jordan, peace advocate. came to
town with the statement that the
Middle West sentiment is developing
from apathy to a strong belief in
the need Of preparedness. OF course
Dr.. Jordan mentioned that fact to
deplore it, but the fact remains tha,
the feeling Of the country is becom.
ing more and more favorable to rea
sonable preparation for possibl.
trouble.
Though 1t will be up to Mr.
Kitchin, If he remains at the heat
Of the Ways and Means Committe.
to provide the money for the pro
gram urged by the President and in
dorsed by Speaker Clark, the pre-
sentation of the army measures viii
be made by Chairman Hay, Of tn
/ Military Affairs Committee, and O
the navy enlargement by Chairman
Padgett, Of the Naval Affairs Com
mittee. To Mr.. Ktchin will be lef
the task Of preparing a financia
! program to carry out the militar.
and naval plans.
The Washington times., 1915-11-22

fees Of travelers-entirely cut off,
Switzerland finds business bad and
military requirements excessive.
The army is maintained at full
strength, ready to act on any front
that may be violated. There is a
deficit in national revenues, and
there are few markets in which se-
curities, designed to tide over the
crisis, are welcomed. Never has the
world realized as It does today the
extent to which it is merely a big
neighborhood, a community Of bar
ter and exchange. an interdepend-
ency of elements, among which even
the most powerful are anything but
self-sufficient.
The Washington times., 1915-11-22

It would seem that the lesson OF
such gigantic developments ought
not entirely to be lost on the men
who make the policies of Washing
ton. This city has at its very door
one Of the finest water powers of the
country. Not merely at Great Falls
but along the Potomac from the
falls up to the confluence Of Poto-
mac and Shenandoah there is long
stretch on which great power de-
velopment is altogether feasible.
The same water, tumbling down
from Harpers Ferry, can be used
two or three times, according to
the best engineering authority, il
desired. Precisely why a railroad
corporation in the Far West should
be left to develop such opportuni-
ties, while the demonstrated feasi-
bility and economy of applying wa
ter power to operate the utilities Of
Washington should make no impress
sion here, is beyond the ken Of peo-
pie possessing only the common sort
Of common sense. Washington is
entitled to the benefit Of the great
power that more than a century
ago was recognized as one Of the
best and most available in the coun-
try. Will it ever be used. or must
the National Capital 20 on forever
q monument to neglected opportuni-
ties for proper development?
The Washington times., 1915-11-22
THE UNFORTUNATE NEUTRALs

II may be doubted whether there
Is any neutral nation in the world
that is deriving a preponderance of
benefits over injuries. from the war,
save only the United States. Those
neutral states which have enjoyed
the commercial opportunity con-
ferred by reason of their contact
with German territory and conse-
quent privilege of serving as gate
ways for trade with the central en-
pires, have enjoyed a mixture Of
prosperity with heavy costs. Hol-
land has carried on huge business,
but has had to pay greatly increased
public charges on account of war
conditions. maintaining her army
ready at any hour to go out and de-
fend her neutrality from attack on
either side. The Scandinavian coun-
tries have been hardly less put to
It in similar fashion. Greece has
enjoyed commercial advantages in
its region; but these are suddenly
being Topped off by the allies appli-
cation of pressure, while the coun-
try groans under the expense of
keeping It's top-heavy army ready
for instant service. Roumania has
found ready market at high prices
for whatever it would sell of it's
foodstuffs supply; but it. also, has
had to invest the profits, and much
more, in military preparedness.
The other neutrals have been in
different posture. The South Ameri-
can countries, largely dependent in
normal times upon Europe to finance
their trade, have suffered by the
withdrawal of this support. Japan's
situation is more closely akin to that
Of the United States. She is indeed
a party to the war, but so remote
that save the little campaign on the
China coast she has not been re
quired to engage in military opera
tlons. On the other hand she find.
market more than ready to absorb
all the war supplies she can turn
out, and the manufacture of thes,
is rapidly making her an industra
community along new lines.
From Switzerland comes a tale o
deprivation that is peculiarly i'm
pressive. Completely surrounded b.
warning powers, thrown back on he
own limited resources, in constan
danger of being suspected by on
side OF favoring the other, her from
tiers presenting temptation to tn
enterprise of belligerents as di
those of Belgium in the earlies
hours of the struggle, and with he
foremost source Of revenus-th
The Washington times., 1915-11-22
THE GRADE CROSSINGS

How we'll the District of Columbia
is equipped in one safety first"
particular is shown in the report Of
the Association Of Railway Claim
Agents on accidents to trespassers
on railroad tracks. In the 1O,7s5
reported accidents, and the 4,746
deaths from trespassing on tracks,
only seven accidents and one death
occurred in the District in 1914.
The number of trespassers killed
Is slightly in excess of the total
number of those killed in wrecks and
collisions for the past decade, &C.
cording to figures of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The public
long clamored for safety devices
for travel, which was we'll enough
but only in the past few years has
there been any sentiment in the
matter Of trespassing. Then the
railroads took the initiative.
Experience showed that legisla.
ton was Of little avail unless cam
paigns Of public education were
carried on as an adjunct. Posting
notices, publicity in newspapers, CO.
operation Of heads Of large indus.
trial plants. and even advertising
have been resorted to in the effort
to reduce these accidents.
Not until the example set in tn.
District, of eliminating grade Cross
ings. is followed by the States, will
they be able to equal the showing
made here. With the building Of tn,
new Union Station in Washington
came the opportunity for removing
grade crossings, and the road,
availed themselves of 1t, until ther,
are only a few dangerous crossing.
left.
The Washington times., 1915-11-22
DR.. Bratenahl Elected
Dean of the Cathedral

The Rev. Or. q. c. r. Bratenahl. for
merly rector Of st. Alban's parish and
canon of the Cathedral Of IS. Peter and
Paul. has been elected dean Of tn"
Cathedral. which places him second
only to Bishop Harding in authority in
the diocese.
The position is for life. unless he
should be elevated TO a bishopric, and
places him in charge OF the adminlstra-
tive work of the Cathedral. DIR. Brat
enahl. who has been secretary OF the
Washington province. will be succeeded
by the Rev. W. c. Hicks, OF Cumber-
land. Md.
The Washington representatives to
the chapter electing DR.: Bratenahl at
the provincial synod at Richmond Were
Arclideacon Richard p. Williams. Canon
William L. Devries, the Rev. Randolph
II. McKim. the Rev Or. Roland Cotton
smith, and lay delegates. Admiral
George Dewey. Brig. Gen. John NJ. Will
son. Charles J. Bell. DR.. w. c. Reeves.
C. c. Glover, and Thomas Hyde. The
election was unanimous.
The Washington times., 1915-11-22
ASSURANCE OF PRESIDENT.

clared that there are only eight OF these
bodies that permit unlimited debate. All
tho rest have provisions for closing de-
bate by a majority vote.
Even more impressive Is the testimony
from the parliamentary experience Of
the world. In every country where par
liamentary proceeding gives color to the
conduct OF the national affairs. some
form OF cloture has been found neces-
pary In order to get public business
transacted. The United States Is by no
means alone in the experience that
pa artisanship too often comes before pa
trtotlsm. and that partissns will for
party purposes prevent all business at
times.
Senator Norris observed that he had
recently been moved to make some study
Of the history of Poland. and inclined to
the opinion that the privilege of un-
limited debate in its parliament actually
was responsible for the downfall of that
country. II reached the point where,
oven in times OF great national crises,
II was unable to take any Legislative
action. Foreign intrigue entered the
legislative chambers. bribery and infiu-
ence were able to secure tho exercise OF
the liberum veto, which prevented ans
action at all without practically unani-
nous consent: and IN the end Poland
went down because its legislative hands
were bound.
Senator Norfis-and he 10 not alone in
the view-opines that the United States
N present world conditions. might be
imagined In . similar position. no does
not believe II Is right to tempt fate.
The Washington times., 1915-11-22
MASON SAYS GOR|Tz
MAY Be CAPTURED
BY ]. W. T. MASON.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2,-For tho firet
time since the italian campaign along
the 1sonzo river began. possibility Is
now developing OF tho capture Of Goritz,
which commands the most important
crossings OF the waterway separating
the Austro-Hungarian and italian lines
General Cadorna has changed his tao
tics. after six months of experiments.
and is now concentrating his guns and
his reserve troops along small front
OF twelve miles centering before Goritz.
Hitherto tho Italian commander has
scattered his effective strength. and has
tried to drive forward everywhere at
once. What is known as tho Isonao
limo measures about fifty miles.
Abandon Long Lines.
All Its possibly vulnerable places have
been under Italian fire simultaneously
many times. but nowhere until the pres
ent attack on Goritz began. has a major
concentration occurred at any single
point.
Both the British and French many
months ago abandoned long lined Of
fensives The Italians have only now
adopted the same tactics. The result Is
seriously endangering the Austro- Hun
Satldn posltloHb ucicuulnk NfoTltA, dHu
! is making possible the iirst considerable
I Italian victory OF tho war.
Goritz is the military center Of the
| Austro-ungarian Isonzo armies. IT.
fall would require rearrangement OF
| the Austro- Hungarian supply system al
| the very least. leading POSSIBLY to ar
early retirement along the Isonzo. from
Goritz south to the northern shore OF
! the Gulf OF Trieste.
Trieste Real Objective.
Trieste itself Is fifteen miles farther
| to the south of the gulrs headlands
| The capture of the seaport Is Genera
Cadornas chief objective. and after oc'
cupying Goritz. all his attention would
be given to reaching Trieste. Properl!
! to protect Trieste. the Austro-H Hungar
ians would be compelled to lengther
! their front. This fact might In the enc
he tho most important consequence o
| the fall Of Goritz. To obtain addiuona
troops to guard the Trieste lines.
might be necessary to recall Austro
Hung arians from the Russian and Ser
bian fronts. A development such a!
this might permit Italy to exercise TO
the first time. n benefcent military In
f,uence on the fortunes OF her allies.