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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22

FOR SALE--MODE{aN COTTAGE;
 four rooms and bath. almost new, in good neighborhood, near Cotton Belt shops. Bargain on terms. See or phone Hollis Real Estate Co.,. phones Nos. and 1l2 u
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22
w A N TIE D {.

WANTED-POSITION BY YOUNG
 lady, experienced as clerk or office
 assistant Moderate salary to be- gin. Address P. o. Box 4S6. 9-21-3t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22
movement. Yours truly,

.'E. A. SGHTCKER." Mr Schicser's check will be turned over to the committee which is to have charge of the fund belng raised to send the little girl and her mother to New York, where special isJ has offered to treat her tree of charge.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22

FOR RENT--ROOMI FURNISHED or unfurnished for light heuscdt op-
 jag. Close in. Phone 2023. A9p,y o16 West Pullcn. S-2t-l1
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22
Cotton.

2ii 22ii.-The sensa-
 in Liverpool re-
 lave in the local
 when trading
 upward 26@27 minutes. Eng
 lily were excited ports of frost in
 K profits on the IT after the open |5 points off from Eof less than 10 firme'd up again bod al 8 net rise' All months made r the season.
 auist after the lded strength was rading up to 1:30 vel 39@42 points se. | closed steady at 937 points. The
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22
FOR SALE OR EXCIIANGE-DRY
 coW-1601 East Fifth ave. 6-19-6t

1914 j. OAKLAND TOURING CAR,
 cost $1,S5G and run less than 6000
 miles, for sale cheap. In first class ], hcon1dtiopI ~ApplN,M. eL.' Elkins, 31S
 Main. street. ,..=.=~@= 9-l9-Gt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22

FOR RkNT--ROOMS FOR LIGHT housek cping or single room for rent. Apply FOG West Third avenue.
 9-1J-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22

FOR. REMT-A MODERN SEVEN room house, repaired and painted,
 barn and servant house. Corner Alabama street and East Sixth
 avenue. Two blocks from Union
 station and two blocks from Main street church; modern in every particular. Possession given Co.,
 NoDer l. James Gould. 9-19-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22
nominal.
St. Louis Produce.

St. Louis, Sept. 21.-Poultry-Un- changed, except chickens, '11@13hc; springs, 15c. Butter-Unchanged
 Eggs--Unchanged
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22

FOR RHMT-TWO OH THREE FUR
 DIshed rooms Tor light housekeep-
 ihg. 3O9 West Sixth avenue. S-27-tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22

FOR RENT-6 ROOMS AND BATH. all newly painted and papered, convenient to Sixth ave. and high school; located at 635 Beech street. Apply at 622 Beech, or phone 2O75.
 9-19-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22

FOR Rt,NT-LARGE FRONT ROOM
 for man and wife or two gentlemen.
 and on Oc+ +ober l will have two double rooms and one single room for rent; all modern conveniences
 and close to city, board if desired.
 Phone 1885 or call at 219 West
 Fifth street. 9-16-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22

FOR RENT--FOUR ROOMS FOR
 rent with gas, Watcr and lights. 2 Newly pap red and ill good resi-
 dence location. Close ill, 7O5 Wast
 Darraque street. 9-16-6t LOST-pOINTER PUP. ABOUT TWO
 months old; whit With black ears. ~ Reward will be paid for return to sE F. l.. DilIey, 110o West Fifth ave- : nue. 9-17-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22
N Cotton.

N Cotton.
 H.-Spot cotton
 |ns, 6.73d; middling,
 ng, 5.95d;; sales, 1O,-
 ltlon and export, l.
 B,OO0 bales.
 uiar; September
 October, 6.32i; oc-
 b.S3d; November
 December January, enr1uary, 6.44d; Feb '4a; March April,
 6.92d; May-June,
 e.oSd; July-August, WsmDer, 6.53d.
 l Spot Cotton. @ 21.-Spot cotton ! uplands, 11.25c.
 lss Grain. : ?n.-Perfect weather s %ay y, in the spring ' U he whcla market .s' !. Besides, 'advices .. corn shipments to 'lown in volume. At pfHes displayed a i, e ", to a large de-. v S'opean Dp. visible sup 7 . british stock. The ~;.s aased from 1-4c eff "i'n " '. : December at 92 { {, at se@s7c, was fol. . 'a 'a' .ass general advance. :" setbck all around.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22

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 general
 pclud'ad a
 |pcrt and
 (e, which a
 cts. up to
 land Janu-
 b3s points
 sentiment
 the con-
 pool, the
 selling to
 scale, oul-
 and reports the central
 s Eing at the Fluctuations 1 the call.
 lures, bass ed (t in kansas' he early ad- len seriously 1 while heavy bed the mar active, with Is of several :cembeIr con- g., and Jahu- western and use buying in yghsr during private crop 9 be coming western sec- CT contracts Der to 11.5Sc r about 4O@ ile later re- @3S points , figures.
 red the ad- led to slight ed firm. The
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22

EpoR Ts OF kRKETS
|rRAI N-LIVESTOCK.

Corn weakened with wheat. Frost reports had but little effect on prices. After opening 3-4c lower to 1-Sc advance the market steadied we'll under last nights level . Oats held comparatively steady. There was no pressure to sell. :
 Some strength developed in provl- sions. The stimulus appeared to come from the scantiness of hog re- seipts throughout the West. :.
 Foreign buying of futures led aft. 'srward to rally in wheat which, however, was not we'll maintained September was firmer than other op- tions because of an official ruling that deliveries of No. 1 velvet chaff with dockage would not be accepta- b1e on contracts here. The close was unsettled, 3-4c net lower to 1ac ad- vance, with December at 93c and May 96Ac.
 Later reports of freezing tempera- lures caused something of a recovery in corn. The close was steady at a range of 1ac lower to Ac higher than last night.
 The leading features closed as fol lows:
 Wheat-September, $1.o1 3-4; De. cember, 93c; May, 96c.
 Corn-September, 71 3-4c; Decem- Der, 56 3-Sc; May, 57 1Sc.
 Oats-September, 37Ac; Decem. Der, 351@c; May, 37hc.
 Mess Pork-September $19.37; Oc- tcber, $12.97. Lard-Septembar sS.02; October $S.05.
 Short ibs-September, $7.9Q; Oc tober. $7.9O.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22
Chicago Produce.

Chicago, Sept. 21-Butter-Unset- tied; creamery, 21@25c. Eaggs-Unchangedi receipts. s.425
 .Potatoes-Unchanged; receipts, 3s cars.
 Poultry-Alive, lower; fowls, 14c; springs, 15 5kc.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22
St. Louis Grain.

St. Louis, Sept. Wheat-No. Z red, $1.1S@1.z0; No. 2 hard, $1.l2.
 Corn-No. 2, 71kc; No. 2 white 71kc.
 Oats-No. 2, nominal; No. 2 white, nominal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
Intrepid Kansas

The man who originated the state ment, There is nothing new under the sum-" never visited Kansas. For Kan. sas is the experimental ground of the continent, and Kansas never hesitates to try thing because it is new.
 Kansas latest adventure into un- tried fields was the launching of it's annual state fair at Topeka on a free admission basis. Always alive te dramatic effect, the opening of ths fairgrounds gates was made with g flourish. Governor Capper unlocked the gates and with a majestic sweer of the arm threw the keys away.
 Kansas is justly proud of her ex. hibits which came to the fair by spe cial trains in full trainload lots. IT fact Kansas actually as well as theor etically, aims to make her fairs req index to her great agricultural wealth
 The states of the. south extend con gratulations to their midwesterr sister, and wish her success in hel new departure along state fair lines Other states may smile occasionally over some idiosyncratic outburst ol Kansas, but in the long run it will b. noted that often they gracefully fol low the trail the intrepid Kansani have blazed.
 There is a real mission for a com monwealth that doesn't hesitate be fore the untried path-that isn't a1rak to "start something"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
The Oyster

That universal favorite, the oyster, looms, so to speak, on the epicurean horizon even now, but prudence die tates a wait until cooler weather. In most sections he will be permitted to take final nap in pleasant beds un- til summoned forth to grace the tables of the land 1t was stated sometime ago that oysters along the Atlantic seaboard were drinking heavily, an announcement hailed with delight by the gourmands, as a heavy drinker '..nong bivalves-his beverage, of course, being water-is noted for his size.
 The American oyster is supreme. He has no rivals, but his kin are scat tered all over the world and they are found in natural beds and banks in all the seas of the torrid and temper ate zones. Vast structures of fossil oysters have been formed in many 
 places. There is in Berkshire, Eng land, a petrified colony of oysters more than six acres in extent. A writer in the National magazine says that in spite of mans unsuitable ap. petite and the attacks of sea enemies there are enough oyster survivors every year to form gigantic deposits
 Next to the American oyster come. the English oyster. French oyster, are limited to northern seas. There are no beds of importance in tht Mediterranean. Along the Atlantic seacoast of America and around Mo bile oyster culture has become grea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

From the Macon News
 Some day Georgia Is going to abolish capital punishment, for some day every civilized state is going to abandon this barbarous method of "vindicating the law"
 Already five of the United States have substituted life imprisonment-punis
 ment dreadful in itself-for the brutal | hanging or electrocuton And in those
 states crime has decreased. In time,
 every state yill realize the utter futlity,
 as crime deterrent, of taking the lives
 of human beings.
 Humanitarian thought in Georgia is in
 evitably tending toward the abolition of
 capital punishment in this state Ever
 since the News first advocated 1.-the
 first newspaper in Georgia to editorially
 take this stand-many expressions of sym
 pathy with the idea have been expressed
 and many hopes entertained that Geor-
 gia would soon take this enlightened step
 This condition of public sentiment has
 been reflected from time to time by the
 introduction of bills providing for the
 abolition of the death penalty, but so far
 not one of these bills has received ade- quate legislative consideration The only hope for the passage of a bill | of this character is that the citizens who are opposed to capital punishment will properly organize and formulate an opin- ion throughout the state sufficient to inn pei the legislature to action. Whatever is done must be done through organization. There must be active and influential men and women behind the movement. The people themselves must demand that Geor- gia relieve itself of this survival of me-
 dieval cruelty and ignorance.
 To that end, therefore, the News suS- gests that an association be formed, with the abolition of capital punishment as it's purpose In the promotion of the aims of the organization the News will give it's earnest assistance. and there are at least l five or six other Georgia papers that will cooperate. The movement. once started would unquestionably find new friends. 1 Who is willing to take the initiative? l What public aims of the organization the
 News will give it's earnest to rolllng?.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
ROTOGRAvURE

Wetumpka Weekly Herald: The latest progressive move of the Birmingham Age e-Herald Is good one. The roto- gravure section of the Sunday edition was splendid. This section Is a perma- nent addition to the Sunday Age-Her- aid and we feel sure it is greatly ap- preciated by the thousands of readers of this popular newspaper. This splen- did ehort should add many subscribers to their list.
 Collfnsvilie Courier: The finest thing In the way of newspaper enterprise we have seen In 'coon's age was the rotosravure section of Sundays Age- Herald. MT. Barrett ought to have a well developed case of swell-head over it because 1t puts The Age Herald in a class with the best big New York daltes, and our advice to you Is to buy two copies of the paper for the wife and kids will wear one out look ing at 1t and you will want to keep one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
TOO BUSY
THE ISSUE NEXT YEAR

sble effort to justify their position tha the outbreak of the European war al the beginning of August, 1914, in thu first place, dwarfed all other question: at home as well as abroad, and. in thu sefond place, led to the developmenl of artificial industrial conditions whicl prevented the Underwood tariff iron undermining the regular and legitiI mate business of the country and pre- cipitating commercial panic.
 For, when all is said the republican party is a positivistic party. In ranl and file 1t is made up mainly of peo pie who are positive on economic sub Jects, who are positive and have beeI uncompromising on the point that , protective tariff is the only tariff un der which the United States can com pete industrially with other nations This position may be fundamentally un sound. The rank and file of the demo critic party, and many thousands O.
 lioeraf' and progressive" republican, regard it as, at base, weak fallacious unworthy of an enlightened public Blu the fact remains that protection is tn binding force in partisan republicanism and the conviction of the wisdom O protection as an American nationa policy Is the characteristic that differ entiates the genuine American republ lican from all other domestic partisan brands
 If world tranquility, based on tn triumph of righteousness, should set il tomorrow next week or next month there would be cause for universal re joicing. Considered from the point O view of American politics, the situa tion would not materially affect tn issue which, in our opinion, will dom mate the campaign of 1916 in the Unitei States. For the Underwood tariff la,l will remain-a law that in all proba bility can exist only so long as tn democratic party can maintain control of the government at Washington. III would be folly to presume that repub licans will concede anything in th1 line of political advantage to their opl ponents in 1916 merely because Presi dent Wilson's policy of watchful wait Ing. patience and forbearance is popula in 1915. President Wilson, who is him seif positive character, no doubt see this clearly. He has apparently alread
 taken cognizance of the fact--lost sigh Of temporarily in the multitude 0 epoch events recently claim ing attention-that above and beyon
 all other considerations in a presidentia campaign looms the question Of nationa. prosperity, and he is turning hi thought to the blanks of the Baltimor convention which defined the economi doctrines to which he gave his adherI ence when he accepted nomination tl the presidency in 1912. /.l
 The republicans are wakeful, actiy1 and determined. They are from all apl pearances going to enter upon one d the greatest struggles of their political history, and with extraordinary visoI and hope But they will be opposing | man who has been accepted by milliouI or the people as>a national leader eul wisdom, courage and true worth, who'd ability to keep honorable peace has beeI tested amid worldwide war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
A WALL FROM NEW ENGLAND

From the Charlotte Observer.
 The New England mill people are mo- torious squealers. And nothing makes them squeal louder than a rise in the price of cotton. They are now complain ing that cotton at 10 cents is robbiny g them of all their profit and they talk as if ruin were staring them in the face. On one occas sion in the past when cotton was selling around IA cents, the Observer asked a man who carries large holdings
 in cotton mills if he could make any money were he forced to pay 20 cents for his supplies of raw material. He combed his whiskers with his hand a moment and then thought that maybe he might make "a little" The southern mills employ a better class of labor and having the ben efits of cheaper power, are able to pro- duce goods at an advantage over the New England mills, but when mill man is heard bewailing his fate at having to pay 10 cents for his cotton, it Is safe to assume that he is not mourning the en- tire disappearance of his profits, but merely a reduction in them. No mill can make as much on cotton at f0 cents as 1t can on cotton at cents, but the cotton mill that cannot make money on cotton at 10 cents is either extravagantly man. aged or inefficiently operated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
Cause for BuoYancY

1 The pig iron market, long de.
 pressed, is now in healthy condition,
 and prices have been advancing
 steadily since the early summer. Bir-
 mingham foundry iron that was sell
 ing from $9 to $95O year ago is
 now in demand at $11.50 on a No. ? basis.
 Cotton that was selling a year ago at less than cents pound is now in
 demand at 10 cents and better. Thus it is seen that the souths great agri- cultural staple and the chief product of the mineral district of the south are going forward along lines of some- thing like an even advance in values Birmingham iron at $11.50 a ton yields good profit to the producer and so does 10-cent cotton.
 The federal reserve bank system has contributed a large part to busi- ness recovery, now in evidence. Un- til Congress passed the banking and currency bill, September was always a month of tight" money. The moving of the crops re- quired such an enormous volume of currency that all mercantile borrowers in cities throughout the country had to wait for their large requirements, which were often pres sing. In other words, September was usually an extremely dull month in commercial centers.
 The situation is so changed that the banks today are flush with money Interest rates for borrowers with good security are lower than they have ever been at this season of the year.
 This years grain crops are bumpers and not only have more railroad cars been required to haul the products of the soil than ever before, but vastly larger volume of money is being needed in handling the crop move- ment. And yet, "easy money" is the talk everywhere. This changed and improved condition must be credited to the federal reserve system. The constructive ideas applied to untried problems and the able manner in which members of the reserve board at Washington have worked out the details have accounted for the "plain sailing" in the business world.
 But analysis and logic aside the fact that cotton and iron are in de- mand at higher prices can but cause every business man and investor here abouts to feel buoyant and act as if he had unbounded faith in the future of the Birmingham district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
The Joys of Circus Day

"Men are only boys grown tall, ,' and few of them, at least, remember the joys of circus day, for the school board of Jefferson City, Mo-, declared holiday, few days ago, in order that the youngsters might not miss the thrill which comes only on the day when the big elephants and the steam calliope parade the streets.
 A persons taste may be educated to the point where the most classical music is appreciated, the symphony concert an eagerly anticipated treat, and grand opera a delight, but it is doubtful if any of these really stir the heart to that rapture inspired by the first lusty notes of the calliope in days gone by, when every little urchin vied in being up betimes on the morn ing of circus day, to carry water to the elephants in exchange for admission into fairyland.
 . Were ever there such wonderful lit tie ponies, such bespangled girls, such bewilderingly funny clowns? That . man is old indeed whose heart does not warm to the memory of that long age little boy, who is yet so like the boy of today, with his mop of unruly hail and his quota of stubbed toes anc stone bruises.
 No one will criticize the Jefferson City school board for granting holi day for the youngsters, who for all their modern frills and sophistication greet the dawn of circus day with the same abandonment of joy that inspired the children of a generation ago.
 They may miss few lessons, thes, Missouri "kiddies," but it is a saf, wager that not one of the lessons scheduled for the day would make SC lasting an impression as the magi, sights and wonders of "the greates aggregation ever offered the Ameri can public"
 Let the children have their holiday and let father-yes, and grandfather too-accompany them. For this is al epochal day to all whose hearts ar young-the day the circus comes t, town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18

A Canadian soldier with the British army fighting the Turks hit upon the idea of using empty tin cans for home made bombs. This primitive but high ly effective weapon has been used with much success. All the tobacco and jam tins that could be gathered together were piled In one heap, says a correspondent of the Chicago News, and the ammunition service corps set to work filling them. A quarter of stick of dynamite was capped and wrapped thoroughly with cord and cloth. It was then placed In the can. Around it were packed bits of steel from exploded Turkish shells, nails from pack ing boxes and bits of barbed wire torn from Turkish entanglements. The bomb was then wrapped many times with cord, of which a piece about a foot long was left hanging, so the bomb thrower could swing the missile over his head before hurling it at the enemy. The fuse was made from two to five inches long, The thrower could regulate the length of the fuse by cutting it off with his knife, so the bomb would explode over a trench or the heads of an advancing force.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
WAR

By Percy Bysshe Shelley.
 Ah. whence yon glare That fires the arch of heaven ?-that da Fl,
 red smoke Blotting the silver moon? The stars are
 quenched In darkness, and pure and spangling
 snow Cleans faintly through the gloom that
 gathers round Hark to that roar, whose swift and deaf
 ening peals In countless echoes through the noun
 tains ring, Startling pale midnight on her starry
 throne. Now swells the intermlngling din the jar Freauent and frlghtful of the bursting
 bomb: The falling beam. the shriek, the groan,
 the shout The ceaseless clangor. and the rush of men lnebriate with rage-loud and more loud The discord grows; till pale death shuts
 the scene. And OCT the conqueror and the conquered
 draws His cold and bloody shroud Of al, the Whom days departing beam saw bloom.
 ing there, In proud and vigorous health: of all the hearts That beat with anxious life at sunset there, How few survive, how few are beatins now! All is deep silence. like the fearful calm That s'umbers in the storms portentous ralsc; Save when the frantic vail of widowed
 love Comes shuddering on the blast. or the
 faint moan With which some soul bursts from the frame of clay Wrapt round its struggling powers.