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The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-02
NEWLY WEEDS OF SPEAKER
 CLARK'S HOME GO NORTH

Bowling Green, Mo-, July 1.-Mr. and Mrs. James McIlheny Thomson, newly wed, were speeding northward on their honeymoon today, but none except their most intimate friends know the exact destination or route of their trip. Mrs. Thomson, until yes terday, was Genevieve Clark, only daughter of Speaker Champ Clark.
 It is believed the couple will spend several weeks on the Great Lakes, after which they will make their home at New Orleans, where Mr. Thomson is editor of The Item.
 The marriage yesterday brought thousands of visitors to Honey Shuck, the Clark homestead here.
 We have the goods and the service Use your phone.-Douglas Brooks X Go. Phone 157. Advt TRADE IN PRESCOTT
The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-02

Washington, July IA total of 31 1,535,000 acres of cotton is under cultivation in the United States, ac- cording to the preliminary estimate of the Department of Agriculture, an nounced today. That compares with 37,406,000 acres, the revised estimate of acreage under cultivation year ago; 36,S32 ,000 acres picked last year; 37,0S9,000 in 1913, and 34,283,OO0 ac- res in 1912. Abandonment of acreage during the season last year amounted to Is per cent of the planted area and for the past frye years it has averag- ed IS per cent of the area planted.
 There had been much interest in cotton textile circle concerning the area planted to cotton this year, in view of the record crop last year, the curtailed foreign takings because of the European war and the low price of lint early this season, which were believed to have influenced cotton growers to reduce their acreage and put some of their land in grain and other crops. The extent of this re- duction had been variously estimated unofiicially at from 10 to 20 per cent.
 The condition of the growing crop on June 25, was S0.3 per cent of a normal, as compared with 500 per cent on May 25, this year; 796 per cent on June 25, last yearj and 79.9 per cent the ten-year average on June 25. The average change in condition from May 25 to June 25 during the past ten years, has been an increase of 0.4 per cent.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-02
COTTON ACREAGE
 IN SOUTH RE lUC-
 ED 5,S7l,0OO ACRES
Total Acreage, According to U. S. Census, Is 31,535, ,O0O-This Com- pares With 36,S32,0 Acres
 in 1914.-Ark. 2,193,OO0

Washington, July 1.-Repeated ap- peals by the government to Southern farmers to reduce their cotton plant lngs, in view of the stagnation in the market caused by the European war, have resulted in a reduction of 5,S71,- 900 acres from last years acreage, which would, according to last years yield, require cotton production ap- proximately 2,454,07S bales of 800 pounds each.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-02

For Auto service phone 65.-S. Gautsche. Advt. 5-25
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
the women.

The only kind Of prophet who enjoys
honor and receives condolences in
France is the local prophet in his own
country. who in this case is the Big
Bonnet" of the neighborhood. to whom
all defer. Nor Is the local big Bon
net" apt to be the w~ealthiest person
OF the little community as so often
happens in other lands. The country
peasant is consistent in Withholding his
confidence from those whose riches
are made too apparent.
No, the big Bonnet" must bc some
one in the peasants home commune
in whom is embodied some sort Of local
official authority and with whom at
the same time he can associate on
terms of perfect equality.
Advice from his special big Bon
net" is the only advice that the French
peasant will ever follow. whether with
regard to buying a COW or subscribing
To "A Government bond. In the front
rank OF these important personages
Is the Mayor, and his duty is to mo-
bilize the gold harvesters among his
contemporary big Bonnets.'
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We received a letter from a lawyer
in the town 10 which he had moved
saying that u uncle Ind Died IN
that town and had left us $500, 900.
He had accumulated S2O5 900. He
had made a will giving 5000, 900 OF this
10 IA hospital that had caught his fancy
and $4,000 to us. his relatives. III still
living" But later. clearly after re-
ceiving our letter. which he would
V have got but for you. he had
changed his will, giving 5000 TO the
hospital and $500, 900 to US; and now,
after some six months OF legal formal
tiles We have got the money.
$50 you see your mailing that let
ter made all the difference in the
world to us; 1t brought us 4 fortune.
1--WE still live In the same house,
but nov we have more things than
when you were here. In fact we have
some things now that usually we do
not keep I'm the house, but in u box
in the bank at the centre: but II you
will come over and see us again and
will let US know when you are coming,
We viii. leave around the house enough
to make this visit profitable; we feel
that we are still much In debt to you.
But l never went back. Whatever
they got out Of II I felt as II, JUS. for
carrying the letter to the post Office
a thousand dollars was all that war
really coming to me-"
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he Is learning to do by taking an &C

he Ia learning to do by taking an oc-
c%asional flier.
The bank manager Of the market
town Is his only pilot through the
quicksands OF finance. This worthy
now approaches his client diplomati-
cally on the advantages Of investing
in the "Bons de la Defense Rationale"
and to do this he must shake the peas
ants traditional belief that gold has
"A value twice that of a Government
guaranteed bank note or a Govern
ment bond,
But must his precious gold savings
go TO the foreigner TO buy these many
things which he is told must now be
purchased outside of France" he asks
In alarm. He Ices not SO much mind
giving up his wealth to his country.
but that any part OF It should 60 to
the foreigners, any foreigners, coun-
try is what gals him. Here is where
the diplomacy OF the Big Bonnet"
into play.
mot at all" the peasant is assured /,
his gold is only to rest as a bulwark
OF credit. much more securely than
ever, in the great vaults of the Bank
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lived in a town not a hundred miles
from ours, ] don't know whether you
noticed the address on the letter or
not, A nice old man he was. not an
eccentric nor Il hermit. but Just an
old bach. who lived by himself and
went his own ways. He did not seek
friends, and SO far as we knew we
were his only living relatives; but
though he lived so near we had not
seen him nor heard from him i'm a
dozen years.
"Then one day. the day before
the night that YOU called. 1t struck
us that we would write to Uncle Will
lam; and just out OF a feeling OF
friendliness and good cheer we sat
down that day and wrote him that
letter; the letter that you mailed.
".And what difference did it make,
letter? Well, viii tell YOU
"ln the ordinary curse of things
that letter would not have been mailed
by us until some of us went down
to the centre in the afternoon. and
mailed then II would never have
reached him; for on the afternoon #
that very day our uncle moved from
the old town In which he had lived
so long, and left no address behind
him. But mailed when 1t was. by
you, it did reach him. lie never an
swered it himself; but Il year later
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HOUSE in the country that

~ MAD got INTO by u con-
venient cellar window n
that I came out of by the front door"
said the retired burglar. had proved
to be very Disappointing.
II had imagined from the nicely
kept lawn and the general appearance
of things outside that It must be the
home of people of means; but In the
whole of upstairs I had not found,
Of things that I could carry away,
enough to pay me for my nights
work.
"Then. as I came down from the
second story into the front hall |
cast my light around there. to see If
there was anything there worth while.
There wasn't, but on IA little tray on
q table In the hall ] saw three letters
addressed and stamped ready for mall
ing. and ] thought ] would take those
letters and mail them.
"That was Just IA foolish within; but
then ! did II downright foolish thing,
something that | had never done be-
fore and that ] never did again i
wrote a note and left 1t on the little
tray from which l took The letters:
| have taken the letters, am goin;
right past the post office and ! can nal
| them just as we'll AS not.
JIMMY.
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We'll. | did mail those letters, and
then | never thought of them again
til about a year and a half after
ward when l saw this advertisement
in Il newspaper:
JIMMY: Thanks for mailing those
letters. We want to communicate with
you. Write to us where you found US.
y. s. o..
Nov hat was something of a Jolt.
wasn't IT,? OF course that foolish note
that ! left was IA clue and now they
were following me up. and what
should | do about it? Should I COM
municate?
IAN | could do was to trust my
bunch. and ! trusted il. ] wrote. CIV
ing IA fictitious name, and giving my
address as the post office OF curse
il would have been the easiest thing
in the world for them to have Il man
watching the Office here for me when
| called for the letter. but | liked the
house and ] thought | should like
the people that lived in IL, and l took
"A chance.
in two days 7 got the letter. and
when ] opened 1t there dropped out
of il "A thousand dollar bill. DO you
fully grasp that? a thousand dollar
bill: and this is what they wrote me.
"'One of those letters that you
mailed for us was to an uncle who
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17

Among the most successful cleaners
ut the golden sheaves is the provincial
banks own Big Bonnet" the manager
Of It's branch bank in the big market
town, usually only open to business
one day in the week. that day on
which the weekly open air market is
held under the white awninGed booths
In the public square. On this square
l. also the inconspicuous office of the
bank, which Is ready to do business
from > IN the morning. when the bury
peasant farmer in blouse and sabots
first drives up in his big cart loaded
with farm produce. II the peasant
farmer has made a successful deal he
may creep furtively into the bank
when no II is looking and the office
Is empty of clients,
The peasant Is w more distrust-
full Of IA bank and its system than of
the post office and Its ways. Only
very recently has he begun to make
use of one, though it Is only through
the one day "A week bank of his mar
ket town hat he can make his little
investments in stocks and bonds, which
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Of France. doubtless never to be used
At ALL" And he will get interest. ex-
plains the diplomatic bank manager.
Thus the peasant begins to see for the
first time the utility OF doing business
otherwise than By passing coin from
hand to hand.
1t may be that the head Of the mar
ket day bank gathers In his bulkiest
sheaves when he makes his round
from farmhouse to farmhouse. He
motors cautiously into the spacious
walled farmyard OF the big. rambling
red tiled farmhouse at an hour when
the farmhands are far afield and there
IL little danger Of nosing witnesses.
1t is now that he tries another tack.
This time there Is a family audi
ence. for the wife and children and
grandparents will likely be there too.
Thus his method takes on a patriotic
ring until the stolid but unQuenchable
pride Of his audience is aroused when
he convlnces them all 1t is their par
ticular gold pieces that are the am.
munition which will ave the ooun-
try. He also reminds them that the
"Bons' of the National Defence Othe
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dweller in France is almost as sus-
picious of IA stranger as he calls
every one outside his W community.
as he would be of "a German, 80 these
emissaries did not cut much Of a
swathe through the real crop.
The post offices throughout the
country were authorized to collect
gold. But to present his cherished
gold pieces at the window of his viii
post office to an official who was
probably a life acquaintance. with a
line Of neighbors behind peering over
his shoulder and measuring up his
Offering, I'm no way appeals to the
secretiye peasant. man or woman,
who besides, rarely receiving a letter
or a paper. has II natural scepticism
regarding postal efficiency.
The 'percepteur" was authorized TO
collect gold in his district. but as ne
il the tax collector of the
hood his presented another psyche
logical difficulty, he being connected,
in the simple minds of the ountry
people. with the harvesting or money
which brought them no returns. SO
Inc DtsfSdIll FllLIu ~
teur's' notice written in pale ink n
pasted on the door or ms mooes'
dwelling. Besides to he Obliged 10 go
TO any kline of an Office at fixed hours
stops at all times the flow OF the
PEASANTS IDEAS and gold.
This. then, is the plan OF The sold
campaign Of France, arranged 10
ouar in the countryman's nina the
horror of financial publicity Ihe
password was: persuasion but no
compulsion."
Each OF the eighty-odd Departments
or states, into which France Is d.
yided is administered by a Prefect-a
| Governor In a small but absointe anu
semi-m!itary way, located In the chiei
town or city OF the district chuer
the Projects are Sous-Prefects VINO
are established over the larger towns.
All these were ordered by the central
to spread the DC propa-
ganda throughout their respective
districts. But as these officials, Gov
eminent appolntees. are cohtlhuaIiS
being moved about from one depart
ment to another they ever remain
strangers to the people,
| their personal influence Is NIL. Know
ing this, they, In turn. onvoR 10
their aid those who would naturally
be the most experienced harvesters
for the gold crop, the Big
of every town, village and farm hamie'
in their jurisdictions.
A big Bonnet" is French Tor q
leading citizen. The French reverse
the adage about the value Of q prophet
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short term Government loans) at
something rising . per cent. are at
least . per cent. better return than
their former favorite investments, the
Government "Rentes."
In either case the manager Of a
market day bank knows better than
TO expect TO reap result on the spot
but the seed has already beer sown.
In the depths of a certain night the
peasant will feel for the shot bag
under h caves of his matched cot
fage, containing his handful of gold
pieces, while at the same hour his
neighbor, the big farmers will. by the
aid Of his wife and the light of "A
Pickering candle. Dust out a brass
hound and clamped box from behind
the bed, or n thick. heavy wallet from
between the mattresses. Then will
each, with endless precautions, pass
in some market day TO the bank such
a pile OF 10 and 30 franc gold pieces
as would surely make the neighbors
stare had the manager not thought
fully arranged to take 1t in after regu-
lar banking hours.
Members Of the Town Council are
efficient reapers of local gold, being
cited as persons of probity from the
fact that besides their halo of Office
they usually wear "a black coat and
n derby hat even in working hours.
In the principal cafe at the hour OF
the aperitif" the big Bonnet" Town
Councilman viii. snare his man away
to q secluded table. where under the
slater OF the usual game Of domi-
noes or backgammon and the stimulus
of n tall glass of black coffee he will
give him the gold treatment. The
popular form II i|noculation is to give
that particular individual the impress
sion that the nations whole financial
plan originated in the listeners own
patriotic brain. Another distinctive
national trait is hat the Frenchmar
can be made to do anything, ever
give up money. II made to believe tina,
the suggestion came from himself,
The chief of the village "pompiers,'
the local fire department. is "a big
Bonnet" gold gatherer of influence
The chief lives in IA retired little house
with n gold lettered sign reading
'Sapeur Pompier" over his door, sc
that he can be found readily in case
Of need. Fire business Is, however
duh in country places, so often he Is
a market gardener on the side. II,
invites his particular quarry to visi
his late cabhages and early radishes
While discussing intensive subsoilins
and snail ravages he tills his listener.
financial brain lobe AS ~Cleycrly as h,
does his vegetables.
! The old cure of .tlfe village church
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-10-21
PROGRESSIVE TELE.
Phone Company
The Local Telephone Exchange is
Now up to The Highest Stand
ard Of Efficiency.

The Marion Home Telephone
Exchange which is part of the
Central Home Telephone & Tele-
graph Company, of Louisville,
has recently provided the citi-
zens of Marion and Crittenden
county with new telephone
equig meut that is Of. the latest
design and manufacture; and,
although the old equipment still
had several years Of good life in
it, the Telephone Company, in
keeping with modern business
policies, decided to move into
more spacious quarters, and in
: addition, spend a considerable
sum Of money for a new mag
neto transfer switchboard man.
ufactuled by the Stromberg-.
Carlson Telephone Manufacture
ing Company, Rochester, N. Y.
The Central Home Telephone &
Telegraph Company has spared
no expense to give the citizens
of this community a telephone
system that in every particular
is modern and up-to-date, and
the citizens of this community,
J should give a vote of thanks to
) the company which has been SO
progressive end so quick to re-
cognize the needs Of the people.
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Continued on page y
Pig and Corn Clubs

Every one realizes that if the
average farmer keeps in pace
with the other professions he
must be educated according 10
his profession. Aud under the
present system of things there is
no better way to educate the
coming farmers than to organize
corn and zig clubs in every ham,
let n Crittenden Co,
The Best and only way that
will reach the heart of every boy
ana cirl OF this county, is to or
ggni4, ca clubs in every school
district
Belonging to the clubs does not
consist just in trying to win a
prize or a little high honor. Those
little things are nice in their
place and are priced very highly,
hut the main object in the club
is the education that We get
which is valued more highly
than all the prizes that we might
gain.
1t is the duty of every person
to work for the interest Of the
b boys and girls in his own school
district if not in all the county.
Every hoy and girl member
S should strive to raise registered
, pigs aud thoroughbred grain, 1t
1 will be TO the interest Of every
a member to do their best in cry.
n ING to aise a uniform type of
3 stock and grain, in ogder to work
. to this end. We, the members
!. of the Pig and Corn G. VI
e Critterden CO., Qocal club OAK
S Hall.O Do invite the boys .ld
t girls of the following Districts
: to meet with the Oak Hall club
!, members: Heath, Hebron, For.
!. est Grove, Freedom, Brown and
4 Seminary. on the night of Nov.
. Sth at Z p. m. This meeting is
u for the purpose Of getting pew
S members and selecting one type
S of hogs and one kind of corn, sc
!. the boys and girls ID CrNsnSen
= county can be uniform farmers.
{ Come one, come all to Oak lall
n and join the educational hand.
h ID. H. Postlsthweisht, Pres.
Miss Nayne ClaghGs, See.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-10-21

NJ
Dudley NOGGLE
Formerly Lived Here is Married in
Evansville, Indiana.

jefferson avenue c. 7. church
was the scene Of an attractive
wedding Tuesday evening when
Miss Mary Lee Morehead and
Mr.. Dudley Ci~ytoa Noggle
were united in marriage, the
ceremony taking place at eight
O'Clock.
A charming wedding group
attended the couple, Miss Louise
Planqie, as maid Of honor, pre-
ceding the bride who was escort
ID by her father.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-10-21
UNIVERSITY
Student KILLED
Account Below Written By One OF
Our Boys Who Probably
Saw Tragedy

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