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The weekly soliphone., 1915-08-13
KIRKLEY STARTS A
CANNING FACTORY
Enterprising Truck Farmer Solving
Problem of Disposing of Sur
plus Garden Products.

H. d. Kirkley, the we'll known
truck farmer residing one mile 10
the southwest of the city, has in
stalled modern canning OUTFIT
and stated this morning he had al
ready put up more than $500 cans
of vegetables. Mr.. Kirkley says
his cannery has a daily capacity
of more than one thousand cans,
and that if he were financially able
to make the investment in the cans
he could get enough surplus pro-
ducts from the truck gardeners
and farmers to keep his plant run
ming practically full time. He IS
trying to get other parties inter
ested with him to the extent or as
sisting him with means to employ
a large force, make the investment
in cans and labels, and purchase
from the farmers the garden and
truck products that are now going
to waste because there is no market
for them at this time. Mr.. kirk
lev is storing his canned goods and
will put them on the market this
fall and winter when there is a
good demand for them
The Chamber of Commerce,
through it's officials, will un-
dertake to assist Mr.. Kirkley in his
plans, believing a home canning
factory started in a small way and
operated upon conservative lines
will ultimately prove a profitable
investment for those who will in
terest themselves financially in it
and will be the sure means of at
fording steady market for the
surplus products of the farms and
truck patches. There has never
been any difficulty about raising
immense crops Of food stuffs in
this section, but usually at the time
the crops mature the market is bad
and in consequence all the profits
go to waste.
Paragould merchants ship in and
sell from fifty to sixty thousand
dollars worth of canned vegetables
each year. Much of this comes
prom points in Tennessee, Kentucky
and Missouri Every can of vegeta-
bles sold out of the stores of Par
agould could be produced in this
county, and the thousands of dol
lars sent to other points could be
kept at home.
Mr.. Kirkley has pointed out the
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SCHOOL CENSUS
INCREASE SMALL
Enumeration Shows 1,796 This
Year, Against 1858 Last Year
Total in County 9,406.

w, K. Kelley, county examiner,
has received from the directors of
the various school districts in
Greene county the annual reports
showing the school enumeration
and the amounts expended during
the past fiscal year for improve
ments in school property. The
year closed on June 80, 1915.
The report shows $48,O9449 was
expended during the past year for
teachers salaries; for buildings and
repairs $49,2S197. This latter
item includes $4,000 spent for
new buildings in Paragould. For
new furniture $2,02773 was ex-
pended; other purposes $15, 279.55;
total 6,089.55.
The total school enumeration in
the county shows there are 9,406 of
school age. Only five of this num-
Der are negroes. There are 4,769
white males, and 4,637 white fe-
males.
The enrolment for the past year
was 1917 males, and 3,141 fe-
males; total enrolment 6,45S.
Average daily attendance-Males
ala, females PISA; total, 4,26S.
The enumeration in the city of
Paragould showed there we're l.
1916 of school age, against 1,65S
last year, a gain of 1876.
By wards the enumeration this
year follows:
First ward-Males 800, females
I255.
Second ward-Males ESQ, females
$50.
Third ward-Males 500, females
342.
The enumeration for the entire
county for the past year shows a
gain of 500 over the previous year
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VITAL STATISTICS
FOR PAST MONTH
Eleven Births and Eight Deaths
Recorded-Stork Holds Lead
Over Grim Reaper

According to the records in the
office of DR.. w. r. Owens, city
health officer, the Stork had a
close race with the Grim Reaper
during the month of July. Certifi-
Gates of eleven births were filed
with the health officer, while dur
ing the same period eight death
certificates appear upon the rec
ords. The report in detail follows:
BIRTHS.
July Mr.. and Mrs. Hadden
Adams, girl,
July 2-Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E.
Alvey, boy.
July 3-Mr. and Mrs. VIM. T.
Purtee, boy.
July 6-Mr. and Mrs. Robt. S.
Green, boy.
July 14-Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A.
Threlkeld, boy.
July 1S-Mr. and Mrs. Eek Car
yer, girl.
July 1S-Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Gun
ningham, boy.
July 18-Mr. and Mrs. Franklin
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SUITS FILED BY
PARAG0ULD MILLS
Local Manufacturing Plants Seek
To Recover Alleged 0vercharges
From the Cotton Belt.

Little Rock, Aug. 10.-Nlne SUITS
railway in circuit court by lum-
railway in cicruit court by lum-
her and manufacturing concerns
Yesterday. in which they seek to
recover alleged overcharges maze
nv the railroad during the life OF
the Injunction secured against the
line by the Arkansas railroad
Commissions Tariff No. 3, in Sep
TENDER, 1908. The actions range
from 5000 to $1,S00.0o.
The complaints are practically
alike. One of the plaintiffs is the
]. F. Hasty & Sons Company OF
Paragould, Ark, manufacturers OF
slaves. barrels and similar products.
The petition says that prior TO
September 8, 1908, the railroad
commission of Arkansas fixed rates
to be charged by railroads on
freight shipments and among other
things. rates on logs, bolts, rough
slaves and similar products con-
ditioned that certain per cent
of an in-shipment be shipped out
in manufactured products by the
shipper who received the rough ma
terial over the same line That
brought in the rough material.
Rates were observed to September
3. 1908, when the Cotton Belt got
an injunction from the United
States court restraining operation
of the commissions tariff. 1t con-
tinued to July IS, 1913, and was
dissolved as having been errone-
ously enforced during the period.
In that time, the railroad charged
on rough material shipments, rates
in excess of those fixed by the state
commission, and exacted, it is claim
ed payment that was an over
charge.
The Paragould company has
claims for these overcharges
amounting to $1,0S0.40, with in
terest. Other compliments and the
amounts asked by each are as fol
lows: Henry Wrape Company, ST.
274.36; Hickson-Rogers Manufac'
turing Company, $559.46; Para
gould Handle Company, $697.57
II Hamlen & Son Company
S265.45; w. B. Nimmons Company
s266.S9; Beebe Stave Company
S552.49; Hartzell Handle Company
s1,71S.7O; w. w. Wilson an(
Wrape Stave Company, S5S7.71.
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DECIDED SETBACK
TO COTTON CROP
Dry Weather and High Tempera-
ture Did Damage-Nights
Are Too Cool.

The Memphis Commercial APP
peal's weekly review of the cotton
crops says:
The cotton crop suffered de-
cided setback during the past fort
night. Dry weather and big tenn
peratures during the first half of
the period and cool nights with
continued dry weather over most
of the belt during the past week
were the principal contributing
factors.
Worst reports probably come from
the central belt. Texas is very
dry, but the plant seems to be
standing the drouth better than in
other localities. In Oklahoma the
crop improved as a result of favor
able weather but is still late and
fruiting slowly. In the east much
damage resulted from drouth be-
fore the rains of last week relieved
the situation. Many correspond
entS believe the rams came 100 late
to overcome the damage wrought
by the drouth. Lack of sufficient
fertilizer is becoming painfully APP
parent both in the growth and the
fruiting of the plant in this sec
ton of the belt.
All over the belt complaint is
made of poor fruitage and heavy
shedding has occurred generally in
many localities. Boil weevil are
not so numerous as usual at this
season OF the year, and damage of
this kind is not great. Generally
speaking the crop was laid by in
clean, well-cultivated fields.
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ARKANSAS PRISON HAS
POPULATION OF 1900

Little Rock, Aug. 6.-The penal
population in Arkansas state peni-
Tertiary Aug. l lacked but one of
being 1900, according to a report
filed with Gov. Hays by the peni-
Tertiary commission this week.
According to penitentiary Off
Gals, 60 per cent of the prisoners
are serving sentences for some de-
gree of murder. They are from
death and life Imprisonment, for
first degree murder, to six month
sentences for involuntary man
slaughter.
The population of the penal in
stitution Aug. l was divided as
follows: White men, 1913; white
women, 2; negro men, ST., and
negro women, 27.
Fifteen white men and eight ne
groes were pardoned by Gov. Hays
during the month.
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The ouinine That Does Not Affect The Head

Because of its tonic and laxative effect LAXA
TIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary
Ouinine and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing i'll head. Remember the full name and
'ook for the signature of 4. w. GROVE. 25c.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-08-13
KENTUCKY PRIMARY
A BLOODY AFFAIR
Three Slain, Five Injured, in Elec-
ton Enthusiastically Wins
Democratic Nomination.

Louisville, KY, Aug. 9.-Former
Congressman A. o. Stanley, demo-
crat; E. P. Morrow, republican,
and Fred j. Drexler, progressive,
were nominated for governor in the
state wide primary held in Ken
lucky Saturday. SANKEY'S MAORI
ty is estimated at twenty thousand.
Morrow and Drexler were unop
posed.
Mr.. Stanley was nominated over
Lieutenant Governor E. j. Nc
Dermott and H. V. McChesney. His
victory is regarded as virtual de-
feat for statewide prohibition. Mr..
McChesney was running on plat
form demanding passage by the
LEGISLATURE of a bill placing before
the voters a constitutional amend
ment to substitute statewide prohi-
bition for the county unit law or
the local option measure. McDer-
mott favored the county unit law
as it stands.
The election resulted in three
deaths. Two others were mortally
wounded and three less seriously
hurt.
A message from Breathitt coun-
ty says Grover Blanton, a leading
democratic politician of that coun-
Ity, was mortally wounded, while
Martin Clemens and Elihu Allen
are dead as a result of an election
day riot. Clements and Allen were
republicans.
Bert Wallace was killed, Walter
Allison is dying and three were
wounded in an election fight here
at Sassafras Bridge.
The fight started when Sam
Gloves, aged q, hurrahed for one
of the candidates for county judge.
Allison hurled beer bottle at him
and Cop Bradsher seized Allison,
Badly Johnson also getting into
the fight. Wallace drew pistol
and shot Allison, the bullet going
through his lung and telling him
to the floor. Young Cleves, who
started the fight by yelling for his
candidate, attempted to escape, but
as he ran out was shot through the
mouth, the bullet going through
the left side of the mouth and re-
sulting in knocking out three OF
four teeth.
Oscar Allison, seeing his brother
shot down by Wallace, ran for a
shotgun and shot Wallace, killing
him on the spot, but not before
Wallace fired several shots. One
shot hit Oscar Allison in the arm
making painful flesh wound.
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Hathcock, girl.

July 22-Mr. and Mrs. w. w.
Williams, girl.
July 22-Mr. and Mrs. Perry B.
Tippett, girl.
July 25-Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A.
Trantham, boy.
DEATHS.
July May C. Cook, aged "a,
tuberculosis.
July 2-Alice Elizabeth Kennish,
aged 40, cancer.
July 10-Zelma Pearl Ouggers,
aged IL months, tubercular menin-
gifts.
July 12-Lillie Gay Church,
aged SO, pellagra.
July 17-Jas. Calvin Batesman,
aged q, crushing injuries.
July 17-Mrs. Elizabeth Kirsch
aged so, cancer.
July 23-Basil Wilson Orr, aged
2, pneumonia.
July 27-Mrs. Eva Elkins, aged
80, abscess.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-08-13
DONATES COAL OIL
FOR TRACTOR ENGINE

Recently Rev, A. c. Cloyes, T.
c. Spain and w. T. Stedman,
members of the executive commit
tee of the automobile association of
this city, addressed a letter to the
Memphis branc hof the Standard
Oil Company, suggesting that the
company donate the crude oil used
in the tractor engine used for pull
ing the grader on the roads being
worked in this section. The com
pany was told that the roads now
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being worked are used by the
company's wagon in the distribution
of oil products from the local
plants. Replying to the request the
Memphis branch notified T. E.
Welsh, the local agent, to donate
one barrel of crude oil for each mile
of road worked under the direction
of the automobile association.
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To the Public.

Il feel that l owe the manufac-
turers of Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy word
of gratitude" writes Mrs. T, N.
whitehall, Wowanda, N. Y. "When
l began taking this medicine I was
ngreat pain and feeling terribly
sick, due to an attack of summer
complaint. After taking a dose OF
it l had not long to wait for relief
as it benefited me almost immedi-
ately." For sale by all dealers.
*tf
The weekly soliphone., 1915-08-13

Apply a cotton cloth wet with
.BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT to
all wounds, cuts, burns, sores or
blisters, and note its wonderful
healing power. 1t is prompt and
very effective. Price 25c, soc and
$500 per bottle, Sold by all drug
gists. rs
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-11


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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-11
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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-11
Public School Business Institution;
Dress Ought 70 Be Neat and Modest

the extreme of fashion she will be-
asked kindly TO change the mode OF
hair dressing and wear a different;
style of waist. Shout she come the
second morning hxed up In the same
way, she will he spoken TO again not
Quite SO pleasantly hut should she
disregard the second warning dis.
missal iii likely to come. i ii all busi.
ness offices there are unwritten laws
governing the mode nf tiresH To DO
desirable In an Ones. q girl must
wear waists that ara not SO abhreyi-
ated on the arms anu at the neck.
In the large stores east and west,
simple black gowns prevail.
Did Won know that $50 900, 900 IL
expended weekly in the United States
for woman's and ehildrenss clothes? /?
1t doesn' i seem possible s. With
the narrow skirts Wa have been wear
ling? That the subject Of dress has
become a Vital issue oss i Us but to
remember that tho General Fedora,
ton OF WpInen's GlSbs regarded itsof
sufficient Importance and realized
their help7essness on the subject when
last June In the Chicago convention
/ they passed q resolution lin favor of
simple, becoming and modest designs
In women's clothes Ever since the
man dressmaker was invented dress
has been the bane zof womankind and
|I am glad that women are not going
to allow this dSctation ifurther. al
least some Of them are not
But was talking Of dress Ii the
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-11
DRESS in THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

The woman who Is raising presi-
dents instead Of suffragists and antis3
ESCAPES all the trials which come with
the subject Dress in the Public
Schools. For it is assumed that hoys
wear the same styles In clothing,
with slight variation perhaps. regard
less OF the mandates of fashion So,
Mr.. Editor. in discussing this question
which of late has assumed such i'm
portance, shall confine my remarks
/ to dress in the public schools simply
as It affects the girls. t.Sl
The subject Of Dress in tie Public
Schools" bears a very close relation
to dress in the store, dress iii the Of
flee, or dress in public places, and 1T
is safe to say extremes in these DIFF
ferent places are very noticeable For
the public schools has been one to
the public schools has ben one to
cause much discussion. Especially Is
this SO at graduation time, when the
girls vie with each other to- see who
lishaH make the greatest display. The
result is tears and misery for the
|'girl who has a small pocketbook.
sfss I14ppalJ y LuIE HAS III ~ 1HRASuEe DGS0
!sdone away with, for some Of the high
Isehools. following after the system id
vogue In the colleges, have ruled that
leaps and gowns should substitute the
beribboned belaced and beruhied
graduation drass.''
We have talked on this question
ever since I was first on the school
hr,n ~ ufAN M u ~, :, Z. ). :. -,
days that we discussed having the
caps and gowns that we have today
Now. It lis ia we'll known fact thai
the modern equipped business once
va am speaking or cities) demanlif
LOT its young 1adies that they sha1l bs
modestly ana becomingly dressed.
1 have ID mind the Offices Of the Postum
Cereal Co, In my Old home at Battle
Greek Michigan. II d girl comes ts
the once attired Id thin ite wsgisl
low of neck and ,shoft of sIseye. WITH
too much false hair and that dung II
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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-11
GERMANS HOLDING
STUBBORNLY MILNE
ALLABOUT POLAND
Biggest Battle Of Present War
Said to Be Imminent
Near Warsaw
Use of y. s. Flag by British Ship is
Causing Much International
Discussion.

No decisive result in any section of
the theater Of war has been noted
during the past week.
According to London admissions, ii
appears that the Russian army in the
Carpathian region has been forced to
give way and has moved backward to
some exent.
Successes and defeats here and
htere have been announced, but ii
does not seem that either side has
gained Or lost anything decisiyely in
the main.
Claim Heavy German Loss.
The Petrograd reports indicate that
the belief prevails among the Russian
commanders that the German loss IN
J the region of Warsaw during the pasl
week has been enormous, approaching
a half million in killed, wounded and
!, captured. Ss
While It Is admitted that the fight
4 ing In Poland has been EXCEPTIONAL,
severe, the Germans do not concede
any such loss, and claim that while
their forces ii some respects ma,
have been temporarily checked thl
contention III that the general move
ment against the Russian lines hal
mot been seriously interfered With
SNOW and Cold.
Snow and cold weather are having
/ an effect upon the fighting on botl
sides and serve sas handicap TO til,
movements Of the troops.
But the intimation is given out tha.
80 big battle pom 4 larger scale THAI
any heretofore fought during th,
present war is imminent.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-11
u. s. Food Ships.

Washington, %. C.The German
embassy declared III statement is
sued yesterday IN regard to the de-
cree placing the waters around the
British Isles In the war zone, that
Germany does not intend to modest
sor seize American vessels laden with
sfoodstuffs for the Civilian population
sof enemy countries.
Although, according to well I'M
sderstood and universally accepted us
ages of warfare, naval vessels are
perfectly justified IN destroying mer-
chantmen Of the enemy, the German
government now sees at to issue
simply q general reminder to that eff
feet, stating the actual radius of OPP
erations Of the German submarines.
The warning may also be taken as
in the nature OF an answer to the
offer of prize OF H 500, made in
Great Britain for the first British
merchant ship that should succeed in
ramming and sinking a German sub
marine, an offer calculated to revive
the long-aband doned practice Of priv
altering 1, 4
No Reply Vet.
The state department today had re-
cefyed no reply from Ambassador
Gerard yesterday to the inquiry sent
to him yesterday by wireless asking
for the precise text and effect of the
German order. Neither had the Ger.
man Embassy here received IT official
".
s5 Chevaiier Van Rappard, Minister
from the Netherlands, conferred with
Acting SecrefaTy sing ut the state
department. He said he had no in.
structions from his government as vet
and was simply preparing himself to
report, when called upon, the prob
able attitude OF the United States
government toward Gern1any.s action.
1t appeared that the minister's pur.
Z pase was to ascertain, for his own
government the likelihood of q pro.
test BY the Uaifed States
Unless the United States receives
officially the information II is asking
from Berlin there will be no announce
4 ment Of Its course. b Il
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-11

FIGHTINGSTILL ADRAW|

tania arrived on Queenstown late
yesterday.
she cruised OFF the irish port forl
two hours and, without picking up q 4
pilot, is is usually done, proceededl
for Liverpool at full speed, arriving
at the Mersey channel at day break,
with the Stars and Stripes still flying
TWO American Flags Hoisted q
According to statement by Wifli
Irwin, an American writer, the Lusi-
tania carried the regulation large AM
erican flag at her stern, with a small
American flag and mall pennant at
the forepeak.
Former United States Senator La
Fayette Young, another passenger,
while he did not personally see the
flag flying, said 1t was accepted as a
fact by all on board
No Formal Statement
While the British foreign office has
received no official sadvices concern
ing a report current in shipping cir
3cles That the CunaId line steamship
Lusitania flew the American flag on
entering Liverpool this morning, and
will make no formal statement until
the matter is presented in definite!
form, a prominent British official to-
day said that inasmnch as the British.
government grants ships Of other ma
tiDns the privilege Of using the Union
Jack JAG. lo escape capture, It naturally
Ieels that q smllar privilege would be
granted 70 lts ships 1in q similar eI-i
ereency 81
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May Ask Explanation.
washington. D. q though nf,ie-
ials had received nd renorf az tI,a
use Of the American nag ~ tha Brit-
night that an inquiry into the inci-
cent might Deg made. Until full IN
formallon is received comment was
reserved, but ltsHWas reg egarded az not
1niaAsely tnals NE oocu currence aypnld
luTnlsn ~ 2 OASIS Ior daecussingg the an
}ssire subject s0I the use ~ neutral hags
Ply belitgerent merc chantmen on ac-
count .cf the g harge TO that effect
made IA the German a1mirAa % state
a -. : \.
4 ss $500
ne rules OF lnternationaI law are
iscsear - taat eacn laticn has the
Iignt 20 sdeternlne for 1tseH the con
ailions under which fts nag may be
| sDestoWed On 2 vessel Some author
aLles noio that the assumption Of the
nag aoI a$gDoreign state without Its
tnorizatlon is considered as svio-
iaIlon oI international law, as De.
! VICE polh Iroudnient ana INJURIOUS to
/ tne honor OF tne state. Both the
1 sta.e Hnose nag IS wrongfully used
Ano Ie, .l that n regard 70 which the use
9. 9. me Iaise nag ls made nave sthe
a.esnt !o saemano tne punishment ct
the guilty parties.
| Pages Report.
Z, i % ssaanr I 81 m 8 81 s,,. spors ilol
Ihoisting 81 the American fiac n,, m
Igunarder Lusitania while croasine
i the irish sea was expecfed hers ,sst,s m
aay and pending its arrival there were
4 no ofIicial staten entg a. hsw fI,e An.
erican government regarded the Incl.
4 dent.
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- also Was eAPscleu N q onlciaa ills 3
aalssfs .nae .ne hIa.lsn aamlralty
ssa.sihenL on .ne lnc1dent might come
eo Ihe sta1e aepaTtment laier ~ the
NJ NJ -, :, a ulllcisaa cs,l
s,a @ ssss.,l s.a.l sne Iss
other flag than its own but specifically
pIovlas q ait must =. &c nauled down ana n
sns snlp : e lshag Must Pc noisteo
psaole 4, 8 sllOt is nere a!e IS
Il hiAH lnCiuSuta; II La w 6-f IllSIOTy L ~
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-11


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ss n = as w. ss s aS ,sos. q ~ sle n, a. 4
islaye to fashion means e be 4 slave e
~ T,,;n na - 81 ss,o.gaa q = y NE
enough
me public schools of today should
have some of the same rules that
ar 81 eIr,ss s. schools n They make sl i tiissinc-
ton between common every day
u po ,, nna arris si,as
ft sifwn 4 tbere Ina rules forbid them d
make M & 4 show how i,irirg school hours
take QUE z III salnls scnool 81
sioux fails. liowing oul Iile saae
adea lt says 1o sne ples pesllVe sl,, !,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-11
lordered aFIaa UP 1


The deception was aided by ssaae
fact that the GharIe Ieston was similar
in appearance To the II Iapanese cruiser
Naniwa
II the aufharities of international
law and the manual IA uRe at the
naval war college dllst the me Of
other fiags on warsh fpas