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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09

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we bear in mind that a SIS, 900, 00o
dreadnaught becomes q more worth
less, floating hulk the minute her
ammunition is exhausted is il any
wonder that the powers that be at
Washington are most concerned about
the main chance" in munitions That
is why the loud cry to Congress is
for a bigger Preserve" of large shells
and other munitions that require
mont hs to manufacture.
The Army. alika to tho Navy, has
some busy little cXpcTincuters who
are always going after connecting
new" in the ammunition line ard the
best of these inventive. sharks have
not been Nrcd by tho offers OF fancy
salaries made by the managers of
private munition plants. l2ocently--.
to illustrate the. tircess effort - the
military experts al the I'rHNkford Ar
scnal haNa- conduct - experiments and
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09
Our Military and Naval
Establishments Have
Their Own Powder
Plants - Making Shot
and She'll Testing Gun
Charges Under Exact
mo Conditions.
No Conditions.
nv WALDON FAWCETT.

- may or may not be true, as the
old adage argues that money
makes the mare go, but there IS
no question that it is ammunition
hat nuts pep" in preparedness. 1t
e the supreme essential nation
with plenty Of powder might make
,ombs of tomato cans and do deadly
,xecution, but nation with guns and
no shot and shell-perish the thought.
As the people Of the United States
have been brought face to face with
he issue Of preparedness" it has
rradually dawned upon many persons
who never thought of it that way be-
fire. that in the event Of war it would
be vastly more important for Uncle
gam to. have an ample reserve supply
NJ ammunition in. his magazines than
hulk of gold coin in his strong boxes.
Uncle Sans credit might be good if
he hadn't the coin to pay cash for his
nurchases, but 1t requires time to man.
ufacture ammunition.
r1ncic Sam in the Munitions Business.
Aside from the paramount consid-
Grafton Of laying by some extra am
muntion for a noisy day the most in
teresting feature of the present sit
nation is that which discloses Uncle
Sam looming up in the role of am
munition maker. Incidentally, this
angle has direct bearing on tho most
hotly contested point in the dispute
over preparedness. The citizens Of
the republic who don't be;:e.e ir lay
ing out vast sums in preparation for
war will tell you, the minute corver-
sation on the subject starts. tEot thie
whole preparedness agitation has been
engineered by the AIn ericac firms that
manufs ctur. munitions.
Nov the interesting question IS as to
what these ready debatefs will say
when 1t comes about tina. Uncle Sam
Is in a posit;uS to manufacture all
his ow "handlo with care" supplies.
Within few months now the T.. S.
Navy Department will have completed
extensions G: its great plant az Indian
Head. Maryland. or tEc Potomac river
thu. vii! pia CO II in & position to man.
ntscsH~c al the powtlc~ ncet,cd for
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09

our Warships. The Government has a
lusty infant industry" in torpedo
manufacture: new projectile factories
are proposed if Congress will loosen
the purse strings
Big Saving in Cost.
Thrift is an influence that is push
ing the Government into the field of
ammunition making. Here is grain
OF comfort for the taxpayer who does
not believe that the way to preserve
peace is to be prepared for war. At
any rate he can have the consolation
of knowing that just in SO far as Uncle
Sam makes his own war material will
money be saved to the public that
pays. over any plan of purchasing in
the open market In proof OF the
economy IF Government ammunition
making, take the case Of powder
Just before the outbreak of the
Spanish American war the Govern
ment was paying the fancy price Of 81
per pound for all its smokeless DOW
der and during and after our brush
with Spain we paid so to IS cents q
pound to the private companies from
which the supply was obtained In the
face of continual protests. approach
ing g public scandal, the price grad
i,ally went down to SO cents. Then
Congress made thorough investiea-
ton and as q result fixed SIS cents per
FOUND as. ali the Government would
pay. This past yea. Uncle Sam has
been making smokclcss powder at In
diaE Head--not a sparse quantity but
q total of nearly 100000 pounds--a!
cost of less than 25 cents per pound
AS a matter of fact the brief his
tory of the indian Head ammunition
plant is the one big object lesson that
is encouras sing Uncle Sam to take up
tho manufacture c: Gil sorts of war
munitions. 1t was only in 1900 that
the Government 5cc"n TO make DOW
De- at the establishment on tha lower
= .Jrl"c a'li til ~ :, o., - N'tr,, IT,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09
CIRCUIT Court. IN
RECESS TILL MONDAY
Continuance Of jenkins Murder Cases
Leaves Docket Clear for the
Week.

With the trial of the Jcnk rs
murder cases postponed until April
TO- tie criminal docket shows blank
for the remainder of his week, and
Circuit Judge w. b. Sorrells yester-
day ordered a recess until Monday.
The case Of T. S. Bradbury, accused
of the murder OF p. G. jenkins on De-
cemEer 26, 1915, and that Of Mrs. p.
G. Jenkins, charged with being Access
stSry to murder, were Sc, for trial yes
tcrday and the remainder of thu week
allotted for proceedings, as the srial
OF cases are expected to occupy sew
cral days.
The Bradbury case was continued to
April 10 at the request of the de-
fel.1ant's attorney, r. l.. Rogers of
Little Rock. whose daughter is re-
Ic.tcd critically ill. The rial OF Mrs
Jenkins was referred at the request
of the prosecuting attorney, who
thinks public interest will best be
served by placing Bradbury On trial
first.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09
A CLEAR CONSCIENCE.

There once was an Irishman. who
went into Il rcstaulan, on Friday in
Lent and seating himself at a table
said to the waiter, Bring me a
whale!'
Tne waiter told him that they were
Just out of whales.
Thin wing me a shark"
The waiter replied that they were
not serving sharks today.
"'Thin bring me a jclly-fish.'
Tho waiter responded that ielly-fish
was not on the bill of fare.
Thin bring me a COED, big beef
steak; lor the saints n hiven know
I've tried hard enough TO got fish! -
Fun and Frolic. in Peoples Hons
Journal for March.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09
He Spoke Right Up.

1T is said" he remarked, reflective
iy, that women's hands are growing
larger" "Well?' she returned, inquir-
ingly. "Yes,".h asserted. "And the
worst of it is that there is every l;keli'
hood that this tendency will continue,
"Yes?'' she said, in the same inquiring
tone YES" he repeated. "You see,
driving, and golf, and tennis, and other
sports that women have recently taken
up are responsible for it," I'm that
CASE" she said. with a glance at her
own dainty hands, you'd better speak
quickly if you want small one" He
realized that it was the opportunity o.
q lifetime, and he spoke promptly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09
N MS, Elizabeth G oss, Ann e Klic,
Let-ie McGehee, Katie SIMS Leah Le-

~ us, EliGabcti G oss, Ann e Klic
Lot-ie McGehee, Katie SIMS Leah Le-
VINO.
Four As: Elizabeth Flinn, Dorathy
Davis Edna Thain. Josephine Martin,
Nran5es Howell, walter Maloch, VIII
leene Alexander. Dorothy Pritchard,
sylvia Rosenzweig, Hannah Levine,
Emily Russell. All e Norris. Julian
Cross, Lawrence Knox, Herbert
Bluth nth2l, Virginia Crutc.lcr,
Lucic- Guest.
Five AS: Flora Levine, ethel Wood
ward, Bernard Simon. Adele Bluthen-
thal, Bessie Nerla Wells, Eugenia
IIzell, Martha Whelan.
Pupils who made four or five AS
for the entire first half of the ses-
sion, an onvia bic record, are Flora
and Hannah Levine, Sylvia Rosen-
zweie, Bessie Merle Wells Lynn
Kooncc, Adele Bluthenthal, Elizabeth
Cross, l.yra Mac Shaw. r7S
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09
FOR Girl.
ASK her INDICTMENT
Fort Worth Grand jury Reluctant I,
indict Catherine Harrison, VINO
Killed Retr8yer. IA.

Fc-t Worth, Texas, March Sin
dictmcnts against Charles Harrison,
nephew CT senator Charles A. Culber-
sGn. and his 15-year-ola VIE EMhcT-
inc Harrison, for the murder OF w. T..
Warren, rcoming house proprietor,
VIII be demanded of ''he grand jury,
when II reconvones tomorrow, ac-
corsling to attorneys fer the couple
Mrs. Harrison killed Warren De
cembe" %. IT is not believed that tho
grand jury will voluntarily return an
Indictment against Mrs. Harrison,
who said she killed Warren because
he had commits ed a criminal assault
upon her. Attorneys for the Hargi-
sons desire an Indictment so that the
two can be tried 4nd acquitted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09
5: E:sc..5N0CSxs HGsRTCeR ROLLS.
plAE Esgi1fF HIGH.

Neth;Dg below y in f1ur studies ::
r. sse wilkins, Annie Laura Williams,
Harry Smith. FL zahctil Henry. imo-
aene Alexander, HAITI Little Marsa
re- Brewster, Elsie RoCbucH. Eunjce
Heyburn, Ruth Westail, Gertrude
Dar, Sarita Strauss. Dc, is Smith
Hazel Ccrnmesser. Frances Andrews,
Christine puddeQhe t. Esther Benton,
yra Mae Shaw. Ruth ieffcoat, Lynn
NConCe. Corrine smart, Alene Alex
arder, p anc l-and, Alice Park r,
Willie VI. iioppcr. Isabel Woodward
Frances Lake Amanda Brann2n, Bes
sic Eiaenkramor, Ruby McGaughy,
Lucille Johnson, Marie Atkinson
Mgnly Goodwin, ice Hardin, Chaunc-
ey Olcott Raymond Sage, Emm Il
Sanders, jce Gould, Ed Hudson, Nor
man SIN III, Harold Rutstein, Cha3.
We'll .lno. Willeford. Henry p. Jones.
ga Iehnar, ice Mccain, Elton Nose
ly. Sibyl Dixon.
THEE AS: ed Russell Willie
Rayne, Louis Bran, Milo T5dstrom,
Fmcgenc Griffin, Mary FOX, Kathleen
Caller. Leona Royse, Duncan An
drews, Mary Anderson. Ollie Bess
Smith, Annie b. Ezell, Pearl Free
III yer, Pearl Branch, Lucille Sln,'
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09

of acid have boosted the price-ac-
count of the way. you isnow. same as
tea and tires---from three cents per
pound to nearly seven cents per pound.
Whereupon our Federal powder
makers have gotten busy With the re-
suit that they have discovered that
they can manufacture their own acid
at q co4t Of cents per pound or less
ana car, i'll one year. save the Govern
ment moro than iOrc-third of a mil
lion dollars OF enough to install The
acid making plant. ESQ.,
parallel case is found IN torpedo
manufacture. bat how tho Government
i: making its own torpeGoes at the
rae Of more than four hundred a year
would male a whole story IN itself,
Tho manufacture Of mines. 100, mines
Of both thc anchored and tactical tyres
IS an intcrcsting side line" in the
Eco WI 'nnl>,t'.ns il.Ii! t.. Rat whoa
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09

ausurated on a comparatively modest
scale. Yet, at present, this modern
mandatory, thanks to appropriations
by the last Congress. is in a position
to meet the powder calls of the Navy
and may still further be "speeded up"
II 1t is decided to spend as proposed
this year the sum of $4,000, 900 for re-
serve munitions But for all this
achievement, Thomas A. Edison, the
famous inventor. and an earnest advo-
cate Of peace, said. after IL recent visit
to Indian Head that he would favor
doubling tho caracity Of the big Fed
eral powder mill
No Longer "a Novice.
Ever hear of all acid test? Well,
here goes for a story of one that
proves that Uncle Sam if not vet en-
titled to rank as a veteran in amlnu-
milton manufacture is no longer in
the apprentice class. Mined acid is
one of the essentials III the manu-
factu.c Of smohc1ce3 powder Uncle
Sam has been buying his ;;Ciu in The
open ,0:,rl-e:. I.atti.- tho nurNc: o..
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09
Gum Traoacanth.

The various species Of Astragalus,
known in Persia as "kevin," from
which gum tragacanth is obtained.
grow on the mountain ranges which
surround the Persian plain. The
bushes producing the gum grow to a
height Of two feet. In the spring.
when the sap rises, a part. of the
branches are cut away, thereby allow
ing the sap to flow out, which coagu.
lates within few hours on the sur
face of the stalk.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09
TO KEEP YOUR SKIN
FREE FROM HAIRS
(Beautv Top csj

IT you are willing to spend a flew
minutes time in your rocm using u
delatone paste, you can easily Danish
any ugly, hairy growth without dis
comfort or injury. The paste is made
by m King some water with little
powdered delatone. This is then
spread ever the Hairy surface ami
after about minutes rubbed Off and
the SIX n washed. You will not be
disappointed with this treatment. pro-
vidin8 YOU get real Celatone
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09
Y. NJ. c. 4. HIKE.

A camera hike of 10 or IL miles
will he enjoyed by the boys of the
Y. NJ. c. A.. Saturday, under direction
OF Physical Director c. A. Won Har-
ten. The boys are expected to brins
their cameras. and the party will
leave the "Y'' building at S:15 a. m.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09

threc-q quarter million dollars In max
ing more than II million pounds oil
cannon powder and 5000 pounds OF
high explosive.
The pride of our war officials lust
now is tho new plant at the Waterfowl
Arsenal for the manufacture of arm
or-piercing projectiles for scacoasi
guns and mortars. Here the chiot
output is 12-inch deck piercing pro-
jectiles but just TO show it's versatility
the establishment also turns out upon
demand mobile artillery shells, shrap-
mel cases and target practice proiec-
tiles-this last an important class OF
munitions that must be used up at a
rapid rate In time of peace If the men
behind the guns are to make good In
time of war. A nifty little specially
that is being produced at WATERFOWL
is the might tracer which can be
attached to the shrapncl ammunition
for 3-inch field guns and which in
action serves to indicate to the gum
ners what they are doing when firing
at night.
Hand Grcuadcs and AcropIane Guns.
Newspaper readers who have been
thrilled with accounts of all the new
tangled forms of ammunition that
have been introduced this past couple
of years in the Old World need not
worry but what Uncle Sam is right
up-t date in turning out the latest
fashions in munitions from his own
plants. At Frankfort Arsenal, for ex-
ample, much work has been done this
past twelvemonth in the production of
hand grenades. light bombs (for IL
Elimination in the event of night at
tacks), etc. And while Yankee in
genui.y has been exercised to devise
special types of guns for shooting
down hostile aircraft, our busy little
ammunition makers have been stor-
ing up for future use 1.-THE best ever"
bombs TO be dropped from aeroplanes
flying the Stars and Stripes. Nor Is 1t
any secret that ut Frankfort singular
success has been attained with bombs
nnanufa atnrc1 from shrapEcl cases.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09

es!ed, sand found much that was in
s;ructite in the several talks maze
eidaN.
A numbsr Of ent9rta nments arc
being worked mo the conferen g as
ccurtcsics for the visiting girls. local
telephone operators an! ether >mcs
helping out in this direction The
big social feature will be the luncl.
con his evening, al the Hotel Pines,
which VII bring the conference to it's
clCSo
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09
Should Remember soft Pedal.

The New Yorker who has had an
old grand piano transformed into a
spacious writing desk may properly
be expected to keep his foot on the
soft pedal if he finds it urgent to COM
pose letters of the sort that so often
get into court when that contraption
is not firmly pressed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09
Getting the child's Point Of View.

One OF the cOmmonest reasons Tor
our failure to get along with young
children, and for our failure to get
the most out Of them, is our attempt
to understand their actions in terms
Of our own maturer motives and vel
ues. Or, rather, there is generally no
attempt to understand at all, merely
. measuring and criticizing on the
assumption that their reasons" for
doing things are similar to our own.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09
FINED FOR FIGHTING.

Willie Phillips, negro, charged with
fighting with another negro, was
tried before Justice Of the Peace c.
g. Brewster yesterday and was tined
81 and costs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09

Former Police Judge Fred IssrlS
was here yesterday from Little ROCK
Judge Isgrig will assist Prosecutlns
Attorney Tom Parham in the prosecu-
zion of the Jenkins case.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09
TO ERECT HOME.

A two-story brick veneer residence,
to cost about $4,000. is to be erected
at Fifteenth avenue and Main street
by Contractors Mcdaniel & Brasse]l.
for Judge Fl. D. Palmer, who recently
removed to Pine Bluff with his family.
from Star City Architect Mitchell
Selligman prepared the plans.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09
"lust 1iektsd..

The Atchison Globe vouches for the
small boy, who, returning from . nrst
dental experience, WIS asked, did II
hurt and replied, no, he just
ttckied my teeth with bis little auto
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-11-21
AN APPEAL TO COM
MUNITY LOYALTY

1t viii not be long now until the
holiday shopping will be in full
swing, and before it opens we wish
to have few words with our fell
low citizens on the question of how
and where this holiday money is to
be spent
Are you going to patronize the
mail order houses this year as per-
haps many of you did last yearf
Or are you going to, if necessary,
even make a slight sacrifice and
stick to home people2
Whence came the money that
you are intending to send to that
mail order concern? Did it come
from the city in which that con-
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-11-21

man has any right to be disloyal to
his community. Deprive any man
entirely of community support and
he becomes parish-worse than a
Robinson Crusoe, for he is among
his kind but not of them. What
loneliness could be more terrible?
If, then, you are thus dependent
on your neighbors and friends, do
you not owe them an equal allie
glance? Are they to consult your
interests while you ignore theirs?
This were ingratitude of the basest
sort.
just suppose, you patron of the
mail order house, ,that for period
of twelve months every citizen of
your county, followed your example
and did all of his trading away
from homer What condition would
your county be in? Would there
be solvent merchant in it? Not
one. What of your schools, your
churches, and all the civilizing in
situations of our land2 They might
still survive if you bare all the ex-
pense-nOt otherwise.
Think seriously of these things,
YOU patron of the mail order house.
Realize that if you have the right
to deprive your community of your
money, all your neighbors have
equal right-then imagine the con-
sequences.
Don't be an migrate If you
have dollar to spend, spend it at
home. Thus it stays and works in
the only spot on Gods earth in
which YOU are interested. Send it
away and it is gone forever.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-11-21

wave for prohibition. Could they
have realized ten years ago that if
they conducted their business in ac-
cord with the law, sold liquor as
other merchants sell their goods,
refrained from participation in pol
itics as an organized body, unbound
by party convention or party ale
glance, and controlled only by their
own interests, they might have
stopped the oncoming wave.
1t is now some ten or twelve
years since The Herald first mott
fed the liquor men of Kentucky
that they were facing certain, even
though somewhat delayed, prohibi-
ton, if they continued their course.
They injected themselves into every
question; they opposed the grant
ing of suffrage to women in school
elections, because they looked upon
it as the first step towards equal
suffrage; they required of every
public man and of every newspaper
absolute subserviance or else
threatened the man or the paper
with their dire vengeance, and with
destruction if it lay within their
power to satiate their vengeance to
its fullest desire.
In each election one or more
states is added to the prohibition
column. Each election adds to the
territory in which it is illegal to sell
liquor under any circumstances.
Virginia went dry on the first Of
November; West Virginia was al
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-11-21

Germ is located? Not by long
shot. If you are a farmer it is the
product of the soil. What soil?
Why, the soil of YOUR COMMUN-
ITY. Now you, as a practical far
mer, know full well the results of
the ruinous practice of taking
everything from your land and re-
turning nothing to it. You know
that this practice must sooner or
later impoverish your soil and des-
troy Your source of income.
Can't you realize that in sending
your money away from home you
are doing to the community just
what you would not think of doing
to your farm-robbing it of its pro-
ductive power? You certainly are.
Every dollar sent away from your
community robs it of just that
much of its power for good.
But perhaps you are not a far
mer, but a mechanic, or trader.
Then the responsibility rests even
more heavily upon you to keep your
money in the home channels of
trade, because all of it came from
the hard earnings of your neigh
bors and friends, and you have no
right to deprive the community of
the good it can do if circulated
therein.
Yes, we can say no right. No
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-11-21

ready dry; Tennessee is a prohibi-
ton state. To the South, to the
West, and now to the Northwest
there are dry territories separated
by oceans of wet. But as there is
an influence emanating from each
state, as such State as Michigan,
with Detroit the most rapidly grow
ing city in the United States be-
comes dry, so does the momentum
of the prohibition wave increase.
AS we indicated four years ago
that both parties would include in
their national platform a plank in
favor of equal suffrage for women,
so now we predict that four years
from now, at least one and prob
ably both parties will include in its
platform a plank favoring national
prohibition. And if but one party
includes such a plank that party
will win the next acknowledging
ton Herald.