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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-07
BOYS THROW SCARE
WITH SAND BAG BOMB
Crashes Into New York Car
With Force Enough to
Kill

NEW YORK, Oct. THE sandbag
bomb" which was hurled from the twenty
nird-story window of a skyscraper upon an
eevated train near Rector and Church
streets today, causing a panic among scores
Of passengers. was traced to two little boys,
who had playfully dropped It.
cty-wide search had been instituted by
ue police. who thought this 20 be a new
end dangerous method of attacking trains
On tho part Of striking carmen or sym
pathizers.
cloth bag. filed with wet sand. crushed
nIousn the train roof with the effective
nsss Of bomb and would have Instantly
killed any ono II struck.
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chickcns would not be - fsr 4u1< f|o>1
homo unless they had been cntic@1 A.
Dave was nearest 10 them. the cop naih>r>1
up the chickens and Dave too. and took IN
three before Magistrate Harris
Il gifts blamed fer all der chick;n fruhhI1
'rouh dis nayborhood." said Dave. FAN 40
you know i don, know nufin' bout A. n
chickens foiiah~me. am suah can't
help H."
The Judge said that proximity 70 chickenr
did not necessarily mean theft. and Dave
was given another chance.
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You cannot always Judge man by the
company he II IN. Dave Brown says
sheep II liable 10 get mixed IN with wolves
without knowing their identity.
IL seems that Brown. who Is rather a
voiumlnous negro. has an unfortunate habit
of getting mixed up with chickens which
roost near his home AZ Fifty-seventh and
Market streets, There are some persons In
that neighborhood who insinuate there
would be more chickens In that district "
Dave didn't live there.
on the other hand. Dave contends that he
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Killed by p. and r. Freight

Antonio De Rosa forty-three years old.
OF 346 East Price street. was struck and
killed today by n southbound freight train
at the Chelten Avenue Station of the Phil
adelphia and Reading Railway, German.
town. De Rosa, who was a stone mason
is said to have run under the safety gates
and directly in tho path of the train. He
was taken In tho patrol OF the German
town Police Station TO the Germantown
Hospital. where he died n few minutes
later.
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Priests Body Found in Pool

NORTH EASToN. Mass, Oct THE
body OF the Rev. Stephen G. MacGlll. curate
OF the Church OF the Immaculate Concep-
tion, was found today In swimming pool.
He had placed his clothing on the bank.
Father MacGill. who apparently had been
in the best OF health. was twenty-eight
years old and came here from Fall River.
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Woman Dies in Ninety.fifth Year

POTTSvILLE. Pa. Oct. Mrs.
Amanda M. Foster. wife Of the late Thomas
Foster, died last night in her ninety-nfth
year. She was native Of Sunbury. but
for seventy-four years was a resident OF
this city. Thomas J. Foster. former presi-
dent Of the International Correspondence
Schools. Is n son.
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on NAN DIES IN AUTO SMASH
-Four Others Injured When Car Crashes
Into Cliff

rniE' Pa, Oct q. = c. p. Henley.
<n retired oil man, was killed and
49,. we're injured. two possibly fatally.
!. ,neir automobile swerved into a cliff
NJ snsfp curve at Gulf hin on the state
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1916-12-21
FARM DEMONSTRATION DEPARTMENT
by J.. Bentley

The ArkansanS report that they
found the managers on this big place
advocating and actually putting in
to practice the established princi-
Piles of good farming. For example
they say every plantation is
required to produce sufficient feed
for that place. Each negro tenant
has garden, a potato patch and
two pigs for meat and many OF
them have cows for milk and but
ter. A general pasture is provided
on each of the fifteen places for
the tenants cows. While this
large plantation has large gen
eral supply store, the managers
realize that with high prices OF
foodstuffs the tenants must make a
large part of the living at home il
they are to prosper. Let's profit by
the example set by these business
men on big plantations. Grow your
own feed, your own food, and then
you need not be afraid of cotton
Talk it over with your county
agent.
TO SAVE ARKANSAS MEAT.
One thousand hogs were killed
at the University of Arkansas State
Serum Plant In November to pro
vide serum with which to save many
thousands of hogs for Arkansas
farmers. On Thanksgiving day
alone two hundred hogs were kill
ed to secure blood filled with chol-
era germs to pump into other hogs
and hyper-immunize them. These
extra highly -immunized hogs later
will be killed and their blood will
become the serum with which tC
protect other hogs from cholera
Two hundred hogs killed on Thanks
giving day will save the meat fol-
many Arkansas families who, there
fore, will have more reason for Civ
ing thanks next November.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1916-12-21
Sensible Farming Is
John H. Pages Text

Little Rock. Dec. 11.-Sensible
farming is the interesting topic
discussed by Agricultural Commits
sioner Page in his letter to the
farmers of Arkansas, issued Monday.
Mr. Page says:
Sensible farming includes the
same principles as sensible business.
A good merchant once said that
goods we'll bought are half sold, y
That means that it is the best bust
ness for the merchant to buy de-
pendable goods as cheap as posi-
BILE. The next step is to keep down
the running expenses. The same
principles apply on the farm. 1t
is good business for the farmer to
make the most dependable crop as
cheap as he can, and to keep down
expenses. That crop may be cot
ton, apples, peaches, cantaloupes
sweet potatoes, strawberries or wa
termelons. At all events it pays to
begin now and prepare the land
by breaking deep and blowing un-
der what is on the land, and getting
in shape to put on all the manure
he can in the spring. Whatever
the money crop may be, let it be re-
membered that the main items OF
expense on the farm are living eX-
penses for the family, the hired
hands and the live stock. A mer-
chant is a poor business man if he
lets his expenses exceed his profits
and a farmer is a poor farmer if he
allows his expenses for food anc
feed to exceed the cost of produc
ton
Here are a few prices of things
thatare both produced and copsum
Cd on tho farm
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1916-12-21
TWO MORE PARDONED.

Little Rock, Dee. 15.-By proc
lamation Governor Hays has reduc-
ed the sentence of Tom Mccarthy,
a young Mississippi county man,
convicted Of killing his fathers
slayrc near Osceola q few months
ago, from p to five years. Nc
Clarity was found guilty Of second
degree murder. Among those sign
ing the petition for full pardon
are the foreman and nine members
of the trial jury.
Fred Emerson was relieved of a
$50 fine imposed on him by the
Hot Springs circuit court for boot
logging, and c. W. Parker Of Gar
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1916-12-21
Pardon Mill Is
Working Overtime

Little Rock, Dec 15.-Gov. Hays
yesterday RENTED fines amounting
TO $500 and $36 criminal tax as
3ossed against Sidney H. Mayer,
former clerk at the Stiff jcwelry
store, Tuesday in the Pulaski cir
cult court, and restored him to cit
i2onship. Mayer pleaded guilty to
~ charges of petit larceny A petit
ton filed in his behalf said that he
is not a vicious man, but had been
led astray by drink; that he has a
family to support and an offer of
work
The sentence of one years inn
prisonmcnt for bootlegging against
Walter Whcatley of Garland coun-
ty, which was imposed Wednesday
was suspended until December 20.
Mack Shuttlesworth of Johnson
county, fined 500 for violation
of the fish and game law was re
lioyed of fine of sos. A letter
filed in his behalf showed that his
wife was suffering from tuberculo-
sis, and that he is a poor man.
Mrs. s. Vandamme of Saline coun-
ty was relieved of $25 fine for
Sabbath breaking. Papers in her
case were to the effect that she had
been fined on the testimony of boys
who alleged that they had bought
wine from her on Sunday, but that
she had sold them grape juice, and
the sale was made on Saturday.
Thomas Thornton of Garland
county, sentenced to two years,
and Fred Woodland of Crawford
sentenced to one year for grand
larceny, were pardoned.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1916-12-21
House Committee
Favors Prohibition

Washington, Dec. 15.-Nation-
wide prohibition took a long stride
toward congressional consideration
yesterday when the house judiciary
committee Unexpectedly voted to
recommend adoption of the propos
ed constitutional amendment to for
bid the manufacture and sale of
liquor beverages in the United
champions of the amendment had
not expected favorable action 50
soon from the committee, which at
the last session voted to postpone
its consideration indefinitely.
How far the resolution will pro-
gress through the various legisla-
tive stages of this congress is prob
lematical and administration lead
ers doubt that it will reach the
senate in time for action at this
session Prohibition advocates how
ever, predict ultimate adoption of
the resolution and it's reference to
the various state legislatures at a
much earlier date than they here
tofore had hoped for A two-thirds
majority in both houses is required.
The prohibition issue also was
brought directly to the attention of
the senate, when the Sheppard bill
to prohibit the manufacture and
sale of liquor in the District of Co
lumbia became the unfinished bust
ness OF be kept before the senate
until disposed Of AS an amendment
to this bill Senator Underwood has
proposed referendum to the male
voters of the district. Senator
Kern of Indiana has added pro
posal that women also should par
ticipate in the referendum.
Sentiment in the senate for and
against the referendum appears to
be closely divided, with vote on
the subject expected within a day
or two.
Discussion of the Sheppard bill
afforded opportunity for comment
on the proposed amendment, sever
al senators, among them Sheppard,
Vardaman and Owen, predicting
triumph for the cause of nation
wide prohibition in the near future.
Hardly anyone doubted last night
that prohibition will be a dominant
| legislative issue before the new 66th
congress if the constitutional
amendment does not reach vote
this winter.
In the house, before the amend
ment can be taken up for consid-
Grafton, special rule must be
adopted, giving it a right of way,
Representative Webb, chairman of
the judiciary committee, will ask
Cor such a rule early in January
and endeavor to press the resolu-
ton to an early vote.
Seven members of the judiciary
committee voted against reporting
The prohibition amendment. They
were Gard, Ohio; Dyer and Igoc
Missouri; Graham and Steel, Penn
Isylvania Walsh, Massachusetts, ant
Danforth of New York. Represen
tative Eliza Williams of Illinois anC
Carlin of Virginia, who were OPP
posed to the resolution at the las
Isc3sion, voted this time to recon-
mend it's adoption.
President Wilson was urged late
yesterday by the Rev. Clarence T
Wilson. representing the Methods
conference board, to use his influ
ence with congress to prohibit thu
use of the mails for the sending o
liquor advertisements by unlicense'
liquor dealers. An effort is bein}
made to have such provision in
cludcd in the current postoffice bill
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1916-12-21
PLANTERS STUDYING FARM
MANAGEMENT.

Nineteen Arkansas planters &C
companied by agricultural extension
workers last week visited the 49,
000 acre plnatation of the Missis-
sippi Delta Planting Company at
Scott Miss, to study the system of
farm management This large plan
tation with 10000 acres in cultiva-
ton is subdivided into fifteen sub
plantations of from 10000 to $500
acres. Each sub-plantation has a
manager and five of the larger ones
have assistant managers. All are
responsible to one general manager
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1916-12-21
(From Mondays Daily Press)

(From Mondays Daily PreSS)
Mrs. Ohio Newsom and little
daughter, Frances, are i'll with
measles.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Bishop of
Hooker were visitors in the city
this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Cox, residing
on South Sixth street, are the par
ents of a new girl baby.
DR.. Kennedy of Marmamduke
spent the forenoon i'll the city look
ing after business matters.
j. NJ Jarman, a we'll known citi-
zen of Jonesboro, is spending the
day in Paragould on business.
Mr.. and Mrs Tom Mcdaniel, re-
siding on North Third street, are
the parents of a new boy baby.
Russell Davis who is employed in
a drug store at limo, Mo, is here
on a visit to relatives and friends.
Arthur Stedman of Newport has
arrived in Paragould to spend the
holidays with friends and relatives
Joe A. White, ST., who is i'll
with an attack of pneumonia, is
still confined to his bed, though his
condition is not regarded as serious
Cal Broadway of Jonesboro, claim
agent for the Iron Mountain, spent
the forenoon in the city on business.
Joe Trice and wife were here
from Jonesboro yesterday spending
the day with friends and relatives
Attorneys NJ. p. Huddleston and
| J. M. Futrel went to Harrisburg
this morning to look after legal
matters.
Mrs. Noble Johnson and her
niece. Miss Grace McGlothin, left
yesterday qmorning for Harrisburg
to make their home.
Thomas Hutson and Miss Hazel
Crum were married Saturday night
at 1880 by Rev w. G. Wood at his
home on North Third street.
Miss Edmonia Lawson is i'll at
the home of her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. ITaneis Clark. Her moth
er, Mrs. J,3E, Lawson, who is nov
residing at Joplin, Mo, is here al
her bedside.
Virginia, the four year old daugh
ter of Mr.. mad Mrs. Doolan of Wes
Locust street, died Saturday nigh
and was buried yesterday Afternoon
at Linwood cemetery. Funeral ser
vices were conducted by Rev. w. c
Wood.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1916-12-21

Swamp and overflow lands in the
United States embrace an area
greater than that of the Philippines.
Lady Santa Claus of Paterson
has dressed 500 dolls this year, and
expects to gladden. 5000 youngsters
Christmas.
Seal pups born on the Pribilof
Islands We're more numerous by
10,450 this year than last year
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1916-12-21
PERSONAL MENTION
CFrom Fridays Daily Precs)

(Frum Fridays Daily PreCs)
Fire in the attic of John West
brooks residence on West Hunt
street last night destroyed the roof
of the building. The fire depart
ment did excellent work in extin-
gushing the flames before they did
greater damage to the building.
ID. S. Merrill, representing the
American Steel & Wire Company in
this territory, stated to Paragould
friends this morning that after Jan
uary / he would move with his
family to this city. Mr.. Merrill
has been making headquarters al
Jonesboro the past few years.
The board of directors have au,
thori2ed S. Bertig, president of the
Paragould Country Club, to pur-
chase and install a waterworks ano
electric light plant at the country
club building. One power plant
will pump the water from the
springs to the club building ant
also generate the electricity for the
light. Mr.. Bertig stated this morn
ing he had already ordered the
machinery and hoped to have the
combined plants installed within sc
days. The directors elected w. 0
Poole a member of the board ant
chose |. ID. Wolf as treasurer.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1916-12-21
ATTENTION, STRAWBERRY
GROWERS!

Strawberry growers certainly
have not forgotten the lesson we
all learned last spring when we
waited till the berries were ready
to sell before we began to get ready
to get boxes. crates and markets
That we might avoid that same
thing. we said when the picking
season of this year was over that
we would have meeting the last
Saturday in October. The berry
growers were notified of this meet
ing when the time came and but
very few needed the call. 1t seems
that we had forgotten already our
resolution to get ready in time for
the 1917 crop.
w. r. Beattie. agricultural com
missioner of the Cotton Belt rail
road. was here Friday inquirine
about the attendance at the meet
ing. We were bound to report very
unfavorably. Mr.. Beattie is the
best friend that the strawberry
brewers have He is interested in
Greene county and the welfare oil
its farmers. He can give assistance
and advice in planting, cultivating
buying boxes and crates, picking
packing, and the best of all, he can
find us a market when the berries
are ready to sell This is the most
valuable kind of help when the
crop is ready to harvest.
He is interested in having the
association at Jonesboro. Paragould
Piggott and the one to be organ
lied at Rector, all join together
when time comes to market the
j. berries next year.
\ He says that one man can handle
the, output of the four towns and
do a better business of it than II
each association has a separate sell
ing agent The one agent can sell
the berries to the local trade as
they can use them at a fair price
and at the same time what the
local demand does not consume
can be used for shipping and have
regular shipments in car lots.
Mr.. Beattie promises the berry
growers of Greene county to come
back OF Paragould on Friday. Dec.
%, and at that time he wants every
man in the county who grows Der
ries or interested in berry growing,
to be sure to meet him in a public
meeting at the court house at 10
O'Clock in the morning.
Now, listen If he is willing tc
suit his work and come all the way
from St Louis to attend meeting
of the berry association, let's try
to find time to come to town to
hear what he has to say and to see
what help he has to offer us.
Strawberry growers, please fol-
once remember the date and the
hour and come for a couple OF
hours to the meeting.
If you have not given your order
for boxes and crates. 1t should be
done at once. We want the order
in the hands of the box makers by
the first of the month. Better see
Joe Brewstre at once and tell him
what you think you will want and
give him the money
There is some difference between
$500 per 1000 and $500 pei
YOU we'll to attend to ii now.
THOS. j. BENTLEY,
County Agent.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1916-12-21

land county and Frank Wright of
Miller county were pardoned. Par
kcr was under one years sentence
for receiving stolen property and
Wright had been given a two year
sentence for perjury and grand lar
ceny.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1916-12-21

Under normal conditions ten
inches of snow yield one inch of
water.
Color blindness is believed to be
much more common in mon than
in women.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1916-12-21
WILSON KNOCKS
TALK Of PEACE

Washington, Dec. 1S.-President
Wilson this afternoon, in his first
in months, abruptly slammed down
the lid upon talk of European peace.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1916-12-21

(From Saturdays Daily Press)
Albert Wood and Mrs Frank
Dickinson of Little Rock arrived
in the city last night to be at the
bedside of their father, w. j. Wood,
who is seriously i'll at his home on
Highland street.
c. w. Highfill who recently trad
ed his residence property on West
Emerson street to l.. l.. Vandervoort
for the A, A. Knox property at 416
West Main street, has moved to the
latter place. Mr. Knox and family
have moved to the rebuilt district
Methodist parsonage on Highland
street, now owned by j. c. Ford.
Last night at the Chamber of
Commerce rooms Robt. r. Waite, a
we'll known Little Rock banker who
is secretary of the Arkansas Bank
ers' Associations, addressed a num-
Der of Paragould bankers and bust
ness men in the interest of a thrift
and savings campaign that has
been launched by the American
Bankers Association and which had
its inception in the centennial cele-
bratiou of the first savings bank in
this country Mr. Wait delivered
splendid address on the necessi-
ty for thrift and economy and un-
folded a carefully prepared plan of
publicity, to be backed by the local
banks. in order that the people may
| be thoroughly educated along this
| line to the end that every person
will increase his holdings a little
each year The proposition submit
ted by Mr.. Wait will be taken under
advisement by the officers of the
local banks and decision by them
will be resched within few days,
Last night at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. w. j. Mcdonald on North
Third street a birthday party was
given in honor of Tony Mcdonald,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Mcdonald, the
occasion being the twenty-second an
niversary of his birth. A sumptu-
Gus supper was served, following
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1916-12-21

which music and dancing furnished
for the guests. Those
present we're John Mcdonald and
family, Bob Mcdonald and family,
Will Mcdonald and family, NJ. r..
Coffman and family, Don Reynolds
and family, Mrs. Ed Darling and
children, ]. W. Hecht, Leo Glass
cock, @. Blair, Tom Parkhurst Au-
brey Treadway, Walter Gooch,
Brantley Cole, Cotton Miller, G. w.
Durham, Buster Shelby, jim Lyon,
Rupel Mcdonald, Chas. Johnson,
Misses Myrtle Simons, Pearl Carter,
of Rector; Dola Jackson, Jessie and
Lillian Lyon. Ollie Vim, Flora
Crump, Linnie and Halle Under
wood and Mrs. Mona Rainier.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1916-12-21


The above prices are below the
average cost to the consumer on
the Little Rock market. Consider
them we'll Figure out for yourself
whether it is good business for you
to produce the items in this list
that you will need next year or tC
buy them. How much money can
farmer make if he has to buy
his living at these prices after the
crop is gathered? How much mon
ey can he make by producing his
own food and feed supplies al
these prices? 1t is a plain business
proposition. and no good farmer
can take chances on buying his liv-
ing at these prices out of Is cent
cotton or any other cash crop. &c
be on the safe side, we must raise
our own living at home next year
DO not be deceived. These are not
prosperous times, but perilous times
for the farmers If the price OF
cotton goes below 5 cents next fall
and the price of food and feed pro
ducts remains as at present. the
farmers cannot hope to get sup
plies on a credit to make CROP
the following season. The merchants
the following season. The mer-
chants can't afford to sell goods al
such prices to make 10 or 12-cent
cotton. Friends, take heed while
you may.
JOHN H. PAGE,
Commissioner.
The Dickinson press., 1916-07-22
MANY LEARN TO SWIM

The swimming classes maintained
by the Play Grounds Commission,
have certainly been a big success as
evidenced by the number of bows
who have learned to swim. They have
been in progress for just two weeks
and there now remain only one Or
two new boys who cannot swim and
only a few who cannot swim well.
The past week has been devoted
chiefly to advanced swimming and
Duke kahanamoku, the great swim
mer, has been initiated for fair.
Some Of the boys have escaped record
of having learned to swim under the
direction Of Mr.. Hodge but the fol-
lowing nineteen boys have learned to
swim at least Is feet, who previously
could not swim a single stroke:
Zene Mcconnell, Jack lessen, "Boby"