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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-04
DOUBT DISAPPEARS
No One in Pine Bluff Who Has Bad Back Should Ignore This Double
 pr,Of

Does your back ever ache?
 Have you suspected your kidneys
 Backache is sometim kid1ey ache.
 With it may come ;,,;zzy spells,
 Slespless nights, tired dull days,
 Sleepless nights. tired lull 1ays,
 Distressing urinary disorders.
 Doar s Kidney Pills have heen en- donsed by thousands.
 Are recoIme nded here ;.t homo.
 You nave read Pine Puff prof.
 Read now the Pine DiEff sequ-...
 Renewed testimony; rest@1 by time.
 c. M. Shepard, prop. general !c- pair shop, 901 E. second avenue. Pine Bluff, says: My kidneys diin'l act as they should and I was subject to q lame and aching back. The kid ney secretions were irregula" in pas sage and unnatural. Doaus KiGlcy Pills relieved me of h:sc annoy anccs and benefited mo generally" " Statement given March 9, 19i1.)
 OVER TWO YEARS LATER, Mr. Shepard said: "I haH-n felt in need of a kidney medicine since 1 used Doans Kidney Pills. I believe l nave received g permanent cure.'
 Price soc. at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills--1he sa"e that MT. Shepard has tw!c puh.'c.y rec ommended. F'oster-M:i Ii Durn O., Prcps., Buffalo. x. Y.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-04
GERMAN LOSSES.
FrencI, Estimate 110030 to 12O,0OO , Teut0ns Slain.

Paris, March 3.-The losses sustain led by the Germans in the battle of |Verdun, which is now in it's second phase are estimated today at from |11O.O00 to l20,C00 men.
 This heavy cost has been paid to Twin only few unimportant villages north of Verdun and to the east, which. in many cases, the Germans have been unable to hold because of l he French barrier of fire.
 l It is reported that strong fresh
 Forces. veterans of the Russian drive, hnd the sweep through the Balkans, hrc being brought up. These new men Eill be thrown into the sea of flame
 I a desperate effort to carry out the
 mandate of the kaise, under whose
 Pyes they are fighting, that Verdun
 bust be taken at ary cost.
 The Germans are also said to be
 ringing up more artillery of all cali
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-04
PROFESSIONALS TO
 APPEAR IN BIG REVUE
ict Springs Performers Loaned to Pine Bluff for Entertainment
 Next Week.

The athletic committee of the chamber Of commerce held a specai meeting yesterday morning, to dis cuss matters ccncerning he forthcom- lng state track and field meet, which Will be held here Nay f. and 6, and 10 consider plans relative to the big h'uslcal revue t. be given Tuesday EVening at the new theatre for the benefit Of tae track meet fund.
 Arrangements we're coIpleted for Ehc apr rance, as one of the big num- hers at the musical revue of Walter ana Beulah Green, brother and sister, song and dance, singles and doubles team which is said l. be away above the crd'nary vaudeville talent. and which will be loaned the committee especially for this occasion by Mana ger John Wolf of the Princess the atre at Hot Springs. This tear is well known thrcugl this section, and Manager Wolf agreed cnly after much pefsu2slsn to allow them to come to Fine Bluff to: thc cne apperanca. The act is expected to be the "hi" of the entire show.
 Mayor Simon Bloom, John Blcom. J. C. White, Junius, Jordan, Harold Bluthenthal and w. x. Trulock. all the mon bsrs of the committee. we're in atten dance at the eeting, and there was nTeresting discussicn not 'cnly cf the track meet, but of the ccn1iag ,4gsArs of the Milwaukee Brewers fo" spring training. Work Sn the Athletic field is progressing ill fine mannel, and it is expe cted the grounds will ho in god condition by the middle Of EEK. week, when the of fieial grcundskeeper of the Milwaukee club is expected to reach here, to take charge
 The entire Milwaukee bunch of players and officials and newspaper men will be here in the next ten days or sc. and local fans gre pursuing the "watchful waiting" policy, while showing every evidence of desire that the spring training season cpen at the earliest possible mcmen,.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-04
GERMANS RESCUE
 COMRADES WITHIN FORT DOuAUM0N1
tConttnued from page l.3

anything ever before seen in war The Germans. by an unheard of ex- penditurc of shells, are endeavoring to blast the steel and concrete ae- lenses to powder before attempting 10 storm the crest.
 It is predicted that the crown prince proposes to try to batter lis way through the French lines with human battering ram as von Mackenzen smashed through the Rus sans on the Dunajec last summer.
 French army and military experts continue to express the utmost conf dence in the issue of the battle They declare Verdun is impregnable, but they expect the battle to continue for days, until the German commanders have it proven to them, in masses of dead, that their blows cannot suc- ceed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-04
NORTH JEFFERSON FOLK
 ASK RURAL MAiL R0UTE
fctltion Siare, hy l75 >har. 50, Persons Abtye lG Years oi tgr
 Wisl Be served,

Petition fer n" establishment. e, the first rural mail r5uto uortA Of tae liEor. in J fferson sGity. hls aaed tllti With Pos ;mast"r JC u Wilb urnr who will lorwltd m pctrau io the postal department at Wdstin ,l1n as soon as he has supplied Hfa@nati n that must atSompahy iHc rcIuesi. The pcti ion ara he na- O., O. 1,5 heads Of families with two cr mo,e memo rs above laAap''rS 3ee, and shows that t;}c >g giT oscd r,u,> will serve approximately 5u0 ut,sons above the age ot l6 VI r4. vnFcr the regulations onIy i1- slgn s4urcS w re required, tAc g1N rnlaent dc- mandins that tfero shtj be four Petitioners f1r each mile og the pra. posed service. Th new r6ute will bp 2S miles iA Nten;.
 Postmaster Wilbturne 4;.eo- panied W. G. Key yer the prcl,o.F r0,,ts, about three weeks ago. and satisfied himself othat the aervic E, greatly needed. It is planned tllal ha route shall start f.om iila Bhtj, f8!loWins route No. 1 for two miles, and t4 Il i, flowing the read 10 fhe ire brid<e. iFrcm the bridge the rouJo will .5l- Tow the AltheiNer road fer abG,a seven miles to a pain; Hesr keys plantation, and tfen lc, H #t f,ir mics to 'the Sherrill road. which will be followed back to tue bridge.
 II is exp cJed that an inspector wili be sent here in a month and if his recommend 'tion is favorable, that .hs service will be ina;guratea shortly, .t.o carrier ] ayiAa Pine aMN ovcey 2tEer day.
 Mr, Wilbourne believes there + need for still an-th Y rural mai roilt rcrth of the river to scrye the speo- pie in the Pastoria noighborh od. lIe believes this can be 'sz ablished -f proper interest Ly taking the steps necessary to the establishment of such service.
 There are now six rural mall routes in operation in Jefferson coun,E, all serving territcry south Of he rive. Wibl tfe country north of the river as we'll served with rural carriers. tilqr. will be routes traversing pactically every section Of the county, and hes will radicate from Pine Bluff bring ing country and city into cl r touch than ever.
 The establishment of rural routes north of the river, to be served from Pine Bluff, is made possible through the building and maintenance of he free bridge. Better service will 3+s- suit from the building of good ro ds in North .Jefferson plans for which orc u.ol1 11r6o ,.av
 $. Y. West of Little Rock, fer I erly Of this city was here vest 5rdaN an1i
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-04
KEEP BR!TlSs! EMPIRE.

Lcndon. March 3.-A m 1vement is underway here to keep British sub jects inside tn British empire. Sir Haggard said recently that Aust afa can support 30,00O,000 white people in comfort After the l}oer war ahsrc were 250,O00 emigrants from he Brir- ish Islss, of whom 133 ,000 went to the United States. Such an occurrence at the end of this w,3I will be preveni : ed, it is hoped.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-04

$. Y. West Of Little Rock, fer I erly y Of this city, was here vest rday ana last night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-04
Laughter.

Laughter begins either with the mouth or the eyes. Then come the other muscular groups, and then come the vocal expressions of laughter, such as brays, cackles, sniggers, sim pers, giggles, snorts, grunts, foghorn rumbles, yells, shrieks, guffaws, trills, chuckles, suiffles, and all sorts of pe- culiar bird notes and musical sounds. From the B. c. & D, Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-04

10 Tighten Loose Machine Belt. Instead of stopping your work when |e sewing machine belt gets loose )d taking time then to cut it oft and ften it, simply slip a few large rub bands over the small wheel. They
 hold the belt firmly until time for
 fmanent repairs can be taken.-
 cd Housekeeping.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-04
Mine Sweeper Sunk.

London, March 3.-Official an |ouncement was made by the admir- Qty tonight that the mine sweeper Rrimula was torpedoed and sunk in he eastern Mediterranean on March
 All of the crew. with the eXcep- on of three. were saved. The sur
 vors were landed at Port Said. The rimula was on patrol duty when pnk
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-04

Woman's Unanimous Verdict.
 When a man gets buncoed in some manner by a woman there is only one opinion among womankind-It Serves the Old Fool Exactly Right.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-04
Russians Take Bitlis.

London, March 3.-According to a outer dispatch from Petrograd, the pssians have captured Bitlis in the Rke Van region of Armenia.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-04
The Uses and Abuses
 of Fertilizers

A Series of Six Articles Which Should Be. Of Valuable Axsistance to AgricuituristS and HOrticultur- tsts of ArkNnsas-By Prof. R. !. II. De LoacI,, Director of Georgia Experiment Station.
Sharp County record., 1916-03-10
DIVIDENDS FROM THE
old, WORKOUT LAND
What An Old Ex-Slave Did
In 1874 Can Be Done By
Our Farmers Today.

The following article of special
interest to farmers was written ia
the Batesville Guard by j. II. Shan
non, farmer Of Pleasant Plains:
Editor Guard.-Please allow me
space in your valued paper to tell a
few facts on farming that came I'm.
der my own observation.
In 1874 Don Blake, an old ex-
slave, bought 100 acres of old worn.
out land in North Mississippi. The
first year he plowed ten acres Of
this land with a small calf tongue
ploW and one old mule, and made
about 300 pounds Of seed cotton
per acre, That winter he hauled
leaves and trash and old rotten logs
onto the land until he covered 1t up
with litter. Then he took a small
yoke of oxen and turned it under
about six inches deep. The next
spring he turned 1t again with the
oxen and followed in the same fur
row with q six.inch plow and his
old mule and went about three In
ches deeper That year he planted
the land to corn and peas, and
made about 20 bushels of corn per
acre, lie gathered his corn early,
before frost, cut his stalks, turned
everything under deep and that
winter covered his land with litter
as before and used all the barnyard
fertilizer he could get, He kept on
plowing and hauling out litter,
planting to corn and peas and plow-
ine deeper each year, until In five
years he had plowed his ground to
q depth of l8 inches, In 1880 he
made 70 bales Of cotton on this 10
acres. In the summer Of 1882
threshed his wheat that grew on
Sharp County record., 1916-03-10
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
Interesting Items Found In
The Late News And Boil
ed Down To Few Lines.

Herman Story, a negro, who is in
jail at Adams, Tennessee, on a
charge of bootlegeing whiSkey, end
ed his life through the excessive eat
ing of soap. His eating of three
cakes at once ended his life.
AT Davenport, Iowa, a jury deCid-
ed that the kiss which Mrs. Bertha
Spangler swore she gave Thomas
Brown in payment for an autOmO-
bile was a fair trade. The jury was
out four hours before reaching a
verdict.
An appropriation of $4,000 to be
offered as a reward for a successful
plan for preventing or exterminat-
ing the cotton boil weevil was asked
in a bill introduced in congress last
week by Congressman Burnett of
Alabama.
j. S. Cosden of Tulsa, Oklahoma,
said to be the most extensive indie
pendent oil refner in the southwest,
has lately taken out $1,O00,000 life
insurance. The risk is divided
among thirteen Of the larger insur-
ance companies in the country.
William Meyer, who died at Read
ing, Pennsylvania, not long since
left a very large estate. When his
will was opened it was found that
he had left bequest of $3.50 tc
the minister who should preach hi;
funeral, and that part Of the will
was complied with.
Morris Ginsbere, who was arrest.
ed in Chicago a few days ago on th'
charge OF having attea1qted 70 xii
his wife with an axe, hastily swal
| lowed 35 cents in small chang
| when officers took him in charge
| He said he hoped that act would re
suit in his death, but it didn't.
/ On plot Of 800 square feet a
. White Rock, West Virginia, Geore
Pryor has established a mole farm
E with 1000 moles. The furs are sc
, cured from the animals when the,
are about a year old, and sell TO
Sharp County record., 1916-03-10
Edwards
Mere. 60.

five acres Of this land and threshed
1855 bushels of wheat, an average Of
nearly 80 bushels per acre, The
other five acres were in cotton,
which was shoulder high the first
of August and bid fair to make two
bales per acre.
This plot Of ground was old,
worn.out land before the war; was
level, had clay subsoil, and when
this old darkey bought the place the
soil was about as thick as a sheep
skin. He improved the balance of
his farm in the meantime, but not
so well as this ten acres. lie never
used any commercial fertilizer, for
It was not In use at that time.
Now if this old negro could do
what he did on old worn-out land,
why cant the same thing be done
on our old fields todayY 1t can be
done, and acres and acres of land
that are lying idle and apparently
worthless can be made to produce
abundant crops by a little labor
and without the use of commercial
fertilizers.
The farmers of the South are In
the garden spot of America if they
would only THINK and avail them
selves Of their God-eiven opportun-
ity Just as deep as We plow just
that deep will be our soil In a few
years When we plow deep the
sun puts nitrogen from the air just
that deep. And besides, when our
hillsides are plowed ten to twelve
inches deep II takes volumes Of
water to move the dirt When
plowed two or three inches deep
any little rain will carry the loose
dirt away,
Let some other farmer give his
views on this subject, and let US
talk and think Of something else
besides politics"
Sharp County record., 1916-03-10

ten cents each. 1t costs nothing to
raise the moles. A St. Louis firm
has agreed to take all the furs, which
are made into muffs and similar
articles.
Wild horses have increased to
such an extent in New Mexico dur
ing the past few years that they
are now a menace to the domestic
herds, according to the report of Of
ficials. Many domestic animals
have been lost recently through en-
ticement to the wilds and by death
resulting from stampede. Previous
restrictions have been removed aud
the roundup, sale and shipment of
unbranded animals will be allowed
Many farmers of Chase county,
Kansas, acting on a theory that is
somewhat new, plowed the snow
which fell last week underground.
This pulverizing of snow and soil
together, these farmers believe, will
be a good thing for the fields, put
ting them in the best possible con-
dition for spring planting. They ex-
pect the moisture supply thus con-
served to prove of marked advan-
tage against possible scarcity of
rain later on in the season.
The following dispatch, dated
March 2, comes from Washington:
Crowded galleries that gathered to
hear the international situation dis
cussed, saw the house take its an
nual vote, this time $50 to 46, not
to reduce members mileage from
20 cents to five cents mile. Rep
resentatiye Cox of Indiana offered
the motion, and, as usual its defeat
was preceded by lively debate in
which 20-cent mileage was denounc-
ed as graft and defended as a just
allowance"
Beware of planting too much
cotton" is the warning being sert
out throughout the South by the
conference committee Of Cotton
States Bankers in statement call
: ing attention to the conditions which
now make it necessary for each
farmer to be on the safe side. Six
cent cotton would mean ruin in the
, South this fall" t h e statement
reads, and the prediction is made
/. that the cotton price will be materi-
, ally reduced if the acreage is raised
: over that of last year.
Sharp County record., 1916-03-10
HAVE YOU Been SICK?

Then you realize the utter weakness
that rob' ambition, destroys appetite,
and makes work q burden.
TofeSlorel that strength and stamina that
10 30 essential, nothing has ever equaled
or compared with Scotia Emulsion, be.
cause its strength sustaining noursh.
ment invigorolce the blood TO distribute
energy throughout the body while Ia tome
value alafpens the appetite and feetefea
health IN natural, permanent way,
III YOU are run down, tired, nefvoua,
ovetworked or lack strength, get Scott 4
hmulsion to-day. Il is free from alcohol,
Ncoll 4 nowne, noomhcld, NJ,
Sharp County record., 1916-03-10
Farmers holding Cotton

Il Is estimated that farmers In
the vicinity Of Arkadelphia are
holding 5000 bales Of cotton for
higher prices Merchants Of that
town arc also holding cotton,
Sharp County record., 1916-03-10
The Mutual Admiration society

By Observation many
have come to understand that cong
ress is somewhat of a mutual ad'
miration society, and that in addl'
tion to other duties the members
are organized for the purpose ol
tickling one another when tickling
time comes. AS you-tlckle-me-l-
tickle-you machine congress per-
baps has no equal. When mem
ber gets into trouble back at home
among the folks and his reelection
seems endangered, other members
are always found who are ready to
come to the rescue with the assur-
snce to the people that the ma
clinery of government will become
all gummed up if this member is
not returned to his seat. This
member gives the same endorse
ment to another member who is
about to get choked off from the
public trough, and so it goes. We
are sure that these endorsements OF
coperessmen one for the other
would fit better and have more
weight with thinking voters if they
contained some detail or even men
ton of substantial service that the
member in distress is rendering
his people in Washington. When
this important matter is omitted
the people are quick to catch the
fact that there has merely been a
meeting of the mutual admiration
society and that there has been a
general tickling and scratching OF
backs all about.
Some ten years ago in this dis
trict a man made the race for cong
ress against a member of that body
who had held the office some eight
or ten years. We remember dis
tinctly, and many people in this
county will remember the same
thing, that the man who was af-
ter the other mans job had a great
deal to say about the congressional
mutual admiration society" when
his opponent produced endorse
lnents from his fellow members of
congress, and always wound up
with the profound declaration that
"a congressman never resigns and
rarely ever dies" The man who
made these statements ten years
ago is now in congress himself, and
it would be interesting to know il
his views on these matters have
undergone any change as the years
have slipped along,
We submit that few sleek and
over-fed members of congress are
not running affairs or debating el-
ections in these hills of Arkansas
The people are thoroughly compe.
tent to attend to their own business
without interference from that
well known source, and fully cap
able OF distinguishing the merits Of
candidates for themselves. Again
we submit That the people know
great deal more about congressional
records than some congressman
seem to know or care about the
people The people will do the vot'
ing and an endorsement from the
people is worth something, Every
member of congress, and every
other public oflice-holder as well
ought to take his record before his
own people, where 1t will be endors
ed II 1t ought to be endorsed, and
the congressman who will not face
his opponents who are making the
eravest sort of charges against his
public record and clamoring for q
Joint discussion with him certainly
mas an unlimited amount of nerve
to ask intelligent voters to simpl,
Ignore the CHARGES and vote for him
again Is 1t not reasonable to be-
!. IIpVp that Ta..i.......... a,,n
Sharp County record., 1916-03-10
Mr.. Oldfeld look clean again.

lllClluO uiC WOlhllio ONSieiihS Oh
the fact that he is member OF the
Ways and Means Committee But
both the congressman and his
friends fail to add that, since cong
ress is now democratic, every dem
ocratic congressman has improved
his committee standing and the
republicans have correspondingly
been lowered in their positions on
committees They would have the
people believe that Mr.. Oldfield
alone, by reason of some special
fitness, has risen in rank, which is
very far from the truth and probab-
ly well understood by great ma
jority of the people. The fact is
that Congressman Oldfeld is today
the oldest member of the Arkansas
delegation in congress in point of
service, the people of Arkansas
having retired every congressman
who was a member of that body
when MIR. Oldfeld took his seat.
Mr.. Oldfeld, we repeat it, has been
in congress more years than any
other Arkansas member of cong
ress, and in the new assignment of
committee membership by demo-
cratic congress Mr.. Oldfeld, because
of the fact that he is the Oldest
member in point of service from
this state and Arkansas being en-
titled to representation on the Ways
and Means Committee, was given
the place. That is simple rule of
congress, as Mr.. Oldfield we'll knows,
in spite Of the fact that he would
have his constituents think other
wise. We daresay there is not a
well-informed man in this congress-
ional district who will say in earn
est that Mr.. Oldfeld is Arkansas
most brilliant congressman and en-
titled by reason Of superior ability
to rank above his colleagues from
this state
Let us have the truth and no de-
ceptiye methods or playing politics
on these matters that concern the
public. The Record remembers
that before the democratic admin
istration took control of the govern
ment Mr.. Oldfeld was a member
of the Patents Committee, which
committee has probably not had a
half dozen serious meetings since
the days of Henry Clay, Yet at
that time Mr., Oldfeld and his chief
supporters impressed the voters as
best they could that the Patents
Committee was one of the largest
things in the whole machinery of
government We suspect that
should Mr.. 0ldfeld have member
ship only on the Committee on Dis
position of Waste Papers you would
find some newspapers and some
people stoutly declaring that COM
mittee is the greatest honor in
congress.
We have reason to believe and to
know that the people of Sharp
county, who are fair in their delib-
erations and just in their jude-
ments, want some substantial
reason why Mr., Oldfeld should be
continued in congress in preference
to other men before they give him
their support, His record Is under
cloud, and the people know that
he Is not too busy in congress to
face his opponents and make a de-
fense If he has the proof that will
remove this cloud from the record
Of his public service
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