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M. E. CHURCH

Sunday School 9:45 a. m. Preaching at II a. m. and 7:15 D m
 The pastors themes will be, morning, 'The Red Sea Pas sage" evening. What is What in Brinkley."
 It was gratifying to see the large congregations Sunday and we are working forward to the day when the church will be packed. Come and meet the pastor and people, for we believe we can make you feel a welcome that will make you come again.
 The Sunday school is in the midst of contest with the Sun- day school at Cotton Plant and we urge every member to be present next Sunday morning and help us to win the laurels. Let's show Cotton Plant what we can do. Reports received every Sunday morning. Do not fail to hear the theme, What is What in Brinkley.'
 Jas. B. Evans, Pastor. l
 AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday School 9:45 a. m Preaching at HOO a. m
 No preaching at night as the pastor will go to Blackton.
 Woman's Missionary Meeting Monday at 2::30 D. m Prayer Meeting Wednesday night. 7:30 p. m Choir Practice Thursday night. A cordial invitation to all.
 w. T. Thurman. Pastor
 AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday School 9:45 a. m Preaching 10:45 a. m B. Y. P. U. 6:30 D. m Preaching 7::30 D. m Prayer Meeting We'd
 nesday night 7:3O D. m
 We are glad to hear of the good attendance at the various services last Sunday, and of the
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KEEP THE KIDNEYS M

:, Many Brinkley people \ thelr lives in their hand,' neglectlng the kidneys vI they know these organs 1, help. Weak kidneys are ,s,' sible for g vast amount x fering and i'll health, hut \ is no need to suffer m, :,
 main in danger. lJse n,, Kidney Pills-a remedy tb,,' helped thousands of kidney ferers.
 The following statementle1 no ground for doubt. \
 Mrs. W. H. Witherspoon,N N, & Wall Sts., Clarendon, X says: T don't hesitate to K known the fact that I have Doan's Kidney Pills and L been greatly benefited. O8 of my family have found mndicine just as reliable , have. Doan's Kidney l never failN to strengthen \ backs and put the kidney.| normal condition. <"
 Price50c, at all dealers. n simply ask for a kidney rel get Deans Kidney Pilh- same that Mrs. Witherspont Foster Milbure Co., Props, | falo, N. Y.
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preached by Bro, q Tn'eh V
 Forrest City. We a, .h 2, an Holt ever e, he can come. 'ss'n VI We hope to See man. E men, members'present at 'st'. tb. 'i services sss' on next Sund,.' md ''a a,nn1t during the remainder s,q's, Z,
 lnonsn' o1oaoa as, as our work as ps,t,, vl closes CLOS with this montb' '''S' 2 are some of the members ,' :, we we nave not seen at the ,.,'' 10 Tor some time. We womb 'vI' .: to see you present, a ss'' few :, tunes before we leave yon 2
 Again we give each ,rrl and :, one'a very cordial inv;,sas' a ' attend our services and
 be very glad to see vor "s
 James Henry Coleman D..
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ALL MAKES RAZOR
 BLADES SHARPENE[

Don't throw away your old razor blades. We sharpen all makes, single edge 26c dozen, double edge 35c dozen. We pay return postage. We still have a few old stylel$2 razors that we are selling fortp7c, by mail $l.04. We handle all makes of safety razors and blades. Mail orders solicited, Snodgrass & R ,acy, - MniauSteet, Little Rock Ark
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THE OFFICIAL CITY BALLOT
List of Names to be Voted on Next Tue Sday at the
 City Primary

The following names will ap- pear on the official ballot at the City Primary Election which is to be held on next Tuesday, Feb. 18th.
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FOR MAYOR
 c. F. Greenlee James Grant MARSHALL
 J. D. Rodgers Henry Adams Reese Bunch ALDERMEN 1st WARD Chas. Duff
 Tim Shults End WARD
 Gus Rusher
 Henry Wolf 3rd WARD
 J. w. Hale
 A. c. HuddIeston
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Among the Churches

The ARGUS invites any and all pastors and churches to use this department regularly each week for making their announcements, publishing congregational news, etc. Please send in the copy by Tuesday of each week-Ed.
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Colored People Organizs
 for Relief

 The colored preachers of Brinkley have organized for re- lief among colored flood suffer- CTS with, Rev. s. s. Odom, Chairman; J, E. Gipson, Sec'y; T. c. Boyd, s. M. Cain, D. F. Wilson, J. H. Taylor, c. w. Branscomb, B. F. Laden, Con- mittee.
 They have cared for 40 refugees. A subscription was circulated among the white people by their committee and a nice sum given them.
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Sabbath Reading, TieG Undenominatiolal Weekly 65ca
 Year

A paper for the spiritual moral uplift of the Ana people, containing carl selected religious readingns as we'll as a treatment Of Sabbath School Lesson, Chm Endeavor, and Epworth ' topics for adults, also a sN
 prepared Sabbath School ! for the children. Also q dren's page. N A valuable help in theSa0a School, and a paper TOT Christian home. WEEKLY WITNESS, TIE
 AROUND FAMILY PAP7 sl.Oo PER YEAR
 Just the paper for the } man or housewife, con'a'] many departments of ln's Notes on current events
 YOU the opinions of the s P editorial writers of New 5 Citv. and elsewhere on the ing topics of the 4 oas. s.,. 1l sermon,S stories, edl'ol'ss, {. circle, farm and garden ds ment and household rees'ps1 G'
 Copies of both papel' " charge for you ana yuu' z, Mention this paper wn'n Y us. n..a;ns
 Witness & Sabbath Reao'', v
 132 Nassau St. NsN 1
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Next weeks offer is this Send five trademarks-the picture of the the fronts of five Quaker Oats standard sz from the large size Send with them only 75 cen money order preferred and we will send the Cooker by parcel post prepaid
 For one week-fo weekwe reduce the cash payment considerable For 75c you get this big Aluminium Cooker
The sun., 1916-12-03
Mrs. Charles H. Farnam Tells of Remarkable Experience
When for a Moment She Was Allowed to View Conflict
From Precipice Beyond Most Advanced Line

were smuggled into a dinner given to
Venizelos, It which no women were
supposed to be present. During the
course OF the dinner Nenizelos sud
denly turnd his head 80 that he hap
pened to see me and started, as might
be expected at a dinner where women
were excluded. ! also was covered
with confusion and could not help
showing it.
The next day Col. Sondermayer
called with an invitation to visit Ven
izclos. When VIC reached his office he
was overwhelmed with work. but he
rose from hie chair and said kindly,
"lIavc | not seen your face before"
YES" I replied. last night at the
dinner when you turned your head and
I lost mine"
lie laughed, and We were engaged
in conversation for an hour. Vcnizelos
entrusted me with a message for the
Greeks in America.
Tell them" he said. that We need
them. II they cannot come Ia night
they can send money. and 1t will be
used to take are of those who are
fighting and those who are left alone
after the great battles"
l W!Snt T'teF mere W 'He n''i'u"c
of the ONE and even tho little emil
drcn Of Serbia and Greece. II Is true
that the hardest, most cruel burdens
Of war fall upon the women and tho
children who are left WIDOWS and
orphans or who suner while the men
are at tho front. II has always been
50, but as In every patriotic nation
the ome are suffering and doing
their share as bravely as the men
The soldiers are glad and proud TO die
for their country, and their women
folk and children are proud TO have
them. despite the sorrow and priva-
ton.
1t should he a lesson to us In
America. Our men and our women
and children would be as ready and as
willing TO bear their burdens, but now
in peace and prosperity we should pre-
pare against the time when we may
have to take up our burdens so that
they may fall no more heavily than is
necessary.
Nenizelos is above all a Greek
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would have greeted him, he planted his
feet firmly against a solid rock.
Lean over" he cried enthusiastic
cally.
Holding to his hands. my arms
strain!ng behind me, ! leaned far over
the edge of the precipice. ] seemed
suspended over the very heart of the
battle. 1t seemed for a moment as
though the spirit OF the war had
caught me up and flown with me
where the whole fabric of the world
conflict vas being woven beneath my
feet.
Now cried tho Major. you are
further into S~erbia-Serhia econ
quered-than tho bravest OF our brave
have been. No Serbian fighting man
has yet been so close 10 Monastir."
The flneness of his compliment could
not have been excelled,
! had been old that I might remain
upon the summit of Dobrpoljc an hour,
but the scene fascinated me 50 and my
soldier escorts were nc chlvalrous that
they gave in to me and 1t was not
until nightfall that they dragged me
away to the rear, although we had
reached the summit about midday.
Once more we were in the backwash
Of the battle. The roads were lined
with stretchcr bearers and in the
s~tretchers lay men whose blood dripped
through the canvas and stained the
dust OF the roads-the dust for which
they were fighting and dying and suf-
fering the %torturos of the damned.
From the postcs de sccours they
were taken to the rear in carts, and the
steady rumble OF the heavy wheels re-
minded me of the passing Of the tum-
brels in the Tale of Two Cities"
At one point we passed about 500
Bulgarian prisoners and they did not
seem at all unhappy at being out OF
the fighting. 1t Is a commentary on
CAV cigarettes 10 the prisoners, al
though tho Bulgars have committed
nameless atrocities against their foes
and have devasted thousands Of acres
Of prune trees, thus destroying n
lucrative and immense Serbian indus
try.
That night Brod fell to tho Serbs,
but nevertheless ! had been that day
further into Serbia than any OF her
fighting sons at that time,
I do not know what silly things
Major Todorovitch told Gen, Nassitch,
but tho General, before all his stan,
made mo an officer Of the First Cav
airy, which is the crack serbian rcgi-
ment, and n uniform has been sent to
mo and is on the way to tho United
States, although there Is not enough
cloth in Serbia to clotho her own
troops. Perhaps when ! go back ! can
usc 1t. for although many an officer
offered mi a horse, none proifercd me
a pair OF trousers to ride in.
When ! was back in S%alonica Prince
Alexander sent for me and with hie
own hands pinned on my breast the
Order of st. Sava, which Is the most
coveted OF all the Serbian orders.
When l asked him IL he really
thought l merited II, he said, ~ know
Of no better friend to Serbia than you
I already held the Kossova medal
which Is given only for personal at
tendance 20 the wounded, and tho
Royal Order Of the Serbian Red Cross
Through thr E'ndncs& ~ ooh, son
~dcrnayer another woman and myself
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Thus, in spite Of the great progress
during the last hundred years, the eff
ficiency of human life has increased
only from ISL per cent. to 35.1 per
cent, or by Z per cent, and still Is ex-
tremely small, 35.1 per cent.
II, however, we could fully realize on
our advancements. with a four hour
day and 200 working days, tho record
would stand:
Total number Of hours during
the year 365 x 24-8,760 hours zoos
Sleeping Is hrs. per day. and
eating q hr.) 365x9-3,2S5
hours Sto%
Working 200 days at 4 hours
200X4.S00 hours...........- SIS
Leaving available as free time
1876 hours b3.4%
This would give b3.4 per cent. as a
maximum possible efficiency under
the present conditions of human
knowledge, nearly twice as much as
100 years ago. and would be an ad-
vancement worth while.
But with the increasing subdivision
Of work the character of the work has
changed. and with 1t the attitude Of
the worker toward IL; the creative
element has gone out OF the work.
To the shoemaker OF former days who
from the leather as raw material made
a complete pair OF shoes, TO the ma
chinist who collaborated in building
a finished machine there was a satis-
faction in the creation Of things which
necessarily gave them an interest in
xt,ayr ,,.orty 1vhfy .attofnc,tnp IN hic
work the piece worker cannot feel,
who makes the same seam in every
one Of the thousand shoes which pass
before him in the shoe factory. or
who makes the same slash in every
one Of the ~carcasses passing before
him in the slaughter house. or drops
the same bolt into the same kind OF
hole in the automobile factory.
Thus the work Of the world has
largely changed to labor. TO drudgery
and the interest which the worker OF
former days found in his work he
now seeks outside Of the working
hours. As the result the demand for
shorter working hours. though exist
ing in former times. has become more
insistent now, with the changed char
acter Of most OF the industrial work.
It is often difficult for the captain
Of industry. the leader, or manager
to understand why the employees dc.
mand the eight hour working day
while he himself is working twelve
or fourteen hours without complaint
but let us distinguish between greatly,
work and monotonous labor and III,
matter is clearer. OF the twelve hour'
Of the director two hours may be un
interesting mechanical routine, drudg
cry: ten hours supervision, admins
tration. direction Of work-ln short
creative activities; and compared will
the piece worker the balance Of labo
stands two hours against eight hours.
America is In "A peculiar and yer,
fortunate position. As "A new coun
try with a vast capital in natural re
The sun., 1916-12-03

out discountins the improvements and
Inventions which are continuously
being made. we car See q worl1 with a
standard Of living fully as satisfactory
as ours, but working only four hours
a day. only 200 days during the year
that is, taking a week or two for
recreation at every holiday and two
months vacation in summer.
This II far away, but It 10 no idle
dream. for we only need to look across
the water, toward war torn Europe,
and we can see conditions which, with
the waste Of war removed. would not
be far different from the above.
While the entire world IL called
upon to feed and supply the Allies
during this war the blockaded Central
and get along fairly successfully. as
far as we can see, and what little
trouble there Is is due to imperfec-
lions of the new organization rather.
But II we allow for the millions Of pro-
ducers who are kept in productive
idleness in the armies, and supported
by the best the nation has in food,
physical and medical supervision. tho
other millions wasting their energy
in unproductive work in making am
munition and war materials. subtract
the mass Of products consumed by
these unproductive elements, h con-
sumption Of the peaceful part OF the
nation certainly amounts to materially
less than four hours a day produce
tivity. Thus under better skies the
same organization Of production and
elimination Of waste would make the
above dream a reality.
II work and sleep and eating are
necessities Of living the efficiency Of
life is measured by how large a part
Of our life we have at disposition for
ourselves, not occupied by necessities.
but free to fulfil LIES aim as we
understand It.
In spite Of the enormous advance of
the human race in the last hundred
years the increase Of efficiency Of life
has been very small.
Let us look at It. One hundred
years e man worked ten hours a
day. an average. for 900 days during
the year. This meant:
Total number OF hours during
the year 365 S24~s.16O hours1lOo%
Sleeping Is hrs. per day. and
eating Il hr.) 365 X9=3..so
hours otoN
Working 900 days at 10 hours.
500 10 5000 our ......... 34.4s
Leaving available as free timo
2.t75 isis
At present, with an eight hour work.
day, working 800 days during the year
II
Total number of hours during
the year 365 X24-s.76o hours zoos
Sleeping IS hrs. per day. and
eating Il hr.) 365X9-3.?S5
Working 900 days at s hours.
800 $1,000 hours. ........- 27.4f
Leaving available as free time
A.Nhh hOurs. !. SS,I-
The sun., 1916-12-03
Charles P. Steinmetz of General Electric Company Says Demand for Shorter
Hours Is Sure to Grow and Predicts Time When Worlds Work
Will Be Done in Eight Hundred Hours a Year

sources, and with a relatively low
population density but a rapidly grow
ing population, 1t offered great oppor-
~tunities Of development. That part OF
the United States which Is least
favored by nature, but which was set
tied first-the New England States
felt the pinch Of the Industrial prob
lem already in the middle Of the nine
tenth century. but the problem was
solved, Mt least temporarily, by forci-
bly, excluding foreign competition
from the United States, and so reserv-
ing the markets Of the South and
West to the industrial New England
States.
This was the issue on which the
civil war was fought; the Adjustment
of slavery was merely an Incident OF
this economic issue. The civil war was
thus an economic war, just as every
great war has been; It consolidated the
United States industrially as one ma
ton, while the Revolutionary war had
made 1t politically one nation.
The great industrial development OF
our country in the last generation was
the result.
Finally even in the United States the
rapidly increasing means OF produce
ton have crept up to n beyond the
means OF possible consumption, and
the industrial problem has become ur-
gent.
This problem had not been expected
in the early days Of the competitive
system of society, and while to-day
most people throughout the civilized
world feel that there is a hitch some
where in the working of free COMPETE
ton. most people do not yet clearly
realize where N why competition
failed to bring about that stable ball
ance between production and con.
sumption which was the orthodox idea
OF the economists OF the past. in the
early days of the individualistic era,
and which Is still the conception of
many of those who, far from the work
of the world under the student lamp
and in the chairs of our universities,
ponder owe the problems Of the nation.
The conception as q benevolent force
In the industrial progress was based
upon the theory that by competition
between the producers price would he
lowered down to near the cost of pro-
duction. stopping just as much above
the cost OF production as Is necessary
TO give a fair profit.
The fallacy involved in this reason
ing is the neglect OF the economic law
that 1t is more economical to operate a
business or n factory at n loss than 1,
is TO have II stand idle. because &c
have an industry, n factory. stand idle
involves the continuous loss in fixed
charges.
The sun., 1916-12-03
0HE demand for a shorter work.
day. backed by the employees

ufeys UdChCu ny III CihPioySSS
organizations. has steadily de-
creased the hours Of work until now
~ are approaching the eight hour
Woekday as standard. have reached It
y many occupations. and realize that
y b coming inevitably throughout all
the Industrial world. There a be no
serious objection against the eight hour
1ay provided that 1t is universal. The
objection Is the handicap In industrial
competition met by n corporation with
an eight hour working day against a
corporation working nine or more
hours.
It Is often stated that by the in
creased efficiency OF work the same
amount al be done in eight hours as
IN nine hours. 1t is true that the work.
ine efficiency increases with the short
Gning of the hours, and the reduction
from nine hours to eight hours may
not mean a decrease of one-ninth Of
the output. but It means a very SUBJ
stantial decrease OF output. sufficient
70 prove a serious handicap in compe-
0tion with a nine hour day.
Shorter hours mean II decreased
Dlant efficiency, and thus an increase
Of the fixed cost representing Interest
and depreciation of the factory invest
inent, as the plant remains idle a larger
part Of the time. and this will have to
b met by operating In several shifts.
utilizing the plant by several success
dfve sets of employees.
:. But what afterward? With the eight
hour day accomplished the demand will
not stop. but go toward a seven hour
Day. six hour day. &c. What is the ul-
Innate limit at which the decrease of
the hours Of labor will have to stop, II
our civilization shall continue? Or
what readjustment in our social or
~ganization, in our standards OF living,
Will be required to accommodate 1t to
3 greatly reduced labor supply?
One hundred years ago the average
Workday was ten to eleven hours. Now
Il u eight to nine hours. 1t has de-
creased about 20 per cent. The pro-
ductivity OF work in these hundred
years. by the steam engine and the in.
0nite number of inventions and i'm
provements following it, has increased
u, least tenfold-probably more nearly
The sun., 1916-12-03

ter-for the love-of mercy-a olga
rette."
l gave him one. I saw him take one
blissful pun, blow from his mouth the
smoke. which was no bluer than his
lips, and die. So small a thing as a
cigarette had sent one man who died
for his country before his God with II
smile upon his lips. despite his suffer-
ing. Was this not worth my whole
trip?
We passed the Serbian artillery and
to the summit of Dobrpolje. Here in
the crcvice of "A great rock W. ate
lunch. which had been supplied by Of
ficers at the very front. There were
pancakes, raw onions. bread and Tur-
kish coffee, and a meat stew. know
something about fare at the front, and
there Is no doubt In my mind that
these same officers went on short ra-
tions for many n day to make up for
tho rcpast they set me. There was
more sugar in the coffee than a SOL
dior in Serbia gets in four days.
In our crevice In the rock We were
500 yards in advance OF the Serbian
guns. The panorama OF the battle was
spread out before us. The great pro-
%jectilcs from the masked Serbian artil-
hry, which was being fired yer n
range of hills. swept d~iagonally In
front OF mo from n line behind. They
exploded in the village of Brod and on
the hill In the rear of 1t were the Bull
garian trenches. Through binoculars
| could see into the Serbian trenches
and sometimes men in h Bulgarian
trenches.
The cncmy's guns were firing from
behind the hill on which stood the viii
laCe Of Brod, but they did not have the
range of our artillery. and most OF
their fire fell on a village a quarter OF a
mile in our rear. At times, however, a
big shell exploded in the Serbian
trenches and I saw monstrous mush-
rooms Of earth and debris hurled high
into the air.
In the debris were many fragments.
Some were of timber and some were OF
human flesh and bone.
Stretching away directly In front OF
us was n wide plain at the far extrem-
ity of which against a hill was Monas-
tlr, resembling a great cluster OF pearls
against tho dark mountain. The
French from the heights OF Kisova
were shooting down into this plain.
1t was terrible; 1t was grand. II
was cruel; 1t was sublime. My emo
tons almost overcame me. Major
T~odorovitch, noticing my agitation
thought l was unstrung and wished tt
return to the rear.
"Do you not feel well?" he asked me
81 feel-I feel like a man." I said.
1t wal the only way I could express
myself. I understood now how mer
fought and died, and were willing L
fight and die innumerable times II 1
were possible for their country. !
some OF my sisters who cry for peace
at any price could have SEN thu
grandeur OF this war In a Just u
am sure they would feel as did.
Major Todorovitch leaped tn his fee
and grasped both my hands. though
he would crush the homes.
Come" he cried. you are n Of us
You shall have the greatest honor OF VI
all"
. Dragging mo to tho edge Of tn,
l prccip.cc. where had a Bulgarian Of
ficcr seen him . burst of shrapnc
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productivity Of man, not by a reduc-
ton Of the hours Of labor. but by an
increase Of consumption Of commodi-
ties. In short, we are getting the
benent by receiving many more COM
modities-eight to ten times as much
as satisfied us a hundred years ago
but moi by working shorter hours.
But Is this abnormal increase Of
consumption. which in spite Of the
enormous increase Of productivity re-
quires almost the same working hours.
The sun., 1916-12-03
our HOUR WORKDAY MAY BE FINAL STANDARD OF LABOR

activities which essentially aim to
increase the production by stimulating
demand where It did not exist. BY
these artificial means the consumption
has been increased to keep up with the
production at the old rate of working
hours.
Suppose now we should discontinue
consumption Of things we never cared
for until somebody persuaded US TO
their use and be satisfied with only
four to FIVE times the commodities
with which we got along one hundred
years ago; this would give n four hour