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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-10-26

Talbot Wards challenge to Frank Mum
roe to a personal encounter to determine
whether Munroe is fit to mako a trip to
California in search Of gold is accepted.
Munroe gets a hammerlock on Ward and
Wins the bou
They choose the Panama route. Ward,
1t develops, is an old campaigner. On
board ship they meet Johnny Fairfax and
1ank Rogers. The four become partners.
Arriving at Chagres, Talbot Wards
knowledge of Spanish and his firm treat
nent of the native boatmen help wonder
fully. The party enters a tropical forest.
They reach Gatun, and, after passing
through several villages where Ward al
ways automatically handles the natives,
they arrive in Panama.
Ward forces steamship agent to refund
passage monev because ship isn't availa-
BILE.
Yank has provided accommodations for
all o board a sailing ship. They arrive
in San Francisco.
$22O in one day.. Munroe makes $50 as a
laborer. Johnny CANDLES and gets 500.
waro astoundS the party by telllllS
how. by shrewd business deals in one day
In the Golden City, he accumulated sew
T@id uet:deS rnut he Will hot so r,.
the party to the mines, but will stay in
san Francisco, where he thinks more
gold is to be found.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-10-26

81 was just a-browning of the ven
ison,' he explained. when happened
to look up. and thar was three of our
bosses running off. tails up. and a half
dozen InjunS a~-hoSSback driving 'em.
I let drive with old Betsy and John
ny's gun. but they was about out Of
range. While l was looking after
them about forty Injuns went past
sky-hootin'. l suppose they thought
the first lot had all the bosses, and so
they didn't stop. The rest Of the bosses,
luckily, was ASLEEP, behind the cotton
woods. You bet / didn't call their at
tention to myself"
1Gnntinllnd hYe,t IIyaal-A
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-10-26

All That Day | Shoveled and Planned.
The early morning freshness soon dis
stpated. Between the high mountain
walls the heat reflected. All the quail
stood beneath the shade Of bushes,
their beaks half open, as though pant
ing. The birds that had sung so sweet
1y in the early morning had somewhere
sought repose. l could occasionally
catch glimpses of our horses doing un-
der trees. Even the chipping insects
were still. AS far as / could make out
I was the only living thing foolish
enough to stay abroad and awake In
that suffocating heat. The sweat drip
ped from me in streams. My eyes
ached from the glare Of the III on the
rocks and the bleached grasses. To-
ward the close of the afternoon I con
fessed% sneakingly to myself that I was
just q little glad l had found nc gold
and that / hoped the others had been
equally unfortunate. The thought Of
working day after day in that furnace
heat was too much for me.
My hopes were fulfilled. All came in
that night tired, hot, dirty and discour-
aged. Not one Of the eight Of us had
raised a sign Of color.
"Well." said Bagsby philosophically,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-10-26

He waded ashore and shook nImserf
like a dog.
II didn't hear 'em until they were
right on top Of me, and I couldn't get
away without being seen." said he, $50
1 just waded out and initiated a rock
with my head"
We roared with laughter by way Of
relief.
ut isn't the first time. Johnny"
said 1. .
That's all right" put in Missouri
Jones. This is no joke. They got
three Of our hosses."
Then he told us his experience.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-10-26

w " awoke the fourth morning
Nv to a bright day. The he'll
Wv meted quail were calling.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-10-26

Ward puts it up to each man to get
S22O in one day. Munroe makes s25 as a
laborer. Johnny CANDLES and gets 500.
The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14
Negro Woman Chained
 Out in the Plaza

The unusual spectacle of a negro woman chained to a tree on the plaza, was witnessed for the first time ever in the history of Brinkley on Tuesday after
 Saphronia Webster, a negro woman who has been running a dive in the way of a "rooming house" in the rear of the Arling- ton Hotel was the woman that had the unusual distinction. She was fined in Mayor Greenlee's Court for running a bawdy house and refusing to pay her fine or do any work. the Marshal was instructed to chain her and her paramour, Joe Palmer, to a tree out in the plaza. Joe escaped and so the woman alone was chained. One day of this novel fixed the wench, and she decided she'd pay her fine.
 Surely the way of the trans gressor is hard, these days in Brinkley City Court,
The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14
Joke on Grandpa.

Old-fashioned people sometimes do some funny things (that is according to our modern" ideas). The observ- CT ran across some people recently who were making great sport over one of the family patriarchs, an octogena- rian, forgetting in their merriment that they had failed in their duty to him. The social crime he had com mitted was an actual necessity, for with advancing age he had lost most of his teeth and the food he ate had to be cut into small pieces. Disdain- ing to have somebody perform this office for him he had tried to use the silver knives the family used in place of the steel utensils he had always liked, and found them too dull for his purpose. So he took the silver mess CT" to the grindstone to sharpen the same, when he was discovered.-Co- lumbus Dispatch.
The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14
MAN FROM
 MS so u l
Had to be ''Shown" and Was

In telling his many friends of the wonderful results obtained from the use of four bottles of the wonderful remedy Hays Specific" for run down systems that is now being sold by one of our wide awake druggists, MT. John Hobbs, of Bernie. Mo-, said:
 was down with stomach trouble for about four years and many doctors said l could not be cured. 1 took four bottles of Hays Specific" and am now working every day. feel that 1 am cured and am a well man. I can tri}ly~recommend Hays SpeSnsy to any one sufferine 5fom/ /stomach trouble.
 Hays' Specie is guaranteed to lbe tke srS test eystem
 uDow known 1n< = e pJE Iks M D11 1la
The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14
Among the Farmers

"Yes, sir, I'm raising 250 acres of rice and it is all A 1. Have just finished my oat crop. Had 40 acres and notwithstanding tee dry weather, got 25 bushels per acre. Have in field peas and am raising my own feed and I'll be glad to have you run your Fcarzaround to my ranch and see for yourself" said s. c. Couch, one of the clever rice men in the Hunter territory to the ARGUS man last Saturday.
 You havn't seen my cotton or else you couldn't have said that Mir. Riner had the best, " said Oscar Pearson to the ARGUS man Saturday last. Oscar is farming on the Brown farm and is said to have cotton waist high, all well fruited. I'll see Oscars S cotton.
 ''If I were running a news payer I would advocate the pas sage of a law forcing the burn- ing of all carcasses of hogs and other animals. The hog cholera got into my hogs and they were drying fast. I vaccinated. them all including a number that were already sick. With it l lost 4 head of the sick ones but saved 27 others and stopped the disease entirely. 1 believe in vaccinat- ing" said c. w. Grisham yester- day. Keep up the good work. Monroe county has lost more than $100,O00 during the past year. Pass the law. It's good.
The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14
Butler-C Cooper Marriage

On Saturday night about { o'clock, Miss Bertha Butler was married to Clyde Cooper, Rev. Jas. B. Evans of the M. E. Church officiating.
 The marriage ceremony was performed down in the country a few miles south of Brinkley, they having driven down in an auto.
 The groom is a son of Mir. and Mrs. o. H. Cooper, a graduate of the Brinkley High School and s clever, clean young fellow. The bride was one of the sweetest. most modest and deserving young women in Brinkley.
 They drove to Clarendon, talk ing the Saturday night train fol Shamrock. La.. where they will make their future home.
The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14
OPENS TOMORROW
 AT g O'CLOCK
\ Leading Firm Starts Big Summer Sale and Gives 10 Premiums to First
 10 People at Sale

To first 5 ladies and 5 gentle men entering the Lang 6 Gold berg Store tomorrow morning after g o'clock are each to be given handsome gifts as will be noted from their ad elsewhere.
 Promptly at 9 o'clock to-mor- row morning ' city telephone time = the doors of Lang & Goldberg will be opened and their big cut price sale begins. ad of which appears on inside page of this ARGUS.
 This splendid firm has the dis tinction of being the only dry goods house in Brinkley that is now advertising every week in the local newspapers and this in itself speaks for it's progression and is a guarantee that those who avail themselves of the special sale prices will find a NEW, FRESH stock of fancy dry goods.
 Mir. Goldberg. the buyer of this firm, is known to be one of the finest dry goods men in Eastern Arkansas and it is his idea to clear out his stock each season, even if it is at a loss of money rather than carry over and accumulate goods to get out of date.
 Hundreds of articles in our store will be closed out in this sale at less than their whole sale cost and this means a say ing of hundreds of dollars to the trading public in view of the present rapid advances in the cost of all merchandise said MT. Goldberg.
 This firm are exclusive selling agents for many of the worlds leading lines, including the Palmer Garments, the Kelly Shoes, etc, for ladies, the cele- brated Manhattan Shirts. Stacy Adams shoes for men, etc.
 Said MT. Lang we can't charge it during this big sale these prices are for cash only"
The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14

Every thing is dry here and a good rain would be appreciated by the farmers.
 Misses Etta Sawyer and Alice Grisham were visitors in our neighborhood Sunday evening guests of Mrs. J. A. Morale.
 Miss Maie Simpson began a term of school at Bethlehem school house Monday.
 Messrs. J. H. and J. L. Simpson and B. H. Vanderford made a flying trip to Helena Tuesday, making the trip in MT. V's car. Little Miss Jewelle Simons, who has been dangerously ill with slow fever, is improving. We hope she will soon be up again.
 T. A. Vanderford. of Sentinel. Okla. is visiting his sister. Mrs J. H. Simpson.
 We are sorry to note the ill- ness of Mrs. R. J. Torry.
 Miss Grace Jolly is visiting in Clarendon this week the guest of Mrs. B. H. Vanderford.
 Mir. and Mrs. B. c. Wander ford and little daughter, Helen. visited in our neighborhood Sun day the guests. of the formers sister. Mrs. J. H. Simpson
 Wheat thrashing will begin next week.
 GoLpENRoD.
The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14
BUILDING THE NEW GIN
Contracts for the Lumber Let. To Begin Haul
 ing Next Monday

Yes, the ARGUS may say to the farmers that the new gin will be built and ready to take care of this seasons crop. The contract for the lumber has been let, workmen employed and teams will begin hauling the material to the site next Mon- day morning. The site is the northeast corner of the vacant block just east of the Grant Lumber Co.,, and lease for same was made, money paid on June 6th-more than 30 days ago. You may say further, that the new gin has contracted to buy seed on a straight agency basis with the greatest seed buying company in the Central United States. This same company that we are to buy for, have for sev- eral years paid higher prices for seed in Arkansas than any other concern. They are coming in to the Brinkley territory to get their part of the cotton seed and you may rely on it that there will not be a better seed market in all Arkansas than -Brinkley this year. We have contracted for J. Fred Pipkin as gin mana ger and Mack B. Folsom as gin operator and with a brand new four 80 saw outfit we are going to make it to the advantage of the cotton growers living within 15 miles of Brinkley, to haul their cotton to Brinkley this fall"
 Tell 'em you saw 1t In the Arous
The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14

crop ever and if you'll inquire as to the expense of running that farm you'll find it very small compared to the amount of rice they have. Mir. Gibbs. as Sup erintendent. hopes to make the Company a dividend of 50 per cent.
 The crop on the w. Owens place is fine but I mustn't tell you about so many nice ones as the people are anxious to have you see for yourself and write it up with your own descriptive pen.
 We hear Miss Scott is to be with us again teaching domestic science in our public school. Miss Scott made many friends who will be glad to welcome her back.
 Messrs Will and Bob Owens were called to Illinois to the bedside of their eldest brother, who is said to be seriously i'll.
 The Presbyterian Ladies Aid of Hunter, are planning to meet with Mrs. Sloane. one of our fine new neighbors. ~. We can assure them of a very pleasant meeting at this hospitable home.
 Respectfully
 A READER.
The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14
Among the Auto Owners


 Two Brinkley autoists are planning a long mileage vaca- ton trip in their cars. They are Dr. F. T. Murphy and T. C.. Simmons. and their families will go with them on their tour to Waco and Marlin Wells. Texas.
 They plan to make trip in two or three days and will spend ten or twelve days there before re- turning.
 Dr. Murphy will drive an 83 Overland and Mir. Simmons probably q 75 B Overland.
The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14
Flat Fork News of Wheatley

It is awful dry down here at this writing.
 Mrs. J. M. Vaughan is very sick at this writing.
 We understand that Rev. A. A. Weeks will hold a protract- ed meeting at Posey school house in few weeks.
 Miss Ida Humphries, the tele- phone exchange lady of Wheat ley, was out visiting Miss Pearl Henley Saturday night and. Sun day.
 John Bush and family and Edd Riffey and family all visited over on the P, 6 L. Ranch Sunday.
 Mrs. c. s. Throckmorton, of Wheatley visited Mrs. J. M. Vaughan Sunday.
 Archie Owens is at work on the Wm. Fisher rice farm this week.
 Lots of sickness in this para of the country now.
 MARRIED:-July the 4th, Mrs. Lillie Lite and Rev. Dr. Joe T. David. They left for Missouri, where they will make their home.
 CORRESPONDENT.
 Toll som you saW It In the Ar0ua
The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14
Book Club Meets

The Book Club met Thursday, July 6, with Mrs. J. s. Mitchell. Six members were present, one addition to the club, Miss Flora, and one guest, Mrs. Goldman.
 The book of the hour was The Cathedral Singer and new books added to the library were, Just David" and Her Husbands Purse. {"
 At the conclusion of the social hour a two course luncheon was served, after which the club ad- journed to meet next time with Mrs. Fred Roescher, Tuesday, July IS.
The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14
Zent Neiehborhood
Zent. Ark, July 12. 1916

LenC, ArK., July 11, ASAO Dear ARGUS:
 We have been reading so much about fine crops in other locali- ties we are getting real piqued that your man hasn't paid our beautiful Zent country a visit in almost a year.
 Now we claim to be progress sive people blessed with an abundance of old mother natures lovely gifts and like for the whole world to know just what fine crops we have out here. It is true we are now needing 3 little rain right now but we feel that it will come in a few days. Among our,other nice things out here we cultivate the spirit of finding a silver lining to every cloud.
 A. T. M. Ward and his sons have fine clean crops and there are dozens of others and l dare say if I talked to A. N. Gibbs he'd tell me that he wanted the ARcrJs man to see his fine new well which he brought in about a week ago on his Chicketo Rice Farm. Some say it is the best we'll around here and the beauty of it." said MT. Gibbs to a crowd of men who had gone to view the big stream, lis it cost hardly one third what the rice farmers are paying to have their wells put down counting every thing the well didn't cost me quite $500. There's no need of a man spending so much money on a well if he has good common sense and experience in these irrigation projects. We'll he can really afford to talk as he has has been in the business 19 years and has made the expense part of it a special study.
 Farming is like everything else if it cost you as much as your crop is worth there's no need to farm unless a man feels like the old colored man who peddled water melons in a Texas town. He was selling melons at 20 cts each and one of his white friends happened to see him buy a load one day paying 20 cts for same :. Sam said he. why do you sell water melons? You pay 20 cts and sell for 20 cts" Yes  sir" said the darkey, ''but jes look at de business l does," so that may be the way with some of the farmers.
 I've been on the go quite a lot lately and l have also seen some fine crops in different sec tions but none are finer than this country.
 The little Prairie Rice Co. (th9 old Johnson Stock Farm) think they have the finest rice
The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14
War on Mosquitoes

No matter what you are using. get a can of Ross Dead Quick" Spray. If you do not find it the quickest relief from these pests, go back and Iget your money. It kills and drikes mosquitoes from
 aoCd jn Btinklax by 1ndrow FIorn ', Rlk6s Drug C.
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The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14
Registered Young Holstien
 Bull at @ Bargain

A fine young registered Hol- stien Bull, 2 years and past old. small but fine animal, gentle and safe. Is worth $250. Will be sold for $100 cash or on time, to right party. Call, write or phone to F. care ARGUS Office, Brink ley.
The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14
lust About Town

Mayor c. F. Greenlee said to me yesterday T consider the new Wheatley road just com pleted worth $2O, a year to Brinkley. It's building has doubled the valuation of lands adjadent to it. ," L. K. Brown, merchant, said along the same line 'since the new Wheatley road has been finished. there is scarcely a day passes that we do not have customers drive up to our stores in autos whom we never saw before. The road is worth fully $10,0O0 a year to Brinkley mechants.
The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14
Hifh Grade Rabbi [ Metal
 for Sale at a Bargain

The ARGUS has a limited Qoantity of extra high grade nickle alloy babbit which will go at IS cts. per lb. to clean out. Phone, write or call for it.
 THE ARGUS. Tell .em you saw It in the ARGUS
The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14

''Shouldn't we Brinkley people get together and get up county or community rally as other en- terprising towns are doing?' asked Cashier Major, of the Bank of Brinkley. Good idea and keep asking the question. Friend Major, Brinkley business men spend a lot of time, money and energy in dodges and social organizations, which is alright in its way, but it would pay 'em big, in dollars and cents, aside from the pleasure of it all, if they would spend some of their time, money and energy in com munity sociability.
The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14
Allendale Notes

Every thing is dry here and a good rain would be appreciated by the farmers.
The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14

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The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14

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The Brinkley argus., 1916-07-14

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-21
THE WRECKAGE TAKES FIRE
Eight Killed In New Haven Wreck.
Express Crashes Into Local At
Bradford. r. l..

Bradford, R. AT least .eight per-
sons were killed here when the Gilt
Edge Express, westbound, ,on the New
York, New Haven & Hartford rail-
road. crashed into the rear of a local
passenger train that had come to a
stop at the station. One coach was
~telescoped and set on fire. Thirty-five
persons received injuries and it was
feared more deaths would follow.
search of the ruins was being
made and 1t was believed that other
bodies would be found. The engineer of
the local train said that he had trou-
BILE in making steam and when he ar
rived at Bradford he wired to New
London for Instructions. He was told
TO draw onto a siding at Bradford to
let the express pass, and was just
moving his train from the main track
when the express bore down upon
him. There were about so passengers
on the local and the loss of Afe and
most severe injuries were suffered by
those in the real car. This coach was
,telescoped and burned. The car ahead
also took fire and the flames, COM
municating to the passenger station
and freight house, destroyed both
buildings. A hospital train came here
from New London.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-21
OPTIMISTIC VIEW IS
TAKEN BY GERMANS
AN OFFICIAL At WASHINGTON
COMMENTS ON THE UNITED
STATES NOTE.
IN TOUCH WITH EMBASSY
It 10 Thought Presldent Wilson's De
mands Will 9e Met BY Germany,
and Decree OF Jar. 7 Elk.
tended To All Zones.

MISUNDERSTANDING will meet
the demands in the presidents note,'
1t was stated by an official in close
touch with the embassy, though she
believes the United States is not JUS
titled in making them"
The German view here is that the
note merely demands that Germany
make her submarine policy conform to
the accepted principles of the interna-
tional law, and net that she abandon
submarine warfare altogether. This,
1t Is urged, is all that the president
could possibly ask, aud this Germany
is willing to do.
The tension In German quarters
here, which reached. a high point with
the announcement that President VIII
son would carry his case to Congress,
was greatly relieved with the publica'
ton of the presidents message and
note.
1t is pointed out that on Jan. z Am
bassador o Bernstorff handed Secre-
tary Lansing a communication an.
nouncing that German submarines In
the Mediterranean would follow the &C
cepted principles Of international law
as hitherto applied to cruiser war.
fare, and this was tacitly agreed to
by the United States, since no protest
was made.
The North Sea, it was declared, was
a different matter. as Germany's op-
erations there we're measures of re.
prisals against the British blockade.
1t is now declared that Germany will
forego the asserted right to conduct
reprisals against Great Britain and
will extend the decree of Jan. Z to all
submarines and all zones of opera
tlons.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-21
FOR W MISSISSIPPI
House Flood Control Committee Fa
vorabIe To Bili-Fioht Began
Thirty-Six Years Ago.

Washington.-A legislative struggle
that technically began SO years ago il
the Congress of the United States was
advanced far toward successful termi-
nation on the 18th, when the recently
created food control committee of the
House reported favorably the bill
which, if eSacted into law, will author
ize the expenditure of $45. 0O0, 900 for
the completion Of the levees and neces-
sary revetment on the lower Missis-
sippi, or from Cairo, ILL.,, to the head
of the passes. The bill also carries
an appropriation Of $5,60O,0 900 for the
Sacramento river in California.
AS chairman of the food commit
tee, Representative B. G.. Humphreys
Of Mississippi viii introduce the bill
In the House.