The Harrison times., 1916-05-06
ROMANCE OF TWO ARKANSANS
An Instance Wherein the God OF Love
Exhibited Greater Wisdom Than
Solomon.

JtHlut anu Jlill WtTt SNttlIICdTlS
and lived in Harrison, the best town in
Arkansas. When he asked her to
marry him and live in this state, she
answered, 81 wouldn't marry any man
who wouldn't live in Arkansas" She
was delighted when she found the en-
gagement ring was an Arkansas dia-
mond from the mines in Pike county,
which are the only known diamond
mines of value in North America.
Jennie, like most girls of 20, had her
own ideas, so she said to her mother,
"No silks and satins in my trousseau
in this time of war and high cost of
living;a all cotton garments for me, and
of Arkansas products, too" So she
and the little mother went shopping
and when they'd find the brand,
Made in the L. S. A." Jennie would
ask, "But was the original material
grown in Arkansas The salesman,
who knew his business, hastened to
explain that "in nine cases out of ten
the cotton used to make the dainty
materials was Arkansas cotton"
For he went on to explain, "Arkan-
saS ranks seventh in cotton, and the
yearly production is 79l 900 bales be-
sides giving employment to many
needy people, both white and black"
Then he added, "You may not know,
but a recent experiment has resulted
in the growth of an extra long fiber
cotton, which easily brings a fancy
price Then JenniepurchaSed anoth-
er bolt Jennie smother being a mem
ber of the Woman's Book Club of
Harrison, the Twentieth Century
Club, the Apollo Club, the three S. |.
As, a Home Mission Society, the
Civic League, four lodges and num-
Der of smaller social clubs, decided to
have the wedding solemnized at the
public library, so all the friends could
attend. The wedding ring Jennie did
not want a plain band one) was a
beautiful Arkansas pearl, found in
Black river, and its matchleSs beauty
was becoming toJennie's blonde style
" Arkansas Day" was the wedding day
and among other unique decorations
was the emblematic Arkansas flag
Miss Willie Hocket'of
Pine Bluff.
ALL-ARKANsAS PRODUCTS.
Harrison has the best cafe in Arkan-
saS, so at krauSa's was served the
wedding lunch, where again all-Arkan-
sas products were served The we'd
ding cake was made of Harrison flour
from Boone county wheat, the flowers
were homegrown, the center piece was
a large homemade Arkansas willow
basket filled with delicious peaches
from the famous peach orchard at
Capps, in Boone county, owned by
Mrs. G. f. Scott, our Harrison dis
trict president. The young ladies
decorated a Bower wagon made in
Harrison, with all kinds of emblems,
among them as a banner one of our
state slogans, Buy in Arkansas" and
gave the "newlyweds' ride to the
Missouri and North Arkansas station.
After all the old shoes and other good
luck emblems had been thrown, and
they were seated in the train trying to
wear unconscious expressions, show
er of rice fell from Jennie's hat, and
to cover his confusion, jim began to .
explain what a wonderful product rice
is, how Arkansas ranks first in quality
and quantity and that the eastern and
east central districts flooded by the
Mississippi and Arkansas rivers, are
the chief rice fields. He also told her
that Arkansas ranks first in navigable
streams, that her principal manufact-
ured articles are lumber, cottonseed
oil, tile, brick and glass, and that she
is near the front aSan agricultural and
horticultural state; that our Arkansas
Blacks are famous the world over, and
that they with other Arkansas fruits,
took ia premiums at the Panama
Pacific Exposition, that Arkansas
peaches are shipped to Europe, that
Benton and Washington counties
reap a whirlwind of dollars yearly
from their fruit, that our berries and
vegetables are a fortune within them
selves, that Arkansas can feed herself.
And when he added, "Why, Arkansas
persimmons have rarer flavor and
did you know that Arkansas has a
garlic farm Jennie patted his arm
and said, "No one is as we'll posted
as my husband"
THEY VISIT sEARCY.
After finishing high school Jennie
had spent four years at Galloway Col
kge, located at Searcy, the second best
town in Arkansas. She and jim were