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Pocahontas star herald., 1916-06-23

Ida Cater, Nora Pennington, Tom
mie and Willie Luter visited at the
home Of Eta MoElmurry Saturday
night aud Sunday.
Mrs. Ruth Downing and little
daughter Of Pooahontas are visiting
at the home Of Hubert Nioks.
Mrs. Bertha Marshall aud chill
drsn of Pocabontas visited At the
home of her father Saturday night
aud Sunday.
Oscar johnson had business at
PocAhontas Saturday.
James Manning made a business
trip TO Pocahontas Saturday.
Fred Dowuey aud Guy Johnston
retained Saturday from Rush,
where they had been working for
the II. w. A.
The civil engineer aad a crew OF
men have been surveying the road
that Is to be built from Pooahontas
10 Reyno.
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-06-23
BIRDELL

MISS Lorne Gates is visiting Al
the home Of her uncle, w. =,
Brooks, at Sharum.
Miss Leila Byrd, who has been
ON the indisposed list for sons
time, is fast recovering.
Bro. Starting filled his appoint
ment at Old Union Sunday.
Quite a number attended the
musical at w. d. waggoner's FRI.
day night. All present report a
good time.
Misses Nell Hufstedler and Mary
Pettyjohn are at Pooahontas this
week attending the Teachers Insti'
tute.
X. W. Byrd Is preparing to take
his singing class to Hopewell,
Lawrence county, next Sunday and
show how they can sing.
The singing at J. K. Pettyjohn's
Sunday afternoon was attended by
an unusually large GRO I'd. Every.
enc seemed to ENJOY the occasion.
Clyde Hufstedler is working for
Cleveland Forester this week.
Ed Wallis and Monroe Foster
had business at Sharum Saturday.
Jim Perrin returned home Satur-
day after spending a few days in
Pooahontas.
Miss Jessie Deckard, who has
been real sick for some time, Is
slowly improving.
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-06-23
HANIL

Dud Waldron and family spent
Saturday night at the home Of Wal,
ter Jackson.
II. +. Jackson and family OF
Oconee visited II. p. Waldron
Wednesday night.
Misses Olive Brown, Maud Stout
and Lillian Waldron, and Mont
Segrayes spent Saturday night and
Sunday at the home of w. L. Jack.
son.
We wonder If Warm Springs
has washed away or blown away.
Miss Fannie Jackson visited Miss
Graoe Jackson Wednesday night.
G. w. Brown visited his son, DR..
George Brown at Dalton, Saturday
night.
A. NJ. Jackson had business in
Pooahontas last week.
II, A. Tyler and family spent
Thursday night at the home of C..
7. Massey.
Misses Thelma and Bessie Jack
son spent Sunday afternoon with
Misses Flora and Barbara Stevens.
c. L. Massey and family and r.
g. Massey and family spent Satur-
day near Lorine.
This writer would like for the
geod people OF Hamil to start a
singing, l believe we could sue.
ceed.
Three cheers for the Star Herald
and its many readers.
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-06-23

eral and the expense too great to
think OF controlling the pest in this
way.
The qssstion has often been
asked; II one farmer gathers the
bulk Of the fallen squares found on
his land aud has a nsighbor who
does not, will the one doing this
work be benefited? The answer is
yes, as weevlls that come out Of
hibernStion rarely go very far from
where they have wlntered. 1t is
emily the new generation that mt
CRATES from one field to another,
consequently 1t can easily be seen
that il is important To take care Of
the veSvils that hibernate on gwen
area. This work will help each
farm, as the migratory period
when the weeVils go from one farm
to another is usually some time
from August TO 10, BY this
time, II proper cultivation has been
praotized asd fertilizer judisiously
used, the farmer may expect to have
the cotton bolls we'll set and praoti-
cally out Of danger. II not, he
may expect material damage to the
crop, as the weevils multiply rapid
ly. George K. Becker, state eto,
mologist at Fayetteville, says that
one PAIR Of weeyils may infest a
75.Acre field, eliminating one wee
wi per square foot, during a season,
II we expect to hght the weevil, do
it now-don't wait; to do so may
prove fatal to the cotton crop.
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-06-23
SKAGGS

ii. Triplett aud wife visited Al
the home of Gus Agnew Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guss Blue are the
proud parents of fine baby girl.
John Williams and wife went to
POcahontas Sunday.
Joe Troxler went to Manson Sun.
day.
Abner Traw visited at the home
Of ]. IL. Triplett Sunday.
George Tanner and family were
In our neighborhood Sunday.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Ben Webb of Kno-
bel were visiting at the home OF
John Holman Sunday.
Tom Tennessee went to Poca.
hontss Sunday.
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-06-23

in order to hold sufficient moisture
in the soil to insure rapid aud
vigorous growth aud fruInng be.
fore ,he weeylls increase IN suffi.
oient nsmber to destroy the crop or
before they increase even TO the
second and third generation.
The second way 10 control the
ravages Of the weeyil is to collect
the first fallen aud punotured boil
forms and carefully destroy them.
Another way to check this pest is
to look for the adult weevil and
attempt tu destroy as many as pos
sible, One female weevil DESTROYED
at an early date will in most cases
save as many as lao bolls aud de.
stroy from 1875 to l4O weeyils later
iu the season. IL isa we'll known
fact that one female wesyil will
deposit on an average Of l4O eggs.
In looking for the weevil It is best
to look Ia the open blossom from
10 a. m. to 1890 p. m. This sug.
gestiSn seems absolutely absurd
since 1t appears that to hunt for the
weevil would be an endless job, and
most farmers will say that they do
not have time to do this kind of
work. However, il they are to
protect ;heir valuable cash crop,
and il they are 10 avoid Its complete
destruction, they should use every
effort to check the weeyIl, and this
IL one of the most effective means
available. THIS work is not as diff.
hcult as II seems. Farmers should
remember that the weevil does not
intest the entire cotton field at this
time, or in fact II any time. The
weeVil damage Is found usually in
spets around an old stump, near
the fence rows, or IN the corners,
around old houses, along ditch
banks or near the woods. 1t can
easily be seen, therefore, that it is
only necessary to locate these infest.
ed places and collect all forms ey.
cry week and to continue this for
month or six weeks. This work
will keep the weevil from Increas
ing rapidly and will decrease the
numbers to the minimum. If our
farmers are to do any effective
work, they must not wait until the
cotton begins to shed and a new
crop Of weevils have bred. If they
do, the lnfestation will be too gen.
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-06-23
HIGH POINT

The singing at this place Sunday
was we'll attended.
Roy Dixon, whs has been work,
ing for A. g. Shaver at Burr, ha'
returned home.
The farmers Of this place hav,
cut their wheat. They report the
wheat crop small in yield.
Wellington Merriman, the Raw
leigh salesman, was at this plao,
Friday.
Mrs. Tom MoCIlntock is Ill this
week. DR.. FinneY Of Warm
Springs is treating her.
Several from this place are pre-,
parIng to attend the Sunday School
Convention at Poynor, No., the
fourth Sunday.
John Dalton. the fruit tree agent,
was at this place Friday making
sales,
Sidney Baxter spent Thursday
night at the home of Tom MoClIn.
took.
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-06-23
WARM SPRINGS

The little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Steve Wright has been on the
puny list tor several days.
Mrs. c. Flnney is visiting at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Sophia
Creason, at PocshOntas this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. All DIetz of St.
Louis visited at the homes of Moses
Burrow and jim King this week.
A large crowd attended church
at this place Sunday. An excellent
sermon was delivered by Bro. Mil
lion.
Little Ralph Barnett was IN our
burg Saturday.
The writer of these few items
will ask a favor of someone at
Oconee. Let us see, IN the next
weeks paper, the whereabouts Of
Mrs. Lewis Broom, (nee) Miss Hat,
tie Rice.
Miss Eta Morris OF Ingram was
shopping in our little town Mon.
day.
Mrs. Lige Sorrels of Elm Store
spent Saturday night and Sunday
at the home Of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. G. Carter.
Perry Spikes and family visited
at the home of Rev. ID. N. King
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Mock of
Burr, Mo-, visited at the home of
DIR. VIM. Carrens Sunday.
Ed Ferguson and wife, Mrs.
Chas. Ferguson and little son visit
ed at the home Of III. Burrow Tues.
day night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Burrow of
Pocahontas are visiting friends and
relatives at this place this week.
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-06-23
Don't Take a Chance
POcahOntas People Shsuld Act In
lime

II you suffer from backache;
II you have headaches, dizzy
spells;
II the kidney secretions are IT.
reguler,
Don't delay-likely your kidneys
are sick.
Thousands recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills.
And hundreds reside right IN
this locality.
Read the statement OF the nearby
resident:
Charles w. Moore, Walnut
Ridge, Ark, says: "My kidneys
were weak aud disordered. Doan's
Kidney Pills greatly strengthened
them and they are new IN normal
condition. ! have taken other kid
ney medicines during my life, but
find Doan's Kidney Pills superior
TO all others. A member of my
family has also used Doan's Kid
ney Pills and been relieved Of a
long standing case of kidney trOu-
ble."
Price SOC at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mr.. Moore had. Foster
MIlburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-06-23
Late County News
IMDODEN

Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Graham visit,
ed their daughter, Mrs. b. b. Rag
lin, At Pocahontas Sunday.
j. I. Thompson Of Pooahoutas
was here first of the week buying a
drove Of sheep.
Atty. Walter Pope OF Pocahon-
tas was here few hours Saturday
enroute to Williford on legal busi,
ness.
Gen. w. X. Surridge, formerly
of Walnut Ridge, and Mrs. Belle
Potter Of Little Rock were married
May 10 IN Little Rock.
The next meeting of the Boys
and Girls Pig Club will be held on
the farm Of ]. J. Brooks the las,
Saturday in June. The one held
last week at Elizabeth Orchards
was we'll attended. Mr.. j. II. Kiz.
er talked on stock raising, and Mrs.
KlEer had the attention of the la.
dies on the subject of dairying, and
organized a butter club. MIR. and
Mrs. X. NJ. Rider entertained the
large crowd present.
One OF the prettiest games Of
ball ever played here took place
Tuesday when the Pocahontas Keen
kutters came over and met our
sluggers. Fast playing was done
on both sides aud our home boys all
became "stars," winning the game
by the score of to 0. II was a
pitchers battle between Partin Of
Pocahontas, and our shrewd de-
pendable Sam Estes. Hits off
Partin 9, of Estes 2-lmboden
Journal.
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-06-23
BIGGERS

George Bigger and wife visited
at Mlddlebrook Sunday.
Carl Conner Of Pocahontas visls-
ed at the home of Walter McCrary
Saturday night.
Claude Rice, who has been away
the past year, returned Sunday.
Ray Sallee of Pooahontas was at
this place Saturday,
]. L. Park of Pocahontas came
up Saturday and erected a mouu.
ment at the grave of G. u. Abbott.
n. A. Childs and family of Pc.
oahontss pessed through here Sun
day.
Essle Totty, Pearl and Georgia
Moore visited at the home Of Belle
HiggInbotham Sunday.
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-06-23

dangerously i'll,
Uncle Crave Wilson, who has
been visiting his children in Texas
aud Oklahoma, has returned home.
Mr.. Spence Is thought to be i'm ,
proving some,
The state surveyor was here last
Saturday and surveyed the road
from the state line to Maynard.
Our farmers are very much inter-
estSd in the prospects Of a new road.
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-06-23
AlINORCA

Mrs. Martha Hawkins spent th,
first of last week With her sister
Mrs. Tom Taylor, of Poynor, No
Rev. ID. II. Sharp preached an
interesting sermon at PItmam Sun
day.
Miss Ella Sharp is visiting rela'
uves at Corning.
Prof. Lloyd Shemwell attended
the Institute at Pocahontas.
w. II. Ennis is having the chllls
Mrs. Alma Hawkins entertained
number OF her young friends Sun
day evening in honor Of her cousin,
Miss Wilfretb, of Paragould.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cort McCSuley
visited at the home Of Charley Ju.
Ian Sunday.
We are glad to hear that J. A.
Spence of Middlebrook is improy.
ing.
II. c. Athy is on the indisposed
list.
Mrs. Bette Ballard and children
spent Sunday with Mrs. Ida Vester
Jesse Jones Is on the sick list.
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-06-23
MIDDLEBROOK

Jimmie Kidd and family of near
Brakeblll visited at the home of
w. A. Brown Sunday.
Bro. Blevins filled his regular
appointment at Sloan Sunday and
at the school house Sunday night.
Geo. Bigger and wife of Biggers
came over Sunday to visit Mr..
Spence. George returned but Mrs.
Bigger will remain for awhile.
Lilburn, son Of Dave Parker, Is
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-06-23

the fairs themselves although cor
daily inviting the town people to
attend. There should be a thous.
and of these neighborhoOd fairs
held in Arkansas this fail. The
Extension Service Of the University
OF Arkansas and U. S. Department
of Agriculture, with offices at Fay.
etteville aud Little Rock, is deeply
interested in this movement and
ninety men aud women county
agents are willing to help.
Pocahontas star herald., 1916-06-23

Cow For Sale--I have a two.
thirds Jersey COW for sale. See
Mrs. Maggie Keith. 42tf.
Will pay the highest prices for
wheat, call aud see me before sell.
ing. y, J. Baliz,
4S q. Pooahontas, Ark.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-24
PARK POLICE AND BoYs.-It is

lawful for the West Park police to
slug the private citizens while walk
ing through Humboldt park singing?
This has happened several times. The
police came right up and slugged us
without warning, without even say
ing to go away. AS our fathers pay
taxes we think we should be able to
go into the park without getting
slugged.-Son of a Taxpayer.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-24


CHILDREN OF THE POOR. -
have noted with interest several ar
ticles in your paper commenting on
the statement of Mrs. Robert Lig-
gett that 'the bearing of children
should be left to poor people" Such
a statement is so ridiculous that it is
hardly worth commenting on, ex-
cept for the opportunity it offers to
comment on the wonderfully fine
children that are often born to poor
parents.
Any one going through the poorer
districts of Chicago can see some Of
the most beautiful, brightest and
smartest little children that are to
be found anywhere. Sometimes
they are children Of extremely poor
parents, sometimes of parents who
are only moderately poor. If, how
ever, you want to look for other
values which come from the children
of poor parents, read any history of
Western Europe or America of the
great men Of any generation for the
past 200 years and you will find that
a very large percentage of the great
men Of that generation came from
poor homes.
OF course, there was a time when
the children of the poor did not have
a fair chance in the world and con-
sequently seldom were able to rise
to positions Of power or influence,
but for the past 200 years in Europe
and America, and more so with each
succeeding generation, the children
of the poor do have a chance and
some Of the best citizens the world
has seen come from homes Of severe
poverty. l do not mean by this to
recommend poverty, but simply to
say that, in spite of poverty, that
fathers and mothers who are free
from alcohol and disease, who love
and care for their children, can eY-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-24

taxes we think we should be able to
go into the park without getting
slugged.-Son of Taxpayer.
MAKING ACoUAINTANCES.-
Here is the kind of an acquaintance
l should like to make l should like
to meet a lady who knows that the
average man lays up very little.
He has no friend who takes an in
terest in him and the prospects are
so slim that he does not know what
to do and therefore seeks comfort
for himself in any way possible. He
spends money on things he would
not care for if he had a lady friend
who would help him keep what he
has and encourage him as to the
future.
A woman has it in her power to
keep a man cheerful and straight.
And these stay-at-hOmes, l think,
are the very ones.
Now how can we men meet them.
Where? Who'll show US? Where
are you reformers now? Why don't
you come across with the goods?
VIII you believe that many a man is
led astray on account of loneliness,
Just like a girl? You will admit it,
perhaps, but still condemn them.
God made sexes to mingle and not
to be torn apart. Devise a system
through which people can be intro
duced to each other.
1 further ask the civic league what
they mean by patroling Humboldt
park? Is their intention to drive out
spoOning? I think it is an insult to
the young people Of this city. Where
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-24

such an observatory. I am impelled,
however, to remark parenthetically
that Immediately following this arti-
Gle appears one on secret diplomacy
which should be spurned by every
lberty-loving man and wOman.-Abe
A. Kapman.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-24

pect as much from their children as
any fathers and mothers in the land,
and we are continually finding such
expectations reaized.-Ill. Vigilance
Assn.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-13

with one who held his own admins
tratlon in so high esteem
When further he expressed the
earnest hope that the delegates will
nominate some man on whom all Re-
publlcans and all Progressives can
unite, he not only placed an i'm
passable barrier before both himself
ana Mr.. Root, but he practically left a
clear path for only one man-Charles
Evans Hughes.
Theodore Roosevelt as President
never did and never could render so
great service to his country as he is
now rendering as patriot. The evan
gels of which he has become the fore
most herald are neither fantastic nor
DUBIOUS; they are true and splendid
and are recognized as such gladly and
gratefully by millions whose regard is
priceless. That he would or will per
NIT impairment of this unique and in
estlmable possession through common
self seeking is simply inconceivabIe.
That he would or will strive for the
perpetuation of government which
he considers ignoble by conniving at
the defeat of Charles Evans Hughes
as candidate for President on a plat
form embodyingN the very great and
vital principles which he himself is
upholding so admirably is the acme of
absurdity.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-13
BY BRIGGS

being experimental with by European
scientists in the hope of discovering a
new fabric that will have the warmth
the impenetrability to dampness and
the close, soft weave of wool.
AT present there are seven textile
fibers on the American retail market
including cotton, WOOL linen, silk
ramie, jute and artificial silk Cot
ton, the cheapest of these, has short
fibers with a peculiar spiral twist
which are adapted to spinning. but
produce fuzzy thread preventing lus-
ter in the cloth. This disadvantage
is in part overcome by the mercerizinc
process introduced about a decade ago
which imparts to cotton cloth a luster
seen in some inferior grades of silk.
SILK is the most valuable of fabrics
owing to the length of it's fiber, often
over hundred yards. While the
mulberry tree upon which the silk
worm lives may be grown success
fully in the United States, the amount
of hand labor required in raising and
handling the cocoon precludes the
probability of our ever developing a
raw product industry here. In re-
moving the long silk fiber from the
cocoon much shorter fiber is also de-
tached which is made up into a fabric
known as spun silk" having a some
what fuzzy thread and without the
CONTINUED on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-13
NEW CLOTH FIBERS
By Frederic ]. Haskin

NTOOL is now scarce, and a posi-
wv tive shortage of the fiber will
v probably exist within two years.
This prediction has created alarm in
the American textile trade. and caused
scientists in all parts of the world to
renew their Investigations of the veg
etable and mineral kingdoms for a
substitute.
Every time a man in the trenches
discards his woolen uniform, it is
burned and new one supplied him.
Ihls is a tremendous tax on the pro-
duction of wool-a fabric that was
none to plentiful when the war start
ed.
Fabrics of all kinds have been more
or less affected by the war. The
large flax fields of Belgium were wiped
out Just as the demand for linen in
hospital supplies became enormous.
only cotton has survived the war
strain with anything like an increase,
and in this country even it's production
has been curtailed by the introduction
OF diversified crops In the South.
Goats hair and camePs hair have
already helped us through a couple of
winters and provide Il possible answer
TO the problem. Camels and goats
are not so numerous as sheep, how
ever, so that the real answer must
come from the vegetable kingdom.
Nettles, pine needles, seaweed and the
leaves and stalks of various plants are
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-13
The Burglar and the Pun

The burglar. stepping across the cell
lar, kicked something soft. It yelped,
then barked ecstatically, as the Pup
discovered a living presence in the
lonesome dark.
The burglar stuffed the little dog
under his arm, and listened, while the
pup squirmed up his chest and licked
his chin. Except for the rasping of the
little tongue on the stubbly chin, there
was no sound. Dropping the puppy to
the floor, the man began work on the
house door. Behind him came the
pup, Hopping up on it's fat little feet.
Again the Burglar seized it, and again
the pup licked his face.
'What'll do with you?" whispered
the man. Go to bed, won't you %
The pup would not. Lets have a look
at you" The burglar sat down, balanc-
ing the puppy on his knees. You're
just a little feller. It's a shame to put
you in the cellar"
The pup blinked and snuggled down.
II got work to do" objected the bur-
glar. He set the pup on the stairs. 1t
protested, and was hastily picked up.
The crying ceased. For some time the
burglar sat on the stairs with the pup
on his knees. Then, putting the sleep
ing dog in capacious pocket, the man
set 70 work.
Next morning, in the puppy's bed,
they found the loot. and this note: "To
pay for the pup. You don't know how
to treat him"-D. @. Applegate, in
Life
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-13
FOREST FIRE LOSSES

ID EPORTS submitted to the chief
n forest fire warden for the year
up to June l indicate that the
loss from forest fires in Pennsylvania
this Spring will be considerably less
than for the same period in 1915.
But the figures are still too large,
by far. For instance, the total area
burned over by the twelve largest
fires was about $1,000 acres. Think
of it $1,000 acres of valuable wood
land, the product of years of growth
and not to be replaced for years to
come, wiped out because twelve people
were careless, for the forestry officials
say that 'as usual the great majority
of the fires are caused by careless
ness, pure and simple"
1t would seem that the penalty for
carelessness of that kind ought to be
made punishable by long terms of i'm
prisonment No fine that could be
collected would be sufficient to pay
for the enormous losses entailed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-13
GOOD WORK

.T<IME was when the college boy,
working his way through" had
hard shedding indeed. About
half of his school year he spent worry
ing over an effort to get lob" where
by he might not only keep himself
during the summer, but at the same
time might lay up money to help tide
him over the following winter.
The announcement of the State Bu-
reau of Employment that it has posi-
tions for more than 1900 young men
and women for the vacation period,
shows how conditions have changed.
This is great work the Bureau is do
ing. The college student who wants
work during vacation is usually a ser
ious-minded, earnest boy or girl whose
services are we'll worth having in any
one of the numerous lines that de-
mand efficient help during the vaca-
tion period. If the Bureau had done
no more than this it would have justi-
fed it's creation.