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The Little River news., 1916-10-25
NO MERCY ON BANDITS
Carranza's New Decree Provides for
 Summary Punishment.

Atlantic City, Oct. t.21.-General Car ranza decrees of October g suspend ing the constitutional guarantees throughout Mexico as translated and laid before the American representa- tives on the Mexican joint commission today, provides that for nearly all of lenses, not covered by the civil code summary may be inflicted by the mili- tary authorities. Interference with railway traffic, robbery, incendiarism
The Little River news., 1916-10-25

the maE<sX.o ,Mcs things cOwn at Highlands. is very busy man these days. His busy season comes with the Elberta peach harvest in July, but then he keeps busy all the time.
 He operates one of the largest can ming factories in the state and when the peach season is over he starts on vegetables and he cans everything known in the way of vegetables, all most. He cans turnip greens, toma- toes, peaches and sweet potatoes. He is busy just now with sweet potatoes He will handle about 60.000 bushels this season. He will put about 12 900 bushels of these in cans and the re- mainder will be cured for shipment in bulk.
 Johnson has been a very useful man in Pike county, and his influence has been felt in adjoining counties. His place is veritable "schcOl for ob- servation."
The Little River news., 1916-10-25

STRAYED-Cow, marked split on
 right, 2 over bits left ear, de- horned. $500 reward,--J. s. Stead~ man, Ashdown, 96-2t
The Little River news., 1916-10-25
We wish to extend y

We WlSn tO SAteHu sV" 'A" A
 Little River County Fair and Trade and prosperous year of 1916. We p1 see much to en5ighten you on the pro made by Little River COunty. Iher ance of entertainment to make your ioyable. Bring exhibits ii you can, come anyway, and enjoy yourselves
 We congratulate our farmer 1rl prosperity-mays succeeding years
 porous. Let us foster progress ana ing our dollars at home. V
The Little River news., 1916-10-25
BRAKEMAN WILL RECOVER
Victim of Alleged Fcud at New Boston
 Said to be Improving

Texarkana Oct. 21.-The surgeon ttending Clifford Barkman, who was hot five times with an automatic lhVlt|at New Boston, says he be- ', iarkman will recover, although, Il ;obable that he will be badly We pr TOT the remainder ol ms ., lle' ne DrOs out, and may probably un-
 nputation of enc leg.
 There's from New Boston, the scene
 hooting, state that Ed Hays. your with the shooting, has been
 on bond under a charge of o''"' with intent to kill, and has o1uos to work at the Boston Oil
The Little River news., 1916-10-25
FARM CLEAN UP WEEK
Week Beginning November 13 is Set
 to Clean Up Farms.

Little Rock, Oct 24.-(Special.)- The entomologists tell us that the boil weevil may be almost exterminated this winter if farmers will help. The recommendations are that infested cotton fields be plowed the middle of November and then all trash in and about cotton fields be raked up and burned early in November to destroy the winter quarters of the boil weevil. Therefore. all farmers in the weevil
The Little River news., 1916-10-25

;s;p~ our homo necessities
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06
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T. q SNZNEs5 I

Deep in South America, on the
ragged fringe of the outskirts of prog
ress, Alan Wayne was pushing a long
bridge across a dried-up watercourse.
He was sick, tired, disgusted. Over
and over again he had grumbled to
McDougal that it was a job for a ma
son and McDougal had patiently an
swered, "I'm the mason, Mr.. Wayne.
Do you lie bye wee and gle the fever
a chance to get out of the body" But
Alan stuck jealously to his job. Ten
Percent Wayne might retire on his
laurels but he could never be beaten
Every third day the fever in his
bones seized his body in a grip that
could not be denied, shook it till it rat
tied and cast it down limp. cold and
hot, teeth chattering and then cIenched
and then chattering again. But on
the days between Alan made up for
on the backs of his men and driving
them to superhuman efforts. Terror
held them. They were Italians, far
from home A wilderness stretched
between them and the sea. The sea it.
self was none of theirs; it was but an
added barrier. A madman had them
in thraIL. Terror drove them. 1t was
race to finish the bridge before he
killed them. 81 am going to be sick" he
had told them in cold, rapid words, 81
am going to be sick, but before I'm
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06

Brazilian wilderness, and here a
times when he talked and what he said
was, "No more trips for me, McDougal
I'm a consulting engineer from this
on" McDOugal had heard more than
one man talk like that under fever and
he frowned, trying to remember one Of
them that had ever come back.
Alan was Injured to river fever He
had fought it often, and when he saw
the fetid pools of stagnant water in
the dried-up watercourse he knew he
would have to fight it again. Some
how. some night, a mosquito was
bound to get at him, and the fever
would begin. He doubled his preven-
tive dose of quinine, but he could not
double his spirits for the battle. He
came to the field with q gnawing at
those sources of health, d calm mind
and sure sleep. Sleep did not come
as Of old after the days work. In
stead he tossed and twisted on his
narrow cot and finally would turn on
lHC GIcClIlC lUl I'll " LS1lu LHO iCttSlo
over and over again.
One he read with a curl of the lip.
1t was from a pretty woman that had
fiuttered into his life and out. He had
forgotten her and now she had come
back to buzz words in his buzzing ears
She said, "It costs a woman to learn
that happiness is not really tangible
Between being fortunate and happy
gulf is fixed l was fortunate-just
not miserable-and stood on the brink
of the gulf Happiness brushed me
with its wings. l reached out to
catch it and the gulf took me. How
long will it be before l climb back
to the height that seemed not so very
high when l possessed it? don't
know Il do not hate you-only
myself. You have known many wom-
en-, but you have not known me. That
is the bitter part. You do not know
what gave you. One thing l ask you
and the words as write are blurred
with tears like my eyes-if ever
foolish woman, honest and true as
was, offers you the same sacrifice. do
not take it, have suffered for all the
women you will meet"
''Fool," said Alan to himself, fool.
not to see that I turned her wish
washy weakness into strength and
loosed dumb tongue"
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06
Discovery Made That VIII Cheaper
the Cost of Use of the Wire
less Telegraph.

Always when someone has made an
invention or a discovery some other
person comes along pretty soon with
improvements. These improvements
usually have to do with the efficiency
of the thing or It's simplification.
Sometimes it is found that a part of
the original contrivance which was
considered quite essential is really of
no particular need and can be done
away with just as well as not.
Something of that sort seems to be-
happening to wireless telegraphy just
now, for, if the report which comes
from the Pacific coast is correct, a
large part of the costly outfit Of wire
less station is quite unnecessary. Ac-
cording to this story, certain Rob
ert B. Woolverton, who is described as
the United States radio expert inspec-
tor for that territory, has found that
the high steel towers with their an
tennae are quite unnecessary, and that
a wire stretched along the ground for,
say 500 feet, will answer exactly as
well. With such a wire it is declared
that Woolverton has picked up mes
sages from Honduras. from Sayville,
from Arlington and other places.
Beyond the simplif1cation Of ap-
paratus which is embodied in this
idea, there are said to be other posi-
bilities of great value as applied TO
wireless telephony.
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06

That dry season saw the beginning
of drought that will long hold the
blacklist page in the annals Of the San
Francisco basin. 1t seemed but days
after the rains when the sparse grass
and new-leafed bushes of the wilder
ness began to shrivel up. Day after
day the sun leaped braZen, frem the
horizon to the sky, his first level rays
searching out the scant. stored mois-
ture of whiting foliage, and the very
sap Of the hardy brush. While the cat
tie were still fat they became weak
and turned to cactus for nourishment.
They broke down the sickly branches
with their horns and rubbed them in
the sand to free them of the worst of
the thorns. Herders rode the rounds
on weakening horses and dismounted
time and again to pull out spines from
the snOuts of passive, painting cows.
Bulls died of broken pride They
would not subject themselves to the
pain of eating cactus. The river-the
great river-was no longer great. 1t
grumbled with weak voice from deep
down in the gorge. Gerry watched its
falling level with anxious eye and one
day sent an urgent call to Lieber for
help.
Iieber came. He brought with him
an army, every man bearing with him
the tool that had come soonest to his
hand. Spades were few and hoes; the
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06
German Troops Moved Quickly.

Amsterdam.-Ger is exceeding
all previous records in moving troops
to the western front, according to re-
ports from the western part of Ger
many. There are now reported to be
100000 Teuton soldiers in the Meuse
district. The Kaiser is expected to
arrive at Verdun next week All ad,
vices received here indicate that the
German General Staff has resolved to
take Verdun at all costs.
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06

finished the bridge is finished or frS
smiled and made a gesture with his
hand to show how he would brush
them all off into the dry gorge His
smile terrified more than the raised
hand
The giant gang-boss. McDougal,
stood by and nodded solemn condrma-
ton. When Alan was ill by day, Nc
Dougal left him and drove the men in
his stead. but when the hour for knock
ing off came with the sudden eclipse
Of the sun by the horizon. he hurried
to Alan's tent, tished him out from
some corner on the floor, wrapped him
in blankets, dosed him with quinine,
tempted him with poor weak broths
and nursed him, unprOtestlng, through
the night
McDOugaI had followed Alan into
strange lands and strange places and
seen him in many q deep hole, and
through it all Alan had been the same
"a purring dynamo at work. He had
been the same until this trip into the
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06


bright shares Of pick or two caught
the light like lances. Most of the men
depended on the heavy sheath knives
they carried at their sides. They
looked like an army Of sansculottes
as they swarmed into the ditch and
began to dig. In two days they had
sunk 1t to the required level. When
they finished Gerry rode back with
them to help bring down Lieber's
weakening stock.
Kemp had stayed in sole possession
at Lieber's. Digging was not in his
line, so he had volunteered to hold the
fort against the return of the garri-
son. He welcomed Lieber and Gerry
to supper of his own making in ap-
proved cowboy style: sour-dOugh bis
cults made by a master hand, steaks
cut from freshly killed calf and fried
before tOughness set in, a pile of
creamy mashed spuds. There was a
LONELINESS about the meal that made
them eat in silence. They felt as
though for years they had been wor-
Shipping false culinary gods. The pile
of steaks, the heaped potatoes, the hot
biscuit. were eXotics, strayed into a
land Of pepper sauces and garlic.
The silence on the veranda that
night was even longer than usual. Ger
rvs mind went back to a French book
that he had bought in desperation at
Pernambuco. He had ploughed through
half of it and with a catch in his
thoughts he remembered that it lay
open on the table wher. he left his lit
tie room in Piranhas on the morning
Of mornings that had broken life in
two Some of its phrases, cOnned
over and over again in his struggle
with the half-forgotten idiom, came
back to him. ia parole est du temps,
le silence de leternite." He smiled to
himself at the twisted meaning the
long silence Of his companions gave to
the words.
Then the smile left his face. He re-
membered the argument. The instinct
we all have for superhuman truths
tells US that It is dangerous to be 81
lent with those we would keep at a
distance, for words pass and are for
gotten between men, but silence-ac-
tive silence-is forever ineffaceable.
True life-the moments of life that
leave a trace-is made up of silence
Not passive silence; that is but anOth-
er name for sleep. But the active 81
lence that breaks down barriers,
pierces walls and turns the life of ev-
cry day into a life where all is in
tense, where there is no ban-nothing
forbidden-where laughter dare not
enter, where subjection is submerged
and where all-all. is remembered.
Gerry felt that this active silence
had come upon them. These men were
being borne into the silent sphere of
his own soul. He felt restless-afraid.
He decided to speak. He was on the
point of speaking when Lieber let
down his chair softly, clasped his
hands and broke the silence.
Last night dreamed l heard the
blast Of a steamers horn and when l
woke up the cold sweat was on my
forehead because know that there is
no desert, no wilderness, SO far from
the things you would forget that
dreams cannot follow you to it."
He stopped and silence fell upon
them again. Lieber stared straight in
front of him, out into the night His
face worked as though he were strug-
Cling to keep his lips closed. When he
began to speak again, the words were
scarcely audible. 81 don't know why
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06
Lille Town Hall Burns.

Berlin-The Town Hall at Lille,
France, one of the most famous struc-
lures Of its kind in Europe. has been
destroyed by fire, according to dis
patches received here. German sol
diers formed chain and helped the
French librarian rescue many valuable
books. The fire brigade was unable to
save the Town Hall, but prevented the
blaze from spreading to numerous ad-
Joining structures. The Town Hail
was Of the Renaissance period.
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06

l want to tell you two about why | am
here, unless it is that as we sat here
so quiet l felt that you knew it all
that you knew all that | know and
that l was on the point of knowing all
that you have known. The little lies
of life suddenly became big and hate
full and saw in my life a monster lie
that the silence was exposing.
There are lots of men with the be-
ginning of my story. It's common and
takes little telling. 1 was born In
Pennsylvania. We were mighty poor
farmers but got all the schooling
there was within walking distance of
home. My old man saw to that When
1 was still boy our little bank took
me in. 1t wasn't doing much business
then but couple of years later the
region struck oil and the banks busi-
ness scared by leaps and bounds. It
turned into as good a spouter as any
of the wells. The family that ran it
became rich and went to higher Jobs
or out altogether. The staff was
showed up and about the time l was of
age l was handling more money than
I'd ever known was in the world. The
amount l stole was an even thirty
thousand and 1 got away with it. 1t
was easier to do thirty years ago than
it is today. 1 got away with it and
then it got away with me. 1t lasted
me year and four months and l saw
the end of it up the coast at Pernam-
buco.
81 date my birth from the day
speE.> the last dollar and woke up.
worked. Nothing was too small or too
big for me to handle. got something
to risk and then I risked it l risked
it again and again. After ten years
could draw my check for thirty thous-
and plus interest and did. sent the
check to the little bank back home.
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06
RALEIGH HAS $125, 900 FIRE.
Blaze Spreads From Wooden Stable To
Business Section.

Raleigh, N. C.-Fire which ragged for
three hours here in the business dis
trict caused damage estimated at $685.
600. Seven buildings were destroyed
and for a time the Raleigh Fire De-
partment lost control and it was neces-
sary to call on Durham for assistance.
The blaze originated in a wooden lfv-
cry stable.
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06
FIRM ON BLOCKADE ORDERS.
Great Britain Refuses Any Further
Relaxation.

Washington.-The British embassy
was advised by the foreign Office that
there would be no further relaxation
of blockade orders forbidding exporta-
tion Of German goods through Holland
unless purchased or contracted for pre-
vious to March 1, 1915. Pressure has
been brought to secure recognition
Of contracts made as late as March 10.
the date of publication of the blockade
order.
Sir Edward Grey advised the en-
bassy in response to an inquiry that
no extension "can be considered" His
reply was regarded as final.
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06
BAN ON ARMS TO MEXICO.
War Department Stops All Shipments
Across Border.

Laredo, Textile War Department
has instructed the commander at Fort
Mcintosh here to stop all shipments
of war munitions to Mexico A half
million rounds Of rife cartridges held
by customs inspectors will be taken
in charge by the local military
The order is taken here to mean
the prohibition Of the expectation OF
ammunitions to all parties in Mexico
Local customs officers have been hold
ing for some time shipments of muni-
tions when it was believed they were
intended for enemies of the de facto
government
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06
GREENS KILL ENTIRE FAMILY.
Parents and Four Children Ate Poison.
Gus Weeds.

Bluefield, w. Va--The entire family
Of Isaac Samson, consisting of six per-
sons, are dead at their home near
Delorme as a result of eating poison
Gus weeds which had been prepared
for salad. The family consisted Of
father, mother and four children. The
mother gathered what she took to be
greens and in few hours after the
family had eaten they all were dead
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06
SYNOPSIS.

Alan Wayne is sent away from Red Hill,
his home, by his uncle, ], Y, as moral
failure. Clem drinks Alan's health on his
birthday. Judge Healey defends AiAn IN
his business with his employers. Alan and
Alix, Gerrys wife, meet at sea, homeward
bound, and start a Irritation. At home
Gerry, as he thinks. sees Alix and Alan
eloping, drops everything. and goes to
Pernambuco. AliX leaves Alan on the
train and goes home. Gerry leaves Per-
nambuco and goes to Piranhas, On
canoe trip he meets native girl. The
Judge fails to trace Gerry. A baby is born
to Alix. The native girl takes Gerry to
the ruined plantation she is mistress Of
Gerry marries her. At Maple house Col
lingeford tells how he met Alan-"Ten
Per Cent Wayne"-building a bridge in
Africa. Collingeford meets Alix and her
baby and gives her encouragement about
Gerry. Alan comes back to town but does
not go home. Gerry begins to improve
Margarita's plantation and builds an ir-
rigating ditch. In Africa Alan reads
Clem's letters and dreams of home. Ger
ry pastures Lieber's cattle during the
drought. a baby comes to Margarita
Collingeford meets AliX in the city and
finds her changed. Alan meets AliX, ]. Y,
and Clem. grown to beautiful womanhood
in the city and realizes that he has sold
his birthright for a mess of pottage. Kemp
and Gerry become friends. They visit
Lieber.
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06

Whoever shall review his life will
find that the whole tenor Of his con-
duct has been determined by some
accident Of no apparent moment
Johnson.
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06
FRENCH TAKE
GERMAN TRENCHES
Enemy Driven Back at Two
Points at Verdun.
1850 YARDS ARE CAPTURED
News Thought To Indicate Check OF
Teuton Offensive-Many Prison
ers Taken In DriVe-Troops
Moved Quickly.

Paris-In the most successfu Oh
fensive blows delivered by General Pc
tain since the Crown Prince Launched
the Verdun offensive, French troops
captured $50 yards Of German trenches
southeast of Fort Douaumont.
The War ONCE also announced that
in the successful attacks against the
German positions on the slopes OF
Dead Mans Hill during Saturday and
Sunday the French captured 1000
yards of German trenches to depth
of from 300 to 500 yards.
No news from the Verdun front since
the beginning CT the Crown Princes
offensive has aroused such enthusiasm
in Paris as the publication Of cOmmu-
nique. The official statement was taken
to mean not only that the German
drive has been definitely checked, de-
spite repeated German assaults on
Sunday, but that the offensive has
now passed to the French armies,
which are pushing back the German
lines
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06
First.Llne Trenches Taken.

The French advance was made be-
tween Fort Douaumont and the village
Of Vaux, on the northern fringe OF
La Caillette woods, in which much Sc
we're fighting has occurred. The posi-
tions captured by the French were
first-line trenches. One hundred Ger
man prisoners were taken,
West Of the Meuse, artillery on both
sides was active throughout the night
on the front from Avocourt to Dead
Mans Hill, but there were no impOr-
tant infantry actions. The French
troops cOntented themselves with i'm
proving against expected German
counter-attacks the positions they cap
tured from the Germans Saturday and
Sunday.
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06

If, in day Of desperate weak
ness you had embezzied your
employers money and had to
flee the country, Go you think
you could resist the desire to re-
turn, even after years? Does
home seem to you to be "the
anchor of a mans souI?"
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06
INTERNATIONAL.
SQNlYSDOM.
LESSON

CBy f. o. SELLERS, Acting Director OF
Sunday School Course of the Moody
Bible Institute Chicago.)
Copyright, 1916, Western Newspaper Union-)
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-06
What sort of reply do you
suppose the cynic Alan wrote to
this sorroWing woman? What
does he deserve for his sneer-
ing attitude?
HIGH TOWERS NOT NEEDED

GRO BE CONTINUED.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-27
IN
STATE MEETING
ORGANIZATION TO BE PRESERV
ED FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITY
IN FUTURE YEARS.

Des Moines, July 26.-Thirty men,
bers Of the progressive party consti-
tuting a self styled forlorn hope, met
In Des Moines today in state conven-
ton to nominate candidate for gov
ernor and adopt a platform.
Leaders said that little would be
attempted except to lay foundation
for party work in the future. The con-
vention sent the following telegram to
John M. Parker Of New Orleans, the
progressive candidate for vice presi.
dent.
1--WE endorse your call for nation
al progressive convention in Chicago
on August and will send full dele
CATION" ..s...
Early discussion indicated that the
choice for governor probably would be
s. F. Bashor of Waterloo, P. II. Griffith
of Des Moines or Judge w. B. Quar-
ton of Algona.
The platform, it was said, will in
clude strong prohibition and good
roads planks, and declaration In ia
vor Of suffrage for women.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-27
ROAD FUND DISTRIBUTED
Recent Federal Appropriation fo'
Highways Is Appropriated Among
the States Of Union.

Washington, D. c., July 26-Appor-
tonment among the states of the first
years appropriation of $5,000,000
carried by the new good roads act,
was announced today by the depart
ment of agriculture, which has certi-
fed the figures to the treasury depart
ment and state officials.
To be entitled to it's share each state
must provide an amount equal to that
put up by the fedZ'al government.
Texas gets the largest share, $291,927;
New York, second, s250,720; Pennsyl-
vania, third, $23O,644, and Illinois,
fourth, $22O,926. Iowas provision is
$146,175.
Before making the division, Secre-
tary Houston deducted three per cent,
or $15O,0O0 set aside by the act for
administration. Then the 1$4,850, 900
was allotted to the states on the basis
of one-third respectively in the ration
of area, population and rural delivery
and star mail routes. i,