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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

FOR SALE--FURNISH AND
furniture of six-room house, A
condition: also wicker baby car
riage: q real 100000 value; cheap
for cash; party leaving city. Ad
dress X X X. care Graphic. 5-4-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

FOR SALE - TWO BEAUTIFUL
lots. on Oath and Mulberry streets,
2 blocks from car line; 40 acres
unlmproved land on Sulphur
Springs road, and one horse
wagon. Call at Barnett Tailor
shop. 5-27-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

LOST OR STRAYED-BIRD DOG,
white and liver colored spots;
wearing brass collar. chain attached
Reward if returned to 623 Walnut
street. 5-2S st
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

FOR SALE - GENUINE NANCY
Hall sweet potato slips, $3.50 per
thousand; in five thousand lots
$1.25. Apply Mrs. Giessen. r. F. D.
No. 2. Box 15S, Pine Bluff, Ark.
ga ct
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04
F. 0 r S 4 l. E

FOR SALE-HANDSOME BROWN
Reed baby carriage, with reversi-
BILE body; good as new; at bar
gain; also baby walker. Phone
2OSS. 6-4-6t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

FOR RENT-TWO OR THREE
nicely furnished rooms for light
housekeeping; close in; 10 minutes
walk from courthouse; all modern
conveniences. Apply 622 Beech.
sat-.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

The light of the sun is 100000 times
greater than the full moon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04
View York SpOt Cotton.

New Yc' k. June 3.-Spot cotton
puiet; middling uplands. 12.70c; no
Bales.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

COW PEAS-REPLACE THE HAY
and oat crops cut short by drought
with Cow Peas. Improves the soil;
yields an abundance of best hay.
We have nice assortment of clays,
reds, blacks, blue and brown whip
poorwill and mixed peas, all Ten
nessee grown. Also mammoth yell
low SOFA beans, millet and sor-
ghum seeds, etc. Ask for samples
and prices stating quantities in
which interested Chattanooga Feed
Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. 5-26-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04
F O r r E. N T.
G. S. M " E w

-. y. vi IN T. W
1GG PINE STREET PHONE 971
l21 Idaho; tank and we'll water;
close to shop gate-----$8 $3.50
1910 W. sth; 5 rooms. strictly mod
705 Beach, 4 rooms, close in; gas and
1908 E. 3rd; rooms; close to
1121 Oak, 4 rooms, city water and
gas, two lots $1,000
1915 Beach, 4 rooms, strictly mod
ITO W. Fourth, rooms, mod
1909 e. Seventh, Pat Chestnut home,
8 rooms, 2 lots, strictly modern and
up to date S25. 90
1109 Beach, new 4-room bungalow.
strictly modern -------------$16.OO
22nd and Poplar, room Bungalow.
lights, gas $3.50
918 E. 3rd, 10 rooms, fine location for
boarding; will repair to suit $4,000
7o7 Walnut, 6 rooms, hall, modern.
close in -$22.oO
ll9 e. Harding ave., rooms, newly
papered $500
l2O9 w. 9th, 5 rooms, strictly modern,
servants house --$25.O 90
30 p. End, rooms, lights. gas and
bath. suitable for two families;
close in $4,000
BIB Cherry. Five rooms. lights and
1905 E. 9Th, new 4-room cottage,
strictly modern, lights, bath. sink,
and close to school and churches
on paved street and car line$16.O0
1908 e. 9Th, rooms, newly overhaul
ed, lights. gas and bath; car line
and paved street.
6l9 Tennessee. Lights and gas; four
rooms; close in --------$12.5O
1401 Magnolia, rooms, good we'll
and barn
805 W. Third, rooms, strictly mod
ern, close in --$25OO
22i E. End, rooms, all modern con-
veniences, 2 blocks east of Main
1902 E. 7th. 4 rooms, lights. gas.
1920 East Fifth. 5 rooms. city wa
9O6 East Second, 4 rooms. city wa
22nd and Main, 3 rooms, good we'll.
.
S13 w. 12th. 3 rooms. city water-3s.00
lll6 East Fifth, 4 rooms. city wa
teE ~-------------------
1904 u. 7th, rooms. modern---$12.00
FO r S A LIE
100x154 feet on G. B. R. R. and
|. NJ. R. R., with 10 room house and
store building. close to Main street:
was appraised at $4,000; will take
almost one-half. III
Large body Of land or Doliarway
road; can furnish from 900 to 1000
acres al bargain price.
{ rooms, all modern converlsrces;
Near 9Th and Walnu, on Walnut
street: lot S0xt54 BARGAIN.
Cotton Imports into China last wear
showed an increase 81 $s,750,000 in
value.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

FOR RENT MODERN FIVE-ROOM
bungalow, I 1909 East seventh
Call o ssee Jones G. Laws. 1917 E.
Sixth, or telephone 1921. 6-3-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

galow, plastered throughout Phone
% or PIG. +. T.. Renfrow. 5-26-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

FOR RENT-TWO FURNISHED
down stairs rooms, clean, light and
cool; cheap to permanent parties;
modern. Telephone 214S, 713 Main
street. 5-2S-3t
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04
CLASSIFIED
WA RI =
Bring Results TRY One

n'Shed rooms for light houseke n
Ing, with all modern couvcniences.
APPLY l01 y. o1iO. 6-f-3t
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

FOR RENT-SEVERAL NEW MOD
ern cottages. See DR.. Blackwell
5-23-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

Is venty languages are said to b'
spoken in the ancient city Of Tlflls
in Russia.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

FOR RENT-TWO CONNECTING
rooms nicely furnished for light
housekeeping, on paved streets.
all modem conve nlences; parties
remaining 6 months will get re-
bate of two weeks. those remaining
year rebate of one month; 500
w. Barraque, phone 1864. If
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

FOR RENT OR SALE = HOI SE
with all modern improvemca ats;
gas, water and ELECTRIC lights; el1O6
West Fourth avenue. IA pply =. c.
We'll. Phone, 2l61salfotel Pines.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

FOR Observation-Disclosures APART
ment. also single rooms; all mod
ern conveniences; close to city.
706 West Third avenue. 5-12-tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

MONEY TO LOAN ON CITY PROP
erty or farms in any amount from
$4,000 up; quick action. S. G..
WE'LL. tt
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

20 R S LE HAND DRAWN
cypress shingles. Call phone 9532-F2
H. N. BurkkS. 5-11-1m
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

showed an increase 81 $s,750,000 in
value.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

FOR RENT-Two NICELY FUR
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

FOR SALE-$25OO WILL BUY A
Two story dwelling; nine rooms and
bath; on paved street, corner lot,
72x140 feet: good barn and serv-
ants house; near Lakeside church.
II you want home at bargain,
see or phone Hollis Real Estate
Co.. phones Nos. 2 and 112. 3-19-tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-04

FOR SALE-FORTY ACRES OF
land 8 miles from Pine Bluff; IL
mile off of pike road; in good
neighborhood; 20 acres in good
state of cultivation; real bargain
at $15 per acre; terms can be had.
See or phone Hollis Real Estate
Co.. phones Nos. and 112. tt
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-07

that for a satisfactory system not less
than 1,25O,000 miles of road must still
be improved. With the growing
traffic and with the consequent de-
mand for better construction, the
ultimate cost of this system will not
fall short of ,000,000,000, and it's
construction will probably cover a
period of not less than forty years.
These figures do not overstate the
case. Many roads have been and will
be built too narrow, too crooked, with
excessive grades and inadequate pave
ments. These should be widened,
Strengthened, regarded, and repaved.
They will also have to be provided
with bridges designed for the increas-
ing weight of vehicles. However this
may be, it seems safe to say that we
have a big job on our hands, and that
if we are to plan for its execution we
must do so in a big way.
One would naturally look for eX-
perience to Europe. European condi-
tions and customs are so different
from ours that data derived from them
are of but limited value. We must re-
member, too, that they are in a much
more backward state of motor-vehicle
development even II more advanced in
road administration.
From THE Future OF Good Roads
in State and Nation" by Colonel Ed
win A. Stevens, in the February
Scribner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-07
WHY NOT PHILADELPHIA?

TIME New York Chamber of Com
merce reports that more than
half the import commerce of the
country passes through that city and
nearly half of all our exports. New
York has benefited more than any city
i'm the country from the big trade
balance now piling up in our favor.
To be sure, our own Philadelphia and
other cities along the Atlantic coast
have. also reported increases in exports
and imports, but they are merely pick
ing up the crumbs that fall from New
York's table.
The question naturally arises, why
should Philadelphia not more equally
share the ocean-soing business with
New York, for this is not by any
means one-port country. Along the
Atlantic coast, in addition to New
York, Portland. Maine, Boston, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore. Norfolk, Savannah
and Charleston, are ports of foreign
commerce. Along the Gulf there are
Mobile. New Orleans and Galveston,
NIL foreign trade ports. And on the
west coast there are Seattle, Port
land, San Francisco and San Diego,
all equipped for berthing deep-draft
ships engaged in ocean trade. And
every one of the ports just mentioned
does do something in way of both
export and import commerce. but
New Nork's both ways foreign trade
is practically equal to the round trade
of all the other ports.
Philadelphia is capable of handling
a large share of the sea commerce
now going in and out through New
York and it should be the united ef-
fort of all trade bodies within the
State to bring this about, for Penn
sylvania at large would be benefited
thereby possibly nearly as much as
Philadelphia itself.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-07
THAT "GERNIAN PLOTo

TT is almost beyond belief that there
can be any truth in a widely pub
lished story to-day to the effect that
large numbers of Germans have come
secretly into this country for the pur-
pose of organizing a raid against
Canada, having the Welland canal as
their object of attack. Just how q
force of 100000, to quote the figures
given, could be brought together and
hurled against Canada from this side
of the line without anybody being the
wiser is beyond comprehension. 1t
would be forlorn hope, indeed, even
though IT were massed, and would be
doomed to be ground to powder be-
tween the upper and neither millstones
of Canadian and United States troops
acting in conjunction. The einternational
complications that would follow would
throw the United States into the war
against Germany and little or nothing
for the German cause would be accom-
plished, for in that event other outlets
than the Welland canal would be open
to Canadian shipments of wheat to the
allies. Germany is too hard up for
men to risk 5000 soldiers in such a
foolhardy enterprise.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-07
WHY IS IT?
New York Sun.l

Our esteemed contemporary the
North American Review, in the per-
son of its editor, hastens to the de-
fense of President Wilson's political
and moral right to a second term.
With both ability and plausibility
Colonel George Harvey argues, in sub
stance, that although the President
was elected to office on a single term
platform he may ignore that plat
form and run again without justly in
curing the reprobation of even the
most fastidious moralist.
History presents few more touch
ing spectacles of magnanimity than
this appearance of Colonel Harvey in
behalf of the august (if ungrateful)
child of his early discernment.
We do not quite agree with our dis
tinguished contemporary as to the
ethical principles involved. There
are many other good Americans who
are eagerly with the North American
Colonel in hoping for the reputation
of the single term plank of the
Baltimore platform. 1t has surprised
us, and we are sure it would astonish
Colonel Harvey, to learn from the let
ters on the subject arriving at this
Office from various parts of the land
how many of the most ardent pro-
moters of a second nomination for
Woodrow Wilson are those who are
least desirous of his second election
We wonder why this is. Can it be
i'm every case the result of a large
minded generosity, as ii Is in Colonel
Harveys case?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-07
LAUGH AND BE MERRY

Laugh and be merry; remember, bet
ter the world with a song,
Better the world with blow in the
teeth of a wrong.
Laugh, for the time is brief, a thread
the length of a span.
Laugh and be proud TO belong to the
old proud pageant of man.
Laugh and he merry; remember, in
olden time
God made heaven and earth, for joy
He took in rhyme
Made them and fitted them full with
the strong red wine of His mirth.
The splendid joy of the stars, the joy
of the earth.
So VIC must laugh and drink from the
deep blue cup of the sky,
Join the jubilant song of the great
stars sweeping by;
Laugh, and battle, and work, and
drink of the wine outpoured
In the dear green earth, the sign of
the joy of the Lord.
Laugh and be merry together, like
brothers akin,
Guesting awhile in the rooms of a
beautiful inn,
Glad till the dancing stops, and the
lilt of the music ends.
Laugh till the game is played, and be
you merry, my friends.
John Mase1eld.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-07
Laugh and be merry t
MUST HAVE GOOD ROADS

If the average life of a car be three
years. 1t seems possible that by 1920
we shall have on our highways a total
of not less than 100000 motor
vehicles. or one for every twenty in
habitants. This is aout three times
our present registration. In the ten
States the Increase in five years has
been fourfold. Massachusetts regis
tered one motor vehicle for every los
persons in 1910 and one for every
S7.4 in 1915. In 1910 the population
per car in Ohio was 149; to-day it is
27.7.
To care for this traffic we have in
the United States about 2.125, zoe
miles of country roads. not counting
streets. What mileage has been I'm
proved it is impossible to say. for
the word has no standard meaning
We are probably cafe in assuming
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-07
MANAGING THE CITY
Beautiful Battle Creek
By Frederic ]. Haskin

T<HIS is probably the only city in
the United States the streets of
- which are decorated with grow
ing flowers. On every lamp post in
the business district, just under the
globe is q metal box where plants are
kept growing from early Spring until
the first frost
''I should think It would be awfully
hard to keep people from stealing
those flowers remarks the stranger
to tho policeman on the corner.
Anyone who lives in Battle Creek
would no more modest them than he
would kick baby off the sidewalk" !"
is the reply.
These street boxes are not MAIN
were installed by an association of
private citizens which maintains
them with the cooperation and ap-
probation of all the other citizens.
Battle Creek is one of the prettiest
and best kept towns in the country,
ard one reason for the fact is that
the people take enough pride in their
town to decorate the streets with
flowers.
A desire to make their city more
beautiful brought about the change
to commission government in Battle
Creek. The people were determined
that they would have parks. There
upon, all the candidates Tor mayors
and councilmen began making speech
es about parks, and most of them
were elected on the strength of their
promises. But no parks materialized.
Every time that anyone said park"
in the city council, each of the alder
men in turn leaped to his feet and
raised his arm and his voice in en-
phatic declaration that parks were his
only object in life, that he was pledged
to create parks, that the great and
glorious city of Battle Creek should
have the finest parks in the world, but
II owe my first allegiance to the
sovereign voters of the Umpteenth
ward. and I shall oppose with every
ounce of energy possess the purchase
of any park that does not give first
consideration to the deserving citizens
of my bailiwick."
For a time this made Mr.. Alder
man very popular in his own ward,
but the people finally awoke to the
fact that it was not producing any
parks. To the amazement of the town
hall patriots, they voted for commits
sion government. Battle Creek now
has an exceptionally fine system of
parks and boulevards.
Battle Creek is governed by a
mayor and four commissioners. The
last commission elected includes a
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-07
By BRIGGS

skilled mechanic, a cigar manufac-
turer, businessman and a lumber
and coal dealer. The initiative, refer
endum and recall are in the charter.
The recall has never been used.
Like all other cities in the United
States, Battle Creek has had to deal
with traffic problems resulting from
the increased use of the automobile
In city where 20 per cent. of the
people own their own homes, and
where the savings deposits in the
banks amount to $4S4 per capita,
automobiles are likely to be numer-
Gus. That's the situation i'm Battle
Creek When congestion reached a
point where you couldn't cross the
street without stumbling over half a
dozen autos, the chamber of COM
merce evolved a set of parking regu-
latlons. On regular meeting night
OF the commission the chambers COM
mittee appeared with its proposed
ordinance. 1t required Just one hour
and twenty minutes for the commits
sion to decide upon and promulgate a
set OF parking regulations based upon
the committees request. Merchants of
Battle Creek say that under the old
form of government it would have
taken six months.
A uniform feature OF Battle Creek
is It's waterways. Two rivers meander
through the town, cutting it up into
all sorts of shapes and sizes. Under
the old form of government there
were twenty wooden bridges over
these rivers, and bridges, like paving,
were traded in ward politics. To-day
all of the bridges but one are concrete
and that one will be turned into con-
crete this year. The city has built
the bridges itself
What the old-time politicians called
'the dangerous autocratic power
vested in the commission" was exer-
cised in one case for the oppression
of a sacred institution, to wit, the gas
company. This monopoly had been
accommodating financial adipose at the
expense of the people for many years.
The commission asked for a reduc-
ton of rates. 1t was refused. The
referendum was called into action by
the commission. The people were
asked to vote whether or not they
would like to have the commission
build and operate a municipal gas
plant. Gazing upon their parks, their
bridges, their paving and their traffic
regulations, the people said Go to it,
What the gas company said isn't
ut to print but the gas rate was cut
from one dollar to eighty cents, and
the commission didn't have to build
public system.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-07
WAR AND ART
a STUDENT of art in Florence
~ last week killed a woman In
order to obtain funds with

a STUDENT of art in Florence
n last week killed a woman In
order to obtain funds with
which to carry him through the uni
versity. Thus we see the effect of
the war on art. The young man
doubtless will plead the artistic tenn
perment and if he has a good lawyer
perhaps we may hear an argument in
favor of extending the right to kill
for "a place in the sun" from the king
to the individual. If a king uses his
42-centimeters to subdue a neighbor-
ing country for commercial purposes
he decorates himself with a few more
medals, the populace at home ap-
plauds and he has the wherewith to
put up several new palaces, but if a
private citizen kills his neighbor for
the sake of the cash he possesses 1t
is murder and we execute him. May
be the thing to do, instead of extend
ing the privilege of wilful murder
from ruler to individual is to execute
few rulers. At all events it would
seem that both rulers and individuals
should be treated alike in this respect.
Nobody any longer believes that the
divine right of kings" gives them
authority to perform in a manner
that must make the devil blush for
shame.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-07
GOOD ROADS

TIME Telegraph is in receipt of a
communication from a Cumber-
land county subscriber criticising
an editorial in this newspaper of re-
cent date LAYING the Grantham auto
mobile accident of Saturday di-
rectly to the bad roads of that locality.
"It is all very well to blame us for
having poor roads" says our corre-
spondent, 'but since you know so
much about it will you kindly tell
us how we may better ourselves with
out bankrupting the township"
We would refer our friend to the
State Highway Department, whose
efficient engineers know all about that
sort of thing, and are keen to impart
their information.
The Telegraph is delighted to have
gotten this rise" out of Cumberland
county. 1t meant no more than to
point q lesson from the Grantham in
cident and it did not intend to goad
any tender local pride, but IL it has
reused one farmer to the point OF
asking "how are We to go about get.
ting better township roads, it must
admit to a feeling of satisfaction
even though somebody has been &
little hurt. Sometimes the spur ano
the whip have their uses. It is only
by getting the great mass of farmer:
awake to the desirability of good road.
that much will ever be accomplished
for roads outside the routes con.
trolled by the State Highway Depart.
ment. We recommend that our CORE.
spondent get after" Hrs supervisor.
and his neighbors and call in the
State to help.