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The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-01-18
Cotton Statistics.

Washington, ian i5-Cotton
consumed during December, exclu-
sive of linters, amounted to $780,
587 running bales, against 5,0N5
bales during December, 1915.
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GOVERNOR RR0UCH's RECOMMENDATIONS

Revision CT the entire system.
Taxation the basis of 100 per cent valuation.
Power for The tax commission to individual
Assessment by township school district units
Adjustment county equalization boards
constitutional amendment giving the state all from
public service corporations.
n increase in corporation franchise taxes
An amendment reach corporations
in the hands Of receivers
be made after instead of before assessment
appointment commission investigate tax matters
$4,000 short the states deficit
department copy Of its budget to each
legislator 80 days before the legislature
An all departments and institutions
creation the office Of travelling state auditor
The adjustment county commissioners of accounts
be paid in accordance with the date CT issue
Tie adjustment CT the state capitol tax
The adjustment of the state capitol commission
That school fund be loaned to school
districts.
A special tax all state educational institutions.
Investment university endowment fund in Arkansas
per cent bonds
The appointment of board the edu
caonal institutions y
Legislation approved by the state board of education
The adjustment of the state board of charities
An industrial school for girls
state charity hospital.
That convicts worked the roads.
The creation of an advisory pardon board,
Reforms in criminal procedure.
Compliance with the federal aid road law.
Diversion automobile TO the highway
mission.
appointment advisory board to out road work
printing be distributed by board of three
state officers.
The election members the ST. Francis levee board
The taxation of liquor shipments into the state
The appointment o a commission work workmen's
compensation act
That the jurisdiction of the railroad commission be extended
to all public utilities
The appointment of a permanent library commission
An absent voters law.
hotel inspection law
office Of fire marshal be created.
Rigid inspection of coal oil, gasoline and naptha
Salaries for prosecuting attorneys and county officials
Travelling expenses orcui judges and chancellors,
An increase in the personnel Of the supreme court
An enlargement of the scope of the ]. and r.
A constitution
That local legislation be discouraged
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-01-18

dwelling ON the farm of Sam Nc
Haney at. this place.
James II. Little has purchased the
b. II. Justice residence lot on West
Court street from Fred Watson and
he will have fine house erected
on the lot A valuable tract Of
land in this locality was given in
exchange for the Paragould lot.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-01-18

ty is not in the Little Rock tad
territory but we are ever willing
to join hands with you for the de-
velopment of a bigger and nor
prosperous Greene county"
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-01-18

Coal miners in Georgia have re-
ceived a 10 per cent increase in pay.
The Italian government is au-
thorized to extend military discip-
line to dock labor at Italian sea-
ports.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-01-18
Jackson Is Named
Randolph Sheriff

Little Rock, Jan. LA A.
Jackson of Pocahontas Saturday was
appointed sheriff of Randolph coun-
ty by Governor Brough to succeed
w. r. Russell, who died Tuesday.
The appointment was fastened be-
cause the Randolph circuit court
will convene today. Mr.. Jackson
formerly was sheriff OF the county,
serving two terms, 10000, and
also represented Randolph county
in the lower house of the legisla-
ture in 1911 and 1915. There were
eight other applicants for the APP
pointment.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-01-18

year just closed, and each clerk was
presented with piece of gold, the
denomination being determined by
the length of time the recipient
had been in the employ of the COM
pany.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-08-10
NEW USE FOR GIRDLE NOW
Not Designed, Like Those of Other
Days, to Hold Material in POSI-
ton About Waist.

There are interesting examples
where the belt has fringe, or at least
a fringe attempt, made of hanging me-
dalliOns or coins of graduated length.
In this there is resemblance to the
girdle of the chatelaine, from which
hung the keys of the castle or the more
humble dwelling, betokening the sta
ton of the wearer of the girdle.
There is this difference between the
girdles of other days and those of the
present: The former were meant to
tighten in the material about the waist
and to hold it in position and prevent
the lower part of the garment dragging
on the ground.
Now the girdle does not touch the
waist at all, but is posed below it and
has no mission whatever as regards the
adjustment of the dress material. It's
object is to accentuate the long lines
now popular, and so long as it does
this in manner TO enhance its own
decorative quality nothing more is re-
CURED of it.
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Sociahle.

An orderly chosen from among the
student officers at Fit Harrison sits
daily outside Brig. Gen. Edwin K.
Glenn's Office door. A different man
is chosen each day. and the other day
the post fell to the lot of Charles +.
Shafe of Indianapolis, says the indian
apolis News. Shafe went on an err
rank for the general, and returned just
after the general had wished TO speak
TO an officer in one of the other rooms
and there being no orderly TO summon
him, had gone after the man himself.
"By George" Shafe commented TO
the camp adjutant's orderly, Tenth
-infantryman, fresh from five years In
Panama, 1.-The general did some of my
work for me-"
"Yeh, amt that nice, nowi'' the ad-
jutant's orderly returned. why don't
you go in there now and do some Of
his work for him, just to be sociable?
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Vr an NlF Vt afT W Nft att tt' tiT e1 stt I'd
Copyright. 1917. by Init Press Bureau
Brother Needed Attention.

Governor and Mrs. Stanley of Ken
lucky have an interesting young fam
lily. They are also regular Sunday
school attendants. The youngest mem
Der of the house of Stanley has been
very much INDUCED, but lately the
wise mother has taught him that he
must not ask God for such things as
he coveted The small heir ceased
praying after that for n speckled pony
and cart, which a little friend of his
owned.
One night not long since the COVER
nor and his lady were entertaining
guests In the executive mansion when
the elder boy called his mother to the
foot of the stairs. The visitors were
amused to hear the lad saying, in Il
stage whisper:
Mother. | wish you'd come up here
to brOther-he's worrying the Lord
again about that Speckled pony and
dog cart. '-Harper's Magazine.
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PLAY. nth A PAST"
A 1PULAR THIS YEAR
Retur =. Big Leagues of Bobby Wal
lace. Veteran of Veterans. Shows
Trend of the Times.

Major league magnates and mana
gers are showing a strong preference
this year for ball players with a
past"
In ordinary times the big league
pilots pay little attention TO pill toss
ers who have seesawed back and forth
from the minors to the big show. They
usually break their necks bidding for
the ''phenoms" who spring up in the
tall and uncut sticks, and they have
paid some fabulous prices for this class
of players.
But 1917 is no ordinary year. The
majors have been slow to sign young
sters and seemingly eager to jump at
the chance of getting players who
have had big league experience, but
who. because of age or some minor
defects. have failed to stick on big
time.
The recent signing of Bobby Wal
lace by the Cardinals is most vivid
example of this tendency. Bobby
Wallace, the veteran OF veterans; q
player whose name appeared in the box
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-08-10
WHITE FROCKS FOR STREET
Revival of Muslin, Wolfe and Chiffon
New and Unexpected Feature of
Seasons Fashions.

It is difficult to remember when
white frocks were worn on city streets
in the summer as they are now. The
revival of muslin, voile and chiffon in
dead white, with the addition of huge
straw hat to give color TO the costume
through its chaplet of flowers, is a
striking note this summer, says New
York correspondent.
The checked and striped ginghams,
the wool jerseys, embroidered in col
ored or metal threads, the Scotch plaid
skirts with coats of solid color, are fea-
lures of fashion with which we have
been familiar since May I. but the re-
vival of white frocks for all the af
fairs that are taking place in the
city's life is something quite new and
unexpected.
Along with these white gowns are
launched alluring ones of lowered
muslins, Irish dimities and figured
voiles. AT any one of the smart res
taurants at the lunch hour q large ma
jOrity of women look as if they were
dressed for garden parties. Short
skirts, slightly draped flounces, over
skirts, simple bodices and cape collars
OF muslin are exploited in the kind OF
lowered design which we associate
with tea under the trees.
Sashes in pale blue, citron, hello
trope and deep yellow have come back
into the picture of clothes. They are
made of satin, taffeta. and. often, OF
chiffon. They are wrapped around the
waist once or twice and tied in the
traditional bow and ends at the back,
or looped in Easter fashion at the
side.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-08-10

The most remarkable event of the
present season was the great "Foire
de st. Sulpice," organized by the Fran
co-American Committee Of the "Se-
cours de Guerre." This wonderful fete
was held in the courtyard of the old
Seminaire st. Sulpice and it attracted
immense crowds, says Idalia De VII
liers, Paris correspondent.
Some of the dresses worn at this
notable fete were lovely. None of
them were really elaborate or intri-
cate In design. for 1t is not considered
correct nowadays to wear elaborate
gowns, but the outline of the moment
is essentially picturesque and becom-
ing. Fragile materials and long,
straight lines made all the beautiful
women look like goddesses.
For example, take the exquisite cos
tune by Worth which was worn by the
Contesse de Chabrillan, and which
have sketched. The material of the
quaint, short-waisted dress was soft
white tussor silk and the long coat was
composed of white silk jersey cloth and
pure white wolfe.
The border of jersey cloth was rich
" embroidered in the same silk on the
transparent wolfe which formed the
loose sleeves. With this costume a
flat-brimmed hat in leghorn straw was
worn and n little bit of rich color was
introduced on the band which circled
the high crown in the guise of cluster
of ripe cherries.
/ want you to pay special attention
TO the outline of this voile and jersey
cloth coat. It is one of the latest mod
els of our greatest dressmaker and it
indicates the styles which will prevail
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-08-10
Less Unemployment Likely
In America in Near Future
As Result of the Great War

At present. and in all probability in
the near future. according To re-
port of medical committee on social
assurances reported i'm the American
Medical Journal. this country will have
less and less unemployment. and there
is no question that with the war and
with the destruction of life and peO-
pies i'm Europe. in the very countries
from which. in recent years, this coun-
try has drawn its vigorous unSkilled Ia
Dor. the immigration which has come
10 these shores SO abundantly will enor-
mouSly diminish, and there will be Il
dearth of labor and rise in wages.
At present. however. there is no
question that even in good times the
wage earners of this country are I'M
employed for from one-iifth TO one
fourth-2O 10 - per cent-of the work
ing DAYS of the year. Those who are
dependent on their daily wages have
thus 10 consider Il further diminution
OF what is apparently their actual wage.
All investigations on the amount of
wages have shown that about four
iifths of the men and nineteen-twenti-
eths Of the women earn less than 5000
year 10 support their families, ana
this amount of wage is not able. even
i'm this country, To support those fam
lilies on a fair standard of living. This
is one cause OF the enormous mass
of woman and child labor
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-08-10
CornmeaI Pancakes.

Take two cupfuls of flour sifted
with teaspoonful and half of balS-
ing powder, with the same amount of
salt. Add cupful and half of boil
ing water TO half-cupful of <cornmeal,
cook five minutes, turn into bowl and
add one and fourth cupfuls of milk,
one beaten egg, third of cupful of
sugar and the flour mixture. Stir well
then add two tablespoonfuls of melted
shortening. Cook on creased griddle
Mush that has been nodded makes q
delicious breakfast dish. by frying the
slices in little hot fat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-08-10
A Turkish Love Story.

A Turk knocked az his beloved's
door. and voice answered from with
in, Whose there"
Then he answered. ct is l."
Then the voice said, This house will
not hold thee and me-"
And the door was not opened.
Then went the lover into the desert,
where there is nothing but Allah, and
tasted and prayed in solitude.
And after year he returned and
knocked again at the door.
And again the voice asked, who is
there"
And he said, ut is myself"
And the door was opened to him.
Exchange.
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slippers and pink roses. looked very
alIuring. He has taken her home from
dances, perhaps a half-dozen times and
at the end of that time proposed mar
riage. Neither had peeped beyond the
first chapter of the book of life. Their
entire conversation had been about
other girls and boys-what q jolly good
time they had had at the skating rink
or barn dance. Yet these two killings
considered themselves in love and had
the notion that they ought to wed.
The boys father does his best TO
deayoring 10 make him understand
that married life is something more
than continuous lovemaking; that it
entails obligations, such as winning
the support of two, TO start with; that
pretty sweetheart transferred TO the
kitchenette is not always the amiable
companion a youth fondly believes
she would be-
The girls parents do their best TO
make her understand that young man
should have at least start in life be-
fore he essays matrimony; that all
lOve-making, no work would put out
the kitchen fire. If, despite earnest
parental advice on both sides, the
young people take their own heads
and marry. they have only themselves
TO blame for much OF the tribulationS
that may follow. Parents on both
sides should be eager for the match,
then it will turn out happily.
downright 1917
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-08-10

scores before Lajoie broke into the
limelight. is back again in the role of
utility infieder with the Cards.
Ills comeback marks fniS TO a 10
year absence from the National league
for he Jumped from the Cardinals back
i'm 1902 to cast his fortunes with the
Browns. who were making their first
start in ST. Louis Ills long years of
service with the Browns and his ulti-
mate release is remembered b. al fans
today. Ii seemed only natural that Wal
lace should step down and out and
when he was made member of the
Wichita (WeStern league) club the ma
jorS bid him goodoy for all time.
But Wallace i back. and the own
erS Of the Cardinals figure that he is
valuable asset. I'm which they are
more than likely to be upheld by his
work whenever the occasion arises to
use him in the lineup.
The return of the veteran Wallace
recalls the fact that 1917 has seen a
number of players I'm the veteran class
return 10 the big tent while hundreds
of youngsters are pining their young
lives away in the bush leagues for n
chance. Ping Bodie. purchased last
winter from the San Francisco club by
Connie Mack, has made good with n
vim since his return. Harry Walter
and Charley Deal. brought back from
the minor leagues by the Cubs. and
Jim Thorpe. recalled by the Giants.
and later sold to the Reds. are other
examples.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-08-10
Grenades of Many Types.

The grenade has become one of the
leading weapons of the European war.
Each belligerent uses several, types,
Austria rs many as six. Grenades are
thrown by hand by means of a spe-
cial racket" by catapults. shot from
guns and from trench mortars. Hand
grenades have range of some twenty
five or thirty yards. The grenades
fired from mortars may range up TO
five hundred yards. The most power
full grenade is a Danish invention. 1t
is shot from mortar. weighs about
three pounds. and I'm addition scat
tering the fragments Of Its case on ex-
plosion. Ii carries some $50 bullets.
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Serenity in Thick of BroiI.

The environment of the commander
i'm chief. Sir Douglas Haig. is strongly
suggestive of his conduct OF the war.
Before war became n thing OF precise
science the headquarters OF an army
head seethed with all the picturesque
details SO common 10 pictures of mar
tiai life. Couriers mounted on foam
flecked horses dashed to and fro; the
air was vibrant with action; the fate
of battle showed on the face of the
humblest orderly. But today things
are totally different. Although army
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Flashlights.

About all that jealousy asks
to make trouble is chance.
Fair rs women are. even they
are no excuse for the so-called
ladies man.
No matter how much a man
may neglect his wife it always
makes him mad to discover that
some other man is slightly inter-
eSted in her.
This world may owe you a liv-
ing. bat If yen don't care enough
for it To hustle round and col
lect it. the world isn't going 10
do aHy worrying.
Luck doesn't play nearly so
big 4 part in the other fellows
success rs YOU Imagine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-08-10
Umbrella Stand.

might prove a remunerative occupation
for the spare time of anyone who is
proficient in painting flowers.
The exterior of the pipe is first COW
cred with cream-colored or white en-
amal. and then the floral design can be
painted upon ii with oil colors. The
pipe from which the sketch was made
was decorated with iris: only the side
which is visible need be painted upon.
There are. of course. many other
suitable floral designs that might be
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-08-10
MARRYING AGAINST
WISHES OF FAMILY
BY LAURA JEAN lJBBEY.

An old farmhouse with meadows wide
Sweet with clover on either side.
A bright-eyed youth. who looks from out
The door with woodbine wreathed with
Wished this one thought all the day:
ooh. IL I could but fly away
Prom this duh spot the world to see.
How happy l would be-"
What youth of one and twenty and
maid of sweet sixteen If they happened
to become enamored OF one another
one person In the world for them, and
each has met that one? 1t is all In
vain for relatives or friends to attempt
to dissuade them from their feeling.
The young man declares he will leave
home and all belonging to him and go
out into the world to earn fame and
fortune for the girl he has chosen.
The maid declares that If she cannot
wed the hero of her heart she will
never, never marry. Though her lips
may not complain her sad eyes will
he reproach to those who have sep
srated her from her love for all time
&c come.
How the parents are TO deal with
such a determined young couple Is a
problem. The youths parents know
that Ii is his nature to fall quickly in
love, and as quickly climb out of it.
The girls parents realize that the kind
of man who fills her fancy at sixteen
she would possibly be heartily tired of
at two and twenty.
They met at ball. The girl in her
tulle party dress, white gloves. white
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-08-10

during the coming autumn and winter.
From shoulder to hem the coat falls in
absolutely straight lines and the
sleeves are quite loose, the fragile ma
terials of which they are composed pre-
venting any appearance of heaviness.
This model would be lovely copied
in black silk jersey cloth and black
wolfe, or in deep blue charmeuse, with
dull silver embroideries and blue crepe
de chine.
The hat shown in this sketch is one
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-08-10

units have risen from thousands to mil
lions of men, and fields of operations
stretch from sea To sea. and more am
munition is expended in Il single en-
gagement than was employed in entire
wars of other days, absolute serenity
prevails. 1t is only when your lima gina
ton c0njureS up the picture of flame
and fury that lies beyond the horizon
line that YOU get thrill-Isaac +.
MarcOsson in EverybOdy's
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-08-10
DRAIN PIPE UMBRELLA STAND
Great Convenience Where Space Is
Limited, and Can Be Made At
tractive When Treated Properly.
The hat s

A drain-pipe umbrella stand is no
new idea, but q stand of this kind is
q great convenience in a small hall
where there is no space for larger
article, and also a drain pipe is not
expensive TO buy.
The sketch shows q pipe treated in
a novel and very pretty manner that
will appeal to those who are artistical-
ly inclined, and, incidentally, decorat-
ing drain pipes in the way illustrated
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Nus1t hlef~seQ
vTTv vVp Wy VIv Wy tTr % e1 Vt w V1
EPIGRHYMES:

I'd like to be as FORTUNATE
as lots of MEN l know who
rouse an agitation in all
hearts where'er they go. Now
take YOUR old friends Tyrus
Cobb; he leads the COUNTRY,
fans, in clever execution OF
the tricks Hugh Jennings plans.
And then. in little, old New
York, LIVES "Muggsy," John Nc
Graw, and many other notables
who follow flame" quite raw
BECAUSE it's served to them
so fast there is no time TO
cook the adulatiOn that they
get each blessed way they look.
You've got to hand 1t to these
chaps; they've earned all they
have won, and it's worth while
to rouse the shout: Gee
Attaboyl Well done" But, humbly,
may l ask of YOU to ponder
Garfields thought: Behold our
land. in twenty years, and see
the men who fought in this, we
pray, the final war for ever
lasting peace, and hear all
nations cry of thanks which
nevermore shall cease And then
imagine, if you can, that
reverence multiplied ten thou
sand times ten thousand for
the Fighting Men-whO DIED!
Robert Russell
Fortunate men your country
lives because you died.
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Put three-fourths of cuDful of milk
and IL cupfuls of cOrpmeal into a
double boiler and heat together ten
minutes Add three-fourths of a cup
full of sugar and a fourth of a cupful
of shortening. Sift together Ia cup
fuls Of wheat flour with teaspoonful
of cinnamon and two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder, add these ana TWO
well-beaten ggs TO the meal Roll out
on well-fOured board, cut and fry In
hot deep fat
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-08-10
Mothers
Cook Book


The woman of moderate means, who
markets in person, with q basket on
her arm, often gets better goods for
less money than her wealthy sister,
who trusts TO servants or the telephone
and takes what the market merchant
chooses to send her. in blissful igno-
rance of food values or food quality.
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Visitor-When writing about China
do you refer to it as a republic or a
monarchy?
Editor-Always the opposite TO
what it is at the moment. It's bound
10 be the other by the time the ar
ticle gets into print.