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The evening world., 1917-02-26

lar dividend OF 10 per cent, payable
April 2, to stock Of record March ~.
T. S. Industrial Alcohol for year 1916
earned 36.l3 per cent. on common stock
against 33.22 per cent. in 1915.
Pennsy lvania Il, II, stockholders on
Feb. numbered 90.S0j as compared
with 93,tl5 on Aug, /, a decrease OF
$50 OF this number 45,242, or nearly
one half were workers. Average hold
ing OF outstanding shares was lO9
shares,
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. regular
quarterly dividend OF y per cent, pay
able April 1 to March 2,
Scars -Roebuck Co., quarterly dividend
Of 81 share on common stock. payable
May 10 TO stock OF record April 30. This
S. an increase OF 20 cents over previous
rate.
Sears Roebuck & Co. stock dividend
to common stockholders on basis OF one
new share for each four now owned
payable April ?.
AtChison system earned 6 20 per cent
IN twelve months TO Jan, 81, compared
with d3S per cent. In previous twrl'"
months
The evening world., 1917-02-26
CHICAGO WHEAT AND CORN
MARKET.
ITEMS FOR INVESTORS.

Tonopah Extension Mining Co. regu-
lar dividend OF 10 per cent, payable
April 2, TO stock OF record March ~.
The evening world., 1917-02-26

u. s. Industrial Alcohol for year 1916
earned 1913 per cent. on common stock
against 33.22 per cent. in 1915.
The evening world., 1917-02-26

Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. regular
quarterly dividend OF y per cent, pay
able April / to March 2,
The courier-index., 1917-11-02
PRISON FARMS PRODUCTIVE

Little Rock, Oct 31.-At the regu
lar monthly meeting of the state
penitentiary board today Governor
Brough recommended that the com
mission build silos on prison farms
at Cummins and Tucker.
The commission report to the gov.
ernor concerning the crop on the two
farms showed that 500 bales of cot
ton had already been sold at 80 cents
per pound and that the crop this
year would be between 2.100 and
1900 bales The commissioners sold
their cottonseed at So2.50 per ton.
This year $500 acres have been
planted in food crops, which yielded
$4,000 bushels of corn, 400 tons of
hay, 5000 gallons of sorghum molas-
ses and $4,000 three pound cans of
vegetables, all of which has been
stored. The commission also report
ed that the health of the convicts at
Cummins and Tucker has been un-
usually good.
The courier-index., 1917-11-02
HALLOWEEN LUNCHEON

one or the most interesting and
novel entertainments of the season
was a Halloween luncheon rendered
the members of the Country Club
by Mrs. III. ]. Denning, at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. j. B. Hood of
Gassett, on Friday afternoon.
A most interesting meeting was
held. Details of the Halloween en-
tertainment 10 be given at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. S. Kausler on
Wednesday evening, october 81, for
the benefit of the Red Cross, were
completed After the business of the
club was attended to the guests were
graciously shown to the dining room
where the Halloween idea was car
ried out. Black cats and witches
were everywhere over the tables.
Witch sandwiches, Jack-o-lantern
salad and magic tea (chocolate) were
served, while the afterdinner mints
were cunningly hid in the favors,
which were little brooms and Jack-o-
lanterns.
The courier-index., 1917-11-02
GERMANY'S WAR LOSS AG-
GREGATES 100000 MEN

Washington, Oct. 30.-Germany lost
100000 men in three years of war,
according to the declaration made in
the Reichstag by the Independent
Socialist, Ledbour A report of his
speech reaching Washington through
Switzerland states that. contemplate
ing the prospects of fourth winter
campaign, the Socialist leader said:
"You have not evidently, gentle
men, an exact conception of what
war means. We have had 100000
dead, 100000 or 100000 wounded,
of whom 100000 are crippled for life
and 100000 absolutely invalided
1t makes it altogether 100000 men
lost during three years"
1t is stated that official information
confirmatory of these figures have
been in possession of American Of
ficials for some time.
The courier-index., 1917-11-02
new POSTAL RATES
ARE NOW EFFECTIVE
ALL LETTERS SENT OUT OF
TOWN MUST BEAR THREE
CENT POSTAGE-TWo CENTS
ON DROP LETTERS.

Today should be as carefully re-
membered by letter writer's as the
coming of new year. Just as many
letter writer's will continue to date
their letters 1917 for time after
1918 arrives, so will many writer's
forget to put three cent stamps on
letters mailed to points outside the
city and two cent stamps on all
postcards, whether mailed to points
within or outside the city, beginning
November 2.
Letters mailed in Mariana to city
addresses must bear two cents post
age. These are known as drop let
ters. Letters mailed here for deliv-
cry on the rural routes running out
of Mariana are not subject to in
creased postage. 1t has in the past
been necessary to put two cents on
them, and under the new ruling they
will still be handled for two cents.
All postal cards must bear two
cent postage in the future, whether
the card is mailed to local addresses
or to out-of-town destinations. The
stamp on the card is good for one
penny, and it will be necessary to
put dnOIner One-Cent stamp on the
cards.
All mail not bearing sufficient post
age will be held here. The post
master will notify the writer If re-
turn card is on the envelope. Other
wise he will notify the party to whom
letter is addressed. If sufficient
postage is not sent to carry the let
ter to the point of destination it
will be sent to the dead letter office.
Revenue stamps viii not be neces-
sary for parcel post packages until
December 1. Beginning with that
date all packages for which the
charge is rs cents or more must
have one cent revenue stamp at
tached for each 25 cents or fraction
thereof. No package will be trans
ported unless the stamp is attached.
The courier-index., 1917-11-02
DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR
TO BE HERE NEXT SUNDAY

DR.. John Hugh Reynolds, president
of Hendrix College, Conway. one of
the most distinguished educators in
the south, will be in Mariana on
Sunday for the purpose of talking to
the people here about the Y. M. C.
A. work in the army. Dr. Reynolds
will preach at the Methodist church
here at the morning hour In the
afternoon at three o'clock he will
address mass meeting of citizens
at the Elks Home. Every man. wo-
man and child in Lee county who is
interested in the welfare of the SOL
diers is urged to attend the meeting
at the Elks Home in the afternoon.
DIR. Reynolds is a most pleasing
speaker and he will without question
present the Y. M. C. A. work in a
highly instructive and most convinc-
ing manner.
The courier-index., 1917-11-02
PINE BLUFF PLEASED
WITH APPROPRIATION
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COM.
MENDs LEE COUNTY FOR MAX
ING APPROPRIATION TO INDUS
TRIAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS.

When the quorum court met in this
city on Wednesday of last week
Judge Plummer strongly recommend.
ed the appropriation of 5000 to the
new industrial school for delinquent
boys to be established on a farm
near Pine Bluff. Judge Plummer ex-
planned that Arkansas now has no
place for the proper correction OF
the boys who go astray, that hereto.
fore they have been placed witk
hardened criminals and that instead
OF reforming them, their incarceration
usually resulted in making them more
determined to become lawbreakers.
The last legislature made a small
appropriation for the erection of an
industrial school to be located out
side of Pulaski county. Recently Q
prominent citizen of Pine Bluff do
mated fine piece OF land for the
industrial school, and the quorum
courts in the state were asked .
make appropriations to fund to b.
used in supplementing the state A.
preparation for the erection of the
buildings and for providing the nec-
essary equipment.
Acting upon the recommendation Of
Judge Plumer the Lee quorum court
appropriated 5000 for the school.
Copies of the daily bulletin issued
by the Pine Bluff Chamber of Com
merce have been received here COM
mending the Lee quorum court for
its progressive spirit The comment
follows.
I'VE pull our hats off to Lee
county, the only one in the state,
thus for heard from, for appropriatine
5000 for the Boys Industrial School.
Pulaski was too poor to do anything,
or too busy asking the balance OF
the state to help it,"
The courier-index., 1917-11-02
ADMINISTRATOR FOR
FUEL IS APPOINTED
n. c. COUCH, PRESIDENT ARkAN-
SAS LIGHT AND POWER co. rs
NAMED TO HANDLE ARKANSAS
SITUATION.

Little Rock, Nov. Governor
Brough was advised yesterday that
following his recommendation, H. c.
Couch of Arkadelphis has been ap
pointed fuel administrator for Ark
ansas by DR.. Fl. A. Garfield and will
begin at once on his new duties. Mr.
Couch is pre- ident of the Arkansas
Light & Power Company. the Pine
Bluff Light & Power Company and
several other public utilities compan.
les that handle a large amount OF
fuel.
Mr.. Couch has not located head.
quarters. He says that he will begin
at once to make sure that coal prices
fixed by the government are not ex-
ceeded. He will also confer with the
governor Immediately upon the ques.
tion of shortage of fuel in Little Rock
and other Arkansas cities and will
make recommendation in a day OF
two.
The courier-index., 1917-11-02
COL. ]. R. TAYLOR IS
DEAD AT PARACOULD
ONE OF STATES OLDEST AND
MOST BRILLIANT NEWSPAPER
MEN sUccuMes AFTER A LONG
ILLNESS.

Paragould, Nov. Col. ]. r. Tay.
lor. veteran newspaper man, died at
his home in this city last night after
an illness extending over three years.
He was born in Humphreys county
Tennessee. in 1854. and received his
early education at Big Bottom, Ia
miles from Waveriy. He learned the
newspaper business at Jackson,
Tenn, working on the Whig there.
He also did repetorial work on the
Memphis Appeal I'm his early man
hood. He came to Arkansas about
80 years ago. working in newspaper
office in Jonesboro short time.
Later he came to Paragould and has
since lived here. He practiced law
here with S. r. Simpson and w. w.
Bandy. He was editor of the Week
ly Soliphone for 20 years, establish
ing daily paper here in 1898, which
he conducted until six years ago.
when he sold the daily to Griffin
Smith.
Declining in health. he later sold
the Weekly Soliphone to the Daily
Press, retaining an interest in the
latter paper. Mr. Taylor was one of
the best known editors in the state.
and for several years was prominent
In the politics of northeast Arkansas.
He is survived by his wife and two
children, r. p. Taylor, a local attor-
ney, and Miss Irene Taylor.
Funeral services were conducted
this afternoon, the Rev T. Y. Ram
sey officiating. The pallbearers were
5. X. Simpson, w. W. Bandy, Griffin
Smith, Rupert G. Wright r. w.
Meriwether and ]. ID. Block.
The courier-index., 1917-11-02
WILL NEED EVERY MAN
WHO is PHYSICALLY FIT

Topeka, Kan. Oct. sg30-"We have
the greatest government the world
has ever known, and we must defend
it, not with hot air and oratory, but
with the men who live under it and
the men who make it-defend 1t with
our very bodies" said Major General
Leonard Wood, commander of Camp
Funston. in an address here today
General Wood characterized the
conflict as a war of slaughter He
declared that it would last until the
drain on human life could no longer
be borne by the warning nations
He said the United States had hardly
entered the struggle and that there
would be another draft and another
and another until every able bodied
man in the country will be carrying
gun.
The courier-index., 1917-11-02
MAJORITY DELEGATES
FAVOR ADJOURNMENT
eHANCES ARE WHEN coNSTlTu-
IioNAl CONVENTION MEETS
NOV 10 BODY WILL ORGANIZE
AND ADJOURN UNTIL 1918.

Although the Constitutional Con.
vention is scheduled to meet in Little
ROCK on November 10, it is now al.
most a certainty no new constitution
VIII be made at this time. It is ex.
pected the convention will meet and
organize, then adjourn until some
time in the year 1918.
The Arkansas Gazette recently can.
vassed the delegates to the conven.
tion for an expression on the situa.
tlon. The paper heard from 81 of
the III delegates. The letter sent
out by the Gazette was as follows:
"The proposal has been made that
the constitutional convention, instead
OF proceeding at once to draft a new
constitution when it meets on No
yember 10, shall organize, receive
propositions for constitutional chang
es, and, after referring these propo.
sltlons to appropriate committees for
investigation, adjourn until next year.
The Gazette is asking each dele.
gate to say whether he is in favor of
the convention proceeding at once to
draft new constitution, or is in
favor OF the body adjourning to meet
in 1918, after appointing committees
and assigning to each committee it's
work.
w. S. McClintock and C. e. Dag
gett, delegates from this county. ex-
pressed themselves in favor of an
adjournment.
The replies received have been
classified under four heads. First.
those who favor organizing the con-
vention, appointing committees and
adjourning to later day; second,
those who favor organizing the con-
vention and Immediately adjourning
sine die; third, those who favor or
ganizing and proceeding to draft a
new constitution; and fourth, those
who are noncommittal.
r. j. Wilson of Russellville must
be put in class by himself mas
much as he favors proceeding with
the drafting of new constitution
and adjourning after it is drafted an
til some time in July, 1918, the peo-
pie to be given an opportunity to
study the new constitution in the
meantime. At the meeting in 1918
the suggestions of the people would
be considered and the constitution
corrected and redrafted
The largest proportion of the so
delegates who favor organization, ap-
pointment of committees and ad-
journment, favor reference of the
matters to be considered to the COM
mittees before adjournment, the COM
mittees to do their work between
the adjournment and the time of re-
convening in 1918, though some make
the point that no work should be as
signed to committees. Many urge
the widest publicity for the amend
ments proposed, their idea being that
the people should be thoroughly con-
versant with what the members of
the convention intend to put into the
new constitution or will attempt to
put into it.
The courier-index., 1917-11-02
BODY OF MAN FOUND

Helena, Oct. 31.-The body of a
white man, who had probably been
dead about 36 hours. was found on
the east bank of the government
levee. two miles south of Helena,
yesterday morning by negress. His
clothes were torn to shreds. The
only marks of violence were a long
blue streak extending from the neck
downward about II inches, and a
wound on the bottom of the foot, in
dicating that the man probably was
killed by lightning The only mark
of identification was a memorandum
book with Fort Smith advertise
ment on the back, in which was in
scribed Geo. Moody. B 1898. July 7.
Home Meridian. Kan"
The courier-index., 1917-11-02
FIREBUC MENACE
IS A REAL DANGER
PEOPLE WHO PooH-PooH the
WARNING MAY THEMsElveo
BE THE NEXT VICTIMS OF EN-
ENVY INcENDIARIEs. 4

Warning after warning has been
sounded by the press of Arkansas
which is using the fire prevention
press service of the Southern Con.
struction News against the more i'm
| minent menace OF incendiary fires
! now that the United States Is a lead
| ing figure In the greatest world war
ever experienced.
The latest startling news at this
writing concerns dynamite and fire
plots in the heart of the oil fields at
Tulsa Okla, Arkansas next door
neighbor. so to speak. The Industrial
Workers of the World are blamed By.
the authorities and charged with hav-
ing prematurely set off plot. which
was to have precipitated on Nov. 1
widespread program of dynamiting
and incendiarism. The United States
harbors at least some violent enemy
aliens who would not stop at mere
destruction of property or human life
to help the cause of the kaiser and
spread that particular brand of Kui.
tur that bears the Made in Ger
many" stamp.
us there anything unreasonable
therefore" inquiries J. Smith Speed,
chairman of the fire prevention com.
mittee of the State Council of De-
tense, ''in anticipating the activity Of
war incendiaries who are probably
planning right now to destroy I'm Ark
ansas food or supplies that they may
consider of value to the allies, In
cluding our own soldiers"
Don't get the idea that these
things may not happen in your town
but only in the other fellows town.
And remember that fire started by
a careless American by accident win
burn just as fiercely and destroy
just as much property as one set by
a criminal alien by design.
COLD WEATHER QUERIES
Are your flues safe?
Are your stoves a safe distance
from the woodwork?
Are there any flue holes covered
by wall paper in your house?
Do you fear gasoline?
Do you fill lamps at night?
Do your youngsters play with
matches
The courier-index., 1917-11-02
HALLOWEEN PARTY

Misses Mary Belle and Ava Lee
James entertained on Wednesday
evening with a Halloween lawn
party. Quite a number of young
people attended, The lawn was deco.
rated with pumpkin lanterns and the
old witch met the guests and all the
ghosts had delightful time playing
games around big log fire Miss
Helen Moore and Miss Rivers King
won first prize and Miss Mary Belle
James consolation prize.
AT 10:30 dainty refreshments we're
served
The courier-index., 1917-11-02
WISCONSIN GOVERNOR TO
NAME "BEERLESS DAY.

Milwaukee, Oct 30.-The Wiscon-
sin Anti Saloon League today adopt
ed a resolution petitioning Governor
Philipp to call upon "all drinkers
that they consume one less glass of
beer per day. and that one day each
week be observed as 'beerless day. ="
The governor is asked to nominate
as such sbeerless day" Sunday, on
which day the sale of all forms of
intoxicants is misdemeanor by
statute.
The courier-index., 1917-11-02
COLD WEATHER QUERIES
MARiANNA COTTON
MARKET

Total receipts for this season
7,195 bales. Total receipts
past week 1872. Total re-
ceipts last season up to No
vember 2, 1925. Total re-
ceipts corresponding week last
year 2,233.
Joe Clarkson, manager OF the
Mariana Compress, estimates
that the total receipts from this
years crop will not exceed
$4,000 bales, against more than
10000 last year Others esti-
mate this years receipts win
not exceed $4,000
Prices yesterday ranged from
81 1-2 cents to so cents. Seed
sold yesterday at $50 a ton.
The courier-index., 1917-11-02
iHe OPEN SEASONS FOR
GAME

The open season for killing
uucks and geese began on No
sember l, and will continue un-
I'll February /.
The open season for killing
Mer' Neer' bear and turkey begins
.s,oVember -, 10 and continues un-
~ ~ January 10. Turkey COB
1lers may be killed from March
10 until April 80.
me open season for killing
suaii is from November 90 to
March 1.
h,,, license must be procured to
XIII deer and bear.
o, q license fee of $1.10 is re-
bu.d bbu.Ied on every dog used in
hunting quail.
The courier-index., 1917-11-02

A heavy wind, rain and hail storm
last week The storm came up about
dusk and caught about 25 automo-
biles in the road between Washing
ton and Hope. The automobile part
les were returning from the Hope
fair and some of the spent the night
The courier-index., 1917-11-02

When a carload of cotton which
was on side track at Corning
caught fire last week. II was hauled
to the lake near town, and the cot
ton was dumped into the water The
cotton was badly damaged, but will
not be a total loss.
The courier-index., 1917-11-02

In model form an English inventor
has succeeded in operating a railroad
car that is raised above the track
by repelling force of electricity and
drawn forward by magnets above it.
The courier-index., 1917-11-02

Using an artificial eye featured by
selenium cells, New York electric
ian is developing a typewriter which
he expects to copy automatically any
reading matter placed in front of 1t.
The courier-index., 1917-11-02

One of the purchasers of Liberty
Bonds In st. Francis county was
Mrs. Nanck OFT. who celebrated her
eighty-seventh birthday by buying a
bond
The courier-index., 1917-11-02
lee COUNTY BOARD
SERVES WITHOUT PAY
BAXTER BOARD ALSO DONATED
SERviCES-DRAFT EXPENSE IN
OTHER COUNTIES VARIES FROM
$500 TO $1,000.

Little Rock, Nov. Baxter and
Lee counties conducted their registra-
tion under the draft law and sent
nearly their full quota without cent
of expense to the government. This
announcement was made yesterday at
the adjutant generals office. Expen-
ses of other counties have varied
from $500 to $4,000.
Members of the Baxter County
Registration and Local Exemption
Board, who served without pay, are:
r. s. Hurst, H. B. Aylor and ]. T.
Upton. Members of the Lee County
Registration Board are: E. w. King,
Arthur Cotter and o. L. Williamson.
The Lee County Exemption Board is
the same, except that ]. e. Steven
son succeeds E. w. King.
The quota of Baxter county is "a
men and of Lee county 267.
While Messrs King, Cotter, Will
hanson and Stevenson were the re-
sponsible heads of the Lee County
Military Board, others who were con-
stantly associated with them in the
discharge of the arduous duties in
cident to conducting examinations,
hearing exemptions, classifying the
drafted men and making up the
records were D. S. Plummer and C..
E. Daggett. In addition to these
gentlemen a score or more of young
men here worked day and night with
the board, assisting in making the
complicated records for the war de-
partment. In no instance was any
claim made for compensation.
1t is also stated by the military au-
thorities in Little Rock that no set
of records submitted by any board In
the state was as accurate and COM
plete as were those sent from Lee
county.
The courier-index., 1917-11-02


IONS placed inside 81
pss...- .~ uisappear inside Of il -
The courier-index., 1917-11-02

I'm fhe got~een the two .frr,,,.s.
was. ne proportion of two men .'onts
os'ern front &c. on the he an On the
The courier-index., 1917-11-02

a,.id Ground the central tube of a new
antlseptic telephone mouth-piece is
eive 0nsainer for disinfectants that
kin, al III FUMES in such a way as to
ali germs that enter the device.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-11-01
NOVEL TREATMENT OF HENS
One Of the Little Touches That 10
Enough to Distinguish Frock From
Others Of its Kind.

It may be a different sort Of sleeve. q
new cuff, an odd collar, or a mere
quirk at the neckline, but it's SUN.
cient to distinguish the whole frock
from all other frocks. Here It's q new
Idea for finishing a hem.
The zouave or pulled hem Is partic-
ularly graceful. incidentally In good
style at the present moment. But
there are several variations Of the
zouave to distinguish 1t from last
years. One of them is the use Of PAN
els to break the monotony Of q con-
tinued puff. The panels may be back
and front or simply at each side; and
loose ones are tremendously effective
with the trousers skirt.
Then there Is another way Of treat.
Ing the puff skirt, and that Is to tack
the puff at intervals Of perhaps an
eighth of a yard. Each tack" II con-
cealed BY a bright bead or two, and
the general effect is really striking.
One particularly stunning model was
done" In petunia velvet with huge cut
Jet beads for trimming. Another, an
evening frock, IL Of white satin, pulled
and tucked with an iridescent pen
dant.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-11-01
FURS GREAT BEAUTY AIDS
Beautiful Stole Makes Even q PItlfuily
Plain Woman Take on q Mys-
terious Fascination.

II II wonderful what furs can do for
q woman. Surrounded by the soft nat
terry Of beautiful stole, even q piti.
fully plain woman becomes mysteri-
ously fascinating. declares . writer In
Vanity Fair. It's really no wonder that
woman remains true to her furs, even
In the summer. And this winter furs
are to be more desirable than ever.
Short-haired furs are to be much In
evidence. and mink. after graceful re.
tirement from public life for q few
seasons, has suddenly returned to the
limelight and Is to b extremely popu-
lar.
Long stoles are chic, for fashion IL
not obsessed with the eccentric this
year; she Is interested only In graceful
things. The Innings Of this seasons
stoles and capes are In themselves rea.
sons for desiring the furs. They are
lovely things Of chiffon and voile-oh,
II isn't half 30 impracticable as It
sounds; they're the indestructIble kind
of soft silk and taffeta embroidered
all over In gay colors. In fact, In
furs as In storm clouds. there ID al.
most invariably q gay lining.