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The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13
THE SWELTERING NORTH.

Interesting echo-or should we say re-
fcction-on the heat wave that left such
q trail of death in the north, is furnished
By an editorial in the New York Times,
suggesting that people establish refrigera-
ting plants in their homes to make the
summers more endurable, as they have
furnaces fc- the winter. "The coolness,
SAYS The Times, could be attained indoors
as easily and cheaply as the heat, and by
a not very complicated modihCtion of the
piping systems now in common use for the
s;rgle purpo2e For there is nothing in the
1.ature of modern refrigeration that nee
essarily limits its application to the present
objects and withholds it from ourselves
Probably we continue to sWelter in the
houses and shops and offices simply because
our remote ancestors and their innumer-
able successors discovered but one utility
in fuel and transmitted to us only the as
sumption, true in their case but not in
ours. that there is nothing to do about tor
r;d weather except to grin-or growl-and
hear it.
Now it is at the summers in the south
that the sons of men have so assiduouSly
held UP their hands, vet where can be found
the imagination lurid enough to make such
proposition in the south? When has the
verb "swelter" ever been appropriate in
Dixie? Our occasional warm night-how
can it be compared With the terrible spells
OF New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleve-
land, Chicago, when people gasp out their
lives by the hundreds? Yet there are many
southerners affected by the superstition as
we1l-every summer 4 large crop Of them
go north so hopefully-and return-so
happily
Those of our people who are not able to
take that vacation in the north this year,
should thank the H. c. l., the war; or
whatever it is that keeps them cool and
comfortable in the south, and it will be a
charity if former sufferers will invite their
northern friends down here, while those
unfortunates who can not get away should
lose no time in attaching transformer to
their furnaces to transmute the heat
thereof into the cooling zephyrs of Green
land.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13
CREATING DEMAND FOR SWEET
POTATOES.

Putting sweet potatoes on the army
ration bill will provide a treme~cdous mar
ket for the staple and will also plant the
seeds Of still greater demand.
Wherever the sweet potato is known,
there it becomes necessity, and thousands
Of men first introduced to it in camp will
carry the demand to every part of the
United States. while the high food value
and delicious flavor will commend it equally
to the thrifty and the luxurious. The sweet
potato will become Synonymous with the
United States, as the other kind is with
Ireland. Nor is it a Colonel Sellers dream
10 say that the demand will spread to
Europe in the form of the canned article.
With bumper crop Florida's opportu-
nifty this year is great, the price is high
already, and will continue so, and the
various shipping associations will no doubt
have hard time meeting the demands,
which will be reflected in increased produc-
tion next year.
Sweet potatoes produce at the rate of
200 to 1000 bushels an acre; the planting
season extends over practically six months,
and seed and cultivation are the cheapest of
ary farm crop. The vines make an excellent
green forage, and silage made from them
are about the equal of corn silge.
With the mighty demand that is now
being developed, the farmers will have to
address themselves to the problem of
storage. Under the present method of
"banking," about one-third of the total
crop rots-a loss that is reduced to five per
cent in the dry kiln.
Sweet potatoes are one OF the kingdoms
into which the south is coming.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13
The SCRATCH PAD
BY THOMAS EWING oAengY.

Now that Uncle Sam has put sweet
potatoes on the soldiers menu, no one
can object to the fare in warfare.
The bear that walks like man
shows that it can also run like
rabbit.
No confidence is violated when we
say that Creel is about as acceptable
TO the country as peace meeting.
Now that so many boys have left,
we note that there are fewer girls
at the bathing beaches.
The dear girls are now wearing
socks, and so at last we can expect
something pretty in Boston garters.
Though Kaiser Bill hasn't yet got
that place in the sun, he can't COM
plain that the allies haven't been
making it hot for him.
Kaiser Bill has been indicted for
murder in Mississippi, but though his
whereabouts are we'll known, there
is no indication that the sheriff is
planning to go after his prisoner.
The calmness with which Roose-
velt contradicts that Berlin professor
is taken in we'll informed circles as
an indication that the colonel is grow
ing old.
I, Willquit is the name of a man
| drafted in Ohio, but inasmuch as the
authorities can't locate him, no one
can say that it is particularly appro-
pirate, for the reason that he hasn't
yet begun.
Until this country learns how to
treat traitors, it will have trouble in
its war plans. There is no difficulty
in locating the copperheads-our easy
going tolerance has allowed them to
throw off their masks and work in
plain daylight.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13
THIS LYRE NEEDS A MUTE.

To what strange medleys, oh larynN are
thy cords twanged!
Cometh now Works. ex-senator of Cali
fornia and anti-American worker, and in
voking his Tyre before the Peoples Council
OF America-so-called-in San Francisco,
to explain the lack-interest of the people in
the pitiful deliberations of the piebald crew
Expect not, he saith, amy mead of news
paper glory, neither here nor anywhere
else, for l say unto you that the money
kings of New York would crush the Asso-
ciated Press if it eve nput on the wires our
criticisms upon the war, and the measures
for conducting it,
Even so few months ago Works and
his kind were declaring that the entire
press of the nation was in the p,r Of the
war party-the capitalists They were cha1-
lenged to prove it-a large reward was
offered to produce one editor, one news
paper, whose demand for the protection of
American life was due to bankable reasons
they did not, they could not But they
did not quit their noise-it was the only
tune they knew; nor does price control and
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13

elimination of prohteering today suggest
TO these rudimentary agitators that even
granting the predatory interests wanted
war then, they certainly would not pay big
money to continue a condition now in which
their great expectations have been so
cruelty disappointed.
And so Works still twangeth his Tyre
ever seeking to bring discord among our
people. How much longer is the govern
ment to allow its faithful to be so
afflicted?
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13

our shells are to be swathed in the
dynamite of God, our knees must bow
in humidity to His Son Jesus Christ
1t is either repent and take Christ
back, or else America perishes as a
lesson to the arrogant nations of the
future. With Christ the battle is ours,
and no power on earth or hell can
stay our mighty hand or blast our
glorious future. Jesus Christ-He is
Americas man of the hour Her sole
recourse in this time of need.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13

To fit themselves to take the places of
bacteriologsts and public health workers
who are called to ~ar. a score of Young
women re taking an emergency course in
bacteriology at the University Of Wis
consin
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13

In Japan, the professional beauty loves
to appear with golden teeth; in India, she
prefers them stained red, but in certain
Parts of Sumatra no lady who respected
herself would condescend to have any
front teeth at all.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13

The membership of the Southern Pine
Association has agreed that women en-
ploved in mems places at the lumber camps,
shall be paid the same salrries formerly
paid men.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13

Scientists state that the little toe is grad
ually becoming smaller and smaller, and its
final disappearance is only a matter Of
time.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13
PRESENT DAY
SOCIAL LIFE
IS EXCORIATED

Continued From Page 0ne.)
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13

Now that so many boys have left
we note that there are fewer girls
at the bathing beaches.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13

The calmness with which Roose-
velt contradicts that Berlin professor
is taken in we'll informed circles as
an indication that the colonel is grow
ing old.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13

The dear girls are now wearing
socks, and so at last we can expect
something pretty in Boston garters.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13

No confidence is violated when we
say that Creel is about as acceptable
to the country as a peace meeting.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13

Though Kaiser Bill hasn't yet got
that place in the sun, he can't COM
plain that the allies haven't been
making it hot for him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-18

the shoulder and bullet from Deputy Constable Reidinger's pistol had passed through his mouth
 Capture I've i'll rta!on Field. Both Thrower and Frank Mccoy were captured as they ran out in the cotton field. and were handcuffed and bi o"Gh' to this city, where they were placed in the county jail, but the negro Ed Boss made good his escape and is still at liberty. IL is expected that he will be in custody at an carly cate, however. as officers are now on his trail
 The Mccoy negro was shot through the body several times, but died game ly, making every effort to fire his lammed gun even alter lie fell He was known as desperate character, and about a, month ago. when Deputy sheriff Baldwin went to arrest him on a charge of disturbing the peace, he grabbed the officers arms as he was reaGlng the warrant, pinning them to hl5 sides and then reached into his pocket and secured the officers gum lie made his escape. going to Texas and taking his wife with him. While in thar state Mccoy is said to have beat his wife severely. causing her to leave him and return to her home near Pastoria Mccoy then followed her and his threats upon her life and upon the person of her father caused the complaints to be made about him to the officers which resulted in his death yesterday afternoon.
 No inquest will he held over the body of the dead negro, this action not being necessary, according to Coroner Williams. and the negro will be buried by his relatives today His boGy vas left in the house where he fell.
 Capture Another on Way.
 AS the officers neared the scene of the killing they arrested Bud Me Coy: brother of the dead negro, on the charge of grand larceny and hand cuffed him to the car when they went in the house. He is charged with 1lav- ing stolen a watch from another negro some time ago, and when he was ac- costed by the officers he resisted ar rest. striking at Deputy Constable Reidinger with his fist, but the officer quickly silenced him by knocking him in the head with the butt end of his revolver.
 A; Deputy Sheriff Baldwin came around the rear of the house in order that the wanted negro might not es- cape. the large guard dog belonging 10 McCoy's father-in-law attacked him and bit him on the leg. The officer immediately shot the brute.
 Thrower, the wounded negro, was given medical treatment at the jail, and if he is able to attend the trial the preliminary hearing of the ar rested negroes will be held this morn ing
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-18
MISS HARRIET VARNEY
 ACQUITTED OF MURDER
Jury Releases Nurse Charged With Killing Bride of Former
 Lover.

Dedham, Mass, Dec. 17.-Miss Harriet A. Varney, a nurse of West Upton, was found not guilty of the murder of Mrs. Pauline Key, the ten- months bride of George H. Keys, a Boston real estate man, by a jury in the superior court here today. The jury deliberated more than four hours. Miss Varney burst into tears when she heard the verdict. She re- covered herself quickly, however, and turning to the jury said:
 Il want to thank the jury for all they have done for me; everybody has been so kind to me-" Miss Varney decided to spend the remainder of the night at the jail, where quarters were arranged. Tomorrow she will go to the home of her sister in West Upton.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-18
HOUSE PASSES PROHIBITION
 AMENDMENT. VOTE 282 10 I28
Man Nor Money Spared That
 City May See
P. B. Company Officials Exert Every Effort to
 Maintain Service.

"Lightless nights in Pine Bluff are l not impossible, but improbable if Man l agcr Minor Q. Woodward and othe, and the Arkansas Power & Light company do not come to the end ol their resourccfulness. The city was; within 20 minutes of being without electricity Sunday morning, but the crisis was met by Manager Wood ward arousing Manager Ahrens of the Pine Bluff Bluff Delivery com pany at , o'clock, and getting a car of lump coal which had just arrived in the railroad yards Thirty mii- utes later the car was being unloadcd at the Pine Bluff companys power house.
 An idea of tho situation which the Pine Bluff company officials "are up against" may be gained from the knowledge that the company is not only experiencing difficulty in obtain ing coal, but that the coal, or rather. slack" which is obtainable, doesn't make sufficient heat. Ii is difficult to keep two of the six boilers going, and the firemen must work contin- uously to do so.
 The company now has F cars of coal on the road, and every effort is being made to obtain more. Ap- preAension, however, is fel- over the probable reduction in the output of mines thru the miners laying ofl' during the holiday period.
 The situation is somewhat bright CT today, because of the consent of Manager Randolph of tne. Arkansas Natural Gas company to plea to per init the use of gas for two of the six boilers at the powerhouse. How long this will be permitted is prob. lematical.
 The most difficult time for the powerhOuso force is in the evening. when the load becomes heaviest. It is then that the firemen, working with inferior fuel, find it impossible to maintain sufficient steam. When that time comes. Poweriouse Super lntendent Emerson, chooses the lesser of the evils, tho it means cutting into the revenues of his com pany. He pulls off the street cars. If this does not tighten the load suf- flciently, he pulls off the white way lights. This, that business houses anu residences may not be without light.
 The additional expense being in- cured by the Pine Bluff company is maintaining service in great. pe- sides the premium paid for "slack, : six additional firemen are employed Numerous incidentals are running ex- pense bills to unprece dented figures.
 But we are going to give the people service, no matter what I, costs" said Manager Woodward last night. "lf it is possible to get coa.. we'll get it. Neither man nor money IS being spared in our effort to main tain service"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-18

Officers Rush Negroes i'm
 Cabfn> Kill 1, Wound Another
Deputies Reidnger McBur nett and Baldwin in Fierce 6attle at Pastorla-Mac Mccoy Killed and Willie Thrcwer Wounded in F icbt

Fighting in defense of their lives. in a little negro sllamty and with shOtguns belching fortl, fire at them and with q Winchester rifle speaking in terms of death, Deputy Constable Jim Rcidinger and Deputy Sheriff J. l.. McBur- nett shot and killed Mae Mccoy. negro. and severely womndeI Willie ThrOwcr. another black. yesterday afternoon. both officers escaping from the melee without wound.
 In company with Deputy Sheriff J. w. Baldwin, the local officers had gone to the Mccoy negro's home in PastorIa township to arrest him on the charge of resisting an officer and disturbing the peace. Mccoy was known to be bad" negro anG Officer Baldwin, who had had some trouble with the black before, asked the as sistance of the local officers in makins, the arrest.
 When they approached the Mccoy home Deputy Sheriff Baldwin went 10 the back of the house to cut off the re- treat of Mccoy in the event that he might try to make his escape, and Deputy Constable Reidinger and Dep uty Sheriff McBurnett entered the front dooi. When the officers entered the room they found a number of negroes present and when tney asked for Mccoy they saw him run into an adjoining room Both officers started for the door of this room, and as they approached Mccoy opened fire on them with a 3S-calibre Winchester rifle. Instantly the officers returned the fire. knocking Mccoy down. and al though, severely wounded. the negro attempted to fire another shot. The extractor on his rifle janmed how ever, and before the negro could jerk the shell from the magazine he was riddled with bullets from the pistols of the officers
 Brother Fires on Officers.
 Turn him aloose, you -- -," yelled Frank Mccoy. the brother of double barreIled shotgun to his shoulder, fired point-blank st thei offi- cers from the entrance of the house. The shot passed between the two men, and Deputy Sheriff Baldwin. running from around the house, fired at the murderous negro. The black fell from the porch, but was not injured, ana ran out into the cotton field back Of the building.
 Ed Boss. a negro who was in the room at the time. fired his pump gun at the officers one time, then dropped it and, jumping through window, made his escape.
 As the officers were coming out of the house. Willie Thrower. another negro, raised his shotgun to his shoul- der. but before he could fire Deputy Sheriff McBurnett had shot him in
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-18
BAKER SAYS WAR BODY
 NOT RESULT OF QUIZ
Congressional Inquiry Has No Bearing
 on Forming of New rl Council.

Washington, Dec. 17.-In explana- ton of the new war council he has created, Secretary Baker said today it was not in any way result of con gressional inquiry into. the operation of the war, nor was it related in any way to the inter-allied war conference at Paris. The secretary was not in- clined to discuss in detail the purpose of the new council. Questions of sup ply and equipment rather than mlli' tary operations probably will be the duties of the new body. It is planned that at least one member of tho coun. cil shall be fresh from France at all times in order to keep tho department in close touch with affaiys at tho front
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-18
CROzIER DEFENDS
 WAR PREPARATION
 BEFORE COMMITTEE
Says American Coast De- lenses Superior to Those
 of Any Nation in Europe.

Washington, Dec. 17.-Inquiry in to alleged delays in supplying the army with guns and the curtailment of funds recommended by the ord dance bureau for that purpose was taken up again today in open session by the senate military committee af- ter n two-days' lexaminotian of Major General Crozied behind closed doors. General Crozier, who was sill on the stand today, continued his detailed statement of the ordnance situation as far as it revailed nothing the war department considers a military SC cret.
 Regarding American coast defense Senator Frelinhuysen asked
 "The country wants to know lenses are not of the proper type and able to cope with any attacking fore es, submarine or otherwise; is it as effective as those of European ma tions?"
 "Yes," replied General Crozied with emphasis. "For the last of ten or IT years and now, our coast defenses have been superior to those of any nation of Europe. Our guns are more than adequate".
 Our requirements for explosives in France will be met; our supply Is satisfactory and vigorous steps are being taken to increases production of explosives" said General Crozier.e e
 He disclosed that steps have been taken to equip American forces with Ls chimes but smilingly refused to go in to detail.
 Have we taken steps for equipping with bombs, hand grenades and other new fangled things" asked Senator Chamberlain.
 The ordnance chief again answered aimatively.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-18
WILSON REFUTEs
 REPORT HE ASKED
 BRYAN TO RESIGN
Letter to Former Secretary Given Out for Publication
 at White House.

Washington, Dec. 17.-President Wilson has written former Secretary Bryan a letter to refute the frequent published statement that he asked for the secretary's resignation because of the celebrated so-called Dumba con- versation, in which MT. Bryan after the sending of the Lusitania note is said to have informed the former Aus trian ambassador not to take it too seriously.
 The letter was given out today at the White House as follows:
 My Dear MT. Bryan-My attention has, been called to book in which the author states by very clear implica- ton that I demanded your resignation as secretary of state because of the language used by you in an interview with Ambassador Dumba, soon after the first Lusitania note.
 "YOu may quote me as saying that I did not ask for your resignation or desire it, as any one can learn from my note accepting your resignation. And this statement ought also to be a sufficient answer to the criticism of you based upon the Dumba interview, for l could not make it if thought you responsible for the misrepresent- ation placed upon that interview in Berlin.
 "But knowing at the time all the facts, did not give the matter serious thought and may add, in justice to YOU, that as you promptly corrected the misrepresentation when, within the last few days it was brought to your attention, it could not have af- fected the diplomatic situation. Cordially and sincerly yours, (Signed) WOODROW WILSON,"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-18
SHIP BUILDING
 HEAD CHANGES

Washington, Dec. 17.-Rear Admiral Fred K. Harris, recently appointed general manager of the shipping boards emergency fleet corporation today asked to be relieved of that duty and returned to his post as chief of the navy bureau of yards and docks His request will be granted. and Chas A. Piez, Chicago engineer of the emergency fleet corporation. will be named to succeed him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-18
NANTED-EXPERIENCED
 BOOKkEEPER.

Prefer married man who is now em. ployed; good salary; to begin Jan- uary with one of the largest stores in Pine BluR. Address applications to Experienced Bookkeeper,' care The Graphic. 12-16.5t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-18
TO FIGHT
 FOR RED CROSS

Chicago, Dec. 17.-Jes Willard. champion heavyweight prize fighter, announced tonight that he would re- ented the prize ring for the benefit of the Red Cross He declared he would defend his title against any person. anywhere and at any time. the sole provision being that all Of tne receipts would go te the Red Cross.