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The Cordova daily times., 1917-09-06
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER

The British leaders have become ready with their quotations the uterances of the great Americans of the past that have wondered why Lloyd George has not already ut zed celebrated words of General Grant before Vcksburg It will recalled how when the beseged army at point of starvation and Pemberton adressed inquiry to Grant deavOrng to ascertain the terms which he would accept the equalization of the city, the Union commander reped "Im mediate and unconditional surrender propose to move mme diately upon your works. -
 The European dspomats have been indugng in consider able discussion concerning the possible peace terms that might be acceptable to their respective countries but they have all failed to point The British premier the plain talking when he said that England would not be sat sfed until Germany had been dealt knockou blow and tain present intentions he might we'll put in the words at rbuted to General Grant The allies determined to bend Germany her knees and their response the appeal of the pope launch tremendous offensive along the entire line of the western front
 While according the peace proposal coming from the Vat respectful consideration the allies unanimous in the opinion that the terms suggested far from being acceptable This for the that seeks to establish peace virtually the basis of the status ane and makes provision for paraOn for the nations that have been violated and devas guarantee of peanence AsO where inclined pOpe communication the respect due the allies do not take kindly his representation that the honor of the armies of both sides is safe On the other hand this statement has aroused storm of protest both sides of the Atlantic
 This indeed unfortunate utterance In the relative fighting strength displayed to date there be grounds for claiming equality of hono but what about the continuous acts of cruelty and nhumanty peperated by the Does the murder of neutra and combaans land and the of the deportation of the French and Bel
 ans the cruetes inflicted upon prisoners of war; the poison ing of wells the wanton deement of destruction of edces and the ruthless devastation of conquered errory do not all these ncomprehensbe deeds dispute the claim that the honor of the German army is safe Certainly long the allies have respect for themselves and decent regard for the opinion of mankind they will negotiating peace based upon such premise.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-09-06
SWAPPING AT THE HAND

Anchorage people have just awakened to the fact that the license money from that berg does not back the till the city treasurer and have registered protest follows in The Times:
 "Between $8 1000 and 5000 will be from Anchorage to the district court at Valdez this year whence goes coffers of Uncle Sam, to return to this city,
 Fms large sum of money is taken annually from the chants and business of Anchorage in the shape federal licenses Every who engages business Anchorage IS subject to cense the of which depends upon the turnover
 "n incorporated cities in Alaska this license money is re turned to the city authorities to be used for the municipal penses and in that manner becomes really municipal In Anchorage, however the money having life the city, gone forevermore.
 FOr the past the property Anchorage been assessed heavily for improvements which in addition the deferred payments their ots have placed upon burden which is excessive Under these conditions wrong that such large amounts of money which justly belong the citizens of this city, should be away Eight or nine thou sand dollars would go long toward paying annually the of municipal government conducted along right ines.'
 If this is snappng hand that feeds them what is it?
 The report of the Alaskan engineering commission shows follows:
 Expenditures Anchorage townse $188 37 plant at Anchorage for handling construction work consisting of yard tracks office buildings store houses quarters for employees mess houses, hospital heating and lighting plant freight hand ling machinery $6l976ll6 Wharves docks for hand ling freight lghered from shps $4 409 and many other items nerspesed with construction expense which have been for the direct benefit of Anchorage And addition the com mission installing lights without expense town except for future current and proposes expend quarter million experimental effort toward dredging mud Of part of this money from the in the townste but only small fraction
 There wouldn't be anything here except Jeer's home little old 5000 return for the overamon benefits received Seward Gateway
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-02-09

Tell 'e,, scu saw IT In me .Arau.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-02-09
Barson-Bemis

Just listen to the whiskey talk.
There is real live interest tax
en- on that subject, high cost of
living, wars, or the dread boil
weevil, fails to cause the excite
ment that has been shown on
this subject.
They are even planning to
bribe the county officers. Can
they do it?
One was heard to remark, that
the right man could go to the
sheriff and make good" with
him by a promise of a division of
the spoils.
He said that any of them
would sell for enough money.
Now is this the kind of men the
people are electing? We hope
not but time will tell
Well try awful hard to get "our
BOOZE"
Even if Riddles" have to
wear old shoes.
Some "galoots" may not try,
Just give up and call things
DRY.
But listen, fellows, to wh WE
tell,
Well have whisky, or we'll
have well,
Of all disasters, that's come our
way,
This is the worst, if it's come
to stay.
CORRESPONDENT.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-02-09
.JustAbout Town

A St. Louis travelling man,
gay young fellow, was in
Brinkley a few days ago and
evidently he found things accord
ing to his taste. Said he, "I've
travelled in Germany, France,
Italy and Spain and think I'm
pretty we'll posted on towns.
When | started south out of ST..
Louis for my first trip a few
weeks ago l laid away my "glad
rags" crossed my fingers on be-
ing interested in any more swell
chickens, and resolved to get
down to real hard work and
business routine and these good
resolutions lasted me until | got
to Brinkley and. and we'll, take
it from me, that Brinkley town
is some swift town and I'm here
to tell you that Pm used to 60
ing the rapid slants and know.
| was touring in France in my
motor, when the war broke out
and interfered with my efforts
to see the gayest urban towns
in Europe. 1t was some sights |
saw but this town of Brinkley
has 'em all beat a nautical mi e
and a half" "
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-02-09

months ago. He packed up,
shipped his household goods to
his old home Athens, Ala, and
then hitched up that team of
beautiful big mules to his wagon
and drove thro.' Four days con-
vinced Haygood that Alabama
wasn't a place for him and with
out unpacking his goods he ship
ped 'em back to dear old Brink
ley" and said to me yesterday II
never expect to cross the Missis-
sippi river again. This country
is good enough for me-"
Jas. H. Miley, the yam man
from Allendale. was in Brinkley
yesterday. Jim is planning
to buy a potato transplanting
machine and a big portable field
tank for use in producing the
greatest yam crop in his life.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-02-09
Among the Farmers

You see that young SOW
there?' said a farmer to me
Tuesday. w ell, | paid $500 for
her as pig two years ago and
I've cleaned up $500 from her
pigs and have the SOW and 3
head left. How's that for a
So 90 investment? Do you think
zoe cotton beats that?"
About the biggest farm propo-
sition I've heard of lately is the
one that j. G. Brown of the
Brown Lumber Co., is starting 7
miles west of Brinkley on the
13, 900 acre tract of rich land
owned by his company. They
propose to farm a drainage dis
trict and drain Bayou DeView
from the Monroe county line on
the north to the mouth of the
bayou on the south. Mr.. Brown
has scores of men engaged in
building a railroad from his land
down to Brasfield, where his
company is now opening the
big saw mill which they bought
from the Penrod -Jorden Lumber
Co. Mr.. Brown and his rep
resentative and manager, Jack
Doyle, are planning to cut off all
the timber from their land and
to see that it is putin cultivation
Farmer }. "a. tiaygood, who is
now living down on the Sain
farm, was in town yesterday
planning for his crop. Haygood
tried to leave Arkansas a few
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-02-09
THE ARGUS WEEKLY HONOR ROLL

The following faithful and kind friends have been
that their written right the ARGUS subscription list
since last Roll printed There's few of
good people, who have neglected this. Have you?
Mrs j. C, Moshier, City
A. NJ Jackson,
T. 3. Bond
Mrs. H. M. Gordon.
DR.. E. D. Mcknight "
w. H. Norwood
Oscar Pearson, g
J. M. Davis,
Walter Dickson, Hunter. Ark
C. H. Wheeler Grays Ark.
Miss Lettie Roy, Hennng, Tenn.
Grant Green. Jr Clarendon, Ark
Homer S. Campbell Oak Park III.
Mrs. J. R. Dunavant. Henning, Tenn
T. L. Pledger Monroe, Ark
G. w. Barner Detroit Mich.
J. H. High. Hunter, Ark.
Geo. Theilbar Purcell, Okla.
J. H. Barker Cotton Plant Ark.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-02-09
Queer Freak of Peanuts.

1t has been noticed that the common
peanut grows In peculiar way that Is
distinctly original. The little plant
sends up it's shoots, with the fruit on
the end of somewhat stiff stalk, and
then before it ripens the stem bends
over and carefully pushes the fruit un-
dergrOund.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-02-09
Improbable Investment.

Luke McLuke says lots of girls mar
ry for revenue only. So doR lots of
men, but marriage for revenue pro-
duces few dividends only about
enough for divorce fees and court
costs.-Houston Post.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-02-09

Matte Britton, and Annie z.
Ward.
Every School in Monroe County
should have the same advantages
that this school is offering to the
pupils.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-02-09
Prairie Vsew School Notes
HONOR ROLL

HONOR ROLL
seventh raa Lester Hunt.
Cien Hunt
Sixth CIR II Eldon Hunt
Fourth Grade = Mani c.
Daniel.
First Grade = Aileen Collier,
Olin Hunt, Harold Hueckle.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-02-09
THE PUBLICITY ACT
A Statement by the Arkan.
saS Press Association

In view of the fact that
another bill to repeal Act No. 3.
the Publicity Measure, has been
introduced in the legislature, and
in view of the fact that a bill to
repeal this measure was defeat
ed in the legislature of 1915, the
members of the Arkansas Press
Association desire to make this
statement to the members of the
Arkansas Legislature and to the
people of Arkansas:
The Publicity Bill was initiat-
ed and passed by the voters of
Arkansas by majority of IA, 924.
The members of the Arkansas
Press Association know that the
theory of the Publicity Act is a
proper theory, and know that
Publicity is the most potent
weapon against petty graft and
Irregularities in government,
but the members of the Press
Association resents the attitude
of those legislators who would
put the publishers of the state
in the attitude of favoring the
Publicity Law merely because it
produces revenue for the news
papers, and refuse to allow the
publishers to be put in such at
attitude.
The members of this Associa-
tion desire to state most en-
phatically to the people and to
the legislators that the revenue
produced by this law is unim--
portant to the newspapers and
they desire to call to the atten-
ton of the people and the legis-
lators that publications of initial
ed and referred measures under
the Initiative and Referendum
Amendment to the Constitu-
ton cannot be handled by some
of the larger newspapers of the
state because the rate of pay
provided therein is too low 10
make such publications remuner-
ative to such newspapers.
The Press Association desires
to state further that it will make
no opposition to any effort to re-
peal the publicity law which
came from the people and not
from the legislature. The mem
bers of the Association believe a
demand will be made by the
people of the state for re-en-
actment of this measure if it is
repealed. If this demand comes
from the people, the publishers
of Arkansas will demand that
the rate of publication be made
the full legal rate instead of half
the legal rate as is now provid-
ed.
The publicity law has every
right to remain in the statutes,
of Arkansas. 1t was by the
people, and the people have seen
the benefits of it. But the news
papers of Arkansas will resort to
no 'pussy-footing" methods to
perpetuate the law, ana choose,
rather, to make the plain state
ment to the General Assembly
relying wholly on its patriotism
and fairness in the matter. The
Association desires to amour ce
its intention to publish this state
ment in every newspaper allied
with this Association. This pub
lication will be made whether
the Act is repealed or not, for
the publishers deem it wise that
the people of the state should
know their attitude in this
matter.
(Signed) ARK. PRESS ASSN
c. A. BERRY, President.
ERWIN FUNK, Secretary.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-02-09
A LITTLE SERMON FOR TO-DAY

was afraid and Uent and hid talent the earth TO-
thou hast that is thine--Mdtt rs.
Time was, l shrank from what was right
From fear of what wrong;
would not brave the sacred fight
Because the foe was strong.
But now cast that finer
And shame aside;
Such dread of sin indolence
Such aim at heaven was pride.
J. H. NEWMAN.
IF he falls into error he does fret it, but
rising up with humble spirit he goes his way
rejoicing We're he to fall hundred times in
the day. he would not despair would rather cry out
lovingly to God appealing His tender pity The really
devout has horror of evil but he has still greater
love for that which good he is doing what is
right, than avoiding what is wrong Generous, large
hearted he is not afraid of danger in serving God and
would rather the risk of doing His will mperfectly
than not strive to Him lest he fail in the attempt
JEAN NICOLAS GRoU.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-02-09
hi TH[ COUNTRY
| II A MOTOR CAR
u Angus NAN MAKES
|rposs COUNTRY TRIP.
4, Prosperity Smiling
on the People.

|r.tino advantage of the frozen
\ 7 left Brinkley Monday at
IN o'clock on my first cross
|r,trv trip in the ARGUS new
|,dsbaker Auto. I headed for
s,pndon and Holly Grove. and
Iold some Of the Brinkley
h fans" where I was going,
av 'em wink and smile at each
her as they asked me what
) expected to get back. 1t
|, the roads that caused 'em
smile.
leaving the Brinkley Union
atiOn at 1910 with C. F. Green
Henry L. Brickell, J. D.
dqers and a travelling man in
car we drove to the Claren-
\ Court House in exactly one
In and seven minutes running
be, Henry Brickell holding the
Ith. You can guess about the
they were rough on the
knkley end, you bet. Never
w anything worse. but | want
: TO see what my Studebaker
build do, and | found out too.
Be running on the Brinkley end
! The road was very slow and
Illus but on the Clarendon half
the road the spedometer reg
tered Is miles a great deal of
y time.
lat Clarendon | attended to
hiness around the Court House,
Pketed some money and then
uek out for Holly Grove. Leav-
y Clarendon at l::50 l drove up
front Of Mayo & Nayo's in
bly Grove ct 2::3O exactly.
L vw my first visit since
PtRall to Holly Grove, and I'm
|lhng you that | haven't seen a
Psler town in all Arkansas than
|s | visited every store in
ply Grove and in every one of
|en there were a bunch of
|'tomers trading as if it was a
lrgain day.
At Mayo & Mayo's contractors
ere busy building a big brick
'0l'lon' This is the firm that
1.-THE pace for all Monroe coun-
AZ cotton buying the last fall.
'h always a pleasure for me to
Y on this clever firm, but they
F'e Just as busy as they could
this time.
Al R. Abramson Co.'S. the
al0r member of the firm was
'9lclng over the fact that they
nso ; much business they could
thnd time to attend to it.
A' Patterson & Lambert the
as busy crowd was spending
aney,
us0 ". Johnson and his clerks
ne all busy in the elegant naw
!: i quilt by Mayo & Mayo.
J ] Is by far the aandsonest
. !. most modern store in the
ath end.
J .ss'e Bros, those fancy dry
y and ready to-wear for
!. ! allu Women merchants, had
!. ! ''Ore as neat as a pin and
I 's selling goods, too.
!. !" : OO'a LARS Grocery and
,se OuS otore there was a
y .'ieu look, while at the Holly
! ''s ~. Lumber Co. they were
,.s' \ 'slllng lumber and building
!. never saw Holly
spenty.
= .''ng Holly Grove at $50 |
y J.. my car at Duncan where
A. s'.er .a friend, G. R. Gordon,
trends call him Booty"
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-02-09
So Reward
LOST MULE COLI

| will cheerfqlly pay $40 cash
for any information leading to
recovery of one young hight bay
or brown horse mule, nearly 2
ears old. Fa pice smooth colt
with very dim brand on left
shoulder and had been sh ared.
Strayed from lmS farm 6 miles
southeast of Holly GroV bout
Dec. 1st. hoaghE be IN
Postelle o. M "s Ne r.
nt IS
SAM A BLES,
Holly Grove, Ark.
Tell '9u, ,vu saw II In me .Ar0u,
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-02-09

was moving his last load of
household furniture, having re-
Gently sold this pretty farm and
store to a Mr.. Magness, whom |
met while there. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gordon having not decided
whether they will live in Claren-
don, Holly Grove or in the coun-
ty metropolis and I'm hoping
they'll decide on the latter for
they are clever people indeed.
Back from Clarendon to Holly
Grove in just a fraction less than
40 minutes. Leaving the Court
House at AT we were in Brink
ley at 5:54, without a single mis-
hap or trouble of the motor car.
All along the road | saw the
farmers cleaning up the premises
burning brush and getting ready
for an early start in the race to
beat the boil weevil.
Down the Military road below
Brinkley l saw the prettiest dis
play of hog flesh | haye seen in
some time. | think it was at
Farmer Ramey's and the breed
was evidently Poland China A
portable or rather movable hog
house had been built showing
that he was going to take care
of what he has,, Of course he
will make them immune from
the cholera if hasn't already
done so.
TRIP To HUNTER
Leaving Brinkley Tuesday
morning | headed the Stude-
baker for Hunter and it was the
first car to track over this road
for some time. We were in
Hunter within so minutes and |
was surprised to note the changes
in this progressive town.
A brand new 50X80 store, on
the East side of the Cotton Belt
railroad built by the Hunter
Drug and Mercantile Co., is the
incest thing of the kind in that
section. This business is man.
aged by W. E. Mathis and comes
pretty near being a department
store.
The U. S. Post Office with
Postmaster ]. R. High in charge
is in this store and besides your
mail you get nearly anything
else on earth you want in the
merchandise line there.
North of this pretty new store
the elegant new Brick Bank
building now nearing completion
and President Oris Penrose show
ed it to me and explained how
the Bank of Hunter was planning
for greater things when they
move into this beautiful building
on about March 1st.
Out at the Hunter High School
-one of the prettiest school
buildings in Eastern Arkansas |
found the principal Prof. H. l..
Lambert, was planning for big
ger and better things for the
school.
Several of the Hunter rice
growers had just sold their rice
after holding it since last Octo-
ber. w. P. Dawson was report
ed as having sold 5000 bushels at
95 cts. and Petty Bros. about
5000 bushels at 95 cts, Henkle
& Hemrichs were also reported
as selling but / could not confirm
this.
Mark Mushrush, that bunch
of~push and energy was away
from his big warehouse and
lumber yard and Cashier Heber
Freeman reported business as
fine. Mr.. Mushrush was at
Weiner where he has another big
warehouse and lumber yard.
Enroute back from Hunter the
Sunshine Special" stopp
the cent School where Mloses
Scott and Mary Throg-
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-12-14

III any matter pertaining to his
liennri t.
All registered men are also e
ested tc watch the newspapers for
ny future announcements regarding
tii~~ of the questionnaives
very registrant must, regardless OF
cyMp,ete q QUESTIONABLE
ent those already IN service. For
is reason. all persons related to or
Wins information about reGistrants
have departed from address
iyer on their registration ca-ds
Hould promptly advise tn, local
@oarla o. tn present address
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Q made q those transfelred,
CITY HOSPITAL NOTES.

John Gano a Baltimore and Ohio
euploye. who had his back slightly
hurt at S.r Johns Rua. was brought
10 the hospital for ,reatment
Mrs. BE tina Besau was dismissed
~ ne levi W. admi'ta1 ard
William Robinson had his tonsils re.
moved
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The Peoples Paper

=, The Martnsburi Evening Journal
10 entered st the postoffice in Mar
tinsburs W Va rs secoud class mail
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.JE& 4 Asts LIZA g. &. = >

Furs, Muffs, Coats, Suits and
Dresses in all of the newest crea-
tionS.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-11-23

The old saw, "A feast or famine
was illustrated during the past week
by five evenings in succession being
devoted to entertainments of one ma
ture and another.
George Bartell states that there
were upwards of SO people down from
Nelson Sunday evening attending the
last number of the Chautauqua series
of entertainments.
Mrs. Fl. Barman and her daughter,
Miss Leila La Vale, returned to Oro-
Vile last Friday evening after an alb
sence of several months visiting with
friends in Spokane.
L. w. Barnes is now holding down a
clerkship in the La Vale Auction
House. AS Mr.. Barnes has had some
experience in that line of business he
fits neatly into the new job.
A warning post admonishing auto
drivers to keep to the right has been
placed at the intersection OF Main
street and First avenue so solidly that
reckless drivers will be leary of bump
ing into it.
DR.. E. E. Elmer, Otto Rhemke and
from Oroville a week ago and are en-
loving a deer hunting outing in the
Lost lake region. They are still buying
their meat at Keeley's market.-Che-
saw News.
A note from Joe Hunter, who is in
Seattle consulting specialist In re-
gard to his eyes, states that he is blind
in one eye. Those who know the old
vet trusts that the sight of the other
eye may be saved to him.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Armstrong drove
down from Nelson Saturday evening
in Mr.. Armstrong; car, and Sunday,
accompanied by Mrs. F. Grathwohl
and Miss Eliza Grathwohl made a trip
to Omak to visit with friends.
Remember you have paid only the
first half of your real estate taxes,
and that taxes become delinquent af-
ter the 1st of December. You can
make a saving by paying up before
the time passes the dead line.
Julius Brechlen, an old time resident
of LOOMS, and one of the most faith
full prospectors that has searched the
northern hills, was in town Saturday
visiting with his daughter and son-in.
law. Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Collier.
DIR. Lewis was called to Chesaw Sat
urday in consultation with DR.. Tyler
in one of the most serious confinement
cases that DR.. Lewis says has evel
come under his observation. The life
Of the mother was saved at the expense
of the life of the child.
Garland Ethel has announced tha
he may possibly enter the army. AL
honor to the young man, and II Is Ger
tainly a credit to young Ethel, for HI
has always been CONSCIENTIOUS OBJ
iector to war. But he has read an'
carefully studied the war situation
the causes leading up to the war an'
the calamity it would be to the worl'