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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-02
Handbag is Held by Its WEIGHT.

A handbag that holds itself to Its
wearer's wrist by means of its own
weight has been invented by a New
York man.. The leather handle is fitted
with two metal slides on one end of
which is a roller. These slides are
fitted to the handle straps aid are
connected by a short piece of leather
of the same width as the handle.
When the handle is slipped over
the arm the metal slides are pulled up
by the weight of the bag so that the
handle fits close around the wrist and
It is then impossible for the handle to
slide over the hand.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-02

two college girls who can't go home.
And we saw-oh, could you sell us a
turkey, please? We couldn't get any at
the market"
Then the little lady spoke hesitat-
Ingly. 'They are four dollars
81 don't carei I'm so desperate about
that dinner! We have everything else"
Mary gazed hopefully and a little in
quiringly into the lady's face, and 1t
grew more troubled and flushed than
sver. Finally she spoke very low and
very slowly with another %apprehen-
sive glance behind her.
There's only one left, but think
you can take It."
A loud and bitter cry went up, and
the small children cast themselves
against their mothers knees.
you promised you wouldn't! You
promised! You said we'd have one
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-02
things heart and make her father INA.
- ro.s for,ro. u son-t ~ Fault,

things heart and make her father na.i
at you forever 1t isn't my fault"
Not In the very least, giggled May.
excitedly diving into the house, which
they had reached by this time. and 1y
ing to the telephone.
Louise heard one side of a rather
surprising conversation.
"Oh, Mr.. Brown" she heard Mary's
eager voice begin. Are you invited
out to dinner tomorrow? I'm SO gladl
Louise Baker and I are going to have
a private Thanksgiving dinner and get
1t ourselves, here, at the college, be-
cause of the scarlet fever at home.
All our friends are going to be gone,
and we're to have just a lady and her
children-an awfully jolly lady and
her soma young man-younger than
I-so you can see he's pretty young.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-02
NEW TYPE OF EVENING GOWN
IDEA OF Yelled DecoIlete and Arms.
which Came From France, In
Keeping With the Times.

One OF the interesting phases of tbe
wal time modes is the new tyne of eve.
ming dress, with Its yelled decollete and
arms.
There Is bound to be q certain So
cial life, eve in war time. It has
been found best for the morale of the
people to have some distraction from
the sadness of war.
AT the same time no one feels like
decking out In full evening garb. sue
as has been worn the last few seasons
sleeveless and decollete to an amaz-
ing degree, says a fashion letter In
the New York Herald.
France has solved the problem for
us In sending us evening dresses that
have a dignity and charm quite as at
tractive and more In keeping with
these times. One of the pecullarIties
of these dresses Is that the decollete
is higher in the back than usual, and
the front has more of the dinner gown
effect than the usual opera or ball
gowns. The sleeves are sometimes
simply elbow sleeves of tulle or net,
sometimes long sleeves, such as were
first seen last season. with slashes for
the hands at about waist depth. Some
of these are so long they fall to the
floor.
Many of these evening gowns have
no trains, but those for the opera
and like occasions have sometimes
panel trains.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-02
The Horse and the Motorcar.

The other day a farmer boy with
load of hay pulled up before a CROWD
of men in indianapolis.
Where is the nearest blacksmith
shop?" he asked.
Not a single man could tell him what
he wished to know.
Then a dusty touring party from
somewhere in America pulled up.
"a garage?"- the driver started to
query.
Half a block down." answered half a
dozen of the crowd in a chorus.-In-
dianapolis News.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-02
For Stout Women.

Stout women look well with white
pique or satin vests worn under their
suit coats; because of the pointed
vests and the touch of white the figure
takes on the added slender lines.
As a rule a wide brimmed hat looks
better on a oma with a full face.
The Wilderness of the brim makes her
face look smaller. But there are times
when as in motoring or walking in
the wind, a small hat must be worn.
or when the hair Is not well dressed.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-02
Provineetown,s Soil.

Children who first see the light at
Pr~oyincetown, Mass, are said to have
been born on South American soil.
This is due to the fact that in its early
days the town possessed a bottom con-
sisting entirely of sand, and 1t was
necessary to import rich soil. which
was brought home by the local feet
then engaged In the fruit trade.-Ex-
change.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-02

This flesh satin dance frock Is lack
ing in trimmings, but that Is made up
for in a diversity of ~draperies and by
inside panniers and the zouave bot
tom. The bodice is of crepe georgette
with ruffles falling from the shoulders.
A crushed satin girdle encircles the
waist and comes to a point at the right
side. The debutante this winter will
enjoy her military dances in simple
frocks and have as much fun and look
even more lovely than her elder sister
did last winter in a mor elaborate
gown.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-02
Last Turkey
On the Farm
A joyful Thanksgiving Dim
ner That Surprised
the Guests
By LAURA TlLDEN KENT

Scarlet fever! A light case! Quaran-
tined!' Mary Lewis gasped aloud a
word or two from her home letter and
then turned a distressed face to her
chum. st can't take you home with me
for Thanksgiving. And. what's more. I
can't GO myself"
"Oh. never mind that-I mean. don't
think about me. I'm awfully sorry,
Mary. Who has itT
Johnny. Oh, he's all right. It's a
light case, mother says. Lou, you've
gone and refused two other invitations
to go home with me. Is it too late to
accept
"Of course Besides, If I went you'd
be all alone In the house while Mrs.
Stanley goes to visit her friends to-
morrow. We can have u dinner at
the Commons with the rest Of the left
overs, can't we? We could arrange for
1t ever now"
II suppose oh, Lou, let's notl All
our special friends will be gone. Let's
ask Mrs. Stanley If we mayn't get u
OWL dinner In her kitchen. Maybe We
could think Of somebody to ask in.
All, 1t would be perfectly splendid!
We'd have the most fun, Louise. I'm
fairly dying to try my hand at cookery
of some sort. Well have a turkey"
The afternoon of the day before
Thanksgiving was spent In a series of
excited shopping expeditions. during
which everything pertaining to a
Thanksgiving dinner was purchased
everything, that is, with one important
exception. The girls had bought no
turkey, and on invading the one meat
market of the little college town they
were distressed to find that no turkey
was to be had. Not even a chicken re-
manned unspoken for in the shop.
"I'm sorry, ladies'" The shopkeeper
looked at them with amused curiosity
as he said it. "I'm sure I don't know
where you'd get a turkey SO late as
this unless you happen to know some
of the ranchers around town. There
may be a few places where they amt
disposed of all their fowls yet"
Its what we've got to do, Louise
Baker!" Mary cried as they went away.
We've just simply got to go out and
scour this country oyer for turkeys"
Talking and laughing excitedly over
the novelty Of their errand, the two
girls walked rapidly from the town I'm
the direction of the ranch lands that
lay toward the east.
Doesn't it make you feel as IL you
were In the east and not in the land
of perpetual summer Louise?' queried
Mary, childishly skipping along the
road and shifting the air delightedly.
Almost. But look, Mary; there are
some turkeys-or a turkey, at least
and there are the little yellow headed
children. Come, don't give yourself
time to back OUT And she flew to the
door and rang the bell.
There was a scurrying of little feet,
and two small voices were heard an
~nouncing the arrival of two ladies'"
Then came the sound of a light scurry-
ing step hurrying down the hallway,
and the door was opened to reveal a
slender, girlish figure, clad principally,
as 1t appeared, in a very large blue
apron.
Mary plunged at once to the point.
1--WE see that you have turkeys" she
said, land we're getting u own
Thanksgiving dinner this year. We're
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-02
NOTICE OF SALE OF LANDS
FOR UNPAID TAXES
City of North Wildwood, N. ].
Collectors Office. Sept. f7fh, 1917

Notice is hereby given that 1, P. L. Peter
son, collector of the taxing district of the City
of North Wildwood County of Cape May,
State OF New Jersey, pursuant TO the authori-
ty of the statutes in such case made and pro-
Vided, will on
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-02

Mica is produced commercially IL
eight states, North Carolina leading In
the industry.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
 "SPUDS' BEAT BEANS AND CORN
Dr. Gordon Thinks He Has Out
 cIassed ]. P. Callahan.

Dr. c. A. Gordon and MrsA Gordon of Potter spent Friday with Mena friends, Mr. Gordon, having noticed the report of the returns secured by J. P. Callahan from a small tract of ground, suggested to a representa- tive of The Star that he had re- port that beat the Callahan story mile" Here is his report: Last spring he planted two bushels of po- tatoes, using about A of an acre of ground. All the cultivating, after the planting, he did himself with the garden blow. He sold S7520 worth of potatoes and still has about g bushels left. The total yield was 65 bushels, not counting two rows that were dug early for eating. This means a yield at the rate of 25O bushels per acre. pr. Gordon says that he had a double purpose in planting the potatoes. One was to fight the high cost of living, and thus to do his bit in helping win the war, and the other was to demonstrate that potato growing can be profit ably and successfully carried on in Polk county.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
WILL AwAKEN RYE AND RYE.
Berlin Thinks Americans Are in
 France Just for show"

Amsterdam, July 5.--A Berlin dis patch to the Dusseldorf General An zciger says leading circles there are firmly convinced there is no truth in reports of the landing of large American forces in France"
 The message says only a small American contingent has been land- ed and is now being taken around there for show purposes to revive French courage" and declares that the reports regarding the Ameri- cans are spread in a way intended to cause uneasiness in Germany and among her allies.
 Berlin official quarters the dis patch adds, maintain the belief that there is no American danger within measurable time"
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
ARKANSAS SLOW
 WITH RED CROSS
Fund Reported Is S6i5,O00 While Governor Trough Asked s4 Mill lion-Small Returns From Many,
 None at All From Some.

Little Rock, July 6.--Up to Thurs day evening, over $6ii000 had been reported to Arkansas Red Cross headquarters, from the campaign which was conducted in the state a week ago. Miss May Conway, who is in charge of the headquarters. stat ed she hoped to see the amount reach S750,000 before the campaign is definitely closed.
 The big donator was Pulaski county, with $S5,000 assessed and $if7,000 subscribed. Jefferson went to $5l ,000 on a S50,000 assessment. Lee county exceeded it's $25,000 as- sessment by $2500 and all is not yet reported. Saline also went over it's $i5,000 assessment by $500, and Poinsett county came up with it's full $t0,000, and Crittenden county equaled it's S25,000. Monroe ran Si2,- 3i5 over it's S2O,0O0 assessment, and Mississippi county raised $32,0OO when asked for only $30,000. Dal- las county was another to exceed it's assessment turning in Si3,000 in- stead of Si0,000. The counties that have made no response are Cleve- land. Hempstead, Baxter, Howard, Izard, Marion, Pike, Randolph, Scar cy, and Stone. Carroll, Cleburne, Crawford, Franklin, Fulton, Little River, Logan, Madison, Montgomery, Newton, Perry, Sharp. and Van Bur en counties report less than 5000. Many report less than S5000, when none were asked for less than Si0,- GOO, but the campaign has not defi- nitely closed, and many who have made no report are known to have done considerable work and with the other backward counties are ex- pected to swell the total to the $750.000 Governor Brough is so anx- ious to raise.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
29 DEAD, 76 HURT IN EAST ST. LOUIS
Three Hundred Houses Also Burned as Result of Race Riots That Seem to Be of the Repeater Va-
 riety-Women Participate.

The third of the deadly race riots that have run wild in East st. Louis during the past few days broke loose Tuesday Fires started in the negro quarters were spread by the high winds and the entire fire de- pertinent was required to hold them in check.
 So far as known 29 bodies have been recovered, of these white, while 74 negroes were wounded More than 300 houses have been burned by the mobs. The blacks are leaving the city as fast as possible, for the most part taking refuge in Missouri.
 Twelve companies of the National Guard of Illinois are on duty and for the most part are now preserv- ing order, but it is feared there will be more trouble.
 Scores of stories of depravity and brutality are related in some in stances participated in by women.
 The trouble, it is said, resulted from labor differences.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
STARTLING INFORMATION
 OF GERMAN ACTIVITIES
If These Could Re Published, Off, cials Say, They Would Amaze
 the World.

Washington, July 5.-If the gov ernments activities against the Ger man spies in the United States could be published the news would startle the world, officials, who would not be quoted, declared this morning.
 The state, war and navy depart ments are unearthing information of most amazing character
 It was pointed out that even with the strictest censorship of the mails, cables and press, the European all lies have not been able to meet the situation to their complete satisfac- ton.
 Altho it has not been officially ad- mitted, it is believed that the massed submarine attack on General Persh- ing's expedition is now being inves- tigated.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
Teutons Turn to Champagne.

Washington, July 6. = Having failed disastrously in their recent effort to drive the French from their commanding positions on the Chemin des Danes, on the Aisne front, the Germans are now turning their attention to the Champagne, apparently with similar purpose. | Attacks were made by the crown princes troops last night on the French lines west of Mont Carmillet and southeast of Tahure. The drives evidently were not of such intensity as was tha. earlier in the week along the Aisne, and the Paris official reports say they were easily repulsed.
 i The artillery fighting is proceed i ing vigorously in these and other sectors of the Champagne. In the Verdun region also the French guns are active With the evident effort of making the German trenches west and north of Hill BOA untenable, General petain's artillery is pouring destructive fire upon them. Ap- parently the crown prince has none too secure hold on such ground here as his troops were able to seize in their sudden rush a few days ago.
 London is reticent as to what is going on along the British front in fl dnce, where thers have been ii- dications that some important move ment was in prospect. The only ac- tivity reported was a nocturnal raid on British posts near Bulle- court, which was repulsed.
 In Macedonia there is some revival of activity, but seemingly not on large scale. Enemy troops, probably Bulearians, launched an assault on the ridge west of Dojeli, southwest of Lake Doiran, but were compelled by British counter-attack to relin- quish the footing they obtained.
 Russians Less Active.
 On the Galician front the Russians have not renewed their assaults in force. Intense artillery activity is reported east of Lemberg, where General Brussiloff early this week began a push toward the Galician capital with Zlochoff, on the Tarno- pol -Krasne railway, as his immedi- ate objective.
 Near Narayuvka, to the southeast of Lemberg, the Austro-G German guns are busy, intensely bombarding the Russians east of Lipnicadolna. In Mesopotamia the Russian army from Sakkiz is hotly en- gagged with the Turks who have been reinforced in their effort to stop the IRuisian advance.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
ATHLETICS WILL
 60 ON AS USUAL
President FuiraII of the Southwest Athletic Conference Makes An- nouncement--University of Ar
 kansas Fine Football Outlook.

Fayetteville, July 6.-presIdent John C. Futrall Of the Southwest Athletic Conference announced yes :arday the result of mail vote just taken to determine the question of the athletic policy of tho conference during war time. The members Of the conference are the University of Arkansas, University of Texas, University of Oklahoma, the Agri- cultural and Mechanical Colleges of Oklahoma and Texas and Baylor University. The points decided by the vote were the following:
 i. Intercollegiate athletics will be continued and schedules will be carried out in so far as may be pos sible.
 2. The rule barring freshmen from taking part in athletics will be rescinded during war time.
 3. Transfers from one college to another must, however, as hereto for, be in residence in the college to which the transfer is made for one year before being allowed to play
 The decision of the conference to continue athletics is in accord with the action of other conferences, such as the big Nine or Western Conference, and the Missouri Val- ley conference. This action also has the approval of President Wilson
 The University of Arkansas will probably lose a number of her best football players who would have been in college next fall except for war conditions. Several of these are now in the Officers Training Camp at Fort Logan Il. Roots. IL is under stood, however, that only about % per cent of the men in the Train ing Camp will bestaken as officers in the first draft army. There is, therefore, good prospect that some of these may be able to return to the University in the fall.
 President Futrall announced that all students engaged in athletics in the University nf Arkansas will he required to take military training also. Heretofore it has been GUS tomary in the University of Arkan- sas and in many other institutions to excuse from drill members of the athletic teams.
 Ii is already known that number of high school footbal stars will en- ter the University ill September. Owing to the absence of some of the veterans, these men will have bet ter chance at making the team than freshmen have had for many years.
 James B. Craig, the All-American haIfback from the University of Michigan, will be on hand to coach the team unless he is called to the Federal service before that tinie.
 The Arkansas football schedule as already made out includes games with the Universities of Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, with Henry Kendall College (the winner of the 1916 southwestern championship with the Rolla Miners, Hendrix Col lege, and one or two other minor games. It is now believed that most if not all of these games will be played as arranged
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
GREAT COST OF FIGHTING.
Maintenance of Army Is Multiplied
 Many Times.

Washington, July 5.-The commit tee on public information this morning gave out a statement fur nishine an idea of the enormous cost to maintain Americas fighting forces.
 For example. subsistence in 1915 was supplied for s9,800OO0, and this year 1t has been provided for in ap- plication estimates at $i3300O,00o.
 The clothing and camp garrison equippage, which two years ago were had for $6,500,000, will this year cost $23i 100000.
 The manufacture of arms, which, in 1915, cost S450000, will cost more than $55 100000 this year.
 The ammunition for the small arms cost $875,000 in 1916, but it will cost Si48000,OOO this year.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
Had Fine Auto Trip.

Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Gardner and son, J. W. Gardner, Jr., returned on
 Friday from their automobile trip
 to Oklahoma points, having been away since Thursday, June 2i. They travelled 700 miles, and experienced very little automobile trouble, and enjoyed every mile of the trip. They visited at the home of Mrs. Gardner's parents, Dr. w. R. Cros- sett and Mrs. Crossett, in Rosedale. Ok. They also visited relatives in
 Hugo, Soper. Caddo, Wynnewood and Davis. The trip was made by going south to DeQueen, thence to Broken Bow and Idabel, thus avoid- ing the pull thru the mountains north of Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
New Phase of German villainy.

FTOIi Inc IeAdThdEldn
 Exposures just made public by
 the government of Rumania add to
 the accumulation of evidence that German villainy and treachery is un-
 scrupulous in violating all estab-
 lished rules of warfare. The expos ure also shows, as the Rumanian
 government claims, that Germany
 was secretly violating the neutral ty of Rumania right in the capital of
 that nation. The day after Rumania broke with Germany, there was un-
 earthed from the garden of the Ger man legation in Bucharest, several
 cases of high explosives and worse still, cases of cultures of anthrax and glanders bacilli, intended to be used in destroying domestic animals of the allies. Both are deadly to
 cattle and horses and anthrax is
 deadly to human beings and easily contracted from animals. The pur- pose was to introduce these destruc- tive bacilli among the cattle of their foes. creating epidemics that would destroy them by the thousand and endanger human life as we'll. This disgraceful villainy was being secretly carried on in the German legation while under the protection of friendly power. The law of na- tions, as promulgated at The Hague, forbids the use of poisons but what does international law or usage amount to with the only a scrap of paper Their doctrine is that might makes right-and they hesitate at nothing to accomplish thpir rlrnnepS
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
STAR @ADs" BRING RESULTS.
Frank Rork and J. A. Slote In Men; for Baraains.

Frank Rork and James A. Slote of Hatfield arrived in Mena early Sat- urday, having made the trip in MT. Rork's automobile. They made the trip especially to do some trad ing, having been attracted by the money-saving prices offered by Mena merchants thru the medium of The Star, which is simply another concrete demonstration that it pays to use printers ink. Mir. Slote kind ly remembered the Star force with a large bouquet of flowers, containing as fine dahlias as can be grown any, where. The boquet was artistically arranged with background of can ma leaves, and the several var&ties |of flowers placed tremendously in order to get the best color effect
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
WHY YOU ARE NERVOUS

The nervous system Is the alarm system of the human body.
 In perfect health we hardly realize that we have a network of nerves, but when health is ebbing, when strength is declin- Ing, the same nervous system gives the alafm in headaches, tiredness, dreanlfu1 sleep, durability and unless corrected, leads straight to breakdown.
 To correct nervousness, Scott's Emul- sion is exactly what you should take; its rich nutriment gets into the blood and rich blood feeds the tiny nerve-ce1is while the whole system responds to it's refresh inx tonic force It is free from alcohol.
 U ee1<t C Bcwne. Bloomfield. E. !.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
BEAT FATHER TO DEATH.
Two Sons Took Turn About Using
 Baseball Rat on Him.

st. Louis, July g. William Dan- necker, aged 5S, was beaten to death here today by his sons, Theodore, i3, and Herman, 23, who took turns about in beating him to death with a baseball bat
 Herman said they killed their father because of his long cruelty to them.