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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19
Fashions of To-Day By May Manton

TIME coat suit is one of the
 real nccdfuls of every sea-
 son and here is very new and attractive one that you can make yourself without the least little bit of trouble. The skirt gives the new barrel effect. It is cut with upper and lower por- tions that arc circular and the joining gives the effect of width. The coat is just a simple, loose one but the little vestee, the collar and the shape of the sleeves mean distinction. Here the suit is made of blue gabar- dine and is embroidered with heavy worsted threads, but you can copy it in a variety of ma- terials and in variety of colors. Sand color is much liked. Itis especially smart embroidered with navy blue. Some women will like to make the vest of Q contrasting material.
 For the medium size the coat will require, SIS yards of ma- tcrial 36 inches wide, and the skirt, 3L2 yards 36.
 The coat pattern No. 938o is cut in sizes from 34 to AZ inches bust measure and the skirt pat tern No. 93oo in sizes from e4 to 32 inches waist measure. They will be mailed to any ad- dress by the Fashion Depart ment of this paper, on receipt of fifteen cents for each.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19
BUYS VELIE ROADSTER.

B. c. McCammon yesterday pur chased 4-passenger Velie roadster from the Senyard Motor company, the sale being made by Roy Senyard, who is here from his state headquarters at Little Rock, spending several days at his local headquarters.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19
First Kellermann Lesson
 For Swimmers Tomorrow The Woman With Perfect Figure In the World Tells Why
 Children Should Follow Her Lessons.
(By Annette kellcrman.)

Swimming is an arj and should be respected as such. can say with perfect safety that caiy about 90 per cent of the American swimmers I have seen have WadG is termed a perfect stroke. Ths! is why l am certain that my C9nIsc of dry land swimming articles Vlll accomplish
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19
PERSONALS.

G. w. Tucker of Little Rock is spending a few days in the city.
 W. L. Reid of Nashville, Tenn., is in the city.
 Porter Founder of Warmer is spend ing few days in Pine Bluff.
 s. Balm has moved into his new home at 1409 south Cherry.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

last night Four additional cars of I title Giants" consigned to the Veil company are cn route, according to information received yesterday by the distributors.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19
TO PLAY AT STAR CITY.

Leon Taylor, Roy Curry, Elmer Ho- gan, and Monroe Meeks members of the w. o. w. band will go to Star City Wednesday to assist the Star City band.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19
such Mondars-

such wonders.
 \ l do not wish to appear ridiculous and say thnt after ttl:inS these dry land swimming lessons you will swim the moment you torch water, but do say that mastery of what I will teach you through this nwspaper in just few lessons will mean that within cn hour after you enter the water you will be aoir to swim prop erly and with q good stroke
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

The flag of the secretary of the navy is q scarlet be,.tin& and bears upon it an eagle with ontstrctched wings.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

Misses Willie Scott Winters, Etta Winters and Elizabeth Daniels leave today for Magnolia, where they will visit friends.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

Mrs. Charles Norwood is in Fl Dorado, where she was called on ac- count of the illness of her father.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

MT. and Mrs. C. w. Colton, Jr, and daughter will leave today for New Rochelle, N Y, where they will spend several weeks with their parents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

MT. and Mrs. Angus McNeill and son, Jim Smith, and guests, Mrs. C. w. Harris, motored from Redfield to Pine Bluff yesterday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

Miss Alene Mccain will entertain with a party at her home Thursday evening in honor of her guests Misses Edeline Geronin, Sarah Renfro, and Jewel Cooke of Holly Grove
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

Mrs. Wm. Puddephatt, who was taken sick Sunday, is improving.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

MT. and Mrs. Dexter Hardy of Grady, who have been the guests of MT. and Mrs. w. H. Graves of this city, returned home Tuesday,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19
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Missse Edline Geronin Sarah Rem fro and Jewel Cooke, of Holly Grove will arrive this afternon for visit with Miss Alene Mccain.
 A surprise party was given on Fri day evening in honor of Miss Minette Scott of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, who is the welcome guest of her sister, Mrs. Hugh Irwin Of eos Fist avenue. The bewisching and fascinating honor guest was very much sur prised and greatly pleased by the ap- pearance of her young friends. Danc- ing was the principal Advertisement of the evening and an added pleasure was the trip to an ice cream parlor where all partook of frozen daintes. The following were the members of the party: Robert Vinyard, Miss Minette Sco Arthur Williams, Miss Syble Fickas, Ray Mcdonald, Miss Helen Sparks, Lester Burlew, Miss Pauline Riley, Frank Bassett and Miss Maurine Riley.-Moberly Mo-, Demo- crat.
 -uIoo koeti tlll II utoOll Gtul llCti ltOIIlG yesterday from English. She was ac- companied by Miss Edna Clements, whom she visited while there. MT. and Mrs Dexter Hardy of Grady, who have been the guests of MT. and Mrs. w. H. Graves of this city, returned home Tuesday. MT. and Mrs. C. w. Colton, Jr., and l daughter will leave today for New Rochelle, N. r., where they will spend several weeks with their parents.
 Mrs. Charles Norwood is in El Dorado, where she was called on ac- count of the illness of her father.
 Misses Willie Scott Winters, Etta Winters and Elizabeth Daniels leave today for Magnolia, where they vii visit friends.
 MT. and Mrs. Angus McNeill anC son, Jim Smith, and guests, Mrs. c w. Harris, motored from Redfield to Pine Bluff yesterday.
 Mrs. Wm. Puddephatt, who wa. taken sick Sunday, is improving.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

There will be meeting of the Lady Maccabees at the Y. M. c. A. this aft ernoon at 4 o'clock. This afternoon is the date for Red Cross work and a big attendance is expected.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

Miss Natalie Wiles of, Texarkana is visiting Mrs. E. R. Wiles of this city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

Miss Sarah Hudson returned home yesterday from English. She was ac- companied by Miss Edna Clements, whom she visited while there.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

Miss Ida Robertson of Star City was the guest of MT. and Mrs. Monroe Meeks Tuesday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

all mothers to keep their children .out of the water un,i they know how ito swim properly.
 Three or four yards covered in the water by a child of ten or twelve !yeare is considered quite an achiev- ment in this country. But it should not be considered at all Australian Children Wonderful
 Swimmers. > In Australia, the land of my birth
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

Miss Elsie Bowers of St. Louis is the guest here for several days of Mrs. Emma Hall.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

The usual weekly dance at the Country club will be enjoyed by the members and their invited guests Saturday night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

Miss George Rogers and Miss Julia English of Little Rock are here for a visit with Miss Irene Bocage.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

Mrs. Ara Garner of McGehee wa in the city yesterday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

Missse Edline Geronin, Sarah Rem fro and Jewel Cooke, of Holly Grove will arrive this afternon for a visit with Miss Alene Mccain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

Miss Irma Bruder of Little Rock is visiting Miss Pearl Freemyer of this city,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

Miss Mabel Toney has returned from a visit to Little Rock.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

< Mrs. Collier Lee and daughter will be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Lloyd of Little Rock during the absence of MT. Lee, who has gone to New. York
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

Officers of the Country club, and members of the entertainment com mittee have virtually completed plans for an anniversary basket pie nic on the club grounds the afternoon of July 30. A dance will be enjoyed at the clubhouse the same night, with music by Handy's orchestra.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

Mrs. T. Eilbott and children, Hallie Ray and Nathan, who have been the guests of MT. and Mrs. B. Elliott 17O4 Linden street, left yesterday fol their home in Memphis.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

/. MT. and Mrs. T. s. James left yes. terday for Baltimore to spend several weeks with their daughter, Mrs. liar 1y D. Howell, and their little grand children. j.:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

Miss Vera Williams has returned from a visit to Monroe, La.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

MT. and Mrs. F. P. Langmaid and Mrs. Merrifield and son motored from Little Rock to Pine Bluff yesterday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

the afternoon and delightful time was enjoyed by all.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

Mrs. L. c. Bailey of the Central college, at Conway, is in the city, interviewing prospective students.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

Misses Josie Dreyfus and Annie Lu- cille Rosenberg will leave Sunday for New York City where they will spend a two months vacation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-19

Mrs. Ike Levy and aunt, Mrs. Del phine Levy, who have been visiting Mrs. Susie Levine of 1900 West Sec ond avenue, have returned to New Orleans.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-17
Year Production Is Thirteen Hun
dred Tons Better Than Had
Been Anticipated
KEkAHA, rs, ALSO FAR
AHEAD or EXPECTATION
Experiments With II 100 Prove
Variety Excellent For
Late Harvesting

LIHuE, August 4.--'rhc weather on
Kauai has now returned 70 normal,
warm and dry but as yet not seriously
dry. Light showers occur now and
then but not of sufficient intensity to
do any good
I McBryde finished grinding on August
and is now drying of. The output
this year will be very close to 1900
tons, the banner crop for McBryde,
1900 tons above estimates.
HOO At McBryde .
During the latter part Of July a
field Of thirty-six acres Of Hoo was
harvested. The yield was as follows:
Tons cane per acre .,..... .67.37
Tons sugar per acre. ........ 0.85
Quality Ratio ............. 6.S3
Sucrose in cane ............ 1906
Fiber in cane ...............l 2.40 .
This is the best yield of the crop,
and is of particular interest here be-
cause it is the first Hl09 which has been
allowed to come to maturity before har-
vesting. Heretofore, all the HOG fields
have been harvested early in the sea.
son, so as to get ms much seed as possible
at time of cutting back. The field
shows that HOO is a good cane for
late harvesting. 1t possesses one Of the
good qualities of Lahaina cane--the
holding up we'll of sugar content to.
wards the end of tho season.
Caterpillar Does Hauling .slt
An innovation in the mill yard at
McBryde and Makaweli Is the use of
small caterpillar for hauling the cane
ears up TO the mill. This II HIP. cater
pillar does the work Of six horses, two
shifts of three each and is capable of
pulling sixteen loaded cane ears at one
haul -.y.- I'D - svs. art,sg IF
This type Of caterpillars was tried
out in the fields for cultivation. 1t is
we'll adapted for use in canefeld as
regards size and shape for straddlihg
the cane row. However, il was not
satisfactory because of the fact that it
runs four and three fourths miles an
hour. This is too fast for blowing and
when running any shower, it lacks pow
er. But for such use as hauling along
tracks, or on the road, it seems to do
very welE ... y, I.. ..f
Kekaha finished grinding on the 9th
with an output of 19l79.l25 tons. This
is a bumper crop for Kekaha. Besides
this big crop field Of considerable
size was allowed to 60 over to next
crop. 81 .. .a.4.. ......
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-17
INCREASED COSTS IN CUBA 1
CUTDOWN PROFITS HEAVILY

An interview with President Man
uel RiOnda of the Cuba Cane Sugar
Corporation, relative to the affairs of
that company and to existing cOndi-
tons in the sugar industry, was prints
ed tn the New York Evening World
of July "a AMI %. From it the fol-
lowing excerpts, Of especial interest to
the sugar trade, are taken. The ton
mage figures quoted by Mr.. Rionda are
in long tons.
U. s. Stocks Low
- As the law of supply and demand
regulates prices Of all commodities, IL
stands to reason that prices of sugar
must be higher when the demand is
greater than the supply. Just now
stocks of sugar in the United States
are less than they were year ago
Last year Cuba : production was
10000 tons. This vcar's crop was
expected 70 be ,, 700, 900 tons, but now
II is estimated at from $3.50 900 to-
2,95o,OHO tons. On the other hand,
cost of production has increased enor-
monsly. For instanrc, marine freights
that prior to the European war were
around ten cents per 200 pounds. have
ranged as high as fifty cents, sixty,
cents and seventy cents per 100 pounds
this yenr and last year Coal, the cost
Of whirh prior to the war was FIVE dol.
lars a ton delivered Ia Cuba, sold this
year at ten dollars and sometimes at
fifteen dollars a ton. Machinery TO
make the raw sugar costs now more
than double its vahe before the war
Cuban labor has atlvhnt ed very much
also, 1t is 9 timntod that the Cuban
insurrectOn this year caused a de
creHse in the Cuban crop of nearly
200,000 tOus from what il would have
been hal they not had the political
turbances.
- As regards the Cuba Cane Sugar
Corporation on JMv II, 1915, IL had
sold 2 G3D.000 bags OF total Of
3,033,OOO bags it had had for sale out
of its crop. On July II, p 1916, Cuba
cane had ouly 3@900O bags of sugar
unsold out of the 3,033U00 bags IL sold
throughout the wear Those 1879, 900
bags were sold during September, De
tober and December Of 1916. $500.
Little Sugar Unsold ".. u
elf company having 3,033, 900
bags Of sugar to sell throughout the
year, has only $40 900 bags unsold in
July, that quantity Of sugar eau play
only rerv min r part in the tIuctua,
tions Of the market from July TO de
rember 1t hardly represents one
week : requirements IN the United
States. The aim of the Cuban Sugar
Corporation has been and il 10 soil it's
sugar a. it makes It, That is evident
from tn" fact that today, Jnly 20.
lnl7' It has s"Id nearly ~ per cont ~
ih's vars lT",lArt'"u, U&mgty H",k
IN" buy, a"i h"s ur.p'l only los ,b6U
bags Tins smnlI amount of
sugar, l66,OOO bags, can have very lit
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-17

tie influence upon the market from
now to December. #
Profits Not Much Increased b. 3.
lit may also be proper to add that
the averag eprice obtained by onr
company for its sugar this year is only
IA. very little over ope-third of q cent
per pound higher thih that of the
previous year The Cuba Cane Cor.
pOratiOn has not sold any sugar of the
coming crop, which begins next Dc
cembeT. 80
"Unless the production Of sugar on
this side of the world increases and
exceeds consumption in the United
States, present prices are likely to
continue, excepting when the quaint.
ty of sugar available from domestic
sources and foreign countries slIffices
to meet the requirements of the United
States and its allies. AS a rule con,
sumption Of sugar falls of in the
United States during the fan months
of the year and as during these
months domestic beet and Louisiana
cane come into, the market we very
often lower prices because production
overreaches consumption! Even these
conditions vary from year TO year, de.
pending upon size of crops and the visi'
BILE supply available. :, ,&#G
! t,Unfted States consumers are getting
their sugars even now in war time,
cheaper than any other country, in the
world. y" - After the war, when
Germany, France, Austria, Russia, Bel
GUM and the other producing countries
start producing sugar at the same rate
as prior to the war, then prices win
commence to 20 down. ~
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-17
SUGAR STOCKS ARE
|. Showing Strength
More Activity Noticed and Three
Securities Score Advances
On Stock Exchange

4 SugGr stocks were more active, ia
better demand and higher In yester.
days market than recently. Sales be.
tween boards were $50 shares of listed
securities, Of which $50 were sugars
and at the session fltty five, of which
fifty were sugar stocks, Gains over
Inst sales were made by Pioneer, Me.
Bryde and hwa of twenty-five cents
and loss recorded for Oahu of TWEEN
ty.fve cents. ..,..
|" Unlisted stocks were fairly strong
and more active but little change in
price is to be noted except the Oil
was again marked up on quotations,
again without other information than
mainland prices, and Mineral Products
recovered to nine cents. t,tAS &
MADEIRA led in activity with sales of
1890 shares at forty.four and forty
three cents, of Montana. Bingham sales
were 9l00 shares at fifty and forty.nine
cents, of Mineral Products 1900 shares
sold Mt nine cents Epgels Copper 749 at
6,@h, Oil 100 at $+455 and Mountain
King 775 shares at "a cents.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-17
HALF MILLION TONS
OF SUGAR SHIPPED
More Than Three-fourths of Out
! turn Gone and No Fears
Are Now Felt

More than 100000 tons of the 1917
Hawaiian sugar crop has been shipped.
Up to the first of this month the
figures were ACT ,S9l and since then, in
GLIDING the cargo shipped on the
Manoa yesterday, there has been des.
patched 32,l94, total to August 16
Of 5O0,OS5 tons, more than seventy
per cent of all that will 90. to the main
land. T..
r. While some surprise was expressed
that the Manoa will be taken off from
sugar carrying after this trip il has
not worried shippers The Matson com
pany has its contract to deliver all the
sugar TO Crockett by time certain
and is assumed TO be confident that il
cnn do this without the services of the
Manoa. - ., 49,. - n ~ >, -.
II is possible that the Scraps, one
of the former German steamers, may
be chartered by the Sugar Factors TO
take sugar to the Mainland She has
a capacity of 1000 tons and IT remains
TO be Determined whether there win be
enough sugar on hand TO fill her and
meet the requirements of the next
four regular departures as well. She is
now en- route here with coal for the
lnteElsland and negotiations for her
charter Gre underway
All feelings of anxiety relative to
the shipping of this year s crop, which
had a tendency to be acute, after war
was declared and Tor some time later,
have now been dissipated. t"@-..'
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-17
PLAN MEETING TO !.
DEMAND RAISES
Call To Be Issued To Plantation
Laborers To Formulate De-
mands On Companies

Agitation for higher wages for plan
tation labor started by Japanese news
papers is taking more concrete form
and a meeting is to be held, it is report
ed, next Monday evening to take ae
ton on the subject and TO arrange for
demands TO be made upon the planta
tiOns.
Report has il that according to thu
present arrangements, leaders from the
Plantations win attend the meeting
next Monday night. Prominent mer.
chants, newsPapermen, hotel keepers
and, in fact, every Japanese hui, II is
said, have been invited to attend this
meeting. t,. x f..
Fred X. Maxine, editor of the Ha.
wal HOehi, T, Murakami, Of the Hawaii
ChohO, Y. Sega of the Nippu Jill and
the Hawaii Shinpo editor have issued
Invitations to the plantation labOrers
and those who are interested in the
move for higher wages to attend the
meeting. A large hall is being look
ed for, and as soon as it is secured
the four Japanese newspapers will pub
lish the details OF the meeting. .a
OHF VI ilht iehueIb shlu TINS morn
ing that certain attorneys have been
consulted regarding the proper meth
cd Of placing the demands of the labor
rrs before the Sugar Planters assoeia-
ton, The names of the lawyers, how
eyer. are placed on secret file.
Time Seems Inopportune
While, itlappears probable that de-
Iuands for higher wages may be pre-
scented TO the plantations there is little
likelihood of any action along the line
of strikes Under the bonus system
the major part Of the payments are
made after the season closes, usually
coming about the first Of the year
as II lakes time to receive rcmitta necs.
or figures on shipments, compute bonus
cs and arrange the payments, since in
the ease Of such large payments II Is
necessary 10 import gold and silver.
Where lRborers quit without excuse
thew would lose shch bonuses. ,'...'
This year the boqusa payments. in.
cluding what H. paid each month, is
estimated TO be about $5,0OO,OOO and
this win mean that between $500, 900
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-17
DROUGHT IS WORST in
TWENY YEARS OR MORE
Next Years Crop Reduced By At Least One Half and
May Be More Heavily Damaged In Two Hawaii Dis
tricts and Part Of Third; Dry Spell Started February

Certainly not since 1897 and perhaps
never in the history of the sugar indus.
try in the Islands have weather condi.
tions been so threatening us they now
are In the Kohala and Hamakua dis.
tricts and part of North Hilo, of the
Island Of Hawaii. IL there is rainfaIl
of six inches in those districts within
the present month, possibly as late as
the middle Of September, the situation
will be materially helped, but the cura.
BILE stage has passed 1rreparable dam.
age has been done by the drought. Al
best half a crop may be obtained, at
worst the loss will be far beyond that
big percentage.
There was no rain of importance in
the Kohala and Hamakua districts last
week and the drought that started last
February is stiTl unbroBeh In the Hilo
district there were good rains last sat.
urday and there has been no such
drought there as farther north, al
though that section Is far below the
normal in moisture
Whole Country Dries Up .... a-
In the week ending August IL the
rainfall reported from North Kohala
and Hamakua observation stations TO
the weather bureau was: Puakea Ranch,
0.l5; Kohala Mill, 0.29; Kohala Mis-.
sion, OPS; Multi, Ola; Honokaa, none:
Paauhau, none. In that part Of North
Hilo that has been affected, 0okala re.
ported 0.l8; Laupahoehoe, go, aud
Honohino, 0.50. In south Hilo at Ho.
nomu the fall was 0.32, and for the pre-.
yious two weeks, PIP.
John w. Waldron, treasurer of j. A.
schaefer &7Co., agentfor Honokaa, was
recently over on the Big Island looking
over conditions there and says that re-
ports have not exaggerated the serious.
ness Of the situation. He sees some lit
tic hope If there shall be six inches of
rain this month or early next, At best
half the next crop is gone and unless
the rnin comes soon the damage will be
even wore. ,..
1.-THE dry belt extends from North
Point right down the coast, taking in
all KohaIa and Hamakua and little of
North HilO. I will not undertake to
speak for the other plantations in that
dry belt, but will say for Honokaa
and Pacific Mill that the situation as
to next years crop is very grave one.
OF course there is still some hopes, il
there shall be good early rains such as
August has often brought, 4" g.. d.
Early Start Makes Worse
This years drought is worse than
others because it started SO early, Mr.
Waldron points out. Even in Febru-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-17
FIRST OLAA CROP {. +. .
e. ESTIMATE REDUCED
FNEHUNDRED TONS

Detailed reports on the condition
Of the crop on the Olaa plantation
as of August |, have been received
from G. +. Eckart, the manager.
He has found it necessary to re.
duce his estimate of the crop, made
last January by 500 tons and now
places it as 29,5O0 tons instead Of
10000. This makes his August ]
estimate 5000 tons larger than was
the output of the company last
year. si z.
Leaf hopper is the reason for the
decrease Ia the 1917 crop from the.
im"t~ Had it not been for this
the artnal ottturm would have been
N eNrcss of early estimates. o..