The courier-index., 1917-08-17
COMMERCIAL CLUB CHAT

It is the tragedy of our history when two or three pro-enemy sena- tors make the whole country blush with their cowardly peace winnings while there is no honorable peace in sight.-Commercial Appeal
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 When Uncle Sam's selective draft gets into full operation it is going to give Germany the cold chills.- Houston Post.
 It is sai that the White House pickets all have money. That is a matter of no consequence. The pain full part of it is they have no sense. Houston Post.
 Since the return of Miss Grace Evans and P. F. Newell from their vacations, business around the Con- merciaf Club has begun to pick up. The Doctor" told us his visit was confined to "dry territory" We pre- sume he means they had no rain.
 
 In conversation with T. R. Nash, Missouri-Pacific superintendent at Wynne, he told us his company was having much trouble impressing on the minds of the shippers and re- ceivers of freight, especially the one and two car men, the importance of releasing the cars promptly. By do- ing this little bit you will render the war department service, because they depend on the railroads for transportation facilities to equal their demads.
 Every one that can possibly do so should attend the Cotton States Mer- chants Association, to be held in Memphis next week. Matters of grave importanve will be discussed, such as food conservation. Production and marketing will be analysed for prob lens that must be met during the period of the war. Herbert Hoover, Ex-Gov. Joseph w. Folk and other men of affairs will speak.
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 What are you doing to help win the war? Are you eating just one piece of bread less in order that this amount will help feed one of the men at the front? That would be doing your bit"-a very small bit, 'tis true, but in the aggregate it would count. Doing your bit does not mean going to the front. There are numb CTS of ways to help win the war, and stay at home too, and one of the most effective things to do is help conserve the food supply.
 front in the building recently occu- pied by T. G. Johnson, the grocer, and will take out the partition, mak- ing one big store, thus giving more display advantages and room for larger stock. Whenever you hear of anything going on in Marianna it is always along progressive lines. Ever notice that?
 Take Care of Corn StaIks:-The south wastes enough feed in the corn stalks every year to make up for any shortage in this years hay crop. A out the husks are removed to winter mediuum acre of corn will make enough forage after the ears with a steer. But only few of the acres are doing this we'll To save the corn stalks to best advantage the corn has to be cut and shocked and let stand until cured, when the ears are removed and tn remainder is shredded and put into the barn, is stacked or fed to the stock from the shocks. As this is new practice for most of us it will have to be be- gun on a small scale until the art is learned. Corn that is cut early while the weather is hot must be pretty ripe. In the hot climate Of the south probably not more than a third to a fourth of the blades should still be green. It is an advantage to start the shock and cut on one side until the WQOl6 lltiu udS DCCA~ 6OIC OfCi in this way. Then the. corn on the other side of the shock is cut and it is finished. This allows the blades to dry out inside the shock. Just before the frost the corn can be cut somewhat greener as the weather is cooler. It is the warm, moist weath- CT that frequently occurs in Septem- Der and early October that spells the corn so badly.-Southern Agricultur- ist.
 Some people never realize just how much they like Mariapna until they visit adjacent cities and notice the great difference just as soon as you step off the train. That is why we are so widely advertised, because we have the goods and can deliver 'em.