The courier-index., 1918-09-06
Local Storyettes

Lake, near Soudan and arrested four
negroes for using an Illegal sein
The negroes, whose names are j. ].
Jackson, Bill Green, Will Ford and
Henry Melton, were seining the lake
when the officer, after crawling a
quarter of mile through the under
growth, reached the offenders, He
Immediately placed them under ar
rest and took possession of the sein,
which was five hundred feet in
length. The negroes were tried be.
fore Esq. A. S. Rodgers and given
fines and trimmings amounting to
$3.50.
Praise for Mariann
The Belzoni Banner, published at
Belzoni Miss, by T. L. Turner, for
merly of this city, contains contri-
button in it's last issue from Jim
Turner one of the soldier boys who
was with the hospital unit of 600
men who were entertained here sew
eral weeks ago. An extract from the
letter that will be of interest to the
people of Mariana is as follows:
1--WE got off the train in Scranton,
Pa, and took a walk around town
and the Red Cross ladies served us
cookies and sweet milk, but the place
where the Red Cross treated us best
was at Mariana, Ark. They gave us
everything we wanted. Be sure and
tell father we saw Joe Kemp and
Cliff Hampton in Mariana and Joe
Kemp gave me a dollar to spend.
thought he was dead long ago, but
he looks as well as he ever did"
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coIored Draftees Leave
Last Sunday afternoon contingent
of 1919 colored registrants entrained
for an army camp near Des Moines,
Iowa. The boys assembled in Ma
rianna Saturday and it looked like
all the other colored inhabitants in
Lee county were here Saturday and
Sunday. On Sunday afternoon when
the drafted men marched to the sta
ton, headed by the Mariana Com
mercial Club band, several thousand
colored people went to the station,
and during the wait for the train old
time songs were surg with melody
that only the negroes can put into
the selections.
Will Explain New Draft Law
Chairman Chas. Mckee of the
Four Minute Men, has made ar
rangements to have a number of
speakers appear at different points
in the county tomorrow afternoon for
the purpose of explaining to the peo-
pie the provisions of the new draft
law Addresses will be delivered at
Gill, Moro, Aubrey. Rondo, La Grange
Haynes, Council, Brickeys, Gassett
and Tongin, Circulars have been is
sued and distributed in each com
munity asking the people to assem-
BILE and hear the speakers. The pur-
pose of this movement is to fully
inform all persons of draft age so
there will be as little confusion as
possible on Thursday of next week
when the registration is made.
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Lee County Soldiers Wounded
The first Lee county soldiers to
figure in the casualty lists sent in
from France are Thos. H. White Of
Rondo, and Corp. Jas. w. Christian
of Aubrey, both of whom are report
ed wounded. Private White was
sent with the second contingent of
drafted men from Lee county His
home is at Rondo He is son of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. White Of Rondo.
Corporal Christian volunteered for
service in the army more than a
year ago. At the time he entered
the service his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
M. v. Christian, resided at Aubrey.
They have since moved to Carroll
county, near Eureka Springs
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Must Clean Up Trash
At the meeting of the city council
on Tuesday night an ordinance was
passed prohibiting the burning Of
trash or debris in the fire limits.
An old ordinance prohibiting the ac-
emulation of boxes, trash and deb
ris in the streets and alleys and in
the rear of stores was resurrected
and the chief of police was ordered
to make daily inspections of the
premises and see that the provisions
of the ordinance are enforced. The
new ordinance is designed to protect
the city from unnecessary fires. Un-
der its provisions the business men
will have to make arrangements to
have waste paper and other refuse
carted off each day.
Anuus Mahan Here This Week
Angus Mahan, we'll known cotton
buyer who entered the aviation
branch of the army service last year
and who recently returned from
France, spent the major portion of
thia waek here visiting friends After