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Bisbee daily review., 1918-09-24
FRANK BRIGGS

I promise if elected an efficient and impartial administration T51
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-28
SIMS
 IS PARO0NfD BY GOVERNOR BR0UGH
Legislative Grafter Had Only Served Four
 Months of Term.

Little Rock, June Performer state Senator S. c. Sims of Prairie county was granted full and unconditional pardon by Governor Brough yester. day. Senator Sims was convicted or receiving a bribe in the l9l| sprlhs term of the first division clTcult court Of this county and was sentenced to serve one year in the state pen1teh' tiarv and was fined $1,S00. He ap- pealed the case to the supreme court. which affirmed the judgment ot the lower court in November, 1917. Tn December Sims was granted a stay of sentence of 60 days. He began serv- ing his sentence in February.
 Govrnor Brough in granhng g the pardon yesterday said he felt the majesty of the law has been enforc- ed because this is the longest term of this character for this crime that any man has ever been called upon to serve in Arkansas. Governor Brough said that, believing that Sims was guilty, he has declined continuously, in spite of most urgent solicitations from thousands of prominent citizens all over the state, to intervene before Senator Sims served reasonable part of the sentence He is now eligible and has been eligible for some time to parole so that the pardon has the same effect as parole, plus the re- storation of his citizenship.
 Sims was accused of accepting $500 to influence his action in respect to a bill pending in the 1917 legislature to provide for the regulation and tax ation of trading stamps. It was alleg- ed that the bribe was paid by one John McGraw, a detective, in the pres ence of Senator Burgess, who was also implicated in the same trans action.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-28
CONDITION OF C0ITUN CROP
 84.9 NORMAL
Crops Suffering For Lack of Cultivation Because
 of Labor Shortage.

The condition of the cotton crop in the ten principal producing states, as of date June 22, was 84.9 per cent, ac- cording to information sent in by Memphis Commercial Appeal cores pondents, on which the following review was based:
 "This, compared with the govern ment's report as of May 25, which was 82.3 per cent, shows improve ment. It compares with an official condition of 70.3 as of June 25 last year and 10-year average of 798.
 "The weather during the past 30 days has been almost ideal, but scar city of labor has interfered with time ly cultivation to great extent, al though fields generally are clean.
 Many correspondents report that the crop has made fair progress, but no improvement other that it has sim ply held it's own, while some say the crops in their sections are less promis- ing than they were month ago.
 "There has been some abandonment of acreage in Georgia due to fear of the boil weevil, and in other sections for ohter causes.
 Dry weather is said to have some what checked growth in some parts of Texas, but generally high tempera- lures which prevailed throughout the belt were considered beneficial. Lack of rainfall was not serious enough in any section to cause much damage, and was also regarded as beneficial because the scaricity of labor was thereby somewhat offset.
 Farmers say they expect to pro- long field work this year in an ef- fort to preserve moisture and as a means of combating the boil weevil
 Blooms are reported from practic- ally sections of the belt, although some planting was still going in in Northwest Texas.
 'Insects have caused no great dam- age, although boil weevil has reap. peared in large numbers in Georgia and is also becoming active in Ala bama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tex as.
 Conditions by states. with compar- isons with June 25 last year, follow:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-28
SAVE PLENTY OF SEED
 OATS AND WHEAT
Dean Martin Nelson.

Arkansas farmers in the past have been too dependent upon seed oats and seed wheat from sources outside the State because many cut their entire crop for hay and save no seed. No greater mistake could be made this year because economic conditions de- mand that oats and wheat growers save seed so that an abundant supply will be available for fall, late winter and spring seeding. a &.
 A greater acreage of wheat. rye and winter oats will probably be planted this fall than ever before. Certainly 1t is to be preferred that all fields be planted from seed grown under south arn conditions. Seed locally grown and from a variety which has made good" is positively preferable to an unknown supply.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-28

General average 84.9 703
 Condition of the crop in Arkansas is described as follows:
 "A little more rain during the past two weeks would have helped the Ar kansas crop. Prior to the middle of the month there was an excess in some sections. Some acreage was plowed up and planted to crops other than cotton because of overflows. Some low lands were covered with water for several weeks. o number of cor respondents report grass fields, which htey attribute to labor shortage, but as a whole advices indicate good cul- tivation. Bool weevil are reported, ubthot weather and cultivation of the soil seems to have held them in vheck. Sunshine is ridding the fields of lice"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-28
NO ADVANCE IN PRICE.
NO ADVANCE IN PRICE.
 DITES-STINCS~ ID Wash the parts with 9
 warm, salt water- S0M m then apply IwNJA N \sKecP Litle Sody: :duard in Your Home QS&p NCKSWPoRUB5P
25c-|G0-&I.OO

John Robert Dyer. Calvin Hemingway Burks. Jr. James Allen Dewalt. Edwin Alexander Howell, Jr. Samuel Robinson. Arthur Baker. Claud Fisk Turney. Joe Monroe. Frank Joseph Holzhauer. Jackie w. Williamson. Gabe Adams. Vester Otis Shoos. EnOch Rose. James David Martin. Barney Moore. George Leslie Johnson. King M. Taylor. Adolphus Mccullough. Joe Siegel Rogers. ! William Bryant Culpepper. Marshall Martin. Victor Vincent Vought. Pete Foti. James K. Evans. Andrew Linzel Boyles. Fred Douglas Mullen. Orange Milton Howell. Howard N. Coats. Alburtius Emerson. Thurston Williams. HeZekiah Turner. Luther Milton Hinshaw. Will Ford. Cap Tisdale. Carl D RacnD. George D. Marcus. Arthur Phillips. Robert Runyan Ross. Harvey Fletcher. Ellis Edgar Powell. Loyle Bert Wallace. Cecil Herman Copeland. Leslie Mcleod. John Ellis, Jr. Harry Edward Mcintyre. Pardee Winfroe Benton. Leonard Clyde Coburn. Eddie Harris. Eroll Robinson. John Henry Lyle. Wayman Parks. JOlu MdIIOSduy. Henry Fulton Murphy James Henry Alexander. Floyd Clay. Tommy Brooms. Roy Estill Moss. Ellis Allen Sheppard. Latham Latting. Napoleon Hankins. John A. West. James Young. Herbert A. Cunning. Vernon Leslie Moseley. Arthur Creed Elkins. Frank Claunch. Birt Reeves. Arthur Tinson. Herbert Samuels. Gilbert Hinemon. Willis c. Adams. Earl Rockhold. Harry Marcus. Lucius Sasser. Charles Herbert Ham. General Austin. William Jennings Boyer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-28
NEW REGISTRAN1S IN P.6. GIVEN
 ORDER NUMBERS
R. s. Rasbury to be First Man Called in
 the City.

Pine Bluff and Jefferson county youths who registered for the draft on June 3, last, were given order numbers by the drawing in Washing ton yesterday. The great majority of them are expected to be placed in Class 1, because few of them are mar ried or have dependents. Reports from Washington indicate that all who are placed in Class 1 will be called this year, as Class 1 men of the first draft vii be exhausted by the end of the year. Following is the order in which men in the jurisdiction of Board No. l., city, are liable to call. Robert s. Rasbury. William Carl Westall. Harry Gray Wilson. Charles J. Puddephatt. Ira Dreyfus Bloom. Edmond WrOe Freeman, Jr. Herbert Dean Wallace. FitzSimmOnS Smoot Corie Dan Buckley. Ernest ID. Whitmire. Robert D. Hohmann. Thomas Hutchison. Samuel s. Riley.
 Arthur G. Broeg. Fred Milton Gardner. Major Virginius Mead. Thomas Abbott.
 Horace M. Miller. Floyd Berlin Hodnett. George Frederick Young. John Brack Nathaniel Hunt.
 Howell Oliver Daniels. Glen Dale Rivers. Walter Griffin.
 James Denson Poss. Robert Hill.
 James Bryan Mildlebrooks. John Loys Hightower. Arthur James Branch. William Pendleton Ellis. Joe Lee Springer. Clifton Ballard
 John G. Hamilton. Will Lee.
 John Leroy Slack. Arthur A. Piper.
 Charles Mark Wickersham. James Jones.
 w. A. R. Cochran. Eros Oliver Branch. Henry Gardner.
 Henry D. Barricklaw. Emil Max Hercher William Wroe Brewster. Charles Henry.
 Ray Strahn
 Orestes Altheimer. Stephen Herbert Jones. James Green.
 Wilburn E. Bobo.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-28
The Glad Hand.

"You can't always tell by de ap- plause," said Uncle Eben. "A banjo player ain near as useful as farm. hand, but he stirs up heap more en- thuSiasm."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-28
Handy Substitute.

Helter-"Have you a book called How to Acquire a Good Carriage'7" Clerk-"No, sir. but here Is Seven Ways to Obtain an Automobile.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-28
Sometimes.

Sometimes. Pop, tell me one thing" "What is 1t, my son?" "Is 1t the sea of troubles you hear about that they float loans on?"
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-25
Cape Exchange
Bank

soc; alistic bug, and left it in his office
to get hold of BurIeson when the lat
ter stepped in There was sort of
fued between these two men,
TTfckcoc7, declared that he had
achieved a surplus IN the operation
OF the Postoflice Department for a
calendar year. Rurleson denied it,
and he is now claiming similar sur
plus this year. Nevertheless there is
good reason to believe that the de
Rertmcnt If subjected to systems of
accounting such as are imposed by the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
would show a steady loss.
The Railroad Administration and
the POstmas tcr General are certainly
very wohbly with reference to their
new responsibilities brought on by the
war. Their whole plea for continued
contrc' Of the great properties direct
ed by them, IS justified by the claim
that they should be experimental up
on, disseeted and improved in the
public interests. And so Mr.. McAdoo
ard Mr. BurieScn want TO continue to
turn the politicians loose as prey
upCn these industries and utilities.
assuming that Inexperienced men of
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-25
CONGRESS IN JAM
As PEACE COMES
Continued from Page y

opportunity to solve their own trou-
bles before the responsible heads of
the Nation decide that there are any
other qucs!io2 affecting the human
family, other than telegraph, tele
phones and railr1a ads The Pres dent
before he LETT, ed this particular
buck to Congress 3ir. McAdoo has
t ken up the railroad problem. and
Re dcoIaras that he believes 'that a
five year test wiIl,give the Amer can
reople the RIGHT to answer regarding
government cCntrO' or ownership.
Mr.. Burlcson argues for government
ownership Of the wire lines, ana tells
how many Postna~t ter Genera adj
vocated the same thing up to 1892,
but he shows how little and unfair
he is by emitting IN his supposedly
historical statement the name of his
Immediate predcccs or, Frank II.
Hitchcock, who was bitten by tn
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-25

With The shutters pulled down in
he American -hooting gallery and
.ho Hcriod of taking inventories 3 up-
"a us. a7ii ; - ~as I,-t = al
1T the Reconstruction Congress con
vened a. Atlantic City tells some
startling ta'es. While many indus
tries have profitcd immcnsclg from
the war. there IS also traiI of de-
stIuction, and the indu trial casUa
ity list reveals the fact that q large
part OF the pub ic utilities of the
United States went into the war
without bullets for their guns. While
Mr. McAdoo was saving the railroad
.ituat:on by shooting up the charge
for service thirty or forty per cent
the street railways, lightning and
oower plants were struggling along
under conditions that have been car
ryine them toward the same fate shat
overlook the cassie One~hol=e shay
The merit G3 per cent Of the electric
railway lines Of the United States
has suffered falling-Off N net in
come Of 80 per cent for the first 6
months of 1918 as compared with the
corres ponding period of 1917. Mater
ial and labor costs have brought the
utilities almost to the verge of de-
struction, and these important fea-
lures of civic and industrial lie
have been turned to the communities
that they serve for redef from onor-
Gus cond; tions. While the world talks
the local application
of the principle seems difficult to ap-
ply, and the politicians pop up pro
in every locality to tell
he utility men that, "well, you made
a bargain, now stick to il" Recon
struction to their minds. is intended
for Europe, Asia and Africa, or any
,ther old place except home. The
American Electric Railway Associa
ion hes set on foot a movement to !
make an analysis of the reconstruc-
ion problems relating to local fran
hises. with a view of bringing about
, radical revision of the existing ar
The stern fact that con-
ronts the public with respect to pub
ic utilities calls for a remodeling OF
he existing arrangements between
he operators and the owners of the
properties and the communities they
erve, # destruction of this great ma
Ionai activity IS TO be avoided.
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-25
ST. LOUIS MARKETS

st. Louis, Dec. 24-Unfavorab,e
weather conditions over the belt hav-
ing prevented the delivery Of corn IN
| the country and reduced receipts at
the primary markets to the smallest
| quantity at this time in many years,
with extremely light stocks available
for delivery on contracts, made for
bulGsh sentiment on corn futures in
the early trading on the exchange to-
day, and prices asvanced to Use to
11sc, with May at s1.39A and Jan
uary at S143A.
The fact that cash corn in most of
the western markets was sold at low
err quotations, in spite of light re-
ceipts, afterwSfds lead to Increased
pressure on the futures, which was
accelerated by the weakness in oats.
and prices eased to 2 and 21a from the
days top to &c to 1c lower than
Saturdays finish. January dropping
to $1.A1M, and May to S137M.
Oats were slow in getting started
and displayed but little activity at
any time. although prices were weak
and lower throughout. February
slummping 1ssc to 69Ec, and March
q to roc Easier cash markets q
very sack demand for spot stuff was
responsible, Closing figures record T
cd net losses on the day of &c to 1c
in ccrn and 1c to &c in oats.
Whcat-No. / Red Winter wheat,
$40; No. red, $2.39C0241; No. 3
red. $2.38; No. / hard, S231; No. 2
hard, 1920; No. 3 hard, 1927.
The domestic visible supply of
wheat last week increased 2,548O0G
but previous week, decreased 3,t4O,-
600 bu.
Cattlc-Just a far supply Of cattle
cot in to-day and It IS expected ChatI
The weeks ran VIII be light as ship
pers usually curtain operation during
the holiday period Quality of today's
supply was the poorest seen in 4
long while Market opened slow, hu
ruled steady. Offerings mainly can
ners AMI 'ieht weight cattle on the
stoc!ler orde".
Hogs-A moderate supply arrived
several thousand ho.dovers were on
sale. Tho market was active on
best with prices steady; while others
we're very slow sole. The top was
%l7G0 and The buIk of the hogs went
It S1T,35@l7.55 Best hogs went at
%17.45 and upwards and moved freely,
While "gho"s were slew SAFE at STOOL
a Il 20, best PIGS and lights under
$50 lbs. $f1.e3@f5.30 and others SOL
q 1915. The close was dull and |
clearance very poor.
Sheep-Wth q moderate supply on
sale the market was active and gen
orally &c higher, the best lambs GO |
ing at $llG5, sheep 50 end bucks at
$50.
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-25

TIL; class, most Of whom have social
is4tic tendencies, are better equipped
to lay out a course for these arteries
of the nation. then the men who have
been trained to the job, and who
have brought the properties a ong the
pathway from swaddling clothes and
pioneer days to maturcd strength
times.
In this problem one find the prin-
cipal resp0nsib, lity which other states
men and politicians assume toward
the multifar.ous affairs of the coun-
try. Many big problems seem to be
overlooked entirely, and official gov
eminent appears to have lost its
moral An outlet would define
craftsmanship as ncar:fghtcd, since
at present it secs nothing but rails,
steam engines and wires. And
craftsmanship has no ears, apparent
", fer any sound except those Of the
Tho lo girl dots and dashes, and the
whistle of locomotives. Even Demo
cracy's stentolian voice seems chock-
ed with the flu, and the indications
are that nobody works but father
and he's gone to. Europe-biess his
mission!
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-25

stationed al Seatal., Wash, doing pa-
trol dU,y am" TIT Pacific coast from
I@aa Ha,lgas on She South 10 Cane
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-25
CAPE GIRARDEAU BELL
TELEPHONE co.

John L. Roberts Of 2.,@ s. Spanish
street, returned from the Marine
service lat Sunday evening. He was
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-25

Normc and other Alaska points in
the North. He was in the service
about months.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-23
TIMES REPUBLICAN MARsHALLrowN IOWA. MARCH 2: 1918

busy, made desk out Of biscuit tins
In the corner Of the billet, and put up
a sign "Empey 4 Wallace Theatrical
Co." About twenty Of the section.
upon reading this sign, Immediately
applied for the position Of office boy.
I accepted the twenty applicants, and
sent them on scouting parties through
out the deserted French village. These
parties were to search all the attics for
discarded civilian clothes, and any
thing that we could use In the props
Of our proposed company.
About five that night they returned
covered with CRIME and dust, but load
ed down with miscellaneous assert
ment Of everything under the sun.
They must have thought that l was
going to start department store,
judging from the different things they
brought back from their pillage.
After eight days constant writing
completed two-act farce comedy
which I called "The Diamond Palace
Saloon" Upon the suggestion of one
Of the boys in the section sent proof
Of the program to printing house In
London. Then assigned the different
parts and started rehearsing. David
Belasco would have thrown up his
hands In despair at the material which
/ had to use. Just imagine trying to
teach q Tommy, with strong cockney
accent, to impersonate Bowery tough
0r n N0utharn noprn
Adjacent to our billet was an open
field. We got busy at one end Of 1t and
constructed stage. We secured the
lumber for the stage by demolishing
an old wooden shack in the rear Of
our billet.
The first scene was supposed to rep
resent a street on the Bowery in New
York, while the scene Of the second
act was the interior Of the Diamond
Palace saloon, also on the Bowery.
In the play I took the part Of Abe
Switch, farmer, who had come from
Pumpkinville Center, Tenn, to make
his first visit to New York.
In the first scene Abe Switch meets
the proprietor Of the Diamond Palace
saloon, a ramshackle affair which to
the owner was financial loss.
The proprietor's name was Tom
Twistem, his bartender being named
Fillem Up.
After meeting Abe, Tom and Fillem
Up persuaded him to buy the place,
praising it to the skies and telling
wondrous tales of the money taken
over the bar.
While they are talking, an old Jew
named key Cohenstein comes along,
and Abe engages him for cashier After
engaging key they meet an old
Southern negro called sambo, and
upon the suggestion Of key he is en-
gagged as porter. Then the three OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-23
Central church OF Christ. Rev. w.

Central Church OF Christ. Rev. W.
NJ Baker--Rev. A. NJ. Haggard OF Dcs
Moines formerly dean OF tho bible
college OF Drake University. VIII
preach both morning and evening.
Methodist. Rev. W. g. Crowdcr~-
Morning, The Day of Seciusionf. eve-
ming. "The strenuous Gospel"
state Street United Evangelical.
Rev. $. n. misunderstanding, "Chr!sts
Triumphant Entry Into Jerusalem (:
evening, THE Three Crosses on CAL
vary"
First United Evangelical, Rev. C.gG
Zeigler-- Morning. The Triumphant
Entry. Its Meaning TO Us; THE
Christ on the Cross. Why?'
Friends. Rev. II. w. Cope--Morntng
''rhe Church OF the Living God; eve
ming Mrs. III. Thoburn Will give g
message from India.
Baptist, Rev. r. Il, Davidson-Pro-
fossor J. A. Lapham, OF Des Moines
will speak both morning and evening.
Elm Lutheran, Rev. A. J. Anders--
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-23

them, arm IN arm, leave to take pos
session Of this wonderful palace which
Abe has just paid $1,000 for. (Cur-
tain.)
In the second act the curtain rises
on the interior of the Diamond Palace
saloon. and the audience gets Its first
shock. The saloon looks like a pig
pen, two tramps lying drunk on the
floor, and the bartender In a dirty
shirt with his sleeves rolled up, asleep
with his head on the bar.
( Enter Abe. Sambo-and key, and the
fun commences.
One of the characters in the second
act was named Broadway Kate, and l
had an awful job to break In one Of
the Tommies to act and talk like a
woman
Another character was Alkali Ike an
Arizona cowboy, who just before the
close of the play comes into the saloon
and wrecks it with his revolver.
We had eleven three-hour rehearsals
before I thought it advisable to pre-
sent the sketch to the public.
The whole brigade was crazy to
witness the first performance. This
performance was scheduled for Friday
night and everyone was full Of antici-
patton; when bang! orders came
through that the brigade would move at
two that afternoon. Cursing and
binding was the order Of things upon
the receipt of this order, but we
moved.
That night we reached the little vii
lage of S. and again went into rest
billets. We were to be there two
weeks. Our company Immediately got
busy and secured the village for a
suitable place In which to present our
production. Then we received another
shock.
A rival company was already estab-
Mahed in the village. They called
themselves 1.-THE Bow Bells" and
put on a sketch entitled, "Blighty-
What Hopes?" They were the divi-
sional concert party.
We hoped they all would be soon
in Blighty to give US chance.
This company charged an admission
Of a franc per head, and that night
our company went en- masse to see
their performance. It really was good.
had a sinking sensation when I
thought Of running my sketch in op'
position to 1t.
In one Of their scenes they had a
soubrette called Flossie. The soldier
that took this part was clever and
made Incorporating and chic girl.
We Immediately fell in love with her
until two days after, while we were
on a march. we passed Flossie with
''her" sleeves rolled up and the sweat
pouring from 'her'' face unloading