Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-13

are broad enough to appreciate Mir
 Llncoln's aims and ideals, and his
 great, kindly heart. Mir. Toney said 1 the life of TO man shows greater
 service rendered to his fellowmen
 than is shown by study of the life of
 Abraham Lincoln" and that Lincoln
 was real Rotarian, for his entire life was devoted to the service of his fel- l low man."
 Couch Urges I'se of Wood. In his brief address, Fuel Admins- trator Couch, member of the club, explained the shortage of coal, by say ing production was 2,00O,000 tons be- hlnd on December 1, and that indus tries have increased consumption Where our navy consumed 20O0,O00 tons annually, before the war; said
 Mir Couch, the battleships now need
 12,000,000 tons," Arkansas produces
 2,0oa,OG0 tons, Mr. Couch illustrating
 this quantity by saying it is equivalent to two trains reaching across the state
 He told how production had been in- creased by the miners. when their pa
 t1otsm was appealed to, and said that instead of "cuSsing the miners, as many do, ] believe we owe them a debt of gratitude, for they worked ou two Sundays. producing on these days S2 cars of coal, without which Camp Pike
 would have gone cold" MT. Couch also referred to the loyalty of the rail roads and the assistance given in re- lievc'ne the shortage situation in Lit
 tie Rock. He told of the difficulties encountered, but expressed confidence that the situation could be handled thru cooperation of all, and urged the people to prepare now for next win ter, by laying in supply of wood. Discussing the plan for the campaign in the state, Mr. Couch said:
 We are trying to work out a plan for closer cooperation With the coun- ty councils of defense in the cam- paigns that are to be carried on throughout the year." said H. c. Couch, federal fuel administrator. "Arkansas has been shipping mill lion and half tons of coal annually million tons should be and can be added to this by speeding up the pro- duction and by the proper conserva- tion
 "The coal dealers should handle wood. The mines should be encour- may coptinue to work through the dull mon1hs of spring, and all the year. The anthracite mines have been work ing only five months a year, and the soft-coal mines about ten.
 ''The use of wood as fuel should be encouraged wherever possible Wood should be used at section houses on the railroads. Wood should be used in the engines on log-roads, which would alone save 100000 tons annually If this and other conserva tion plans are adopted, and the pro- ductlon increased 25 per cent we will have no more trouble such as we have just passed through with.
 sThe present emergency has almost been wholly relieved, and the use of fuel and gas is again approaching normal
 Great quantities of anthracite slack are moving out of the Spadra district to Chicago and other points North, about 25 cars a day. None of this is used in Arkansas"
 T. \. Richards, representative of the Y Olt oCotl, NaHSdS, sorghum com pany made minute talk, in which he termed Pine Bluff "an ideal town and the kaiser anything but an ideal ruler under which to live, and urged sup port of the fuel and other adninistra- tion5 ''tO conquer the kaiser.' !
 T. J. Collier, recently elected to in Rotary" spoke on First Impressions of Rotarian," and tendered his srevices at all times for the benefit of his "fellowmen and Ro- l tary."
 The concert by the jubilee singers of the Branch normal proved unusual 1 ly enjoyable, the singers having excel | lenr voices. and we'll trained Under the leadership of Prof. Works, form erly of the Fisk quartet they rendered | folk songs, "S'wanee River" several hymns, and America" with the audi ence standing. The singers were com- and given vote of thanks 1 the conclusion being that if the stu lents at the normal as being trained as we'll in manual and domestic arts as l they showed themselves to be trained | in vocal music, Professors Ish, Works l and other members of the faculty are | doing excellent work.