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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-29
CUT THIS QUILT IS
 WORTH MONEY.

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip, enclose with five cents to Foley & Co.,, 2835 Sheffield Ave-, Chicago, H., wrrng your name and address clearly. You will receive in return a trial package containing Foley's Honey and Itar Compound for coughs, colds and croup, Foley Kidney Pills and Fo- ley Cathartic Tablets. For sale at Mann's Pharmacy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-29
NEGRO PLEADS GUlTLY
 SECOND-DEGREE MURDER
James Poynter is Sentenced to 2l Yenrs for Helping Kill Hugh
 Gardner With Axe.

James P0ynter, negro indicted fol first degree murder for his part 1T the assassination of Hugh Gardner off the Main street pike, on Sunday November. 25, 1917, was permitted te plead guilty to murder in the secont degree, in circuit court, yesterday and was sentenced by Circuit Judge w. R. Sorrells to serve 21 years in the pen- itentiary. Henry Witherspoon, the ne- gro accused by Poynter of striking the blow that killed Gardner is fugitive from justice. After killing Gardner an attempt was made to burn the body, by setting fire to the top of an old tree in the woods, to which Gardner was lured.
 The killing occurred on Sunday, and was not discovered until Monday morning, when the murdered negro's horse appeared at his home. Con- stable Clint Green and Deputies Jim Reidinger and Cliff Pilkington inves- tigated, first discovering the body and then tracng the crime to Witherspoon and Poynter. Witherspoon had dis appeared, but Poynter was appre- hended, and he accused Witherspoon of welding the axe with which Gardner was slain.
 The motive is said to have been re- venge, Witherspoon having been ac- cused some time before the murder of robbing Gardner of a sum of money.
 Dyer Hears Sentence.
 Avery Dyer, convicted of charge of selling liquor in violation of law, was formally sentenced yesterday to one year in the penitentary. The law fixes the sentence in such convictions ot 0nc vnQr NM, +15 r
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-29
CLUB WHERE SPIES
 INSISTED NOW CLOSED

New York, March 2S.-The Ger man club of which Hugo Schmidt, Adolf Pavenstadt and other Germans who figured in the Bolo Paslla in- vestigation were members, has been permanently closed by it's directors, it was announced today.
 The club was the German resid- ence of Capt. Karl Roy-Ed, former German naval attache.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-29
GOT SHOES AND LEFT.

James Hunt, negro, was arrested late yesterday afternoon, charged with stealing pair of shoes. He was ar rested about five miles from the city on the pain street pike. The shoes were found in his wagon and it is stated that he has confessed taking the shoes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-29
IN MUNICIPAL COURT.

John Berry and Edward Shaw were each fined $10 yesterday morning in municipal court, the former on a charge of drunkenness and the latter for trespassing. F. A. Reeves and T. c. Rivers, who were charged with vio- lating the fishing laws were dismissed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-29
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
 Take Grcve'S.

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as General Tonic because ;t contains the wellknown tonic properties of fQUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. GO cents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-29
TAKE CHILDREN OUT

If you saw child on a railroad track you would endeavor to remove the lit tie one from danger. When a child is "snuffing" or coughing, isn't it your duty get him out of danger of se- were consequences? Foley's Honey and Tar gives relief from coughs, colds croup and whooping cough. Contains no opiates. For sale at Mann's Phar- macy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-29

Leavitt's Cut Price Store has the largest line of trunks, travelling bags and suit cases in Pine Bluff, priced at great savings to the buyer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-29

Boys knee pants from 59c up. Boys shirts and blouses 39c and 48c Boys overalls 59c and up. Boys tennis oxfords 48c. At Leavitt's Cut Price Store.
 3-20-ot
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-29

1 A. French scientist successfully
 combatted locusts in Argentina by in-
 parasitic disease and liberating ting them to infect otlssrs of their kind.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-29
TOM GREEN IS IMPROVED.

Tom Green, Jr., 718 Walnut street, is reported to be so much better that an operation will not necessary. MT. Greens father who is sick at Asheville N. C., is not convalescent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-29

Though the official figures are still incomplete. it is certain that the French olive crop of 1917 was the largest in the last 20 years, approx mating 5000 tons as compared with normal crop of 125,000 tons.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-11
Let the Live Stock Help

Press dispatches from various parts
of the south tell of cotton picking dis
cussions being the order of the day, the
shortage of labor making it impossible
last fall to get the cotton out before
the bad weather set in.
The question naturally arises, If Ia
Dor was SO short last fall as to make
it impossible to get the cotton picked,
what will be the situation next fall
Dr. Alonzo E. Taylor, national
authority on agricultural economies,
estimates that already farm labor in
the United States is IA per cent short
in numbers and rs per cent in eff
cheney, and believes that the enormous
demands of our army, navy, shipbulld-
ing, munitions and other nonagricul-
tural enterprises will still further de-
plete our labor supply. In a word, the
outlook is that next fall we will have
considerably less available labor than
we had last fall.
Facing such a situation, it would
seem the part of wisdom tc plant such
crops as will require a minimum of
human labor in their production and
harvest.
Food and feed crops fall in this class
particularly the latter. An acre of pea
nuts, soy beans or peanuts can prob
ably be produced for not much more
than half the cost of growing an acre
of cotton. and hogs can do the job OF
harvesting. With both hogs and cattle
at high prices and likely to remain
high, the shorthapded farmer will be
wise if he grows crops the stock can
harvest, rather than those that require
labor that is high-priced and that may
not be available at any price.-Pro-
gressive Farmer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-11
Value Low-Grade Cotton

AS result of the early frost coupled
with the severe weather that prevailed
during most of the months of Decem-
Der and January, farmers have had all
unusually large amount of low-grade.
stained cotton
According to o. ]. Mcconnell of the
cotton grading service, a large part
of this cotton is being purchased $40 to
$50 per bale below it's true relative
value, as compared with other grades.
he states that it is true that there is
little active demand for this class of
cotton Just at this time, which would
justify buyers in purchasing it at a
bargain only. However, fair business
practice would seem to require that the
buyers pay within two or three cents
per pound of it's relative present value.
The farmer or country merchant who
sells these low grades at prevailing
discounts is undoubtedly uselessly sac
rihcing at least SIS per bale, and in
many instances as much as $50 per
bale. 1t is common knowledge among
competent cotton men that all cotton
with sound staple has a value within
f1ve cents per pound of middling, un-
less it contains sand or dirt.
All conditions indicate that we will
nave repetition of what has been true
or previous crops containing more than
the usual number Of low grades, viz
low grades have brought more in the
early summer than white cotton during
the previous fall.
All low-grade seed cotton should be
glnned at first-class suction ginnery.
Ii this be done the farmer who sells
low grades for less than 26 cents per
pound is throwing money away, pro
viding middling cotton is around 81
cents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-11
Look to 1918 Seed Now


To be prepared for a possible search
ty of seed next year growers of root
crops of all kinds would do well to take
steps to insure at least partial sup
ply by growing seed themselves, spet
cialists of the United States department
of agriculture advise. This can be done
only by the use Of roots already grown
and now in the ground or held in stor-
age Such crops as carrots. beets,
onions, turnips. rutabagas, parsnips
and satisfy are involved. owing to UNI
favorable weather conditions SO far
this year in regions where the chief
seed supply of these crops is produced.
This fact, together with the uncer-
tainty Of the usual European sources
which cannot be relied upon to supply
us, threatens a very considerable short
age for next years planting. Since It
takes two years to produce these seeds,
this shortage can ony be alleviated
by the planting for seed of roots all
ready grown. Farmers Bulletin ss4
gives directions for the home produc-
ton of seed Of those crops mentioned
and other vegetables.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-11
Training the Heifer

II should never be necessary to break
the heifer to milk. If she has been prop
erly handled, 1t will be an easy matter
to train" her to stand quietly while
being MIXED. Many good COW has been
permanently ruined during the first few
weeks after her first freshening by inn
proper treatment at this trying time.
1t is good plan to be on friendly
terms with the young heifers from calf
mood up. They should be constantly
handled all through their carry cevelop-
ment. The very young calf will soon
get used to having her bag rubbed and
ment as matter, of course. A heifer so
treated does not need to be broke"
She will never make any great trouble
over being MIXED.
1t is a great mistake to use a kicking
strap on young heifer. In fact. it is
wrong to use any device or inflict pun
ishment of any, kind on her. If the milk
er is onto his Job. he can prevent dam
age from kicking by simply blocking
the kick with his arm. If the COW lifts
her right foot to kick, grasp her left
hook with the left hand and her foot
will not come far enough fUtward to
reach the pail, If, she is q violent kick
er, the pail should be set aside. If the
COW kicks with her left foot, which she
seldom does the blow can easily be
warded Off
The average heiferN will make no seri-
GUS effort to do damage with her feet
and if gently and firmly handled will
soon settle down to staid behavior !,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-11
Horses and Mules Needed

The prices now being obtained for
good horses and good mules should point
the direction clearly to men who have
mares 10 breed said E. A. Trowbridge
of the University of Missouri College OF
Agriculture, recently in. discussing the
horse and mule situation.
AT the outbreak of the war we had a
good supply of horses and mules. APP
pioximately 100000 of horses and mules
have been taken into war service Yet,
until recently no general Improvement
III the price of horses has been noticed.
Hogs have increased in price SO per cent,
and cattle and sheep have increased
rearly as much The time between the
birth and the date of sale of hogs is fire.
quently not more than year. With cat
tie and sheep also money may be turned
quickly and the profit had. This is not
the case with horses. 1t requires six
years to make a mature horse. Conse-
quently the feed item has been such a big
one that horse breeders have hesitated
about increasing their operations In
fact, It is true in some localities that
fewer mares were bred last year than
the year before.
Present prices for good horses and
good mules clearly indicate the desira :
bility of an increase in their numbers
but the Insignificant price received for
mediocre and common horse stock GER
tainly indicates that the country would
he better off without them. 1t lis true
that there never was time when the
spread between the price of a good horse
or niEle and common one was so great
as It is at the present time. Every ia.
dtcation seems to point toward the desir-
ability Of an increased production OF
good horses and mules. There is lust
one way to begin this increase, and that
IS to use good stations and good jacks
as sires." as
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-11
Farmer to Do His Bit

The farmer is, now being asked to sub
scribe to the third Liberty Loan. There
is no doubt in the minds of those who
know the farmer best that he will sub
scribe literally. The man who willingly
Sacrifices his profits that the nation and
its soldiers may be fed will not shirl,
when it is a question of giving his money
TO the cause of democracy.
The farmer in the middle west was fol
years bosrwing man. This was new
country and capital was needed to do
velcp it. In the last few years, thanks
to good crops and high prices. the
farmer is in a position to lend instead OF
borrow. He is out of debt and has
money in the bank
The government today is asking FOR
funds and offers liberal rate OF in
tcrest. The purchase of liberty bond
invests the farmers surplus capital ad
vantaseously and with excellent security.
Every farmer knows help is hard Ia
get and hard to keep and that 1t is get
ting expensive these days. Otter the
farmers son has gone away to war. OF
his neighbours son has gone. Longer
hours are necessary IN the field and
around the barn.
The longer this war lasts. the harder
il is going TO be to obtain farm help
and the more expensive it is going to
be. The quicker the government at
Washington is provided with money, men
and guns. the quicker win the war come
to an end and the boys return to the
farm We have given the men. 1t is
now up to us to provide the money
Tho purchase Of Liberty Bonds will has
ten the ending Of Tho war.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-11
Continuous Smoke Best

Nearly everyone has a particular
wood that he uses TO smoke meat and
thinks that no other wood is SO good.
According to Dr. p. F. Trowbridge OF
the University of Missouri College of
Agriculture, there does not seem to be
much difference between woods used
for smoking if those Of the pine family
are avoided. Resinous woods deposit
a black SCOT upon the meat.
In stringing hams and shoulders for
smoking, DIR. Trowbridge recommends
that cut be made through the shank
close to the bone, with a narrow blade
knife Push looped wire through the
incision. Thread a doubled Irvine into
the wire. Loop and pull it through.
Loop the Irvine over the shank, and
pull it tight. Tie the ends. This string
cannot pull out. For bacon use reg
ular bacon hanger or make a long
skewer from No. galvanized WIRE
Push the sharp skewer Just under the
skin the bacon about one inch from
the end. Tie the Irvine at each end
Of the skewer, and the bacon will be
held in shape while smoking.
Hang the meat in the smokehouse
so that the pieces do not touch. The
meat should be suspended four or tive
feet above the fire. Do not hang the
pieces directly over the fire, or better
YET, suspend q pieCo " Si'oSe - - sSoo.
two feet above the fire so the heat
will be DETECTED.
Warm meat will take the smoke much
more rapidly than cold meat, and for
this reason continuous fire will smoke
meat in a relatively shorter time. Do
not build too big fire or the smoke
house will become too hot This causes
excessive loss in weight, due to drip
ping fat and to undue driving of the
meat. Green wood has some advant-
age over dry wood, since the fire can
be more easily controlled The green
wood does not make any more smoke
except as greater amount Of vapor is
driven off.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-11
JUNGLE SAM WANTS2OO,OO OBOYSANDGIRLS INPIG CLUB
MILK THE BEST FOOD WE HAVE

and milk or corn meal mush and milk
Skim milk is good food. 1t has the
lime and protein and sugar OF the whole
milk. Use it, but use whole milk, too,
Skim milk lacks fat and has not so much
OF the growth substances as has whole
milk.
Milk should not be the only food for
children, of course They need vegeta-
bles. fruits and cereals. But even the
bigger boys and girls should have milk.
MILK is good for grown people, too.
They still need the lime and protein
and it's other subtances. Don't think OF
it only as refreshing drink, but as
good nourishng food.
Be sure your milk is clean and fresh.
If you live in the city, buy it pasteur-
lied from a clean dairy. In the country
see that your cows and mixers are clean
and healthy. Keep your milk clean, cold
and covered.
Cereals Cooked in Milk-Corn meal,
oatmeal and rice are delicious cooked in
skim milk. Use the same amount of
milk as you would water for oatmeal and
corn meal For rice, you can well use
good deal more milk--four or even more
cups of milk to one of rice. Cook for ar
hour in a double boiler. This makes a
delicious creamy cereal. For milk cereal
buildings add sugar or syrup and raisins.
Corn Starch Pudding-Two cups milk.
II cup sugar or IL cup corn syrup,
tablespoons corn starch QeveD; pinch OF
salt, vanilla
Mix the corn starch with cold milk,
scald the remaining milk, and add the
sugar or syrup, salt. and corn starch.
Stir until thick. Cover and cook for
90 minutes. Add vanilla. Serve cold,
plain or with fruit. Add square of
chocolate to the milk for chocolate corn
starch.
Dreamed Dishes-Milk toast, cream
soups, creamed vegetables, creamed fish,
and scalloped dishes are all good ways
of putting more milk into the daily food
of the family. The milk for all of these
is thickened into sauce, thick or thin.
To make the sauces, melt the fat, stir
in the flour, add the milk gradually, and
cook until thickened, stirring constantly
unless you use double boiler. All meas
urements are level in these and all other
recipes: Y
Thin White Sauce-Millz, cup, flour I;
tablespoon, fat 1 tablespoon, salt " ta-
blespoon, pepper * teaspoon.
Medium White Sause-Milk l cup, flour
2 tablespoons, fat Q tablespoons, salt "
teaspoon, pepper Is teaspoon.
Thick White Sauce-Milk cup, flour
8 tablespoons, fat 8 tablespoons, salt "
teaspoon, pepper Il teaspoon.
For milk toast and with vegetables use
the thin sauce. For scaroped or creamed
dishes, use the medium sauce The chief
use for the thick sauce is as binding
material in croquettes and loaves.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-11

A quart day for every child, if posi-
BILE, a pint without fail Plenty of milk
will help give all your children, big and
little, the chance for health they ought
to have. Buy more milk and less meat
and your family will be better fed.
Milk helps your children to grow. Be
sides well-known food substances, it has
something special which they must have
to grow Your children can get a little
of this from other foods, but not enough.
Give your boys and girls milk for their
Chance to grow.
Milk helps your children to keep well.
Look at children who do not get milk,
but get tea and coffee instead Aren't
most of them pale and sickly? There are
always very many sick children in cities
and in countries where milk is scarce.
When milk prices go up and mothers be-
gin to economic on milk more children
become sick DO not let your children
run this risk. Give. them fresh, clean
milk and help them grow up strong and
well and win. in their fight against dis.
ease. Save on other things if you must,
but rot on milk, your child's best food.
Milk gives your children lime and
other salts which they need. There must
be plenty of lime in their feed, for a
great deal OF it is needed for their bones
and teeth and a little for their blood
food, not drugs, is what children need.
Big boys and girls and grown people,
as we'll as children, need lime, because
the bones are constantly wearing away
little by little and must be replaced. Milk
is the chief food for lime. 1t is much,
richer in it than other common foods.
Milk gives your children the body
building protein, one of the materials
from which their bodies are made. Milk
is like eggs and meat in this. This body
building substance, the protein, of milk is
not new to you, for curd is milk protein.
Cottage cheese is curd separated out from
milk. When We drink milk or eat cheese
we give our bodies proteins which are
changed and become part of our muscles,
blood and other parts of the body. The
milk protein is good for everybody and
especially good for children. They need
great deal of it because their bodies
grow so fast
Milk gives your children fuel to burn
in their bodies. They need the fuel to
keep them warm and to help them run
and play and work, much as an auto
mobile needs gasoline or steam engine
needs COAL They are so active that they
need more fuel for their size than grown
people do The fat and the milk sugar
and the protein in the milk all burn up
as fuel.
quart gives the same amount of fuel
as whole pound of lean meat or as
much as eight eggs. Think of the cost.
Isn't the milk far the cheapest? Still
less expensive fuel is bowl Of bread
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-11
A Serious Boy

Here is q letter to the United States de-
partment of agriculture from a serious
Oklahoma boy of 10 who is doing his
level best to help Americas food supply.
He is doing it as a member of the Boys
Pig and Corn clubs. Because his exam
pie should be an inspiration to other
workers, young and old, and because of
the stimulating spirit of his philosophy
the letter is printed here in full:
well, I shall tell you about my pig.
II is looking pretty dressy since have
been feeding it digester tankage. 1t
looks like it were fixing for a trip. 1t
carries it's tail curled, and walks as proud
as if it were expecting to see town.
Now, shall not disappoint him. shall
carry him to Stigler to our contest the
18th. l tell him l don't know whether
he will get to ride on the trains or not,
but for him to eat all 1 give him and |
will do my best to get ride on the train
for him. He carries his fat nicely and
walks up to his meals like little boy
and eats all he can. 1 feed him corn,
cats and tame weeds, and the wastage
from my fathers table since by digester
tankage gave out. He seems to think it
is good. The funniest thing Is to see
him eat and look at me and grunt as il
to say, EARLY, you are so good to me-
everything furnished. All l have to do
is to walk UP and eat" He does not
realize that soon some one else shall
eat him. OF course, it must be funny to
me and i am looath to think of that
grand trip I am fixing up for the poor
pig. He is doing his best. / tell him if
he doa't get to ride on the train to the
great Oklahoma City, he shall go to Stig-
Ter anyway.
never be sorry about feeding him, for
he shall help to be comfort for my
mother and little brother at home; be-
sides, [ enjoy his being here While
am member of the Pig club tell him
he must not let me get beat. for this is
my first effort to do anything in the club
work. But it is true, If do get beat 1
shall only keep trying. Ny two older
brothers won valuable prizes last year
in the corn and cotton clubs I shall
keep trying. / feel sure I can win some
thing some day have one acre in corn
this year, one acre in kafir corn and am
preparing my exhibits. also my seed
kafir corn and corn for another year
and shall send in my report and essay
when the time comes
1.-THE chinch bugs got in my kafir corn.
and the drouth came on my corn, but
mother says must be patient She says
those that have no misfortune die of
young age. I have always found my
mother true and I shall be patient until
| get through 7 am 10 years old and
can always find work to do" ..1