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Richmond planet., 1918-05-05

Mr.. Wil'iam Il. Smith littlc
li!lyl OF White sulphur Springs. W.
Va. has been in the ETY. on business
dlrin" the week. His many friends
were 2iad to see him.
Richmond planet., 1918-05-05

Hon. Co'cmnu N'r ham. cX-prcS.--
dcnr OF the Chamber Of Commerce
%Hohr briefly, ns did Hon. William "
Na'nry, Bu:>inrsS Manager ui the
Echmond Chamber OF Commerce.
Thry hurried to the City Auditorium
where Il mammoth rally meet 'ng had
been staged. In the meantime, Righ,
Rev. Charles +. lIannigan lad enter
al and he spoke nt length in Il most
entertaining manner OF hi; campaign
throughout the Sou Inland. He had
witnessed the great parade nj Dallas,
Texas N which colorcd people had par
lie pnted the l'uc being Il mile ana
4 half in length.
Richmond planet., 1918-05-05

Il me: hours 10 m nutcS. Umpire
MIR. Williams: Scorer. G. r. Gibbs.
Richmond planet., 1918-05-05

WILLIAM G.. CRANER.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-26
Two Senators for Each State.

Congress consists of two senators from each state. the smallest state as we'll as the largest, and a number of representatives, according to pOpula- tion. The basis of representation, or number of inhabitants for represen- tative, Is fixed by congress under each recurring census so as to secure ade- quate representation for every state without making the house too large and unwieldy. The Constitution of the United States, adopted in 17S9, said the number of representatives should not exceed one for every 3O,OOO of population, and as no census had yet been taken, 3O0O0 was adopted as the ratio of representation and the population of the different states was estimated. By this process the first house of representatives consisted of 65 members. Since then congress has passed 13 apportionment acts, under 13 different censuses, changing the basis of representation every time except once.
 In 1900 and in 1910 the ratio was fixed q. one representative for 33,OOO poDula on. In 1920 the ratio was in creased to 35,O0O. and it has been in- creased every tenth year since till it is now 211,S77. while the membership of the house has increased from 65 to 435.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-26
Bio Oil Supply.

Last year the United States pro. duced 4l,S0O,OOO barrels of crude oil approximately 6S per cent of the worlds consumption. In 1916 its share was about 65 per cent. A large part of the fuel oil used by the Brit ish navy comes from Mexico. Last year Mexico produced 6O,O0O,OOO barrels about 2O,OOO,00O barrels over the out put the year before. Russia in 1917 produced 7O,OOO,OOO barrels, n falling off of about 100000 barrels from the 1916 production. In the Dutch East Indies U,O0O,OOO barrels were pro. duced last year and 17.OOO,O ,OOO barrels the year before. Roumania in 1917 produced 11OOO,OOO barrels as com pared with 1O,OOO,OOO the year pre-. vious. Most of the Roumanian oil fields are now under control of Ger. many.-The Pathfinder.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-26

with the queen, expressed the utmost confidence in the ability of the army to go on with the war; although more than half million Russian troops who had been on the Rumanian front, had short time before abandoned the trenches. ,.,.
 The queen returned to Jassy With a feeling of confidence that peace would be averted. She had recelVeo pledges from every section o1 the army and the personal promises ol the commanding generals that they would fight to the end. But the day after she reached Jassy she founu that peace negotiations were alreaoy beginning at Bucharest.
 Even while the peace negotlatlons were under way she did not despair' but continued to fight stubbornly against their consummation.
 In a talk with the Associated Press correspondent three days later, Just before her departure from Jassay' the queen said:
 T shall never become reconclled to humiliating peace with Germany never. The time is a critical one TOT Rumania, but l continue to nope. l! is only woman's hope, but l cannot abandon it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-26
When Boards Were Taxed.

Tn the reign of Elizabeth every beard of fortnight's growth was SUD- iect to a tax. Peter the Great, iD 17O5, imposed tax upon the beards of the Russian nobles of 1OO ruDles while the common peoples beard taa amounted to one kopec. This taa caused much dissatisfaction, but lD spite of this the impost was extended to St. Petersburg in 1714. The taa on boards was confirmed by Catherine I in 172e, by Peter II in 1728, by Elm press Anne in 1731. and in 1743 bJ the Empress Elizabeth. It was re- pealed by Catherine II in 1762. ln France beard tax was imposed upon the clergy. The celebrated Duprat, lord high chancellor of France, was the adviser of the measure, and a bull was published by the pope enjoinine the clergy to shave their chins, Then tax was levied by the king upon all who wished to be exempted from the harsh decree. The bishop and others who could afford the means poid the tax, but the poorer clergy were obliged to yield at the point of the lazor.- London Tit-Bits.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-26
l.. R. CAN BUILD
 ONLY ONE Rp,,,

Little Rock. July 25.-Iit..
 will have only one new brida'
 the Arkansas river until aftsr a ''H County Judge Lee Mics sta,s. a'' I nesday afternoon that the r n,s N capital issues committee vii, '''NI the sale of bonds only tor tho has,I s's Of one bridge during the du,". "u'H' the war. 'N
 The bridge site Will be sa,o., the war department. which q" sider the one of the greater Ill Ill, a importance. As yet tie seloo,i lilNa not been announced as to tN,ga u, it will be the Main street 'lel' Broadway bridge. All bond Ot above $100,000 now must be Au sn. ls
 by the national capital issues 'ppe3 a1N tee, and as the issue for either rVts ssl must exceed thot amount, iu tbo 'lsA ltl tion was left to the commits, hs ss
 Although the war ', daros,,
 probably will select the bridps ps',,s .. greater military importance Hs tho VI u tion of which bridge can be buil,l I lt gs the available money probably w ~nl taken into consideration. 'D'
 The present Main street brids. :, built about 20 years ogo and is { sufficient for the present trsfts { the time of the erection of tha l,s hs' the average daily traffic of the I bIIs was about 300 vehicles, but ms the average has increased to ,Y % 5000 vehicles. a large per rom, as1 which is considerably heavier N those of 20 years ago.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-26
PIKE INSPECTOR PROBES
 POOR SELECTMEN GALL
Peg-Legged Negro Was Drafted "by Mistake Many
 Other Cases.

Little Rock, July 25.--Because a "peGleg" negro selectman and a blind negro have been sent to Camp Pike during the last week, the board of investigation, Captain Lovett as inspector, Thursday was probing these and other cases with view to- wards placing the responsibility. "The government does not care to pay travelling expenses for men it can not use," it was stated Thursday morning.
 The blind negro is said to have been sent by Little Rock Local Board No. 2. Board members, however, deny such a transaction. Camden's local board is held responsible for the wooden-legged selectman. That board it seems, admits the transaction, but pleads mistake in doing so.
 While the peg-ieggeN negro has been discharged, it seems that in some manner the blind man got mixed up with other selectmen and has been transferred with 5000 other negroes from Camp Pike to Fort Roots. He is not attached to the hospitals guard. however, but is merely in the "extensiin camp" these 5000 ne- groes having been removed from Camp Pike because of possible wa ter shortage. No one seems to know the exact whereabouts of the blind man, except that he is either in the Sixty-ninth or Seventieth training company, stationed at Fort Roots. He will be discharged.
 Many Mistakes.
 In pleading the responsibility, the case of Guy Smith of Des Arc will probably also be taken up. Guy was sent to Camp Pike with recent con- tingent for duty, despite the fact that he is minus his index finger, the mem- Der having been amputated several months ago. As the index finger is the trigger finger" in the army, officers are at loss to account for Guy having been ordered to report. He was discharged Thursday morning.
 Other cases which Camp Pike re- ceiving station men have had to deal with during the recent draft are as follows:
 James Riley of Lonoke, discharged
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-26
Rumania'S Queen Maintains
 Loyalty to Entente Allies
Idoized by Her People, the Beloved Woman Refused to Believe an Arrangement Would Be Perfected Be-
 tween Her Country and the Germans

London, July Ii (by the Associated Press correspondent recently in Ru- mania Just a week before peace negotiations were opened between Ru- mania and the central powers the Associated Press correspondent at Jassy received an invitation from the queen of Rumania to accompany her 'on journey to the Rumanian front.
 Rumors of impending peace had been current in Jassy for some time. but the queen resolute.y refused to be- lieve that any arrangement" With Germany was possible and continued her work of encouraging and inspir- ing her beloved soldiers. One of her principal objects on this journey was to make sure that the officers and men at the front were still firm in their resolve to fight to the last ill defense of the cause which she cher ished so dearly.
 It was only four days before the opening of peace negotiations when she left Jassy on the royal train fo-' a village just behind the front. Dur ing the next three days she travelled by automobile about three hundred miles, back and forth over the 11O- mile front which the Rumanian army was then occupying. She passed through scores of little villages, all devastated by artillery fire or aerial bombardment,. many of them bearing the indelible mark of the German in- vader, who had occupied the1A but had been driven out by the Rumanian troops.
 The picturesque little churches. built generally of spotless white lime stone, seemed to have been particular marks for the vandalism of the Ger mans, who had not even spared the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-26
NEW PROFESSOR
 AT UNIVERSITY

Fayetteville, July 25.--Dr. Harri- son Hale, for the past 16 years head of the department of chemistry in Drury College, Springfield, Mo-, has been appointed head of the depart ment of chemistry in the University
 of Arkansas for the college year 19lS-19, to succeed Dr. J. s. Guy, resigned. Dr. Hale, who is native of Mississippi, has bachelors degree from Emory College, a masters de- gree from the University of Chicago, and the degree of doctor of philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-26
COTTON BELT FREIGHT
 WRECKED AT SALINE
"Sun Rink" Causes .Derailment of Three Cars and Six to Turn Over
 None of Crew Hurt.


 A "sunk kink" or buckled track, caused by the suns hot rays is credit ed with causing a wreck on the Cot ton Belt railroad at milepost 292 ear Salie, betwee Pine Bluff and Foroyce, at 2:3O o'clock yesterday afternoon, when six cars of southbound freight train, extra No. 577 were deralled and turned over and three others de- railed. None of the train crew was hurt. Engineer Doty and Conductor Ragar were in charge of the train. The track was torn up for some dis tance and southbcund passenger train Mo- 1 was detoured via Little Rock and via the Rock Island tracks to Fordyce. The wreckage was cleared off the track last night and traffic was resumed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-26
Wire Splints for Wounds.

A new kind of surgical splint fn which galvanized Wire netting takes the place of wood has been put on the market, says the Popular Science Monthly. The steel entering into the construction of this woven wire splint is so tempered that it can be nodded by hand. Being galvanized, the wire is sterilized and at the same time weld. ed into single piece that cannot fray out at loose ends.
 As it is porous. it allows certain amout of evaporation and air circula. tion to the dressings beneath, which wood or plaster does not. The splint comes rolled like bandage and is lighter and less bulky than wooden splints.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-26
No Worms in a Healthy Child

All children troubled with worms have an un. healthy color which indicates poor blood. and as rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly for two or three weeks will enrich the blood. inl
 prove the digestion, and act as General Strength
 ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then throw off or dspelth worms and the Child will be in perfect health Pleasant to take 6Oc per bottle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-26
GIANT SUBMARINE
 LAUNCHED BY U. S

Quincy, Mass, July 25.-A large submarine, said by it's builders to be the largest ever launched in this country and embodying all the latest designs in submarines, went down the ways at the Fore river plant of the Bethelehem Shipbuilding corpora tion here this afternoon. Several thousand workers joined in a mighty cheer as the new undersea boat struck the water She was christened the A Al.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-26
REASON FOR REFUSING OTHERS.

Persons who have once used Foley
 Kidney Pills prefer them to any other medicine. They give relief from kid ney and bladder troubles, backache, sharp, shooting pains, rheumatism, stiff, swollen. joints, sore muscles, puffiness under eyes, nervousness. "al- ways tired" feeling and sleep-disturb- ing bladder ailments. Mann's Phar- macy. Advt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-26
RETURNS TO PINE BLUFF

J. M. Friedman who was connected with Henry Marx Company but re- signed short time ago to take a position with Pfeifer Brothers in Lit tie Rock, has returned to Pine and accepted a position with Isaac Drey- fus Company.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-26

Thursday because he suffers from epi' lepsy, idiopathic.
 Otto Thorwarth, Fort Smith, de- formity right leg, with shortening of femur.
 George E. Hudson of Fayetteville, deformity of right elbow.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-26

Schiller Ibsen, Oliver Goldsmith, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Dr. Robert Bridges, the Poet Laureate. are among the famous poets and authors who have been medical men as we'll
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-26
Experientia Docet.

First Bach-Let's ask Peck. He's married and will be able to speak from experience.
 Second Bach-On the contrary, he'll keep his mouth shut from experience.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-26
Same Home.

Fathcr-I want my daughter to have as good home after marriage as she had before.
 Suitor-I want her to have the same.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-26

MT. Lloyd George has salary of 5000 a year as First Lord of the Treasury, but is unpaid for his ser vices as Prime Minister.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-06-04
silaxe and Tuberculosis.

I Ishould like your opinion on the
subject that has been recently called to
my attention. Do You think 1t possible
that feeding COWS ensilage (about 70 TO
80 pounds per day. will weaken their
systems in such way as to make them
more susceptible to tuberculosis II ex.
posed to It than COWS which are not ted
ensilage?
Phoenix, Md. I. d. r.
We believe that silage deserves q
much larger place In dairy cattle feeding
than Il now has. We have been much
pleased of late years to see the steady
increase In the number OF silos used.
The districts which are most highly de-
veloped In dairy production are those 10
which there are the greatest number Of
silos.
A great deal Of tuberculin testing 10
done In different states In various sec.
tions where there are large numbers ol
COWS kept which are fed silage. fre.
uuently IN larger amounts than the
quantity specified, 25 to 80 pounds pei
COW per day, and had been 30 fed for q
number OF years. Breeders frequently
feed silage TO their young stock and con.
tinue it's feeding to cattle throughout
their lifetime. From our observation 10
these districts and our knowledge OF the
splendid results from supplying this
feed to cows, both In economy and In
the health of the animal, We are confi'
dent that there is absolutely no truth 10
the suggestion that feeding silsge tends
to increase the susceptibility OF dairy
animals to tuberculosis. -Hoard'i
Dairyman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-06-04
To Sell OF Herd.

There are all sorts of men keeping oil
sorts of COWS in these days Of oil sorts OF
high prices for feed. It 10 NO wonder
that great many should get confused
and unable to determine what to do.
.Wallaces' Farmer tells OF one man whose
feed bin for February was $662 and bis
creamery check $3.50. On the face ofit
this man rightly reasons that be 10 los
ing money, but We don't hear that he 10
irving to find ont II any of those COWS
made profit, which, undoubtedly, they
did.
Right there 10 the great stumbling
block in this business OF dairying in the
tims of high priced feed. Why should
not the dairy farmer attack the question
from that standpoint Get rid OF the
improbable COWS and keep the profit
able ones. What do We care how much
it costs to feed . good COW II she pays =
profit thereby We don't seem TO see
these principles clearly In our practice'
The number Of mon who graduate each
wear out OF this loose, indiscriminatory
vay Of COW management is discourag.
| ingiy few. The great majority are
ready to bolt the track and say, "Dairy
| farming doesn't pay", and sell on the
herd. Nowis tho time for the man Of
brains and perception to lay bis plans to
strerathsn bis herd, clean out the drones
uroyide cheaper feeds for the good ones
and nut the business on basis OF good
business sense -Hosrd's Dairyman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-06-04
The 1918 Dairy Show.

The National Dairy Show will be hold
this fall ct Columbus, Ohio, October
1919. Tho Show this year will be con.
Quoted under war condition. and it will
bave the cooperation OF the federal
government. An attempt will be made
to Visualize to the dairymen, engaged II
oil phases Of the dairy Industry, what 4
expected Of them 10 help win the war.
The products OF the dairy COW furnish
man about IS per cent OF his daily diet
and this highly nutritious food u manu-.
faotured very largely from fesds that
could not be used By human beings. II
has bsen estimated that only ~ per
cent Of the COWS ration 10 made up ci
grain which would b suitable for hu'
man food. tits highly desirable that
the dairy industry bs sustsinsd and do
vel0ped, for dairy ptod1ots ore very o.
sential 70 the health and welfare Of oul
people.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-06-04
NUMBER %.

In throwing. the bomb and lever are
grasped fl the right hand, the left foot
Is advanced, knee stiff, about one and
half its length to the 'front.' while
the right leg, knee bent, is carried
slightly to the right. The left arm is
extended at an angle Of 45 degrees.
pointing n the direction the bomb Is to
be thrown. This position Is similar
to that Of shot putting. only that the
right arm Is extended downward. Then
you huri the bomb from you with All
overhead bowling motion, the same "a
In cricket, throwing It fairly high I'm
the air, this in order to give the fuse
chance to burn down 20 that when
the bomb lands, It Immediately ex.
plodes and gives the Germans no time
to scamper out Of its range or to re-
turn II.
AS the bomb leaves your hand, the
lever, by means Of q spring. Is projected
into the air and falls harmlessly to
the ground q few feet in front of the
bomber.
When the lever flies OF It releases
a strong spring, which forces the firing
pin into a percussion cap. This ignites
the fuse, which burns down md sets
Of the detonator, charged with fulmi-
nate Of mercury, which explOdes the
main charge Of ammonal.
The average British soldier Is not an
expert at throwing; 1t is new game
to him. therefore the Canadians and
Americans, who have played baseball
from the kindergarten up, take natu-
rally to bomb throwing and excel In
this act. A six-foot English bomber
will stand In awed silence when he
sees little five-foot-nothing Canadian
outdistance his throw by several yards.
I have read few war stories Of bomb
Ing, where baseball pitchers curved
their bombs when throwing them, but
a pitcher who can do this would make
'1Christy" Mathewson look like piker,
and is losing valuable time playing In
the European War bush league, when
he would be able TO set the ''big
league" on fire.
We had cushy time while at this
school. In fact, to us 1t was a regular
vacation, and we were very sorry when
one morning the adjutant ordered US
to report at headquarters for trans
portation and rations to return to our
units up the line.
Arriving at our section, the boys
once again rendered US the glad mitt,
but looked askance at us out Of the
corners Of their eyes. They could not
conceive. as they expressed II, how a
man could be such a blinking idiot as
to Join the Suicide club. ! was begin.
ming to feel sorry that had become
a member Of said club. and my life to
me appeared doubly precious.
Now that I was a sure-enough
bomber I was praying for peace and
hoping that my services as such would
not be required.
Continued next week
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-06-04
Clean Broodiug for Chicks.

I firmly believe In cleanliness in oil
work with poultry, both as to utensils
and % to roosting places. Especially 10
foul litter, or worse, no litter but damp,
sour droppings, detrimental to tho
growth of young stock. The air 10 pol
iuted to an unbelievable extent In msny
q brooder and coop.
|, II coops without board bottoms are
used I seldom let the chicks stand on the
same spot moro than two or three nights.
It takes only . minute to move them,
and unsightly spots whore the grass 10
killed BY constant use and accumulated
droppings are avoided.
In brooders or coops with floors use
an inch or less of dry sand, with chat
or lawn clippings on top. II BY acoi-
dent tho litter 10 wet BY water spilled or
by shower, I ct once remove It and re-
place with fresh. All brooders and
coops are opened to the full rays Of the
sun oil day 10 soon 20 tho dow ID gone
and the chicks are liberated for tho day.
I do not use artificial heat longer than
10 necessary and always leave . good
breathing spaoe under tho covers. unless
there 10 cold wind. When ] cease to
light tho lamps at night / still leave the
hovers for some time 90 that II tho wind
changes and blows in at tho top the
chicks can get out of line OF the draft By
| ora awling under the hover.-F. G. &.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-06-04
CHAPTER XII.
Homhlna.

The boys In the section welcomed me
back, but there were many strange
faces. Several Of our men had gone
West In that charge. and were lying
somewhere In France" with little
wooden cross at their heads. We were
In rest billets. The next day our cap.
tain asked for volunteers for bombers'
school. I gave. my name and was &C
cepted. I had Joined the Suicide club
and my troubles commenced. Thirty.
two men Of the battalion. including my.
self, were sent to L., where we
went through q course In bombing.
Here we were instructed In the uses.
methods Of throwing and manufacture
Of various kinds Of hand grenadeA
from the old '.jam tin" now obsolete
to the present Mills.bomb the standard
Of the British army.
Il all depends where you are - 70
what Jon IRE called. In France they
call you sbomber" and give you med
ais, while ID neutral countries thsy
call you IN anarchist and dvs you
''life."