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The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18
OBSERVATIONS BY HATTIE
 ON THE RECENT W. s. s. DRIyI

There are some who could be led but not driven.
 Should remember we are soliciting q loan, not collecting tribute or war indemnity.
 Should remember we are warning on the Germans, not the Americans, and we think some interpreters of food rulings should remember this.
 Should remember that persons patriotism is not measured wholly by the annGunt of bonds he is able to buy.
 Should remember that if we have made cheerful contributors we have made friends for our cause. If we have made them sullen. even though we get the money, we doubt if we have helped the cause.
 Again, we note more flies are caught with honey than with vinegar.
 We think there is no more need for a good citizen to shout his patriotism than for good woman to shout her virtue.
 We have the subscriptions. now let's all help Uncle Sam collect them, even if we have to pay the subscriptions for some unfortunates.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18
IN THE LAUNDRY.
 (By A. N. H.

A good way to preserve the color ii cotton is to soak the garments for five minutes before washing in sift water to which one tablespoonful of turpentine has been aded, and then a little of the turpentine should be aA ded to the water in which they are washed and also the rinsing water. and if the washing is carefully done the goods will come thru the process looking beautifully fresh and new. If any stains are found upon wash dresses, use alcohol for grass stains, and for mildew get green tomatoes, mash them up, wet the garment and let soak two CT three hours before washing, and ripe tomatoes rubbed on 8 spot of iron rust will frequently re- move 1t without second application. To remove ink stains try peroxide of hydrogen. As soon is dry from ofis application put on more until the stain disappears, then rinse out at once in clear water. Brown linen may be kept fresh and new looking by washing thru starch to which a cup of strained coffee had been added. No soap should be used and the garment should be rinsed thru one water and hung over the line, and when about half dry, iron on the right side with hot iron To make white waists and dresses a beautiful clear white, dis solve a spoonful of borax soap chips in enough hot water to make thick so- lution, then stir enough of this dis solved soap in warm water to make a good father, put in the pieces, let soak half an hour then wash out. This studs is especially good for fine waists collar sand handkerchiefs, as they only need to be squeezed between the hands in the suds to remove all soil in the goods The soap chips make a very soft studs that loosens all soil in the goods and there is no better way to wash table linen and bureau and table covers than to put them to soak ir this studs as they need very little or nc rubbing unless they were very soiled Thin muslin dresses often become wrinkled and fiimsy but not soilec enough to be washed and they can be made to look fresh and new by damp. ening on the wrong side with thin gum arabic water and pressing carefully
 When you buy new cotton clothes line, boil it for half an hour or longer before using it and it will last longer and win not tangle so easily.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18
A GREAT LEvELER.
tBy Clio Harp@r.)

The selective service-a term that is preferable to the draft" is a great leveler Great companies of young men come to the city with few per- sonal effects in grip, possibly in only bundle carried over the shoulder. They come, for the most part, just as they left their vacations, some dressed in blue jeans jumpers as they had come from the farm or the factory, others in neat business suits from the store or professional life, and still others attired with all the care and sartorial perfection wealth might in- sure The boy from the sIums or from the poor killgide farm, who could not have raised enough money to come to camp, kept step with the millionaire s son, and between them was quickly established that comity which bodes i'll for the future of the Kaiser. Last week, among those who reported for duty was a Missouri young man who Is said to be worth SI6, ,O00. 900 in his own name But on the roll of his country's prospective fighting men. he ranked no higher than the poor fruit vender on the corner from whom he had bought apples and oranges. So war becomes the Great Levclex, and so firmly fixed will have become this fellowship of individuals during the war. that after peace is declared the lines of demarkatson will be less dis tinct and will have lost their counter felt sacredness.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18
WHAT KIND OF MAN,

It's a confession, of course, of ig- ncrancc of U. s. history, or at least St. Louis history but it is not clear in the mind of tbe writer whether Adolphus Busch If Anheuser- Busch fame. was born in Germany or Ameri- ca. But it is mighty we'll known that this before e-mentioned Busch has been pretty big man in the settlement, has made good many million dollars under the United States flag and the United States laws and government. In the face of these facts, it is hard to excuse him for taking is million dollars in German bonds, his son, A. A.. sl ,00o. 900, and his wife $4.O00,- 900. the money to be used in an effort to discredit and to humble the United States. But all goes to show a trait in human character-rank ingratitude- that is detestable. But perhaps that's characteristic of brewer. If this reason doesn't fit, make one of your own
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18
OVER THE ToP.-

 -Over the top in everything.
 is where you should always go. ~0ver the top" glad shezves to bring h rain. sunshine CT snow "0ver the top" in everyday life. And ouf on the plains of toil Be a hero in the strife,
 A tyrznf's plans to foi. ~over the top. with the Liberty
 bonds.
 Do your bit to win this war. -0ver the top. l" be fond and firm To the cause which you're fighting
 for.
 -0ver the top. may the banner flags
 wave.
 And keep the blamed kultur away. ~Ovsr the top" iz where he sFcnid
 crave
 To come and forever here stay. Over the top let the black smoke
 curl.
 While we're on our way to France. Over the top. let the round shot hurl Don't give the boche chance. Over the top" where the eur of the
 Slaves.
 With its host so naughty and proud, Had known too sure of it's new found And under the waves it plowsd. "over the tOp.n may our ships still
 toll, But under the oolorz so true; Hats of, my boys, to salute and hall The Redr ths White and the Blue. ~Over the top" is what they say, When they're ready to charge the
 Hun. ''Over the tcr," .o hold deadly sway, In their fight with Berlin's sons. Over the top my Sammis boy, Over the first line trench. Call to the brukish Hun ahcyl Fight British, American and
 French. ~Over the top,H of BerIin's blue sky, Our conquering planes shall soar And give them their choice to surren-
 der or die,
 In Liberty's name, no more. Over the top" may our prayers go, When this bloody conflict is OCT. -Over the top" may brotherhood soar. May peace reign forever more.
 David Ogden
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18
Spelling to Be Whipped.

Prom The TexarkaYian.
 It is very easy 10 detect the adroit hand of Germanygin the latest move in Mexico, Her efforts to breed trouble for us in that benighted country are deep and unceasing. German subjects are a favored class in Mexico, and have been since the opening of hos tilities in Europe This has been even more pronounced and noticeable since our entry into the struggle.
 The powers that be in Mexico it seems, will go to any length to thwart the intentions of this eountry-short. perhaps. of open hostilities. The incl dent of the oil interests is but one of many. all aimed at the undoing of this country How long, o Lord, how long must we bear with this nest of vipers?
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18
The Soldiers Chances.

Great as the danger and large as the losses in the aggregate, the individual soldier has plenty of chances of com ing out of the war unscathed, at least not badly injured.
 Based on the mortality statistics of the allied armies, soldiers chances are as follows:
 Twenty-nine chances of coming home to one chance of being killed
 Forty-nine chances of recovering from wounds to one chance of dying from them.
 One chance in 800 of losing a limb.
 Will live five years longer because of physical training, is freer from disease in the army than in civil life, and has better medical care at the front than at home.
 h other wars from 10 to IS men died from disease to 1 from. bullets: Tn this war man dies from disease to every ten from bullets.
 For those of our fighting men who do not escape Scathless the govern meat under the soldier and sailor in- surance law gives protection to the wounded and their dependents and to the families and dependents of those who make the supreme sacrifice for their country.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18
Hubert Neighborn Writes Home.

 Camp Mills, Long Island, N. r, June
 2s, 1918.
 Dear Mother: Will drop you a few lines today, as am pretty much at leisure. Battalion Sergrant-Ma jor asked me if would clean up his type writer while he went to New York and saw the sights, and as didn't have anything else to do, thought I would do this.
 We stopped in Niagara, and saw the Niagara Falls. That was quite a sight. When we got to Milwaukee the whole city came near having a fit. They have-oh, just thousands of rail- roads, you know, and as we passed thru the yards every locomotive and everything else in the whole city turned whistles loose, and it came pretty near deafening me. It sure was some send-off. The 63rd Artillery paraded in Seattle, Wash, just com ing thru you know, and there were at least 100000 people turned out to see us. We were formed in columns of platoons of six squads each, and the regiment, in that formation. was 400 yards long. We paraded for about two miles right in the widest streets of Seattle, and the streets were lined up with people on both sides as far as we could see. Then we passed thru Chicago, but we didn't parade any more till we reached Rochester. N. r.
 They didn't know we were coming so we didn't get much of turnout.
 The people all along the line furn. ishea us with cigarettes and every. thlng else we wanted and a whole lot Of Junk we didn't want. When ar rived in Camp Mills I had IS pack. ages of cigarettes.
 i don't have any idea vet when we VIII leave. but before very long I an sure. l want to get to New York City before we leave and see some of ths sights. Of course. can see them as l come back thru. but I want to bs able to tell some of those German. what kind of a place New York is Tor figure on bringing few of then back alive with me.
 | One thing l want to impress upor your nlnd: You must not worry abou me Tor 1 gm in the safest branch ot the service. The heavy artillery i, always the safest. for we are iron hve to twenty miles hehind the lines and you know it takes pretty ZOO. shot to kill man that far away. s. eonf you worry, little mother O. mine
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18
IS AN INVESTMENT OF
 LIMITATIONS. NOT STATUTES
fBv Clio Harprl.


 The Common People, the -rzbble, '-the great throbbing heart of human ity." these are some of the terms that are heard frequently on the floor of the Constitutional Convention
 The old school of conservatives hold to the theory that the people, as rep resented by msjoritiss. are not to be depended upon in their aggregated wisdom, at all times. and that some times the people should be potected from themselves.
 Then, again. rnsre are the radical progressives. who set the people upon pedestal, declaring that the majority can never commit an error, and IS, therefore perfect ~in all good words and works" They hold that the ma jority is an infallibIe guide, and what ever the majority says is law and good law Between these two extremes, each of them falIscioas. it is the duty ef the convention. in the exercise of a more deliberate judgment, to de- eide upon that course which is neither radical nor unduly conservative. and that will enable the state to spread and develop and prosper
 Some of the members of the con- ventior have not awakened to the fact that a Constitution is an instrument of Limitations, and not of statutes. IL should prescribe what bounds are set to legislative enactment, but may not prescribe details properly left to the legislative function.
 The simplest Constitution is the broadest and most liberal, the Consti- tuition most readily understood by the layman is the one that will have the better chance of ratification when submitted to the people. Like the Gospel. 1t is to be made SO simple that a way-faring man, tho fool, need not err therein.
 For instance, three pages of print ed proposals are required to cover the creation and assign the duties of the Commissioner of Mines, Mining and Manufacturers, and the Commission CT of Agriculture, and prescribe their duties. Aside from the question of creating new offices and multiplying the cost of government to a point which the taxpayers will not tolerate, 1t is contended that the Constitution should not go further than to declare that there shall be certain officers, leaving it to the legislature to define their duties. It is the difference be- tween an elaborate and prolix Consti- tuition that will always be in the courts for construction, and the sim pie. direct unequivocal instrument that construes itself.
 The question should be, Docs the Constitution Prohibit ?" and not Does the Constitution prescribe ?" The distinction is fundamental and it remains to be seen whether this Con- vention will recognize that truth.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18
BRIEF AND BREEZY.

Americans will enter Russia by way of Berlin
 They asked for bread in Vienna and were handed a bullet.
 After the Marne and the Piave- Germany would do well to look to the Rhine.
 Austria begins to think that every little Alp has an Italian sharpshooter all it's own
 Americans are asked to reduce their beef ration to one and a half pounds week for each person To many of us that would mean an increased ra- tion.
 Nearly 10000 Greeks have been nlassacred in Macedonia, showing that the Turk is bowling for punishment more loudly than anybody else on earth with one exception.
 The hunting preserves of Ger many and Austria have been. dsnud- ed of game" says the Tageblatt. Meanwhile Outing announces that American wild fowl are too fat to fy north.
 Want Bolsheviki Recognized by the U. S." Headline. We do recog- nize them at times-and put them in jan. The local name is I. W. W.
 We don't take much stock in the re- port that the Kaiser ssmay force the Russians to fight for him" The Russian, under Bolsheviki tuition, has ceased to fight anybody-just murders the more intelligent people of the race.
 The University of Nebraska has busted three of it's professors because of lack of aggressive Americanism" in their attitude toward the war. We like that application of the phrase aggressive Americanism This is a time when there is no room for any other sort of Anaerieanisni.
 No wonder the Austrians, in the habit of running away from battle, do not take to the Italian "Arditi"-the brave men These hardy fellows. re- cruited from lower Italy and Sicily, rush on the foe with bayonet and knife and the Hun hasn't a stomach for either.
 We know a war enthusiast who has to ways of gazing the patriot ism of his neiehbors-what newspa- pers they read and what they throw away in the garbage can. Perfectly elemental. my dear Watson. as Sher- io.ck Holmes would say.
 It's aN right for kings tc stick tc- gether- but we observe that they're never ffound hanging around the bat flefront.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18
DISTRICT ss WENT ~ovER."
The following letter to Mir. R. Golf explains itself:

The following letter to Mir. R. Golf explains itself:
 Vandervoort, Ark, July Is, 1918. Mr. R. Golf, Mena, Ark.
 Dear Sir:-Ifi looking over the list of the districts that bought W. 8. s. I notice that you failed to report Dis trict No. 6s as over the top. We went over $60 and I think that we ought to have credit for it. Every man but one in the district was present and he bought stamp, and every man in the district bought stamps but one and he gave his reasons. If it is not asking too much of you I would be glad if you would have this published in this weeks issue of the Mena Star, and want to thank the people of District No. 6S for the patriotism shown by their presence and the pledges on June 28. We all worked faithful and in harmony and I sure was glad to know that our district went over the top.
 N R. Johnston,
 Secretary School Board.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18

Before completing it's work of forming a new Constitution for Ar kansas, the Constitutional Convention should consider the question of mak- ing our Agricultural schools as near self lf-supporting as possible In the state of Georgia these schools are said to be organized and managed and the cost to taxpayers is very little. In Arkansas with four separate intitu- tions, this burdn is quite heavy.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18
REPoRToRIAL TMAeNATIoN.


 The most cautious newspaper will,
 inevitably. fan victim at some time or efher. fa nis;nfornztion, or to the mental processes of some immature seribe.
 An example of this wss blzzoned on the first page of the Gazette last Saturday. and, considering all the cir runstances. some features of the ar ticle are right funny to Polk county folks IL all came about from Govorn- or Brough's interview with Ben Coughran. under sentence of death for the murder of Charles Kirkland uear Haston.
 The article, ih the beginning told sf the result of Coughran's @refec- tions" while awaiting execution Au- gust 23--and how these reflections had convinced him of the fallacy of Socialistic idezs--and how he told the eovsrDer of how Like fool, be- Eiered shen-"
 Right here. 1t just occurs to The Star. considering the story Coughran told of plans for wholesale murder, of intention to kin Sheriff Finger and ten CT twelve others, and then develop gangs, each to follow the same plans of murder and piIlage, that 1t was the defeat and capture at the first battle, and the consequent conviction and death sentence that had greater ef- feet on his mental attitude than any revolution resulting from areAec- tious. Such occurrences as these tend to make one realize that he has made terrible mistake somewhere.
 But to go on with the Gazette story. It says.
 But the sheriff of Polk county is
 one H. W. Finger, small man but
 one who is known in his county as a
 lighting poor soul.
 Talk about reportorial imagination, and here we have it.
 Poor ''littlev Henry Finger-"ight- ing poor soul" And those who have known him for years figured him at 6 feet tall, a fair sized man even in Arkansas, and about as jovial, good natured, peace-loving man as ever liyed--a friend to everybody, and never seeks fight and never fights unless the other fellow forces him to. It is only on special occasions that he even carries a gun.
 No, Henry Finger is neither small in statue nor in heart, and he is about as far from being known as a fight ing poor soul" whatever that is, as any man in Polk county. But he will fight if he has te, but man who fights him usually has had every pos. sible opportunity given him to do otherwise--all except to continue in ways unlawful.
 And there's another error in the; Gazette report;
 The Coughrans are not "unlettered" as the term usually is applied They are pretty smart fellows and write pretty good letters. They are not typical hill billies," as the Gazette man states--for the typical dwellers in Polk county hills are earnest, law abiding citizens, and are not follow CTS of the I. W. W, W. c. U., or any other anti-work, pro-German outlaw ".
 And there were a number of other funny" breaks in the Gazette article --all proving the first statement, that the most cautious newspaper will get easfoff eor,,effrna~
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18

Advice is said to be cheap and most people delight in prcsfering 1t at any and all times. Still there often is wisdom in taking counsel and consider ing suggestions. It might be suggest ed to our organic lawmakers now in session at Little Rock that they should ponder deeply before enormously in- creasing state expenditures, lest the
 people vote down the proposed new Constitution. In fact 1t is well to keep in mind that the entire work of the constitutional convention will come to naught if the product does not meet the approval of the voters.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18

4 New York authority is out with ( statement that the price of motor ears will soon go higher. Sure thing of course they will. That's the popu- lar thing nowadays. But in this par ticular line there's one great consola- tion--a whole lot of people don't have to worry about it. Walking was in use long before the cars came and is not all taken up.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18

The National Council of Defense is passing to the State Councils, and on down the line the proposal to use all its powers to curtail useless Christ mas giving, even going so far as to caution merchants not to Toad up" with such goods. This is a sensible move. even in normal peace times, and doubly so just now.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18

and disrespect of law Every law should be rigidly enforced until re pealed. Ererybo5y knows the evil of mob law, which is. in nine eases out of ten. direct result Of failure in achievement of laws or the statute hoo1r
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18

Uncle Sam has a million fighting
 men at the front, and more are go- ing every day. And something tells us there's bunch of German high lights over there whose habits of thinking are going to be revolution- ized between now and zero weather.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18

We have the greatest free people on the. earth. without doubt. In fact in some instances too much freedom is given our people. and too much lat itude given them, and our laws all lowed to become "dead letter. to nse common phrase. Our laws are but lightly enforced, and many of them not even given perfunctory en- foreennent~. An slais results in distrust
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18
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 Phone 31


for I am just as safe as l wouio " were at home under the bed.
 have taken out s5,000 insurance, so if I get wounded in action or 2, a. ..st other way for that matter, l wlh ss sss pension of s28.75 per month TOT ,ast v. rest of my life, and in case ges ~ nsr or something you will get Szs''o drs r month for 240 months, or ~ s' That equals S5,000. notb. We'll. am on guard, and nave ',J s,ox ing to to do for z4 hours ous .:,l g about a million calls. am sun .. bugler. and will be guess as lons h I stay in the army. But that woa as;se always. for the Germans are ssr. beaten on every front. and ! rec hpme fectly confident that l will pc ', sshe for Christmas dinner, ana .arrv ins Thanksgiving. So, don't yoa Rack mother Q, mine. for I am coming ssr Da to YOU. and will come back Dlsss ,,s,, better man that when last sam M. sd.
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The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18

The news from Washington indi- rates that the United States will join Arkansas in going @bone dry" after January I--until the end of the war. And if the war does not end soon the chances are we will get the habit, and stick to it.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-18

There has been much enthusiasm developed in Arkansas for the mill age" plan of supporting the State University and other educational in stitutions, the main plea being that such course would obviate the neces- sity of lobbying" for more money by the various heads of the institu- tions. On the face of things this looks good. but in some quarters there is a growing suspicion that the lobby ing for increased millage will be about as persistent and fully as per nicious as the old trouble After al the best cure for such troubles is to pick men of brains for lawmakers.