The Springdale news., 1918-09-13
STATE NEWS ITEMS
By Clio Harper

:
 Aside from the millions of money h ,Fkich | has found an avenue 0f e1- pressioH. t is found primarily in the expenditure of cur man-power. It is estimated that we have 7e 600 of the men and boys of Arkansas actually Hn54r arms. and when the men af The neW draft are inducted into service. "a they may be called, probably some t5n2a In October. there will be more than I06 GOO of them. And they are gong with q spirit of patriotic devo- f5aH that pYrsages III for the kzIsrr and his hordes of barbarians Ther are
 several thousand Of them already on tbe fighting front, and the names aI
 Arkansas soldiers appearing In the daily casualty list indicate that they are ii the thick of things Others are in training camps in America and in England.
 Not only are the Arkansas people giving extensively of its men, the heart blood Of our people lad upon the alter of human liberty, the best Of our manhood offered freely for world democracy, but millions lH money ls belng given for war activities or IT. vested m Government securities, and HAEE4 IEEEEtIA NfAhA 2S AAsA#F As - HA-#A#HH ' met
 Ne conserve food and fuel,-Bha has nat done so during the last two years Ne deny ourselves many things that are needed by the Govern ment. and often we find that We gel along just as well or better. There $ u0t war activity of any kind. sanctioned by the proper authorities. . ha 1 response Of a people who have only ] begun to learn the arJ of giving.
 T. Is easier today to secure con frbdtioA of a million dollars iH Ark ansas than II would have been fIEs i years aR6 u secure an investment of i Si69 1od in gllt-edged industrial l project
 The hearts of the people of Arkan- SIS have been opened as never before i b the needs of the world The cry 0f ] humanity has been heard. The e1t3= zenship Of Arkansas is closer bound l than ever before into band of bro- thers devoted to a common cause. 1 Class distinctions were never strongly defined in Arkansas, as in the older states. but they have been almost 1 bE the peasant poet of Scotland. that Hhuiis obfIterated. The war has den 8astrated truth enunciated long ago i mans man for 8 that IHz 4ar has proven tO be great ieEelef l War-ta.es are war demands 0f al kinds bear with Q proportionate weight upon the poor and rich. i the humble and the exalted The zoH l of the millionaire lumberm4n keeps step with the son of the man who stokes his fathers boilers, and the wealthy mans Sl00 goes into the sane l treasury with the day labor's dollar
 The spirit of Arkansas is a aeR and l allzeanquering spirit which VI n9t expend itself in this wal When
 peace is established that there maf be Ha war. when the munitIoH plants aEs devoted to the industries os peaee. when the hundred thousand meH. eE all but an immortal and valiant feA5 eetarn ta their eland n u.4npE Rhen the people of the state realise ] that they have invested Ig the safest 1 securities on earth millions #ft5tif5
 az q reserve. when the world N4Il dc mand as never before the inrz ha1sz
 tible supply of raw materials within 8ar borders, theP will the Arkansas spirit manifest itself as never before Arkansas has not been 6 self seeker l H this emergency. l. has only ore Tts duty. as al loyal citizens ot tiae HatgH have been expected, and aa*= 1 done Bur d reflex influence has come from | that Is bearing rich tru1t IT the =sSt.mati0n ii which Ark
 ansas is held by the people of other l states. particularly of the North afd East, where the state has 0eeu mIz i represented and misunderstood The Spirit 5f Arkansas has com anu | ls a new. glrlle ilfe-gIVlh-. u0 lifting spirit. Wi.h which all az
 catching step
 The Farmers Giye-a-B ashel Aaz Faad. ofgn3ted by Irs C N EiiCtt
 8f RIsnh. has proven to be great
 success. Already II $ est mated that
 $409 100 has been raised in actual money gr pledges of "one bushel of
 the most productive crop ir the com manity of the donor Sotwith-
 standing the drouth, Mrs. Eliiot esti- mates that t will be possible te raIse one m il4au dollars, which is to be eoH- tributed t0 the rehabilitation 5f the disabled soldiers and sailors ef America and the allied nations
 The first order affecting the tele- Hnu8e service of the state since the Government took over the control of the telegraph and telephone companies of the country N.as received hefe last Reek By the management of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Com. pany.
 A order from Director Rnriesoa &az received that hereafter Ihe com paHg shat. charge au installation fee af s where the monthly rentai .s = 0r.ess. Si0 E here II is between S2 ast g., and SIS where II IS S4 0r more TAz mraus that the charge ter s2= sta..ane aB office phone in Liet.e= Rock N3li + SIS and 8 residence phoHa SD The oFder apples to the whole state
 Fre nous to this order ua oIn- p4nY had been charging S3.3J for in sfatiat5oH, and eye'i that gad been hisaeht ato question by some og the pafr8-=. who had "ssde a protest 1oI the fy Council arainst t. l. Nds the ap]aiun of some cf the CdDneilmen that the company was eye eed,ng I fran ase 8ghts in making even that charge, hut | Is now and entirely dif ferevt sturs
 The Government, in taking over the Ines = communication. agrg et 10 maitaiH the dividends above operat- ing eatseIsse and ''iere must be seffI- eleat FeHerue to do s4
 Tae Educational aathorites 8t the state are preparing t0 take the fullest adYaaf#age as the f1rds ayaftasl= lI= der lhe Saith Hughes Act. appiat ei by Compress Feb %. 1917 It vas not
 intended aa war measure. ka4ias been contemplated several years, but t is q measure that IS most oppor- tune for me rehaoll tation of the l nation after t has passed through the 1 throes Of war
 t makes liberal appropriations to pay the salaries of teachers and sup