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The Brinkley argus., 1918-08-09
SOLD THE BUGGY FOUND THE ANIMALS FOUND THE LOST ROBE

The baby buggy advertised in last week ARGUS was sold in a few hours after the ARGUS was came out. Mrs. E. B. Eason saw 1t i'll the ARGUS and bought the buggy right now.
 Take out the ad-it found my mules over in Dark Corner" said J. L. Bradney, the Hunter rice rancher, who carried an ad in the ARGUS last week.
 Claude Askew of the L. K. Brown farm, rode up Wednes- day afternoon to show me the mare which the ARGUS found for him after two months of ad- vertising. He said: T believe the ARGUS is the best communi- ty paper I have ever known of and its worth is growing every day. l want the ARGUS to come .tos1fry- hone5every week z
 The fine buggy laprobe that was lost and advertised for in the ARGUS, by Thos. James of Fargo, was found by J. Jeffers of the Jeffers-Dry Goods Go. James said' the ARGUS is the most wonderful advertising medium I ever saw. 1 read it every week and 1t seems that everybody else in this section does also couldn't. do with out the ARGUS. /
 These are only a few of the finds of the past ten days. How any thinking man can afford to stay out of the ARGUS ad col umns, in the face of this positive proof of value. can't see.
The Brinkley argus., 1918-08-09
faith be 1t done unto you. :"

faith be it done unto you. 7"
 Health is very good at present and we are thankful for that How many of us are?
 Vim. Bryant and his brother George Bryant are carrying on Ia revival meeting at Park Grove, near Shiloh. Everybody is in- .vited
 We see that the call of Aug. 5th, claims from our neighbor- hood one among the best, Pleas Duke, but as many others are already filling places, so must he. Bye and bye, so must we.
 The startling figures show that, of the many millions of young men being called to service, only 5 out Of every 100 attend church at all and 1 out of 100 are professed christians. Is it any wonder that the parents of these boys who have been raising them in a haphazzard way. are now being drawn t. God by the shedding of their blood in this terrible war.
The Brinkley argus., 1918-08-09
A DRAFTED, MAN
 WRITES FROM CAMP
An Interesting Letter From One of the Boys Who Went Into Service
 Last Month.
39th Go. 10th Tr. B. Camp Pike, Arkansas.

39th Go. 10th Tr. B.
 Camp Pike, Arkansas.
 July 31, 1918. Editor Brinkley Argus:
 Brinkley, Ark.
 Dear Editor: Having experiences knowledge of which I believe will help make the home fires burn brighter, I'm writing you this letter of Camp Experience for the Argus.
 With the rest of the Monroe county boys we arrived on July 26th and were immediately given taste of quarantine. We were vaccinated for small poX and inoculated for typhoid following Sunday were about as sick a bunch as you ever saw, and sever al of our boys had to be sent to the hospital, and one of them, w. F. Temple, died, but he had other dis eaSes.x
 Got Ou sr'second shot" last Sunday and that night we parted company with our bad StOmachS.
 In the fhAaa4ime, between heaves, we had been lc&rning to pay "atten- tioh' and discipline, learning to do what we are told. to do. Must con- fess my eyes have been somewhat opened to tiac need of just what we are now getting I'm usFe that we are awakening to fhe facl that about the biggest tyrant for Us . conquer is SELF, and ii is some 6nht 10 win too. When we win this leSsan well we understand what obedience means, how we have to break away from having our own way, and l0y- ing pleasure altogether. When Uncle Sam gets thro training his millions of selfish, pleasure loving, thoughts less boys he will already have pre- pared for enjoying the victory that must be won by the putting down of opposition abroad. There can be no peace until the human hearts are cleaned and are impelled by love and justice. We must all alike realize that we are dependent on others and that when one violates the right of others that we all are effected. Yes sir, MT. Argus Man, this war is a blessing already for it is purifying the human family as fire does gold. Before we are thro we will under stand this better.
 But back to our daily routine We are glad now we are through with our our shots and are getting set tied. Nearly all are feeling the inn provement caused by Uncle Sam'S regularity and system of making and building up strong men. Our food is most excellent and when one re- ceives a cake from home it makes him feel ashamed to think how mother had to cut the home ratiOnS of flour down in order to doit. If they must send something it would be better to send candy, nuts, etc. kind words letters and words of cheer, etc, for our one thought is of home folks and our girls.
 One of our boyS-a Brinkley boy played us dirty Irish trick few days ago, picked up a pretty good case of measles and now we are under quarantine again. It was w.. Homewood of Brinkley who pulled the measles.
 Our tasks are not extra heavy, yet the constant steady grind and
The Brinkley argus., 1918-08-09
 Proper ludsenent.

There is soinetiines more sheer cour- age in the little bodysef4 gray squirrel han there is in the w'hole vast carcass of an elephant. An old. old story tells of a Sunday school lad who was asked why the lions didn't eat Daniel. His answer was. Because most of him was backbone and the rest of him was grit" It is the inside measurement Of d man that counts. We must judge by the moral and not the physical values whether he is strong.
The Brinkley argus., 1918-08-09
|AND JURY FINDS | NINETY:SK BILLS
Nor Felony and 79 for |,demeanors. Co After |ke Auto Tire Thieves ! ii.
 and Gamblers Strong

rcuit Court began the second ks grind Monday and the bd Jury finished a record king session on Wednesday, ng 96 indictments in two |a half days. L. K. Brown l foreman of the Jury and
 an expert Court Steno- 5her. MT. Albert Sexton. the work of the jury was made fble.
 e report of the Grand Jury led that there was a dlspo- on the part of some Monroe ty druggists and merchants blote the bone dry prohibib- laws by selling drink cam- be such as lemon extract certain drugs, a portion of In contained a mixture of kol. It is said that several F Grove people people were hded of trouble ahead unless
 was a cessation of trade ese "joy producing" fluids. said that some have been 5 a business which if Uncle gets a line on, will bring us trouble.
 s said that the Grand Jury
 in" and threw a few "hand bdes" into the prevailing bf amuSements among cer- members of the male popu- 4daWn in Cypress Ridge Iship, and that this line of
 willS probably come much er than Uncle Sam's new lax before it is oyer in the e indictment of several men Feallng auto castings is rath- |n unusual proposition and Is that the non-skids come even when you get lem othing. ,
 of the 96 indictments
 by the Grand Jury only WaS for murder that of
 charged with mur- g a farmer by the name of Ter, at Walkers Crossing Holly Grove.
 gre were F other felony
 some for theft, some for E whiskey. One of these
The Brinkley argus., 1918-08-09

News comes from Charley Adams that he has arrived safe ly in England.
 Cards were received in Brink ley this week telling of the safe arrival in France of Henry B. Cook and Amsey Caldwell, two more Brinkley boys.
 News comes from Newport News that Marvin McNeese and Manly Folsom have arrived there and are we'll and eagerly await ing orders to go across the seas.
 Mrs. Lena Salinger received a letter from her son, Leon, that he is across Jhe seas, Is we'll and has been contirually travelling for several weeks, which means he is with the boys novin9 to the front. Y
 Herman Glover is expected home Saturday from Camp Greer .ssf o4 d short furlough.
The Brinkley argus., 1918-08-09
Cypress Ridge Notes

This, another new week finds IS needing rain. Some one has failed to pray. We can see now how He said according to your
The Brinkley argus., 1918-08-09
Among the Soldier Boys

Under this head each week the ARGUS will be glad to print any items concerning any and all of the Monroe County boys who are in the service of their country in any branch. Please send in to the ARGUS such items for publication -Ed.)
The Brinkley argus., 1918-08-09
A LITTLE SERMON FOR TO-DAY

Be pc kind dnother--Eoh g
 She doeth little kndnesses
 Which most leave undone or despse
 For nought which sets one heart a ease,
 And giveth happiness peace,
 Is ow-eseemed Ii. her eyes
 J. kEBLE. vYYHAT was the secret of such ones power? What " had she done? Absolutely nothing, but radiant smiles, beaming good-humor, the tact of divn- ing what every felt and everyone wanted told that she had of self and learned think of others that at time showed itself in deprecang the quarrel which lowering brows and raised tones already showed be impending by sweet words at another by smoothing nvads pillow; another, by Soothing sobbing child at another by humorng and softening father who had who had returned weary and tempered from tine rrat- ing cares of business. None but she those things. None but loving heart could them. That was rha secret of her heavenly power The who will be found in trial capable of great of love the who is always doing considerable small
 E. w. ROBERTSON.
The Brinkley argus., 1918-08-09
How He Made It.

"Yes," said the millionaire. Il not only made hay when the sun shone, put I made it from the grass that grew under other peoples feet"
The Brinkley argus., 1918-08-09
Glass Shoppers.

GIdss olUppcTS. If glass stoppers stick, try greasias them.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
DECLARE EXTRA
 DIVIDEND FOR
 TRUST COMPANY

An extra dividend of one per cent. in addition to the regular quarterly dividend of one and one-quarter per cent. was declared at the annual meeting of the directors and stock holders of the Bridgeport Trust Co. today. It was the second extra divi- dend since last August, when the first was declared
 Following the reorganization of the board of directors the following off, cers were elected: President, Clinton Barnum Seeley; vice president, Egg bert Marsh; treasurer. Edmund H. Judson; secretary, Horace B. Marwin, and assistant secretary, H. L. More house.
 The executive committee was chosen as follows: c. B. seeley, W. J. Nich- ols. Egbert Marsh, R. s. Hineks. De- Yer H. Warner, B. D. Pierce, .Jr., A. M. Cooper and D. Fairchild Wheeler
 The board of directors, all re-elected, includes; J. Percy Bartram, A. w. Burritt, A. M Cooper, Frank Farrell, Jr, George s. Hill, R. H. Hincks, Charles E. Hoyt, Edmund H. Judson. William B. Leigh, Egbert Marsh. H. B. Merwin. W. J. Nichols. Charles A. Paul. B. D. Pierce, Jr.. E. Seeley, H. W Smith, Dever H. Warner, w R. Webster. D. Fairchild Wheeler, Hobart R. Wheeler and Bishop White.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09

Navigation has been resumed to a great extent on the Sound, but is as yet considerably -hampered by the large masses of ice which resemble icebergs in many instances. Excert for the very largest of the steamers the trip along the Sound is dangerous and shippers declare that they do moi care to risk their tugs until the ice is broken up to a greater degree.
 Upon his return from New Haven Captain T. E. Benedict, one of the oldest and best known skippers in Bridgeport, reported that the harbor in New Haven is absolutely ice bound with no immediate prospect of condi- tions being bettered-
 In speaking of the present situation Captain Benedict said: '%This is nos. itively the worst winter we have had since 1S41, which was made memor- able by the burning of the S. S. Tex ington, in the Sound. This was one of the most disastrous of marine ac- clients as out of the 243 souls ahna rd only two survived and they were so terribly frozen that it was a hard iob to keep a spark of life in them"
 All the coal docks are making fe- verish preparations to receive tbe huge amount of ocal which is only awaiting release from the ice which
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
BUTTONS BREAK PLEDGE MADE
 TO ALFONSO
All Wounded Saved Before Vessel Went to Bot tom But Three of Crew Lost Their Lives Craft Displayed Markings Required
 by Hague Convention.

London Jan 9-The hospital ship ReWa torpedoed and British channel Jan while her way from Gibraltar it is announced officially All the wounded were sav ed. There were three casualties among the
 She displaying all the lights and markings required the Hague convention She not and had not been with so-caled barred demed in the statement is sued by the German government on Jan 19, 1917"
 After making several charges of the misuse of hospital hips which denied specifically by the Entente concerned the Germans last year suspended the mmun y vessels in the English channel and certain other waters
 The British discontinued special markings of hospital ships ground that they merely rendered conspicuous thereby and liable to attack Last September King Alfonso Spain ntervened and succeeded in obtaining from the begrens for the free movement of hos pita1 ships within specified
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
COURT DECIDES
 AGREEMENT OF
 VESTS IS LEGAL

Decision for the plaintiff in the case of the H. J. Lewis Oyster Co against Lucy T. West and others, suit to compel the performance of an agreement, has been handed down by Judge Howard J. Curtis of the Superior Court The form of the decree to be entered in the case is to be agreed on by counsel before it is signed by Judge Curtis.
 This suit involved an agreement between H. !. Lewis and Pehr F West regarding the disposition Of dock property at the fool of Penn broke street, and was originally made in 1888. between the two individuals. It was in effect that if the West doeH was ever to be sold Lewis was to have first option Of purchase at a fixed price.
 , Both Capt. Lewis and Capt. West lave since died and their interests nave passed into the hands of otE CTS. Mrs. West became possessed jlf the dock property in question, oz- cred it to the Lewis Oyster Go. at }rice in excess of that ag eed upon. md when the company failed to purchase, it was leased for sS years to other parties.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
RESUME WORK RAISING
 COAL BARGE MOHAWK:
 ICE JAM IS CLEARING

Bridgeport shipping men look for complete resumption Of navigation, both in the Sound and the harbor within the next few days and are watching the change of wind with keen interest, in the hope that it will break up the ice jam in the neck of the Sound, thus releasing the thous- ands of tons of coal and oil which are held in New York by the arctic con- ditions prevailing.
 The inner harbor has been practic- ally cleared of ice and is in a much better condition than the harbor at New Haven, which is reported as be- ing frozen solid. Tugs are undergo ing repairs after their battle with the ice and will be in trim to help bring in the fuel which is so badly needed by local plants.
 Weather conditions were so favor able today that work of raising the sunken steam canal barge Mohawk was resumed and so far about 1900 bags of Portland cement have been taken out of the vessel which lies submerged in deep water near the dock of the Wheeler & Howes Coal O.. Four divers are at work re- moving the 5000 bags of cement, and they report the cargo total loss, but expect to have the boat raised and in service within a very short while
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
AFIRE
 WOMAN IS BADLY
 BURNED IN HOME

Mrs. Anna -Dorsch of 553 Maple street is at the Bridgeport hospital suffering from severe burns received shortly after 1 o'clock today at her home when her clothing caught fire as she was lighting a gas stove. Her condition is dangerous, on account of her age, 54 years, and her previous physical condition. She was taken to the hospital in the ambulance by Dr. $. I. Aranki.
 Mrs. Dorsch was preparing dinner for members of her family and was lighting the gas stove in the kitchen There was an explosion and her clothing caught fire. Her son, who was nearby, smotloered the flames with blanket, but not before nearly all of her clothes had been burned off, and she was burned over almost her entire body. A hurried call was sent in for the ambulance
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
CONNOR SUICIDE IS ATTRIBUTED
 TO ILL-HEALTH

Thomas Connor, a lodged at IF Burroughs street, was found dead in his room at that address shortly be- fore 1 o'clock today, with indications tEat he had committed suicide by gas poisoning. Connor has been ill since Christmas, had not been able to work, and despondency is believed to be the cause of his act.
 When people in the house s.nelled the esca ping gas his room was broken open, and he was found in a chair. che shoe and one stocking off, but otherwise fully dressed. The globe upon a chandelier pendant from the ceiling had been removed and the mantle of the fixture was broken, the gas esca ping. Report Of the case was made to Medical Examiner S. M. Gar lick, and he will make an investiga- ticn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
HOE GEN DERIDES YANKEES
Max Plays a Joke on New Haven Vigilantes by Tying German F lag on Door of Post Office and Sticking Out His Tongue.
Special to The Times)

New Haven, Jan. 9-MaXimil- ian Von Hoegen, the young lawyer who boasted that he had been a spy in the service of the Kaiser at the Remington Arms plant in Bridgeport, will be sought with redoubled zeal.
 Max and his bloody nose dis appeared from New Haven folz lowing an unexpected visit from his neighbors. Today a large German flag was taken to po- lice headquarters by a man who said he found it tied to the door of the post office. Printed on it in large letters was the follow ing:
 Compliments of one Ger man whom it took 30 U. s. hogs to whip. Deutschland uber alles. M. Won Hoegen.''
 The police say they have no infor- nation about the flag except that given by the man who brought it in. They are inclined to treat it as a joke. Post office officials know nothing about it.
 Won Hoegen is the young lawyer who because of his pro-G German ut- terances was thrashed by a delega- tion of citizens last Saturday night and was made to retract his disloyal | statements. He disappeared soon afterward and is now sought as a fugitive from justice by federal agents. His disappearance became known Monday night when federal officers went to his home to arrest him,
 Won Hoegen operated a German spy system in this city at both the Remington Arms and Remington M. c. Co. plants. He has confessed that while employed by Von Bern storff and von Papen he obtained in. | formation for the enemy at the Rem. tngton Arms plant through being ac- 1 tually employed himself. He wa: trailed by detectives employed by the plants for a long period and papers i containing much valuable informa. l tion obtained in Bridgeport, were found in his desk
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09

BreaLhless, he burst through tine door of the telegraph station and frantically waved the signal man to flag the passenger train. His action was not accomplished with any too great dispatch and the train was stopped in the nick of time. Conger then summoned the sheriffs of New town and Sandy Hook and an investi- gation immediately commenced.
 The bridge is one of the finest in the state of Connecticut and from commercial standpoint one of the most important. Immense freight trains in great numbers daily pass over it, although few passenger trains cross it in the day. Its inn portance to the government and the road resulted in a guard of state mi litiamen being assigned to watch it's approaches at the beginning of the war and for the last three weeks members of the Home Guard have been assigned to it's approaches, do- ing 24 hour duty.
 Conger last night was standing at the Sandy Hook approach of the bridge and in the darkness thought he saw something on the tracks of the structure. He walked up the tracks and was startled to find the iron beam and bars securely wedged beneath between the rails over which the passenger train has to pass.
 Being thoroughly acquainted with the running time of the passenger train, which carries about 50 girls daily from the Normal school in Dan bury to their homes in Waterbury and | other way stations, he knew that he had little to spare in saving the lives of the girls and other passengers.
 After Tagging the train Conger as sisted the authorities in their inves- tigation. He asserts that when he assumed the post he saw no one lott ering about the scene and could give no clue which would lead te the dis covery of the identity of the would l be wrecker and his arrest.
 County Sheriff Simeon T. Pease, ar irving at the scene, stated that In his opinion a deliberate attempt had been made to wreck the train and hurl it into the waters of the river | below. He has not the slightest clue which would lead to the apprehen- sion of the guilty parties.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
NO COAL
 FOR USE
 HOMES
Fuel Board Will Not Again Ask U. S. to Aid In Obtaining Supply for Factories - Re quests in the Past Have Been Ignored.

Government promises having failed utterly due to the made guate railroad transportation and unnavigable waters, the Bridgeport domestic and indus trial coal shortage has assumed renewed damaging stages. The city is practically without coal, the shortage in anthraciate coal alone being approximately 4O,- 1000 tons, while the industrial supply needs at least 50,OO0 ions immediately to keep in- Ednstry active.
 The Bridgeport Fuel Administra- ton has abandoned attempts to get | factory coal leaving that end to the joint civic and industrial committee snOw waiting on officials in Washing ton The committee is striving to sup ply the hundreds of "distress'' cases, gdependfng upon the assistance of the SAnerfcan Brass Co., because the sup fp1kes held by the 16 retail dealers 3haTe dWtndEed to Jess than 100 tons. L The true status of the situation was revealed by Chairman Carl F. Sic :J1l1On, who in an interview with The Times today said: ~.EIHe normal con- sumption of coal fin the month of December for this-cfty is about 30, 900 or S5, ,000 tons Records show only J2eD00 tong were receiyed. The nor F1naI consumpton for the present month is approximately B, 900 itonS and n0ne to speak of has Ebeen Eecef1ed- The prospects of get Sffng coal in any quantities this month AMre veEy pooE.''
 6iemon pEeviousfy predicted that ! tkfde 6hOrtage would continue through } s:Tannary and February and present Indications are that the prediction SVfu be borne out. The local admin f5strator is seeking relief from every source and in his statement today sEaid, "Even the promises for relief have eeased.-
 The American Brass Go. has vol untarily agreed to furnish supplies o1 hard coal and its first results were shown yesterday when three carloads were given for the relief of the tovr of Fairfield. Company officials prom tse they will give as much help as pos sibie.
 The 50 carloads of soft coal. whicI The Times discovered had lain on sid ings near Derby for six days, hay, been assigned to 25 towns and ham lets in Connecticut according to Chair man Siemen, who investigated tn matter.
 Because of the small percentage O Hon-essential factories in this cit Chairman Siemon will not take actiol in regards to enforcing conservation il that direction.
 Arrangements for a supply of WOO were being completed today and it i expected several thousand cords wi be ready for distribution before tn week ends
 W. F. Severn, having returne from his investigation tour in Detroi and Cleveland, returned to this cit last night and will make a report t j the Manufacturers association to i night. Information obtained by Sev E ern is not expected to be of muc q benefit to the Bridgeport situation. H l finds the supplies of those cities are 5 little ahead of Bridgeport, but dis tribution methods are practically tn
 same, except that the police in thos
 cities take 8 more active part.