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The Carlisle independent., 1918-07-25

trade to the concern that lives up to these standards.
 This is the reputation that has made McCraly X Co. so popular as a trading place in Lonoke and so well known for miles around it's location Their large stock includes everything needed in the section, from heavy farming implements to the smallest tools and everything for the home and table, including dry goods and fur nishings for men, women and chil- dren. They also handle a large va riety of farm products for the far
The Carlisle independent., 1918-07-25

terest. J. VI. Gates, becoming presi- dent; Y. 4. Gates, secretary and treas urer and Elias Gates drector. The company does general merchandising business and their stock comprises everything needed in the home on the farm and plantation and it as complete in many respects in its various depart ments, as will be found in the large cities.
 In their ladies ready to wear depart nent they carry the very latest crea- tions in fabrics and styles and their line of millinery, embraces the latest designs from Broadway. In fact so Tzealously do they look after the inter- tests Of their patrons that they show the latest creations in ladies garments and millinery simultaneously with the houses in the metropolitan cities.
 Tn mems clothing they carry the most exclusive makes, patterns and fabrics to be found in the state made by the best manufacturers in the United States. They have created Inew department in this line, covering
 military uniforms and supplies Here they make any style or quality of gar 'raent desired for military purposes.
 In every department of their store from piece goods to notions and from ready to wear garments for the whole family to staple articles, their stock
The Carlisle independent., 1918-07-25
McCRARY & COMPANY
Established Forty Six Years and Has Been Leader
 The General Merchandise Line During That Time
Farm 1900
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In neighborhood where there are many business houses of the same character, there has to be sound req sons for the success of any one man. smong the facts that count chiefly with the public arc rcaso-ab-e p.ices and reliable goods and when these rules are maintained, there is every prospect that patrons will soon req lize it and give their confidence and
The Carlisle independent., 1918-07-25

mers.
 This business was established in 1872, by W R. McCrary, the father of W W. McCrary, who has managed it's affairs for the past 20 years and has built it up to it's present large proportions. The building is owned b5 the concern and consists of two connecting store rooms covering a space of 5o by 1oo feet Every part
The Carlisle independent., 1918-07-25

and strict business methods have brought the house . large patronage. He is a 32nd degree mason and Shriner and democrat and, although aspiring to no political office, he has been prevailed upon to aocep5 the office of mayor a 5our dfferent mes and has filled that position to tts en- tire satisfaction e tas aieizens. He is president of the Lonoke County
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-08-29
Chance Tip Starts
Boy in Paying Business
Remark Of Grocer to Customer Sets
Him to Thinking and He Soon
Gets Busy.

New York.-A boy whose back yard
grew horseradish so abundantly that it
was necessary to dig some of it up and
destroy 1t, happened to hear a grocer
remark to a customer that his supply
of horseradish was exhausted and that
he was unable to secure a sufficient
S pply for his trade. The boy saw his
opportunity. and before he left the city
had secured the promise of number
of grocers to take dozen jars of
horseradish, and more If 1t proved sat-
isfactory, and he also invested in
case of 200 glass jars and package
Of printed labels.
"The labels read 'Bigelow Bros I
thought the Bros looked much better
than my lone name." he said. His
younger brother had been taken into
the firm without consultation, it being
a quick move. "WelI," he continued,
my brother was willing, and we start
ed out and dug horseradish until we
belt; we'd we had dug enough to fill the
jars. The next move was to thorough.
ly clean it, and then we started in
with the graters and filled the 200 jars.
AS to the ingredients which went into
the first lot and each lot since must
not tell, as that information belongs to
the firm, but l will say that vinegar
is generally used, and only the best
vinegar obtainable is advisable.
"Our jars were packed in cases hold
ing one dozen each and shipped to the
merchants whose names l had pro-
cured, and in a surprisingly short time
results were forthcoming, to the end
| that we were receiving more orders
than we could fill. To add to our pre-
| dicament, the supply in our garden had
given out and that in our neighbors'
| yards was tending that way. By aut-
umn of the following year we were
| writing letters to the effect that the
demand has overtaXed the capacity of
our factory and it was then that we
came to see the need of making horse
radish a cultivated crop.
THAT fall we planted as many
| healthy roots as we could obtain
throughout the neighborhood and set
them out. We placed them about two
feet apart, choosing this distance more
with an idea of running the cutivlator
through it than aything else. 1t came
up we'll the next spring and we gave ii
the care allotted to the other farm
crops, and the result has justified the
efforts. We now have our regular Gus
toners and grow enough horseradist
during the summer to keep us busy
much of the winter preparing it fol
market.
"The demand for horseradish Ii
good, and 1 dare say the supply ha'
never equalled it, but it is not wha
1t might be and would be if NOR
people gave it trial."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-08-29
Have Been Cared for Produce Good Fleece
Time to Start the New Flock

the ewes through fall and winter will
also render a beginner more capable
Of attending to them at lambing time.
1t Is seldom possible to buy any con-
siderable number of bred ewes at rea-
sonable prices.
War has given the sheep and wool
industry a tremendous task, making
sheep raising patriotic as well as a
profitable undertaking. Sheep require
little bread grain, and as wool and
mutton are in strong demand, the de-
velopment of the industry will con-
tribute materially to the Nations food
and clothing supply.
Wool has about trebled in price, and
the price of lambs has about doubled.
The gross annual returns from ewes
of breeding age may be expected to
range from $S to SIS head, depend
ing upon the percentage of lambs
raised, the weight of the fleece, and
the value of these products.
Several million acres of land in the
United tSates produce good summer
feed for sheep. but are not graZed al
present. Efforts should be made to
secure the most economic use of every
acre.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-08-29
SAVED BY A CIRCUS STUNT
Last Escape from Death Due to Head
Balancing Act.--Nail in
Throat

Medora, Ill.-Henry Blair, cement
worker and plasterer, known locally as
a modern Achilles because Of his ap-
parently charmed life, was almost
strangled one day this week when
lath nail lodged in his throat as he was
mailing laths on ceiling.
Equal to the demands of the situa-
ton, Blair dislodged the intruder by
performing head-balancing act and
using his fingers as throat probe as
his legs steadied him in his upturned
position alongside the wall. He suf-
fered no ill effects.
Blair possesses charmed life, his
friends say. He first fell from two
story factory building in Granite City,
ILL.,, alighting on sand pile, and was
uninjured. Later he was struck by a
fast freight at a road crossing in Me-
dora and was only slightly hurt. He
then broke all records for long-distance
jumping by catapulting 104 feet down
hillside without injury.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-08-29
GOVERNMENTS MOVIE SHOWS.
Department Busy Turning Out Varied
Educational Films.


Educational Films.
The department Of agriculture keeps
up special motion picture factory
at which 1t makes the films 1t uses
in promoting scientific farming. The
department heads use the films to il
lustrate lectures, and the field force
shows them at country schoolhouse3
and churches. where they have invari-
ably attracted large and interested
audiences. Even before the factory
was set up various bureaus of the de-
partment made use of films in 'educat-
ing the public. Thus, the bureau Of
animal industry had a special film to
show southern farmers how to make
and use the dipping vats that would
free their herds of ticks. 1t also
showed films that illustrated the cor
rect ways of handling meat, breeding
cattle and raising poultry.
The good roads division and the
forest service have made similar ef-
fective use of motion pictures.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-08-29
NEVER WEARS A HAT;
PRANS CONTINUALLY
Aged Man obeys to the Letter Biblical
Command, Even as He
Goes About.

Aged Man obeys to the Letter Biblical
Command, Even as He
Goes About.
Lincoln, Neb.-An aged man with no
hat upon his head and Bible con-
stantly in his hand is to be seen daily
on the streets of College View, a SUBJ
urb of Lincoln, the seat of the Seventh
Day Adventists College of Nebraska.
The man is attempting to obey the bib
ical command to pray without ceas-
ing"
Occasionally he leaves the streets of
the village and the college campus and
wanders to the Fairview farm of w. j.
Bryan, not far away. praying aloud or
silently as he walks. He is known to
nearly everyone and few molest him.
Mentally he is alert, and no one has
seen fit to question his sanity.
In order to follow literally the teach
ings of the Bible he says, one must
constantly have prayer upon his
lips. This prayer must not be a cold,
formal affair-it must come from the
heart and be said with all fervor and
earnestness. The desired result will
not be obtained unless the hat is re.
moved and it therefore follows one
must go about bareheaded at all times.
Long past middle age, but vigorous
and in good health, the devout follower
of the scriptures for four years has
practiced his hobby. Neither the cold
est day of winter nor the hottest day
of summer can induce him to cover his
head.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-08-29

1t is less than score of years since
the first heavier-than-air machine sue
cessfullv carried passenger into the
air. 1t is less than fifteen years since
the art of controlling such craft was
impaired by the inventor to another,
yet today aircraft have been standard
ized and factories turn them out with
the ease that motor car builders pro
duce their product.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-08-29

Sheep husbandry on farms can do
much to relieve the threatened made
Quacy of the wool production in the
United States. The farmer who will
start and care for a new flock this
fall will have "a patriotic part in
meeting the country's need for more
wool to equip our soldiers and sailors.
Late summer or early fall is the
most favorable time to make q start
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-08-29

Attempts at removing the green tops
of potatoes on the assumption they do
tract from tuber development have
proved it a poor plan, and in the ma
jority of cases where records were
kept the topped potatoes produced the
poorest tuber crop weight, though in
some instances the potatoes were
larger
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-08-29

The .ttention
October IBIS II IL felt they
send
one
first
Rev.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-08-29
CLOTHE A SOLDIER

Start a new flock now and
clothe soldier boy for Uncle
Sam. Twenty sheep, at least,
are needed to provide wool for
his hat, his shirt and socks, his
underwear and blankets. How
many boys are you going to
keep warm?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-08-29

in sheep raising. Ewes can be pro-
cured more readily at this time, and
when purchased can be kept on mead
ows, grain, stubble fields, or late sown
forage crops. to get them in good con-
dition for breeding. Experience with
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-08-29
HAWK WOULD NOT BE A PET
Wounded Bird chases captor and Has
To Be Killed.

Wounded BIRD Chases Captor and Has
To Be Killed.
Horton, Ky.-Dr. Heptig took Joe
Lindsay, Frank Dorel and Ed. Davis
out on hunting trip and, coming
home, Davis shot a hawk, Gripping
one wing SO the bird couldn't fly. He
brought it to town with the idea of
making a pet out Of it, but the hawk
thought different.
1t chewed up everything 1t could
reach in Luebe's drug store, and when
Ed took it out in the street it chased
him half block. The bird had five
foot stretch of wing, and was SO wild
and fierce it had to be killed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-08-29
MAY DIE FROM INDIGESTION
Big Black Snake Gets Himself into a
Sorry Fix.

Phoenix, Ariz.-By swallowing a
glass nest egg, crawling through a
knothole into another nest and swal-
lowing second egg of the same COM
position, huge black snake effectual-
ly trapped himself in the chicken yard
of Hagan Woma ,k, 13-year-old Phoe-
nix boy. Young Womack found the
snake partly in one nest and partly in
the other, unable to go backward or
forward. He spill. the board and now
has the snake in box with two great
Jumps showing where the glass eggs
are resisting the reptilian digestive ap-
paratus.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-08-29
STRANGE STORY OF TWO JOHNS
Their Lives Surely Controlled by the
Same Star of Fate.

Potter, Kan.-John Deveney and
John Delaney were born in the same
month, both were born in Ireland, both
were octogenarians, both were pio-
neers and lived on adjoining farms,
settling here about the same time, both
died within the same week, both leave
four children. Thus coincidence ruled
the lives Of the two mon. They were
not related.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-08-29
SUNDAY SCHOOL NOTES
SEPTEMBER 1.

Lesson Title: Chr stan Giving.
Lesson Text: Luke 6:30-38; 21:1-4.
Golden Text: Remember the words
of the Lord Jesus, he himself said,
1t is more blessed to give than to
receive. Acts 20:35.
Giving is the greatest sport in the
world, when once you have learned
the game. Begin early in life and
you will not have so much pain when
you are older. Too many children
are not taught to be generous. They
are taught to be thrifty. To buy
thrift stamps is almost religion
with some people. They forget it is
simply a good investment, duty
to be sure but not an evidence Of
generosity.
Mrs. Ballington Booth has told how
as a child she used to play with a
toy Noah's Ark. She and her 9TH
ers and sisters arranged the sound
animals and marched them safely
into the ark, but all animals with
broken legs, all headless birds, ETC.,
were laid aside. After time had been
allowed for the deluge, they built an
altar and offered as sacrifice these
MANNED animals that were useless in
their play. Children sometimes
think of giving in much this same
way. Their outgrown and cast off
garments may be handed over to the
Salvation Army or put into the mis-
sionary box; their broken toys may
be given to the washerwoman's chill
dren; but the WORTHWHILE things
they keep for themselves.
Did you ever stop to think that
there are great many false widows
(some of them being men), who are
masquerading around the world?
They are the folks who tell you
their gift is small, yet even 'the
widows mite" will help! Yes, small
gifts will help and they are not de-
spised by Him who sits over against
the treasury observing our offerings
But the real widows mite" can only
consist of all we have to give! False
widows are those who cover up OF
excuse small gifts by claiming the
honor which came to her who gave
all her living!
Tithing may be only an Old Testa.
ment institution, but who would ad
init there was less responsibility un.
der the Christian regime? | have
found help and happiness in tithing
even when personal obligations tC
others compelled REIMBURSEMENT o
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-08-29
Hear Rev. DR.. Allen
in these Timely Talks on
Living the Greatest Life .
and read the note below
which tell how you can
secure a booklet giving
the complete series.

the plan. Duties do not conflict.
Most of us lack system in our giving.
We think we give more than we real
ly do. We are bound up in the
memory of past gifts-like the man
who once gave SIS to pay for one
foot of frontage on church lot and
therefore refused. forty years later,
to make any gift for present needs.
There are folks who refuse to make
any regular weekly pledge for the
church they attend on the ground
that they always put in something
when they are there. But the point
is they aren't there regularly and
the church expenses 20 on Just the
same every week.
Let us thank God for the great
campaigns for giving which we have
had in the past four years. They
have been blessing and discipline.
They have taught us thrift and
brought us joy. at is more blessed
to give than to receive" Woe unto
us if we cannot assent to all the divi-
you cam" cried John Wesley in one
VI ,lllo OuluOOl lAIilCH!
exclaimed a thrifty man. 'In the
second place." said Wesley, save all
you cam" Again the man cried en-
Enthusiastically, "Amen!" "And in the
third place say" continued Wesley,
give all you can. Give all you can
to every worthy cause" There
now," walled the disappointed man,
"he's gone and spoilt it allp
We ought all to enjoy and prac-
tice this good story from The Youths
Companion: Mind, Peter, that your
pockets are your best friends; mind
/ we weel the comm oot. Let DOT
every penny that starts for good
purpose, and ye'll watch it scamp
erin AVA wi pleasure. Gle coax
an liftin' hand to the saxpences
if they're hangin' back when the
poor1 an needy call upon them, but
take We tight grip on your pockets
and button them up an stick pins in
them, if We feel the pennies peepin
oot Mt temptation an sinful things.
I'D hae pocket for everything
I'd hae pocket for eatin' an livin'
a pocket for clothes, pocket fol
! books, a pocket for savin's, and 9
balance-pocket for what was left
over from the ither pockets. An It
hae a pocket for the poor. If {
pracin', rantlin' penny was klein
up row in my pocket, an waitin
to get DOT for extravaganza or sinfu
use, I'd just take it DOT and cram i
down well in my pocket for the poor
an make it do good whether it woult
7 or no."
II called to the fact that these notes
on LIVING THE GREATEST LIFE
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-08-29

Everybody needs frock for gen.
eral wear and this one is very smart
and distinctive looking with it's turn
over collar of beige georgette. Navy
blue Poiret twill fashions the frock,
and the skirt and bodices are elab-
orately braided. a touch Of beige Is
present at the belt.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-10-24
OPPOSITION IS, GREAT
Yanks Are Met With Violent Shell
Fire at All Points.

London. Oct. 24-tBritish admiralty
wireless).-A Times correspondent
with the American forces says. in a
dispatch to his newspaper today. that
it would be difficult to eXa ggerate the
violence of the opposition which the
First American army is meeting be-
tween the Meuse and the Argonne.
Indeed, slow as the progress is,
he writes, cit is quite remarkable
when all the circumstances are taken
into consideration. Little by little the
American divisions are pushing for
ward and both at Grand Pre- and east
OF Landres they can safely be said to
have preached the kriemhilde posi-
ton.
ION the left the American front
around Grand Pre- there is constant
heavy artillery firing and vicious ma
chine gun resistance. More to the
right, Romagne, Sous, Montfaucon,
Cunei, Ciegges and Mantillois are kept
continually under heavy lombard
ment by the enemy who is using a
good deal Of gas along the roads be-
hind the American lines.
"On the east bank of the Meuse
there is greater infantry activity and
enemy patrols are continually harass-
ing and counter attacking. 1t is quite
evident that Ludendorff and the Ger
man general staff have ordered this
part of the line to be held at all costs
and that reinforcements are continu-
ally being thrown in against the
mericanS'
The Topeka state journal., 1918-10-24
"DR." MITCHELL NOW
Crane Influenza Ad Has Given New
Title to Topekan.

Crane Influenza Ad Has Given New
Title to Topekan..
EVERY place go today it is Doc
tor Mitchell" Charles L. Mitchell.
secretary and sales manager of Crane
& Company said this afternoon after
undergoing a series of PROFESSIONAL
questioning on the streets and at the
Chamber of Commerce. following his
influenza preventive advertisement in
the State Journal last evening.
= II have had scores of telephone calls
from. persons whoi said they appre-
ciated the advice we ran in the State
Journal ad because it was simple and
Inexpensive"
=. Mr. Mitchell spent yesterday in
Kansas City. mo more Kansas City
for me until this epidemic passes" he
declared. THE ticket sellers. the
street car employees. the police, clerks
in the stores. bankers-every one is
wearing flu masks. 1t is almost un-
canny to visit the town. There is a
real panic there over the influenza
spread and they are taking every
means to stamp it out
Topekans returning from Chicago
tell the same tale. Travelling on pas
senger trains has ceased except for es-
sentia1 business. The flu epidemic has
taught people a lesson, severe as the
teaching may have been. =
The Topeka state journal., 1918-10-24
FOUR MORE DEAD

Continued from Page One)
says that in st. Louis they are man
aging to take care of the epidemic
very well. but it looks as if Kansas
City were going to need outside help
Forty-eight Hospital Patients.
There are forty-eight patients in
the hospital this morning. AHho there
have not been SO many requests at the
office of the public health department
for entry into the emergency hospital
in the last few days, this morning the
force was preparing rooms for nine
new patients.
An Eskridge minister, who has had
two years study ina medical college
and understands medical matters
which will make him of great value
to the staff. this morning came to
work for the emergency hospital, He
was not sure but that the epidemic
was dying out and that his aid would
not be needed. HoweveTvhe was as
sured that there would be work for
him.
The elevator at the city hall by or
der of Commissioner w. l.. Porter, is
not allowed to carry but three passen-
gers at time. And in the registration
office conducted by the city clerk only
ten people are permitted at one time.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-10-24
A. TASTE OF WINTER
continued from Page One,

fontinued from Page One.)
heavy frosts here, but no killing
frosts. It has been a most. unusual
mo nth, Says Flora, avera gins g. to 10
degrees above normal everE day this
month except on one day. 81 4
The last "a hours shows very little
rain in Kansas. Wichita received a
slight shower, about .01 OF an inch.
Rains have been general in Missouri,
Arkansas, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.
e Veteran duck hunters and small
boy embryonic sportsmen who possess
shot guns can take a tip. from Flora
that there will probably be ducks on
the river tomorrow morning. In the
northwest the temperature is, down to
freezing this morning and the ducks
are starting the fall southern drive.
The vanguard will probably be feed
ing on the river in the morning. The
entire day will be chilly with an aspect
of impending rain which is generally
conceded to be the brand of weather
particularly desirable from the stand
point of duck hunters.
The temperature this morning at 6
o'clock stood at SO degrees. This af
ternoon it will climb to about SIS.
Forty degrees in the morning and a
prediction of so for tomorrow after
noon.
The extremes on record for this date
were s5 in 1891 and 20 in 1887. The
wind at 10 O'Clock this morning was
blowing Is miles an hour from the
north.