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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25
Mig Price. Maintained at Danville:


SOUTH BOSTON, VA. August ga
The offerings of tobacco. consisting
almost entirely OF bright primings. on
this market this week amounted to
100000 pounds, and It sold high, the
average being around $50 per hundred
Increased receipts are now looked for
as the farmers in all OF this section
have heard of the high prices being
offered on this market, and there is a
disposition among them to sell just as
fast as they can get the leaf ready
for the market. ~ u.
The courier-index., 1918-04-26
An Inside Bath
Makes You Look
and Feel Fresh
Says . glass of hot water with
phosphate before breakfast
keeps illness away.
This excellent. conmon-sense
health measure being
adopted by millions.

Physicians the world over recon-
mend the inside bath, claiming this II
OF vastly more Importance than out
side cleanliness, because the skin
pores do not absorb impurities into
the blood. causing i'll health, while the
pores in the ten yards of bowels do.
Men and women are urged to drink
each morning, before breakfast q
glass of hot water with a teaspoonful
of limestone phosphate in it. as q
harmless means of helping to wash
from the stomach, liver, kidneys and
bowels the previous days indigestible
material, poisons, sour bile and toxins;
thus cleansing, sweetenmg and puri-
flying the entire alimentary canal be-
fore putting more food into the stou-
ach.
Just as soap end hot water cleanse
and freshen the skin, so hot water and
limestone phosphate act on the elm
NATIVE organs. M
Those who wake up with bad breath,
coated tongue, nasty taste or have
dull, aching head, sallow complexion.
acid stomach; others who are subject
to bilious attacks or constipation.
should obtain q quarter pound of lime
stone phosphate at the drug store.
This will cost very little but Is snGii-
Client to demonstrate the value OF in
side bathing. Those who continue 1t
Zach morning are assured II pro-
nounced results, both In regard to
health and appearance
The courier-index., 1918-04-26
Some Men Who Didn't Stop Trying
BIZ HERBERT KAUFMAN

s.yersd million Of Europe have been reduced
to sterile, charred wilderness Bridges must be built
railroads constructed cities established and factories
up instantly peace comes.
only because it is gaton civilization
Universal shortages urge universal cooperation
We're losing year-won progress in week spaces-skill
constantly fails demand and correspondingy rises in
costs We won't be able to resume business at the old
stand and maintain it i'll full volume unless acccle
Get on your thinking cap-minds hercabouts fell
into lazy habits when electricity began to simplify the
problem of regular meals.
Ninety-nine per cenaof us have been gradually cas-
ing down-a little group of men made life so simple
easy, comfortable, that the remainder have all
but lost initiative.
What's that? You have contributed your percentage
contemporaneous developments? Surely. you don't
that you did one thing somewhat WELL proves that you
! stopped without making further effort -
Be inspired by the story of Joseph Bramah with
hydrostac presses safety locks, automatic check print
ers power pumps fire engines and paper manufacture
Remember Brunei, the French exile who fortified
New York established an arsenea aHa n Gann ION
Thames Tunnel for good measure.
Read the life of Roger Bacon the medieval monk
for centuries the supreme authority In natural pniloso-
ply who between studies found leisure to produce the
telescope the camera obscura and gun powder;
structed models for mills and spinning gear while
mindng his ocks. mapped the stars with threads and
in astronomy and Imported family through his in
vestigations by clock mendlng designing ana porrai'
painting
Henry Fawcetts father accidenty blinded him
But an exploding gun couldn't daun his resolution. He
won Parliament despite the affliction, became leader
of celebrated reforms rose to the British Cabinet IN,
augurated parcels post sixpenny kilograms postal
savings banks and postal orders -.
You think of Goethe poet and novelist but
fancy could not absorb the boundless energy OF that
bnsy head Writers, who believe that dozen books
or SO acuu them of self neglect will do well to read
his profound works art and chemistry and the science
of optics and botany and Jurisprudence ..o
Cut this out and paste it on your memory to shame
the cheap pride that would applaud trifiing success
~ Strenuous davs are here and coming
train to meet them and strain to beat them Five alert
senses will find answers for all our difficulties
lanes Francis Brush, of Cleveland with patents on
more than fifty practical labor saving devices and
Thomas Ava Edison, of Meno Park, your intrinsic
beters simply in determination.
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nesday morning, and -on Friday even
ing and Saturday morning of each
week for the practice of Osteopathy.
Anyone wishing to take treatment
can call on him on these days. *tf
Mesdames. Sam Harrington, Dick
RAY, Houston Potts, Burk Mann,
Arthur Cotter, r. ID. Jarratt, J. M.
Hewitt, w. S. McClintock, J. T.
Robertson and +. N. Burke Will
leave Sunday and Monday for Hot
Springs to attend the biennial con-
vention of the General Federation
of Woman's Clubs.
When you come to our shop TO
buy your fresh meats you can see
Just exactly what you are getting.
You pay cash and carry your own
package. This means a big saving
to you. Try it. w. A. Willis. $50
Sergeant F. T. Quinn of Camp
Pike. who has just completed his
course in the third officers training
camp, and is now on the eligible list
Saturday TO spend his furlough with
his wife, who is employed as stenog-
rapher at the Miller Lumber Co.
Sergeant Quinn and wife have gone
to points in Texas on visit with
friends and relatives.
April is baby month at Fishers
Studio. Have baby's photograph
made before the weather gets hot.
With each order. for portraits OF 50
and over we will give free one
large portrait suitable for framing.
ESeber,s Studio. 13p
DIR. "A. L. White of Rondo was
visitor in the city Monday. He told
of an old negro woman samed Aunt
Sallie Cobb, cripple, who has one
son in the army, and who looked
up DIR. White during the Liberty
Loan drive in Rondo and subscribed
for 500 worth of Liberty Bonds
One of the most gratifying features
of the bond campaign is the splendid
manner in which the colored people
OF the county TCopOhnNu " eAN D.
ernments call. II is probable no
single individual in the county, WHITE
or black. has done as nobly as Aunt
Sallie Cobb. She has given the
widows mite" and even at that II
was much more than many men OF
means have subscribed.
/ ! am sole agent for the noted ST.
Charles brand OF coffee. To those
who in the past have enjoyed drink
ing the delicious st. Charles coiiee
and want II again can obtain u py
C.aaa. phone OF $50
The Sewing Club met last week
with Mrs. w. j. Shorten at Hotel
Mariana and a most delightful and
profitable meeting was held The
club has eight members and they
The courier-index., 1918-04-26
LOCAL NEWS NOTES

Thinking painting? Call T. q.
uahhs Of Turner's. stf
Miss Ray Cohen of Memphis is
visiting her friend, Miss Naomi
Lewis.
KILLER LUMBER COMPANY
render prompt servjo&
w. B. Mclean left Wednesday for
Morrilton on q visit to friends and
relatives.
Break your Cold or LaGrippe with
few doses Of 666. ~
Miss Esther Horne has returned
from Paragould after short visit
with friends.
Let T. e. Hobbs help you plan your
spring Painting and Papering. Phone
him at Turner's. 'tf
Sid Sutton Of Little Rock spent
Tuesday here with friends and rel
atives.
RUBMY- TISM~--.Antiseptic, Reliev-
es Rheumatism, SpraiDs, Neuralgia,
etc If
Mrs Burk Mann spent the first of
the week with friends and relatives
in Forrest City
Save the pennies by paying cash
and carrying your groceries. w. A.
Willis "28
Trotter Roane arrived last Friday
for visit to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. j. r. Roane.
Don't forget our shoe repairing de-
partment 1t is the best in this Sec
ton of Arkansas. Gilberg. s13
Roscoe Fitzgerald is here this
week from Camp Beauregard visiting
family and friends.
Have you seen the new typewriter
at Turner's. Call for free demon
stration. stf
Senator w. L. Ward has returned
from Camp Beauregard, La, where
ne visited his brother
Get your Ansco films from j. E.
: Mann. Full and complete line always
On hand. go
The courier-index., 1918-04-26

Mr.. and Mrs A. 3. Stewart have
returned from Mulberry where they
visited friends and relatives.
A good place for good people. Do
your trading there. Roberts, the gro-
GER Phone 211. s20
Circuit Clerk Burk and County
Agent Strickland of Helena, were
visitors in Mariana Wednesday.
If you want to trade with one who
knows how phone Roberts, the Gro
Ger. Phone I'll. s20
Mrs. D. E. Wild has gone to Little
Rock and Morrilton to spend several
weeks visiting friends and relatives.
MILLER LUMBER COMPANY
ms Re the lowest prica.
Robert L. Pettus, prominent bust
ness man of Forrest City, was a
business visitor in Mariana Monday
MILLER LUMBER COMPANY
the place to buy building material
Pictures of home folks inspire our
soldiers of democracy with the cour-
age that wins. Your photograph for
your soldier. Fishers Studio. "30p
Miss Doris Goldstein and Sol Wise
of Jopesboro, spent Sunday in Mari
anna the guests OF J. Shaul and
family
Get in the habit of calling I'll
when you want something appetizing,
for have it. Respectfully, Roberts.
40
The Confederate Reunion will be
held at Tulsa. Okla, September 20
to q instead of in May as has been
the previous custom.
Leake & Wells, general transfer,
wood and coal We move anything
loose at both ends Phones 13 and
l66. tt
Mrs. w. C. Boone and baby daugh-
ter have gone to Shaw, Miss, on
visit to Mrs. Boone's parents, Rev.
Trotter and wife.
J. M. McClintock, secretary of the
Board of Public Works, has purchas-
ed a street oiler from the Austin
Western Road Machinery Company
of Chicago The oiler will be ship
ped at once and it is hoped it will
reach here in time for use on the
The courier-index., 1918-04-26

have spent the hours of meeting in
pleasant conversation and fancy sew
ing. The spirit of the times suggest
ed a more profitable use of the time
and at this meeting they agreed to
begin making garments for the
French and Belgian refugees. and to
this end invited Miss Emma Clark
to the meeting to offer suggestions
as to patterns and material required
for these garments. The next meet
ing will be with Mrs. Joe Spence
next Thursday afternoon.
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streets before the dust evil becomes
unbesrable. Mr.. McClintock says
the. city will order several tanks of
oil and that it will be applied on
streets where /, the property owners
put up the money necessary to cover
the cost of the oil and labor incident
to its application.
4 Your orders will be handled with
more care at my place than at others.
Roberts, Wide-Awake Grocer. Phone
211. 40
John p. Mcdonald of Little Rock,
special agent for the. Cotton In
>surance Association, spent yesterday
in Mariana on business.
Save your old shoes. We can make
them last you much longer Bring
them to our new shoe repairing shop.
Gilberg. %13
The steamer Harry Lee will make
this port Saturday evening and take
out cargo OF cotton for the New
bern Cotton Company. II.
"The Kaiser, the Beast of Ber-
lin," coming soon at the Majestic
Theatre. Watch for further ans
nouncement. sl3
day evening for Little Rock on a
business trip. He will return to
Mariana Tuesday morning.
Look at the work we have done
elsewhere in Mariana, then Jet US
figure on your concrete work. J. W..
Fielder, extractor. 81
Mrs. Julius Aisner and julius, Jr,
will arrive in Mariana Monday after
noon for visit of several weeks
at the home of Miss Emma Clark.
No matter if your job amounts to
furnish figures on same Call T. E.
Hobbs at Turner's. stf
!. lsaacs ard Wallace Greenhaw
have been appointed delegates to the
Arkansas. Cotton Trade Association
that meets in Pine Bluff on May T.
Keep your eyes open for more
definite announcement of the coming
of 1.-THE Kaiser, the Beast Of Berlin"
at the Majestic theatre. s13
Miss Willie Whitsitt, stenographer
in the law offices of Baker & Sloan
at Jonesboro. is spending several
days here visiting friends and rela-
tives.
Kings Improved CottoDseed. Early
maturing Let me have your orders
now for delivery about March 10th.
S. ID. Johnston. agent. '2S
Jailer ]. W. Jones returned Tues
day from Little Rock where he went
70 take five prisoners whom he
turned over to the penitantiary
authorities.
Watch for the greatest screen pro-
duction ever staged mere "The
Kaiser. the Beast of Berlin" At
Majestic Theatre soon. s13
c. N. Houck has returned from
Washington City where he spent
last week with his brother, Harry
Houck, who expects to leave soon
for France.
C. E. Daggett returned the first
of the week from Little Rock where
he had been serving on committees
appointed by President Mehaffy of
the constitutional conve ntion.
Don't neglect paying your water
rent We are going to cut the water
off if the rent is not paid by the
18th of each month. Payable at
Bank of Mariana. go
United States Senator Joe T. Rob
inson will deliver a patriotic adj
dress to the people OF Lee county
in the city park at two thirty
O'Clock Saturday afternoon.
will make ii to your interest to
trade with me My stock consists
of merchandise of the highest quail
itv Roberts. Phone 2l1 go
Plans for the construction Of the
hard surface road between Cody and
Hughes have been filed by Herring
& Schellhouse, engineers, with Judge
]. A. Plummer who in turn has sent
the plans to the state highway, de-
partment at Little ROCK for approval.
The courier-index., 1918-04-26

The very choicest line of fresh
pork and beef and packing house
products. 'sold at close margins. We
buy for cash. sell for cash. have no
expensive delivery system to main
tain These savings go to our Gus
toners W. A. Willis $50
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A Shert Cut to Fortune

by the paths OF speculation and get rich quick schemes usually
of disappointment debt
history of almost fortune If honoraby acquired you'll find
of
and to financ
through savings step
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
Czechs to Celebrate
Death of John Huss

WASHINGTON. July s.-Bohemia,.
proposed commemoration of the death
OF John Huss. the religious reformer
burned at the stake for heresv Ju,v
o, aalS, is expected to emphasize his
sseruggie against the Germans in d.
renee of the Czech language accord-
ing TO official advices from zurich TO-
Gay. II the government forbade tho
demonstration, We as was considered like.
~, 1t would add to the ponu]ar a.
content IN Austria. The dispatch road.
Is reported from Vienna that the
ozecn Democratic party is prennr;nr
solemn manifestation at prague 10
honor OF John Huss. The PRINCIPAL
orators who will speak on this occa-
SION VIII insist on the struggle which
the great reformer maintained ara;nst
language. WIG oHee"
important measures for MAINTAINING
oraer have been taken in the event Of
trouble; 1t is possible that at the last
moment the government will forbid Tho
hanl1estatlon. This measure would
aod TO the profound discomfort which
is agltating the population of Bohemia
ior whom the commemoration of John
Huss marks a day Of national imnor-
lance"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07

mo doubt you were all very much sur
prised to learn of my change of ad-
dress, but, cheer up, mother, for you
have less cause TO worry now, as the
war is over as far as | am concerned.
| am in the best of health and as
happy as can be expected under the
circumstances. Leo is here with me.
and it isn't quite so lonesome as it
might be.
1--WE are getting enough to eat and
have good bed, but, of course, lost
all my toilet articles when we were
captured, as they were down in my
sleeping quarters and we were in the
trenches.
You can write to me just as often
as you wish and send me what / need
when you hear from me again, as this
is not my permanent address. We are
allowed about two letters and four
postal cards month, SO you should
hear from me quite often. We are
receiving treatment far better than
ever expected, so please don't worry,
ma, as I'm lucky boy to be alive at
all after that terrible morning. Have
a package ready to send me of toilet
articles, tobacco and chocolate, so you
can forward it the minute you hear
from me again. Leo sends best re-
CARDS to all.
Now, be brave little mother, and
don't worry little bit, as Pm feeling
fine and in the best of health"
John j. Milan, of the 1O4th Ambu-
lance Company, who was seventeen
years old when he enlisted from South
Boston, Mass, to go to the Mexican
border two years ago, was captured in
a dressing station while at work re-
lileving the sufferings of wounded sol
diers.
DO not worry. I am getting treat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07

likely to follow the lead of the strik-
ers. According to ono Of the shipping
directors, the situation is serious.
we arc in hopes" he said, "that
the labor leaders who are comforting
with the men will be able to induce
them to see how important 1t is to
WORK 1qr rather than against the gov
ernment."
General Goethals, in his recent or
der calling for discontinuance Of
war bonuses, maintained that the
crews are In no more danger of death
lnan are the troops aboard the trans
ports or the troops in the trenches,
The men protest that they are sub
Jected to more danger and that their
work besides being more hazardous ia
more trying than fighting the enemy.
flremen and coal passers, the strikers
contend, in proportion to the number
aboard ship, suffer the heaviest NOR
tality whenever a steamship is tor
pedoed. They are down below where
the torpedo strikes; are more likely
to be killed outright and have less
chance of escaping in the lifeboats
than have the soldiers who are on deck
the greater part of the voyage
When he ordered the discontinuance
OF bonuses to begin on July 1 General
Goethals Informed the Director of
Shipping in the transport service that
the principle underlying the payment
Of bonuses was essentially wrong.
The officers and seamen of all the
transports loading at the port where
Che firemen and coal passers left the
vessel informed the director of ship
ping that they would stand by without
bonuses from sense of duty and
through patriotism.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
German Dictation Suspected
In Prison Camp Letters
Stereotyped well Fed and Comfortable Story Americans
ell in Writing Home Regarded as Suspicious
Lieutenant Jenkins Sent Cable

Several more letters from American
prisoners Of war in Germany have been
released for publication In The Trib-
une by the families of .the prisoners.
All tell the same story, "Well fed and
comfortably housed" Hence, the sus-
picion arises that these statements may
be dictated by the German camp
authorities. The letters are meagre Of
detail. and are confined chiefly to ex-
plantations Of the conditions under
which the prisoners are allowed to
write and receive letters.
"a cable from Lieutenant William
Jenkins, Of Leesburg, Va, to his father
bore these three words: prisoner.
Well. Happy"
w. H. Jenkins, in sending this in
formation to The Tribune, added:
II do not suppose he was very happy,
but l judge that went in in order to
get the message through, as l am sure
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
Examination, of Neru Draft
Men TO Start in 3 Weeks

Martin Conboy, Director of the Draft
for New York City, declared yesterday
that the physical examination Of the
class 1918 registrants will begin here
Immediately on the completion of THEN
classification.
a majority of the questionnaires
have been already returned and are
ready for inspection" said Mr.. Con-
bog. This work, which includes re-
Classification, should not take moro
than three weeks. The examination
can begin early in August and be COM
pleted in short order.
"a recent increase in the minimum
height requirements, from sixty to six
ty-three inches, and in weight from
leo to lie pounds, has threatened, in
the case of some of the foreign quarter
draft boards, to remove 10 per cent of
the Class la men from that group"
Mr.. Conboy declared.
This means that those now certified
for service and not fulfilling the height
and weight requirement will be re-
jected by the army surgeons at camp.
The order will be felt in the reduction
Of the number of the men now in Class
lAn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
German Fire Defed
By Nj. c. A. Workers

A cable message received yesterday
BY the National War Work Council of
the Y. N. C. A. from Clarence B. Kel-
land tells OF secretarial duties at
Chateau Thierry. In order to get
cigarettes, fruit, chocolate and other
supplies to men in the front line the
secretaries OF the organization crawl
across fields and through woods under
IRE. Even farther to the rear the
motor trucks come under shellfire. The
Top of one was ripped by shrapnel,
while machine gun riddled another.
Charles L. Jones, lao Wadsworth
avenue, New York, forced to move
three times because of shellfire," the
message runs. "Canteens demolished
each time. Now selling supplies under
trees in shell-swept forest.
Lyon T. White, San Rafael, CAL, and
irwin K. Davis, Fairfield. Mont. driven
rom quarters by German shells. Still
gong business in front line, however.
aiding in bringing in wounded.
Workers at front swamped with
trophies, Iron Crosses, Hun helmets.
soldiers insist upon loading them down
WIN gifts in appreciation of services.
Mrs. Clara Simmons, Grafton. Mass,
woman farthest to front, placidly runs
cSa a1teen while shells drop in adjoining
ned teio. Makes hot chocolate and dis
iitloutes cookies to men. Military po-
nceman killed by shell near her hut
Sest,erday. Husband with Y. M. C. A.
III v,ladivostok."
Inc dispatch says shrapnel laid
sTS ass the path Of air raiders on
thursday night fell on the roof Of q
s"aSehouse near Meaux In which twenty
''fe'arles were sleeping, but injured
~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
Registrants To Be Ready
for Camps in
August
Large Percentage of
100000 Will Go
Local Boards Urged to
Speed Up Their
Work

WASHINGTON, July 6.-State draft
executives were directed by Provost
Marshal General Crowder to-day to
have local boards call up for physical
examination Immediately all new regis
trants under the selective draft law
who have been placed in C!sss l.
District and local boards and medi-
cal advisory bodies will pc instructed
to speed their work so as to have new
Class men available for call to the
colors in August
Draft executives also were asked to
report 81 once the approximate rum
Der OF registrants brought into Class
i from the deferred classes by the re-
cent combing out and rectifcation of
those classes under the work or fight
order.
1t is estimated that very large per-
centage of the nearly 100000 men who
registered last June 8 will go into
Class /, since relatively few men just
attaining twenty-one have dependents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
l Transport Held il,
Port by Strike of
Fire Room Crew
Men Resent Withdrawal of
Bonuses for Crossing
Submarine Zone

Resenting the recent ruling of
Major General George w. Goethals
to the effect that after July 1 no more
bonuses shall be paid to the crews of
United States transports entering the
war zone. the entire complement of
coal passers and firemen Of one trans
port in an Atlantic port quit work yes
terday and left the ship.
The steaming of the vessel will be
delayed because of the action of the
strikers. but if they do not return to
work soon their places, according to
one of the civilian directors of the
transport service. will be taken by
men of the navy.
1t was reported that firemen and
coal-passers Of other steamships are