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The courier-index., 1918-01-11
DICK RAY is WORKING
FOR NEW ROAD DISTRICT

Dick Ray was in the city Monday
from his camp east of Mariana
Mr.. Ray, Jesse Bush, Geo. Kausler,
j. B. Hood and other large land
owners east of the city are working
on the preliminary steps for the for
nation of road Improvement dis
trict for the purpose of constructing
a modern hard surface road from
the st. Francis river at Cody to
BIedsoe on the st. Francis county
line. Frem Bledsoe l. c. Nickle
Custer Friar and others residing on
the st. Francis side will back the
organization of an improvement dis
trict to carry the road on to Hughes.
Mr.. Ray had the preliminary petition
here Monday. and secured the sigma
lures of several interested land own
ers. He states the people are almost
a unit for the Improvement and he
ia confident the district will be or
ganized and the road constructed
this year.
The courier-index., 1918-01-11
GEO. CREENHAW BUYS
l,4S9 BALES COTTON
LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE OF
HANNAY g. COMPANY OF MEN,
PHis PAYS s2es, ,5oe, OR SO ~
CENTS PER POUND.

The largest cotton deal that has
been pulled off in Mariana during
the present season was closed the
other day when Geo. w. Greenhaw,
local buyer for w. M. Hannay e.
Company of Memphis. purchased
1880 bales OF local cotton at an
average price of thirty-three and
one-half cents pound, the lot bring
ing a total of 1886. .50672 The cot
ton was bought from three local
firms-7S0 bales from the Nixon
McClintock Company, 337 bales from
the E. j. Beazley Co., 800 bales from
Harris & Burke, SIS bales from John
Hughes at Haynes, and s from
other sources.
While local buyers have been pay
ing fancy prices all during the
season for street cotton, II has been
extremely difficult for the mer-
chants to dispose OF their holdings.
Lack of shipping facilities to Europe
has caused practically all the import
ers to stay out Of the market. Small
lots have been sold to fill special
orders, but there has been no general
movement of cotton during the past
two months.
The sale pulled off by Mr.. Green
haw is the first sale of any magni-
tude that has been closed this sea-
son.
The courier-index., 1918-01-11
MERCHANTS TO HEAR
PROBLEMS DISCUSSED
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE FOR
BUSINESS MEN AND CLERKS
AT MASONIC TEMPLE TONIGHT
ADMISSION is FREE.

G.. w. Sulienberger, lecturere for
Dayton, o., will deliver an illustrated
lecture on THE Troubles of Mer-
chant and How to Stop Them" at the
Masonic temple tonight. beginning at
s o'clock. Among the features that
will be handled by Mr.. Sullenberger
are Retail Failures and Their
Causes. store Organization; "Re-
tail Advertising; Window Display"
Clerks Efficiency" Selling Meth
ods;" Credit Business; System in
Retail Business"
The National Cash Register Co.
has several lecturers In the field do
ing work among the business men.
1t is stated the lecturers make no
references to the product the COM
pany manufactures and sells, and no
attempt will be made to convert the
lecture into a commercial propo-
sition. Tickets have been printed
and distributed among the. business
men and their clerks and they are
invited to go to the Masonic Temple
tonight and be the guests of the
National Cash Register Company for
an hour and half. A special wire
has been run to the building to
furnish sufficient power with which
to operate the motion picture ma
chine that will be used in illustrat-
ing the lecture.
The courier-index., 1918-01-11
STATE HAS 459,lS9
CHILDREN in SCHOOLS
STATE SUPERINTENDENT BOND
ANNOUNCES 1873 NEW BUILD
INcs AT A COST OF $4,000
WE'RE ERECTED IN 1917.

Little Rock. Jan. 8.--State Superfn-
tenedent J. l.. Bond today made pub
lie considerable interesting data con-
corning the schools OF Arkansas. The
school population is given at $685. ,750
and the number OF pupils enrolled In
the schools 459.lS9. The number OF
pupils enrolled in private and de-
nominational schools Is 5,244.
Mr.. Bonds summary follows:
Average daily attendance in public
schools, 404.230. Number of visits
made by school directors during the
year. 20.744.
Number of school buildings erected
during the year 1888. (Of these 81
We're either brick. stone or concrete.
while 1856 were frame buildings.)
Cost of new buildings. $40, ,704.
Number of school buildings in the
state, 6.436
Number OF teachers employed In
public schools: white teachers. 1864:
negro teachers, 2.105; total 10.769.
Number teachers Institutes held.
white 20; negro b. total lot.
Number schools taught (roomsl:
white 1883; negroes 1.7sC; total
9,679.
The courier-index., 1918-01-11

American clothing has replaced
that which merchants in Hongkong,
China, previously imported from Par.
Is. The goods OF American make
have become popular and II is expect
ed that this trade can be retained at
tbs close OF hostilities.
The courier-index., 1918-01-11
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
ARE NOW UNDER WAY
BUILDING ACTIVITY CONTINUES
IN SPITE OF HIGH PRICES
DEMAND FOR HOMES FAR Ex.
cEEDS THE SUPPLY.

Despite mean weather conditions.
labor shortage and increased prices
of building materials, Mariannass
building program continues to ex.
pand. Every contractor and crafts
man in the city has had work ahead
for more than a year, and even with
the large number of homes erected
the demand far exceeds the supply.
Every week people are turned away
from Mariana because OF the scare
ity of houses. When man puts
building material on a lot he II
usually besieged with renters or
persons desiring to purchase the
house. While the condition IL Z
very healthy one in that 1t shows
Mariana is attracting many new
people, the lack OF accommodation
for those who seek citizenship here
is retarding the growth OF the city.
Estes w. Mann, architect, stated
yesterday he had been crowded with
work for several months-in fact.
ever since he returned from Iowa
and opened his office here. He re-
ports the following improvements
now under way:
Brick Veneer residence Of r. l.
Nixon on South Poplar street.
Bungalow for J. c. Spence on Pearl
street
bungalow for Pugh Govan on West
Main street.
Rebuilding of Senator J. T. Rob-
ertson's house on Mulberry street.
New residence of r. J. Mathews on
East Mississippi street.
New two story brick garage and
auto sales building for the Marianne
Motor Company
Remodeled cottage for Mrs. G.. l.
Gill on West Main street. This cot
tage will be occupied by Ben Reeves.
a progressive young farmer who re-
Gently came here from South Caro-
lima.
New residence for r. T. Sellers
on Mulberry street.
New residence for Frank FELTON,
on his farm near FELTON,.
Heating plant in Methodist church
remodeled.
Plans drawn for remodeling and
enlarging the county jail.
Remodeling Atkins s tore building
for Freeman & Co. It Is understood
the Freemans will move into the
Atkins building within the NEXT
week. L. Wilenzick will occupy the
store building to be vacated by the
Freemans. j. Shaul will have the
Vaccaro building to be vacated By
Wilenzick remodeIed 1t will be used
by Mrs. l.. Shaul and Son. The
building on the southwest corner OF
Main and Poplar streets, occupied
by the ShauIs for 35 years. will be
remodeled and occupied by Gam
brell & Co.
Senator w. L. Ward has purchased
lots from Benham e. Banks on Pearl
street and expects to erect two
bungalows--one for himself and one
for rental purposes.
II is understood M. III. Ford 4
planning to erect very fine brick
residence on his property on West
Main street.
The courier-index., 1918-01-11
SPECIAL MEETING OF c. !. [

Members of the Civic Improvement
League are hereby notified that a
special meeting of the league will
be held at the Elks Home on next
Tuesday morning at ten o'clock.
Among other important matters to
come before the league for consider
alton is the adoption of new con-
stitution and bylaws. Every mem
ber is urged to be present.
MRS. S. GOLDSTEIN,
Secretary.
The courier-index., 1918-01-11

The fastest Atlantic ocean passage
was made Sept. Ills, 1910, by the
Cunarder Mauretania, now British
troop ship. She covered the distance
in four days. ten hours and forty one
minutes.
The courier-index., 1918-01-11

More than 100000 cans Of food
were put up this summer by the
women's canning club in North caro-
lima.
The courier-index., 1918-01-11

by systematic reforestation. lava
is constantly increasing It's teak for
ests. which now cover more than
100000 acres. despite the great
amount of timber cut avery rear.
The courier-index., 1918-01-11

The Central Branch of the Young
Women's Christian Association, New
York city, now occupies Its new ten
story building in Lexington avenue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-03
Antarctic Exploration

II ELEM S. WRIGHT'S The Seventh
l. Il Continent is book written as the
result of reading all the standard tales of
Antarctic exploration from the days of
Prince Henry the navigator up to our own
times of Amundsen, Scott and Shackle-
ton. To reader new to this subjest and
who does not know 81. B. Mills The Siege
Of the South Pole, for example, to say
nothing of the great records of Amundsen
and Scott or of Capt. Cook and our own
Tanning and Wilkes, the work will serve
as an introduction to one of the most fas-
chatting of all special studies of explora-
ton.
The work is none too carefully edited
and contains such notable omissions as
any mention of Weddelrs first voyage or
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-03

are good providers and when they die
their wives take in boarders- about as
live and hard headed and well ordered as
Toledo.
Cowhidings and pistolings no more
happen in Carondelet street near Canal
than they do in Wall street near Broad.
One could go on indefinitely at such
local color captiousness. To readers who
have never been in New Orleans and who
ike the mise en- scene of romance made
as quaint as possible Mr.. Cables amiable
misrepresentation Of the city of the pres
ent to conform to its traditions of the
past will not matter a particle. To Or
leanians they will, and so they will to
Cableians, of whom your reporter heat
edly aflirms himself among the best.
For if Mr. Cable, forty years North, IS
so Enthusiastically out of the atmosphere of
the city he revisits, we shall pardonably
wonder whether forty years ago, even
though on the ground, he was at all ac-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-03
By HARRY ESTY DOUNcE.

MR.. GEORGE W. CABLE is in
1N1 somewhat the situation of the
naughty lady in the play; he has past
before him. He has been an American
classic forty years. All the works wherein
rests his title TO that distinction are nearly
so old, and nothing of his more recent
has much strengthened it. And he is still
writing novels.
These novels make fair entertainment
as current romances 60, and they retain
the peculiar refinement of touch wherein
no other American romancer has ap-
preached their author. He is now in the
period Of life in which the production OF
any novel whatsoever would be remark
able. But it is as inevitable as most in
justice is that we all measure the Cable of
Gideon's Band and The Flower Of the
Chapdelaines by the admirable Cable of
The Grandissimes (1SS0).
Familiar Figures.
There will be some excuse for our
tHouSHticSSHtSS III the case OIL LOTefS OF
Louisiana, since this new tale, so insipidly
entitled, suggests an effort on Mr.. Cables
part TO write another Grandissimes about
the New Orleans of 1914-1915; the period
of the original one was circa 1903. Here
again is the honest, well meaning young
idealist outsider-he's presented as the
scion of New Orleans American" 1.-THE
local distinction from "French"-i. e.,
Creole) house, whose viewpoint Princeton
has ehanged-but no genuine young man
of Orleanian birth could ever have made
his blunders.
Here again is the delectable Creole he
roine, almost if not quite as delectable as
the Nancanous themselves; here again a
secondary Indian summer love affair, and
here again it is the young mans idealism,
humping into the color line and the par
ticulariy toploftical Creole version of race
prejudice, which causes the complications.
Your reporter meditates no extended
critical analysis of Lorers Of louisiana in
terms of The Grandissimes or in any
others. He notes for the information of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-03

of the feet that Bouvet had the slave trade
in mind when he sailed from Lorient in
1873 quite as much as exploration. This
writer also stresses the work of Scott over
that of Amundsen, although no one who has
ever read the stories of those two expedi-
tons can ever hold any opinion other than
that Anundsen's was by far the finer
achievement, not alone from the fact that
he discovered the South Pole first, but
also from the superiority of Amundsen's
preparation and workmanship in con-
Quoting an exploration.
THE SEVENTH CONTINENT. BY HELEN
s. WRIGHT. Richard G. Badger. $3.50.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-03
l. overs of Louisiana and of Geo. w. Cable

curate about the atmosphere Of the New
Orleans of the presidency of jefferson.
We shall question that there ever was an
Agricola Fusilier, ever Louisiana riff
fusing TO h-anter de h-Union," ever a
Bras Coupe who was not mere insolent
roustabOut, ever Palmyre Philosophe
or really brilliant quadroon bail, or
anything else we cherish from the Cabled
descriptions.
Andthat will be a woful day, stupid
though it be to put the tombstone of
fact to romance and superior though Mr..
Cables imaginings almost certainly are to
the bygone realities. To thousands of us the
New Orleans of Cable has been Carcass
some; those who have tried to go there
and see it have failed, and all that is left
them is dreaming that this Carcassonns
once existed
o,,r,,r, ~ y 0r,roT vr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-03

Edward Lankow, the opera singer,
whose How to Breathe Right was pub
hshed last spring by Edward j. Clode, is
giving voice instruction to groups of men
who in turn teach army officers how to
shout, "By the right flank. Mareh!' seven
hours day without becoming voieeless.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-03

LOVERS OF LOUISIANA. By GEORGE W.
CABLE. Charles Scribner s Sons. $1.50.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-03

his fellow good Cableians that young Cas-
Teton, lacking young Frowenfelds excuse
of a Germanie ponderosity OF the intellect,
stands mere desperate prig; that Zephire
Durel is a stacy villain-THe Grandis-
shines was finely vinainless, remember
and that the love story is really the only
bait calculated TO allure one through a
stately and static book.
incidentally, it is true, there is more of
the old Cable quality Towering along the
wayside than there has beer in Mr.. Cables
work for ten years.
Evening star., 1918-08-08
THE EVENING STAR THURSDAY, AUGUST s, 1918

stores all displaying notices warning
customers not to carry their parcels
by the string. Many purchases were
no longer wrapped, to save paper, ano
no purchase amounting to less than
IS was delivered.
Before / left Berlin. artificial silk
was the principal fabric obtainable
for ladies' wearing apparel. Almost
every woman in the land. princess or
maid, was attired in art taneta. II
sold for $40 yard. In normal times
it would have been worth from 75
cloth suit was 'unobtainable for less
than $500. 1t would have been worth
$25 in normal times. All fur skins
were needed for soldiers wear ano
the few that were still obtainable for
home use in the form Of fur sets sold
for from $1,000 up.
Imitation Soft Soap.
Through spectators we obtained
some imitation soft soap at "a per
pound. People said 1t was made from
human corpses. but 1t was the only
thing available outside of the substi-
tutes, which were soap only in name
A small cake of toilet soap easily
brought So. A servants plain wood
en- wardrobe. formerly costing IS. was
unobtai Unable for less than $50. We
paid as high as IS a pound for butter,
from a speculator. and my last Christ
mas dinner in Berlin consisted of a
small goose. just enough for one meal
for three persons. f9r which I paid
$25.
How could the poor people exist
with such a scale of prices prevail
ing? To a great extent, wages had
increased, and this partially met the
problem. AS far as official employees
went, however. their wages remained
pretty much the same as in peace
Evening star., 1918-08-08


that they allowed me one cotton coaG
I told them that the kaiser was my
patient and. they increased my al
lowance to four. Usually they send
some one to your home to examine
your wardrobe and inquire into your
scale of living. but apparently my IN
, come tax receipt sutiiced in this IN
stance.
Even when one has obtained
"bezugschein" the problem is not
over, for there is very little lett IN
the shops to buy. Very often one
| gave up his 'bezugschein" and PAID
ridiculous price for an article OF
clothing which had no durability AT
all, and it was necessary TO { go
through all the rigmarole OF secur-
ing another "bezugschein." My por-
ter's wife, for instance. paid S4 Tor
some underclothing. she told my wire,
and the first time she washed 1t ali
size had left was a wad OF paper:
IN November, 1917. paid S1oo Tor
suit OF clothes which il 1t had been
made out of cloth of good quality
would have been worth about S35 AS
it was, the tailor frankly admitted
that the goods were made or re-
worked yarn. and because of the lack
of cotton thread. the seams were
worked with a material which looked
like paper string.
This paper string was in general
use at that time. the department
Evening star., 1918-08-08
DIED.

ALLkU. o. Wednesday. August 2. 1918, at
SID a.n.. at United States soldters' Home
HosDital, WALTER ALLEN, brother Of Mrs.
JssephiAe King.
Funeral frSm United States Soldiers Home
ChaDsl, Friday, 1890 am. Interment Ma
tionsl Soldiers Home cemetery.
BROWN. After a brief illness, LAURENCE
BkoWE, the beloved son of Jesse and Eihe
Brown, 1l16 18th street northwest.
Funeral Friday, August 0, at pm.
BU11. On July .27 1918. in Portland, Me-.
FRANChS DOROTHY REA, eldest daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. Chauncey Kea Burr and
granddaughter of Gen. and Mrs. James b.
HicAetts.
Evening star., 1918-08-08

Since the property protection sec
tion of the division of law of the
railroad administration was establish
ed in March, 1,09S prosecutions OF
railroad property thieves have been
brought 5se convictions have been OBJ
tained and 244 penitentiary sentences
have been imposed.
Evening star., 1918-08-08
Last Meal in Berlin.

The last meal l had in Berlin was
on January II. 1918. when / dined at
The Hotel Adlon. 1t consisted of one
sardine, three thin slices of cold
smoked salmon, soup which was
hardly more than hot salt water, two
small boiled potatoes and 4 substi-
tHte for cornstarch pudding. No but
ter and no sauces of any kind were
served. Black bread l took in my
pocket. The check for this elaborate
table d'hote meal amounted to $3.50.
The fol. wing day. when left for
Copenhagen. my lunch for the trip
carried in my pocket, consisted OF
four pieces OF awful black bread
smeared with goose grease.
My journey to Copenhagen via the
railroads of Germany was not without
its dangers. The fact was that the
rolling stock was in a terribly dilapi-
dated condition. There had been nc
requirements to speak of since the
war. repairs were neglected and there
was no adequate inspection of the
roads car without at least two
fiat wheels was very great excep-
ton. Constant wrecks were the result
of those conditions, and one constant
ly read of terrible accidents to troop
trains and passenger trains because
of faulty equipment or inefficient
handling. Most of the street cars wera
run by women and their inexperience
and nervousness increased the dan
gers of street travel.
To sum up the situation as / was
able to observe it. living conditions
in Germany in January of this year
were rapidly becoming absolutely IN
bearabIe. How much worse they can
become without bringing on internal
troubles which will bring about the
collapse of the German empire can
be only matter of conjecture
(To Be Continued)
Evening star., 1918-08-08
Chamorro Presents Credentials.

President Wilson has received the
credentials of Diego Chamorro, re-
Gently appointed minister to the
United States from the republic of
Nicaragua. Minister Chamorro con-
farred with the President at the
White House.
Evening star., 1918-08-08
MARRIED.

g. isis, al c.eioek Se .GsiSs sEN5AMiN Kim sEtRs
ard MARTHA r. RIS0N, By the Rev.
Weston Bruner. Fifth Baptist Church. Wash
ington, d. &.
wAsHIEGToN-HuLMo On August s.
1918. MARIE L. HILLMON to p. DALLAS
WASHINGTON. No cards.
Evening star., 1918-08-08
In Memoriam.

BOILER Sacred to the memory Of my de-
voted wife, LETTTIA v. BOILER, who de-
parted this life three years ago today, Au-
gust 8, 1915.
precious one from me has gone,
A voice loved Is stiled:
A place is vacant in my home
Which never can Be filed
God In His wisdom has recalled
The boon His love had given,
And though the body slumbers here.
The, soul is safe In heaven.
bx HEB HUsBANDs JAMES A. BoHER. 9
Evening star., 1918-08-08
GERMAN SPECULAT0RS
BRAG OF STORES AS
PEOPLE GET LITTLE

Continued from Third Page.)
Evening star., 1918-08-08

being that the German agrarians
were such traitors that they were
allowing their fellow w-countrymen to
starvofor the sake of the profit they
could make from dealing with the
enemy. This report spread. broadcast
and became so menacing the govern
ment had to contradict it through the
newspapers.
Evening star., 1918-08-08

Plain color and fancy.
in the season's best selling
styles. All sizes and colors.
Big bargains!
Evening star., 1918-08-08
DIED.

oASSELL. On Wednesday. August z. 1918.
at the Little Sisters Of the Poor. CON-
STANCE, beloved wife Of the late William
A. Cassell.
Remains at the chapel of P. a. rsitsvul1. 40
7th street southwest. Notice Of funeral
hereafter. (Braddock Heights papers please
copy)
coTTERnL. Suddenly. on August 2. IBIS. a.
11:30 pm, At the Ashley apartment,
CHARLES A, beloved husband Of Eliza
cotterill. Mrs. Frank Gardner. augustus
Cotterin and brother Of Mrs. Rosie c. Pen
nebaker and Mrs. Carrie c. Gillette.
Funeral services Saturday at 10 an. ~ prs. me
Creek cemetery.
DORSEY. Departed this life August 8. 1918.
HEZEKIAH DORSEY, Sr
Funeral Friday. August 0, at O'Clock. from
Galloway n. Z. Church, Halls Hill. Va. s.
7:10 am, at 835 Fairmont street northwest.
J. II: DUyALL. beloved husband Of c. NJ
Duvall.
May he rest IN peace.
Funeral Friday, August 0, at O'Clock. from
Emory Grove Church. Washington Grove.
Nd. Relatives and friends are invited.
CRIMES. At Langdon. D. c.. on August Z.
1918. PETER GIBSON GRIMES. aged eish-
ty-two years
Funeral private.
HAMILTON. Suddenly. Thursday morning. An
gust s. 1918, At her residence, IL Bradley
lane. Chevy Chase, Nd. MARY c. HAMIL-
TON. daughter Of the late j. Z. L. and Mary
s. Hamilton.
Notice Of funeral later.
HARTIGAN On Thursday, August 8, 1918.
MARY. beloved wife of Patrick J. Harti-
gan
Funeral Saturday, August 10. at $50 am.
from inf iate residence, 22s9 Shannon place
southeast. Solemn requiem mass . am. at
st. Teresa's Church Relatives and friends
invited. Interment Mount oiivet ceine-
terry. %
Evening star., 1918-08-08

EARR. Suddenly. on August 8. 1918. at IL
Pm, at his home, Mclean, Va. WILLIAM
F., beloved husband Of Sarah s. Marr.
Funeral from his late residence Friday. august
8. at pm. Interment at Glenwood Gem
etery. baltimore papers copy.D s.
Evening star., 1918-08-08

MEYER. Suddenly, on August 8, 1918, LENA
MEYER, beloved wife of Charles G. Meyer
Funeral services at 5729 Colorado avenue
northwest. Saturday. 2:3e O'Clock. Friends
invited. 9s
Evening star., 1918-08-08

McETRE. Passed away, on Wednesday. Au
gust Z, 1e1s. at p.m., st 753 18th stree,
southeast. after a lingering illness, FRED
ERICk MCINTYRE. beloved husband Of Bar
bara McIntire.
Funeral from his late residence Friday, Au.
gust 0, at 2 pm. Relatives and friends in.
yited to attend.
Evening star., 1918-08-08

Girls 6 to IA year
khaki dresses. in =
piece styles; well
made.