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as well as pays the freight = is the story in few words Of the purchase of the Henry Schafer place southeast Of Hunter by John H. Jones, the Prairie iounty rice grower, who recently bought another rice farm in the Hunter territory. Come on, Jones, We are for you, for they tell me you are a producer of prosperity. Glad to have you with us.
 !. w. Brown, the Laya2- Bowler man in this territory, was in Stuttgart Saturday to attend the annual dinner of the Layne-Bowler clan, given by Manager H. B. Allan Sickle. It was attended by S5 of the 100 employees of the company and dandy good time was re- ported. Friend Brown reports that the company is planning for the greatest years business they have ever done.
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ditorium Tuesday night. It was a success from every view, the parts being we'll played by the youngsters clearly showing the training received from the teachers.
 Miss Rosie Fay Sterling of Wiville spent Sunday with Miss Knight.
 H. K. Smith was in Forrest City on business Saturday.
 Richard Wise of the spoke factory, left Tuesday for Mem phis, where he will spend Christmas.
 T. F. McCarty, one of our merchants, was in Little Rock Monday.
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WHEATLEY ITEMS

Wheatley has the Christmas spirit and is planning for a gracious reception to old Santa Claus.
 Our Santa Claus depots (the Whealey stores) have been loaded with splendid stocks the best by far we have ever had and our people seem more pleased to trade at home than before. Maybe the impossible road and uncertain railroad schedule to Brinkley had something to do with it or
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Among the Farmers.

Said our clever farmer flined, R. F. Summit, as he slipped a $2.00 check across the marble slab at the Argus office, to pay his subscription thru to Dec. 31st, 1920, 'I like the old Argus and appreciate what it is doing and has done
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in the interest of the farmers" And to hime and other7 of his kind, l say, THANK YOU, and may this be delightful and joyous Christmas" Bob is eligible to, the Sunshine Circle.
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Whip Is Brideqroom,s Wand.

At Swedish weddings, among the middle and lower classes, the bride groom carries a whip. This is an en- blem of his authority in the domestic circle.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10
Looking at the Ground

After speaking of the vision" that
possessed him, the President, in his
Carnegie Hall address, remarked: "I am
afraid some people, some persons, do not
understand that vision. They do not
see it. They have looked too much on
the ground"
The business of looking on the ground,
of not raising eyes to heaven, is repre-
hensible. That was true in the days, for
example, when it was plain the war was
taking a course that would lead to our
participation; yet many lacked vision.
They said they did not know what the
war was about, that it did not concern
us, that it's issues could not touch u.s.
Vision is great and beautiful thing.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10
The Place of Trial

When Lloyd George announced that
arrangements had been made to try the
former Kaiser in London, American cor
respondents in Paris were surprised.
They had never heard of such an agree
ment, and denied the accuracy of the
statement in so far as it implied that
our representatives had been consulted
and had consented.
But the cover is lifted and the truth
is being allowed to come out. Not only
was the President consulted. but
an endeavor was made to "wish" the
trial on Washington. When this failed
he became party to an agreement to
confer the honor on London. LLOYD
George did not covet the distinction, but
obligingly yielded.
Where the trial occurs is Of small
consequence. What the world is inter-
ested in is the revelations to be expected.
Washington would have been a poor
place because of the difficulty of bring
ing over German witnesses, out of
which the truth must be pried. The
proper place is one close to Germany
even in Germany. The opinion Of the
vicinage will have no effect on the pro-
ceedings; with respect to this one place
is about as good as another.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10
Locked Up Food

Prospects for unlocking the food that
the government has warehoused improve.
Congress is on the job.
Food, much of which is perishat lie, tu
the value of hundreds of millions is kept
away from the market by the War De
partment. Not until May l did the de-
partment, although long knowing the
army would soon be down to 100000
men, take action toward disposing of
it's surplus. But it sought to sell and at
the same time to keep the food from the
understanding which, of course,
could not be done. So it did not sell.
No less than $100,oOO,OOO in canned
goods is in government possession, with
6O,OOO,000 pounds Of bacon and other
things in proportion. The amazing fact
is brought out that in the purchases to
feed Europe, new purchases were made
at the new level of high prices, instead
OF using surplus army supplies.
The American people, struggling to
make ends meet, are entitled to
chance to buy this food. 1t is their food.
They paid for it. The interest of no
group Of traders should be put above
that of the masses Of the people. No
one accuses the War Department of
wrong intentions, but it's food policy is
extra ordinary.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10

other principal powers sign, that the
treaty shall go at once into effect. Nor
is a continuance of nominal war between
this country and Germany conceivable.
What interest has Germany in cavilling
against our reservations? Needing our
food and raw material, why should she
refuse to allow us to interpret for our
selves?
Will obstruction develop in the White
House? Second thoughts there will sug-
gest the unwisdom of assuming the bur-
den of tearing up the treaty and the
covenant. Such action is too unreason-
able to be anticipated.
The peace treaty and the covenant
were articulated in the hope that it
would be impossible to dissect them. But
articulation is an art more than one
can be adept in. If ratification and
reservation are articulated .as they seem
likely to be, it will be difficult, indeed,
to dissect them. The dilemma whose
horns were presented to the Senate ap-
pears about to face in a different direc-
ton, and it will probably be for the
President to say whether he will send
the combined treaty and covenant to the
scrap heap.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10
A Bad Start

Reports from the country indicate an
increasing tendency to disregard the
existent wartime prohibition law The
act is faulty, permitting many sorts of
evasive sales; there is no special ma
chinery for enforcement; the court rul-
ing with respect to 2.75 per cent bev-
erages is complicated.
National prohibition has been given
bad start. If the new dispensation is to
have fair chance, it's application might
we'll have been deferred until there was
preparedness. If the habit of illegal
selling is established it will be difficult
to eradicate it. The "drys," consulting
the welfare of the undertaking they have
at heart, might we'll have urged re-
peal of the wartime prohibition measure
until adequate enforcing legislation was
enacted. Instead they stubbornly re-
fused to permit any modification.
The enforcing bill, hastily prepared
and probably faulty, is not through the
House and is yet to pass the gantlet Of
the Senate and of conference Thus no
early action is to be expected. In the
mean time men are being educated to
be "bootleggers." If the "drys" would
accept the proposal to suspend wartime
prohibition ad interim, it would probably
help rather than injure prohibition.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10
The Potash Industry
tFrorn The Manutacturcrs Record


AS bearing on the Administrators fail
ure to cooperate effectively in the effort
to build up domestic potash industry, the
following order of the War Trade Board Is
of much interests
THE War Trade Board announces that
on and after July /, 1919. nitrate Of soda
and nitrate of potash will be permitted to
be imported into the United States with
out restriction under general import
license when coming from countries with
which general trade Is authorized
importers are advised that any ship
ments of nitrate Of soda or nitrate Of
potash which arrive prior to July /. 1919.
will not be released for entry until such
date, except under individual imrort
licenses as now required, and that such
licenses will bs issued only In accordance
with the present rules and regulations
governing the importation Of these cem.
moditiea."
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10
Faith in the Classics

A number of our readers have written
US IN debate upon the interesting investi-
cations of Mr.. Irland as to the effect
of Greek and Latin in teaching the mean
ing of English words. One excellent
statement of the classical faith we print
elsewhere on this page.
What we had in mind in suggesting
that Mr.. lrland's facts proved too much
is touched upon briefly in this letter.
"Hypocrite," one of the words on Mr..
1rlands list, submitted for definition to
high school pupils throughout the coun-
try, has travelled so far in it's meaning
since ancient Greece that it is hard
to see how a knowledge of Greek
would help any ordinary student to
define it. There are others. At q
generous estimate, in one-half of Mr.,
Irland's words the derivations would
probably assist we'll grounded
student of Greek and Latin to get the
English meaning. But the others raise
serious doubts Of Mr. Irland's whole set
of statistics. "Diabolical," for instance.
1t means "slanderer" in Greek; or, going
back to its roots, something about
throwing across" Not much assistance,
either for shades of meaning or plain
sense. "Doxology" raises nice ques-
ton. The tail end of the word would
be familiar to any Greek student as
having something to do with "speak-
ing" But how about the first part?
Rummaging around in a Greek-trained
mind, you would naturally hit upon
"orthodox' and "heterodox," where
the same root means Thought" Only,
unfortunately the word also meant
praise in Greek, and "praise" it means
IN doXology-"a hymn of praise" Per-
haps there is help here for wondering
mind, but we beg to doubt.
Dynamo" obviously has something to
do with "power"; but what sort of
power? Dynasty" has something to do
with "ruler." Eat how can you guess
it's peculiar modern meaning, the only
one worth an English speakers knowl-
edge, "a race or succession of sovereigns
Of the same line or family governing
particular country? You might see the
rainbow" in "iridescent," but if you
did it would very likely lead you di-
rcctly away from it's best and most in
teresting use, "glittering with different
colors which change according to the
light in which they are viewed-without
reference to what the colors are; like
mother-of -of-pearl."
We will give Mr.. Irland "paregoric"
if he insists, for it did mean "soothing"
in Greek--though personally we never
so discovered. And if we had gone to
work laboriously to dig out its deriva-
tion we might with luck have hit some
where near its root meaning, beside"
plus ITO speak in an assembly" Which
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10
Mathematics

With a Senate of ninety-six members
and the Constitution requiring two
thirds majority to ratify treaty, mega
feat ratification. For some time more
than this number have opposed the
covenants flat ratification.
But to formulate resolution a ma
jority is necessary. Forty-nine votes
are needed to give the ratifying resolu-
ton, for example, the form Of the AL
geciras resolution, to wit: "Resolved,
further, that the Senate, as part of
this act of ratification" etc.
Counting all doubtful Senators on the
other side, only one-half have been rated
as reservationists. The decision of
Senator Gore, reckoned as doubtful,
gives to the reservationists forty-nine
votes, or the needed majority. Unless
radical change takes place, the margin
is likely to increase.
1t follows that those who insist on fiat
ratification or nothing assume a grave
responsibility. They may defeat not only
the covenant altogether, but jeopardize
the peace treaty. 1t is to be hoped that
the Executive Department will escape
from narrowing influences which environ
it and see the wisdom of a tolerant
course which will encourage all Senators
to vote as Americans-not as either CO.
creed or irritated partisans.
The President is free to do his duty
as he sees it, and it is time to concede
il fullest measure similar liberty of ac-
tion to his partner in the treaty making.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10

Frank P. Walsh, who went to Paris
to urge the peace conference to take a
course toward Ireland which he deems
wise and just, is eloquent for self-deter-
mination. But, like most other persons
who favor this, he recognizes limits to
the doctrine. One looks in vain through
his ringing statement for anything sug-
gesting that he would give self-determi-
nation to Ulster. He seems to agree
with Mrs. Sheehy ySkefington, who said,
if she had her way, she would thrust
ticket into the hands of every recalci-
trant Ulsterite which had no return
coupon.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10

panes invested their reserves in war loans.
Such investments cut a large figure in
swelling the volume of subscriptions to
the various issues. These companies would
also necessarily suffer through any quasi
reputation of the German war debt. But
this is not the least of their troubles
Very many companies are now confronted
by the hard fact that they have been run
ming at loss during the last half year or
longer.
This phenomenon Is closely connected
with another-namely, the reduced ability
or willingness of the German to work.
There are reports from all parts of the
country and from the most varied lines of
production going to show that the German
workman is now turning out hardly one
half Of what hitherto regarded as his
normal labor product, and not few state
ments give the figure at az low as one
third. This is largely due to reduced
physical strength In consequence Of mall
nutrition, but feeling of hopelessnsss as
to bettering the individuals position, or
even Of vengeful determination to do as
little possible to help the capitalist
employer, undoubtedly has much to do
with the matter.
Ambition Destroyed
This latter suggestion raises the ques-
tion whether the German working classes
as producers of wealth with which to pav
foreign indemnties, will ever meet the ex-
pectations of the Allies. AS the case now
looks, Germany will have to work for a
generation or more in paying off this for
eign debt, and 1t Is probable, as already
fndicated,' that the meeting of payments
on 1t will work havoc within the German
economic system. Now, II the German
people be condemned through this cause to
years of grinding poverty and if the work
man gets the feeling that he is kent poor
because large part of his earnings must
go to foreigners, is it not certain that the
labor output of the individual will remain
low? I hear the view generally expressed
among employers of German labor that the
men will, under the circumstances named.
lose ambition and do as little as possible:
that they will offer passive resistance to
treaty terms which they feel to work in
tolerable harm to them personally. That
Judgment may or may not be correct; II is
based, at least, upon very human instinct.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10

would have missed by safe distance it's
specific and most important modern
meaning, "a camphorated tincture of
opium favored with aromatics." So fast
do words travel.
Stamina" is another of Mr.. Irland's
words, and it was defined as anything
from "a disease of the eye" to "still, not
moving, lazy, not Industrial" But how
did it help the Latin students to know
at glance (if they did know that it's
root meant the warp in loom" or
"thread"? And there is "sycophant,"
that delight Of the etymologists, who are
still quarrelling over it; whereas every
one with any keen sense of English
(whether he ever studied Greek or not)
that it points out. 1t means "an inform
er" or "a slanderer" in Greek; or, liter
ally, "to show fig" Beautiful explana-
tions were invented by the ancient ety.
mologists touching the export of figs
from Attica and what not But the mod
ern theory is that the real explanation is
an obscene one; the sum total of which
surely does not assist the eager young
student very much.
Now, obviously study of Greek and
Latin does help considerably. But we
hesitate to believe that Mr.. Irland has ex-
cavated the whole truth. His facts prove
too much. There are some persons who
are naturally interested in words for
their own sake, who love them and pet
them and study them. They are the
good spoilers. There are others who are
bored stiff by them and half close their
eyes every time they see one coming
The first named folk are apt to study
languages, ancient and modern. The lat
ter arc apt not to. May not this funda-
mental division Of humans account for
some of Mr.. Irland's results?
There is also this additional point:
Greek and Latin could yield a great deal
more knowledge of English than they
have yielded if teachers correlated any,
thing SO alien as English words and
Latin roots. We have heard of teachers
who did just this. Our correspondent
asserts that all progressive teachers
make feature of word-building. But
they are, we believe, the exception. Most
Greek and Latin teachers are so hard
pressed banging declensions and the
daily stint Of Ode Bello Calico" into
unwilling brains that they have
scant time for any such road
side flowers as English derivations.
Yet here would unquestionably be a
valuable, if limited, aspect Of the study
Of the classics. Here, as all along the
line, the quarrel stands not nearly so
much with the classics as with the way
they have been taught
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10
The Gore Reservations

3 Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, SAYS when
the covenant comes before the Senate he
will support resolution, by reservation,
that will include:
II. more explicit reservation of the
3 Monroe Doctrine.
: "2. .Unequivocal stipulation that the
United States reserves for itself the de-
termination of purely domestic oues
tions' such as immigration, racial equal
ity and the tariff
2 3 provision for referendum to
the people on the United States entering
any war under the provisions of Article
guaranteeing the territorial integrity of
nations in the league.
"a. stipulation that the United States
may withdraw from the league upon a
declaration by Congress or proclamation
oy the President, instead of having II
dependent upon the assent Of the league
council"
Inc open minded who have studied
the covenants text incline to similar
conclusions. Senator Gore travels tho
path of others
The Monroe Doctrine must he MA
served, domestic questions left for do
mestic settlement, Article X limited so
as not to freeze the world into immuta-
bil1ty and withdrawal must be free if
experience with the league is unsatis
factory, with our people, not the league
council the judge Of whether obligations
have been kept.
Here is definite, constructive pro-
gramme which is legal, in accord with
precedent, and which other countries
viii be constrained TO accept if they
would escape the responsibility Of
lengthening the period Of technical war.
That other nations would not post
pone scttlcwent 10 shown in the article
which proTsess when Germany and three
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10

"Babushka returns to Russia conspicu-
ously defeated in her mission, but profess
ing that her heart is full of hope. Poor
Babushka! May she be remembered for
what she was, rather than for what she is."
New York Call.
Babushka would not falsify. She In
sisted on telling the truth about Boil
shevism-that it is murderous TYRANNY
which killed thousands of Socialists and
starved the proletariat. So she is re-
ferred to as "Poor Babushka." Nothing
more clearly shows the contemptibleness
of the Bolshevist fragment in this coun
try than its attitude toward this sanity
woman.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10
lndemnifying the Reds

Columbia, g. c., State)
Germany has not yet excused herself
from paying part Of the war indemnity by
tho fact that she has already sent millions
over to America for the purpose of spread
ing Bolshevist propaganda
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10
Can the Dead Die2
woman.
(From The baltimore gun,

Might it not be the part of stratcyv
for the prohibtionists to agree to the 2.75
beer, upon the theory that once the arguing
stops and the drinking begins that sort of
beer will die a natural death?
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10
The Political Situation


[Grahamve Cor. in Eenville On ~ Journal]
We notice that President Wilson is on his way
back to the United States after six months
junketing trip the Old World; also Mrs.
Wilson and daughter Margaret comes-possbly
people here will hear some fine singing
when she arrives. We noticed Mrs. Wilson
mentioned being present at all the big func-
tions. We did not notice the names of Mrs.
Lloyd George Mrs Clemenceau being present,
but being of lesser lights probably did not think
necessary to mention them. Probably it is all
right, but the cost is pretty high for what has
been accomplished in six months, which
looks as if it might have been done in two months,
say nothing about what is to come yet before
that League of nations which he brings with
him is ratified by the American Senate and peo-
pie, and the big joke is if the American people
don't swallow it hook, line and sinkcr he will
for the third term. What joke
The Commander III Chief of the United
States Army, in his speech at Carnegie
Hall, called it "the American Expeditionary
Force; and, alas! there is no ranking
officer to rebuke him.
ANNOUNCEMENT engagement of
Baron Ireland, better known to readers of
the Chicago Evening Post as Nate Sails
bury, is announced, and to-morrow's Tower
will contain an epithalamium written by
Flaccus, with whom, in 1912, Baron Ire
land won the contribs' watch
Nominated, by c. w. for the record
typographical error is a reference to
keats's code a German Urn," in the
July Bookman.
The first mammoth airship will be named.
our guess is, the Blimperator.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10
GUARANTEE
MENlBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the
for republication OF all dispatches credited 10 1t
not otherwise credited in this and also the local
news CT spontaneous origin published herein
All rights Of republication OF all other matter herein
also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10
No Bolshevist. Here

(Fronn Tho Philadelphia Public Lcdoer)
For sample Of democracy, you cannot
heat city hsthing Dsel.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10
The Coming Tower

When the President said "This is the
first time l ever thought that Hoboken
was beautiful" the chances are that
Laughter occurred. Not for nothing has
the President listened to the wheezes of
the vaudeville stage, where Hoboken is
hokum.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10

One learns from the Sun, that "the ap-
plause they raised was very moderate,
very unstrained"; and one-the same one
learns from the World that "New York
has rarely, if ever, participated in or
witnessed so demonstrative a welcome"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-10

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The torridest welcome we ever witnessed,
or expect to see was the one given, on his
return from Africa, to Col. Theodore
Roosevelt
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