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The courier-index., 1919-08-08
BUMPER CROPS
 ON BOTTOM FARM
YANCY AND DACCETT EXPECT TO GET BALE OF COTTON TO ACRE. CORN YIELD WILL BE OVER 75 BUSHELS.

That this county has a large number of acres of land that are good as any in the world cannot be disputed, according to a state ment made by MT. Whitaker, coun- ty agent of Lee county.
 If any one doubts this it is only necessary for him to visit the farms of Daggett & Yancy south of town on the banks of the St Francis river. On this plantation can be found numerous acres of cotton that will make a bale to the acre, and corn that would make a corn belt farmer turn green with envy. Tn spite of the worst season in years the crops on this place are clean and most of the negroes are being put, to work clearing new ground. In cleaning MT. Yancy cuts off ev- erything leaving nothing. On the ground that was just cleared last fall there is crop of corn that will yield somewhere between sev- enty-fve and one hundred bushels. Mir. Yancy figures that to clear this land and raise this crop it only cost about $35 per acre.
 If man can do this he certainly can not afford to not clean it up.
 Messrs. Yancy and Daggett plan to keep their mules busy all the time. As soon as crops are 'laid by they put the teams to work hauling logs. They plan to raise enough feed for their livestock and with this end in view they expect to plant some alfalfa this fall and continue planting small acreage that will raise all the hay they can use.
 Mir. Yancy, who looks after the farm takes great pride in his farming and is planning improving this place as time goes by With this end in view he is cutting out all the clumps of woods and indi vidual shade trees over the field He is straightenng the ditches anf turn rows. His mules and negroe. are fat and slick and everything or the place seems contented anc well cared for.
The courier-index., 1919-08-08
WEATHER IS HOT.
 ICE IS SCARCE
DENIZENS SWEEPER IN EKCES- SIvE TORRID SPELL = ICE PLANT IS UNABLE TO SUP PLY DEMAND OF PATRONS.
Whew! and then some.

Whew! and then some.
 Old Sol has taken the lid off the thermometer the past ten days and the mercury is making regular h. c. l. ascension.
 Those who are too dainty and proper to sweat are perspiring. There is moisture everywhere except in the clouds and even they caught the fever last night and emitted most welcome life-saving and crop saving ran which covered many portions of the county.
 To add to the discomforts of the high temperature, the local ice plant has been taxed beyond it's capacity and the amount of ice allowed each household had to be limited to twen- ty pounds daily in order that all might be served. Soda fountains were forced to share in this re- striction, their daily allowances hay ing been cut to one-third of the us- ual supply.
 J. P. Hughes, manager of the To- cal plant, stated yesterday his force had been working without intermis- sion in their efforts to meet the hea " demands. Mir. Hughes tried to buy car shipments of ice from St. Louis, Memphis, Helena, Little Rock. Pine Bluff, Jonesboro, Para gould and Forrest City. The best he could do was to get one car of Ice from Paragould. The conditions that exist here obtain in all other cities. The excessive heat wave caused such a tremendous demand for ice that the surplus in all the plants was quickly disposeed of and patrons had to depend upon the dai- ly output of the plants for their supplies. With little moderation in the weather the local plant will be able to catch up and get ahead of the demand. But as long as the thermometer hovers around one hun dred Tn the shade the people will have to make out on a limited ice schedule.
The courier-index., 1919-08-08
Huns Must Glue Up
 I4O,OOO Mich COlUs

Berlin, Aug. 6.-The Geerman government is now getting ready to ship 14O,0O0 milch cows to France and Belgium as required by the treaty of peace. These cows are being tequisitionci in East Prussia, Oidentnrg, SchIesv Hoi. stein, Mecklenburg and Hanover, where there ire some herds of cat tie left. Ac :, t..n gto agovc.rn ne. staten en', ',-re gre now '.
 10000 milc.' cows locst in Ger. large cities. Only the sick and ba- bies are entitled to milk supply, which requires 6,50O,O0O liteers a day.
 The shipping of milch cows to France and Belgium will reduce the daily supply of milk to 56O,UO0 li- ters. On account of the decline of the stock and the lack of coffee, milk consumers, that is, the sick and the babies, have been reduced to 66 per cent of their milk allotment, or to 34 per cent less than the amount their ration card calls for. The removeeal of 100000 milch cows will reduce the milk allot- ments by another nine per cent ac- cording to government statistcs.
 The radical press is attacking the government for giving up the ,ailch cows in the circumstances. But the government is determined to carry out the peace treaty, no matter what the cost, although it is pointed out there is no milk shortage in France to be compareed with the German famine.
 In the national assembly at Wei mar a bill has been introduced ap- propriating 5OO,0OO,0 ,0OO marks for farm colonization and improvement of the soi by scientific methods and the top notch in fertilizers.
 Back to the farm," is the slogan to be accelerated by 500, ,OOO .OOO marks. In support of the bill, Herr Scheidt, the government spokes- man, explained that practically ev- cry government in Europe at pres ent is spending the taxpayers money in an attempt to bring down the high cost of living.
 Switzerland for instance, is pay ing 155,O00,000 annually or about 90 francs per Lead of population in an effort to reduce food prices. said Herr Scheidt. Every Euro pean country was selling food at a loss. This could not be continued indefinitely, and the only solution of the problem would be to cheapen production by the adoption of the most modern, efficient and economic methods.
The courier-index., 1919-08-08
WILL PROSECUTE
 GREEDY PACKERS
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO START VIGOROUS ACTION AGAINST BROTHERS WHO BOOST FOOD PRICES

Washington, Aug. 6.--Anti-trust suits against the great meat pack ing firms were announced today by Attorney General Palmer as the first concrete development of the governments campaign to reduce the high cost of living.
 i Armour, Swift, Morris, Wilson and Cudahy, who have been described Tn the investigations of the Federal Trade Commission and before Con- gressional committees as a great combinaton i'm control of food products are to be haled before Federal Courts by special prescott tors.
 The evidence in hand, Attorney General Palmer declared, indicated clear violation of the antitrust laws"
 Whether the prosecution would be civil or criminal, the attorney gen eral declined to announce. He sald that the law provided for both.
 The history of all the govern ment's antitrust prosecutions in 25 wears does not show a single individual ever serving a jail sen tence for violation. There are evil dences that the government hopes for some in the present campaign.
 While he was announcing prose cutions of the packers, Attorney General Palmer was sending his special agents on a countrywide trail of profiteering and food-hoard- ing. These prosecutions come un- der the food control law.
 All United States attorneys were instructed to ferret out hoards and libel them under federal law.
 "This is the most important busi- ness before the country today" an nounced the attorney general, "and propose to have the law enforce ment of the country side-track ev- crything else for this job
 President Wilson continued to give close attention to the food cost problem and declined a proposal to postpone his address to Congress un- til Tuesday next, instead of thls Friday. Republican leader Mondell of the House suggested the post ponement because of absence of members from Washington, but the president declined in the following letter to the republican leader:
 q am very sorry indeed that l cannot comply with your suggestion of delay in the matter of my address to a joint session of Congress. The situation which impelled me last week to ask Congress to postpone it's recess until my recommendations could be submitted is still acute. l have had under very serious con- sideration the proper action the gov ernment should take with reference to the high cost of living, and l feel that it is my duty at the earil- est possible moment to present cer- tain recommendations now ready for submission to congress.
 'T have, therefore, asked the vice
The courier-index., 1919-08-08
BROTHERS. OVER THIRTY
 MEET FOR FIRST TIME

Pine Bluff, Ark, Aug. 5.-When w. W. Culpeper of Atlanta, Ga, ar rived in Pine Bluff Saturday for a visit with his brother, Robert A. Culpepper, the two brothers met for the first time; both more than thir- ty years of age, they had never seen each other. The brother here also has two other brothers he has never seen. The peculiar circumstance is the result of the separation of the family several years ago.
The courier-index., 1919-08-08
FATHER IS GRANDFATHER
 TO HIS OWN CHILD NOW

Jersey City, N. J.--Can a man be his own child's grandfather? Can a woman be her own child's sister-in-law?
 If a father-in-law and a daugh. ter-in-law marry, how is anybody to keep track of the multiplicity of re- lations?
 As start toward puzzling possi- bilities, Fred Schmidt, sixty years old, of Hasbrouck Heights, N. J., Schmidt, thirty-two, have procured a marrage license from the Jersey City Clerk.
The courier-index., 1919-08-08

president and the speaker to arr range if possible for joint session for Friday afternoon at { o'clock"
The courier-index., 1919-08-08
|VEMENT LAUNCHED TO
 mn 100 MILES HARD ROADS IN LEE COUNTY
|rhcr T,yO Hundred Citizens Meet in M0-
 m md Decide to Create Practically En- countu Into Improvement District- I,mittees Nan,ed to Draft Petitions and |rk Ont Preliminary Detaits

committee composed of Max D. Miller, F. N. Burke, W. D. Newborn, T. c. Conner, Geo. W. Kausler and Dr. W. B. Snipes was apponted to work out the preliminaries, prepare the necessary petitions, select sub committees in each township to circulate the petitions and proceed with the organization of the dis trict.
 The committee held a meeting at the Hotel Marianna at noon Thursday and organized by electing F. N. Burke, chairman; o. F. Lacey, of Moro, Secretary; c. E. Daggett, legal adviser; Dr. o. L. Williamson was asked to act in an advisory capacity.
 The committees appointed for the various townships who will be asked to circulate the petitions were selected at the meeting Thursday. In addition to the names suggested Thursday others will be added to the committees which are as follows:
 Hampton Township-O. F. Lacey, J. w. Whitaker, F. L. Rice, R. L. Hartley, c. E. Dozier, Jonas Daley, Ernest Bunch.
 Fleener-H. K Smith, MT. Hewitt, Frank Adams, Fred Waldrip, A. L. Jones.
 Spring Creek-Dr. w. B. Snipes, o. B. Harris, w s. Shackelford, H. P, Thompson, J. B. Lowe, L. H. Holtzclaw, J. W. Matthews, NJ. G. Thomson.
 Richland (Rondo)-Dr. H. |. White N. M. Blair, W. o. Hopkins, l.. c. Techmire, B. N. Gist, W. L Howard, J. c. Adams.
 Richland Ga Grange)-Banks Mcdonald. Wm. McCracken, J. B. Markham.
 Independence-M. H. Ford, J. R. Felton, J. w. Keys.
 Marianna-F. N. Burke, J. w. Reed, J. NJ. McClintock, w P Har- ris, Doddridge McCulloch, W B Mann, R L Nixon, B Daggett, w A Pyron, Burke Mann, M D Dag gett, c E Yancy, Chas Mckee, R L Hope, o. G Norment, c Mitch ener, M D Miller, w D Newborn, R D Jarratt, J T Robertson, P B Benham, F R Dupuy, Hugh Nixon, w J Shorten.
 Liberty-T c Conner, w M Hill, Joe Clarkson, Henry Banks, John Mann, A G Fainter, E L Conner.
 Union-J J Hughes, Jr, c R Ro- buck, w B Curtis.
 St Francis-Geo w Kausler, J A kinard, Jr, B B Brooks, H B Piper, J B Hood, Ben Elder, M A Kinard,Jr, B Brooks, H B Piper, J B Hood, Ben Elder, M Bush..
 Texas-Henry James, John Move, K E Brooks, John H Warr, D Zirkle, E H McMurray,J West, w T Yarbrough, Will Bray, Henry East.
 Walnut-Sam Harrington, Eugene Sullivan.
 Oak Forrest-W B Bunch, Claud Smith, W c Vail, Billy Smith, Chas Suit, Henry Bunch, Bob Smih, Leland Johnston, Will Harris.
The courier-index., 1919-08-08
THIEF TAKES RED HOT
 STOVE AND WARM MEAL

Dallas, Tex.-While Mrs. Ella Brooks was chatting with her next door neighbor a thief entered her kitchen and stole her red hot cook stove and sizzling Sunday dinner. It was gas stove and the thief just unjointed the pipe and lifted the stove and dinner out and disappear ed. The following day another hot stove and tasty dinner was report ed stolen.
The courier-index., 1919-08-08

Bounty may oe her good roads hut heer people are coming n the finish. During the months several movements Ir launched, but each time t;ons arose that caused an nent of the plan in order [rovements might be made larger interests of the peo- Ied. At the recent special i; the. Arkansas legislature l delegation of Lee County vent to Little Rock to urge Lion of the session so a spe- uight be passed creating a Lee County. The general however, failed to respond emand for an extension of on. and the good roads s returned home and inn began to formulate plans bizing a district under the
 of the Alexander law. ces were held in Mari those who have taken the lhis important matter and esday night of this week a nass meeting with K. l.. fesiding was held at the he at which time the plan but by the committee was
 Every township in the lat is to be included in the was represented at the It was attended by. more hundred citizens and was B most representative body buntians that has assembled sny years to take action on D affecting all the people. osed district will embrace fritory in Lee county with ption of Big Creek and wnships and a portion of K township It is proposed nct a comprehensive sys- ard-surfaced roads, aggre- re than one hundred mics up that every family in " will be at least within s of hard surface road majority of them within
 of the road. While the ve not been definitely es-
 in a general way it may the roads will take in the
 Cody, Tongin, Brickeys, pd Kokomo with a lateral 70 the Mississippi river. Toad will run to the St. yer by way of Skidmore. ner will start at the St. unty line and come to Ma
 way of Haynes. An
 start at the county line
 ana lntersect the Haynes
 the Wright place. The 1ii come by way of Holubs pad will take in Moro and ahotheer will go from 10 Rondo and will connect ~ Aubrey. Another will
 urange and will connect
 Marlanna-Rondo road.
 probably be some chang
 tentative outline of the Tn the main this system
 urlssioners of Road Im-
 District Number One.
 cnarge of the roads in
 wlll work in conjunction \. commissioners mIss of the new
 Williamson, the chair
 old commission, stated
 en a,, or I. hard surface roads
 ;.u s.u district will have am- "a.n which to put all the Dd;t; d;tV;nnecting roads in ex- a,'lon and there will be pon,y aey to maintain them.
 commissioners are to be
 sd anu In addition there kntasi natasslsory board composed in .,ve tp men from every
 nd 'ne county. The ad, Ber. su will meet with the
 CTS and will assist tha,'s .ns
 on the const,,,ct;nn ca..,, sdSa d1sslng Wednesday, nioht Dsnosse DSuresses were delivered as
 Uaggett, wm. B' l,sered na'aaa sss,, sy Commissioner. Gwels' Dr n ps son and many otbar, l o' Illed %an n. from every town. town. |s y;sulpl' upon for an expres- EoneIvsw;s vws on the project.
 rS'nS'0n of the meet;nr vs5us,
The courier-index., 1919-08-08
SNAKE SHORT CIRCUITS
 WERES-IS ELECTROCUTED

Ithaca, N. Y.--At Taughnock Gorge, near this city, a snake crawl ed to the roof of a power house, slipped through hole just above the electrie>-.. suparatus, fell, across two wir1s and sh>rt circuited them Several villages were ."ede dark and the snake was electrocated.
The courier-index., 1919-08-08
WALK OUT AT HELENA
Helena, Lexa and Paragould Rail
 road Employees Strike.

Helena Aug. 6.-Helena, Lexa and Paragould railroad shopmen and car men employed in the Missouri Pa cifc shops here walked out today. No other roads have been affected by the shopmen's strike
The courier-index., 1919-08-08
A FEMININE PURIsT

Prof. Brandos Matthews detests the purist and the pedant, and" he mourns, ''you find them the most unexpected places. Only re- gently at Columbia, l introduced a very brave young airman to a very pretty girl He said to her:
 ''Do you go in for ayiation?"
 "'Dear me, mo-" she rippled, one goes in for bathing, but one goes up for aviation. '"-Buffalo Conner cial.
The courier-index., 1919-08-08

A Chicago reformer proposes the abolition of all church choirs. The movement for world-peace contin- ues to make rapid progress.
The courier-index., 1919-08-08

The colleges are attempting to raise large sums of money so as to stop the professors from envying the janitors.-Boston Shoe and Leather Reporter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-28
HOW GET
RID OF CORNS
A Simple. Safe and Reliable Way.
No Pain or Soreness.

Thanks to a new discovery made from
japanese product women will soon be
wearing smaller and prettier shoes than
ever. Corns are to be thing of the
past. new preparation called Ice Mint.
is said to make any corn or callous shiivel
right up and lift off easily. Hard corns,
soft corns or cornS between the toes can
be lifted right out root and all after 4
touch or two of Ice-Mint It's wonderful
No pain and OF bit of soreness while
applying it or afterwards. People are
warned to stop cutting and trimming their
corns and avoid the risk of blood poison
Simply get a few cents worth of lce-Mint
from your druggist, and from the very
second that it touches that sore, tender
corn. your poor, tired aching feet will feel
so cool, easy and comfortable that you will
just sigh with relief. Think of it-Iust a
little touch of that cooling, soothing lee
mint and real foot joy is yours. 1t is
the real Japlne-a secret of fine, healthy
little feet and is highly appreciated by
women who wear high heel shoes and men
who have to stand on their feet all day
Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-28
Lovely White Skin!
Strain lemon juice we'll before
mixing and massage face,
neck, arms, hands.


BY all means, girls, prepare a iemon
lotion to keep your skin flexible and
young looking You will soon realize
that true loneliness does not mean the
powdery-look or waXen colOrlesSness
of some hot-house flower. but is typi-
fled by the velvety softness of your
skin. VouI pcach-like complexion and
rosy-white hands
At the cost Of small jar of ordl-
mary cold cream one can prepare
fuii quarter pint of the most wonder
fui lemon skin softener and beautifier,
by squeezing the juice of two fresh
lemons into bottle containing three
ounces Of orchard white. Care should
be taken to strain the juice thru fine
cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then
-fhis lotion will keep fresh for months
Every woman knows that lemon juice
is used to bleach and remove such
sbicmishes as freckIes, sallowness and
tan. and is the ideal skin softener
sEmoothcner and beautifier.
= just try it, Get three ounces of
Orchard white at any pharmacy and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up a quarter pint of this sweetly fras-
rant lotion and massage it daily into
the face. neck. arms and hands 1t
Should naturally help to whiten. soft
en-. f-eshen and bring out the roses and
hidden beauty of the skin. 1t is simply
marvellous to smoother rough, red
hands.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-28
SAGE TEA
TURNS GRAY
HAIR DARK
It's GRANDMOTHER recipe to
bring color, lustre and youth
fulness to hair when faded,
streaked or gray.

That beautiful, even shade of dark.
glossy hair can only be had by brew
ing a mixture of Sage Tea and Sui
phur. Your hair is your charm It
makes or mars the face When il
fades. turns gray or streaked. just an
application or two of Sage and Sui
phur enhances its appearance hum
dredfold.
Don't bother to prepare the mix
ture: you can get this famous old
recipe improved by the addition of
other ingredients at a small cost all
ready for use. 1t is called Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound. This "a n
always be depended upon to bring
back the natural color and luster OF
your hair.
Everybody uses "Wyeth's' Sage and
Sulphur Compound now because it
darkens so naturally and evenly that
nobody can tell it has been applied
You simply dampen a sponge or soft
brush with il and draw this through
the hair. taking one small strand AZ a
time: by morning the gray hair ha-
disa ppeared. and after another appli-
cation il becomes eautifully dark and
appears glossy and lustrous.-Adv-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-28

Notes and personals from East Side
oy Frances Jones' Telephone 3'.30
There is a woman on the East side who
is worrying for fear someone might ask her
some day a question she can't answer. She
has thought and thought and worried and
thought but still she cannot recollect
whether three years ago she voted for
Mr. and Mrs Edward King and family.
SO Madison street, have purchased proper
ty at 800 Clay street and expect to move
next week.
The Cleaners class of the Second United
Brethren church was entertained Thurs
day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ellen
Sheldon on Davies street. The guests were
Mrs. Arthur HARPER. Mrs. + y Sheldon
L. HARDWOOD, Mrs Clifford Simmons, Mrs.
J. b. Castor, Mrs. b. Wilson, Mrs. Ira
Nixon Mrs. C. N. Castor so MrS Albert Der
Lois Schoonover. Mrs. J. J. Stafford and
the Rev. and Mrs. J. NJ Russell; The next
William Lewis, 401 Leland street on April
Little Marie and George Monaghan. chill
dren of Mr.. and Mrs. George Monaghan. are
spending the week end in Kansas City with
an uncle.
has been ill with the influenza since last
week. is recovering.
Mrs. ]. L. Crook East Sixth avenue. has
been called to Illinois by the serious ILL
ness of her sister.
Mrs. Charles Naylor. East Sixth avenue.
has had an attack of the influenza, but is
The II. d club will be entertained next
wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
d. V. Taylor in Highland Park.
Mrs. Alice Page who has made her home
for the last few months at 495 Reno ave-
nue., has gone to Dodge City. Kan, to live.
f w. Wittenbraker. Madison street. has
returned home from st. Louis where he
spent several days on business.
L. i. Stone, Branner street. who has
been ill at the emergency hospital since
the first Of the week with the Influenza
is recovering and expects to return home
the last of the week.