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The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28
LOST, sTRAYED, sToLENi

Lost! Strayed! Or stolen!
large flock of Methodist sheep! Have
been gone for some time. When last
seen they were browsing along the
byways of Indifference that opens
out into the road of Neglect, leading
to the highways of Worldliness that
ends in the state of Apostasy. Any
one finding same will please drive
them home if possible and receive
ample reward. If they persistently
refuse to come home, drive them into
the nearest fold, lock the door and
report to the undersigned. Sufficient
fodder for the entire flock will be
provided next Sunday morning at the
usual feeding place. All strayec
sheep will be welcomed back. j. w
KNIGHT. Observation-Disclosures In
Ludlow Herald.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28

that much. Pa sed We got have
Produckshun the brick layers are not
laying enough neither are the hens.
Sunday-the supert (cant spell
that word but its the guy which IS
fourman of the s. s. sed 2 us KIDS
we should ought all ways tell the
truth & not lyes. He asst US If we
ever herd of emmy body getting be
immortal by lyeing & Blisters sed
yes. The sup (same as above) sed
Whom & Blisters replyed q sed
Annanias.
Monday-We had rite essay on
Sugar today & Jake red his out loud
he sed Sugar is found in Cuby &
candy stores its cheef Propertys is
sweetness & Scarcity. They is 3
kinds which is Lump & lofe & grad
uated.
Tuesday - Ma baked sum fine
cookys today & | was tawking 2 her
& had my hans behind my back in
the dish. | asst her why diddent the
wimmen strike & she sed mebbe they
will sum time. AS | went out she
seen the cookys & she struck. Bust
ing 2 cookys. Which | had in my
hip Pocket.
Wednesday-Skool was very dull
& unintresting place today as Jane
was absent all day. | herd she has
indispepsy or sum thing.
Thanksgiving-Pla fut ball in
the morning & ct a lotta turkie q
Kranberrys & minis pie & etc & TUX
sum midisin in the evening. Mebby
/ can get out of going 2 skoll to-
MORO.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28

ton.
Volume is to be weighted by its
effect upon other industries. Trans
portation will receive 150,0O0,0OO
tons of freight. Millions upon mil
lions in capital and payrolls are
represented by the flour and feed
mills, the corn products, beet su.
gar, manufactured food products,
packing houses, leather goods and
textiles, the making up of 1885,
100000 pounds of tobacco, paint.
ing, printing and linoleum, trades,
while the money value flowing out
as the new lifeblood to business will
add S2,000,000,000 to foreign
trade and increase the national
purchasing power by more than
S2O,0O0,000,000.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28

A president will be nominated and
elected in 1920 - everybody can
read the ARKANSAS DEMoCRR5AAII.
through next year daily by mail ONE
WEAR for only $3.90-if paid during
..Raroain Days"-December II O.
po@,,iar nrice is 55c a MONTH. ASK
any postmaster or rural route Ia
rlef aOo"' rs *5p
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28
OLD BUT LIVELY.

Supporting our contention thae
+his Rolsheyism is cold stuff, we
m ono Volumnia in Shakespeare s
"Coriolanus," act 4, scene J. my
10, to-wit: IL all
"Now the red pestilence strike all
trades in Rome,
And occupations perish !!
Little Rock Democrat.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28

L ndu
rite. / of the
questions she asst
was How is the
Firth devided & |
sed BY W a t e r
which was o. K.
Then rite behind
that 1 she asst us
2 name 2 kinds OF
Water e. | rote
down hot & cold
which she sed was
not rite.
Saturday - Pa
is very interested
in the high cost
of liveing & he
sed 2 ma it takes
all he makes 2
live on & ma sed
2 him Do you
think ii is wurth
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28

The ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT is
kicking over the traces in these days
of high prices. 1t is announcing
"PROFIT SHARING" plan WHEREBY y
it makes it's subscription price WV
by MAIL (only) for ONE YEAH y
expire December 10, 1920, i palu
during "BARGAIN DAYS"-Decem,
her lis. Thereafter the price viii
be regular soc MONTH. postm al
tiers and rural route carriers can tel
YOU all about it. "
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28
HERE'S YOUR CHANCE.

Settled woman wishes to reduce
expense of trip any place near OF
north of Omaha, Neb., before Deem
Der Is. Would accompany corpse
Tel. 65909.-Los Onglaize Times.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28
soo SCHOOLS UNOPENED;
SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS

Charleston, W. Va, Nov. 26.-Ihe
teacher problem has reached aGu1e
stage in West Virginia. More imam
500 schools of the state remain unc
onened because of the shortage OF
Instructors. Some of these have oeeh
closed for as long as three years
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28

Your paving taxes for the present
wear are now due and payable at
the Bank of Mariana. j.. Z. Allen,
Collector.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28

A new corporation plans to main
tain more than $4,000 stands OF bees
in California, and make it the Leading
honey producing state.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28

Nobody ever hires a man on the
basis of what his father has expended
on him.-Bulletin of the National
City Bank of New York.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28
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n o-O-O-O-O-O-O--c-O
Friday-Teecher give US a test IN
Gograffy today & ! done pritty wei
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28

Brazils great wealth in coffee is
due to a monk who planted two seeas
in Rio de Janeiro monastery garden
in 1854.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28

The Literary Digest demands
"open doors for American musle
teachers" The Digest plainly mas
no sympathy for the other folks IN
the building. - ST. Paul Pioneer
Press.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28
oo-O-O-O-O-O-O-'
WASHINGTON CHAT
By ROBERT EPSON
O-O-O-U-U- =
SHALL MEMBERSHIP OF
HOUSE BE INCREASED

win the result of the census OF
1920 mean an Increased memoefsiiil
in the house of representatives. II
IS perplexing question that IS run
nino through the minds of the law
makers just now. The next census +
expected to show a population Oh
10000, 1000. At present the mem
bership of the house is 435. Accord
inc to apportionment of districts IN
tbe mast. if the same ratio is 1ol-
lowed TO increase membership on ac-
count of increased population, the
bouse will consist of 500 members.
Sbould the membership be retained
at 435. with an increased NUMBER OF
inhabitants. a Encouragement OF dis
tricts would be necessary and some
states would gain in size and number
of districts while others would lose.
In the past the idea has been to cut
down the size of the house represent
alton, as it is always the claim that
AN increased membership impairs the
efficiency of legislation, has ten
dencv to make the local interests OF
members paramount to those OF ma
tional affairs and helps to increase
the size of the government pork bar
rel" Some members claim that bet
tire legislation would result II the
membership was reduced to ESQ. 1t
is estimated that an increased MEM
bership to 500 would take from the
taxpayers a million or more dollars
yearly. because of salaries, clerk hire,
offices, etc. viii it all be worth
while? On the other hand, the house
has become so accustomed to talking,
thinking and acting in big figures
that a little thing like increasing its
by 65 and expenses by
few million, will hardly be worth
talking about. Time will soon tell.
Washington has real evidence now
as to the improvement in the health
of the president. His appearance in.
a wheel chair on the southern balcony
of the White House, when the day is
sunny, is the signal for folks to con-
gregate in large numbers and walk
to and fro along the iron fence that
encleses the ground. Through the
openings in the trees they can see
the executive and wave greeting to
him to which he often responds. The
most important task that confronts
the president now is the preparation
of his address to the congress which
will open on December 1. He will
have the help of cabinet members,
but much must be done by him per-
sonally. 1t will be the first time that
he has had to dictate his words to a
stenographer, as on all previous mes
sages he has done the typewriting
himself on his own machine. 1t is
thought that he will be permitted to
devote a short time each day to the
subjects of the message so as to have
it completed when congress recon
venes.
x X
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28

1t was a great day for the old col
ored man who guards the tomb of
Washington at Mt. Vernon, when the
Prince of Wales visited the historic
shrine to place wreath of flowers
upon the marble vault that incloses
the remains of the first president
The colored caretaker is a descendant
from one of the slave families which
was owned by Washington and later
freed by him, and has jealousy
guarded the tomb for some 20 years.
He has opened and closed the gates
of the tomb for many distinguished
visitors, among the most recent be-
ing King Albert of Belgium, but
never before had he been called upon
to perform a duty that the Prince OF
Wales asked of him. The prince en-
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28

AS a national hero, our neare; !.
approach to D'Annunzio prooaoyc ~
Charley Chaplin.-Little ROCK va
zette.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28

MILLER LUMBER COMrAN ~.
has a fluff assortment of building nS
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-28
STATS DIARY

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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-10-02
Early Times in Texas
(Continued from DIG 3D.

had a bite of anything fur more'n two days
couldn't 90 IT, IL was tougher than ole bun,
and its legs and wings, when they was diaWed
I'D by the fire looked like bundles OF fiddle
strings and what little meat there was on IT,
tasted Jess like cayote smells Buzzards amt
good I'll admit, but almost everything else We
tried will sorter do. perviden you are powerful
hong1y-even rattlesnake amt as bad as II
looks. and their fat is fust rate to fry poor doe
in" What" exclaimed Guido, fry meat via
rattesnake fat fore gracious dere amt none
oh 1t gwying inter my skillit Il agree with
YOU. Guido" said Mr. Pitt, everybody who
likes them can take their rattesnakes, skunks
and bull frogs, but for my part ] will always!
take beef or mutton in preference. In course,
said Uncle Seth "but sometimes when we can
git biskets we kin worry down corn dodgers
purity well" Next to buzzard," continued
Uncle Seth, 81 rIther think the most onsatisfy-
in eating ever tried was some of them little
highan' tarrypins. Once when | was out on
scout and we was nifty hard up fur 'provender,'
durin' the day, / picked up three of them var
minis and put EN- in my shot pouch. thinking
they would make respecterhil bait when got
to camp that night. Well, Jess as soon as we
stopped | started a fire, fur ] was powerful
honprv. and when il had burnt down little,
| livered up my tarrypins in the hot embers--
bein' the only way | had to cook EN-. When
thought they was done | raked EN- out and
cracked 'em open with a rock. but I'm Dutch
mans boy eff there was varsal thing inside
of 'em but the backbone. which was stuck fast
to the shell, and little wad of dried grassl
Theys nothin' blt hulls, jess like the post oak
mast arter it's been blasted by the frost. ]
didn't have much to brag on in the way of sup
per that night, and I've never tried highlan'
tarrypins since-'twont do to bother with en-"
Ito Be Continued.)
(Copyrighted)
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-10-02

tically speaking. is sill further increased by
the eyer.g growing use Of bank checks.
SOME STATISTICS.
Regardless Of these academic discussions the
fact remains that we are confronted by tact
and not theory, namely, the cost Of living
has greatly increased coupled with higher
price level, in all lines. and reimbursement must
come about based on this higher level OF prices.
That much readustment is going on is evident
from the following statistics:
The Bureau Of Statistics Of the New YORK IN,
dustria Commission, covering about one-third
of the factories of the State. gives the average
weekly wage in September. 1918, as s22.3l, an
increase of 80 per gpt. in four years 90 per
cent. in two years. and 81 per cent. IN IL
months. The bureau finds from its data that
wages and food prices have advanced as per the
following comparison.
Rise in wages in four years, 80 per cent.
Rise in retail food prices, 81 per cent.
The National Industrial Conference Board re-
porting to manufacturers ASSOCIATIONS as to the
percentages of rise in the several items making
up the main living expense between July, l9l4,
and November, 1918, is as follows: Z.
Food, 83 per cent.
Rent, 20 per cent.
Clothing, SO per cent.
Fuel So per cent.
Sundries, 55 per cent.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-10-02
= Why There Are High Prices :

There ~ PTO77fIHg, BnF S0"s


produce would tend to lower prices on ioous'uii
The most comprehensive Legislation monx ' .hs
line has been that Of North Dakota whe'v ZIG
State Commissioners Of Railroads nave oeo',
empowered 10 establish and operate cene ,l',
grain markets az strategic points OUTSIDE az you
AS within the State. State grain-gradng sys
tenn was adopted and provision MADE lot s'"'''
and warehouse inspection. .,.s.,
Arizona, Kentucky, Mississippi, Massachu-
setts. Rhode Island and some other states nave
done considerable in passing legislation concern
ing milk and other food items. In iact never
before has the question of foodstuffs peen 10,
ceivinQ the attention of the different o'ate
Legislatures as il is today. The United states
Department of Agriculture is also very hucn
interested in the many problems concerning
food; its experts are studying such questions
AS the introduction Of new plants for 1000 ana
forage. the proper selection Of seed. best meth.
DDS of fertilization and tillage, how to combat
plant diseases, marketing conditions, canning
and dehydratng. etc From ali these ACTIVITIES
of the Department, carried on as they are ny
experts in their several lines, great good -
bound to come The Department, through us
various bureaus, co-operates closely VITA the
different States and their experimental stations
and thus its work is greatly expanded rs 4 re-
suit.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-10-02
UNEQUAL RISES.

While there has been a rapidly rising level
of prices in all lines the price level on iood-
stuffs clothing and footwear has risen above
the average high level these being the basic
accessories of life, it is vitality necessary that
remedial legislation by the Federal and state
Governments be enacted with the view OF better
controlling the production, marketing ana dis-
tribution of these basic necessalies. While we
are waiting for the necessary Congressional m
vestigation to determine what the actual conci-
tions are, in the matter of the high cost OF Nv
ing. preparatory to securing the proper data Tor
remedial legislation. we can do much toward
the temporary adjustment of the high prices
on these commodities by careful readjustments
of salaries and wages to equtably compensate
for them.
II has been our inability to recognize that
a higher level of prices had been definitely
ushered in, and to make the necessary readlust-
ments to meet the same, that has caused both
a prolonged period Of business inactivity fol-
lowing the armistice, and the great lack OF en-
ployment.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-10-02
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general staff when he came into the oil fields
and organized n company for drilling a well,
and has extended the proven field mile west
from the Mother Pool well. He has also many
other holdings which will make him a rich man
within short time. And besides the money
he has made for himself, he has made rnany
poor stockholders rich
Former Governor O. B. Colqut is another
man who has come into the Eastland oil fields
and is doing well. He is president of the East
land Wichita Falls 10 Gulf railroad and presi-
dent of the Great Southern oil Refining Com
pany lie Is putting down the Bumgarner WE'LL
The oil fields are great places to make money.
They are also great places TO lose money. But
the best way 10 make money in the oil fields
is 10 work for H. and that N what YOU viii
have TO do II you cast your lot among the argo-
nauts OF the liquid gold" and expect 70 got
your share Of e.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-10-02

May every morning seem % say. there's
10 you.-ienrY Van Duks.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-10-02

tically speaking, is sill further increased by
the eyer.growng use Of bank checks.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-10-02
SALARIES AND WAGES.

One Of the most important questions lnti-
mately connected with the increasing cost OF
the necessalies of life is that of the proper
reimbursement of salaries and wages from time
to time so as to preserve the proper ratio be-
tween the workers living expenses and has
earnings. When this readjustment IS equitably
made the higher level Of the cost Of living Will
work no particular hardship TO him. Reduced
10 simple statement Of fact. the worker "a
worthy OF his hire, that is, he must be able to
earn enough 10 enable him 10 maintain decent
standard of living; II conditions become such
that he cannot do this. then discomfort becomes
general and the business welfare OF the country
becomes disturbed. In Russia this disturbed
condition has degeneratsd Into Bolshevism and
anarchy.
The economisla and linanciers have discussed
the hlgh coat of living IN an academic way ior
some time past There ara those III them who
ascrlhe ths higher price level, Ia part IA The
great expansion ol the currency which increased
hom a per oaplla circulation II ti6. 10 OcioheT
4. 1917, ~ thaaa on October 1, 1919, "a a net
increase during The year ol ,l,fl. which psss'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-02
KING EMMANUEL
GIVES UP LAND
Renounces Crown Rights to
Benefit Peasantry

ROME. Sept I. - Delayed -
Omitted Pressp-King Emmanuel
took another step. significant one.
along the path OF democracy today,
when be informed Premier Nitti. &C.
cortiIng 20 an official announcement.
that he intended 10 relinauirh all tho
crown lands turnout Italy for tn.
benefit Of the peasantry and the
"combatanis for italian unity"
Tn. official announcement states
that the king r.nounccs possession
OF tn. buildings on these lands In "a.
vor Of charitable. institutions and or.
ganixa,sons whose aim IL 10 mitigate
the sufferings which have followed
In the wake Of the war.
The king also announced that In
the future his own private property
would be taxed tho same as the com.
moner'H-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-02
Miners Prepare
for Convention

CLEVELAND. o.. Sept. g.
Omitted Press. 1.-The most important
convention ever held by the United
Mine Workers OF America will begin
here next Tuesday and Is expected
to continue more than two weeks.
Wage scales and rcndJustment Of
working conditions In various ways
viii come up for consideration.
Among other things resolution
asking naturalization OF the bitumi.
nous industry, which the session will
represent. probably will be intro.
duced and adopted
Seventeen hundred accredited dele
gates from all sections of the United
States will bc present, and In al.
dltion there will he 800 general Of
ficers and officers OF local unions.
Many others also will he present.
They will represent 400, 900 miners OF
bituminous coal.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-02
ALASKAN POSSE
SEEKS FUGITIVE
U. S. Deputy Marshal Evans
Shot by Prisoner at Seward

SEWARD. Alaska. Sept. WIN.
Dempsey. who shot and seriously
wounded United states Deputy Mar.
shall Isaac Evans, Monday. IL being
sought by an armed posse Of so men
and dogs today.
Dempsey was wanted In connec.
ton with the disappearance Of Mar.
Earet Lavor. at Anchorage. last
week. Deputy Evans saw him on
the street and arrested him. Demp.
ssy pulled his gun and sho, Evans.
who. aitho badly wounded. returned
the fire.
Dempsey made his getaway on n
handcar. which he abandoned few
miles out Of Anchorage. when he
took to the brush
Evans has been in Alaska for Is
years. He formerly worked in Ia.
coma.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-02
CARRANZA WARNS FOREIGN POWERS
LABOR PLANNING.
TO MEET WILSON
To Demand Right to Organ
ize and Bargain Collectively

ny RALPH y. CorCu
Omitted Press staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. sept. s--Ihe
right 90 organize and bargain
collectively with respect To
wages and working conditions,
win be the principal point or
CANNED labor win press nj the
sround table" Industrial confer.
rnee. 20 he called by President
Wilson. leaders here agreed to-
day.
Labor leaders feel they viii have
the president with them In this de
mand. and there IL belief among
some OF them that the president may
no even further.
1T is the only way the workers
can obtain justice" said Secretary
John Scott. OF the railway depart
ment. American Federation OF Labor,
sNve1i endorse the conference plan
II II gives us the right to discuss
better working conditions and In
crca~es with officials OF the post
office department" said President
Gilbert NJ. Hyatt. OF the Postoffiee
Clerks union.
What They Want
1T Is Just what the stecl workers
are contending for" said James
Exan. editor OF the Weekly News
Letter OF the American Federation
Of Labor.
Granting OF the proposal by rep
- h. NkIkIf
bring quick action and agreement at
the conference. labor leaders say.
Some favor having organized labor
make accession to the proposal a
condition on its participation In the
conference. Most leaders. however.
believe the demand should be put
forth after the conference eonvcncs.
Leaders plan to begin soon ser.
les Of formal conferences. at which
points In their program will be
formed. Local leaders may be called
70 attend the conference from all
parts OF the United States.
Considers Public
The,prcsident has not yet Indicated
how the conference shall BE- consti.
40%Iu INV EAVtAEtAA w EA@"A ~"
president Is studying. II was learned
today. Is whether the representatives.
u the public shall be named TO at
tend the preliminary meetings OF the
conference, or whether h. shall rep
resent the public. As another alter
native. the president might call on
both capital and labor to send repre-
sentafives and then name repre-
sentatives OF the public.
Officials In touch with the presi
dent believe he will adopt the first
plan for an informal meeting. 10 be
held at the White House. at which
he would attempt to mediate differ
ences and promote n more friendly
feeling between labor and capital
Out Of this meeting then would grow
the bigger Industrial congress.
President Bert NJ. Jewell and other
officials OF the railway department.
American Federation OF Labor. today
announced they are prepared 10 take
Immediate action 10 stop unau.
thorixed strikes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-02
HEARING TODAY
ON FAIR PRICES
Citizens Are Asked to Make
Complaints OF Profiteering

Aftsr almost three weeks prepa.
ration the first open meeting Of the
Fair Price committee TO hear com.
plants Of profiieerinE was schsd.
uied to be held Tuesday afternoon
at o'clock IN Room iosi Henry
building.
Citizens are invited TO attend this
meeting and make complaints Each
speaker win be allowed five minutes
to voice complaint. The name
and address OF the alleged profiteer.
ing merchant viii be taken by the
committee and his store invest.
gated.
II has been decided TO adopt thi.
method OF individual investigation
rather than 10 make a general fair
price ilst as was done during the
war.