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The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25
SCHOLARSHIP in
THE UNIVERSITY
JUDGE PLUMMER AUTHORIZED
TO MAKE TEN AWARDS TO
BOYS AND GIRLS IN LEE
COUNTY.

am pleased to announce to the
yoang men and women of Lee coun-
ty that | am authorized to appoint
ten students as beneficiaries in the
University Of Arkansas at Fayette-
vile. These appointments entitle
the holder to free tuition for four
years.
The university is state support
ed institution, maintained by the tax
payers of Arkansas, for the benefit
of the young people of the state.
In addition . the usual literary
and classical courses offered in col
leges, it comprises, as part of its
organization, the State College of
Agriculture and Engineering, and
is the only institution of the state
giving complete college courses and
degrees i'm these important industrial
subjects.
The university has also college
of education, whose graduates re-
ceive diplomas emitting them to
teach in the public schools for life.
For the young ladies there are
complete courses in domestic science
and art. Graduates of these cours-
es are in great demand as teachers
and as county agents in canning
club and home economic work.
New courses recently added to
the curriculum are journalism, pub
lie speaking, stenography, typewrit-
ing and accounting. There is re-
serve officers training corps for
training army officers.
For admission to the university
as an unconditional student, one
must be a high school graduate.
Those who do not live in towns
having high schools may obtain APP
pointments and enter the university
Sraining high school, where they may
prepare themselves for the fresh
man class.
Complete information about the
university may be obtained by ad-
dressing the Register of the Uni
versity at Fayetteville.
JNO. A. PLUMMER,
County Judge.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25
FARMERS Fight
TICK ERADICATION
EMPLOY ATTORNEY AND APPLY
TO CHANCERY COURT FOR
INJUNCTION AGAINST CHIEF
INSPECTOR.

A delegation of farmers residing
in Fleener township appeared In
chancery court here Tuesday with
their attorney, j. Walker Morrow
of Forrest City, in an attempt to Sc
cure an injunction against M. l..
Britain, chief Inspector for Lee
county, against the enforcement of
the law requiring the dipping Of
cattle every two weeks. C. e. Dag
gett represented Mr.. Britain and
DIR. Jerome, representing the state
forces. Attorney Morrow argued to
the court that the law placing Lee
and other counties in the dipping
district was unconstitutional because
the act of the legislature of 1917,
creating the dipping district, was
passed as an amendment to the act
of 1915 creating the Northeast Ar
kansas district, and was enacted by
reference to the title of the former
act. Attorney Daggett argued that
the act was valid Chancellor Hut
chins upheld the constitutionality of
the act and denied the petition for
an Injunction. 1t is understood
those opposing the dipping law will
appeal the case to the supreme court.
Marshall Britain, chief inspector
for the county, stated yesterday it
was his intention to enforce the law
to the letter and require the dip
ping of all cattle in accordance with
the provisions of the act. He said
he had been exceedingly lineant
with the isolated sections of Lee
county where opposition had de-
veloped, but that the time had come
when he felt it his duty as an officer
to enforce the law. The opponents
made a proposition to Mr.. Britain
that they would seek a justice of
the peace on each dipping day and
enter plea of guilty to failure
to dip and accept fine of 81, TAX
ing receipt for the same. Mr..
Britain said he declined to have
anything to do with such arrange
ments. He expects to swear out
warrants before justices Of the
peace in Mariana against those who
fail to dip their cattle. The amount
Of the fine will be left to the magis-
trate.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25
Skirts May Be Made
Shorter Next Year

New York, July 2O.-Skirts will
be shorter this fall, even if the pock-
cts have. to be moved north.
Either that or skinnier-much
SKINNER.
The dress fabric buyers, meeting
here, are one in saying it has to be
done, for there isn't going to be
enough cloth to go around. re
someone insists on eight-yard seen
cry, they say, somebody else will
have to stay at home.
And all this because:
The silk worms have joined the
Bolsheviki.
Planters are growing watermelons
or something instead of cotton.
Woody lambs are breaking alti-
tude records.
He who tolls is getting to be an
uncertain commodity.
But this only scratches the sur
face, for it was fatty predicted
by manufacturers there will not be
enough material for FIVE years.
Consider the possibilities of this and
if there is an annual revision up
ward.
Fur men here for the annual mill
lion dollar auction are less pessi-
nistic, fortunately. The fur market
is strong, they say, with everything
from weasels to silver fox in de-
mand.
Just now the girls are wearing
lots of marten, it was reported, the
temperature having reached the COS.
Marten is not au fait under 90 de-
grees.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25
TOPICS IN BRIEF


Very few men of military age are
opposed to the league plan.-Green-
vile Piedmont.
All the gush in this Texas oil
business isn't in the gushers.-Ark-
ansas Gazette.
The former crown prince is more
likely to end in coop than with a
coup=New York Evening Sun.
esasRs
Speechless banquets are becoming
quite the thing these days. Prob
ABLY it's the price of food that makes
them speechless.-St. Joseph News
Press.
Just think, we will have presi-
dent all by oursef from now on.---
Macon Telegraph.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25
ALFALFA YIELDS
splendid PROFIT
COUNTY FARM DDEMONSTRA-
TOR CALLS ATTENTION TO
EXPERIENCE OF HENRY EAST
PROGRESSIVE FARMER.

Those planters who are interested
in growing alfalfa on the up lands
of Lee county should visit Henry
East's farm four miles west of Eel
ton, according to statement made
by Mr.. Whitaker, county agricul-
tural agent for this county. Mr..
East has sixteen acres planted to
alfalfa, six were planted in 1916
and the remaining nine acres this
last spring The six acres that were
planted in the spring of 1915 have
been cut twelve times, an average of
three-fourths ton per cutting, and he
expects to get two more cuttings
this year This will make an aver
age of three and a half tons per
year, counting the first year when
the cuttings were light. At forty
dollars per ton this would be $140
per year for each acre planted in
alfalfa. We believe that there is not
planter in Lee county who could
not afford to doctor up one or two
acres of land and make it grew al.
falfa.
Mr. East has gone to some troub-
lie. to repair this land for alfalfa
but it has been paying investment.
Most of his seeding has been done
in the spring but he expects to plant
some this fall. The best land on the
place should be selected, one that
is naturally rich, well drained and
free from crab grass. To this Mr..
East applies about ten tons of
stable manure and two tons of
ground lime stone. Mr.. East has
tried nurse crop on some of his
alfalfa but has decided that it does
not pay and from now on he will
plant the alfalfa by itself. He in
tends continuing planting alfalfa un-
til he has about fifty acres of as
good as can be found anywhere.
Accoring to Mr.. East "where every
thing else looks blue alfalfa looks
good"
There will be quite a campaign
put on within the next three weeks
to get every planter, no matter how
few or how many acres he may COM
mand, to plant at least one and
not more than fiv acres to alfalfa
this fall. When manure is not
available about 4e0. pounds of cot
ton seed meal viii be substituted.
We hope that everJ one that goes
into the growing OF this most valu-
able legume will lake every precau-
tion to guard against failure, such
as innoculation, lining, manuring
and draining. The county agent will
be glad to order free of cost for
any farmer enough pureculture to
innoculate two bushels of seed
Through the efforts of the county
agent this week S. b. Evans of
Aubrey sold fifty pounds of turnip
seed for $40. Mr.. Evans is a live
wire and looks after all of these
little things and as result the re-
turns from his farm are a great
deal more than they would be if
this seed had been allowed to go to
waste. He cut the seed, raked it
up and hauled it to an old house
where he had them frailed out. He
then ran them through a common
flour sitter and the seed were fine.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25
ANENT KISSING A WIFE
tArkansas Gazette)

To the Editor of the Gazette:
Recent discussion concerning the
proper way to observe Sunday have
cleared up for me a problem of long
standing.
/ have often wondered why the
Connecticut "blue laws" forbade a
mans kissing his wife on Sunday.
It's all plain now.
A man either loves his wife or
he doesn't.
If he does, kissing her is recrea-
tion of a most exhilirating kind.
But, according to DR.. Van Leer and
Mr.. Halle. sall recreation for the
Christian is wrong on the Sabbath
day." Therefore, kissing ones wife
on the Sabbath is wrong.
II, on the other hand. a man
doesn't love his wife, kissing her is
hard work. Saving wood is a pas
time compared to it. But, accord
ing to the fourth commandment,
work on the Sabbath is wrong.
Therefore, kissing ones wife on the
Sabbath is wrong.
So, any way one takes it, kissing
ones wife on the Sabbath is wrong.
The old Furitan's stand is justified
at the bar of logic. READER.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25
HAVE YOU ANY PICTURES?

The best farm scene picture show
ing crops, livestock, ETC., which can
be obtained from the delta region
of the lower Mississippi valley is to
be used as a cover design for the
new edition of the "Call of the AL
luvial Empire booklet issued
by the Southern Alluvial Land AS
sociation, which was formed for the
purpose of giving proper and au-
thentic publicity concerning the low
er Mississippi valley. Ten dollars
will be paid for the best photo and
SIS for the second best, with 81 for
several of the best one showing di-
versified farming. Honorable men,
ton pictures will be used in the
book also. 1t will be an excellent
way for this neighborhood to get
some good free boosting and any
one having photos or facilities fer
taking them should mail them to
the Southern Alluvial Land Associa-
tion, Memphis, Tenn, with de-
scription of each picture showing
where it was taken, etc.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25

On Wednesday night, August
6, general road meeting will
be held in the Elks Home, Ma
riAnna, for the purpose of taxi
ing final action ON . plan to
construct a system of hard sur
face roads on the FIVE princi-
pal highways leading from Ma
rianna. The state highway en-
gineer will be here for the pur-
pose Of participating in the dis
cushion and answering ques-
tions. Every citizen residing
within radius of fifteen miles
of Mariana is invited and urg-
ed to be present at this meeting.
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The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25
Likely to Extend
Special Session

Little Rock, July 23.-Remedial
road legislation will be one of the
strongest factors in securing an ex-
tension of the special session of the
Arkansas legislature, which con-
venes Monday at noon at the state
capitol, according to information
obtained here yesterday. The legis-
lators have been called through a
proclamation issued by Governor
Brough for the sole purpose of rat
flying the federal suffrage amend
ment, but other questions will come
up for consideration, it is believed.
To extend the session more than
one day requires a favorable vote
of two-thirds of the members-elect
of both house and senate. Per-
sons interested in legislation, other
than the federal amendment, have
written to all members of both
branches asking that they earnest
ly consider" certain other subjects.
1t is believed that the solons will
endeavor to secure the opinions of
the "boys up the creek" before they
come to Little Rock, and that these
bearing upon their vote. Extra
or extended session of the legisla-
ture have been unpopular in Arkan-
sas for many years.
The legislative halls are being
placed in readiness for the lawmak-
ers. Secretary of State Tom j.
Terral yesterday had a force of
janitors cleaning house" and by
tomorrow night he said everything
will be in readiness for the solons.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25
GIVE US A PICTURE

Got any good pictures of farm
scenes, live stock, wheat fields, cot
ton fields, wheat fields, corn fields
of alfalfa fields. Pictures are worth
their weight in gold to boost a
community and from so to 100 of
the best ones sent to the Southern
IAlluvial Land Association, Bank of
Commerce Building, Memphis, Tenn,
will be used in the new booklet
that the association issues to send to
persons in the north and east who
want to know about the delta coun-
try. 1t will pay $40 for the best
and SIS for the second best and also
81 for a dozen or more showing di-
versified farming. If you can get
some good pictures, send them to
Memphis and help promote and de-
velop the good names of the state
and advertise this neighborhood.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25

na and Helena pulled off a
match last Thursday after
outside of the fact that
! emerged from the fray
erv small end of the match
was very pleasing indeed
most fastidious lovers of
n swatting the pill. Gray
|to pitch for our side and
the famous comeback ball,
IS almost as mysterious to
fy-chasers as it was to
na batsmen on account of
| that they were continually
locate it after the latter
"a it neatly in the tall tim
he deepest part of the Gen.
ture Stokes, who short
for the enemy, was a veri-
|gieian when it came to hid
Bill in this said timber. He
listed the apple all over the
tout of five appearances at
he collected a total of one
)ne two-bagger, one three
Ind home run. He acci-
popped out to McClintock
|ich was very sweet of him.
)cals repeatedly lost chances
\ by poor base running,
might say was worse than
was rotten. As proof of
lease note that Mariana
|eight hits and only made
ns, while they only had one
I on bases, which shows
|hat there was some weird.
pay uncanny, doings pulled
we attempted to run the
Notwithstanding the fact that
Fher Gray is about the best
der in captivity, it was not
ms fault by any means that
the decision as outside of
her, catcher, second base
pier fielder and right 1eld-
Eeam was intact, and I'll the
Y showed could have been
IN a gnat's eye without
SAD insect any undue pain.
|nt be well to mention haze
baseball fans of Marianna
giving the support they
. the team, so far a. Mt
al the games goes. it is
management has been un-
get enough funds ahead to
Grand stand but at the same
J brand of ball put uo BY the
y y season has been better
y OF the average amateur
esslonal team so far as
!, percentage goes, the stand
! e'ght won and three lost
4 ;ye'.csentage g of .726, which
~ y, lne rag in any old league
''amazoo ! a to Kankakee. But
J tne small attendance the
oeen IN the hole continu-
uurlng the past week it be-
4 I|es:sary y to go forth and ask
> J, II Mariana was to have
'ne ne rest of the season. and
az. say that the generosity of
'Ins saas IN this line has been
! ,eed a. and is deeply appre.
in 'le y team and those con-
'ttn Nm II, and of a surety from
,ae, ,e players will put a ljtrle
,Sv' oS, :. N their work and no
q vN tt she breaks Of the game
q d.. mem, N will tap the gInrer
'atively. "o'" literally
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25
CHURCHES
SAINT ANDREWS CHURCH
The Rev. G. c. Burke, Rector

The Rev. C. C. Burke, Rector
SERVICES-SUNDAYS
Holy communion, a. m.
Church school, $50 a. m.
Mathis, II a. m.
Vespers, 8 p. m.
Mondays-Bible class and St. An
drew's Guild, 3 p. m.
Wednesdays, Litany, 10 a. m.
Thursdays, holy communion, a.
m. ST. Andrews Parish Helpers
80 p. m.
Fridays, prayers, litany and in
tercessions for the peace Of the
world, 7.30 D. m.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
A message this week that the
meeting planned for at Texarkana
has been changed to later date. So
pastor will be in town and preach
next Sunday morning at eleven
o'clock. Sunday school at the usual
hour. Preaching service at Cottrell
school house three o'clock in the
afternoon. Full attendance wanted.
Two more Sabbaths and we close for
August vacation. Plan to attend.
No services at night. Preaching
service IL a. m. Music by choir.
A cordial invitation to all to worship
with us.
w. X. JOHNSTON, Minister.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25
THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

The regular services at the Bap-
tist Church Sunday morning. Morn
ing worship and sermon at eleven
o'clock. The morning service is
short. Evening service at eight
fifteen. The subject for the even
ing sermon will be Making Good" "
This is the last in series of SER
mons to young people. All the young
people are invited to be present.
Come and bring your friends. The
pastor will be away from the city
during the month of August on his
vacation and there will be no preach
ing service at the church.
c. L. HOMMACK, pastor.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25

Do the pennies count? If you
don't think so just hand them to us.
The extra cent put on letter postage
during our participation in the war
yielded the government the tidy sum
of $4,000, 1000.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25
gets
N EVEN SPLIT
It. CAME TO HELENA 3
IND WON NEXT con-
| BY SCORE or ~
ING.

L.l.,,. game between
4. and Helena on the
.ynd. broke up IN
she first half OF the
:,,;ns. The score wa.
samr when Coldstein hit
is;,. E ON the right field
II Umpire keeshan OF
1 sr,, called the hit q tou,
k..sed his decision and
4. . fair ball. Coldstein
!, the call. Awranele
| !, which it was generally
that the last decision
|. M was . fair one pre-
H.. Il was eontended By
Ir;.nn. boys the umpire
|rot change his decision.
n broke up with this rs
decided and the umpire
[eperly awarded the game
kna.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25

With the coming of suffrage we
suppose that women will be eligible
to the diplomatic corps, and an end
will be automatically made to the
Objectionable secret diplomacys-
Columbus Dispatch.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25
CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Rev. Geran, state secretary Of the
Christian church, state of Arkansas,
will be here Sunday and will preach
at the Christian church Sunday
morning at IL and in the evening at
s o'clock. Public cordially invited.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25

May we now suggest that social
unrest the world over may be at
tributed largely to the fact that
there is no longer anything doing to
get excited about.-El Paso Times.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25
METHODIST CHURCH

Regular preaching service at IL
o'clock. The generous public in
vited. No preaching at night. An
nouncements for August will be
made Sunday morning.
JNO. A. WOMACK, Pastor,
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25

Teeth in the league of nations
need not necessarily be fangs. There
are wisdom teeth.-Wall Street
Journal.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25

These are the times that dry
mems souls.-New York Evening
Sun.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25

If the small nations of Europe
look to the United States to feed
them it does look as though they
might at least look pleasant.-Ma-
con Telegraph.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25

Twenty-six Japanese merchantmen
were sunk by German submarines.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-25
THREE NOW SIT In
FREY CASE JURY BOX

one more juror was obtained in the
case OF Jack Frey. accused of criminal
assault, when y. Ford. Memphis steam
filter was accepted by both the state
and the defense. After w r. McLain
had accepted Ford and while Ralph Da-
Wis, attorney for Frey, was questioning
him, he asserted that he thought he
knew Frey
Ford said that he met Frey at a
Trades and Labor council meeting, Frey
being delegate from the butchers
union while he was there as n repre-
sentative of the stcamfitters local.
ThreA Jurors have qualified so far after
about two weeks examination Of We
nremcn,
A few Of the regular panel were ex-
auined Tuesday, Wednesday a special
venlre Of 226 men will be on hand and
Judge Richards also asked for another
Vcnire of $50 to report Monday.
Frey. Allen Mcnamara and Fuller
Longley were indicted on charge of
assauting three girls last August In
lonely wood near Hollywood and Wolf
river. Mcnamara was tried, convicted
and sentenced to die IN the electrie
chair He viii appeal, Frey Is now on
trial Lonlley made his escape and Is
still at large.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-25
WANT QUARANTINE
AGAINST COTTON
SEED TAKEN OFF
Better To Have Weevil-InteSt-
ed Seed Than Weather
Damaged Seed For Plant
ing, Says Dr.. Lloyd. -

REQUEST that 40 raise the quarantine
against shipment OF cottonseed for
planting into Tennessee from weevll
territory TO admit quantities of such
seed bought by local seed dealers ~
the CarolinaS, has been made on Frof,
Bentley, the state entomologist, at
Knoxville, by the Chamber of Com
merce farm bureau. nr ". X, Lloyd,
director of the farm bureau takes the
position in his petition to Prof. Bent
lev that quarantine against seed from
weevll regions IL no longer necessary,
now that the wecvil has Infested Ten
nessee along with all othcr cotton
growing territory Much less damage
viii result, he states, from wecVlls that
might come into the state with the
Carolina seed, than win occur II cotton
planters In Tennessee arc forced to use
rain-damaged seed from their own
fields, or other territories where there
have been excessive rains, to plant the
next years crop. Seed damaged by
rain Is not expected TO gorminate prop
crly and will not give good stands,
The weather. damaged seed prevails
In West Tennessee, Arkansas, MiAsla-
slppi, portions OF Oklahoma, Alabama
md Texas, all of Louisiana and deor.
gla, II Is only IN the CArnllnas thht
heavy fuing did not damage the peed,
BECAUSE 81 this, Memphis seed meu
nave gone out and bought quantities
OF Carolina seed
The quarantine was put on by Prof
Bentley and the state plant board under
general law covering the exclusion
of plant pests from the state, but this
In the first time, TO the knowledge Of
Dr Lloyd that the law has been In
vokdd to exclude eottonsced And II
is not being used now to keep out seed
that Is To be crushed Thousands OF
tons Of seed for crushing have been
imported into the state from so-ealled
wcevil territory by the oil mills,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-25
'NC:4 DUE HERE
|. z PM. WEDNESDAY
Trans Atlantic Seaplane De-
layed BY Accident; Resumes
Flight Down Valley.

The NC-4 trans Atlantic seaplane,
under command of Lieut. Commander
Read, is due to reach Memphis from
Cairo, ILL.,, at 2 O'Clock Wednesday aft
ernoon, according to information reach
ing the naval recruiting station Tues
day afternoon.
The accident to the giant seaplant
off Hannibal Mo, kept the craft on a
sandbar near that point until Tuesday.
when she was ready for the hop to
Cairo, After spending the night at
Cairo, the giant plane win hop off Mem
phisward early Wednesday,
The NC-4 will remain in Memphis
four days on the present trip before
continuing down the~river on its mis-
sion Of recruiting and stimulating inter-
est in the navy.
Extensive plans are being completed
for the entertainment of the officers
and crew by the Chamber of Commerce,