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The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-12-05
CLUB CREED TELLS WHAT
"4-H" SYMBOL INDICATES

According to their creed" North
Dokota agricultural club boys and
girls believe in club work because of
the opportunity it gives them to be-
come useful citizens and to serve
their country and state, to which
service they are wiling to dedicate
themselves.
The creed also explains why they
believe in the four cardinal purposes
club work symbolized in the All club
insignia.
They believe in training the head
to give them power to think and
plan and reason; in training the
heart that they may be kind, sympa-
thetic and true; in training the
hands to enable them to be helpful,
skillful and useful; and in caring
for the health, to give them strength
to enjoy life, resist disease and to
be more efficient.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-12-05
MOTHER MONKEYS
AND THEIR BABIES

All mother monkeys carry their
babies in their arms, nursing them
ain very human fashion," as Sir
Richard Owen said. The fathers, too,
have repeatedly been seen carrying
the young on their arboreal journeys.
Now. the fact that the simian parent
has to carry the very immature baby
about implies an intensification Of
the family relations; it must surely
have favored the growth of gentle
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-12-05

Gas in stomach comes from food
which has fermented. Get rid OF this
badly digested food as quickly as pos
sible if YOU would avoid bilious at
tack; HERBINE is the remedy you
need. 1t cleanses and strengthens
the stomach, liver and bowels, ana
restores energy and cheertulness::
Sold by Harrington Bros. III
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-12-05

The strike which produces the
greatest good to mankind is the one
which hits a hot piece of iron, the
head of a nail, or otherwise aids in
the work of production.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-12-05

If man cusses when he feels like
doo.sA, woman laughs when she
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-12-05

When a woman -neglects to change
her mind it is pretty fair evidence
that there is no mind TO chahee'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-22

New Orleans special to- the Indus- trial Index says;
 Winter building operations of unpre- cedented proportions, limited only by the ability of contractors to obtain labor and materials, are predicted by J. F. Rhodes. secretary of the Southern Pine associatiVn. on his return diuons in the nxth and east during which he visited New York, Boston, Chicago and other centers
 ''we are now experiencing the, great est era of prosperity in the country's history said MT. Rhodes "and the most optimistic feeling as to the future was expressed by business men inter
 viewed,
 Trade in every line is at top-water mark. All classes of manufactured ar
 ticles are in such demand that it is dif-' ficult to supply requirements.
 From the standpoint of the lumber industry. I was particularly impressed
 by the extreme housing shortage, which
 does not seem t6 have been relieved in
 the least by the extensive building ac- tivities of the last six months. In some cities people have actually been reduced to the necessity of buying old street cars for homes, while many shacks along the seacoast. ordinarily used for summer houses are being fixed up for
 occupancy all winter. In a number of places the situation has become so fse- rious that extreme efforts are being made to find homes in which to house
 a considerable proportion of the popu lation- In some instances. the munich palities themselves are preparing to en- gage in the building of homes and apartments
 "This is 8 direct result of tho curtstl
 ment of building operations during the war, and we now have the natural in crease in population in three years to provide for"
 To remedy the situation,k MT. Rhodes states that plans are being made for ex tensive building operations in practice ally every large city in the country, to begin as soon as possible and that the amount of building this winter will de- pend entirely on the ability of contrac- tors to secure workmen and materials. Retail lumbermen everywhere are making arrangements to take care of an enormous demand for lumber and other building materials" he added. .and their anxiety tx secure stocks is
 already reflected il" "rn5 call on the saw mills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-22
ARKANSAS TO HAVE
 NEXT OIL BOOM

Shreveport. La, December 2f.-tSpe- cial l-Arkansas is predicted by big of operators as the scene of the next oil boom. At present Louisiana hSids the attention of the oil fraternities. R. L. Smith, better known as Wildcat Smith, pioneer of the Claiborne field, Is the man who is responsible for the present boom that exists in Shreveport today. smith has started and is drill- ing his first well in Arkansas under the name of the WalAo Oil Corporation. Thousands and thousands of curious opefators watched the test that was going down in Claiborne parrish, La. that was being drilled by R. |. Smith. without investing any money in acre. age. They are doing the same thing to- day. standing away ct a distance but seeking information as to the outcome of the Waldo Oil Corporation well. Wildcat" Smith has every reason in the world to believe that he will gel another gusher in Arkansas as he did here in Louisiana.
 The Waldo Oil Corporation has its derrick up and is getting ready to set 19-inch casing. The well will be put down to a s090-root depth if nec- essary to secure oil sn paying quanti- ties Robert Ixee Fullinwider, who has spent IS years of his time in the oil fields and who drilled water wells for Uncle Sam in France. is in charge of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-22
Great Industrial Actiuity In
 The South Progressing Steadily
Phenomenal Boom Around Like the Hrahin the South at This TimeIron Market Present
 Moment Booming Various Industries Thriving All Over the South-Boom Spirit Prevailing

ing the first half of 1920. Spot iron is scarce and miscellaneous in quality. Foundries are working as heavily as la- bor conditions permit and the steel plants are gradually returning to normal.
 The coal strike settlement has not clar- flied the coke Situation to any great ex- tent. While inquiries received show an interest on the part of buyers, operators are not inclined to consider new business for prompt CT first half shipment until it has been determined what the results of the governmental restrictions will be and until more information is available as to what action will be taken regarding the miners wages by the new commission to be appointed by the President of the United States. There is practically no coke for sale producers finding it diff cult to fulfill existing obligations and are operating their output. Many consumers seem anxious to protect themselves on their future needs and quite a heavy ton mage of Connellsville coke has been placed, both for the period beginning April and running through September, and for the last half of 1920 at the prevailing prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-22
TEXTILE MILL NOTES

Abraham Weinberg and Bernard Born stein have chartered the Falls city Knit ting works, with slo,5oc capital, at Louis vile, Ky. A
 Joseph P. Ryan. Charlottesville. Va, and associates will establish mill with. weekly capacity 800 pounds of Eeorgette crepe yarn.
 An increase of capitalization from A5,- eco0oo to 900 has been announced for the Pacific Mills company. Columbia. s. c. Lockwood, Greene & Co. of Boston are, the engineers-managers
 A. F. I,edyard of Peli City, c. E. Thomas of Prattville, and F. l.. Walton of New York have incorporated the An tauga Cotton Mills of Prattville, with s2o0,000 capital.
 The Alexander Cotton Mill company, TaylorviIle, N c, has been incorporated to build a 5000 spindle mill. It has ordered the machinery, which will be driven by electric power s. c. Earp Is president K The George Cotton Mills company, Bes- semer City, N. C., recently reported char tered with sl0o,oO0 capital, has organized and succeeds the Atlas Misunderstanding company t has 5O0o- spindle and will in- stall additional new machinery, to Include winders, twistsrs, reels and finishing equipment. John J. George is president
 About 1500 tons of iron and brass are made iato pins every year in the United
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-22
The Manufacturers Record says:

The Manufacturers Record says:
 Every industry and every financial interest in the world is vitally eaa- cerned as to cotton. which clothes a large proportion of the worlds tn habitants. Into every sphere of life cotton enters as a dominating factor. In the hospital, on the tented field, in the place where war rages the hottest, in the peaceful pursuits of daily life, in the supply of clothing and house hold supplies, in the automobile in dustry; indeed, wherever civilization exists cotton and its supply are mat ters of supreme importance.
 For sugar, for wheat, for corn, many substitutes can be found, but for cot --n man has found no substitute. Dis credited in financial circles, disowned alHstt by its own people, vigorously attacked by cotton manufacturers of Europe and America, cotton was for years synonym of economic slavery.
 The slavery of the black man was never one-half so bad as the slavery of poverty and illiteracy fastened upon millions of southern people by the power of those who for years beat down the price of cotton.
 Eyerx-word spomen, every influence exerted against good price for cot ton has contributed to mental, moral, physical and financial enslavemeht Of men. women ahd children.
 It is a long story of poverty borne heroically of women in the cotton fields instead of in the homes, of chil- dren in the cotton patch instead oi in the sehoolhouse, of wretched huts in place of decent dwellings, of in- dsbtedness year after year as the growers struggled against overwhelm- ing odds.
 To tell the story would be to go
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-22

Week after week the untitled or ders for pig iron grow and stocks di- minish. Most foundries are rushed to death, melting such large tonages that they are unable to accumulate a safe reserve against winter interruptions of transportation. Production has not succeeded in reeuperatng fast enough to take up the strain Authorities agree that the country is about to ex- perience 8 shortage Of pig iron even greater than at any time during the war. Inquiry during the past week has not quite kept up the rapid pace recently established, but it has been good and an accumulation of orders, ranging from carload lots to several of 1000 tons, have furnished sufficient impetus to the market to continue the upward tendency. While some saga eious buyers believe that prices have about reached the peak, others are just as sure that further advances are imminent and are taking care to- pro- tect themselves fuAy on all regular grades and specialties.
 ITO sum up, therefore, it Is becoming difficult to secure iron for delivery dur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-22
THE HUM OF INDUSTRY IN THE SOUTH
Worlds Great Cotton
 Problem NoW Looming Up

back to the awful poverty of 1865. to the inability of farmers to start life again except on money borrowed at un- godly rates of interest on the cotton crop for which the land had not even been plowed. It would require the telling of how the boil weevil has wiped out whole cotton districts and broughe ruin to 7any, from which there was no escabe except through the raising of foodstuffs. It would be to open up to public gaze the fight of the ages against cotton, often dom mated by men who cared not how many people they made suffer for a bare existence, provided they could roll in wealth lSached from these poor and helpless cotton producers.
 The mills of the gods have indeed sround slowly, but they are now grinding with exceeding fineness.
 Because of these facts we are deyot- ing much space in this issue to the cotton question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-22

The year 1919 closes with great pros perity. It has been year of indus trial unrest but year, nevertheless. of genuine progress.
 Tn the Birmingham district large en- terprises are planned for January. A great manufactory of au@mobilss will be one of them.
 When it comes to southern activities, the oil boom progress is the most marked.
 Charles Sumner, well known throughout the south. just back from Shreveport, La, says the boom Is not only widespread, but that the oil thrift is of the most substantial sort. He says the fact that cots are selling at premiums in the Hotel Youree are not in the least exagger- ated.
 The retail merchants trade has been larger than usual. Birmingham is having a splendid trade.
 The iron trade, according to Rogers, Brown & Co.,. has been like this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-22

the drilling of this we'll He is a man that is capable of drilling wildcat well. The stockholders of this com pany will have the assurance that one Of the best men in the oil business to- day is guarding their interest in Ar kansas
 The present conditions that surround the drilling of this well are something similar to those that existed at the time Smith drilled his first well in Homer, to the extent of choosing B To- cation for his well.
 pr. F, D. T. Biekley. who made the location in the Homer field, has also made the location in the Arkansas field. He certainly. is anrenthusiastic booster and Is very much interested in the outcome of this we'll He is so enthusiastic that he has remarked time and time again that this would be the next big oil pool of tine world. Many locations In this section have already been made, and several wells are now oil fraternities will watch Wildcat" Smith in the drilling of this well with no small degree of interest Leases in this field are reported advancing in price. Forty acres just sold at $25 per acre.
 It is no longer surprise for the home folks as they are investing their dollars in the outcome of this well, and are expecting to see gusher.
 About 10000 on tons of bituminous coal is used each year by the railroads in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-22
Bids on 1000, ,000 Hotel

Bids win be received in few weeks on the q, ,000000 hotel building, the Flamingo, says q Miami (Fla.) special, which will be erected by Carl G. Fisher at Alton Beach on the bay side of the peninsula. Plans are now in the hands of local contractors.
 The new hotel, which comprises only 8 part of the big building programme pro- jected for the coming year by Mir, Fisher and others interested with him, will be ready for next season, it is hoped. It will contain 1Sn rooms, and the central DOT ton will be Il stories high. This cen tral portion will be flanked on either side by an eight-stery section, and still further to each side will be four-story sections, while the two lower floors will extend 100 feet on either side of the four story parts.
 The total width of the building will be Ss5 feet. and it's total depth about 150 feet A feature of the structure will be the nu- merous terraces and balconies that fit in here and there around the building pro- v.ding the most ample out of door sitting room for this climate.
 The large lobby is to be floored with tile, and the walls are to be covered with Keens stone. Every guest room in the hotel win have private bath.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-22

From the skin of sturgeon fs ob- tained tough leather that is used for the making of laees to join leather belting for ma chnery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-22

About 10000 onA tons of bituminous coal is used each year by the railroads in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-22

EUGENE JACoBs' DRUG STORE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-22
Winter Building Operations
 Said to Be High Water Mark

Last week orders received by South. ern Pine association mills jumped 2t per cent above the week previous.
 "One hundred and fifty seven milli report to the association that for the week ending November 21 they received orders totalling 107.S96,S24 feet of 1um. Der. or 4S44 carloads. Orders were 11.5i per cent in excess of normal produc. ton. and S1.32 per cent above actual production. Balance of thrilled orders on hand at these 157 mills November q, aggregated 21.750 carloads, or nearly half a billion board feet'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-22

About 15oo tons of iron and brass are made iato pins every year in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-22
Foley's Honey and Tar rAAHpnr INIT
COMPOUND

CLEARS THE THROAT of phiegmy and mucus, stops that tickling. opens the air passages for easier breathing and coate the raw, infamed surfaces with heal" ing, soothing medicine.
 Grateful Father Tells What It Did
 WE. Curry. l3o Up 9th St.. Evansville, Ind. writes. T have little girl years who has sood deal of trouble with croup.. have used Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. eivins it to her according to directions. and obtaining instant relief for her. My wifo and I use it whenever bothered with a bad cold or cough, and will ssy that it is the best remedy for bad cold; cough. throat trouble or cFoup that ever saw
 Parents who use Foley's Honey and Tar know it is safe and no harm will come even if an overdose should be given by accident. It tastes good and children like it. Itwon't upset the deli- cate stomachs of young children, delicate persons or elderly people.
 EUGENE JACOBs' DRUG STORE
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-12-18
Unexpected Did Not Happen
Wednesday
Alarmists Had Predicted Great Things
to Happen as Result Of Grouping
of Planets.

Well those people who had the
opinion that this good old world
would be a thing to be remem-
bered after December 18th, can
again breathe easy, for although
alarmists had predicted that
great things would happen, and
some even had the fear that the
good old world would be de-
'stroyed, but the world continues
to swing in its orbit around the
sun just as it has for the past
thousands of years. and nothing
out of the ordinary happened.
All Of this hub-bub which has
caused nervousness among
superstitious people has been
occupying space in the Sunday
papers for some weeks past and
is brought about by astronomers
stating that there was a group
ing of the planets which might
cause unusual things to happen,
and as this became talked about
the story became enlarged until
some people were led to believe
that grave things would happen
and the day was set as Deem
Der 18th. which was yesterday.
This superstition was general
throughout the world, and even
right here in Washburn we have
heard of a case where it was ex-
pected that the world would be
destroyed.
The four big planets, Venus,
Jupiter, Mars and Saturn, seem
to be grouped and make their
progress in the sky in almost a
direct line and can be seen by
people without the use of a tele.
scope. These planets will con-
|tinue to form in a procession
across the sky for two or three
weeks when the group will again
disappear.
Some have attributed the ex-
IRENE cold Of the past few weeks
to this unusual phenomenon.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-12-18
NEW MANUFACTURING PLANT
Washburn Manufacturing Co. IS Incorporated and Will
Erect an Excelsior Plant in Washbnrn.

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ofS Manuact
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mill site the Moore
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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-12-18
STORES ARE IN
HOLIDAY DRESS

Do your Christmas shopping
early. Again the usual and
familiar slogan is Haunted be-
fore the people Of the com m unity.
With the first week OF Christ
mas shopping past and only a
few more days left in which to
prepare for Christmas. the
slogan is especially timely. The
stores are already wearing their
holiday dress. New stocks OF
Christmas goods are displayed
hastily and prominently in tin e
shop windows of,the merchants
and the interior parts of the
stores are proudly 6edecked
with Christmas novelties. The
very appearance of the stores
bespeak the spirit Of the year
and patrons and the patrons are
unconsciously infected with the
holiday season air.
For the benefit of customers
and the satisfaction Of merchants
it is imperative that people do
their shopping at the earliest
possible moment. Conditions
this year are peculiar aud it is
decidedlp important that shop
pers do their buying early.
This year more than any other,
people should listen to the ad.
vice of merchants and eliminate
all possible delay in selecting
their holiday gifts. Delays in
shipments of new stock, pos.
sibllities of an increase in prices
in new goods received and a bet.
ter selection of gifts. are all
arguments WHICH SnOuiu induce
people to do their shopping inn
mediately.
The stores of Washburn are
we'll stocked with holiday gifts.
The display windows show that
they are offering an unusually
attractive variety of goods from
which to select. The prices in
most cases are less than asked
elsewhere. People however
should remember that these are
strenuous titpes for the mer.
chants who are trying to keep
their stores well stocked.
Do your Christmas shopping
early.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-12-18


A shower was given in honor OF
Mrs. Bruno Malek of Ashland. on
Sunday evening at the home of Mrs.
Duncan Arseneau. Mrs. Malek was
formerly Miss Lonette Ludwig of
this city. The evening was spent
in playing various games after which
delicious luncheon was served.
Mrs. Malek was the recipient of
some beautiful silverware. Those
present were Alma M-rtinson. Tess
Lee, Florence Oberts, Dena Smith,
Emma Arseneau, Florence Thomas,
Mae Bourgeois, Nellie Martinson,
Alice Crowell, May Miller, Marie
Schultz, Mrs. G. Mccall. Mrs. Ed.
Moon, Mrs. A. G. Soaring, Mrs.
Oliver Bourgeois and Mrs. Duncan
Arseneau,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-12-18
New Officers to Be Installed on
December 18th
Installation Will Be Open to MasOns and
Their Families. Refreshments
and AmusementS.

The newly elected officers of
the Masonic fraternity will be
DULY installed at an open in
stallation to be held on the even
ing of December 9th. which
will be open to the Masons and
their families. The evening
will open with installation of
officers, after which there will
be dancing, cards and refresh
ments. The following officers
will be installed.
Worshipful Master 0. Delaney
Senior Warden P.S. Cushing
Junior Warden E. N. Olstad
Treasurer D. M Mrxcy
Secretary L. N. Clausen
Senior Deacon j. w. Anderson
Junior Deacon A. Garberg
Senior Steward ]. S. Fletcher
Junior Steward A. j. Axelberg
Tiler G. A. Calder
Chaplain G. H. Waters
Trustees, G. F. Morgan, M. G.
Lincoln, A. P. Fraser.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-12-18
u. 5. Supreme Court Gives Out Its
Decision
Only Thing That Will Relieve Drought
is Order That War is
at an End.

Washington, Dec. Is. War
time prohibition is constitutional
the supreme court decided today.
The enforcement of the act must
continue until peace is pro-
claimed. The decision was a
sweeping victory for the conten-
tions of the prohibitionists and
the government. 1t means that
,lillions Of gallons of intoxicating
liquors now stored throughout
the country will be a total loss
unless peace is proclaimed before
the constitutional prohibition be.
comes effective.
AS a result of the decision the
government will lose approx
mately four hundred and forty
million dollars revenue from
whisky alone unless the ban is
lifted before January 16.