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The courier-index., 1919-09-12
GAME FISH ARE
 BEINGDESTR0YED
MARKET FISHERMAN PLAYING HAVOC IN RIVERS AND LAKES IN LEE COUNTY ssoRTsMEN ORGANIZE

The ginks in the last Arkansas geneual assembly played thunder with the air-tight game and fish con servation law when the nut-headed solons amended the act in several important sections, drawing the teeth from the law and opening the streams to the market fisherman and the fer. ests to the game hogs who don't give continental how much havoc they play with the rapidly diminish ing supply of fish and game.
 Lee county is one of the few counties in the state containing a large number of lakes we'll stocked with game fish. Prior to the con vening of the gener,l assembly of 1919, the law was so rigid against market fishing and the wardens were so alert in apprehending violators that the professional market fisher men were practically pit out of busi- ness. Since the law has been emas- culated the fish hogs from all quar- ters have swarmed into Lee county and within one season they have practically destroyed all sport in the lakes and in the L'Anguille and St. Francis rivers. They are using seines several hundred feet in length with small meshes and are taking from the lakes and streams hundreds of wagon loads of fish, which they are marketing in Helena and Mem phis. Little attention is paid to the restrictions placed upon them by the law in the matter of the size of the fish caught, as a result of which thousands upon thousands of small bass, crappie and brim are either caught and sold or if not taken out from the lakes are caught in the small mesh seines and killed.
 Marianna sportsmen are alarmed over the situation and have formed an organization for the purpose of putting stop to the wanton destruc- tion of game fish. A fund of $500 has been raised and Sheriff Arthur Cotter has been asked to appoint two special deputies to arrest and pro- secute those who are violating the law. A meeting of those interested in the conservation of the game fish has been called for next Monday night at the Elks Club to map out plans for the rigid enforcement of the law. All who are interested in this important movement are request ed to attend this meeting and assist financially and otherwise in protect ing the game fish.
The courier-index., 1919-09-12
FOrdS Are Hosts at
 Big Barbecued Feast

MT. and Mrs. M. H. Ford and their daughter Mrs. Carrie Louise Apple, entertained more than a hundred of their friends with an excellent bar becued dinner on the lawn at the handsome Ford residence on West Main street on Thursday evening of this week. The menu consisted of barbecued pork and mutton fried chicken, home boiled country ham, salads of several varieties, pickles bread, pies cakes, iced tea and lemon ade. Those invited to enjoy the hospitality of MT and Mrs Ford nearly all of whom were present, were as follows:
 MT and Mrs w L Ward, Mir and Mrs. J. M. Hewitt, MT. and Mrs. Houston Potts, MT. and Mrs. D. s. Clark, J. B. Grove, Mir and Mrs. W. B. Mann, ST., MT. and Mrs. H. B. Derrick, ST. Mir. and Mrs. H. B. Derrick Jr Misses Frances and Ma con Derrick Mir and Mrs P Goven Mir and Mrs W P Harris MT and Mrs. J. R. Jarratt, Mir. and Mrs. W. s. McClintock, MT. and Mrs. Lee Derrick, Miss Bessie Mayfield, Mir. and Mrs c E Daggett Mir and Mrs. M. D. Daggett, Mir. and Mrs. Cayce Turner, Dr. and Mrs. O. L. Williamson, Mir. and Mrs H. Nj. Jack. son, Dr. and Mrs. w. A. Thornton Mir. and Mrs. w. P Marris, Mir. and Mrs. W. D. Newborn, Mir. and Mrs Geo. Newborn, Mir. and Mrs. M. E Newborn, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Greenhaw, MT. and Mrs. c. J Greg. ory, Mir. and Mrs. Burk Mann, Rev, and Mrs. c. Burke, MT. and Mrs Everett Cook, Mir and Mrs. Robt S. McClintock, Mir and Mrs. Geo. Free. man, Mir. and Mrs. Paul Benham, E W. King, Mir. and Mrs. Fred L Mac Chesney, Dr. and Mrs. w. W. Long ley Mir. and Mrs. R. L. Nixon, MT and Mrs. J. L. Isaace, Miss Hannah Hirsch, McCulloch Govan, Chas. Go van, Mir. and Mrs. Angus Mahan Mir. and Mrs. Geo. Mahan, Mis- Lucille Taylor, Miss Nena Govan, Dr and Mrs. c. W. Taylor, Henry Rodgers, Geo. Greenhaw, Edward
The courier-index., 1919-09-12
Gruesome Tragedy
 on a Lonely Island

Memphis, Tenn, Sept. 8-A grim tragedy, in which man was murder ed, robbed of $500, and his body buried in the sand on lonely little island in the Mississippi river above Memphis came to light today.
 The victim was George R. Cashion fisherman who lived at the foot of Wisconsin avenue and who the police say, was engaged in the whis- key running traffic on the river. The crime is believed to have been com mitted by bootleggers.
 Cashion was killed by shot gun charge, fired at close range It al- most tore away his face. The body was found in the sand on Island No. 34, 55 miles above Memphis. His wife, Mrs. Josie Casrion and an un- dertaker went for the body this af- ternoon. A motor hearse was driven overland to Lookout Landing, Tenn, the nearest town to the island. Ac- cording to detective Hoyle, Cashion had been absent from Memphis for two months and had not written his wife in five weeks. She thought he was in Charlottesville, Mo.
 Cashion made his home Hoyle said on Island No 26, which is 90 miles above Memphis, and is said to be the point from which whiskey for Lauderdale and Haywood counties is distributed.
 On the afternoon of Monday, Au- guest 25, the police today learned, Cashion was decoyed to Island 34 by two men, and there murdered. The thugs took $500 from his clothes and buried the body in the sand near the waters edge Other bootleggers are said to have dug the body up, iden- tified it and replaced it in the shall low grave Police are unable to veri- fly report that another man was murdered at the same time. The scene of the crime is wild, remote section, without telegraph or tele- phone facilities.
 The officers say Cashion did not bring whiskey to Memphis but distrib- uted it from the lonely island. A stock of whiskey which is said to have been stored on Island 26 is reported to have disappeared.
The courier-index., 1919-09-12
FLAYS
 REPUBLICANS
TELLS THEM THEY ARE WILL. ING TO DESTROY THE WORLD TO ELECT ONE OF THEIR PARTY PRESIDENT

Washington, Sept. 10-In the course of a debate in the House to- day, following a speech by Represent ative Caraway of Arkansas, the Re- politicians were challenged to a test vote on the League of Nations, but ! declined to ''take the dare" Representative Caraway accused the Republicans of fighting the League of Nations solely because it was supported by President Wilson. Representatives, of Ohio, attempted to reply. They assailed the League of Nations and were greeted with ap- plause from the Republican side of the chamber. Representative Moore of Virginia, Democrat, demanded of the Republicans that they permit a test vote in the House without further debate. The applause this time came from the Democrats. No Republicans seemed willing to accept Representa- tive Moore's proposition to determine the number of friends and foes of the League of Nations in the House
 Everyone who has read the treaty of peace and the League of Nations knows that the speeches of those in the Senate and this House against the provisions of the treaty and the League of Nations are not against the terms of the treaty or those of the League of Nations, but against their author-President Wilson," said Car away
 You and they take the desperate chance of destroying the world that a Republican administration may be elected. Whether you are to win by that gamble is yet to be determined. If you do you will do so at the price Samson paid to avenge himself upon his enemies-by pulling down the temple upon your own heads. You seek to defer the treaty and the League of Nations in order to de- stroy the influence and prestige of it's author, President Wilson.
 ''In Gods name lay aside politicql wrangling in this House long enough to legislate wisely for the people who suffer under the disturbed conGi- tions growing out of the war.
 ''The gamblers in futures are now robbing the farmer of the fruits of his toll, and the profiteer is enhanc- ing the price the consumer must pay to purchase these products"
 He said that it was admitted that Wall Street interests "beat down the price of cotton-cotton not then and not now harvested-four dollars bale, or struck from the price of cotton that is to be harvested this fall more than $45,000,000 in one day
 Both the gambler and the prof iteer exist by reason of the action or, rather, inaction-of this Con- gress.
 "This Republican Congress is not trying to solve the industrial prob lems that confront the people, but is prolonging the unrest that now so profoundly disurbs the peace of this nation and threatens it's very exist ence, that political advantage may be coined out of this unrest"
The courier-index., 1919-09-12
AGREE ON PRICE
 OF FC0TT0NSEED
CONFERENCE IN LITTLE ROCK ON TUESDAY SAYS ss2 PER TON TO PRODUCER IS FAIR VALUATION

Little Rock, Sept. 12-The valua- tion Committee appointed by con- ference of farmers, ginners and crushers Tuesday at the old state house, to suggest reasonable prices for cottonseed products, has announ- ced the following prices: Cottonseed S5S a ton in car lots in zones 1 and 2, and $56 ton in car lots in zones :, 4 and 5. To obtain the price to the producer, deduct a margin of S3 ton to the dealer and $3 ton for excess moisture in cary seed. This committee is composed of J. G. Ferguson, Commissioner of mines and agriculture; J, H. Full, Universi- ty of Arkansas Extension Division Dr. George H. Sands, president of the Arkansas Farmers Union; w. K. Oldham and P. F. Cleaver, presi- dent of the Arkansas Opttonseed Crushers' Association
 While the indicated prices may prove disappointing to producers who are not posted on the severe declines which have recently struck
 markets, yet the committee believes that the suggested prices in Arkansas will exceed the prices paid in sur rounding states, said Mir. Cleaver yesterday.
 "It must be remembered that the prices shown are fair valuations in the opinion of the committee, but they are not binding in any case, either to the buyer or to the seller," said MT. Ferguson. "It is hoped that the markets will be steady within few days, and it is believed that they will do so without fail upon the signing of the peace treaty and opening of the export markets. On the other hand, if these matters are delayed and the present unrest in the busi- ness world continues it is possible that the limit of the decline has not yet been reached"
 Subcommittee Gets Figures
 The Valuation Committee appoint ed a subcommittee Tuesday to can vass the markets for cotton seed pro- ducts and learn the prevailing values. This subcommittee met at 9:30 yes terday morning and after thorough investigation through the bankers and dealers of Little Rock and Memphis acertained that fair value for crude cotton seed oil is 16 cents per pound, of $1.20 per gallon. The price of percent ammonia meal IS $61 per ton; bulk heads, $7 per ton and linters cents a pound. These prices with the yields and differen- tials authorized at the joint confer ence indicate value for cotton seed of $5S per ton in car lots in zones and 2, and $56 per ton in car lots in zones 2, and 5.
 To calculate the price to the pro ducer a margin of $3 per ton award ed the dealer and further dedue- tion of S3 per ton for excess mois- ture in early seed should be deducted from the ear lot prices shown above.
 The Plaps in Detail
 The following are details of the plans for cooperative marketing of cotton seed products, as suggested py the committee:
 r. Cotton seed shall be untreat- ed by either chemcal or mechanicai
The courier-index., 1919-09-12
REET WORK IS 
]. co,,scIL DISCUSSES OR \ \ LAYTON OF IMPR ov E. |.sr DISTRICT AS MEANS or
 bIyisc PROBLEM

:.,,. will never have any ae-
 .s. 'rIs until the citizens decide
 ss ';.. su improvement district,
 VI .nd with the funds con
 .s,ss 1s and gutters, grade the
 .'I apply some character of
 '. materials on the surface.
 s. sss unanimous verdict of the ~ ~ of the city council as ex- \ i, :. { neeting of that body on {, uicht of this week.
 Iris are now just as obso-
 .re dirt roads. Under mod ...s and truck traffic the or
 d;rt streets go to pieces and ;u.ossible to keep them in re-
 The civ is annually spending
 five to six thousand dollars directs and practically every
 m # is money wasted. Dur |.,atr,cted dry spells it is folly r,de the streets. Only great m dust are thrown up and un- !, strain of modern traffic this k hurled into the air to become .;sus menace to public health. |City council suggests the organi-
 of an improvement district, syusnce of bonds and if the pro- l from the sale of bonds are t.ent the council thinks per snt street paving should be laid. e funds are inadequate for a ksnent type of paving, the sug- sn is made that the streets be krly graded, curbs and gutters zucted and gravel applied. Or k funds are not sufficient to pay kost of graveling, then apply a quality of road oil. It is Bht money so appropriated for
 work will prove a real invest
 and that the streets will be in good condition Money ex- ed on the streets under present hons is sheer waste.
 council requested the street littee to study the question, sug- Ihs boundaries of the proposed fVement district, ascertain the d valuation of the property in opposed district, determine from Esessment the amount of money you'd be available for the inn nent, then call a mass meeting llens and put the proposition them.
 street committee will proceed |ce to secure this information
 the near future the citizens e called together for a con- fe on the advisibility of organ an improvement district.
 exact amount of money spent
 streets this year is not now City Clerk Norment is pre- ms sem-annual financial Pent, publication of which is re- under the provisions of the Py act. When this statement Ppleted and published the tax wlll know just how much mon been paid into the city treas ('d how every dollar of it has [Spended during the past eight
The courier-index., 1919-09-12
AUTOS PLENTIFUL

The Automobile Division of the State Highway Commission has is- sued 47,912 automobile licenses to date, this year, gain of 6,454 over last year From 50 to 60 application forlicenses are received daily, it was said yesterday. It is believed this years total will reach 50,000.
The courier-index., 1919-09-12
NEW BANK CHARTERED

State Bank Commissioner, w. T, Maxwell granted charter to the Bank of Commerce, Marianna, Lee county, yesterday. The new bank has capital stock of $50,000 and a surplus of $10,000. W. D. Newborn is president and D. s Clark cashier of the bank-Arkansa Gazette
The courier-index., 1919-09-12
'e' No. 5 SELLS BONDS

n... s"c's County Road Im- ''snt 's < District No. 5-B. e.
 \, v F. Beck and M. J. '.s ',,' Commissioners and L. c. |.s, .ns' snglneer, has sold it's bonds I.s. sam or $2OO,OOO and will let |,ss;a .ae' Immediately for the N sIOa Sa. or Is miles of improved |; !, 0etween c Hughes and Chat \ i" ,;aii 1arland township. The | ~ @lnity Is blessed with a " nvest wires in the state ot ts''sequence there is not a E;ea Y, country anywhere which as os l., greater progress in the
 bs;., ~ building good roads and |oaa ana agricultural develop- wa ~ nat IS off to the men | I's "., Know, T, who are making,
 \ 'lu 'tha ''s environs the garden kle state e.--Forrest City
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Miss Francis Marie Moore enter tained the Methodist Young Ladies Club on Monday afternoon. De- lightful refreshments were served.
The courier-index., 1919-09-12

James Wright Robertson return ed Wednesday from New York where he has been attending school for sev- eral months.
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Miss Naomi Lewis has as her guests Miss Jeanette Kaplan and Bertha Misses Jeanette Kaplan and Bertha Cohen and Mir Herman Heineman
 >~~~~~~~~~~>S~~~~~>~~> ~~>~~-~>>~S-~>~|>~>>~>~~s Futrall, Mrs. Hattie Ford, W. W. Word, Hugh Nixon, MT. and Mrs. J. J. Hughes Jr., Haynes, Mrs. J. J. Hughes, Sr, Haynes, Mir. and Mrs. Jas. Russell, Jr., Forrest City. Eliza beth and James Russell, Forrest City, Chas Mckee MT and Mrs Max D. Miller, Rev. W. K. Johnston, Miss Mary Haller Jack Foreman Mir and Mrs R D Jarratt.
The courier-index., 1919-09-12

ses' s'1 o,l1. D. Miller was called to Icing 0h,s,' tha. today by a message ye es of Chat oss.i.er her sister, Mrs. J. |nt of Idnssotah, d.s.9 Okla, was at spsr.tlss n, asstA following a very rs
The courier-index., 1919-09-12

riaOna Mann, a most attract |t wes, iady' i spent several days Et vvts wits m m the city on a pleas Es. a,n w nf the family of her sis Iss,. R R' w W. Campbell, cousins, n,s Ind :" ani, Sussey and Mrs. B. F. |sitor' 'ieie' ;' Judge S. H. Mann. ! s'i"f SotA IS "a a popular social fav. Ind 'tm hs. forrest City and Mari ho arc na. many friends in this Forrest always nv. glad to welcome ''est City Chroniolo
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The Era-leader., 1919-09-11
TIE DOUGHNUT LASSIE

BY c. ". Waggoner Chambly, Francs
They lived in house by the side Of
the road.
Of a road somewhere in E"&nca"..
In fiery he'll of shot ard shau.
Where the laboring troops advance;
With doughnut lunch for the boys
to MUNICH
AS they staggered past them thero,
And heir CHEEKY smiles made the
weary miles
An easier thing to bear.
They lived in house by the side Of
the road,
And the house was torn and married
By the bursting shell that shrieked
and fell,
And left the villege SCARED:
But the boys that pass would find
the lass
With the doughnut and the smile,
And it gave to them pep" to keen
in step
AS they hiked the last long mile.
They lived in house BY the side of
the road
And the "doughboys" know right
we'll,
How they toileG and worked and
never shirked,
In a place akin to hell!
And, oh! at night when the sky was
bright
And red with the big guns 1a1ne,
Heartbreaking strife received new life.
When the steaming coffee came.
They lived in house By the side O.
the road
And they were friend to man.
For they baked and served and never
sWerved,
When the rcd barrage BEGAN,
And the boys they met will not for
The "lassies' cover there"
Who worked and toiled and baked
and boiled
To help "Finis la Guerre!"
The Era-leader., 1919-09-11
81. 2''''''|A|D'|D|NG HOME:
POPULAR WITH GIRLS

The Salvation Army Home for
working girls. recently opened in
Dallas. is meeting with unqualified
success. Under the management OF
Captain Naia Thcll, a graduate nurse
who is experienced in the manage
ment OF Salvation Army boarding
homes in other sections of the coun-
try. the home is flied to capacity,
thirty-three girls being accommodate
cd.
Although only low rate is chars-
ed for room and bOard.-So for
single room and $3.50 for double
room,--such good board is provided
that in the two months since the
home has been opened most Of the
girls have gained in weight. The
other day. one girl on returning from
her vacation announced that she was
glad to get back as she had not eat
en- such good meals since she had
been gone.
These girls are. for the most part,
students OF business colleges, and
office and factory workers receiving
salaries less than SIS week. They
are given all the convenienceS and
advantages of real home and are
made to feel that they are not living
in a mere boarding house. They are
at liberty to give parties in the
pleasant living room or on the cool
front porch, and entertain their men
friends whenever they like. Captain
Thell has few rules, trying to make
possible a normal, happy life for
these girls with as few restrictions
as possible.
Whenever girls are found who are
unable to pay board, they are taken
in for the time being until positions
can be secured for them. During the
past two months, min" ri"..s have
been given temporary assistance In
this way.
The Era-leader., 1919-09-11
CARDINAL GIBBONS ASKS
PUBLIC TO ASSIST S, A,

High praise for the Salvation Ar
my, both because Of it's splendid SER
vice. during the war" and because it
is free from seCtarian bias" is con-
tanned in letter from Cardinal Glib
bons addressed to former Governor
Charles S. Whitman. chairman. of the
National Home Service Campaign
committee Of the Salvation Army.
Cardinal Gibbons urges the support
of the public for this organization.
In his letter he writes: Along
with my fellow American citizens 7
rejoice in the splendid service which
the Salvation Army rendered our
soldier and sailor boys during the
war. Every returning trooper is a
willing witness to the efficient and
generous WORK Of the Salvation Army
both at the front and in the camps
at home. | am also the more hap
py to commend this organization be-
S"unS IL 10 llCC lIOlD OSCldl ldu DluS-
the man in need Of help is the oh.
ject of their effort with never a ques-
ton of his creed or color. trust,
therefore, your efforts to raise s13,-
100000 for the Salvation Army will
meet with the hearty response from
our generous American public"
In his reply to the distinguished
prelate Governor Whitman said:
Your gracious letter indorsing the
activities of the Salvation Army here
and abroad and drawing attention to
its freedom from sectarian bias is re-.
celved expressing as it does that
spirit of broad tolerance and democ,
racy which has made you beloved
and venerated by all Americans r..
respective of race and creed. It will
be a great help to Commander Booth
and those associated with her in the
effort to raise the funds so essential
to the efficiency of their labors for
humanity. The Salvation Army is
honored by this recognition of its
purposes and ideals. Our work will
be the better because of your inspir
ms words Of encouragement"
The Era-leader., 1919-09-11
lCE-CREAM AND BATH TUBS IN
SALVATION ARMY HU7s

lce-cream is being substituted for
the Salvation army doushnut in tho
camps OF southern France where the
summers are very warm.
The French do not make ice. cream
10 suit the American taste, and thew
want "boucoup francs for it, as tile
doughboys say, so the Salvationist in
charge of the hut at Gepjcart
Envoy Harold Snith-det ded to
make ice ecream according to the Amer.
lean requirements. H tc9k over an
lce-cream factory, furnished the milk
and SUGAR aid the output now is 35o
gallons a day.
The Salvation Army nut in this
camp possesses the only bath.tubs
in the A. E. F.
When the 32nd Engineers were build.
ing these huts they provided for the
bathroom. much to the surprise Of
the Salvation Army workers. Lieut
John Morgan, of Pittsburg, directo,
OF the building, made this provision
The bath-tubs were bought bv tha
Engineers in Bordeaux and installed
with much ceremony.
This Salvation Army hut at Genicar1
Camp is in the back yard of one OF
the most beautiful chateaux in south
ern France. 1t is but a few stems
from the wooden steps of the hut te
the carved entrance gate of the
chateau. This camp is on the estate
of Alexandra Trichote, French patriot
who has refused rental for his land
occupied as a rest area and embarka.
tion camp by the Americans.
Every day M. Trichote sends sa~ge
bouquets of beautiful flowers tc tho
Salvation Army hut. 81 know wha,
the great Salvation Army has j1n.
in France he told a worker one
day, "and | want to assist you in ever,
'waY,'
The Era-leader., 1919-09-11
THIS is AIM OF SOUTHERN BAP.
lists IN THEIR PRESENT
DRIVE FOR 100000.
ENLARGE PRESENT WORK
Forces in Field Today Are Far From
Sufficient To Meet Needs of Situa-
tion, Leaders Deciare-Europe
! Included On Program.

Now that the larger liberties enjoyed
by peoples everywhere, following the
close OF the world war, have revealed
as never before the need and the op-
portunity for the spread of the gospel
to all the ends f the earth, the Bap-
sists OF the South have launched their
program for $75,OOO,OOO, to be raised
in cash and fiye-year subscriptions be.
tween now; and December 9TH, in the
hope of mating a worthy beginning
toward supplying this world need
Of the total sum sought il this cam
paign, the actual drive for the funds