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The courier-index., 1919-10-03
Chevrolet Kicks And
 Breaks Bankers Arm

Chas McKeen, president of tie Lee County National Bank, sus- tained a broken arm last Sunday morning when his Chevrolet back fired" MT. McKecn was attempt- ing to crank the car which had sud denly decided to pull off Ford stunt and was so energetic in it's determination that the banker had a broken bone in his right wrist be- fore he had time to enter formal protest against the unbecoming be- havior of an otherwise gentle and perfectly tractable buzz buggy. MT. Mckee was preparing to go to Sun day school and indulge in his us- ual Sabbath devotions. The con duet of his car caused him to moral ize on other subjects than those contained in the Sunday School quarterly.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
SalUatiOn Army to
 Start Big DriUe

The Arkansas Home Service cam paign of the Salvation Army will contine for one week ending Octo- Der 18th. A fund of $13,000,000 for this service is to be raised in the United States and of this amount $250.000 is expected from the State of Arkansas. The quota for Lee county which has been as- signed on the basis of previous drives is $5.000. Committees have been appointed to raise this amount in Lee county, and it seems as- sured that the effort will be suc- cessful.
 Not so many years ago the Sal vation Army was practically un- known in Arkansas, and now there are only corps in Little Rock, Hot Springs, and Ft. Smith. The cam paign which is now under way pur- ports to greatly extend this work. Corps are to be established at Pine Bluff, Newport, Paragould, and Hell ena. The work of the Salvation Army is such that these seven points will come in contact with every community in the State. But that this may be more complete, 1t IS planned to have permanent chair man in each county, and repre- sentative in each township. all of them volunteer workers. This will make the most thoroughly organized movement in the world of civilian relief. Whenever there may be cases of distress or destitution or great public calamity of any kind, it will be reported to the township representative and by him to the couny representative who will re- port direct to the nearest active corps. and the relief provided with out red tape or heavy administra- tive expense.
 It should be remembered that the Salvation Army has never shared in the funds raised in any of the previous campaigns, and this is the first time it has asked for anything. The Salvation Army rsed the funds it has raised by its own efforts in peace time to assist the soldiers of Lee county while they were in the service. Their funds has been depleted, and this campaign will, in part, pay them back for what they have already done.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
WiIL Start Soon to
 Appraise Light Plant

The citizens committee. composed of Messrs. Hugh Nixon, o. L. Will iamson and o. G. Norment, to ar- range the appraisal of the Ark ansas Light & Power Company plant has secured the services of R. E.. Williams of Little Rock, to rep resent the city, and expected to be- gin the work Wednesday. How ever, the Arkansas Light & Power Company reported they were un- able to get their engineer here and MT. Williams was also unavoidably delayed. The committee is advised that the Arkansas Light & Power Company will be able to have their engineer here within a few days and if they do the appraisal will commence within short time. It is anticipated that four or five days will be required, unless there should be some disagreement be- tween the engineers in which event
 third party will have to be call ed in.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
MARIANNA NEEDS
 MORE DWELLINGS
SHORTAGE OF HOMES DIs- CUSSED AT MEETING OF LIONS CLUB-PLANS ARE BEING CONSIDERED.

Something must be done to pro- vide homes and housing facilities for the scores of families that are constantly seeking location in Marianna but who are turned away because there is no place for then, to stay. Not only is the city han dicapped in being unable to take care of new corners, but the con- gested housing conditions are caus- ing people to leave here every week.
 The situation has become so seri- ous that the Lions Club, at it's regular monday meeting Wednes- day, took the problem up and in tie limited time at the disposal of the club several plans for relieving the congestion were discussed. One plan proposed was a cooperative movement to be financed by the banks. Another was for the busi- ness firms to erect homes, and still another was to increase the capital stock of the Marianna Building & Loan Association so that organi- ation may be able to finance more homes. :, The cooperative plan provides that the business men shall form an association and borrow S10,0OO from each of the three banks, use the money in purchasing lots and erecting dwellings and sell the dwellings at slight increase over the original cost.
 The other plan provided that each of twenty or more individuals or firms erect one dwelling and either sell it on easy terms, or rent it.
 Very little time was at the dis posal of the club members for the discussion of these and other plans. kFA committee was appointed to study the situation and at the next
 meeting of the club this com
 mitee is expected to make re-
 port outlining some feasible scheme
 that will provide for the erection
 of from twenty-five to one hundred
 new dwellings in the city.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03

:o. +b.+ has already collected toll of from
 ray s o fifty lives, including James Tappan, promin-
 ylls av.a merchant of Helena o. Lilly, prominent ..a doaers of Helena, Clinton Lee, travelling rep
 ssss If Morris Packing Company, Helena, and Special
 AStn of the Missouri Pacific railroad broke out in M in the southern part of Phillips county We'd
 orn;no about three o'clock. The trouble started
 from church fired Special Officer Adkins M assistant when the latter stopped their automobile u Snur to repair puncture. The Special Officer was M ta Elaine two miles south of Hoop Spur to arrest
 ,o charged with selling liquor. When the party reached Snlr they stopped to repair pucture and While Ad- . and Deputy Charles Pratt, accompanied by negro u from the jail at Helena, were making tne fepar they
 fired upon Adkins was killed and Pratt was seriously
 dd The negro trusty crawled to safety and commun- a with officers in Helena posse was immediately or
 d and when the men reached the environs of Elaine \ were fired upon from ambush. James Tappan was fatally and died Wednesday evening in hospital Tn lena Clinton Lee shot in the back with ball from |ih bower rifle He was in his automobile w. K. Mon- evil engineer wounded few minutes a1ter the aH on the posse he passed in his car.
 News of the spread to all the towns Tn thls
 n of the state and in response to appeals for help .enty-ve men from Marianna left on special train l Elaine Wednesday afternoon Others came from Clar- Ion and other points, Mississippi towns sent posses to quel the riot and finally the governor was appealed nd asked to send troops. He got in communication with Frelay Of War Baker who gave permission to take so Is from Camp Pike to Elaine. Six hundred seasoned fdes we'll provisoned, and carrying twelve machine IS left Little Rock Wednesday night, reaching Elaine rsday morning Upon the arrival of the soldiers hun @ of the civilians were released and advised to return their homes
 was thought the presence of the troops would have eueing effect the rotng negroes, but reports from ena and Elaine yesterday indicate there intermittent pang all day, with many casualties.
 copy of the Helena World, published yesterday after Pn was received in Marianna last night In bulletin n It contains the following accounts of yesterdays |sopments:
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
NetC Bunk Open And
 Ready for Business

The Bank of Commerce, the new ly organized institution backed by W. D. Newborn, D. L. Griffis, S. H. Grove and D. s. Clark, has open ed for business in a temporary farme building that has been erected on the site of the McClintock Bank ing Company whose building was destroyed by fire a year ago. Work on the Grove building, where the Peoples Bank formerly stood, is progressing rapidly and when fin- ished will be occupied by the Bank of Commerce and by Griffis-New- bern's department store. D. S. Clark the cashier of the new bank, is being assisted by L. W. Moody, formerly with the Lee County Nat ional Bank. The new bank is back ed by some of the fest financiers in the county and will doubtless com mand large share of the pub lies business. It has capital stock of $50. 900, paid up, and sur plus fund of s1O,OO0.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
NelU Train WilL Make
 Number Of Local Stops

The schedule announced for the new passenger service on the Mud Line shows the new train that leaves Marianne at 7:33 in the evening for Memphis will make a number of lo- cal stops, the first being at Soudan. The next stop will be at Brickeys then Bledsoe, Hughes and Neuhart. Business men in Marianna were considerable exercised over the change in the schedule on the Mud Line because the train now leaving here at 2:10 p. m. for Memphis is moved up to 11:55, giving custo- mers who come here from the bot toms less than an hour in which to do their trading. The announce ment that the new train leaving here at 7:33 for Memphis will make stops at Soudan, Brickeys' Bledose and Hughes relieves the local situa- tion. Customers coming to Mari anna on the morning train can transact their business here during the afternoon and return home that night.
 The railroad officials announce a change in the schedule of the morning passenger from Wynne. The train now reaches Marianna at 9:17 a. m. Beginning Sunday morning, this train will reach here at 8:33 a. m. No changes have been made in the schedules of the other passenger trains on the main line.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
A Dav of Disturbance

After day of turbulence in the lower part of the county and night of tension in Helena, this morning dawned with all indications point ing to an early return to normal conditions following the race war in which several battles were fought at Hoop Spur, two miles north ot Elaine, yesterday. The casualties to date so far as known, are three white men dead and two others wounded and an unknown number of negroes dead and wounded.
 After an all-night vigil the cheer ing news came this morning that
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
Marshall HeIUitt HGs
 A Bunch of Ribbons

Marshall Hewitt's famous Hamp- shire ram and two ewes which he exhibited at the Tri-State fair in Memphis last week made practically a clean sweep of the winnings, and Marshall came home with one of his large vest pockets bulging with purple,( blue. red and white rib- bons. His ram won the grand prize as the champion Hampshire ram in the show, and his ewes won first, second and third prizes. Par'ie from Jackson, Miss, where the state fair is being held this week, lars and his winnings to take the offered Mir. Hewitt one hundred dol week. but MT. Hewitt decided ot sheep t. Jackson for exhibition this bring them back from Memphis.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03

! That we have some wide-awake club boys in Lee county cannot be denied, according to story told by E. B. Whitaker, agricul- turAl agent for the county.
 ". c. Malone, IT,, of Haynes, whSse picture appears above, de- csdkd to join the pig club. but he had no money with which to buy the pigs he wanted, so he determined to earn the money by securing subscriptions to a well known farm journal. He got enough subscrib- CTS to buy these two pigs in four weeks, in spite of the fact he is only eleven years old.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
FaN,IIPS COUNTY IS SCENE
 OF SHOCKING RACE RIOTS

United States troops, accompanied by Governor Brough would arrive at Elaine at 7:15 a. m. The troops 300 strong are equipped with rifles and machine guns and the effect on the turbulent negroes of the Southern part of the county is expected to be pacific.
 Messages from Elaine, where the posses and armed citizens are main taining headquarters, this morning were reassuring. There had been no fighting through the night, and pickets and patrols reported all quiet in every direction.
 Ira Proctor, wounded in yester- days fighting, was reported some what improved this morning. James A. Tappan, wounded early yes. terday died late yesterday after noon.
 It has been established since yes- terday that one of the men killed and wounded were victims of acci- dent. as was believed yesterday. Clinton Lee was shot in the back by some person at a distance, the bullet coming from a high-power rifle. The missile penetrated the rear of the automobile in which Lee and other young men from Hell ena were seated before striking him, and was removed from his body last night. Tappan was shot from a trench while crossing a field in company with two other young fellows from Helena, Proctor, now in the hospital here, was also shot by high-power rifle by some per- son concealed in the woods.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03

Corporal Earles, while working in the roundup of the negroes in the woods near here, jumped upon a fallen log. A negro lying behind the log sprung up, fired shot gun at the soldier and tore of his greater part of the lower jaw.
 The foregoing dispatch was re- ceived from the Ass'td Press cor respondent at Elaine shortly after noon. The correspondent told the World over the long distance tele- phone that MT. Lilly was killed while helping to bring four negro pris- oners to Helena. Dr. D. A. E. John son, negro drug dealer and dentist of Helena, is said to have been the man who shot MT. Lilly. John son and his three brothers were shot to death by Mir. Amos Jarman and an unnamed man, who were with MT. Lilly. The wounded men are being brought to Helena.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03

The Self Culture Club held it's first meeting of the new year at the club rooms in the high school building yesterday afternoon. The subject for the club work this year is Famous Women" At yes terday's meeting the subject was Joan de Arc. Mrs. Sam Harring- ton was the leader and she was as sisted by Miss Alma Futrall. Mrs Doddridge McCulloch and Mrs. Robt IS McClintock.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
Women and Children Leaving

A special train bearing women and children from Elaine and other points in the trouble zone arrived in Helena last night, and were given accommodation by the people here. One train bearing refugees, concealed in a steel gondola was fired upon by negroes who had climbed trees beside the railroad track where it runs through the dense canebrakes. None of the refugees was hit
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
Patrol Helen. Street.

Parties of armed men who came to Helena from Clarendon, Mari anna, Marvel and dther points near Helena on the Arkansas side and other parties from Lula, Tuni- ca, Friars Point and Ciarksdale, Miss, aided in patrolling the streets of Helena last night, and assisted in preserving order in the trouble zone. Some of these visitors left for their homes this morning.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03

On Saturday afternoon Charles and Brown Pilkington entertained their young friends, the occasion being the sixth birthday of Charles. The children enjoyed an apple hunt on the school grounds, after which ice cream cones and cakes were served.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03

Miss Virginia Bush will leave to- morrow for Memphis where she will join party of young ladies from Memphis who are going to Oaksmere School on Long Island Sound N. Y. The party will be chaperoned by one of the teach CTS of the school.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
Cotton Receipts Are
 Short Of Last Year

According to the records kept at the local compress office, 2.115 bales of cotton had been receiv- ed in Marianne up to yesterday evening, while up to the same day last year the receipts were 4,950, The staple is bringing good price on the local market, ranging yes- terday from 36 to 50 cents. The average price paid yesterday was 3e cents. Seed is selling at $65 ton.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03

Willie H. Farrar, who lives on route two out of Marianna, has all so secured enough subscribers to the farm journal to get pig and other boys can do the same.
 The county agent is also try ing to get one hundred boys and girls to enter the Christmas fat pig club, and any one who wants to make a little money can join man, woman, boy or girl. He has twenty-five enrolled now and is anxious to get seventy-fiyc more. If you are interested, be sure to see him at once.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
U. R. Lilly Killed

ks Drough, accompanied by "A ,sssa were in a road near Elaine oass 'asy flushed" four negroes. \ rssr0es rse fired at them and fan. f.a, Neither was struck.
 bed sv %rnutes m, s,, later a posses |d of " MT Lilly caught another pss,. 70 negroes, led by the Hel- list t, rl urug store proprietor and |r ne..ay .ney started to take the TssrOes' Tsa'' all brothers to Hel- |Anes s'sy s', had gone but a short Psr oat when Johnson jerked a are re. ! thps thpsn.tah the Helena real potass estate ls eas aa n the posses turned tlae. thai. tAe,sa VI Johnson and is0 his thraa lne,s \ VI. and Id killed them A's all 'nyee Mr aedi.1, ssH then rushed to atl He,sn mr, !.
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The courier-index., 1919-10-03

Mir. and Mrs. H. A. Ware and little son who have resided in Mari anna the past eighteen months left Tuesday for Greenville, Miss, where they will make their home. Mir. Ware has been foreman of the re- pair shops of the St. Francis Mo tor Company here.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
|'s'es' Fire on Gov. Brough

's'oe' Fire on Gov. Brough |lslne n Ark, Oct. 2.-Gov. c 0'0ugh and Col. Isaac Jenks, 1, |,'snolng the troops here, were 'p upon, but neither were hit; ,ss ~ Lilly, a white real estate q \ at Helena, was shot three i n ana probably fatally wound Di, U. A. E. Johnson, negro i, leaier at Helena, and his {, otoshers were killed; Cor 'a. Luther Earles, Go. H., Fourth '",y ss1 had his lower jaw shot \ l'I pr probably will die, and Cor 'a.l perl B. Gay, Headquarters tba s's' ,. Fourth Infantry, was shot s shas snest in the race trouble
 sA0rtly before noon.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03

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The courier-index., 1919-10-03

'. ,,- of Rnilroad Special Agent Near Elaine ,c;n;fnted Clash BetlDeen Whites and p,r.ks That Has Taken HeaUy Toll Of Life
 co,d;ers From, Camp Pike, Accompanied '. nor Rrouqh, On Ground to QueH Riots Y prou;nent Citizens of HeIena Sacrifice Their LiUes.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
Many Negroes Killed

The number of negroes dead and wounded from yesterdays fighting has not been ascertained, but ac- cordlng to one member of the posses from Helena, who came in from the scene of the fighting late yesterday, ''there are plenty of them" It is stated on authority of Herbert Thompson late captain in the world war, the negro who shot Jas. A. Tappan was killed within a few minutes after he fired the fatal shot. A brass slug was taken from wound in young Tappan's face yesterday afternoon indi- eating the kind of bullets used by the negro forces in the fighting.
 0. s. Bratton, white, held on a charge of murder in connection with the killing of Special Officer Adkins Tuesday night, is said by authorities to have been one of the instigators of the trouble at Elaine and Hoop Spur, was brought to Helena in chains last night. He is said to be cousin of U. S. Bratton, attorney of Little Rock, and former postmaster of that city, and also member of the law firm of Casey & Bratton, with of- fices in Helena. Feeling against him is bitter, but there have so far been no indications of sum- mary action. Bratton and 19 ne- negroes, some of them wounded yroes, some of them women, ar- rested in connection with the race var, are held under strong guard
 in the county jail, and it is under 'tood that they will be tried at the next term of the Phillips Circuit Court, which convenes two weeks hence.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-30
cANApA's SOLUTION.

We have seen in this country in the
last half century the rise Of half
dozen quasi-political agraian move
ments from the Patrons Of Husbandry
and the Populist party OF tho early
nineties to the Farmers Alliance and
now the Farmers non-Partisan Po-
litical League, which first attracted
national attention in 1916 when It
elected complete state ticket In its
state of origin, North Dakota. Be-
tween them all there is q certain SIM
ilarity in inception, rise and fall: but,
because 1t is not yet clear by any
means that the Farmers League has
passed its zenith, and because its nor.
NAL course has been complicated by
war conditions and issues, it deserves
more attention than it has received
from the business men OF the rest OF
the country. James f. Boyle of Cor
nell University gives. in the current
issue of the American Economic Re-
view. detailed if somewhat biased
summary Of the life history OF the
league.
The league had it's genesis in wheat.
the hard spring wheat district ne
Montana. the Dakotas and Minnesota
r is essentially one-croD section of
large farms. without manufacturing
all the grain finding its way to the
great flour mills OF Minneapolis or ,i,s
export shippers at Duluth. The uon,-
mating nationality in the Dakotas is
Scandinavia Substantial and
thrifty stock. economically. land is
plentiful and cheap but capital il
scarce and interest rates high. Like al
pioneers the wheat farmer has hard
struggle at first: stops are good his
nrofifs are great hDt = small margin
of loss on ei-eo'a crou NAV mean
foreclosure and fai'r~a
Tn p1i~'oirr Ca~-do IN the Sin, ;far
wheat belt of Sa ska chavvan and Al
Inertia. siroi,a~ prora earda was at
tempted. but thnre +he population ts
prepon derantfv Scotch and American:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-30
RIvALlNo slLkWoRM.

Just how far we are going in this
country to put the piodding silkworm
out of business is outlined in a rsthcr
significant compilation recently is-
sued by the National City Bank. In
fact the United States, from being an
importer of artificial silk, has become
one of the worlds leading producers
and large exporter, 100000 pairs OF
(artificiaD silk stockings being the
largest item.
This process OF turning trees into
silk stockings through the transfor-
nation of wood pulp into cel.ulose.
from which to produce the artificial
silk threads. is compar4tively simple.
The wood pulp is treated with caustic
soda to form a sodium cellulo4e and
this is then dissolved in carbon di-
sulphide. The product. alkali -cellu-
lose-xanthate, is viscous solution
popularity called 'viscose:" and. after
being filtered and allowed to ripen by
standing, it is forced through minute
openings in a metal plate into asliquid
which solidif;es the threads, which are,
when com pleted, similar In appearance.
dimensions and chemical qualities to
the fiber produced by the silk worm
itself.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-30
SOUTH TO SHARE
IN SALVATION ARMY

vice Fund campaign will be used to.
carry on the work of the organization
in the territory In which the money
is raised. II the quota for that terri
tory is oversubscribed. then per-
manent Salvation Army Homo will be
erected.
The campaign for funds for the
Salvation Army was decided necessary
after it was decided to take The
Tambourine Girl from the streets
and place her where she could spend
her time caring for the sick and in
vestigating worthy charities II was
agreed thlt too much time was con-
sumed by a large percentage of its
women workers in the collection OF
funds by this method and. in tho flu
ture. the tambourine, made famous
by the Salvation Army. will be used
only in devotional services and no
longer for street collections.