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Evening star., 1919-03-20
GERMANY'S COTTON
SHORTAGE IS HEAVY
Experts Estimate Huns Need
at 4,5OO,OOO Bales of
500 Pounds. !
NEUTRALS' AID REPORTED

Germany'S cotton shortage is esti-
mated to be 100000 bales of 500
pounds each, in official dispatches
based on the opinion Of European ex-
perts and made public today.
When Germany began hostilities in
1914 the country had on hand only
about $1,000 bales Of raw and manu-
factured cotton, a supply sufficient
for three or four months. The pre-
war consumption had been 1000, 900
bales annually, but the peace needs
were fully offset by military needs,
SO that the country's requirements
were not lessened. The stocks on hand
were supplemented to the extent of
! 100000 bales by seizures in invaded
districts.
Evening star., 1919-03-20
NU VIM SAVED ME
FROM THE FLU SURE

Mrs. Amanda Brown of 2736 E.
Allegheny ave-, Philadelphia, be-
ing a nurse, speaks with author
ity when she says Nu Vim saved
her from the flu. and further said:
II have been working with flu
patients the past three or four
months and there is a limit to
human endurance. 1 became tired,
nervous and no life or interest in
things. l knew l needed a tonic
and one of my patients took Nu
Vim. and her trouble with fever
was not so bad, so 1 got bottle
of Nu Vim and took such quick
hold on me and did me SO much
good l was surprised and saved me
from the flu. The doctor said l
had every symptom, SO 1 advise
everyone not up to their standard
to take Nu Vim, as it's a wonder
full medicine"
MS: Brown is right. M Vim is
q wonderful medicine-and all who
do not feel well, who are tired and
run down. will be greatly helped
with NJ Vim. Sold at Peoples
Drug Stores.
Evening star., 1919-03-20
Estimate of Average Need.

1t was estimated that of Germany's
average need of 100000 bales in four
years only 100000 bales had been
supplied.
be supplied Germany, it was pointed
out, the loss o. Alsace and Lorraine
must be taken into consideration.
Those provinces included 25 per cent
Of the spindle and loom capacity of
the country. so that the annual re-
quirements have been reduced to per-
haps 100000 bales.
The report pointed out that If Ger
many demanded that her shortage be
made up she would be asking in eff
feet for one-fourth of the worlds an
nual production of 100000 bales.
Evening star., 1919-03-20
Large Supplies From Neutrals.

Many expedients were described as
having been used by the central pow
ers to obtain the staple through neu-
trail countries and in the first three
years reasonably large quantities of
cotton goods were imported in that
way. German sources estimate that
5000 bales were purchased from the
United States, Scandinavia and Hol-
land and 175,000 bales from Switzer-
land. before the blockade was made
entirely effective, up to the end of
was not known.
A total of 100000 bales also was
acquired in Asia Minor and Russian
Turkestan. Cotton purchased by Ger
man interests, which were unable to
export it from neutral countries is
estimated at 100000 bales, Of which
100000 bales are stored in Scandi-
navia, Holland and Spain, and 10000
bales in Switzerland.
Evening star., 1919-03-20

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The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-06
Cro BE coNTINUED.)
FAMOUS PALACE AND JAIL
Historic Tower of London Easily Most Ancient and Most Poetic
 Pile tn Europe"

Palace and prison, once noted also fo1 its menagerie and its pageantry, birthplace and death house of mon archs, scene of hairbreadth escapes and reputed hidden treasures, ghostly ir its memories of tortures and killing and sacred for it's martyrs, the Tower of London amply warrants description as the most ancient and most poetic pile in Europe" reads a bulletin of the National Geographic society.
 William the ConQueror gave Lon don a charter, but built the White tower to show the people how little that charter might mean. Like the English constitution the rambling Lon- don Tower of today is a product of centuries, and not one. but many tow CTS, are now scattered over some 13 acres. The site had been a fortress since Roman times.
 To the Middle Tower Elizabeth came back queen five years after her jealous half sister. Mary. had kept her there prisoner. The humpbacked Richard III hired three, assassins to muder his nephews in Bloody tower. Not until years later were their bones found and taken to Westminster abbey.
 Lady Jane Grey. she who ''had the birth of a princess, the life of a saint, anG the death of a malefactor," was beheaded in London tower. -,
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-06
CHAPTER xxx.

When the great Anderson estate went into court for settlement, "there wasn't any," George Anderson said that is, when the settlement was con- cluded there was no estate. He re- preached himself bitterly for not hav- ing long ago discovered that his fa- ther had never given Isabel a deed to her house. And those pigs, Sydney and Amelia!" he added, for this was another thing he was bitter about. "TheY won't do anything. Pm sorry I gave them the opportunity of making a polished refusal. The estate was bad ly crippled, even before they took out their third and the third they took was the only good part of the rotten apple. We'll, I didn't ask them for res titution on my own account. and ar least it will save you some trouble. young George. Never waste any time writing to them; you mustn't count on them"
 II don't" George said quietly. q don't count on anything"
 ."Oh, we'll not feel that things are quite desperate" Anderson laughed. but not with great cheerfulness. "We'l survive, Georgie-you will, es- pecially. For my part I'm little too old and too accustomed to fall back on somebody else for supplies to start big fight with life; I'll be content with just surviving, and can do it on an eighteen undred-dollar-a-year con- sulship. An ex-congressman can al- ways be pretty sure of getting some such job, and I hear from Washing
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She Knew lt.

to a party and. womanlike. she wanted a new frock. T't
 Her mother. finding the child.s party dress in good condition, refused to buy . another. - --. -s>t
 Her father. trying to console his lit tie daughter. said
 ''Let me see the dress, Margery."
 She brought 1t out and he said:
 ''Why; Margery. it is very pretty I've never seen 1t before"
 ''Well.'' responded the child, i've seen it offin." %
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we are, we must have been in the sun We go back to the earth we came out of so' the earth will go back to the sun that 1t, came out of. And time means nothing-nothing at also in little while we'll all be back in the sun to- gether. I wish" He moved his hand uncertainty as f redching for something, and George jumped up. Did you want anything, grandfather
 "WhatY'
 "Would you like glass of waterT' "No-no. No; don't want anything" :" The reaching hand dropped back up- on the arm Of his chair, and he re lapsed into silence; but a few min ures later he finished the sentence he had begun: ...~. .,.y.-,
 I4wish-somebody could tell me !''' 4
 The next day he had a slight cold, but he seemed annoyed when his son suggested calling the doctor, and Am person let him have his own way So far, in fact, that after he had got up and dressed, the following morning, he was all alone when he went away to find out what he hadn't been able to think out-all those things he had wished somebody" would tell him.
 Old Sam, shuffling in with the break fast tray, found the Major in his ac- customed easy-chair by the fireplace and yet even the old darkey could see instantly that the Major was not there.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-06
Risky Food Combinations

An Argentine doctor in a Spanish medical review states that there are many articles of diet in hot weather. which, although sound and nutritious in themselves, are positively danger ous when taken with other foods. Everybody today recognizes the harm of drinking tea with a meat meal. the tannin of the tea rendering the meat as indigestible as leather. Yet in these days of summer dishes. one is not aware perhaps of the fact that vinegar retards the digestion Of food, and that the smallest quantity will lengthen 1i- gestion by 30 minutes at least. Milk ana cherries together are held to be singularly harmful, and were said to have caused the death of Franklin Pierce. president of the United Staraa
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-06
EVENING
 F KIR IALEs2 ENA @MAHU 0AHAM1>AD'1 !
 C J~ BONNER gG%l
MRS. cows TALK.

"Now cows" said Mrs. Cow, "I'd like to talk. I hope none of you will be so rude as to moo and interrupt me when I start speaking.
 "Of course when I get to the end of sentence I-do not mind if you say Moo moo, that was fine, fne.'"
 What if we should say. Moo. moo, that was horrible, horrible suggest ed another COW. -- What would you say to that?' ,- -ih
 That would be something couldn't permit" said Mrs. Cow. 'It would be- very rude. But think you will all agree with me in what I have to say"
 eve don't really know whether we will or not" said the other cows. q
 Of course not, Moo. moo" said Miss Bossy. i've don't know at all." 'zs.---
 ''Too bad" said Mrs. Cow. "'tI1at you shouldn't show little more trust and confidence in Mrs. Cow your own friend and companion. Mrs. Cow"
 ''Too bad" said the other cows. ''but we haven't great deal of sense. And we're not so affectionate that we love you because you're one of us. Some times COW shows affection. but as a rule we're a rather unaffectionate lot" Well" said Mrs. Cow. "the only thing for me to do is to tell you what : T. have to tell you and then maybe, you'll think different . ~
 ''In fact, feel sure you will feel different"
 we thought you said we'd feel the same" said the other cows
 You'll agree with me-" said Mrs. Cow, land so you will feel different from the way you do now Now you don't agree with t11e..''~ -'+ ,-e
 we don't either agree or disagree" said one of the other cows. +but we do wish you'd tell us what you have to tell us so we can see whether we agree or not"
 Some of us may agree. and some of us may not" said Miss Bossy.
 ''The young COW speaks wisely" said another cow. =,
 Are you going to give me chance to talk?" asked Mrs. Cow.
 Moo. moo, give her chance" the others said. -.-....
 You see." said Mrs. Cow. as she chewed slowly and as though time
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from his own to the auction. IsabeIs room was still as it had been, but the furniture would be moved with Fanny's to new quarters in the morn ing. Fanny had made plans for her nephew as we'll as herself; she had found a "three-room htchenette apart ment" in an apartment house where several old friends of hers had estab- ltshed themselves elderly widows of citizens once ''prominent" and other retired gentry. People used their own "kitchenettes" for breakfast and lunch. but there was a table-d'hote arrange ment for dinner on the ground floor: and after dinner bridge was played all evening, an attraction powerful with Fanny. She had made all the arrangements" she reported, and ner- yously appealed for approval, asking if she hadn't shown herself pretty prac-. .tical" in such matters. George acqui- esced absent-mindedly not thinking of
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 meant nothing to her, "they say that . cows give milk, }.s asH e' 2 Well. that's the truth isn't it ?'' ask ed Miss Bossy.= a''If you mean us to agree, with you about that we will. or If you mean us to agree with you in not agreeing with it-"
 .'Now. Miss Bossy. don't say too much and get mixed up." said Mrs. Cow. Wait until I have finished
 Moo, moo. wait until she has fn- ished." the others said. "
 -"They say that cows give milk ' Mrs. Cow continued. but we don't ac- tually give it.' x, What do we do. moo. moo. what do we do?" asked the other cows.
 we make the farmer pay us in board and lodgings" said Mrs Cow '''Ha. ha.. cows are business creatures. we're paid for our milk Or course we are.
 And when food for us. is more ex- pensive the farmer charges more for the milk. You see we don't, give our milk exactly. We, give it in return for the payment. of food and board.T
 "A good idea" said the other cows- Moo. moo. you're right. We don't give our milk at all. We give 1t in return for something, for two things, in fact. .t ....a-. zas
 Yes, moo. moo, Mrs. Cow, we agree with you. You're a wise cow"
 And we're all wise cows moo, moo" said Mrs Cow. Ito insist. upon board and lodging in return for our milk. Why that is the way people dol They give their time for work and in return they get money which pays the rent and buys the food '" .,.@. . =-
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1 she'd tell us to let him alone. He lookaso white and queer.'"'r1ee- .~........
 Anlharson shook his head. won't boths any snore than I can help but Y have the deed made out ready fo1 h1a Signature" Ex %-s
 q H0uldn't bother him at all. l don 'tssee-" -lS &s. :s.4 " " Y6n might. seetn said his uncle un4 easilB. The estate Is Just about as | involved and mixed up as an estate can well get, to the best of my knowl- edge. You ought to have that deed" "No, don't bother him." a> ,% ''I'll bother him as little as possible. I'll wait till some day when he seems to brighten up little" .: ~c>, | But Anderson waited too long, The Major had already taken eleven months since his daughters death to think important things out One evening his grandson sat with him-the Major seemed to q, like best, to have young George with him., so far as; they were able. to guess his preferenc ces-andl the old gentleman, made a queer gesture; he slapped his knee as if he had made a sudden discovery. or else remember ed that he. had forgotten something.
 George looked at him with an air of inquiry, but. said nothing. He had grown to. be almost as silent as his grandfather However. the Major spoke without being questioned.
 "It must. be in the sun," he said. There wasn't anything here but the sun in the first place, and the earth came out of the sun, and we came out of the earth. So. whatever
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Be Generous ih Kindness.

Thousands who are generous as far as material things. are concerned are stingy when it comes to praise. Gen. erosity in kindness costs. little. yet some girls are as reluctant to bestow it as if they could not give it without making themselves poorer. - Girls Companion.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-06

I Did ths FIshs Thing | -.l-Ten S aFou. < !" done differently. Oh, l know Thaf's exactly what's In your mind: you do think I was wrongl So does Uncle George. I challenged him about it the other day, and-.he answered just as you're 'answering-evaded. and tried to be. gentle! Isdonit care,to be handled with gloves !4.I tell, you, { .w3 s right. and I don't need any co,ldling by people that think wasn'tl And l suppose you believe was wrong not to let Mongan- see..her that last. night when he came here, and she-she T was dying If you do, why in the name of God did .you9 come and ask me? You could have taken him in! She did want to see. him. sherr"ss ;1.lFs
 Miss Fanny looked 4tartIed. -"You thinlS~~',ss VI 55 t,is 9g6$s r ilAsfs
 ..she told me soE" And the tortured young naaEa GbqAEed. isstte safa-t5ugt
 l1el laa its as g
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Good Use for surpIice.

Little Boy Gin church for the first time, as the surpliced choir enters. whispers to his father)-Are they all going to have their hair cut. father?
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-06
noes Not Honor Mother.

A girl does not honos her mother. as she ought unless she is trying to be- come the sort of woman her mother wishes her to be.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-05-16

The dominant note Of Methcdism
since the days Of John Wesley has
been 1.-THE World is my Parish. I"
At the close of the first one hun
dred years of Missionary Effort,
we are trying to bestir ourselves in
such a way as to verify our belief
in the slogan of our honored father.
The big drive will mean no more
to us than any other financial drive
unless we have paved the way by
prayer and surrender Of self to the
lord of Harvest"
The summons to attend church on
next Sunday is of more than pass
ing interest. 1t means that you are
lending your moral support to the
greatest task the church has ever
undertaken. In this service will be
the team captains and the teams,
forty of them, going from their
knees to the work of the afternoon.
Stimulate their faith by being pres
ent and letting them know that you
are at least inclined to do your
part in the cause.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-05-16
AN oDIous TAX

Ii took only an hour or two yes
terday to discover how popular the
new soft drink tax Is going to be
with cashiers Shortly before noon
we stepped into our favorite drug
store and took glass OF our favor
ice scent drink, as we always do
on payday and on the way out laid
a nickel and a penny on the cash
desk along with the check. Hoo
ray" cried our favorite cash girl,
you're the first well read man ats
been in the store tins morning. No
body else in town seems to know
this war ain't all paid for yet. What
with explaining, and calling EN-
back for that penny, and keeping
the tax checks separate and--hey,
there, you owe me another penny
war tax, you know-and say, do
YOU know what We have TO do?
Well, a man comes in and gets a
sundae. That's IS cents and his
tax is 2 cents--l7 cents. And then
he comes back with two friends
and buys three cokes-that's is, but
his tax In 3 ctnts-Ie cents And
we have TO keep track Of al that
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-05-16
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN ON
THE LOAN

When ! first bought Liberty bond,
! said as ] went to the bank,
I'm one of five million
Who, being civilian
Must pay for the mortar and tank
Our boys who have gone over there
Must have plenty of bombs and to
spare,
And to hoard up my money would
surely seem funny
While they fight by land, sea and air
| will lend to my ultimate sou,
Go without things of which | am
fond,
The same thoughts occurred to
me, too,
When | next bought Liberty bond.
| said when / went to the bank,
It's clear to the veriest Ounce,
That the more we put in it,
The sooner well win it,
The boys proved my wisdom at
once.
They've ended the kaiser's sun dash
Now it needs only little more cash,
And SO with elation, demobiliza-
ton,
Wen build for the ultimate smash.
So lend to your ultimate sou,
Do without things on which you
would dote,
Let the same thought occur to
you, too,
And invest in Victory note.
New York Evening Sun
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-05-16

A plain ice cream amt taxed, but
the minute you put syrup on it it's
a mixed drink, and dunno whether
we collect tax on that or not. Oh
Lord, Mr.. Smith, amt you got a
coupla pennies? Well, you wait till
go into the bank and get some
more. That's $3.50 in pennies I've
gave out this morning. Here y'are. y
Just then a young man came in,
bought a pineapple soda, II cents;
cake of soap, 8 cents; two choco-
late bars, Is cents; and package
of cigarettes, Is cents. He laid
down $40 bill and four pennies.
We called the ambulance, told the
doctor to give her nice quiet room
at the hospital and walked back to
the office.-Kansas City Star.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-05-16
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

Whereas, on the first day of jan
, uary, 1912, Hannah LouvjHe did
execute to the undersigned as .Trus-
tee, certain deed in trust on the
lands hereinafter described, to Sc
cure an indebtedness therein men,
toned, which deed of trust is now
of record in Record Book 81, at.
page "a of the Record Books of
Lee County, Arkansas, and,
Whereas, said deed of trust pro-
vides that in the event default is
made in the payment of the said in
debtedness, or any part thereof,
that the whole shall become due and
payable, and / as such Trustee. at
the request of the legal holder of
such Indebtedness, proceed to sell
said land therein conveyed at pub
lie vendue for cash, first giving ten
days notice of the time, place, terms
and object of sale, by advertising
for two insertions in some news
paper published in Lee County, Ark
ansas, and whereas default has been
made in the payment of the said in
uSoSSuHCoS anu Tie regal holder
has requested me to execute said
deed in trust, now therefore, notice
is hereby given that / will, on
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1919
at the front door of the court house
of Mariana, Lee County, Arkansas,
between the hours for judicial sales.
offer for sale to the highest bidder
for cash the lands conveyed in said
deed of trust, described as follows,
to-wit:
Lot a, Block E, of the Matthews
Addition to the town of Mariana,
Arkansas.
Title to said land is believed to
be good but ! sell and convey as
Trustee only.
Witness my hand and seal as such
Trustee on this 14th day of Nav,
1919.
HUGH NIXON, Trustee.
(Z59l
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sens & little bitsy glass with Old
Grow printed on it.
Sunday-teecher sed she wanted
all US kids 2 give sum money for
mishunarys witch we had earnt our
selves. ] give a 2 bits piece & she
asst me how ! had earnt it & | sed
got it fer hikin. l explained &
sed that / walked into the kitchen
& seen pa pouring sum stuff into
his spring Tonic & the stuff he was
pouring was named Burden or sum-
thing like that & / sed pa wot are
you doing & he slipped me 2 bits
4 sed now you hike. & / liked.
Monday-ma and l went to a
tone test and heard lady sing like
a fonagraff and etc. and wen we
was comeing home we saw Jake
setting out in front & he sed there
was sum trubble in his house & we
asst him why & he sed his pa had
just come home from a foam fest
and was inside & his ma was tawk-
ing.
Tuesday-ma was telling pa how
2 peepul shud ack when they are
married & iveing together & she
sed they shud give & take & pa sed
yes that is rite. He sed they all
ways had did that a way he sed he
gives ma all of his money & takes
all the blame and all. Ma burnt a
hole in his shirt witch she was iron
ing.
Wednesday-pa sed a mother fell
low in the store paid him a CRATE
compliment & ma asst wot it was &
pa sed the fellow asst him wood he
loan him ten S.
Thursday-The teecher asst me a
question if z of us boys was out in
the country & boys went into a
orchard for apples how many boys
wood be left & ] sed Nun & she sed
yure rong they wood be eft &
sed no teecher you may know num-
bers but you don't know lus kids.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-05-16
QUICK THINKING

"The man who can meet emer-
gencies, who can rise to the occa-
sion, is the man who will succeed"
declared Charles M. Schwab, like
the chap who was one evening sud-
denly confronted by a disconnected
wife.
Before we were married you
used to bring me flowers every
day, but now you never think of
getting me even a bunch of violets.
But, my dear he protested,
the pretty flower girls don't at
tract me now as much as they used
to-"
And, of course, she said, on sec
ond thought, she really didn't care
for flowers.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-05-16

Bible school Gas a m. Our
superintendent seems to be well
pleased with the increase in inter-
est and attendance Of our bible
school. Let every member Of the
bible school do his best TO be pres
ent and try 10 get others 10 come.
Lords Supper at i0:45 a. m.
Let all Christians heed the earnest
appeal OF the Great Apostle and not
forsake the assembling 81 ourselves
together.
T. A SPIVEY
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-05-16

Every Methodist is not only asked
but is expected TO stay at home
Sunday afternoon till some team
calls on you for your maximum Of
fering. This means men, women
and children. One cannot answer
for a family.
The pastor win do his best to
preach an inspirational sermon in
the morning, and a. eight in the
evening will preach on the subject,
Blocking Traffic" After the meet
ing closes Sunday night we will
have returns from the teams.
JNO. A. WOMACK, Pastor.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-05-16

at the end of his
life & Jake an
swered & sed he
was ded she LATED
& sed well | CESS
yure rite at that.
She diddent keep
him in.
Saturday-Me
& Jake maid up
2 go a fishing &
we found pas fish
ing takel box so
we opened it up
& all we cud find
was a nife with a
corkscrew on it
& a mack of sen