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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-02
buy A BOnd--
THE PHONE RATE INCREASE.

Under the ordinance, February S,
1906, the Southwestern Telegraph
and Telephone company agreed to
provide telephone service to the sub
scribers in the city of Pine Bluff at
certain rate, that rate increasing
at a specified sum bearing on the
increase in subscribers. Under Sec
ton 1417 the ordinance provides
that:
"The said company shall charge
for exchange service during the life
of this franchise not to exceed the
following rates:
Up to 1000 subscribers, business
$500, residence $500.
1000 to 5000 subscribers, business
$500, residence 1925.
5000 to 5000 subscribers, business
$500, residence $3.50.
5000 and upward. business, 5000
residence $2.75."
Section 1424 provides that:
"The city of Pine Bluff reserves
absolutely all legal rights that it
may have for the supervision and
control of the entire property of
said company and all provisions of
this franchise shall be subordinate
thereto
Section l426 provides that:
1.-THE life of this ordinance shall
be for the term Of twenty-five years
from the date of the passage there
Of"
The new rate of IS per month for
business phones, effective yesterday,
was inaugurated in the face of the
existing contract and in spite of the
above quoted sections of the city
ordinance.
The telephone company maintains
that the raise in prices was carried
out under the authority of Postmas-
ter General Burleson, but in many
cities the right of the postmaster
general has been questioned in TAX
ing action over valid contract be-
tween the telephone company and
these cities. In Albany, New York
Supreme Court Justice Rudd upheld
the contention of the Public Service
Commission that increased rates by
the New York Telephone company,
and the Western Union Telegraph
company and the proposed increased
rates by the New York Telephone
company were illegal and unlawful
and issued an injunction order pre-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-02

venting the enforcement of the in
crease which was ordered by the post
master general.
State authorities at Little Rock
arc investigating the legality of the
proposed increase in al cities of this
state with an idea of preventing the
increase. Notice of pending legal
battle were carried in the capital
papers Wednesday and Thursday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-02
ReauIstses Tor Copyright.

The main provisions of the copyright
act Of June l., 1909, are that two
copies Of the work. as printed-not In
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS with the fee OF
ii. shall be sent, as soon as possible
after publication, to the copyright Of
nee. library Of congress, Washington,
D.. G. The original term Of the copy
right is for % years. and upon appli.
cation within the year preceding the
date of Its expiration, 1t may be 70
newed by the author or his heirs or
executor for another period Of q
years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-02
Song.

Song.
Song brings of itself a cheerfulness
that wakes the heart to joy--Eurip.
ides.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-02
There is one good thing about
being just plain folks. Nobody is apt
to send us any novelty" bombs.
pn,y porJ
A Boz,

And now it is up to Woody and
Orlando to get back together with
out hurting anybody's pride.
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tions News features are carried ex-
clusively by this paper in Pine Bluff.
All features including pictures, car
tcons, maps and special war features
arc N. E. A. Service.
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The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication of
all news dispatches credited to it or
not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news published
herein
Arizona republican., 1919-01-23
FEAR THIS CITY |S BECOMING HOME FUR
 B|G DRUG TRAFFIC

In proportion as liquor is banned, the use of drugs increases, according to officials of the United States revenue service. This fact, coupled with ef- forts that are being made on all sides of Arizona to put the drug traffic out of business, has made Phoenix a gath ering place for the dope clan," &C., cording to the same officers. Because of these developments, the deputies in the office of the collector of revenue in this city are making extraordinary plans for a busy season.
 "Of genuine assistance to us in the fight against the drug traffic." said Deputy Blandy of the collectors office yesterday, twill be the passage of bill now before congress, and which should be passed within the next ten days, making the possession of opiates a crime and liable to seizure, as well as the possessor to arrest As it is now, on his person and we have no authority to seize either the drug or his person on that account
 Takes Place of Liquor
 Just ahead of us we see busy times for there is no doubt about it, the drug habit is growing rapidly and seems to be keeping the same pace that liquor is taking backward. As the latter is quenched, the other thrives. The new law, however, will enable us to combat the traffic more successfully. This same law provides that every bottle containing opiates shall be labeled and carry a revenue stamp; it shall also be numbered when sold by a druggist and a record kept of it. Thus, We will be able to trace it's passage from hand to hand when legally transferred, it's possession without the legal identity being prima facie evidence of the guilt of the holder"
 Additional facts have been gathered by federal officials bearing out evil dence of the actual existence of we'll organized band of drug traffickers, and the recent arrest of J. N. Greene, alias Ping Pong" is thought to be the first of the crumbling gang. Greene, it was learned yesterday, has been under sur veillance for two years or more, and his arrest is regarded as a signal victory in the cleaning up process.
 Smugele Over Border
 The further detention of Bradley, Tuesday, as a witness against Greene, in the fear that members of the ring would get to him first, provide him with plenty of morphine and expenses and get him in hiding, so as to deprive the government of his testimony against Greene, has welded another strong link in the chain that promises to disrupt the contraband business. Proximity to the border over which drugs are smuggled in spite of every precaution; the cleaning up of Califor- mia, Globe. Miami, Tucson, Fl Paso and Nevada, so far as dope selling is con- cerned, and the increasing number ot 1 dope users, having been deprived oi | liquor-these are the contributing req sons for the belief that Phoenix has quietly become the dope headQuar- ters" of the Pacific slope
Arizona republican., 1919-01-23

been signed by him and had been sent to the secretary of state.
 A resolution by MT. Barrows was adopted providing that no bill, until printed copies were on the desks of members, should be advanced beyond the stage of third reading.
 Hints at Hot Report
 The joint committee consisting of Messrs. Campbell, O'Nen anu Levine of the senate, and Messrs. Lacy, Cor fee and Hedrick of the house, appointed for an investigation of the conduct of the Northern Arizona Normal school, returned from Flagstaff yesterday. Though they did not indicate the char acter of the report they would make, they left an inference that it would be a plenty. They would say only that they had been surprised at what they had found and they did not hint that the surprise had been a pleasant one.
 Both houses adjourned to the usual hour of 10 this morning.
Arizona republican., 1919-01-23
AUTO ACCIDENT KILLS
 BROTHER IN FRANCE

Engineer Ben Ferguson of the state corporation commission lately received the sad intelligence of the death of his brother, Archie Ferguson, in France result of an automobile accident on December 2. He was attached to the air service mechanics regiment. Be- yond the official notification of his death, no details of the accident have been received.
 The mother of MT Ferguson was in Los Angeles at the time word was re- ceived here and will arrive in the city this morning, though she had been apprised of her loss.
 Archie Ferguson was 26 years of age. At the outbreak of the war he was conducting machine shop here He c146ed it, stored the machinery and on october he entered the service, and last January was sent to France.
Arizona republican., 1919-01-23

THE BIC RANCH AUCTION TO- DAY. AT BLOUNT RANCH, w. OF ON GRAND CANAL z<E'H LUNCH 1t
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
MIXED MARRIAGES.

The points of difference between
husband and wife of two different
faiths will make themselves felt soon
err or later. Trifling disagreements,
perhaps, at first arise between them,
and while in other homes these in
them they assume each day a darker
hue. There is a lurking suspicion
not unmiXed with contempt, in the
heart of each against the other. Th s
suspicion increases and grows until
happiness yanishes, and life becomes
not only burden, but actually into!
cradle. The fear of what people will
think or say and their love for then
children may for a time exercise q
restraining influence and delay tbs
inevitable crisis, but only a miracle
of Gods grace can keep that house
hold together, in which there is more
than one hope, more than one faitl
and more than one God. And wher
the rupture comes, what shall happe,
to the children? Who shall ov-
them? Who shall train them? Shal
either yield them to the other? Shat
husband and wife divide them anc
perpetuate in their offspring that df
ference of faith so fatal to them
selves? These are thoughts and ques
tons that must press the sword o
bitterness and sorrow deep into til.
heart of the Catholic party.
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confessions at five o'clock. When We
ate our supper we had only bread and
tea. After supper We sang Our Fa-
Their and Hail Mary in Innuit, and
Clap Your Hands, Roll Your Hands,
Hold the Right and %, Columbia the
Gem of the Ocean,
"On the Feast of All Saints we had
a nice time. We went on the river
before dinner.
In the afternoon, when we have
school, we have arithmetic, history
and geography. On the Feast of ST.
Luke we ate our lunch in the morn
ing. We had some candies, berries
and Father Superior let us draw pic
lures. After we drew our pictures, he
showed us the climbing monkey and
the flying machine and he used the
writing machine.
We wrote to the Infant Jesus. We
are preparing for Christmas. We
have dolls hospital Little Carries
Quarter and the boys have Leap Frog
John
II wish you Merry Christmas anG
| a Happy New Year. dear Mother.
Your loving child,
"CHRIsTINE."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
THE FAITH CAN NEVER DIE.

North Africa is the setting for some
of the most effective work of the
White Fathers and their helpers, the
White Sisters.
At Carthage, the Sisters may claim
to have one of the most interesting
corners of the mission tield-for what
name better conjures up the high re
nance of history, sacred and secular
alike? AS one gaZes over that sur
passingly beautiful bay, with its sap
phire seq girdled by the distant noun
tainS, ana dominated by the cleaning
white flat-roofed houses amid their
green gardens, what visions Of the
past rise before the spectator Of ''old,
unhappy, far-off times and battles long
ago." when Roman and Cathaginian
were at grips, of that early African
Church whose glories, blurred awhile
through the upheayals of the Middle
Ages, are being revived in it's gorge
Gus Cathedral with its crown of tow
ers that bespeak Our Lady's enthrone'
ment as Queen of Africa; whilst in the
ruined amphitheatre, holy yet with
blood Of its martyrcd Christians, and
fragrant with it's memories of IS. Per
petua and Felicitas, the little girls be
longing to the orphanage play amid
the ruins of dead world.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
WATTERSONS EARLY RECOL.
LECTION.

| was fond of going up to the capitol
and of playing amateur page in the
house. of which my father had been
member and where he had many
friends, though was never officially
page, writes Henry Watterson in the
Saturday Evening Post.
There was a particular little old
bald-headed gentleman who was good
to me and would put his arm about
me and stroll with me across the ro-
tunda to the library of congress and
get me books to read. I was not SO
young as not to know that he was an
eX-president of the United States, and
to realize the meaning of it. He had
been the oldest member of the house
when my father was the youngest. He
was John Quincy Adams.
BY chance | was on the floor of the
house when he fell in his place. and
followed the excited and fearful
throng when they bore him into the
speakers room, kneeling by the side
of the sofa with an improvised fan
and crying as if my heart would
break.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
ST. FRANCIS AND THE BIRDS.

The charming spirit of simplicity
with which ST. Francis was richly en-
dowed and which the highly sophisti-
Gated men of our time consplcuously
lack, marked everything he said or
did. "Tarry here by the way and |
will go and preach TO my little sisters,
the BIRDS" he would bid his brethren,
and the discourses he gave his feath-
cred congregation on such occasions
are renowned. The "Poverello' par
ticularly loved the crested larks,
Brother Leo tells us, because lin them
was the similitude of a good Relig-
ious," and he would says of that bird:
Sister lark hath a hood like the
Religious, and an humble bird is she,
for she gladly goeth by the way to
find her few grains of corn and so
she findeth them even among the
dung, she taketh them therefrom and
eateth them. When she soareth she
doth praise God right sweetly. even
as the good Religious that doth look
down on earthly things, whose con-
versation is eyermore in heaven, and
whose intent is always toward the
praise of God. Her garments, to-wit,
her feathers, are like unto the earth
and she giveth example unto the Re-
ligious that they wear not delicate and
gaudy garments, but such as be vile
in price and color even as the earth
is viler than the other elements
And for that he did perceive these
similitudes, in them, he did most
gladly look upon them. Therefore it
pleased the Lord that these most holy
birds should show some token of the
love they bare unto him in the hour
of his death. For on the Saturday
evening after vespers, before the night
wherein he passed away unto the
Lord, a great multitude of birds OF
this kind that are called larks came
above the roof of the house wherein
he lay, and flying little way off did
make wheel after the manner of a
circle round the roof, and by their
sweet singing did seem to be praisine
the Lord along with him.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
WILD CLEMAT1S.
written for The Catholic Bulletin by
Or. James Henderson.)

y spray OF wild clematis
Is my sweetheart flower today
Picked from the old wall standing
Not a dozen feet away,
It's clustered stars are blinking
And. they seem delicious sweet
AS the autumn'S living presence,
All so lovely and discreet.
A spray Of wild clematis,
And the old wall holding more
AS It's trailing all about it
Reading cross the latticed door.
And the sunlight streaming thro' it
And the honeybees about,
And a yellowhammer hopping
Thro' the branches, in and out.
Oh, it is a pretty picture
In the mellow morning light
On the lea side of the kitchen
And, the world is just all right
AS / press my latest sweetheart
To my longing breast and say,
Take your wealth, old world, and
tote it
Bout thousand miles away"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
THE BEST LEGACY.

1. Good health.
2. Good principles.
8. Ability to do some useful work
4. Industry.
5. Religion
These are real endowments which
parents may confer upon their chill
dren. These are better than gold.
These are the best Inheritance,
And the parents need not be rich
or educated or fortunately placed to
confer them Indeed, the humblest
homes are often best conditioned to
so endow their children.
These boons are frequently missed
or endangered for the sons and daugh-
tiers of the better off, Money leads
TO indulgence and lack of exercise, to
frivolous comprehensive, to delay in
facing the problems of career, and
to idling ways.
Parents should constantly hold up
for their own warning the vulgar
family policies of the newly-rich.
The children of those families should
not set the pace for your children or
my children, says writer in the Buff
falo Echo. Parenthood is a serious
business, and neglectful parents
should never be our models. Fathers
ever absorbed in money-getting, and
mothers over-absorbed in pleasure
seeking, usually neglect their chill
dren. Such neglected children should
not be the exemplars for Christian
families
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
SWORE BY THEIR WHISPERS.

If the beard has any standing in the
world today, it is undoubtedly be-
cause of the Jews, who held their
whiskers to be sacred. and swore by
them. Later, the Turks did the same.
The sultan's followers used to comb
their whiskers after prayers, catch
the hairs that came out, break them
in two and bury them, on the theory
that in some mysterious way the hairs
helped to make soft walking to the
gates of paradise. This the Turks
firmly believed. And they were great
ly shocked when, in 1912, Selim I
came to the throne without a beard.
His smooth face was regarded as a
deliberate affront to all the bewhisker-
ed patriots of all ages, ami the high
est priest was sent to demonstrate
with him. Selim could not be made
TO talk seriously about it. II have
cut off my beard said he, 80 that
my vizier may have nothing to lead
me by
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
AN OLD PRIESTS WEDDING PRES
EMIT TO HIS FRIENDS. r.

The most useful and valuable OF
the many and costly wedding gifts
which a popular young couple of a
country parish received was that given
by the kindly and charitable parish
priest, who had performed the cere.
mony.
According to the custom, the priest
had been invited to the wedding break
| fast, and as the young people had
| endeared themselves to him. he did
| not fail to attend and to join their
many friends in extending his good
wishes.
When all the guests had presented
their gifts the venerable old priest
| arose and said:
| L also would like to bring a gift.
Gold and silver l cannot give, but our
kind friends have received so MANY
things that | would hardly know what
to select. But | will present them
with something else, something that
Will prove more valuable than gold
or silver. You see how greatly they
are attached to each other today and
how great their happiness is. We all
fondly hope that they will always re
main so. So here is my little gift:
| Everyone has his good and dis
agreeable days. If differences arise
between you, if you are inclined tc
quarrel, always think: Either have
my disagreeable day today or you
have yours. Then the thought viii
follow: Let it pass. Tomorrow will
be bright again.
The bride and the groom laughed
delightedly at this kind counsel, bu,
before many days had passed they re
called the gift of the good old priest
And it served them well Throughout,
their lives. If husband or wife be
came disagreeable the other invari
ably said: Either l. have my dis
agreeable day today or you have
YOURS Then they both laughed, ant
kissed and made up.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
A PICNIC ON THE ICE.

Sister Mary Amadeus, Superior OF
the Ursulines in Alaska, forwards this
letter, which was sent to her by lit
tie Christian Eskimo girl, named
Christine. The letter was written just
before Christmas:
Dear Mother Provincial:
"We had a nice picnic yesterday.
We went on the ice and the big girls
carried the sled. The smaller girls
were walking and the lame girls were
in the sled, and some girls were pull
ing: Katie and Mary were in the little
sled and | was pulling the rope. Au-
gusta was behind it. When we were
to go home, we ate our lunch. We ate
pancakes and Mother Alphonse passed
the crackers After we ate our crack
ers and pancakes, Mary Dorithee made
the tea. and before We went home 1t
hear to be dark. 1t was nearly sua
per time. Father Superior heard the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
THE CHURCH AND EDUCATION

In answer to the question, is the
Catholic Church an enemy of popular
education?" Bran's Iconoclast, non
Catholic publication, has this to say:
This absurd fallacy finds its base
is an erroneous understanding of the
Catholic attitude toward the public
school system.
"The Church does not object to this
system because it is opposed to popu
lar education, but it believes that the
child should have religious educa
ton which the public school cannot
give.
AS a proof of their sincerity CathO
lies pay their taxes to the state for
the purpose of supporting public
schools in which Protestant children
are educated, and levy a special school
tax against themselves in order tC
give their own children what they con
slider proper religious training.
Criticism of our public school sys
tenn or any other American institution
is not incompatible with patriotism
Freedom of speech and press gives al
citizens the right to express their can
did opinion on such matters. Crit
cism is not to be feared. 1t tends tC
correct defects and improve standards
of excellence.
"Parochial schools cost American
Catholics $40,000000 per annum.
But for these schools Protestants
would be paying more taxes, and il
would cost many additional millions
to provide buildings for the pupils now
attending religious schools.
Instead of condemning Catholics
Protestants should feel sense o.
gratitude for this relief from higher
taxes
"If their enemies could show tina
parochial schools do not educate, dt
not prepare the future citizen for his
station in life, their protest would be
reasonable. But in view of the fac
that pupils Of both systems must NEE
each other in competition for honor:
in every field of endeavor, it reveal:
the utter absurdity OF the A. p. A
contention.
Each system needs the other
Competition is good for both ant
tends to raise the standard of edu
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
SOME YOUNG MEN FAlL-WHY?
re are ten typical cases:

Here are ten typical cases:
l. Always postponed his tasks.
2. Grumbled, complaining others
did not DO their share, and blaming
his mistakes on them.
g. Was not adaptable: wanted 10
work on one sort of job only.
4. Indispensable except when
watched and checked.
). Too lazy to work hard when he
thought he could "get by by taking
his work easy.
g. Always late in coming to work.
Z. Did we'll at first and was pro
noted; promotion made him bossy
and unwilling to lie directed By others
in the office.
8. "a piumber) did good work
when it was where people could see
it, but when it was to be in the
ground and covered up, he did work
that had to be done again by others.
9. He revelled at night, and was
stupid and sleepy all next day"
TO- For the sake of his dead ia
Their. l stroye to make a man OF him.
offered him a room in my home,
with free board, laundry, lights, fuel
and everything else, gave him access
to my library, and plainly told him [
would give him a partnership with me
in my extensive Oaw) practice just as
soon as he could get his license"
But che wanted to see the world. He
is still seeing ton foot"