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The Harrison times., 1920-04-24
GATHER

Everyone is busy planting corn.
The rain was needed to make grass
grow
Mr. and Mrs. Green Parker visited
John Dillon Sunday.
Miss Pearl Small is at home now.
We understand that she has bought
property in Harrison.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dillon spent Sun
day afternoon with Miss Mae Small.
VIII Villines and sisters motored to
Harrison Saturday evening.
Fayette Small and Frank Dillon
seem to enjoy the old rail fence on
Sundays and talk about their dear lit.
tie girls.
Mrs Laura Pitch gave Mrs. DR. Poy-
nor a call.
The Harrison times., 1920-04-24
MEMS FINE COTTON HOSE

Price lSc per pair or 6 pairs for
S1.O0. All we ask is to come and
see them.
The Harrison times., 1920-04-24
KANSAS CITY MARKET REPORT
LRr 1nn I,nlinh nrnsc

by the United Press.
KANSAS CITY, April 22-Cattle:
receipts, 1900; market, weak; native
steers $1O.5O@$1425; cows and heifers
S5.OOQ$12.OO.
Hogs: receipts, 1000; market low
er; bulk sales, $1425@s15.O0; heavy
S14.OO@$1475.
GRAIN-Wheat receipts 3S cars;
market unchanged Corn, market
lower; No. white, $l.36.
The Harrison times., 1920-04-24

Walter Snapp is said TO have
the model orchard for Boone county,
and its soil is as clean as a parlor
floor. with not weed in sight. It
was in full bloom Sunday and beau
tiful as fairyland and by Mr.. Snaps
request a large number of our bust
ness men and their families and
friends ,motored Iout and inspected
it and watched Mr.. Snapp demon
strate a FordsOn tractor.
The Harrison times., 1920-04-24
NOTICE

To Land Owners In Water works I'm.
s. provement District No. I
The water tax due upon your land
must be paid on or before the 3Oth day
of April, 1920. If not paid by that
time a penalty of 20 per cent will un.
der the law, attach. Therefore, we
are giving notice so that you may
escape this penalty.
Go to the County Clerks Office and
see NJ. H. McAllister (the collector) at
once. 81.
This the Goth day of April, 1920.
w. F. GORDON.
R. w. MILUM,
J. SAM ROWLAND.
Commissioners
The Harrison times., 1920-04-24

Ladies! We will have Spec.
ial Sale on all White Goods until Sat
urday oath Do not fail to look
through our line. You will find the
finest of materials at a great bargain
Tyson Mercantile Company. 4-19.22
The Harrison times., 1920-04-24

United Press Associations. (Exclu-
ave rights.) The Daily Times is the
only paper in Boone County receiv.
ting daily telegraphic news service.
psrke. Harper News Service. (EI.
.tfusive rights.) Live news from all
over Arkansas. Little Rock Head
quarters. Daily Dispatches.
The Harrison times., 1920-04-24

For the beneHt OF people who have
never seen Il, we viii state that the
new "shimme' dance is st. Vitus un.
der another name.
The Harrison times., 1920-04-24

KEEP POSTED-There is a
great political year ahead. Our
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and national politics. Subscribe
The Harrison times., 1920-04-24
Silk Gloves ST..
FRIDAY ONLY

Ladies' good quality twO-buttOn
silk gloves in assorted cOIors,
made with double finger tips;
regular $50 values.
The Harrison times., 1920-04-24

We are still Offering Mems Work
shirts at Sl.15. All sizes and
good quality.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
Evidence Indicates Indian
Late Conner, Compared With
Residents During Ice Age

Several scientific investigators agree
that the Indian as we know him is a
comparatively late conner. Whether he
arrived by way of Alaska from Asia
may never he discovered. but the relics
Of his civilization are believed to date
back not more than few thousand
years at most. observes n writer In
Boys Life. There Is much evidence
on the other hand to indicate that
men lived in North America at the
close Of the ice age and perhaps dur
Ing the glacial period. The evidence
is found for the most part in the Ohio
and Delaware valleys. The rude in
struments these men used In their
hunting and homes have been found
buried deep In gravel which Is be-
lieyed to date back to the close Of the
ice age. If this be the case men
lived in America 10000 or $1,000 years
ago. Some biologists believe that the
gravel deposits are considerably old
er. How these men found their way
to America in remote antiquity, how
much Of the land they occupied and
where they disappeared are perhaps
the most fascinating problems in
American archaeology. The patient
investigations of many trained sclen.
lists are carrying us every day nearer
the answer.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
Chinese Schools in lava
Established With Hope Of
Keeping Language Alive

In the hone Of preserving n knOwl-
edge of the Chinese language, litera-
ture and the COnfucian ethics, Huel
knan schools were established In
every large town In Java as n bait to
the youth Of the land. The schools
are thoroughly mOdernized and Il
youngster can study English and other
European languages. geography, his.
tory and n score of other things UNI
der competent instructors, so long ms
Chinese Is studied at the same time.
AS further inducement to attend
ance, all Chinese instruction Is car
rled on In the mandarin, or official,
Chinese language, so that any student
who returns TO China will be prepared
TO talk to the educated of all prov
inces and will not be confined to
petty boundaries Of any of the numer-
Gus Southern dialects. Chinese. how
ever, gets little attention from the
students, who seem to regard the
study Of II as useless drudgery, and
who devote their whole time and in.
terests to the subjects which will he
Of most assistance to them In the com
merclal world. All local business in
Java Is conducted In Malay, and all
foreign business in English.
Scores Of patriotic youngsters who
graduate from Huel Kuan schools 90
to China yearly. upon their gradua-
tion, and enter military colleges there,
eventually finding their way into the
Chinese army.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

and s0ftenlng the subgrade. To fill
ruts. smooth the surface and maintain
the crown of the road. the drag is I'M
excelled when In the hands of a
skilled operator. An unskilled man
may do more harm than good. Fur
thermore. the actual condition of the
road during this period will depend
very largely on the knowledge of the
road man as to just when to drag, as
well as his skill In the operation of the
implement.
In addition to the maintenance, pro-
vision should be made for doing all
necessary grading or earth work az
early In the spring as possible, in or
der that II may become thoroughly con-
solidated before the dry weather of
summer. If the work is done too late
the road will not only probably be-
come very dusty In dry weather but
will need additional attention later in
the fall. Where the soil is a heavy
clay or gumbo the condition of the
road may be very materially improved
by adding sand from time to time as
that already on the road Is worked In
by the passing traffic and the drag.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
Louis CrommeIin Chiefly
Responsible for Progress
of Irish Linen Industry

Louis Crommenn, who fled from
France after the repeal Of the Edict
of Nantes in l6o9. is chiefly RESPONSE
BILE for the Irish linen industry. When
he left France he was accompanied
by number of refugees who helped
him greatly improve the Irish linen
trade. In iii. when the board Of
trustees was formed to encourage and
extend the manufacture of linen in
'eland, the machinery in use was very
simple and was worked principally
by hand. Soon after. In 1928, new
machinery was invented and applied
Tor many of the processes.
In 1865 DR.. James Ferguson of Bel
East received premium from the linen
BOARD for the successful application Of
lime in linen bleaching. He intro
duced the Use of sulphuric acid in
ITO. Up to that time the acid en-
ployed was buttermilk and soil of
cattle applied instead of alkali.
After that improvements took place
rapidly Potash for making dye to
boil the yarns and cloth came into use
In 1850, and chloride of lime, the
bleaching agent, in 1895.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
SHUTS caused an estimated loss in
1913 of 25,0OO,U0O bushels of wheat,
1l00O0,00O bushels of oats, and 5000.
coo bushels Of barley in the United
States. These diseases, which are
among the most destructive that at
tack cereal crops, occur to greater
or less extent in all the grain-growing
sections Of the country.
There are two kndY Of wheat smut
the loose smut and the covered smut !:
the latter Is also ca ID hunt or stink
ing smut.
Loose smut is found In practically
every wheat field. II is most serious
In the southern winter wheat section
southern Missouri, southern Illinois,
southern Indiana, southern Ohio,
southern Pennsylvania. Maryland. Nir-
ginia, Kentucky and, Tennessee.
Throughout this general area the an
nl:il losses range from = 10 per cent.
In many individual fields losses Of II
to 20 per cent are known. Outside
of this general region the damage due
to loose smut ranges from about to
= per cent
Blunt, or sinking smut. also is found
in the different wheat-growing areas
of the country. Commonly, the dam
age done by this smut is from ! to )
per cent of the crop. Frequently,
however fields show losses which
range from from 20 to 40 per cent.
Several fields have been destroyed in
which the damage amounted TO 80 or
even so per cent
How to Distinguish SHUTS.
Loose smut shows up most strikingly
at the time when the wheat comes into
head. The diseased plant is found to
have the kernels and chalr replaced by
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
No Two Persons
Are Alike
Difference in Hands. Feet
and Limbs

Ii is scientific fact that no two
persons In the world are alike. Stop
for moment and think and one will
realize that this Is true. Take any
one Of your friends and you will ems
lily recall that while two have one or
more points Of similarity there are II
dozen different features In which they
do not agree at all. Whoever heard
Of twins that We're alike in everything?
They may look the same in a general
way, but they are not; there will be
one or more characteristics that will
absolutely identify one from the other.
Getting down to actual facts, no two
sides Of person are alike; the left
Is different from the right. The right
hand is larger than the left, but the
left foot Is nearly always larger than
the right A persons right arm Is
longer, heavier and larger than the
left possibly because II is the work
Ing arm Of the body, while the law of
Opposites DEGREES that the left leg shall
be slightly larger than the right. Again,
one ear Is always larger than the other
or one shoulder is higher than its com
panl0n, and so II goes on down the
line.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
IN VAIN.

He had fairly puzzled the good vii.
lage folk, had that clever yentrloquist,
and now he was going TO perform his
last and greatest fent.
Ladies' and gentlemen" he an.
nounced with grand bow, IL will
proceed to sing that famous ballad.
T0odby,' In Il Iadys dice which will
appear to proceed from the empty air
above your heads"
The minutes passed. Looks Of strain
and agony, doubt and anger chased one
another across the performers face !;
but there was no song.
Then a voice suddenly broke the ST..
lence.
"Tain't no good, guv'nor," II said
1--WE bin an lost the gram0phone
needle. "-Answers.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
ROAD
BUILDING
DIRT ROADS CARE IN SPRING
Proper Drainage Is Chief Essential In
Maintenance-Road Drag Is
Especially Useful.

The cardinal essential In spring
those on heavy soils, Is good drainage.
So long ms the water can be kept
from penetrating deeply into these
roads they will remain AT least fairly
passable. To accomplish this on aver
age earth roads however. Is far from
easy. During the early part Of this
season of the year rains are often OF
long duration and tend TO saturate the
soil. Water from melting SHOWS Is
perhaps even more penetrating Than
long-continued rains. while alternate
freezing and thawlng of the wet sur
face tends to increase the porosity of
the soil and permit even more ready
access of water into the foundation.
The chief attention Of the road man
must therefore be directed toward
getting and keeping the water away
from the road. SO long MS the founda-
ton can be kept dry, even n heavy
freeze followed by rapid thaw will
do little or no real damage to the rond
surface. dry soil does not heave.
The foundation will therefore still be
solid, and the road will be able to
sustain the traffic without serious rut-
ting. On the other hand n saturated
soil expands greatly on freezing, and
when II thaws out has not only lost
practically all power Of sustaining the
weight Of traffic, but also Is in an ideal
condition for taking up or absorbing
still more water. and thus forming
still more mud.
During the early part of the season.
as long as the weather Is very rainy
or there Is melting snow on the ground
II VIII pay to have the road man go
over the road daily to see that the
drains and side bitches do not become
clogged and TO note the need Of any
necessary repairs. A few minutes
work with a shovel may prevent Sc
rious washOut or damages. which, II
not promptly checked might make the
road practically impossible.
The road drag or some other similar
device finds It's greatest usefulness
during this season. II may be used
10 good advantage to clear the road
way Of slush and melting snow and so
prevent this water from soaking into
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

black, sooty mass of dustlikc par.
tlcles. These dust-like PARTICLES the
spores of the smut fungus, begin To
blow from the diseased head soon af-
ter the latter energies from the boot
These spores are carried by the wind
10 neighboring sound heads which are
in bloom AT the time they lodge be-
tween the glumes or chaff, where they
start growth Immediately and pene.
trate the newly forming kernels. When
these infected kernels are ripe they
can not be distinguished from sound
kernels, but they nevertheless contain
the smut fungus. When an infected
seed is planted and terminates the
smut plant within 1t also begins to
grow and develops within the growing
plant; when the plant begins to form
the head the developing tissues of The
grain and chaff are destroyed and the
smut fungus produces its spores.
Wheat heads infected with hunt are
readily distinguished short time be.
fore the wheat is ripe, although the
trained observer can detect the pres.
ence of the disease several days be-
fore. The heads of smutted plants
stand more erect on account of their
lighter weight The chaff is spread
apart by the swelling of the enlarged
false kernels or smut balls, which give
the heads a dark color These smut
balls contain greasy, ill-smelling
mass of smut spores.
In thrashing operations these smut
balls are knocked out and the head
more or less broken apart and the
smut spores scattered over the sound
kernels; such grain has a darker color
and a disagreeable odor due to the
presence of the smut spores. Smutty
wheat is locked more or less by the
miller.
When smutty seed is sown in the
soil the sinking smut spores GERM.
nate simultaneously with the wheat
kernels and the smut fungus pene.
trates the young wheat plant. 1t con-
tinues to grow within the tissues of
the wheat plant and forms its spores
in the place where the healthy kernels
should be developed.
Control of Loose Smut.
Loose smut is very difficult to con.
troll because the fungus is inside of the
seed which is sown and hence can not
I've reached by ordinary chemicals with
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
America Is Surpassed by
Europe in Eating Potatoes

In this country the chief and practi-
cally only interest in the potato today
is as a vegetable for the table. We are
grestly surpassed In this use by Eu-
rome and Germany in particular. In
that land the average annual per
capita consumption was seven bushels
In normal times, while our own was
two and a half. The laborers of east
ern Germany ate seventeen bushels
per mnum. The other European coun.
tries are, as rule, far above us and
the diet of many an 1rishman is said
to be potatoes and spring water-for
breakfast, dinner and supper In add.
tIon to this direct consumption, uses
of the potato largely unknown to Uncle
Sam are for -four, starch, dextrine,
glucose and alcohol.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
REJUvENATE OLD VINEYARDS
Demand for Grapes as Fruit and for
Grape Juice Is Greater Than
Ever Before.

That II will be profitable to rejuve-
nate many of the old vineyards is point.
ed out by r. b. CrUickshank, secretary
of the Ohio horticultural society. The
demand for grapes as fruit and for
grape juice is greater than ever before,
despite the fact that vineyardists had
feared that prohibition would ruin
their business.
Nurseries at present are reported
to be unable to supply the demand for
grapevines and the future of the
business seems to be guaranteed.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
Demonstrates Pulling Power
& Of Men, Horses and Elephants

Tests made to determine the respec.
tive pulling power of horses, men and
elephants, says Better Farming
showed that two horses weighing 1000
pounds each, together pulled 1850
pounds, or $50 pounds more than their
combined weight. One elephant weigh.
ing 10000 pounds pulled $3.50 pounds,
or $3.50 pounds less than Its weight.
Fifty men, aggregating 1900 pounds,
pulled $3.50 pounds, or just as much as
the single elephant, but, like the
horses, they pulled more than their
own weight. One hundred men pulled
10000 pounds.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
Close Observation.

81 saw a woman eat with knife
at our party" said Mr.. Cumrox.
Don't let's be precipitate," ex.
claimed his wife.
SlIow do you mean. 'precipitateT
about copying her. If 1t was Mrs.
Bluggins, of course. it's all wrong. Blu:
If II was Mrs. Toppngton Plyme, eat
Ing with ones knife has undoubtedly
come into fashion,"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
Filled Cookies.

Take One-third of cupful of butter
substitute, one cupful of sugar, two
teaspoonfuls of creain of tartar and
one of soda, half cupful of milk
and three cupfuls of flour. Salt and
flavoring to taste. Roll out and place
a filling tcookeD of half cupful of
sugar, "A tablespoonful of flour, one
cupful of chopped raisins and half
cupfu Of water with the rnd and
juice of half lemon. Cover with
another cooky and when all are Gov
cred bake In 4 hot oven.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
A Correction.

The judge understand that you
frequently said that robbing trust
fund was the last thing you would
do.
The Culprt-Well, what If ! did lay
so?
The .Iudge-You were wrong You
are now going to do from one to ten
years.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
KEEP UP FARM APPEARANCE
unsishtly Features May Be UNSEEN
by Farmers, But Passerby Is
Keen to Discern Signs.

The farmer interested in attracting
trade in his farm products should look
well TO the appearance of his place.
Perhaps old, unsightly features of
which he is not conscious exist, but
the passerby is keen to discern these
signs of farm management and hest
tates to purchase at a place showing
neglect.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
Chipmunk Stores Plenty
of Food for Winter Use

The chipmunk is pr0yident little
chap, and stores up prodigious guam
tity of food, sometimes peck or more
of nuts and grain; and when snugly
hidden In his winding burrow, the
mouth of which he closes when the
cold season arrives, hard winter has
no terrors for him. His enemies, the
hawks, owls and weasels, may go hun
CRY, but safe in the bosom of mother
earth, with the warm mantle of the
snow above him. the chipmunk passes
cosy winter, in the midst of COM
fort and plenty, dreaming of the time
when the south wind shall blow again
and the squirrel cups shall open once
m0re-BOys' Life.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
Swiss Steak.

Take a pound and Il half of round
steak, lay 1t on meat board and
with the edge of heavy saucer pound
In as much -four well seasoned with
salt and pepper as 1t will hold. A
good cupful will not be too much.
Brown in very hot frying pan with
sliced onion, add water to cover and
simmer for an hour or two over low
burner or on the back Of the range.
A tablespoonful of vinegar added
with the water If the meat is very
tough will help to soften the tough
tibers OF the meat.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

decline should come they expect to
benefit unless there Is a general halt
to business. As makers of n sort If
clothing that from price standpoint
Is to be preferred to wooden goods,
they feel that demand may very like
ly turn from the higher-priced lines to
what they have to offer. This. at least,
Is one of the important reasons why
their plans have called for Il greater
season than ever
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
PROVIDE RUNWAY FOR WATER
Plenty Of Space Should Be Allowed
in Rebuilding Bridge or culvert
Repair Costs Cease.

Whenever a bridge or culvert Is re-
built use some form of permanent
construction, seeing to 1t that plenty
Of runway is allowed for the water.
Then repair costs will virtually cease,
and the money now wasted viii begin
10 show In roads that are good T.
months In the year.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
OF All Sounds in Nature,
Few Thrill Like Bark Of
Squire, Naturalist Says

"As one pushes through TIE fringe
Of underground which skirts the For
est and seats himself, at daybrenk, on
Il stump or fallen tree to watch and
listen, the woods become instinct with
life" says Arthur +. Rice in Boys
Life. "The blue Jay sounds his trum-
pet call, the crows hold noisy consul
tnton over their plans for the day
ana a rnflled grouse whips the twigs
of the pine with her wing MS she leaves
her roost. The chpmrnks scurry
about from stump to stump. now rush
Ing precipitately to cover, now com.
ing forth again to take u critical view
of the intruder. Their larger cousins,
the red squirrels, come out from the
heml0cks and, perchng on dead
branch, rattle out a challenge to I'll
corners. At last comes the sound for
which you have been waiting and
which makes the heart beat faster.
II Is thrashlng among the boughS Of
me hollow maple nearby, tClllng you
that the gray squirrel is out after his
breakfast.
away he goes toward some big oak
or hickory, scattering a shower Of dew
from the leaves as he jumps from
limb to limb. revealing his course
by the springing branches he leaves
behind him. If his suspicious are
aroused by anything he sees or hears,
he stops. cocks himself up on limb
or plasters himself against n tree
trunk and banks disapprovingly, ac-
centing each syllable with jerk OF
his broad tail. OF all the sounds In
nature. there are few which thrill me
like the bark of the gray squirrel
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
His Chance for a DID.

john asked his wife. who was
writing to one of her married friends,
(which is proper to say, I differ from
you or I differ with your"
"Tel her you differ from her. She
let's her husband have a part of his sal
airy TO buy cigars and such things"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

Take two cupfuls of soft bread
crumbs, n cupful or less of grated
cheese, one and one-half cupfuls of
milk, one egg and salt and pepper to
taste. Soak the bread five minutes
in the milk, add the other ingredients
and bake. Ser:e hot.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
Unreasonable.

Creditor-lIow often must I climb
these FIVE flights of stairs before l get
the amount that Is due me?
Debtor-Do you think I'm going to
rent a place on the ground floor to
accommodate my creditors?