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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-01-08
Second Hand Irvine for Sale

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Observation-Disclosures is printed
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inches square, weighing three or four
hundred pounds. This is tied up
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lead pencil. After the bundles are
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roll il into balls and thus salvaged,
it is about equal to new material. we
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-01-08

The smaller lots above mentioned
are slightly cheaper than new tw1ne'
and the larger lots very much SO.
This offers an opportunity for those
who use Irvine or small rope for ty-
ing up heavy bundles to secure sup
ply at very favorable rates.
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-01-08
SOI0N

Mrs, Lydia Rowell who has been
stopping with her sister in Arson
came home Friday
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-22
Ginseng Culture Redivivus

A brief item in medical magazine
noted recently to the effect that medi-
cal science is beginning to believe that
the Chinese root known as ginseng
has very real medicinal value in GER
tain diseases, opens an interesting
field of speculation. For years we
were told that the credulous Chinese
used ginseng simply because the
forked root bore rough resemblance
to the figure of man. Now, how
ever, our medical men are beginning
to swing around to the idea that the
unfathomable Chinese have all this
time been wiser than they. Which
brings us to the enhanced possibilities
of ginseng culture, with a market for
it in this country and in Europe as
we'll as in China.
The best grade of ginseng sells to-
day somewhat under $40 the pound,
and an acres yield will often run to
1900 or 1900 pounds, so that a man
with productive acre of ginseng is
fairly sure of a comfortable living.
This plant is peculiar in many ways.
To begin with, the seeds must be kept
for eighteen months before being
planted, and all this time they must
be maintined in certain condition of
dampness without being wet. Then
after the plants have grown, the pa
tient ginseng culturist must wait for
five years before the roots are of suf-
fcient size to be placed upon the
market. However, with new mar
ket open to it, ginseng would seem to
be one of the profitable crops of the
future and one which will repay care
full study and investment.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-22
Vol. XXXIII: No. 81

have to our lives of toll. If it merely
gives us picture of our actual lives
it cannot be interesting or amusing,
since we want to get away from our
selves and exercise new faculties and
have new experiences. On the other
hand, we understand only what we
live, and if we get too far away from
our experiences we are equally at a
loss. The fact is, work of litera-
ture should give us ourselves idealized
and in a dream, all we wished to be
but could not be, all we hoped for
but missed. True literature rounds
out our lives, gives us consolation for
our failures, rebuke for our vices,
suggestions for our ambition, hope,
and love, and appreciation. To do
that it should have truth, nobility,
and beauty in a high degree, and our
first test of a work of literature
should be to ask the three questions,
Is it beautiful? Is it true? Is it
noble?
Note Look for the first chapter, in
early issue, title: "What CONSTITUTES a
Good Novel"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-22

Owing to the frozen condition of
the earth in our extreme northern
countries, dead bodies cannot be
buried in it. When an Eskimo dies
the body is usually covered with piles
of stones to protect it from the wild
beasts. In localities where driftwood
or long bones can be used for posts,
the body is sometimes sewed in skins
and hung up, out of reach of animals.
Because of the cold it remains in a
state of preservation.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-22

joyment is recreation. Amuse ment
is the antithesis of work. A book the
reading of which contains no sugges-
tion of labor is perfect recreation,
since it allows our overworked facul-
ties to rest and calls into play those
faculties which otherwise would lie
fallow and ultimately become stunted
and dead. When we speak of book
as amusing" we mean that it affords
a complete relaxation to our facul-
ties; but such complete relaxation is
not altogether necessary to perfect
recreation, for we may exercise one
set of faculties while relaxing an
other. Literature is and should be
relaxing to those faculties that are
worn out by the dull routine of life;
but any statement that novel should
be merely amusing, merely relaxing,
is decidedly untrue to the facts in the
case. The public does want recrea-
ton; we all want it; we all need it;
it is one of the highest offices of liter
ature to give it; but mere relaxation
of wearied faculties will never create
us anew. For true recreation we
must have that in literature which has
been named creative, ,-Something pos
tive, vital, strong, and human. 1t is
the duty of all great literature to be
interesting. That which has ceased
to be inspiring is dead, and the
quicker it is buried the better. The
fact is, however, that no efforts at
embalming or preservation on the
part of critics will keep before the
public that which the public chooses
to bury.
And this brings us to another ques-
ton. What part has popularity in
true literature? Some swear only by
that which is very popular; and
others curse the masses of the people,
declaring that they like best that
which is bad for its very badness,
wallowing in filth and commonplace,
loving sentimentality in preference to
true sentiment, and seeking in fiction
only excitement of their passions.
Such view is libellous. As Lincoln
once said in regards to other matters,
"You can deceive all the people part
of the time and part of the people
all the time" We must confess that
the public is always wandering after
a will-o' -the-wisp; but at all times
the public as a whole, we must be-
lieve, is seeking the good. 1t does not
love the bad merely because it is bad
but it swallows the bad because it
wants the grain of good it can get in
no other way. And with the element
of time added, it is the public that
makes "the verdict of posterity"
which all reverence. We must not
forget, however, the element in the
equation called Time; for that Time
may reduce the equation to zero and
prove that our unknown quantity is
nothing.
And now let us ask what relation
any work of literary art ought to
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-22
: HERE are plenty of books tell
ing what we should read if we

ing what we should read if we
were wise and judicious scholars,
with all the time in the world and
there are lists of the Hundred Best
Books, as if there were some magic
in the figures 100.
The average man who reads the
newspaper more than he ought, and
would like to know the really inter-
esting books in standard literature
which he might take pleasure in read
ing and which might be of some prac-
tical benefit to him. Literature is not
great absolutely, but it is useful and
inspiring to those who read it. What
has been of value once may have
served its purpose, and when it is no
longer inspiring it ought to be put
away on the library shelves.
But of the good and interesting
books there are great many more
than any one person can ever hope to
read. We have but a little time in
this life, and in reading we ought to
make the best of it. So what shall
we choose?
First of all book must be inter-
esting if it is going to help us; but at
the same time if it is a great book and
can inspire us, our time is spent to
double or treble the advantage that
it would be If it were only a good
book.
But no man can be another's sole
guide and do his thinking for him.
Every man must have standards and
principles, and be able to judge for
himself.
The best modern usage restricts
the word literature to that which
deals with the human heart and emo
ton, including intellectual emotion.
That into which no feeling can enter
is not literature. So pure scientific
treatise is not literature; neither is a
simple historical record literature, as
for example the news in a newspaper.
Indeed, all histories, treatises, philoso-
phical works, and text books and
hand books are literature only in such
cases as an appeal is made to the uni
versal heart or the emotions common
to mankind.
A little psychology will help us to
understand the matter better. The
mind has three aspects: the intellec-
tual, which gives us truth; the ethi-
cal, which gives us nobility; and the
esthetic, which gives us beauty. 1t is
really impossible to separate one of
these things from the other entirely;
but we may say that in science we
have nothing but the intellectual, or
truth; in religion nothing but the
ethical, or nobility; and in art moth
ing but the esthetic, or beauty. But
as religion without truth or beauty
would be very poor affair, so art
without truth or nobility would be
almost inconceivable.
Literature is far more than art.
OF course literature must be artistic;
it must have the esthetic element of
beauty; but it must also have both
nobility and truth; and it must make
its appeal through the emotions, that
is, its appeal must be human. Posi-
bly, we must admit that all art is hu-
man, that its appeal is emotional; but
this is not true of all beauty, for a
mathematical hyperbola or parabola is
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-22

ICSPCCtlNCly.
perfectly beautiful, and it has its part
in all drawing of artistic beauty; but
the parabila or hyperbola does not be-
come art except when executed by the
human hand in making an appeal to
human emotions.
Distinctions between truth, nobil-
ity, and beauty are merely for the
sake of helping our thought. That
which is noble must be true and it
must be beautiful. That which is
lacking in truth is lacking also in
beauty.
Ibis, however, we are not always
able to discover without analysing.
Something may seem beautiful while
we are thinking of beauty alone; but
let us test its nobility or its truth, and
if these are wanting we suddenly dis
cover defects in the beauty we had
not perceived before.
Who of us has not seen woman
who seemed at first to be perfectly
beautiful, but whom we afterward
found to be lacking in intellect or
character. On re-examing the beauty
we discover a weak mouth, inexpres-
sive eyes, and other defects which
may in time quite spoil the perfection
of form we had admired so much at
first, and we wonder how we could
overlook these defects. The fact is,
one supreme quality is likely to blind
us to all defects until we cease to gaze
upon that quality and hunt for others.
If we are literary critics, the first
quality of literature that is likely to
attract our attention is that of artistic
beauty, which usually shows itself
especially in the style. The musical
flow of the words, the aptness and
grace of the images, the refinement
in the choice of words, make style,
which, like charity, is garment
which covers a mulitute of sins. If
we are students, we look at the truth
of the statements, their accuracy, their
real significance, and talk about the
POEMS or the story's depth" or lack
of depth. But the common reader is
more likely to judge the literary work
by its nobility; in novel such
reader wants characters he can ad
mire and initiate, in poem he wants
thoughts that will inspire. Often to
such a reader the lack of truth and
of beauty are not even perceived. We
see that which we look for, and fail
to see that in which we have no in
terest.
But what part does amusement
play in real literature? We hear that
the star of the public amuser is in
the ascendant" Is the novel any the
less literature for being amusing? or
may it amuse without being litera-
ture?
But let us see what amusement is.
An alternative term is recreation,
which means literally "being created
anew" Any escape from the routine
of life into an atmosphere which is
harmonious with our faculties for en-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-22
Saltwater, Minnesota, Thursday, July p, 1920.
HOW AND WHAT TO READ
General Introduction to the Study of Literature
By Mr.. II. p.

of articles dealing with the inside of Literature will
and shall
cive1
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-09-30
HENDRIX, ACC|ES
 TOPLAY SATURDAY

 Hendrix Bulldogs and the Russell vile Aggies will pry the lid off the football pot on Saturday in a game to be staged on Russell field. Pre- paration for the game is being made by the student body as well as the squad, and Coach Woody's men will get a glad hand from the side lines at all stages. The Aggies are report ed to have team near the class of the 1919 eleven and capable of pat ting up stiff opposition.
 Coach Woody probably will utilize the game to experiment with combina- tions of men before sending the Dogs against the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville the following Saturday.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-09-30
OPENS OIL MILL
 TO PUBLIC VIEW

Tomorrow will be "open house. to all visitors who care to call and in spect the improved plant of the Con- way Cotton Oil & Gin Company, it was stated today by P. F. Cleaver, it's manager. Many pieces of machinery and equipment have been added at the plant since Mir. Cleaver took charge, and the opportunity for viewing it tomorrow was arranged in response to requests from citizens. The mill will begin it's season run on Saturday, Mr. Cleaver said, and visitors will have the chance tomorrow to see the com pleted plant while it is new and clean.
 All parts of the mill will be shown and explained to visitors who call during the day. The plant is now one of the most complete in the state and win offer much of interest to the general public as we'll as those famil- lar with it's operation technically.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-09-30
HOW DOCTORS
 TREAT COLDS
 AND TIE FLU
First Step in Treatment Is @ Brisk Purgative With Calotabs, the Purified and Refined Calomel
 Tablets that arc Nausea
 less, G1cc and Sure.

Doctors have found by experience that no med cine for coils and infu- cnza can be depended upon for fall ef- fectivcncss until the liver is mad, thor oughly active. That is why the first step in the treatment is the new, nausea less colonel ia lets called Calotabs, which are free from the si ,.oa;0g and weakening effects of the oil s.y', calo- mel. Doctors also point ct t'n flct that an active liver may go lp, way towards preventing in1ucn.a and iJ one of the most important factors il en- abling the patient to successfully with stand an attack and ward of pneu- monia.
 One Calotab on tho tongue at bed time with q swallow of watcr-that 8 all. No salts, no nausea nor the slight est interference with your eating, pleas ure or work. Next morning yoIr cold has vanished, your liver is active, your system is purified, and you are feeling fine, with hearty appetite for break fast. Druggists sell Calotabs only in original sealed packages, price thirty five cents Your money will be cheer fully refunded if you do not find them delightful Adv.)
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-09-30
CRANK FORECASTS
 LITTLE ROCK END

Little Rock, Sept. 30.-The credu- lous citizens of Little Rock are more or less alarmed over the prediction of some anonymous crank that tomorrow will be the end of the world for Little Rock and all it's inhabitants. The let ter announcing this sad catastrophe was received several days ago by the city officials, purporting to have been written by someone living on Markham street. The letter was illiterate and showed clearly that it had been writ ten by an ignorant person. He pre- d cted that the city was to be destroy ed because of the profiteers and other folks who had incurred the displeasure of the lord. While the letter bore all the earmarks of having been written by crank, still it has made deep impression upon some people. Among other things the prediction was made that the state house was to be blown up sometime between tonight at mid night and Friday night at 12 o'clock. While no credence whatever is placed While no cerdence whatever is placed in this wild report by the average cit izen, there are some who are very much worried and want to have the militia called out for protection.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-09-30

w H. Oliphant of Marvell, Arkan- sas, has purchased the residence from E, s. Jennings on Caldwell street and will move his family here. MT. Oli- phant, who was merchant at Marvell, has purchased an interest from J. P Willbanks in the store recently pur- chased by MT. Willbanks from G. A. Jumper on East Oak street. The firm name will be J. P. Willbanks Company.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-09-30
SHOWS SEED MARKET
 HERE EXTRA STRONG

Cottonseed started off on the Con- way market at $3O per ton and has held steadily to the same figure wh.le the product on Texas and Oklahoma markets has just now reached the same figure, according to local dealer who based his statements on official reports of the federal bureau of markets. Latest quotations by this authority show a price for cottonseed at Me Alester, Okla, for example, at $25, and at Cameron. Tex. at $28. Other eiti- es in the two states have just now reached the mark of $30, it is shown by examination of previous reports by the bureau.
 , The price of cottonseed on the Con- way market this season has been
 steady holding the mark at whicl sales were opened. There has been some disposition among sellers, it was said, to complain that the market has been held down, while exactly the re- verse has happened, all dealers pay ing the top price.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-09-30
ANNOUNCE NUMBERS
 ON LYCEUM COURSE

A recital by Miss Marie Tiffany, so- prano, on October P will open the joint lyceum course to be presented by Hendrix and Central Colleges, the State Normal and the high school Eddie Brown, violinist, will be the sec ond number on the course, appearing here November s. Others will include Ralph Parlette, magician, Miss Will mer, reader, and the Lindquiest trio. Several other numbers will be added before the course is concluded, it was announced by the committee Season tickets will be placed on sale in the near future.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-09-30
Thursday, September 30, 1920
AMENDMENT NO. IA
 FAYOREDBY BRYAN

Little Rock, Sept 30.-The direct legislation league of Arkansas has just received the following letter from w. J. Bryan, dated September 25:
 "I sincerely hope that the propos- ed new initiative and referendum amendment, which appears on the bal lot as Number 15 in the next election, will be adopted by large majority.
 Its provisions are in line with the best modern practice, and will correct the mistakes made in the original amendment now in force and give the people of Arkansas power to govern themselves in both state and local af- fairs.
 q took part in the campaign for the adoption of amendment number 1C
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-09-30
SPFAKERSH|P IS
 STILL UNSETTLED .CAzORT TO HEAD SENATE
Jim Higgins of Conway UuoppOsed for Chief Clerk of House
 Legislative Gossip.
(By Clio Harperl


 Little Rock, Sept. 3O.-Senator Lee Cazort of Johnston county claims to have more than majority of members of the next senate pledged to support him for presidency. For several years choice has been the popular method for settling the question of the situation and enables the senate to complete its organization the first day of the session. It is much easier with the senate than the house because of the much smaller membership. De- spite the fact that Senator Cazort claims a majority pledged, there are other members who are still candid ates, among whom is J. R. Woods of Hamburg and s. M. Bone of Bates vile. Senator Stewart of Lafayette is reported to have withdrawn from the race in the interest of Senator Cazort
 There are no developments in the race for the speakershp. The various candidates are active among the mem- bers and each of them is claiming an advantage over the others. The fact that three-fourths of the membership of the lower house consists of mem who will be serving their first term as law makers and who are therefore a more or less unknown factor in legisla- tive politics, makes this contest uncer- tain. Thomas A. Kill of Jefferson, TT ( Inha of ,,c+aaI niyo,, of Lafayette, Harvey Parnell of Chicot, Joe Joiner of Columbia and L. c. Claude of Sebastian are the principal candidates so far. Some of them are active, others only having announced. Among those who are also mentioned in connection with the office are Hen ry Thane of Desha, J. C. Brookfeld of Cross and R. K. Mason of Camden.
 Candidates for positions in the house and senate are beginning to announce So far Jim Higgins of Conway has nc opposition for reelection as chief clerk of the house and Ira Langley of Pig gott is likewise unopposed for another term as secretary of the senate. Nc more efficient officers have served tho i general assembly than these two mel and they have a strong following among the lawmakers of the state. is not likely that they will have an! opposition. Hal Smith is a candidate for journal clerk of the house. H, was assistant at the last session. Rev F. M. Carter, pastor of the First Bap list church at Wilmot has announced that he is a candidate for chaplain O the senate. He was chaplain of thu house in 1915. Mr. Carter was for merly in the newspaper bushes anC for a number of years was editor anC publisher of the Clay county Courier and later was associated with the late J. R. Taylor in the publication of the Paragould Soliphone.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-09-30
CENTRAL OPEN HOUSE.
 FRIDAY AFTERNOON

The Central College faculty will be at home to friends of the college on Friday afternoon from 4;30 to 6 o'clock, it was said today by President Doak s. Campbell. The informal af- fair will provide Conway people with their first opportunity of meeting new members who have come to the col lege since last year. A cordial invi- tation is extended to the pubic at large to attend.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-09-30

Gearms entering the body with the air we breathe are harmless if the stomach, liver and bowels are heal thy. If these organs are torpid and full of impurities the germs thrive and bring on spell of sickness. To keep the vital organs in good condi- tion take Prickly Ash Bitters. It keeps a man in working trim Price $l.50 per bottle. Florence Drug Co., Special Agents.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-09-30
SAYS RESERVE BANKS
 TARGET FOR BOMBERS
fBy nIted Press,

Kansas City, Sept. 30. - Extra guards were placed today around the R. A. Long building, which houses the federal reserve bank. upon the receipt of warning that the building would be dynamited this afternoon at 3:3O. Little credence was put in the tip, but federal officers ordered the precaution- ary move.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-09-30

in 1910, and am interested in seeing the people of Arkansas secure this new and better initiative and referen- dunn provision. They wanted the pow CTS so conferred on them at that time, and 1 believe they still desire com plete self-government Therefore hope the amendment will be adopted '
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-09-30
R. A. M. TONIGHT.

Three candidates will be given de- grees in Royal Arch Masonry at the meeting of the Conway chapter to- night at 8 o'clock in the Masonic hall. The candidates are W. M Harton, Jack Barnes and Henry Firestone. All members are requested to be pres ent
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-09-30
DISTRICTS REQUEST
 MORE HIGHWAY FUNDS

Petitions for the Conway and Dam ascus, Conway and Vilona and the Conway and Palarm districts for more state and federal funds will be pre- scnted today to the advisory board of the state highway department at Lit tie Rock by representatives of the commissioners. Officers of the dis tricts consulting the board are R. w. Robins, attorney for the three dis tricts, Frank Farris, Wiley Mosley and Frank E. Robins.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-09-30

Farm for Sale-199 acres, 3 miles west of C6hway, 3 houses, ever-run- ming spring, good timber, meadows, on River road. Price $45 per acre. See Reeves < Burke.-9-14dwtf
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-07-16

1920 MAXWELL Cars. Get them
from j. C. Crebassa, Keweenaw Bay,
Mich. 4-2-tf