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The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-15
REPRIEvEs NEoRo RIoTeRs
Supreme Court Stays Execution for i2
 of Elaine Blacks.

Little Rock, Ark, Jan g.. Stays of execution for 12 negroes under death sentences for murders alleged to have been committed during the recent ne- gro insurrection in Phillips county, Arkansas. were issued gy the Arkan- sas supreme court today following the fighting of appeals from the Little Rock courts decisions by attorneys for the negroes. The stays defer the executions indefinitely Should the su- preme court affirm the death sen tences new execution dates would be fixed in proclamation Issued by the governor.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-15
n and Saving Economy Will Bring High Living
PosrofFlcE ASKS M BILLION
Increase in Business and Wages of
 Employees Require More.

Washington, Jan. S--The largest postoffice appropriation bill on record, aggregating $461, FPS, ,S6S for the next fiscal year, was reported to the house today by the postoffice committee Increases in expenses and in volume of business, necessitating additional personnel. were given as the reasons for an increase of $25.000. 900 over this years appropriation.
 Provision is made TOT increased pay to all employees under the act recently passed by the house which would, when effective, require an outlay of ST5, 5,713,900 for the first year.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-15
Mena Druggist Makes Discovery

w. F. Taylor. Pharmacist at the Jackson Drug Store, has compound that will absolutely prevent the use of Tobacco in any form. Mr. Taylor has for several months been working on this formula, and has finally eompiet- ed it. 4 number of Mena people have tried this preparation. and it has prov en absolutely satisfactory. Those who wish tte te stop the use of tobacco should call at Jaekson's Drug Store and try
The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-15
A STEAMER DOWN WITH 7oO7
Italian Vessel Struck a Mine. Accord
 ing to Genoa Report.

London, Jan. 10.-The Italian steamer Principessa Mafalda of the Italian General Navigation Company has struck mine and sunk, an ex- change telegraph dispatch from Genoa reported today.
 The dispatch added there was an unconfirmed report that seven hun dred persons were drowned.
 The Principessa Mafalda presum- ably was on one of her regular trips between Genoa and Buenos Aires. She was steel vessel of 9,210 tons, built in 1908 and registered at Genoa.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-15
SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION
 TO BE HELD FOR MASONS

District Deputy E. B. Miller of Cau- thron has notified W. A. Ragland, the Master of the local Masonic Lodge, that he will be here to begin County School of Instruction for Masons on Monday, January 26. This school is to be an annual affair hereafter, and each Masonic lodge in the county is required to send at least one delegate to attend. All Masons will be permit ted to visit the school, and 1t is ex- pected that large number will be present. The school will be held in the lodge room of Dallas Lodge No. l28.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-15
Money in Polk County Farms.

Now and then one finds some per- son who says there's no money in a Polk county farm, but John H. Hamil- ton has proof to the contrary. Re- gently client of his sold farm for $3,000, having bought the place about a year ago for $2,100. In addition to the gain in value of the farm. Mir. Hamilton says that this year more than S1 ,000 in crops was sold from the r,Iaeo
The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-15
pRIcKETT, PIPkIN 6 MlLLs.

To the Public:
 This Is to announce the formation of partnership for the practice of law by Wright Prickett. Minor Pipkin and E W. Mills, under the firm name and style of Prickett, ! iipihii x Miiiis, to succeed the firm of Prickett & Pipkin. now dissolved. The new firm will continue to occupy the offices heretofore occupied by the old firm in the Lochridge Building. Messrs. Pipkin and Mills will. from this time forward, devote their entire time and attention to the practice. Mena, Ark. January 1, 1920.
 W. PRICKETT.
 MINOR PIPKIN.
 E. w MILLS.
 Adv. 10 & 3 1t.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-15
Changes at First National.

At the annual stockholders meet ing atrthe First National bank Tues day, directors were elected as follows J T. Magruder, R. H. Nall, W. A Finks, J. I. Alley and J. c. Jackson Mir. Finks succeeds c. M. Hopkins Officers chosen for the following year were as follows: President. J. T Magruder; vice presidents. k. If. Nall and ". A. Finks; cashier, $. ". Duke, assistant eeshier, T. H. Duke, jr.
 For Sale Good Duroc SOW and five
 shcats. All high grade stock ses ; H. Kogaf. Mena, Ark. R. No. 1 Rn,< IQQ = Adx d2-2f 2 1t
The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-15
Change in n. & M. Directorate.

The annual meeting of the stock Bank was held Tuesday and directors chosen for the coming year. The only change made in the directorate was the naming of Dr. J C. Hilton su@- ceeded Walter Nance.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-15
sTRAYEDt

sTRAYED-Two long yearling steers.
 branded cross right side. natural nuleys Under half crnn each ear
 Liberal reward c Chamblin. S.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-15
HOLD TRoTzkY's FRIEND. Gregory Weinstein, Soviet "Ambassa dor.v Refused Bail.

New York. Jan. D. Gregory Vein stein. "chjef of the staff" of Ludwig c. A. Martens, Russian soviet "ambas sador," has been refused bail and is being held on Ellis Island. although S1oO00 in Liberty bonds, the bail re- quired for him by the department of labor. was offered last night Charles Recht, his council, announced today The reason given for holding Vein stein was that he refused to answer questions. Recht said.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-15

Constipation is the starting point for many diseases that end fatally. Healthy regularity can be established through the use of Prickly Ash Bit ters. It is fine bowel tonic, is mild ly stimulating and strengthens the stomach, liver and kidneyo Price SIPS per Bottle. Gunnels' Drug Store and Jackson Drug t Furniture Go, Special Agents.-Adp.
 strayed 2-year-old Red Heifer; N on right hip; slip in left ear; swallow fork and two underpits in right Lib eral reward Notify ". F Nichols, R.
 No. Adv. w At. Farm For Rent 35a in cultivation;
 near Nunley See C. c. Gatlin at Moseley's store.-Adv 10-2t a-lt
The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-15

For Sale or Trade-Five-p passenger
 Bfiscoe car. in good condition. Will sell cheap or trade for stock. Gale Hume. Mena.-Adv. 12-zt 3~lt
The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-15

STRAY ED-From range south of Pot ter, brindle coming 2-year old steer
 branded l. on left hips. split and un-
 derbit both ears Notify R- B. Lane, R- F. n No Mena Will pay fnr trou- bie Adv 2--2t
The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-15

For Sale--10o head of goats; some
 good Angoras- Will Willll sell all or part. Sec A. K. Frctz, Mena.--sadg .2-2tt 33-l
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-08
Shall Prices Be Lowered?
1t Is Up To You!

BUT the entire effectiveness of this move
ment depends upon the publics response.
1t is up to you-to every MISREPRESENTATION
it shall be a success We are not manufac-
turers. We are distributors. And while we
are willing to contribute a million dollars
to inaugurate this movement for price-econ-
onies, the reductions can last only as long
as our dealers stocks and ours last, unless
the public response influences manufacturers
to lower the prices of auto supplies-a step
already taken by one leading concern in the
accessory industry, the American Chain Co.,
makers of Weed Chains.
To pay more than Timesco prices now is
deliberately to support higher costsl
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-08
Make the Most NOW of
Your Opportunity!

TAKE your Tinesco Catalog - or write for
one, if you haven't it. Make full list of
your needs-put down what you will need
for some time to come deduct 2O3o from
the prices and make it your first business
tomorrow to place your order for these sup
plies with the Timesco Dealer nearest to you.
Don't forget that the items most in demand
will 20 fastest - and that even an immense
stock like this is likely to be exhausted on
some items in a short time.
This is the publc's opportunity - and
yours. For its present economy and its effect
on future prices, make the most of it NOWl
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-08
Lowering Prices to Establish
LOWer STANDARD Prices

THE entire success of the Times Square Auto
Supply Co. and Timesco Dealers, forming the
greatest auto supply distributing system in
the world, has been built upon the motoring
pubHc's acceptance of its policy of fair prices
on standard quality merchandise. The Times
Square Auto Supply Co. therefore feels it to be
virtually its duty to initiate the first general
movement for lower prices and economy.
1t hoped that the force of this movement,
its national influence. its great economic
weight will prevail upon all makers OF
standard accessories to initiate similar price
reductions so that these lower prices may
become standard throughout the industry.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-08

prices in the Tinesco Cataog printed Sept st to in
itate broad movement to lower prices throughout
the entire accessory industry.
The sole exceptions will be few articles on which
the manufacturers make restricted resale price
And these will be included as soon as the manu-
facturers consent to lower prices.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-08

Cincipoati lls Main St.
Colrr,tus. Ohio 1877 S. High 81.
Dallas Commerce HarFood SITS.
Dcs Moines -. 9Th &bocust SITS.
Kansas Civ. Mo. 14th & Grand Ave.
&c. Aopeles cal s. Los Angeles ST.
Memnhis Monroe & 4th Sta.
NIu,ukee Cor Wells & I'd Str.
AUrr.sooli. 1913 Hennepin Ave.
Newark Broad near Market st.
Broadway at 55th 81.
New York rs Nassau st.
90 Chambers Street
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-08

distributing branch Mail orders viii be gi'en prom
and subject unqualified guarantee satisfaction or mon
funded. Catalog mailed free upon request
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-08

Philadelphia =. Breed & Vine SITS.
Pittsburgh Ala Wood ST
Providence Fountain A. Aborn SITS.
Rochester i2l-l23 East Ave
tSan Francisco. 75S Mission ST.
St. Louis 1l29-ilsl Locust St
sious City NV. Cor sih 3 Nebraska S' sts.
Toledo S0a Madison Ave
Tulsa 2l3 East Boston ST.
Wichita lao No. Main St.
Yonkers 80 Warburton Ave-
marks cities not affected bv reductions
The New York herald., 1920-12-05

But such a meagre outline gives little
idea of the rich compleXity of the
story.
It's compelling power consists in the
vigor and precision of it's statement of
human misery. both at the top and In
the lowest depths. The bottom layers
are unmitigatedly bestial, the middle
classes stupid and hard, and the upper
layers unspeakably corrupt, with a re-
finement of selfishness that makes
them scarcely human. Yet you feel
that the portraits are validly truthful.
AS the suggestion of a new gospel
Christians solution seems a little ten
uous, but as a presentation of GER
tain probleIrs his experience Is sig
ni1cant. Wassermann Is a national
psychiatrist In his own words he Is
exploring
g. great epidemics of the soul,
illnesses of the sexes, deep rooted
maladies of whole nations, a ghostly
chase between heaven and earth,
new proofs of psychical bonds that
stretched from millennium to millen-
MUM as we'll as from man to man."
AS an expositor of social morbidity
he must be hailed master. Mr.. Levi
sohn's translation is admirably fluent:
brilliant performance in a difficult
field.
The New York herald., 1920-12-05

this book besides perfect ending. Sill
lerton jackson still lives. His counter
part walks In Newport every morning
in the summer along Bellevue avenue
to the beach for swim, telling stories
of his "old Newport" when tennis
parties and luncheons following were
"the thing" before the Casino and the
Clam Bake Club accelerated the pace
Of he place. The youngsters are too
intent on their own existence to listen
to him with the awe of the young
men in the club box who waited for
his verdict in Newland Archer's day.
but he is still there. and II you hap
pen to sit beside him at tea he may
even describe the old archery contests.
His knowledge of social ramifications
is still extensive, though the world Of
his forerunner has been smashed be-
yond repair.
To any one who loves Newport
the real Newport-Mrs Whartons de-
scription of turning off the Avenue,
crossing Spring street and driving out
toward old GATHERINGS place on her
piece of Cheap land overlooking the
bay" is thoroughly satisfying, as are
her pictures of Archer's drive up the
island, Paradise Rocks, the goldenrod
and brambles Of the Portsmouth roads
and the fog lurking at Saconnet to
come in after the golden haze Of the
sun has set over the harbor and
Conanicut low In the distance.
There are minor characters who are
ineffacably etched on ones memory
Miss Sophy Jackson, who was en-
tertained by all the people who could
not secure her much sought after
brother and who brought home to him
bits Of minor gossip that usefully filled
In the gaps in his picture: the i'm
perturbable Mrs Lemuel Struthers.
widow Of The Struthers shoe polish
millions. who manages to "slip into So
ciety the winter Of the chickenpox
when all the married women were in
the nursery" and their husbands took
to patronizing the amusing Struthers's
Sunday evenings-one has seen them
ALL Mrs. Wharton knows her world
down to it's last detail and she per-
mits the reader to share 1t with her.
The New York herald., 1920-12-05
Like Novel, Like Review

l appreciate My responsibility in
recommending Steve's new book. Win
some Winnie" for My wife's aunt al
ways reads My reviews to find out
what not to get at the public library.
But ! gladly lend My name Con re-
quesD to Steve's stuff, because any
body who can make banquet audi
ence laugh till midnight in prohibition
times deserves all the support he can
get
NoTE.-7Next we have
THE IMPRESSIVE REVIEW
Fiction has been so standardized that
the picturesque heterogeneousness Of
half century ago has been sadly di-
minished. Against this abominable
modernized Standardization arises that
past master of satire and wit-Prof.
stephen Leacock His most recent
work. "Winsome Winnie and Other
Nonsense Novels" comes to us guised
as humor, but even the undiscerning
will detect that he has struck straight
at the vitals of modern literature in
all it's horrid decadence, using as
weapons his sharp sword of ridicule
and the blasting power of his un-
matched ability to score at the ex-
pense of his contemporaries without
straining for effect.
NorE.-It betokens vast knowl-
edge on the part of a reviewer to
prove that some one who wrote
book never wrote it at all. Recall
Ing the Shakespeare-Bacon contro-
versy and others we now put the
Corona on the baby's lap and write
THE WISE GUY REVIEW:
While Stephen Leacock's name is
attached to the new volume of satirical
novelettes under the title Of Win
some Winnie" it has come to us that
the real author of the work is none
other than Mark Twain. This belief in
literary circles has gained credence
ever since 1t became known that Prof.
Leacock was seen experimenting with
a ouija board at a Toronto tea
1t has been pointed out that Lea
cock is not the kind of a man who
would waste time reading seasons
crop of love stories, civil war tales. de-
tective yarns, political novels, narra-
tives of the sea and other products of
leading literary lights. And if he never
read them it would manifestly be i'm
possible for him to have outranked the
rankest popular sellers.
On the other hand. Mark Twain has
had virtually nothing to do since his
death. The savants, consequently, hold
the theory that Mark Twain did the
work, while Prof. Leacock with the
aid OF d ouija board gets the credit.
A very simple premise. is it not? Yes,
very simple.
NoTE.-Our wife, who is serious
minded, has read over our shoulder
to here. Now she suggests that we
try to write
A HUMOROUS REVIEW.
We can't!
The New York herald., 1920-12-05
A Story of Newport

betrothed in the conservatory later is
no logger the astonishingly daring thing
1t may have been thcn-still the es-
sentials of life remain. Love. that
word that sometimes seems like an old
and battered coin worn so thin by
hard usage that the original insCrip-
ton has become meaningless, and 10y
atty. that inherent tradition of breed
ing which a leisure class is supposed
to cultivate in its finest flower, and
the ancient code that prevents snatch
ing at happiness behind the backs of
those who trust-these things persist
strangely in a changing world.
Archer. the leading man." marries
the wrong girl and later asks Ellen,
whom he loves. to go away with him
to some land where we shall be simply
two human beings who love each
other. who are the whole life to each
other. and nothing else on earth will
matter" She answers him with visit
full bitterness: "Oh. my dear-where Is
that country? Have you ever been
there? | knew so many who've tried
to find It; and. believe me, they all
got out by mistake at wayside stations
or places like Boulogne or Pisa or
Monte Carlo
Perhaps the saddest thing in this
book is the picture Mrs. Wharton
draws of Newland Archer, after his
children have ceased needing him and
after the obligations of a lifetime are
terminated by death going to Paris,
where Ellen Olenska has spent the
intervening years. He sends his son
up 20 see her. and with an artistic reti-
cence which only Mrs. Wharton Is
capable OF he sits for a long time on
the bench in the thickening dusk, his
eyes never turning from the balcony.
At length a light shone through the
windows. and moment later man
servant came out on the balcony. drew
up the awnings and closed the shutters.
At that, as If 1t had been some signal
he waited for. Newland Archer got up
slowly and walked back alone to his
hotel"
There are other perfect things In
The New York herald., 1920-12-05
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE. BY Edith
Wharton. d. Appleton & Co.
Reviewed by ELEANOR HAYDEN

Reviewed by ELEANOR HAYDEN
TO sit on bench in Washington
Square with the pale autumn
sunlight filtering through the
trees-to look up occasionally beyond
the little italian children romping over
from Bleecker street-spilling them
selves and their strident personalities
across the venerable stretch OF green
toward the old red brick houses-some
of them still preserving against en-
croachment the polished brass. spot
less window curtain atmosphere of a
day that is done. others already giving
up to the surge of new life pushing
up, up, up-and then to turn back with
a smile and sigh to the pages of the
book In ones lap-ths is the ideal
way in which to read Mrs. Whartop's
new novel
And IL, as the twilight falls. one con-
tinues to sit on the bench. the romping
children will go home. AS it is a bit
chilly in the early evening the square
is not too popular now. One can wait
quietly watching the lights begin to
twinkle and over the white arch see
the stars prick themselves into the
blue inverted bowl we call the sky"
And for a time one can linger In the
world Mrs. Wharton has made to live
again in the pages Of her book. The
place is peopled with the ghosts Of
those perfect products of another sys-
tenn.
In the day of which she writes the
opportunities OF the incoming tide of
foreigners had not yet been heard
there. and the impertinences Of a
Greenwich Village were a thing un-
dreamed Of
With a dash and clatter a changing
bus comes tearing through the peace
of ones meditation. One rises, shivers.
starts to walk back into the world of
stone and steel.
The first Few pages are full of a
whimsical tenderness that is rare in
Mrs. Wharton's art. These people OF
the 1905 hearing Faust" at the So
ciable old Academy. coming i'm their
private broughams or i'm "A brown
coupe" are children children who are
playing at a fascinating game called
life in a very tiny world which they
think is a very large and impressive
place. For time one wonders IL per-
~haps Mrs Wharton is going TO let
them stay children playing In this
pleasant yet restricted plot
But presently one realizes that il
isn't such a very different world after
all Though the days OF knowing every
one from the Battery to Canal street
have passed. and though the guests at
a fashionable ball no longer recurl
their hair over the gas burner in the
hostess's bedroom before going down
and though swift kiss from ones
The New York herald., 1920-12-05
Reviewed by
Fl. l.. PANGBORN.

However strange and repellent such
a book as this seems to us it must be
admitted to be a mastery production.
Wassermann is a Viennese with a
score or so OF novels to his credit,
some OF which have had vogue in
Russia, but this is the first Of his
work to gain worldwide attention, the
first to appear in English. It's well
come here will hardly De so enthu-
siastic as in Europe, since so much
of II is foreign to our habits of mind
But as a picture of the decadent ele-
ments In European society both at
top and bottom. as an explanation of
social wrongness as 1t appears to a
central European, it is of great value.
Moreover, Wassermann is an artist
of high rank. He has dramatic sense
and an extraordinary facility and
power in realistic description, although
as a storyteler he tends to prolixity
This story, merely as fiction, Is nearly
twice as long as 1t needed to be- de-
spite It's skilful construction. That is
due. on one side, to a too definite
German thoroughness, and on the
idealism. For the impulse behind his
thought is clearly Russian In a way,
he derives" from Tolstoi, though his
work is none the less strongly indi-
vidual. 1t has none of the taint, the
sardonic grin. that marks such Aus
trian work as Schnitzlers. Wasser-
mann is profoundly sincere, 1t would
take a column even to summarize its
plot, or condense the story in outline.
It's chief thread is the growth of young
Christian Wahnschaffe from the idle,
vicious life of very rich, unoccupied
youth (unoccupied except in multi
farious erotic adventure) to complete
self-abnegation, the giving up of his
wealth and devoting himself to an at
tempt to understand human misery
and to be of service. Numerous other
characters follow something the same
course, to varying ends, each Of them
realizing the wrongness of things, in
some way, and either striving to rem
edy matters or giving 1t up as a
tragic futility. Eva Sorel, the Won
derful dancer, stands for art and in
telligence, as Christian does for the
wealth and culture Of modern society.
After their love affair ends she turns
to ambition, as the mistress of a Rus
sian Grand Duke-and Is spectacularly
killed
When Christian begins to see a
light he gives up his fortune goes to
live among the proletariat in Berlin,
saves a prostitute from violence and
takes her home with him, as a part
The New York herald., 1920-12-05
ERSKINE DALE, PIONEER. Johr
Fox, Jr. Charles Scribner's Sons.
Reviewed by E. w. POWELL.

Reviewed by E. w. POWELL.
"Erskine Dale. Pioneer" is not
problem novel. This last work of John
Fox, Jr., completed just before he
died, is one Of his best and offers all
that his readers have come to expect
by way of romantic setting, love of
nature. high minded sentiment. the
charm of his characters and the pur-
ity Of his diction.
"Erskine Dale. Pioneer" has no
modern soul vivisecting. If 1t had 1t
would not fit the period of the tale
or America at any time till of late
years-and it does At. The psyche
logical probing, 80 fashionable at pres
ert, did not belong to Revolutionary
da VS. or to the Kentucky frontier and
tidewater Virginia At that time the
code of living was not questioned. 1t
was not an age Of interpretive inves-
tigation and discovery. Life was pre-
dominantly social or athletic-ex-
ternally active. In Virginia there
was a traditional and static solution
of the universe. and in the backwoods
the exigencies required constant
alertness, exertion and personal Prov
ess, simplifying mems thinking. Love.
hate, passion. rivalry. jealousy, honor
were taken for granted and lived
without the aid of test tubes.
Consequently the dramatis per-
sone of Erskine Dale seem like Eliz-
ebethans transplanted to a virgin
country, the scenery Of which could
not be more vivid II staged before the
eyes. for John Fox, Jr.. knows and
loves and fingers over his Kentucky