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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-31

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-31
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-31

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The courier-index., 1920-01-09
Western Union Grants
 Increase in Wages

Tn common with thirty two thou sand of their fellow employees m other cities, the local employes of the Western Union Telegraph Com pany who have been six months or more in the service of the company will participate in salary increases totaling over five million dollars a year, commencing January st. Elm ployes who have been year or more in the service will receive l5 per cent increase and those who have been six months but less than a year in the service will receive 10 per cent. Only employees who re- ceive less than S250 a month will participate.
 Mrs. Mary l.. Ewing of the local office states that these increases are in pursuance of an agreement reached some time ago between the management and the Association of Western Uafon Employees. The Western Union is one of the largest corporations which engages in the process of collective bargaining with it's employees, and this is the latest of several general increases which have been negotiated as a means of offsetting to certain extent the increased cost of living which has fallen so heavily upon the salaried class.
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
POLITICAL POT IS WARMING UP
cLAYwELL TO OPPOSE coTTER FOR SHERIFF AND cOLLEC- TOR-COUNTY OFFICIALS TO SEEK REELECTION.

While under the present law the democratic primary election will not be held until next August, candidates, avowed and prospective, are never theless beginning to feel out the pulse of the voters and are shaping their affairs for the coming con- test. A movement is now on foot to have the primary date changed by the extra session of the legisla- ture to convene the latter part of this month and there is some proba- bility the time may be set for May. But regardless of any contemplated change in the date for the election, the office seekers will go right ahead with their campaign. In Lee coun. ty advanced indications do not pre- sage any mad scramble for offices. Chief interast will perhaps center in the race for sheriff and collector. 1t is understood Arthur Cotter will be candidate for reelection to the office. His opponent will be Teddy Claywell who has been chief deputy under MT. Cotter for several years prior to entering the army. Upon Mr. ClaywelPs return to Marianna several months ago he resumed his work with MT. Cotter. but on Jan. uary 1st he resigned to make the race for the office. R. c. Apple circuit clerk will be a candidate fol another term. So far no one has indicated any intention of opposing Mir. Apple. While formal expres- sions have not been made by the other county officials, it is under stood Judge John A. Hummer County Clerk E.. w. King, County Treasurer W. W. Word and Asses sor Bob Lindsey will be candidates to succeed themselves. It is mol yet known whether any of these gen tlemen will have opposition in theil races.
 For representatives in the legisla ture there are no avowed candidatei to fill the two places to which Le, county is entitled.
 For Congress to succeed Con gressman Caraway who is a candi date against Senator Kirby, tn, avowed candidates are Judge W. J
 Driver and Senator E. E. Alexand
 CT of Mississippi county, Judge R K. l.. Johnston of Parageuld anC Senator Ollie Killough of Wynne. Judge J. M. Jackson and Prose
 cutting Attorney Jno. F.. Miller vii
 probably have no oposition for re
 nomination to the respective office
 they hold.
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
SEES FIRST AUTO AT ss
Noted Beaver Tr.ppsr in Nswtsa
 County Experiences Sensation

Harrison, Ark. Jan. 7--.GeorTe c. Miller of Henderson. recently made a trip from here to Ponea City. ia Newton County in a Ford ear. the first to make the trip over the new highway through that county. While there he met Newton county's oldest settler. J. A. Valines, commonly known among the old-timers as .'Un- cle Jim Beaver" which title was given to him as an expert beaver trApper in the early days of Newton county Uncle Jim" claims that Miller's ear was the first car that rolled a wheP' on his farm on Buffalo river, and also the first car he ever saw or ever had the pleasure of riding in. Uncle Jim is 65 years old and was born and reared in the same neigh borhood in which he now resides. His father owend the fist cap and ball gun in Newton County, which is still in his possession together wfth his fathers old fit lock gun, which he brought with him when he came to Arkansas. Uncle Jim lives on a Good river farm and is spending hts old days easy.
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
LOCAL CONTAIN
 ID BUY PLANT
CITIZENS OF MARIANNA WILL SOLVE LIGHT PROBLEM BY PURCHASING PROPERTY FROM PRESENT OWNERS.

At last 1t looks like a start has been made to solve the light and power troubles that have cursed Ma rianna for the past three years.
 A local stock company is being formed to purchase the plant of the Arkansas Light 4 Power Company, under an option held by the city. The appraised value of the plant has been fixed at s4S,000. The local company is to be capitalized at $50, 900. About $40, ,000 of the stock has already been subscribed and the committee sap- pointed to dispose Of the stock ex- pect to have no difficulty in placing the entire issue of s50,000.
 The decision upon the part of the public-spirited citizens to. purchase the plant followed several mass meet. ings at which the light question was thoroughly discussed At \ meeting held in the lobby of the Lee County National Bank Monday night, R. k. Williams. the engineer who repre- sented the city in making the apprais- al of the plant, was present and stated that in his judgment the pro- perty was well worth the $46,000
 
 said with the expenditure of ten or twelve thousand dollars the plant could be put in good condition and that there was no reason why the property should not pay a good divi- dend on the investment. 1t devel- oped during the discussion that on account of the bad arrangement of the machinery there is A loss of ap- proximately 54 per cent of the cleo trical energy generated at the plant. The boilers are in bad shape and are losing thirty per cent of their pow CT. There are about seventy cus- toners in the city who are on a flat rate and it is pointed out that each of these entails a loss to the com pany. It was further shown that the gross sales of light and power run to more than s30,000 annually. With an investment of $60,000 the sales easily run to one half the total amount invested in the enterprise. Public utility companies, as a rule, estimate that where the gross sales run to one-fourth or one-fifth the amount of the investment a good profit should be made.
 | From these figures forward-look- | ing business men in Marianne have concluded it would be a good sofu- tion of the city's lighting troubles to acquire the plant, lease the water system from the city, put both plants under an efficient management, is- sue bonds on the light plant and make needed improvemtns, and with the public utilities combined under one management the citizens would profit by improved service and the stockholders would have a chance to get some dividends on the in- vestment. Many declared. however, they were willing to put some mon ey in the plant even if they knew they would receive no dividends. because they wanted to see the service i'm proved and were eonfidnt this would not be done under the present own. ership of the plant.
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
Prosperous Year For
 Home Lumber Co.

At the regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Home Lum- Der Company, held Monday, a review of their business the past year dis closed a very substantial growth. A modest dividend was declared and the balance of the earnings passed to surplus account. The entire board of directors and officers were reelected, as follows: R. D. Jar ratt, president; J. M. Hewitt, vice. president; O. c. Norment, secretary treasurer; J. c. Spence, J. L. Isaacs.
 The company has made some i'm provements in it's facilities for talk ing care of it's business, installed some small woodworking machines in the workshop and contemplates continued improvement during the present year.
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
WOOD HAULERS
 PR0FITEERING
MAX MILLER CALLS ATTENTION TO OUTRAGEOUS PRICES BE- ING CHARGED BY DRAYMEN IN MARIANA.

When a one-horse shay, drawn by an antiquated Dobbin, embellished with cotton rope gear, also of ancient vintage, presided over by Senegam- bian who proposes to favor you with what purports to be load of wood for $2.5O-don't take it.
 He's profiteering!
 You may protest but the son of Ham will aver he had to pay dollar and half for the wood and that he is charging only one dollar bill for his services-that this is only req sonable compensation in view of the high cost of horse feed-and you wonder what he does with the feed as you look at the many fine points his nag exhibits.
 For an alleged two-horse load ot wood. secured at the local mills, the draymen have ben charging $3:5O and S4.O0 and sometimes as high as $500.
 Max D. Miller, head of the Miller Lumber Company, believes the pub lie has been held up long enough by these interruptions wood vendors, He appeared before the city council Tuesday night and stated his com pany had been selling one-horse loads of wood for seventy-five cents, and the draymen resell it for $2.50, The two-horse loads cost $1.50 at the mill and the draymen have been charging from $4.00 to $500 for it. Some of the drays make as many as eight and ten trips a day, at profit of from twelve to twenty dollars.
 MT. Miller called attention to an old ordinance that regulated the charges draymen were permitted to make. He suggested the schedule of prices under the old ordinance was probably too low in view of pres ent conditions, but he insisted the council should dig up the ordinance revise it to meet present conditions and then see to it that draymen made no charges in excess of the amounts fixed by the ordinance.
 Members of the council agreed with MT. Miller the public was be. ing imposed upon and at the next meeting of the city council it is pro. bable the ordinance will be amended and put in effect regulating the charges draymen may make for theil services.
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
Increase Granted
 Light and POUel

l'ttle Rock, Jan. 5.-The Arkan- . corporation Commission today - ''u an order granting a twenty x rsss ssnl increase in elctric light and I ssl rates to the Arkansas Light & EsL EsL company in Paragpuld and
 Truen Ta Tor period of one year.
 a e omission began the hearing hr oi the case of the Arkansas ss commission against the Arkan-
 a +sgnt and Fewer Company. The nrs,ag ng was ordered to settle the ahUsaersy involving the assessing 6 Saus pss neld held by the corporation in Sn,h.ane a.ne Bluff company, the Missouri rj j,ssSern ,sa ger, Securities Company hs, "e Siilette Public Service Com | ii oso one noi face value of the bonds
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
'lEGULAR MEETING 1 I IF CITY COUNCIL
,urN LOOK WITH FAVOR ,oon PROPOSITION TO PUR- LOTS FOR PARK NEAR ,rw PASSENGER STATION.

.,o other matters that engaged ..tention of the city council at rF .s~ular s. meeting on Tuesday night .s;s a.s week was a proposition of-
 ', hv committee from the Lions lslsa ss sUv,opesting U, the city purchase tpD i'I iots on the east side of the N uassenger station witp tne un- E,s,.!prding N the Missouri Pacific
 elsasd company will take charge .av' ..as nroperty, remove the old build
 v make driveways through to %s,.h street and convert what is
 a .m 2 very unsightly surrounding for \. M ,sv station into a place of beau
 The railroad company has al 'sav obtained from the railroad ad- sS. N;s;.aration all the funds that can ' allotted for the grounds for the !. nassenger station in Marianna, M ior that reason the matter of ssuiring additional property is up 1. Me city. The railroad company SF send it's landscape engineer here Ishin few days and if the city de- Ess to acquire the vacant lots east ! \ he station the engineer will be- m his plans for beautfying the rsnses. It will take $2,500 or nO0O to acquire the lots, and it w been suggested that the city is- ut time warrants and pay for the mcerty in two or three payments. he members of the council ex- m,ssd willingness to. make the Trhase, and referred the matter the finance committee with in- tpetion to make recommendations ! the best means of financing the hl
 Mayor Robertson reported he had tpped work on a private sewer line jdng constructed in the rear of the ! Im owned by J. E. Stevenson, G. '. Gregory, Elden Tally and others
 xause he did not think the work M being constructed in a perma- Kt manner, and thought an en- peer should make an inspection M see that the connections were
 nde according to standard specifi- stons Members of the council au- tuuzed the Mayor and Alderman
 aps to employ an engineer, have ir inspect the work and direct the runbers to proceed under his or tn
 h the matter of the purchase of A plant of the Arkansas Light & iwer Company for $48,000, under m terms of an option now held the city, the council passed a res saton directing the city clerk to nully the company of the intention tne city to acquire the plant and sA the city would be ready to close N deal within fifteen days. A anpany financed by local people is " being organized with a paid capital of s50,000 to take over property. The plant will be .N xSaed to the city which in turn M pass the title to the corpora ~ now in process of formation.
The courier-index., 1920-01-09

People Bank building on South Pop- lar street, and when finished the structure will be occupied by the Griffis-Newbern department store and by the Bank of Commerce. The Griffis-Newbern Company will con tinue to use the lare frame building near the water plant which they have occupied since the fire in August, 1918, that destroyed their three story building on South Poplar street. If conditions look good this year it is understood the company will re- build on their old site, following which Gambrell & Go, will move to the Grove building. Mir. Newborn then plans the erection of a four or five story office building on the Southwest corner of Poplar and Main streets, now occupied by Gamhrel < Company.
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
LOCAL STORYETTES

districts, stated last night it would require more than a year to com plete the three ditches. He expects the contractors will be able to finish the Larkins Creek ditch within 12 months, and work on the Black Swamp ditch should be completed within a short time after. It will require a much longer time to fin ish the Lee-Phillips ditch.
 Counting Our Noses
 Uncle Sam is taking his decennial inventory which is to embrace all his available assets. He is counting the men, women and children and is listing all the commercial, indus trial and agricultural activities of the nation. Extravagant population claims made by fast-growing towns and cities will be subjected to the acid test. As far as is humanly pos sible the truth will be known and there will be no more guess work as to how rapidly our population is increasing. In the city of Marianna the census is being taken by Mrs. E. C.. Badley, Mrs. J. T. Folts and Miss Willie Whitsitt. They began their work on January and will com plete the enumeration within anoth- CT week or ten days. Originally the government fixed two weeks as the time for taking the census, but in- element weather conditions have somewhat retarded the work and the supervisor for this district, MT. Isom of Marion, has granted additional time to the enumerators. It is ex. pected the returns will show approx. iniately 1000 population for the city of Marianna, and more than 30,- i 900 for Lee county
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
Returns from Postal Meet

J. c. McMickle of the local post office force, returned Wednesday from Memphis where he attended a joint conference of postmasters, postal employees and clerks with a congressional committee that IS making investigations with view of recommending an increaDe in sal aries paid to men employed in the postal department, Approximately 15O employees from the offices in Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama attended the conference and urged upon the senators and con- gresmen the necessity for substantial increase in the pay of the men em- ployed in postal service.
 The clerks and city carriers ask ed for an increase from $1 800 per year to $2,400 per year. Supervisors asked an increase which, if granted, will raise their salaries to between $2,O00 and $6,000 per year. This increase would be based upon the size of the city in which the office is located and the importance of the duties involved. The increase will make minimum salaries to supervi- sors $2,000 per year and maximum salary of $6,00O. Railway mail clerks seek a minimum salary of $1,900 per year, with a maximum compensation of $2,800. Postmas- ters of the second, third and fourth classes seek increases ranging from | 25 to 75 per cent over their present incomes. The increase in this class or group to be determined by the amount and character of the duty of the individual applicant.
 The petitions of the employees con- tained a mass of figures to show to the committee that wage increases have not kept pace with the advance l in living costs. It was pointed out that many of the better class ot postal employees of the territory rep. resented are leaving the service be. cause they can get more pay in oth: CT positions and because working conditions are better. One particu l lar point which the clerks brought tc the attention of the commission was the necessity for better sanitary ap
 pliances in postoffice buildings. Ii was claimed that dirty mail sacks
 was the direct cause of the large
 percentage of tuberculosis prevalent
 among postal employees. t:--
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
Cotton Receipt. . Little Short.

From the records in the office of the. Marianna Cotton Compress Go. the cotton receipts for this season, up to last night are 14,446 bales against 15,377 bales up to January 8th of last year. The pretty weather that prevailed for two weeks up un- til Wednesday of this week enabled the pickers to resume gathering and the cotton movement was progressing very satisfactorily until stopped by the heavy rains Wednesday and Thursday. There are yet many thousands of bales in the fields and if the weather remains fair for two or three weeks longer much of this cotton will be picked and marketed. Naturally the grades have been low cred by the heavy rains, but even at that, the staple is bringing good pric- es, ranging from twenty to forty cents a pound. a
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
Will Vail to Open Store

W. C. Vail, who for several years has been head of the firm of Vail, Suit & Smith, doing general mer. cantile business at Oak Forest, will soon open a general store in Mari. anna. Nearly a year ago Mir. Vail purchased from B. F. Latta the two. story brick building on West Main street occupied by Shumacker's market on the ground floor and D P. Hilton's cotton office on the sec ond floor. MT. Shumacker will va. cate the building within the next two weeks and about February lsi MT. Vail expects to open his store He recently disposed of his inter est in the Oak Forest business to w. | T. Smith.
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
Jim Spence Sell. Bottom Farm

Jim Spence has just closed deal for the sale of his bottom plantation of 430 acres, situated pn the St. Francis river, to the Askew Plan tation Company, the consideration being $5O,000. Mir. Spence keeps all his personal property and is to gath CT the remainder of his crops now on the place. It is his intention to re-invest in a farm somewhere in the county. The Askew Plantation Company is a new organization re- cently formed by Memphis and Mis- sissippi parties. They bought the Whitehall plantation from the Banks interests several months ago. Among those interested in the company are R. L. Bedding, o. P. Cobb, J. A. Hayes J. c. Davis, W. L. Durley, k. P. Davis and A. A. Wheat, all of Mem phis and points in Mississippi.
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
Deer Hunters Successful

Will Lynn, Ira Petty and Harold Derrick are spending the week in the bottoms near Bledsoe on a deer hunt. Information was received here yesterday that Lynn killed a fine buck on Tuesday and on We'd nesday Petty brought down buck. Derrick is sticking to his stand early and late and hopes to connect with a buck today or tomorrow.
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
TO END "CUN-ToTING"

Memphis, Jan. 7.-Memphis hand ware dealers and all others who han dIe firearms were ordered to appear in the First Criminal Court Saturday to hear the law relative to sale of firearms read. This order was is- sued by Judge Richards, who an nounced he proposed to put an end to "gun toting" and would begin at this cource.
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
Begin Drainage Work

The Canal Construction Company of Memphis, contractors on the Lar kins Creek, Black Swamp and the Lee-Phillips drainage districts, has begun the shipment of machinery and
 supplies here with a view of starting actual work on the drainage ditchcs within the next sixty or seventy days. A. l.. Walker, superintendent of the company, is now having a boat constructed on Pete Farrar's place, eight miles northwest of the city. This boat will be used on the Larkins Creek ditch. Other machin- cry is being shipped to Aubrey near which place boat will be construct ed for work on the Black Swamp ditch. The boat for the Phillips ditch will be built later on. C. B. Bailey, the engineer for the three
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
Beazley Company to Expand

The E. J. BeaZley Company IS having plans drawn for extensive inn provements on the interior of the big two-story brick building now oc- cupied by the Beazley Company and by Harrington Bros, druggists. With in the next three weeks Harrington Bros. will move across the street to the building now occupied by the Fair Store. This will give the Beazley Company possession of the Beazley building. The partition between the two storerooms will probably be talk en out and all the ground floor con- verted into one room. New shelving and fixtures will be installed and more room provided for the display of merchandise. Among other de partments that will be featured by the Beazley Company is the furni- ture stock. V. L. Daw, of Earle expert furniture man, has been em- ployed by the company to take charge of this department. The furniture display room will be moved from the second floor to the ground floor and will be most attractively display. ed. The growth of the business ot the Beazley Company during the past few years has made it necessary that the quarters be enlarged.
The courier-index., 1920-01-09

When horse balks, everybody gathers around and gives advice when an automobile balks, every body for two blocks behind blows his auto horn
The courier-index., 1920-01-09

The Bolsheviki in America numb CT among their plans the destruction of all jails. They must hurry unless they expect to work from the inside. Topeka State Journal
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
Walter Wright Dead.

Mrs. J. T. Robertson of this city received message Monday announc- ing the death of Walter Wright, aged 75 years, at his home in Wig gins, Miss. Mir. Wright was broth CT of the late Major Wright, father of Mrs. Robertson.
The courier-index., 1920-01-09

Not half so general is the convic- tion that the world owes every man a living as the conviction that it owes him good time.
The courier-index., 1920-01-09

Those Holland papers that object to giving up Wilhelm Hohenzollern may think he will be good asset in the tourist season. Denver Rocky Mountain News.
The courier-index., 1920-01-09

In many localities the paper short age is causing one newspaper to flourish where two languished be- fore.--Topeka State Journal.