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The courier-index., 1920-10-22
Legion WiU Glue Banquet
 To Obserue Armistice Day

Plans well under way for the American Legion ban quet which will be given by the local Post sevenhirty in the evening November IL The members of the local Post decided that it would be best celebrate Armsce Day in the evening that every ex-service in the county could attend The banquet will be served the Hotel Maranna and will be of the interesting and elaborate affairs given by the local Post It the earnest desire of the Post be able to entertain every single white exservice man in Lee county that evening The only requirement that requested to notify Dr. McClendon by mail phone person of their intention to attend that plate will provided Confed crate veterans and SpanshAmercan War veterans will be guests of honor All of the expense of this entertainment has been provided for by the active members of the Post and will be financed by them Every ex-servce man will be given opportunity to join the American Legion if he desires but he will incur obligation to do by attend ing the Armisce Day celebration the Hotel Marianna
 The American Legion whole has grown continual y since its foundation and its paidp membership bers over one million ex-service
 At the recent National Convention in Cleveland Ohio there 10000 ex-service attendance The parade of 10000 uniformed the greatest event of It's kind since the emergency army disbanded.
 great amount of important business was transacted at this convention that of vital interest to every ex soldier
 It hoped that all ex-solders will notify Dr. McClendon at once of their intention to attend the local ceebra tlon He desires to know possible how many to provide for
The courier-index., 1920-10-22
0. c. NOrment, May0r,
 Marianna, Arkansas.

The recount of the population of Maranna shows there are 5124 people within the corporate limits gain of 314 over the of 1910 and gain of 29 returns
 the first enumeration taken several months ago when the population shown to have been only 3995. Upon the from the census bureau three weeks ago that Mariannas pouation only 3995 showing loss of Sl5 during the past ten years Mayor Normen immediately took the matter of recount up with the bureau in Wash
 on and with MT Isom of Marion the supervisor for this district MT lsom came to Marianne, looked the sit uaon studied the school enumeration the list of poll tax payers and convinced had been made He at ordered recount and appointed three enumeraors to take charge of the work incident to making new enumera ton A. c. Parker and Earle Williams were assigned to wards two and three and D. w. Hughes principal of the
 oed school was assigned to ward one which has very heavy negro population The revised returns show gain
 O49 in ward 27 in ward two and 53 in ward three total gain of 129 This gain added to the original enum
 aon which was checked by those in charge of the re- count gives Marianna population of SPA
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seed from clean field this is the easiest way to avoid the disease. Formaldehyde will not control loose smut and the only remedy is the hot water treatment, states MT. FL liott.
 When suing the hot water treat ment the seed is first soaked five or six hours in cold water. Two large tubs and a kettle of boiling water should be provided. The first tub should be kept at 115-12O degrees Fahrenheit for warming the grain. The second tub should be kept at constant temperature of 129 degrees. A temperature of 132 degrees will injure the grain, while 127 degrees will do little good. A peck to one-half bushel in a loose gunny sack can be treated at once. Warm up the soaked grain in the first tub, and then place it in the hot water for ten minutes, stirring constantly. After treating in hot water the grain should be cooled quickly in cold water and spread out to dry.
The courier-index., 1920-10-22
DlUigginS Goes To
 Central America

F. C. Dwiggins, we'll known civil engineer who has been engaged in his work in Lee county for the past eight months, will leave next week for Central America to be- come chief locating and construc- tion engineer for the Truillo Rail- road Company, an organization backed by American capital for the construction of three hundred miles of railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, traversing the republics of Honduras and Guata- mala. Mr. Dwiggins came to Ma rianna from Charlottesville, Mo, and since that time has been actively engaged in engineering work in this section. He is a most excellent gen tleman, thoroughly capable en- gineer and has made hundreds of staunch friends here by his strict attention to business, his industry and his sterling qualities of good citizenship. Those who have been associated with him professionally and socially regret very much his decision to leave Marianna but con- graduate him upon receiving an to such lucrative po- sitlon.
The courier-index., 1920-10-22
Thrilling Escape Of
 Missionary to Tibet

St. Louis, Mo, Oct. 21.-Before an audience of over 5000 delegates to the intentional convention of the disciples of Christ, now in ses- sion in the coliseum of this city. Dr. A. L. Shelton, missionary to Tibet, under the United Christian Missionary Society, told in graphic manner Wednesday night, the story of his capture and release by a band of robbers in that far-away coun- try.
 Last year, with his wife and two daughters, born in Tibet, Dr. Shel- ton was en route home to the Unit ed States when he was kidnapped by Chinese brigands on the plateau of Tibet and held n days for ran som. They demanded $50,00O worth of guns and ammunition for his release. It was not until he was expected to die from exhaustion that he was abandoned by his captors. He was finally found by friendly Chinese soldiers who cared for him and brought him back to his family. His escape from death was almost miraculous.
 Dr. Shelton has been in Tibet for IT years and expects to return and continue his work after a years rest in this country. He feels that the only way the Tibetans, 5,00O,00O in number, will ever be converted is for the missionaries to live among them and show them by their lives what Christianity means. His great ambition is to open medical school upon his return, where the native converts can be trained to heal and care for their own people. His ad- dress made a profound impression l1nnfn tha cOnNnnfiOn
The courier-index., 1920-10-22
IS THERE STILL A DIXIE?
(By George N. Bailey.)


 "Is there still Dixie?" asks Life in it's Dixie Number" Yes, there is still a Dixie. A Dixie in the hearts of some of us older ones. and in that realm of the spirit fancy may summon visions of the most beautiful scenes, the loveliest of faces, and days of cloudless blue Dixie, the East to which those of us who stand on the rim of the fading day turn in devotion while the shadows creep! Dixie, the Glory Land of the Past, the golden bourne of memory's silent rambles, the hallowed Solitude in whose depths the last chords of life breathe again their music into the soul Dixie, Loves Shadowland, peopled with the unfettered spirits of the noble and the great redol- ent of memories that do not die because they cluster about things immortal, templed with the dream fabrics of a nation that drew from out Gods boundless deep and, after four years of glory, turned again Home Dixie, the Beautiful and Glorious, the Sweetest Chapter of History, the noblest Epic of the ages, the Light of yesteryear whose effulgence gilds the crest of Times swift onward tide! Dixie. the stain less Mother of the Nation, the in destructible Kingdom of the Twi- the incompatible South or our dreams!
The courier-index., 1920-10-22
SIMPLE TREATMENT WILL
 PREfENT LOSS BY SMUT

Arkansas loses many thousands of dollars annually from oat and wheat shuts which can be easily controll- led by a few simple methods of treatment and handsome profit realized on the time and money ex- pended, declares John A. Elliott, plant pathologist of the College of Agriculture, University of Arkan- sas
 More damage is done by smuts to oats than wheat because of the larger oat acreage. Oat smuts often take as high as 25 per cent CT the crops, points out MT. Elliott. Stlnklng smut or bunt of wheat and both oat smuts ca nbe controll- ed by treatment with formaldehyde. treatment of seed wheat for stink mg smut has been more general !aan the treatment of seed oats, not because of greater losses, but be- Sause wheat containing bunt can not DE sold to millers.
 Dlue stone Cooper sulphate) is 9mmonly used for treating seed Naeat and is successful control of Shklng smut but is not as cheaply easily applied as formaldehyde anu IS apt to lower germination. one successful method of treat 4sat 4ss either wheat or oats for the aaaIerent shuts is known as the atOhg formaldehyde method" One @ sh. or 40 per cent formaldehyde is suu1ed With 10 gallons of Water and sS.inkied over the grain as it is T1sOseled from one pile to the other. se sen gallons of solution should treat su.. bushels of grain and make the aiace damp-not wet. After the sd sa'in IS sprinkled it should be cover wltn cloth from six to eight aSuis and then uncovered to air Sa, 1ughly The moisture should swell, pe sufficient to make the grain st tsn T. and it can be sown at once
 [. ."e usual rate of seeding.
 bs,s.l.h me soaking method" two half bottelS baeS with holes plugged near the Otbas are placed one above the t6;.d & Fill the upper tub two |bon u' run of formaldehyde solu- |hr h1ne one pint to 40 gallons of wa |a o.d TOUT one-half to one bushel snd sialn In the solution. Stir it |ter ;t sAlin i off floating material. Al off mas soaked ten minutes, drain |g,s;n ne solution and spread the
 IIi out to dry.
 sO ne ahute solution of one pint of |sO rsI,a % cent commercial solution to |SdilStan of water is used in the |6On spray method" The solu- he ras sprayed over the grain at Ia. ue Ws of one gallon to one bush [t is co1 "neh grain is thoroughly wet =gas seOSefed with blanket or can Ethen 'Or s eight or twelve hours and
 viii iip'gao s,, out to dry. As soon as |glan r, run through the drill the EnuM nay be planted, but allowance In tb t made for swelling.
 20 per afy method" one pint of
 \ addoJe cent formaldehyde solution =reat se 10 one pint of water to
 s sbogo, bushels of grain. The grain &aatil ali ll'sq U rom one pile to another
 ig II ,ae grain has been treated. =G siv .sl covered closely for five
 oace iV1ts and can be planted al
 ae eas' not planted immediately
 ae a.g V snould be uncovered to .ara V the formaldehyde will in-
 smut is difficult to treat
 esa cas under the surface of the
 II 1t IS possible to get
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history. Why, then, should we, after four seasons in which our raw cotton, including the seed, has ex- ceeded in value S7,970, 100000 balk at carrying a few million bales pend- ing a temporary Hull in demand2 Has not that very lull been length ened by the senseless and unreas- oning fears of producers?
 of course everybody knows that the governmental efforts to reduce the high cost of living have exercised some influence, but that has been by no means entirely responsible for the cotton panic. Let us look at the government figures for the months of August and September, 1920. In face of all the talk about reduction of consumption, we find that the mills, North and South consumed of American cotton from August l to September 30, eS4,000 bales against 943,000 same time last year, a decrease of only 59,- 900 bales. This then, was not where the shoe pinched. as far as domestic consumption was concern ed
 When the mills became inform ed of the growth fears of the south ern producers of a decline in val ues they fell back on their supplies of raw cotton and during the two months used up 436,0O0 bales of their reserved stocks. Thus, on July 3l, the census said mills North and South held l,209, 900 bales of American lint cotton, while on De- tober 1, the same authority gave them total of only 773,000 bales. In September, in the face of the panicky feeling that was spreading to the spot market, the southern mills consumed 28l,0OO bales of lint cotton, and they held remaining but about 2S3,000 bales, or about one months supply.
 Comparing the situation now, with July 31, the showing is:
 Stocks, American mills, North and South, of American lint cot ton, July 31, 1920 (per census), i, 100000 bales.
 European mill stocks, July 31, 1920, 410,000.
 European port stocks and afloat for Europe, July 31, 1,293, 1000.
 Total July 31, 2,912,0OO.
 American mill stocks, North and South, of lint cotton, October1st, 1920, 773,0Cs.
 European mill stocks, October 1, 1920, approximate 350,000.
 European port stocks and afloat October 1, 1,001 ,000.
 Totals, 2,214,000.
 Decrease lint cotton since July 31, bales, 778,000.
 Mill Stocks Shrink
 Tn other words, there was a shrinkage in mill stocks at home and abroad and in European supply of about 800,000 bales of lint cot ton-a vacuum that must and will be filled when the market is per- mitted to settle down to normal com ditions.
 In considering these figures we are dealing with the present, not with the past The upset due in 3 large part to the scares of holders which have reacted upon consumers, both ends of the line, can not be otherwise than temporary and win hardly affect the years consumption as a whole The mills are quite as anxious as the prO- ducers for the resumption of norm al functions, and while confidence has 0een shaken it by no means fol- lows that resumption of normal trading in raw and manufactured goods must De long delayed. The
The courier-index., 1920-10-22
WaUe Of Cotton Buying Coming Soon
 Says Hester, Blaming Slump On Scare"

New Orleans, Oct. 21.-In a statement prepared at the instance of the New Orleans Cotton Ex- change Directors, Henry G. Hester, secretary of the exchange, and for 50 years regarded as an interna- tional authority on matters pertain ing to cotton marketing, declared ''there is no reason for rushing for federal financial aid" and asserted there was nothing the matter with the south beyond an unreasonable scare in cotton"
 The statement prepared for the benefit and encouragement of those who are not fully informed" :" follows:
 ''The dpastic decline that has oc- cured in cotton since the first of August, amounting to nearly S90 a bale, or about 49 per cent, has been mainly due to the pressure to sell on a shrinking market, under mining confidence of both sellers and consumers, accentuating the fears of the former and increasing the reluctance of the latter until they practically abandoned the market except at constant conces- sions which in the aggregate prob ably constitute the greatest drop that has ever taken place in the staple in any like period. In the past ten weeks more than million bales of spot cotton have literally been thrown overheard without rhyme or reason. Nearly three fourths of the Texas ginnings to September 25 have been rushed to market, and while other sections have sold more sparingly, the re- ported sales at three leading Texas centers amount to more than 800,- 900 bales. Futures have perforce followed spots, the pressure having been accentuated by sales to hedge spots.
 Various theories have been ad- vanced for the scarce mainly the question of financing, unfavorable attitude of the federal reserve bank, and tight money. Neither of these, however, should reasonably have precipitated a practical panic. Calm thinkers consider there was no more reason for rushing for federal aid than during the buy a bale period of 1914. They argue, and justly so, that we marketed in part and carried over without outside aid the heavy remnant of the most stupendous crop produced that year in face of the inauguration of worldwide war, and at a time when the south was infinitely poorer than at present. They knew then not only that cotton was selling many cents per pound below the cost O. production, but that it was bringing less than it's actual market value even in face of adverse European war conditions and the promise of an abnormally large production (which finally proved to be IT, 000,000 bales) and they knew that the panic could only be temporary, War or no war, the world needed our cotton and that if the channels of trade were blocked, for time, a way would be found to open them in the near future.
 Foundation for Rise.
 And what did we do? We mark eted that year more than was ever marketed in any year in the history of the trade, and if we did not get as much for our bales as we should have done,we laid the foundation for an upward trend that brought more money into the south, fairly earned, in the years that followed than had ever been obtained in our
The courier-index., 1920-10-22
UNIVERSITY HAS GROWN
 FASTER THAN POPULATION

Fayetteville, Ark, Oct 20.-Sixty six counties of Arkansas are repre- sented at the University of Arkan- sas this year, and seven other states have sent students. Students from 40 other colleges are enrolled. Lo- gan, Washington, Benton, Jefferson, Pulaski and Sebastian counties lead in numbers of students.
 An increase of 112 per cent in the states population, according to the 1920 census, looks small beside the record of 66 per cent growth of the University in the seven years from 1913 to 1920 Tn other words the service of the University has grown more than six times as fast as the size of the population.
The courier-index., 1920-10-22

The high cost of living is on the toboggan. It is gratifying to note that hereafter it will nots cost so much for mere existence. A thinly clad woman was seen on Main street one day recently during the cold snap, who appeared to be very much elated when she noticed in shop window prominently displayed an elegant cut glass service reduced from $108 to $92-S16 saved at one fatl cx-oor
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der his arm was small bundle. Sitting near his feet was a suit case packed with clothes. He was well dressed. His long legs were en- cased in striped trousers. He wore heavy blue coat and vest over white shirt. His collar was white and his tie sky blue.
 "Ah been in Detriot for nigh on two yeahs," Jim told a railroad em- ploye. Hit sho do look good to me fo' to get back heah in nig- gah's country.
 Before Jim went north he helped his father grow cotton down on a plantation near Lula, Miss. He was lured away from his home by offers of high wages. He responded and drew these wages, but he said
 "T'want no use to draw so much money when you'll had 10 give it up to eat and sleep.'
 Dem white folks up no'th calls niggah mister but if he hongry dey amt none ob dem ewine ter gib you nothin' to eat.
 Moth ain't no place fo' a colahed man. said Jim Freemond, us acted a regular fool goin' up there, an us IS all glad to git back"
 These negroes. 1t was told. came from Detroit, Chicago and Milwau- kee. Some had been away for three years. Others only q few months. All were delighted. They walked about the train platforms in peace. There was no staring at them. They were understood and their return was appreciated by several planters who boarded the same train.
 Bring them children out here and let us give them something to eat" spoke a planter, wearing a broad -brimmed hat. Half a dozen children piled out of the car He took them to a lunch stand, where they were given sandwiches and coffee.
 My gran'ma in dat cah," said one of the crowd.
 "Take her sandwich" said the planter.
 There were two car loads of ne- groes on that train. Many had children. Among them were old men and women. Their hair was turning white One of these old men climbed out of the coach to get a sandwich.
 Here old 'niggah,' over there you'll get sandwich" said a train man.
 "Thanky, boss, thanky,' replied the old man. Dat de fus' thing done said to me causin' me to know An is back mongst de folks dat un- derstands a colahed man."
 When the train departed south ward some of the negro men and women struck up Dixie" They sang the song in their characteristic style.
 'I'm glad to see that, said the planter. There isn't a man in Mississippi but what will welcome every one of those people back home"
 Reports from railroads show that every train coming south i crowd ed with negroes. Extra equipment must be provided to handle them ont of Chicago it is the first movement of consequence noticed by the railroads in two years.
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Negroes Are Coming
 Back to SOuthIand

c. H. Curtis in Commercial Appeal)
 Negroes who left the south for the factories in the north are coming back and all express themselves as being glad to ''get home"
 Passenger officials of railroads say there is heavy travel of ne- groes from north to south. They are moving their families. Many of the big factories in the north have closed down. Others are closing. There is no work for the negro to do, so he is returning to the coun- try where he is understood and where his labor is appreciated That is the way passenger men put it.
 Many of these families are said to be going to Mississippi. Some pass through Memphis for Arkan- sas, several leave the trains at Mem phis.
 Jim F'reemond, of middle age and black, stood on the platform of the Illinois Central passenger station yesterday shortly after the train from Chicago arrived.
 He was Mississippi bound Un- >~~~~~~~~~~~>~->~~~~ ~~-~~-~~~~~~~~->~~~-. remedy lies with the southern pro- ducer and holder, who should be quite able to cope with she situa- tion.
 Hast year I made the consump- tion in bales l2,735,00 bales, in- eluding 335, ,000 bales of linters or l2.400.000 bales of lint cotton.
 "The agricultural department es- tff.safaa fbf1 ..fa f.raH.a4to., sxf lf,,f cotton, in round figures, at 12,- 100000, or less than last years consumption by 300,000.
 "The retail trade, which is the real foundation, is, we are told by the best authorities, proceeding on nearly normal basis so far as volume is concerned, even if values in dollars have shrunk somewhat. Stocks are being constantly depict ed and are approaching the time when replenishment becomes a nec- essity'
 Producers Need Confidence.
 "Confidence must be restored from the producers end. The wave of buying orders for the replenish- ment of shelves awaits only hiiOWtCdEt bidt Nhc EOOih ID at iht top and not at the bottom, that the danger of further shrinkage has ceased. If that time has not ar rived, it is near at hand, and the reyulsion may easily carry the years consumption of lint cotton tor, say, exclusive of linters) to 13,000,0 bales. Whether it will be so, de- pends on a reversal of tactics that are forcing the staple of purchas- CTS at many cents below the cost of production and many more cents below its intrinsic value.
 "There is nothing the matter with the south beyon dan unreasoning scare in cotton Our institutions are solid, our banks are in splendid condition better than ever known and they have been made SO by the peoples money resultant from the prosperity Of the past few years. Their interests are the peoples in- telests and we need not be forced to seek outside of our section for the solving of our problems The world wants our cotton, the like of which cannot Doe obtained elsewhere The world must supply its needs from our supplies and 2 people who would throw overheard their prod- ucts at less than c0st, under exist ing conditions, would class nothing short of hadlamites We arc not and never have been that kind.
The courier-index., 1920-10-22

And lot Of the college boys know mighty little about history end science, but you can get an expert opinion from them on the styles of mems coats and shirts.
The courier-index., 1920-10-22
NeW Enumeration Cites
 Marianna Population $, ,124
Telegraphs Release
 Marion, Ark, Oct. 21, 1920.

MaflOn, ATk, Oct. 2I 1920 O. G. Norment Mayor Marianna Arkansas. I am certifying to the director that the revised figures on population recount of Marianna show the ity to contain population of SPA Release to press for publication
 RUDOLPH ISOM
 Supervisor
The courier-index., 1920-10-22

There are q few people who re- fiain from talk for a lack of some thing Co say.