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The Mena weekly star., 1921-06-09
66 PER CENT OF NORMAL
 COTTON CROP ANNOUNCED
No Forecast of Production or Acreage
 Issued by Department of Agri- culture-Yield l7S.4 Pounds.


 Washington, June 3.--The condition of the cotton crop on May 25, was 66.C per cent of normal, the department of agriculture announced today. That compared with 62.4 per cent a year ago; 75.6 two years ago; 82.S three years ago; 76.7 the avreage of the last ten years on May 25.
 No forecast of production or acre age was announced.
 Condition by states follows:
 Virginia, TT; North Carolina, 65; South Carolina, 5S; Georgia, 63; Flor ida, 60; Alabama, 57; Mississippi, 60 Louisiana, 57; Texas, Fl; Arkansas, 70; Tennessee, 69; Missouri, 75; Ok lahoma, "A; California, 75; Arizona, S4; all other states, 95.
 Revised figures announced today show the area under cultivation at the end of June last year was 37,043,- 900 acres. while the area picked was 35.S7S, 900 acres, yielding 17s.4 pounds per acre.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-06-09
GOVERNOR SAYS NOTHING. Attorneys Get No Reply to Appeals
 for Elaine Black Rioters.
to The Star,

Special to The Star.
 Little Rock, June 7.--Attorneys for the Phillips county negroes under sentence of death for participation in the Elaine riots, called on Governor McRae again Monday evening to urge him to granr a stay of execution in the case of the six whose date of electrocution has been set for next Friday. Attorneys have announced that they have abandoned the plan of making an appeal to the Federal courts and will rely entirely upon the governor. Governor McRae has so far not given any indication of what his decision in the case may be.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-06-09
Making Long Trip by Motorcycle

w. R. Rhodes, highway contractor with headquarters at Vandervoort was in Mena Monday enroute to his home at Sheridan, Ark, where he will direct the work of harvesting 7E acres of oats on his farm. Mir Rhodes made the trip to Sheridan on his motorcycle, going by way of Hot Springs.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-06-09
EARL HODGES BACK TO WORK
Leaves for Pacific Coast to Take Uu
 Jewish Relief.

SpeclaI 10 The Star,
 Little Rock, June 2.-Earle w Hodges, former secretary of state who has been in Little Rock several months, will leave Saturday for the Pacific coast to resume his work in connection with the Jewish Relief For a year or more Mir. Hodges was in charge of the work in the Western states and scored brilliant success His work has been praised by the lead CTS of the movement as one of dis. tinguished service.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-06-09
SUMMER RESORT IS NOW ASSURED
A. Mitchell, Backed by Bunch of Live Mena Men, Win Start Construction Work Next Monday--List of
 Lot Buyers.

Backed by Mena men who have the interests of the city, as we'll as their own, at heart, and are not afraid to take hold and do something, A, Mitchell announced Monday morning that the summer resort proposition as has been outlined in The Star, is certain to go thru.
 Even more definite. Monday next is the day set for the beginning of the actual construction, this including first the clearing of the grounds, in all IFS acres; second, the building of a dam that will form a lake of 1O acres or more, and, third, the erec- ton of a hotel and a number of cot tages.
 All this work will begin as before stated, on Monday next.
 While at first Mir. Mitchell desired that 100 lots be sold in Mena, but 4f have been so sold to date, though several are expected to be taken be. fore the week ends.
 Those who have taken the necessary steps to guarantee Mena resort as quickly as construction can be done are:
 Frank Tomlinson, 2 lots.
 G. H. Winter, 5 lots.
 J. F. Haley, ? lots.
 w. K. Watkins, 2 lots.
 Clyde Cunningham.
 w. s. MacLafferty.
 Mrs. J. D. Kaylor.
 M. F.. Lewis & Son.
 Reynolds-Dav Grocery Co.
 Daniels Transfer Go. E. H. Black. William Lowe. V. w. St. John. D. M. Watkins F. w. Ballauf. w. E. Holt. B. Rayenscraft. J. l.. Hagan. W. c. Hay. R. Golf, 2 lots. W. A. Wilson. J. A. Connell. c. B. Nall. Clint Eddy. Sam Badt. J. D. Chapman ". J Lauck. J. Thinnes. R. A. Burtch. M. E. York. Minor Pipkin. Will Alexander. J. G. Jackson. l.. s. Watson. c. l.. Baker. R. l.. Norris. w. E. Bailey. J. M. McCary.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-06-09
f f.ATE FIGURES GIVE FATALITIES AS THIRTY, g WHITE AND
 21 NEGROES.
ENTIRE BLACK SETTLEMENT BURNED WITH PROPERTY
 LOSS OF $1,5OO,0OO.
|AW OFFICIALS BLAMED
Failed to Act Effectively in Face of Emergency-"Incited by Impudent Negro, Hysterical Girl and Yel-
 low Journal Reporter.

Tulsa, June 2.-Race riots that skarted yesterday and ran thru the night resulted, according to revised re- Dorts, in 30 deaths, of whom were 4hites and 21 negroes, and the de- sruction by incendiary fires of ten bIocks of homes in the negro quarters v a loss, it is estimated, of s1, 1,500,- 4oO.
 The first reports. coming out from fhe frenzied city, gave the deaths at from 80 to 175.
 The trouble is declared to have first started from the arrest of a negro charged with attacking an o9phan white girl and subsequent att <empts of negroes to rescue the ar rested man. Comparative quiet pre- Nailed in the latter hours of the night, Ut at daybreak group of negro houses were set afire and the city fremen prevented from fighting the Flames. Armed white men then formed a circle about the negro sec tipn.
 For several hours during the morn ing parties of negroes and whites {aced each other across railroad tracks on which could be seen num- ber of slain negroes.
 With the early arrival of Adjutant General Barrett and a machine gun <olnpany from Oklahoma City, sem Nance of order was restored. Several {housand negroes were assembled at hall, the baseball park and <he police section and there guarded. 0rders were issued for the disarming of all persons not belonging to the xuard or especially deputized.
 Detachments of the national guard Were scattered about the city at Strategic points, especially about the Negro quarters, where 10000 to 13,- 9D0 negroes, it is estimated make their homes. Nearly half that number are 1nder guard.
 Dick Rowland, the negro whose ar rest led to the disturbance, was re- moved from the city to place not 1nnounced. Officers declared he would be given a speedy trial.
 # Prompt medical attention was given D the wounded, negroes as well as Nhites, at local hospitals and dress ln stations. Civic organizations and titizens who volunteered their serv- Res cared for the negro refugees, to whom ice water and sandwiches were <ervied thruout the day. # Special attention was given to the aged and infirm and call was sent I'd nearby towns for available nurses.
 Following the firing of the first shot last night at Sixth and Boulder ztreets, the fighting spread to various parts of the city, including the busi- mess section. At one time two thous- 8hite men were reported to have en- gagged the negroes.
 Railroad stations were the scenes of several encounters and a number of Casualties occurred when trains were 1red upon. Women and children Anddled together in the stations. In 6ddition to the negroes under guard 4t convention hall and elsewhere, twenty-four negroes were made pris- oners in the city jail.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-06-09
Tells of Rattle.

Oklahoma City, June 1.-Evidence of the fury of the clash was borne by I passenger train which arrived here hday from the east. many of the Windows in one of the coaches had teen shot out and the sides of the
 paches were scared by bullets fired p the train as it passed thru the ne- Iro section in Tulsa early today. None 8 the passengers were injured.
 J. E. Lucas, a travelling salesman Fho arrived here today from Tulsa, lave vivid account of the fighting in 1e vicinity of the St. Louis and San Francisco passenger station. Pullman cars standing in the zards were fired on and the windows Battered" he said. Passengers left <heir berths and lay fiat on the floor n the aisles.
 There was a Hull in the firing when train pulled in and women and <hildren alighted. Then the firing be- Ean again.
 T Bodies of three negroes were lylng m front or the station when the tram @rrived.v
The Mena weekly star., 1921-06-09
ARKANSAS AND FOUNTAIN REV. FRS, CLOUD-BURST SWOLLEN,
 BRING DESOLATION.
MORE THAN 200 BODIES RECOv- FRED AND MANY WILL
 NEVER BE FOUND.
FIRE AN ADDED TERROR
Buildings Struck by Lightning Burned as Fire Department Stood Helpless Warnings Were Given, Failure
 to Heed Cost Many Lives.
LATEST BULLETIN.

LATEST BULLETIN.
 Colorado Springs, Colo, June 1.-The death toll at Pueblo will reach nearly one thousand, accord ing to latest reports from the city swept by food and fire tonight.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-06-09
Viewed CIty From AirpIaue.

A trip over the city by airplane re- vealed to the Associated Press staff correspondent a scene of disaster. Residences had been toprled over, railroad passenger coaches and freight
 cars had been swept in every diree. tion or smashed into kindling. Black. aned ruins showed ske location q fires started last night by burning lumber from lumber yard floating
 thru the stfeTts n fne Hood tia1. F
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-02-10

The penetrating heat Of Red Pep
Der Rub" viii bring almost instant re
lief from the pains Of rheumatism,
pleurlsv. colds, lumbaro. ncurlus. back
ache. strain. spraius, sore muscles and
stiff, aching joints.
Penetrating heat Immediately frees
the blood circulation tha. carries off
the congestion and pair IS gone.
Nothing has such concentrated, pene-
trating heat as red peppers. The mo-
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-05
THAHATOPSIS

To him who, in the Ioy" of Nature,
 holds Communion with her visible forms.
 she speaks A various language; for his gayer
 hours She has a voice of gladness, and a
 smile And cIoQuence of beauty; and she
 glides Into his darker musings with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
 When thoughts or the last bitter hour come like a
 blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony, and shroud, and
 pail, And breathless darkness, and the mar
 row house, Make thna to shudder and grow sick
 at heart, Go forth under the open sky, and list To Natures teachings, while from all
 around
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-05

and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no
 more In all his course; nor yet in the cold
 ground, Wi.ere thy pale form was laid, with
 many tears. aAW Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall
 exist Thy image. Earth, that nourished
 thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth
 again; And lost each human trace, surrender
 ing up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix forever with the clements; To be a brother to the insensible rock, And to the suggIish cIod, which the
 rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon
 The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce
 thy mould.
 Yet not To thine eternal rosting-place Shalt thou retire alone,-no couldst
 thou wish Couch moro magnificent Thou shalt
 lie down With potr,archs of the infant world
 with kings, The powerful of tho earth end wise
 the good, Fair forms. and hoary soers of ages
 past All in one mighty scpulchre. The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun;
 the wales Stretching in pensive quietness be
 tween; The venerable woods; rivers that move In majesty and the complaining
 brooks, That make the meadows green; and,
 poured round all, Old oceans gray and melancholy
 waste Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man! The gold
 en sun, The planets all the infinite host of
 heaven, Are shining on the sand abodes of
 death, Through the still lapse of ages. All
 that tread The globe are but a handful to the
 tribes That slumber in it's bosom Takes
 the wings Of morning, traverse Barca's desert
 sands. Or lose myself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no
 sound Save his own dashings, yet the dead
 are there! And millions in those solitudes. since
 first The flight of years began, have laid
 them down In their last sleep,-the dead reign
 there alone, So shalt thou rest; and what if thou
 withdrew In silence from the living, and no Take note of thy departure? All that
 breathes Will share thy destiny. The gay
 will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood
 Of care Plod on, and each one, as before, will
 chase His favorite phantom; yet all these
 shall leave Their mirth and their employments.
 and shall come And make their bed with thee. As the
 long train Of ages glide away, the sons of men The youth in life's green spring. and
 he who goes In the full strength of year, matron
 and maid, And the sweet babe. and the gray
 headed man Shall one by one, be gathered to thy
 side By loee who in their turn shall rol-
 low them.
 So live, that when thy summons
 comes to join The innumcrable caravan that moves To the pale realms of shade. where
 each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of
 death Thou go not, like the quarry-slavc at
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-05

Another shipment of Kuppenheim- CT Clothes received on the last boat Don't forget to see these new patterns The Blum, ONeiH Go.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-05

Kodak finishing. Scarborough.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-05

IT you change your address, do not notify the carrier boy-report your new address to the office.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-05

So live, that when thy summons
 comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To the pale realms of shade. where
 each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of
 death. Thou go not, like the quarry-slavc at
 night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sus-
 taincd and soOthed By an unfaltcring trust, approach thy
 grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his
 couch About him, and lies down to pleasant
 dreams.
The New York herald., 1921-01-09

Observations at United States Weather
Bureau stations. taken at 8 P. NJ. yesterday.
seventy-fifth meridian time:
1DIn fttr, Rnlr fnn
The New York herald., 1921-01-09
All Rights Protected,

1.-THE Pennsylvania Plan shows that
men and managers alike realize that the
public is as much interested as they are
themselves in their harmonious coopera-
ton. The public supports them both,
pays all bills, suffers from all dissen-
sions, benefits from all unity OF policy
and action All that the public asks is
efficient service at a fair and honest
price-and this the public has an abso-
Lutte right to demand.
"On the other hand. the railway has
the right to expect and receive from the
public just treatment and reasonable
consideration. If rates are made so low
that, proper equipment cannot be pro-
vided and maintained and adequate
wages paid. it is the interest as well as
the duty of the public to insist on rates
that will permit good service and to pay
those rates gladly and without COM
plant.
Economically and politically the In
terests OF railway and public are identi-
cal Whatever affects the prosperity of
one also and equally affects the pros
perity of the other. Public well-being is
impossible without adequate transporta-
ton; conversely, railways can furnish
that essential service only when the pub
lie supports them
The New York herald., 1921-01-09
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Or. Charles Lewis Slattery viii conduct a
service in memory OF Levi +. Morton, iotIi'e, !
St. John the Divine. Amsterdam avenue and
18th street. at =. NJ. a
There viii be a blessing and installation OF
the regimental colors OF the Kings Royal
Rifle Corps at the Chapel of st. Cornelius
the Centurion. Governors Island, at +. Nj.
Archbishop Patrick J. Hayes Will speak at
the inaugural meeting Of the New York arch
diocesan branch of the National Council OF
Catholic Women, at the Forty eighth Street
"In the Land of Many Dragons" story
hours conducted by Anna @. Chandler. at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. and T.. NJ
The official Vatican motion picture rims "t
she 40 ibs Sd Club 0t OF the CITY
New York. 12o Central Park South s;"o
p. NJ.
DR.. Carl Wallace Petty will discuss The
First Trades Union Strike and Walkout" NJ
Mount Morris Baptist Church, Fifth avenue
and 126th street, at p. M.
discussion of 1.-The Audience and Its Relation
TO the Graft Of the Theatre" under the aus,
PlSss PyoStb Of the TeeS,rs Mfw fSGk aa League
Henry A. Frost will lecture on ..Early New
England Arehiteeturep !. at M the metropolitan
Dhan Gopai Muiterji VIII speak on Greek
and Hindu Ideals of Life" at the Brooklyn
Civic FORUM; r s. s4' Glenmore and stone
a concert OF music of the British Isles
will be given by Marguerite Fontrese, Rhys
auspices Of the Music League OF the People,
Institute, Cooper Unio1 at s:19 p. NJ
Jchn Edward Oster' will discuss '"The
Modern Woman Movement AZ Mount Morris
Baptist Church. Fifth avenue and 10th
street. at 80 A. NJ.
The supreme Council of the Knights of
Columbus viii meet in the Waldorf-Astoria.
beginning at A. NJ
Prof. Lindley NJ. Keasbey and Harry Waton
will debate on the relations " the MarN!an
conception OF history and theory of value
and their relation to social evolution, Par
view Palace. Fifth avenue and 10th street.
p. NJ.
w A. Goldsworthy. organ recital Mt Wash
ineton Irving High School. Irving place and
Sixteenth street, at r. NJ.
Prof ]. G.. Carter Troop will lecture on
THE Book Of the Hour at the Hotel Ma
1estic. Central Park West and Seventy second
street az . 80 =. NJ
Public Markets" lecture by Miss Laura
A. Cauble at Public School 65. Eldridge and
f'orsythe streets. at s:l5 p. NJ. Illustrated.
Oliver Porter. illustrated lecture on FOREST
Life at Public School tOi. i11th street and
Lexington avenue. at s:15 +. NJ.
The New York herald., 1921-01-09
SENATE FACES LINEUP
ON ANTI-STRIKE BILL
La Toilette to Demand Action
on His Motion.
Special Despatch TO THE New YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c., Jan. 8.


Forces in the Senate for and against
drastic legislation to prevent railroad
strikes began to prepare their lines of
battle to-day in anticipation of early
reconsideration of the bill Of Senator
Poindexter (Wash.).
The bill passed the Senate December
l6 when less than quorum was pres
ent and without debate or roll call. SEN
ator La Toilette (Wis.), who moved to
reconsider the vote. gave notice to-day
that he will call up his motion for ac-
ton on Monday next unless prevented
by the consideration OF other legislation.
Reconsideration is not opposed by ad-
vocates of the legislation, Senator Poin-
dexter said
Il want to have the sentiment of the
Senate on the bill" said Mr.. Poindexter,
and shall not. object TO reconsideration.
do object to delay, however and hope
a final vote may be had under condi-
tions that will not subject the Senate
to the charge of hasty consideration"
Legislation preventing railroad strikes
was passed in the Senate by a narrow
margin when the Esch- Cummins rail-
road bill was being considered last ses-
sion. but went out of the law because
of the refusal of the House to agree to
1t. The penalties against strikes or in
ducements therefor are heavier. in the
Poindexter bill than they were in the
Senate amendment to the railroad bill
and there is considerable doubt as to
whether such a bill will pass now on a
record vote. A large majority in the
House is against it,.
The New York herald., 1921-01-09
BEVERIDGE SAYS US.
NEEDS COMPOSURE
Confidence in Leaders of Busi-
ness Necessary in Season
Of Readjustment.
NO CLASS MAY DICTATE
Former Senator Warns Capital
and Labor in Address at
P.R.R. Bureau Banquet.

Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. S.-Former Sena-
tor Albert ]. Beveridge of Indiana was
the principal speaker tonight at the
twenty-second annual banquet here or
the officials of the transportation depart
ment of the Pennsylvania system.
There was time," said Mr.. Beveridge
in his address, "and not so long ago
but yesterday. indeed. as history runs
wnen tremendous business organizations.
including the railways. which our mlrac-
ulous material development had created,
dividualist theory Of Everybody for him
self and the devil take the hindermost,'
the theory that every ounce of strength
and energy was to be squeezed from the
employee without thought of his we'll
being-the idea that the public was to
be exploited to the limit of it's capacity
to yield profits. The practice of this
philosophy of greed and brigandage
brought on revolution in public senti-
ment; an historic struggle was made to
adjust business to modern conditions,
and the senseless and abhorrent business
ideas and practices of Americas Stone
Age of industry were done away with, as
we all hope, forever.
'But If mediava1 minds should at
tempt to force American business back
into outgrown and cast off methods the
people surely will resist and there will
be another period of public antagonism
TO vested interests which will again end
in a triumph for sound business prin-
ciples applicable to existing conditions.
On the other hand, If capital shall con-
tinue to heed the lesson experience has
taught 1t and serve the nation honestly
for a just reward, rejecting the counsel
Of pillage and exploitation, then the
very men who led the fight to over
throw the wicked and ruthless power
Of the old time lords of riches will take
the field against demagogue and fanatic
who wage war upon all wealth, however
The New York herald., 1921-01-09
TENNESSEE SOCIETY
GIVES DINNER DANCE
Paul d. Crauath Speaks at
Jackson Day Affair.

Three hundred Tennesseeans met last
night at the Hotel Astor for the annual
Jackson Day dinner-dance Of the Ten
nessee Society. Speakers were Paul d.
Cravath and DR.. J. II. Kirkland. chan
cellor OF Vanderbilt University. A large
portrait OF Andrew Jackson hung above
the speakers table. and Or. James J.
King called the meeting 10 order with
gavel made from a hickory tree at
The Hermitage" Jackson's old home
In Tennessee. After comparing the Ger
man and the Anglo-Saxon systems OF
education. Mr.. CrRvath said that the
South should be proud of the funda-
mental character of her education.
This character" he said. made 1t
possible for the South to weather the
The New York herald., 1921-01-09

gone forever; it took long time for the
public mind to advance from the party
nominating caucus to the party nomlnat-
Ing convention and equally long to maze
T-ogress from the convention to the
primary--yet each of these stages has
been reached and passed and the aban-
doned devices will never be restored.
These are examples of public conclu-
sions that are ,eniluring-of definitive
settlement of questions by the final and
Interchangeable Judgment Of the people as
whole. In like fashion the American
nation has decided that neither capital
nor labor nor any other power or infiu-
ence except that of lawfully constituted
majorities acting in strict accordance
with the American Constitution shall
ever again succeed in debating lave or
policies to the American Government.
Evidence that this fact is generally
recognized and concurred In. especially
by capital and labor. Is the most hopeful
omen we have that our country is en-
tering an era of Industrial peace and
constitutional processes.
''Of all such heartening signs OF the
times none equals the recently announced
plan of the Pennsylvania system, agreed
to by managers and employees and inf
nitely praiseworthy in both, for the
mutual and friendly examination and
just and peaceabe settlement of all mat
ters relating TO grievances, rules work.
ing conditions and that supremely i'm
portant element of railway operation and
every mass activity of mankind, disci-
pline. This plan is craftsmanship in the
highest and best sense of that noble but
much abused word
Had such vision and understanding
been manifested in bygone years strikes
and labor wars would have been reduced
or prevented and popular hostility TO
railways would have been lessened if
not obviated altogether. The Pennsyl-
vania Plan. if it succeeds. will have a
big. conspicuous and brilliant place in
industrial history