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The Seward gateway., 1921-01-27
REPORTS WRECK STEAMSHIP ARE FALSE
BANDITS ESCAPE WITH MUCH CASH

Marion, Jan. g-Iwo bandits ente
 he county treasurer and knocking hin ,aped with fourteen thousand dollars in
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-09
UNUSUAL CONDITION
Texas Lady Suffered With Pulling and Aching Pains in Her Back,
 Which Cardui Relieved.

Houston, Texas.-Mrs. c. D. Cook, of 1912 Whitty Street. this city, recently said: About four months after my marriage, I began suffering much pain, and knew that my condition was unueual. but couldn't just decide what was wrong. l had to go to bed. ..
 "All across my back and hips were )ains, pulling and aching until I could lardly sit up. I stayed in bed few lays. My husband had heard of Car Iui .. so I told him he might get it..
 After l had taken Cardui a few lays, I was up. took five bottles and laven't been in bed since for this rouble, for if I have the least symp- .oms of this trouble get Cardui and ake it in time.
 q have a number of friends who nave used Cardui, and they recommend It very highly"
 The experience of this Texas lady is similar to that related by thousands of other women.
 Cardui is purely vegetable, and mild and gentle in its action. Cardui may be the very medicine you need if suf' fering with womanly troubles.
 Take Cardui. NC-136
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-09

Miss Mosher lectured at the Metho- dist church for the Womens Chris tion Temperance Union.
 Miss Hattie Almand returned last night from a visit to Hope.
 Clyde Marsh spent portion oi Sunday with his wife in TeXarkana.
 c. R. Haynie delivered an oration at Woodman unveiling at Patmos yesterday.
 ". B. Arnold and wife of St. Louis were the guests of the family or Dr. W. F. Arnold here yesterday. Tax Assessor John Bright of Al bany. is in town today. MT. Bright has appointed Jim Franks of Sutton as his deputy to assist him n hls rounds next year.
 Mrs. Ray Scudder left today on q short visit to Hope. She expects to return in a few days to her home ia Minnesota after a pleasant visit here with her parents, MT. and Mrs. j. M Kinser.
 H. V. Scott, who has been quite sick at his home for three weeks, underwent a surgical operation Sat urday and is much improved today.
 MT. and Mrs Jno. II. Arnold and children spent yesterday with the family of Dr. w. K. Arnold.
 Dolphus Whitten and wife of Hope, spent Sunday in our city.
 Miss Irene Royston returned yes terday from Washington, where she spent pleasant two days.
 Mrs. F. S. Harrell spent yesterday in Philadelphia.
 H. E. Bemis left yesterday for Kansas City, where he goes to attend stockholders meeting of the Caddo Lur'her Co.,. whose plant is located
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-09

illiterates, while the foreign born rural population is 234 illiterate. The native white urban population is only IT illiterate and the negro ur- ban population 13.9
 When asked for an explanation of this gratifying decrease, Supt. Bond said that he ascribed it to the en- forcement of compulsory attendance law of 1917, to the effective work of the illiteracy commission in the hold ing of adult schools in various sec tions of the state and to general improvement in the educational insti tutions and system that has occurred during the last decade. Mir Bond predicts that the next ten years will show even larger percentage of de- crease than the last ten.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-09
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
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l If you want fresh sweet milk for breakfast call C. c. Purtle, S01-G. d6 1 Rev. Theo F. Hall went up to Oko- Iona this morning where he will fill his regular appointment tomorrow at the Christian church.
 Your taste for readings and song will be satisfied at the Sunday School Chautauqua at the Methodist church next Monday evening. Free of charge.
 ". T. Hood and granddaughter, Miss Lolita Hood of Emmet, were pleasant callers yesterday. While here they had their subscription moved up year
 Henderson-Brown trio, vocal solos, duets, and trios a-plenty at the Chau- tauqua Monday evening at the Metho- dist church. A rare musical treat in which a Prescott young lady helps to .lake it enjoyable.
 One reXt Monday evening, the sec ond number of the Methodist Sunday School Chautauqua, the Henderson Brown Trio, Misses Gee, Shinn and Miller will appear in combined pro cram of vocal selections and read ings It's free.
 Pierson Sampson and Frank Miller of near Serepta Springs, are being tried in Justice Burns court this af- ternoon on charges of disturbing the peace, as a result of the fight which the two had last Sunday evening at the Springs. Bud Kennedy is also having preliminary hearing CT d charge of assault with intent to kill. Kennedy shot his neighbor, Will Barker last Sunday afternoon while the latter was coming home from Serepta Springs, and the shooting is said to be the continuation of the fight between Miller and Sampson the same afternoon.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-09
SAYS GOVERNOR CANNOT
 WITHDRAW LANDS FROM SALE

Special to The News.
 Little Rock, May 9.--In an opinion made public today, Attorney General Utley holds that Governor McRae has no authority in law for the issuance of his proclamation this week with drawing from sale state lands. He cites Section 12, Article 2 of the con stitution, which reads; "No power of suspending or setting aside the law or laws of the state shall ever be exercised except by the General Assembly," The proclamation seeks to set aside a statute by executive proclamation, and this in the opinion of the attorney general, is specifically prohibited and the proclamation is therefore Of no effect He has so ed- vised the commissioner of state lands, H. R. Wilson.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-09
CENSUS RETURNS SHOW
 121,837 ILLITERATFS
Special to The News.

Special to The News.
 Little Rock, April 8.-Reports re- ceived by State Supt. J. L. Bond from the census department at Washington give most gratifying analysis of the illiteracy returns from Arkansas Ac- cording to these figures there are in the state, according to the 1920 cen sus 121 ,837 illiterates; that is, per sons above the age of ten who can neither read nor write; of these 79,- 245 are colored
 There are in this number 4O,753 native whites, 658 of foreign or mixed percentage and 1,145 of foreign birth.
 The percentage of illiterates in the entire population is 9.4 as compared with 12.6 in 1910, showing 9 reduction .of 25%e, The percentage of negro illiteracy declined from 26.4 to 21 Q and that of the native white Hitter ates from Fl to 46.
 The rural population shows per centage of more than twice that of the urban, being 1O.3 as compared with 4,9. The native rural popula- tlon shows a percentage of only 5.2
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-09

at Roseboro, Pike county. Ha accompanied by Whit Roseboro,ch manager of the plant.
 Garrett Whitesides of Nasbv;u. spent Sunday in our city. Miss Hazel and Mildred Scott n,h. are attending Ouachita College .t Philadelphia, are at home for fon days. Mir. Othar Pittman, who has hoon visiting relatives here for sevor,I days, left this morning for the Indian Territory.
 Judge A. M. Denman spent Sat,r day in Benton
 Chas, c. Mccain returned this nor, ing from pleasant trip to St. Louis
 MT. and Mrs. Sam O. Logan and Miss Julia Logan will leave this af ternoon for Monticello to attend thu Hoke-Orr wedding at that place Wed. nesday morning at o'clock. A. M. Ellsworth made a business trip to Philadelphia today.
 Hon. c. c. Hamby is attendiny Hampstead circuit court at Washing. ton.
 Headlines on First Page
 The 2-cent rate goes into effect tomorrow night at 12 o'clock
 Library association.
 New Telephone Co. application for franchise will be made befor the city council.
 Arkansas legislature; Goodwin president Senate.
 Death of Mrs. J. l.. McGough, Elm met.
 Chafing Dish Club.
 Covington Case.
 Jim Estes hurt.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-09

We have several scholarships in Tyler Commercial College for sale. News Printing Company.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-02

Of. liquor"
This somewhat new attitude is gratifying to all
sane supporters of prohibition. The volstead act
is but police law 1t is but law Of public policy
No such law was ever enacted which could not be
abused IN its administration. 1t is not the intent
Of such laws that they shall deal with triing Of
fenses shall be overnquisitoral or technically
forced There is not human being who does
not with fair frequency violate some law, know
ingiy or unknowingly
This is as true of health laws, and Of all laws
regulating individuals in their nterrelations as it is
OF the liquor laws. Cities enforced the old liquor
license laws, not according to the letter, but ac-
eording to prevailing popular opinion and, in in
dividual cases, according to the law of common
sense This is equally true as to all license laws
and all that are regulatory Nine-tenths of the
sentiment felt as to the Volstead act is due to fool
enforcement by fool agents backed by antiliquor
fanatics. 1t has come by ignoring the law OF COM
mon sense which legislators have to take for
granted will be used.
Every law of public policy has to be far more
sweeping in its terms than it is expected to be in
its application For example, in the prohibition law
the manufacture of Intoxicating liquor has to be
forbidden. 1t would make the law of no avail il
this was defined or limited by details. But how
many members of Congress or of State legislatures
would have this apply to the housewife who makes
wine for family use, to householders who occa-
sonaly brew domestic supply of beer? How
many, in forbidding transportation, expected this
to be extended to hip pocket flask?
If the Antisaloon League will put its great in
uence back of sober opinion of the laws operation
this will rapidly become sober nation. 1t is IN
herent not to care to do what is permitted 1t Is
especially true that being permitted to do what
under the letter OF law is forbidden, robs the
doing of all its glamor. Who a small boy, has
not stolen what it was but necessary to ask for, in
order to have? ..., .....
Men are but boys grown older and the best
way to keep them from brewing beer is to let
them do it themselves. 1t will end bootlegging
and soon the trouble will not be worth the pains
Prohibition is mainly for the coming generations
the less it interferes with the fixed habits of the
present generation, the easier it will be and the
more effective it will be, in this main objective
The Washington herald., 1921-09-02
Bread Lines.

NEW YORK and Massachusetts are already
Y preparing for bread-line conditions the COM
ing winter. Their officials and charity workers in
consultation, seem to think this inevitable They
will get such temporary jobs they can for the
idle and will feed the hungry. Can any State af-
ford to deliberately permit such condition when
they have months of warning? Leaving aside con-
science, brotherhood all sentiment all social obj
CATION they afford it as a cold d-blooded, selfish
proposition of self-nterest?
Both of these States, as all other States have
highways to build, that should be made perma-
nent; they have other public Improvements that
have been delayed, but which quite definitely in
the program. Their cities, Also have like projects;
things that should be done which require manual
labor and skilled labor. They must realize that for
every 1000 men they would put at work, at least
500 will get work in providing materials, or
in supplying what the 1000 will buy.
They must realize Also if they stop to consider
the situation, that what must be paid in charity
public and privatc-if paid in taxes would do
much of such improving where paid out in wages.
Charity covers a multitude of public sins. But why
the sins? Such public work be done for
less money than in just such times these, when
labor can be had at minimum wage and it should
be at that wage, not to compete with draw from
private enterprise.
In a Nations Plan" Cyrus Kehr provides for
just such situation. He says
The new national projects which the Nation
Plan will prescribe. and the State and county
and municipal projects which will come as
auxiliares to the Nation Plan, can at all times
during the next fifty or 100 years constitute
receiver for such labor as is not needed in other
enterprises and the industries. Thus during in
dustrial fluctuations there will be no need of un-
employment Continuous employment for all
the people of the. United States is essential to
contentment good order and harmony.
But it is not necessary to wait. Those States
and cities which have projects under way, need but
extend and expand them. If it is necessary call
extra sessions of legislatures, surely such condi-
ton warrants this it would bond issues. New
York City with 100000 unemployed car far better
afford to provide work for them than to have
bread lines and soup houses. Property can better
afford to protect itself by providing work than by
police, militia and guns.
This is not time to trihe with misfortune and
idleness, to deny work to the industrious, nor to
condemn sefrespect to charity. Charity has passed
out of vogue in civilized states and communities
1t has had its day. That day ended with the war
There is now another sort of value of human obi
CATION and of social responsibility.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-02

go TO buying clothing and food for
at least l2,000,000 people at a price
high enough to give the factories a
good profit after they have paid a
high price for the raw material.
Let every factory pay laborers
good prices and pay big prices for
raw materials and set a good price
on their product.
We have all been waiting for Con-
gress to do something.
They can be trusted to damage US
every time they turn around, but
help never.
If the President could be induced
to issue proclamation asking
everybody interested to get ready
to start October Is and then busi-
ness interests everywhere call mass
meetings and board meetings and
the newspapers push it. it could be
put across.
As long as we are out of the
league of nations. we may as well
not count on exports. Let us get
busy at home and get everybody
busy and we can use all we make II
We have money to buy and II we
should do as above everybody would
have money to buy with.
You may throw this down as a
dream. but just ask yourself the
question a thousand times: Why
wouldn't that plan work? Why
wouldn't that plan work? Why
that plan work?
LEON WESTMoRELAND.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-02
Which Kind of a 'Heart p

WY ASHINGTON is "The Heart of America"
w 1t must be kindly, thoughtful hospit-
able heart 1t must not be grudging
greedy and hard 1t has chance to show just
what kind of a heart it is The disarmament con-
ference is the occasion. The official and semoffi-
cal guests who will come here the opportunity.
=IhsE will represent the FIVE great governments in
vited by President Harding, to meet here. There
will be about 500 of these officially accredited rep
&saatives. .-
With them will be many, more, who may
classed semoffical scientists, observers tech
nicians, scholars, who will represent institutions
sociations and societies. Again there will be the
newspaper correspondents from every country in
the world where newspapers read, and we do
not need to whisper to the people of Washington
that their favor and good opinion is quite as val
liable as that of even Lloyd George and BRAND.
What will Washington do for these guests?
How will they be received and cared for? What
impressions will they carry away not alone of
America, but of this Heart of American" First
of ALL they must be housed; and how they are
housed what is their comfort in their living quar-
tiers, what their surroundings and the kind of beds
they sleep in. will form very large factor in their
verdict of this city and its people, indeed of the
country whole.
The Real Estate Exchange has undertaken to
list all places available for housing these visitors.
What is desired houses as whole, suites of
rooms, apartments, single and double rooms. Rental
wifE of course, be paid. No is asked to donate
anything. They only asked to accommodate.
But these guests must not be crowded, cLamped or
overcharged; they must not be mucted nor forced
to double up through overprice They not rich.
No country is. They all have money of which it
takes good deal to translate into American dollars.
But there will be no little satisfaction and
good deal OF distinction in having housed any Of
these distinguished visitors. There will be per-
sonal profit in having been host to them. 1t also
ysill mean everything to Washington how these
people received and cared for All the rest of
the world will hear about it. There will be no
city folk in any land who will not be told about
Washington and what found here, and espec-
tally the treatment received. 1t always is WELL in
cidentally, to remember that the functions of a
hesst include pumping out as well sucking in.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-02
viii Be Settled.

THE Silesan tangle has been dropped into the
s i lap of the league OF nations. The council
has begun looking the of threads. 1t is
said it will lay them gently one side and begin at
the starting point study the situation without
gard to what others have tried to do, to prevent
being done. If the members caA forget France
and Great Britain, they will get somewhere
There is for confidence that concl-
sion will be reached. There is much at stake to
admit of failure. There is certainly line of COM
promise which can be drawn in Silesa. That any
-hFe can, WILL satisfy Germany and Poland is not
$50 essential that it satisfies the international
sense of justice and is such that all other govern
ments insist upon its acceptance and peaceful
observance. To reach such a settlement is vital
, to the future of the league.
10 Great Britain and France have agreed to abide
by the Gecsion Since both of them are represented
IN the council and each has the right of VOTE they
cannot mean by this agreement to the decision that
II must be such both will vote for Such a
reservation of the right of veto will make their
sptornise to accept the decision of value what
sstH! If either can absolutely bar a decision in
= advance, an agreement to accept would be but
sbit Of sarcasm.
tIndeed they have shown that this is not their
.d1deIstanding intention, both have conceded
rfet the decision shall be made public with state
saaent of the data and reasons upon which it is
based. Naturally Belgium will be inclined to favor
the contention of France, and Japan that of Great
Britain, but this in effect merely means compromise
and that Italy, China, Brazil and Spain may be the
real arbtrators. majority of eight is FIVE and if
even these five shall agree it is quite probable this
ndmber will not be less than six, or even seven
= But, however this may be, decision will be
reached because it must be reached. Anything
else leaves Silesia to be the cause of another war
which is impossible. 1t will also leave the league
wholly discredited. Neither condition will be per-
mitted to result from this reference to the league
and acceptance by it OF this most critical of alf
European problems.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-02
Friday, September 2, 1921.

Copyright, 1921, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
Jupiter and Mercury dominate the
stars today in friendly rule, while
Saturn and Venus are adverse.
The new Moon of this date falls
on the cusp of the second house in
opposition to- Uranus in Pisces on
the cusp of the eight house.
The aspects are most threatening
to Great Britain, where there will
be increased unrest.
Great drains on public funds in
this country as well as in England
are prognosticated and 1t Is prob
able large nationa expenditures will
be made by both governments.
Railways seem to have the fore
cast of prosperity that will be tenn
porary and a rise in stocks is in
dicated
Mars, ruler of the fourth. threat
ems extreme heat all through the
month In places that have suffered
during the summer.
Agitation concerning child labor
will be resumed owing to the de-
velopment of sinister economic con-
ditions.
Persons whose birthdate itS Is
should not travel Cor make radical
changes in the coming year. Busi-
ness affairs should be active. and
satisfactory.
Children born on this day are
likely to be quick and clever and
able TO win prosperity In any cir.
cumstances. These subjects of Lee
are usually magnetic in personality
and very industrious.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-02
Urges ''Cranking" the Motor.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
II mans Ford stops and he has
no starter he would be considered
weak-mindsd IL he should sit there
and wait for conditions TO adjust
themselves. II he moved he must do
something, he would have to get out
and crank it.
That is the way with this country
now, We are sitting like dumb ami
mails waiting for matters to adjust
themselves; We must crank 1t.
can do nothing to bring 1t about,
but II we could get some Of those
best advertised. to start something
We would soon be going in high.
Why not set October Is for every
factory in the country to go to
work, employ their hands now and
put in their orders for supplies?
Then let the spinners have the
nerve TO announce they will pay Is
cents per pound for cotton and the
flour mills say they will pay 81 for
wheat Il.
That Is all II would take. The
country would be cranked.
Everybody would go to buying.
Those 4.oo9.e0e idle laborers would
The Washington herald., 1921-09-02
Hirsute Adornment.
the Editor. The Washing ton HeralI:

To the Editor. The Washington HeralI:
What is the objection to short
hair? Why all this murmuring and
complaining?
Sane customs should not be con-
fined to any age or sex
Short hair for instance, and low
heels. which men and children hap
pened to follow, were, until quite re-
Gently, called mannish when
adopted by women.
Why should women be bothered
with long hair and hairpins and all
sorts of junk? Was 1t because some
one happened to say-in about the
year one-a woman's hair lis her
crowning glory?" Mere Individual
taste, and he didn't specify the
length, either! In those days women
were supposed to let their hair flow
to sit still and look pretty-not sc
i now-and the freedom of short hair
might have inspired them to action
equal rights. for instance. After
all the crowning glory idea was one
mans opinion and didn't make IL SO
Men too wore flowing locks or wigs
until life became more complicated
when for convenience they were
shorn.
Hair should be cut and arranged
to suit the face. Many girls have
| ii chopped off, and flaunt it in a
conspicuous. unbecoming way. There
are as many ways of arranging long
hair unbecomingly. as short hair.
Loog over an audience and see the
ridiculous. pitiful arrangement "
women's hair; combed up the way
it doesn't grow, and with rats
transformations. and defunct braids
and all the painful efforts to make
the lovely lady look like what she
amt. hands nervously and anxious
ly patting and pulling tresses in
shape, eyes peeping pleadingly and
coquetishly from under fuzzy mops
and around hedged ears. There is
not the inclination to peep pleading
ly and coquetishly when forehead
and ears are bare or nearly so. We
have always been supposed to dc
things to please men-we don't have
to now.
Until the recent shiny pompadour
came into style. men seemed salts.
! fed to look like what they are
clean hair sleeked back, or heads
frankly bald or gray, ears frankly
bare, what comfort! If men like
long hair so much, as their snorting
at short-haired women would seem
to indicate. why don't they lei
theirs grow, and their whiskers
| too?
The Hebrews regarded a strong
growth of hair both on the head and
on the chin as an ornament to a
man. By many it was worn hang
ing down to the shoulders. To cut
off a mans beard was to offer him
the grossest insult.
The time Is coming when a long
haired woman will look as funny
as a bewhiskered man OF a China
man with cue. And speaking OF
whiskers. not so very long ago we
gave our dear ones mustache cups
that they might protect their facial
adornment. for without our cur
forethought they would shampoo
said adornment in ordinary cups
afterwards draining them-dont be
horrified-noisily, or surrepitiously y
between theid lips. Wouldn't we
look with amusement and disgust al
such a performance today?
So may we look. some day. or
long-haired women.