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The courier-index., 1921-04-01
Methodist Bdraca
 Glass Entertained

The officers of the Baraca Bible Class of the First Methodist church were hosts of the class membership and prospective members on last Friday evening There were fifty four present and all report most enjoyable affair. This entertain ment was we'll planned It was held in the class room of the church where long tables were arranged and aFtistically decorated. An eIab- crate dinner was served by the Young Ladies' Club and the Wo- mans Missionary Society. Suffice it to say that they handled this fea- ture of the evening in a most ac- ceptable manner.
 c. E. Yancey, president of the class, acted as toastmaster, and he is postmaster of the art.
 The address of welcome was de- Tivered by J. ". Patton, class lead CT, in his characteristic impressive and welcome manner.
 o. c. Norment, mayor of Mari anna, and q member Of the class, spoke enthusiastically on "Why a Man Should be Member of the Baraca Class"
 Ernest Newborn handled the sub- ject, 'My Brother and l." in ar interesting and impressive manner.
 Short responsive talks were made by Geo. P. Newborn, J. V. Jones, J. H. Payne, c. H. Dismukes, J. E. Strain, H. B. Cobb, D. P. Hilton, and few feeble remarks" by the pastor, Rev. ". c. House, rounded out a very evenly balanced program.
 At the conclusion of the program, eleven new members were added to the class roll.
 Origin and meaning of Baraca :: Baraca is an abbreviation from the chronological reference found in End Chron., goth chapter, 26th verse: And they assembled them selves in the valley of Berachah, for they blessed the Lord, there fore the name of the same place was called the Valley of Berachah unto this day" It was a place of refuge, of rest and blessings. In fact, Baraca means blessings and is used in the brotherhood as blessing, one blessing another or carrying bless ing to another. In the abbreviated form and as a Bible class name it originated with MT. Hudson of Syracuse, N. r., in about 1898 and has been a benediction to thousands of young men in all moral, social and business relations.
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lverage attendance

Not only was last Sunday red etter day for the Sunday School, but the attendances at the regular fhurch services showed a most grat- fylng increase. All the pastors preached on subjects appropriate to Easter and the Resurrection, and \ most of the churches special Easter programs were rendered. At the
 Methodist church the congregation Fas a record-breaker in point of
 umoers and interest. At the con lusion of the services Al new mem- Pers were received. Of this num- per 70 were baptized. In addition ko these four babies were baptized.
 ms IS the largest number of mem Pes ever received into the Methodist Fnurch here at a regular service,
 na Rev w. c. House, the pastor,
 ss'es It was, by long odds, the P'Os. inspiring and greatest service Pe mas held during his ministry.
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unday Was Big Day With Churches Of Mariianno

hundred and thirty-one E+e people in Mariana attended school in the five churches l sunday. The total population ,a,ra is 5,O74. Of this num- uore than 2,200 are white. |. doubtful if such a high per |..na of white people in any town .ag . Af.avsas attended Sunday School
 c,1rdsv CT any other Sunday.
 'r.;Tis+ers of Marianna are |slv elated over the excellent in |nls in attendance and interest ||aa;;fested during the past few aths The superintendents, teach
 s, snd other officers have cooper ] s',u with the pastors in bringing v tbis great impetus in Sunday paoI pp work. The reports, as turn 'py ;n hv the secretaries, show the rauing figures for last Sunday; Estbaaist g%s church, 286; Baptist p,cS 27s; Presbyterian church, 2. % Christian church, 1O5; Episco- ,oSnrch SO. At the Methodist .os there were 70 men and 45 ursT meu in the two adult classes. a A' total offerings were $31.17.
 inc Baptist church there were
 men and 51 women in the two ,I. ' classes. The total offerings .a uls s94,5O. At the Presbyterian 1rcb there were 45- present in !, adult classes, and a total of
 ing of s2e.60. At the Christian prch there were more than 30 the adult classes, and the total Ierings were s13.73. The offer x at the Episcopal church were missions and amounted to S36.- The attendance reports for the st three Sundays in each of the a chrrohes follow:
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DAVIS-COVAN

helena, March 29.-One of the
 .0St interesting weddings in Hele-
 TOT 1921 was the marriage of
 Ss nS Doll Goyan, daughter of MT.
 bu Mrs. K. P. Govan, Sr., to
 'stles Malcolm Davis. The cere-
 O"S was pronounced by Rev. Geo. barnes of St. Johns Episcopal
 ;rnl "ulen at high noon yesterday. The
 ang gg'oslsed altar of Easter lilies |rrounS agrns was an exquisite back 1Viad |niDiae for the happy pair as the hs.er radS.er pronounced the words hert soing them. Miss Bettie Lam rora s was maid of honor. On &C.,
 fsunl fstI or the illness of the brides 'J"er' Jr her brother, E. P. Govan. |pn gave the bride away. William |bestp or Greenville, Miss, acted as low;na man for the groom. The fol- hert We're ushers: Jordan Lam- nss waiter Morris, James Faulk- |and lne little flower girls, Lollie |snir;. % Ellie Powell, emulated the |waa.k ot spring despite the cold |trin M outside. After the bridal |boppom hon MT and Mrs. Davis will be at Street to their friends at the Poplar |Amoao. Ao nome of, the brides parents. |MisS the out-of-town guests were : Win que Davis, sister of the groom, |Mesdanl Percy of Greenville, Miss, Kn;rsaIme T. c. Merwin and Harry |Goysn oi Forrest City, Mrs. Pugh |Nena c Miss Mildred Burke, Miss of M M. Goyan, Mrs. F. N. Burke, all
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the consolation of affection and promise him the rewards of fame.
 Way ia Marked.
 We rejoice that the lash is lifted from his back while thousands ac- claim his successor. His work ia not ended. His leadership will sur mount his enemies and survive his life. Ee may seem neglected for this short, fleeeing hour, but the hosts of history are gathering about him. We have torn him from the high eminence to which he carried his country, but he has bIazed the way, and while we may halt, and for while seem to retreat, the way he has marked is the way we will go.
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Funds Needed For
 School Athletics

W. J. Shorten, who several months ago circulated subscrip- tion list to raise funds to finance the school athletics, stated yester- day that at least S100 was needed to complete the years program. He would like very much for those who are interested in wholesome sports to volunteer contributions in order that the additional $100 may be raised.
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Germany will pay her debts soon CT by giving to the Allies the money that is being spent in the United States for propaganda. = Canton (O.) News.
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KINC-D'VER

A wedding of interest to their friends in Marianna was that of Miss Mai DeVer to Tom King, on March 30, at the home of the bride in Blytheville, Ark. After bridal trip to St. Louis, Mir. and Mrs. King will be at home to their friends at the H. s. Nixon residence.
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MT. and Mrs. w. B. Mann are spending the day in Forrest City with their daughter, Mrs. Will Campbell.
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Declamatory and Reading Contest High School Auditorium Tuesday Evening, April Fifth,
 Nineteen and Twenty-One.
Program

Music
 Martha Turner on-"Adams and Jefferson Shumacker the Chidren's Hospa" -Rebekah Smith the Moon Edna Marabe, Music
 DecIamaon-'The of Russell of Jackson Readnp-"Ole Ethel Robertson 
 Opportunities of the Scholar Chas Hopkins Declamaon--"W Webster's Reply to Haynes" "--Hal Nixon Readng--"How the Church Built at Kehoes'----
 Margaret Dagge Defamation" Me Liberty Give Me Death"---
 Sidney Glberg
 Winners n contest to be awarded $20OO in gold of red by Greenhaw and the privilege of representing District Meet Jonesboo and the State Second places to be awarded $1O00 each in gold offered by gentlemen
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German gas is more effective in peace than in war.-Columbia (S. @ Record.
 With the X-ray you can see thru modern painting and determine the age of the canvass beneath. Try this on your lady friends.-New Haven Union.
 Apparently Germany seeks to go into voluntary bankruptcy. with her self as referee, assignee, and biggest preferred creditor.-Norfolk Virgin ian-Pilot.
 We will believe. that Germany is as broke as she says she is when we read that any of the Hohenzol- Tern boys have gone to work.-New York World.
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JOG ON. JEHosoPHATl

Road gets rougher every mile; (CluckD Jog on Jehosophat, an
 show some style. Mules gone lame, an the hens won't Corn's way down, an wheat don't
 pay;
 Hogs no better, steers too cheap; Cows quit milking, meat won't
 keep;
 Oats all heated, spuds all froze; Fruit crop busted, wind still blows Sheep seem puny, an I'll be durned Rye fields flooded an the hay
 stacks burned! Looks some gloomy, I'll admit (CluckD Jog on Jehosophat, we
 ain't done yit. Goals in high, crops in low; Rail rates doubled, got no show; Moneys tighter, morals loose; Bound to git us-what's the use? Suns not shining as it should; Moon ain't lighin' like it could; Air seems heavy, water punk; Tests your metal, shows yer spunk ; No use stoppin' to debate (CluckD Jog on Jehosophat, it's
 gittin' late. Wheels all wobble, axle's bent; Dashboard's broken, top all rent; One shaft splintered, t'other sags; Seats all busted, end-gate drags; May hang t'gether-believe it will ; Careful drivin' II make it still; Roads some better, not so rough TROT' Gosh ding ye! That's the
 stuff,
 Old traps movin' right good speed (CluckD Jog on, Jehosophat, you're
 some old steed. Roads smoothed out till it don't
 seem true (CluckD Jog on Jehosophat, you
 pulled us drought -Griff Crawford in the Gloom
 Chaser.
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MT. and Mrs. H. Nj. Jackson en- tertained a few friends with six o'clock dinner Thursday evening. The guests were MT. and Mrs. Jack Hays of Memphis, Mir. and Mrs. Everett Cook, Miss Pearl Mann, and Mir. A. E. Slusser.
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 It is reported that Allies are to seize German customs. We hope they won't overlook the German custom of anti-American propagan- Philadelphia North American.
 It says much for the discipline and sportsmanship of the Senegalese troops that they have not protested against being required to associate with Germans. Wall Street Journ- al.
 Our idea of sublime altruism IS the effort of European statesmen to persuade America that the pos session of too much money will prove her undoing. ng.-Pasadena Even ing Post.
 The more we mediate on the fact that 93 per cent. of the na- tion's income is spent for war, the more sympathy we feel for con scientious objectors. - Washington Herald.
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President Wilson, Moral Hero of War,
 Retires Aged and Broken

(By Shields (ca)Unon, is2l
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Road gets rougher every mile; (CluckD Jog on Jehosophat, an
 show some style.
Evening star., 1921-06-06
floating BODIES SEEN
ON TRIP ALONG RIVER

DENVER. Col. June Ga staff cor
respondent of the Rocky Mountain
News. telegraphing from Pueblo last
night. quotes F. B. Newton. manager
of d large Pueblo canning factory. as
reporting upon his arrival there that
there had been loss of life from floods
in the Arkansas river valley between
Las Animas and Pueblo. Mr.. New
ton reached Pueblo from Las Animas
by automobile. He was accompanied
by f. E. Miller. foreman of the New
ton factory.
We saw many bodies floating down
the stream" Mr.. Newton was quoted
as saying.
There also were hundreds of cat
tie. hogs. horses ard buildings in the
water. AT one place, we saw a boy
perched upon the top of "A concrete
house. He was the last of family
of five. all of the others having been
drowned. At Nepesta. four bodies had
been recovered. Three bodies were
taken from the river at Boone. One
was that of an aged man. Another
was that of an elderly woman. while
the third was that of young girl.
None of the dead was identified and
il was thought they had been drown
ed in Pueblo and foated down the
stream.
''At one point the river was two
miles wide. 1t was running like a
mill race and carrying scores of farm
crs ard their families in its wake.
Evening star., 1921-06-06
earc Pueblo Ruins for Dead Flood Sweeps Do,n Arkansas Valley
FLOOD WARNING SECUTED
PEOPLE STAYsIN HOMES
q. S. Army Sergeant Reports It
Was Impossible to Reach Per-
sons Trapped by Waters.


PUEBLO. Col, June s.-Sergt. Will
ioughby of the United States Army.
here 10 train National Guard troops.
said warning of the food was given
throughout the district Friday night
and that many persons laughed at
the warning, refusing to leave. Later
in the night he aided in clearing back
crowds from the vicinity of the river
as the water swept into the bottoms.
Cries of persons trapped in their
homes could be heard, but no one
could assist them He said men could
be seen running ahead of the waters.
breaking windows and looting. Many
OF the dead, he believed. represented
persons who declined to heed the flood
warnings or who did not understand
the gravity of the situation.
Witnesses told of having seen five
men trapped in a store. They climbed
into the balcony and as the food
waters surrounded them they pound
ed their way through the second story
with base ball bat. From there they
made their way to roof from which
they later were rescued.
One body was taken out yesterday
after having been crushed between
telephone poles. Another body of "A
man was found beneath the fire es-
cape of a building. A woman's body
was found in a garage.
Evening star., 1921-06-06
Nevitnesses Picture Tragedies
as Flood Claims Pueblo Lives
Houses, With Occupants Crying for Help, Sveep Down
Streets Past Victims Clinging to Roofs-Many
Bodies TANNED Among Cars in Rail- =
road Yords-Heroic Rescues

street past US. many Of them with
people inside crying for help. l don't
know how many of them there were
or how many Of them escaped.
We were rescued by a boat crew
at o'clock Saturday morning"
Pounds Hole I'm Roof for Air.
In the Union garage one man was
rescued Saturday. He had floated with
the flood to the ceiling of the build
ing and had then pounded hole
through the roof big enough so that
he could stick his head through and
get air. The water came within three
inches of the second floor. Another
man with him might have saved his
life If he had kept his face up. His
body was found jammed between the
rafters. His name was Schoeble. He
was the owner OF a large shoe store.
G. l.. Kerns was caught in the flood
and swan into building where he
saw many tragedies. He saw three
buildings on Union and Sante Fe
streets caved in by string of box
cars which came floating down the
street. People apparently were in the
upper floors he said. as he heard
cries and saw lights there just before
the building gave away. He could not
say whether any were saved.
Kerns swan from his first place of
refuge along the stream to a hotel
WHICH was 1OOueu clflOsl 10
the second floor.
II had to turn my head sideways
to get under the top of the doorway.
/ stayed there all night.
Find Bodies Among Cars.
Out in the railroad yards. near the
state hospital, the correspondent
found a freight conductor who had
slept in caboose throughout the
flood.
II didn't know there had been a
food until l woke up Saturday morn
ing and found the floor of the caboose
covered with mud he said. II had
heard the rain once or twice during
the night as IL beat on the roof. but
| rolled over and went back to sleep
I'm the morning l got up and went
out into the yards. People were TAX
ing bodies out from under the freight
cars. | don't know how many there
were They were jammed in between
the trucks and cars SO tight that We
could hardly get them out"
Evening star., 1921-06-06
Ry the Associated Press.

fy the Associated Press.
PUEBLO. Col. June Ga graphic
story of the food was given to the
Associated Press today by NJ. J. Valley
of Denver, Colorado and Southern
railroad engineer.
Valley was marooned by the food
with four other men for twelve hours.
At one time his companions had to
rub his limbs and body to keep his
stand alone.
Il had been in garage with a
friend, to get his car" Valley said.
when the flood waters swept into
the garage. We climbed into the
car. then on top of it.
THE food waters reached us even
there. and we climbed into the sec
ond floor Of the building and when
that became flooded we smashed a
hole in the roof and stepped out on it..
stand on Raft Three Hours.
THE water crept on US there and
it looked as If the building might go.
80 we stepped out on pile Of debris
which had been stopped by telephone
wires. For three hours we stood
there in the rain and darkness which
was lighted up only by several fires.
Within three hours the impro-
vised raft gave way and We climbed
back onto the garage. finally cut
ting a cable from the telephone wires
and with the aid Of this got onto
higher building.
From here, and with the aid of
the cable. we rescued three men. who
were being swept past US by the
current.
Houses were being swept down the
Evening star., 1921-06-06

CONTINUED from First Page.)
today Is rom !ithia spring on a
hill at the on skirts Of the city.
A heavy downpour of rain con-
tinued IA! through last night and the
early morning today.
Military patrols were handicapped
by the impossible streets. pitch dark
ncss-the citys electric service
station having been out of commits
sion since early Friday cvening-and
the unrelenting downpour.
All persons have been kept from
the streets since Saturday evening.
Looting has been held to minimum.
No one is permitted TO enter the city
except the military. Red Cross work
ers and state and other officials.
With the restoration of telesraphic
communication early Sunday, the suf-
fering community learned of relief
measures undertaken by cities
throughout the middle west.
A supply of cots. blankets. Ian
terms. candles and sweaters arrived
yesterday from The Red Cross in
Colorado Springs. Col. r. J. Pierce. in
charge of the Red Cross. said that
Evening star., 1921-06-06

SO far he has been able to feed and
clothe every person applying for aid.
Hundreds OF persons applied to the
Red Cross yesterday and Saturday
for food. clothing and medical relief.
A canteen supplied the food. A car
load OF beef was commandeered from
the railroad yards and cooked to pre-
vent it's spelling. Red Cross officials
expected the meat to materially aid
the food situation.
Denver. Kansas City. st. Louis and
other large cities closest to the flood
ed area have offered msterial aid i'm
mediately. but are unable to get their
offerings to the community because of
the demoralized transportation con-
ditions.
All Easements Flooded.
The basement of every building in
the downtown section is filled with
water and mud. Windows of base
ments were crushed in by the food.
and military officials say that bodies
may be found here weeks later. when
ii has been possible to pump out the
easements and shovel out the mud.
Fourteen doctors and twenty five
nurses arrived here last night from
Evening star., 1921-06-06
FLOOD INVADING
STATE Of KANSAS
Arkansas River Water, Add
ed to Dam Collapse, Threat
ems Life and PROP crty.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOPEKA. Kan, June 6.-The first
wave of the Arkansas river food to-
day was sweeping down from eastern
Colorado upon kansas. Tie river
at Syracuse was bank full at night
fall last night and rising rapidly.
Farmers and ranchmen living in the
bottoms early Sunday moved their
stock to the highlands.
Men on horseback are patrolling the
river west of Syracuse, warning the
people TO flee.
The Amity dam. five miles west of
the city. is reported to have given
way. The telephone operator reports
the town of Amify completely washed
away. with possible loss of life.
Four Believed to Have Drowned.
Four persons who were detailed to
keep driftwood from the piers Of a
wagon bridge are reported to have
gone down with the bridge into the
main current of the river.
The Sante Fe Railway Company
notified the communities on its line
in the Arkansas valley of Kansas
that the rush of Colorado flood water
had crossed the state line. and local
representatives of the company were
emergency that might arise.
The warning has been ample and
there need be no loss of life in
Kansas" said F. c. Fox. general man
ager of the Santa Fe. The Santa
Fe will cooperate with the COM
property loss down to the minimum
The Santa Fe last night issued an
embargo against the flooded district.
applicable to live stock and per-
ishab freight. Heavy rains were
reported west of Dodge City.
Loss of Life In Las Animns.
LAS ANIMAS. Col. June 6.-Four
three of them children. are known
to be dead. and many others are be-
lieved to have perished by the over
flowing of the Arkansas river food
ing this city.
Warning was received from La
Junta to take to the hills. but the
city was virtually surrounded with
water before the warning could be
passed around. Many houses were
washed into the streets and some
down the river.
The fool in the Arkansas river
from Pueblo to the Kansas state line
is the greatest in fortv-four years.
La Junta is flooded to a depth of
three feet, and the city is without
drinking water or lights.
Dodge City Preparing for Flood.
DODGE CITY. Kan. June 6.-Flood
waters of the Arkansas river are ex-
pected to reach Dodge City before
noon today according to ipfH:mation
received from the west. The river
Is rising rapidly at Morse. Col, thir-
ty-fives miles west of Syracuse, Kan,
according to the information.
Residents in the lowlands up and
down the Arkansas valley are moving
their effects tn higher ground as rap
idly as possible. in preparation for
expected floods.
A rise of twelve feet here. which is
reported to be the crest of the flood
waters in Colorado, would inundate
much of the business district of
Dodge city and would put the electric
lights and power plant out of COM
x,oia
Evening star., 1921-06-06
NEWS
. BY HEROIC EFFORTS
Newspaper Men Use Air, Au-
tos, One Telegraph Wire
and Signals to Obtain Facts.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DENVER. Col, June 6.-Information
in regard to conditions in f1ood-strick-
en- and isolated Pueblo was obtained
and forwarded to the outside world
under conditions that were as trying
and in some instances as hazardous
as those which the suffering people of
that city themselves underwent.
The first news of the disaster came
to Denver over the Associated Press
leased wire and a Western Union
Telegraph Company wire almost si-
multaneously A few minutes after
the Associated Press wire lost Pueblo
the last Western Union operator to
brave the rush Of waters wired to the
Denver office:
Il am going to beat 1T, the water is
around my feet"
That was Friday night.
Go to Scene by Afrplane.
After that it was hours before COM
munication between Pueblo and the
rest of the country was restored, over
the Western Union wire. The first
outside newspaper men to reach the
spondents. One of them was an Asso-
ciated Press STAFF man and the other
stan correspondent of the Denver
Times. They went together early
Saturday morning In an airplane from
this city.
Later two more Associated Press
correspondents and an Associated
Press operator went to Colorado
Springs from Denver by train and
from Colorado Springs to Pueblo by
automobile and on foot. Trains could
not get within miles of the business
section of the city, and automobiles
that managed to get around washouts
on the roads had to stop at the city
limits. Colorado Springs newspaper
men also succeeded in reaching Pu-
cbIo late Saturday.
Military PASSES Required.
News of the conditions in Pueblo
was obtained only under the greatest
Ct difficulties. Local newspapers. the
police. the fire department. the mill
tary and the Red Cross were the first
sources of Information. as the high
water and the strict vigilance Of mil
. tary guards made it impossible to get
first -kand information until the nee
essary military passes had been OBJ
:ai. d a:fd .'cov:s.ony made for get
.ins around through the mud, water