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Daily picayune., 1921-04-13
HOT SPRINGS
 MAYOR DEAD
HAD JUST BEEN REELECTED, ALTHOUGH TOO ILL TO
 CAMPAIGN.

Hot Springs, April 12-Dr James w McLendon, for the last eight years mayor of Hot Springs, and whose fifth term began yesterday, died tonight at 6 o'clock at his home in this city.
 He has been in failing health for some time and took no part in the city election campaign. He had the oath of office administered to him yesterday morning in his sick room by Judge Yer nal Ledgerwood. and made appoint ments from his bedside. He was un- able to take part in the organization of the City Council and ned new ad- ministra ion last night.
 Mayor McLendon is survived by his wife. His son, William, died few years ago and he had never recovered from that loss. His health began to fail soon afterward.
 For 40 years Mayor McLendon has been engaged actively in the practice of medicine in this city He always took an active part in public affairs He had more of personal than o- litical following, and in several of his elections refrained from taking part in the Democratic primaries preferr- ing to make his race before all the voters.-Gazette.
Daily picayune., 1921-04-13

Instead of once \ woke, the Picay- une will come to you 6 times week
Daily picayune., 1921-04-13
WILL RUN HIS FARM
 FOR HIS CREDITORS

Memphis Tenn. April 12.-Walter Driver. planter of Mississippi county Arkansas, whose obligations are said 10 total S5oO000 with resources above that amount if realized upon, today entered into a trust agreement with his creditors whereby they will finance his plantations and retain him as field manager at a salary of $6,000 year. Paul Ziemer, representing St. Louis creditors. is one of the trustees.
Daily picayune., 1921-04-13

term of circuit court will be called to investigate the charges.
 According to the officers who are working on the case, they have con siderable evidence against the accused. all of whom are old residents of the sections in which the alleged depreda- tions occurred It was said tonight that warrants for the arrest of others alleged to have been connected with the night riding may be issued in a few days-Gazette.
Daily picayune., 1921-04-13
SECOND PARTIAL SETTLEMENT

Second Partial settlement of l.. q. Steele. with the County Treasurer for the taxes of 1920. as follows. to-wit :: District School Fund-Warrants S4,- 2O4.77: Cash. $5.79523. Total $10,000 Road Fund-S30O0.
 County General Fund-Warrants S7S517; Cash. S2.214.S3 Total S3,0Oo Court House Fund-S900 Bridge Fund-Warrants S23s.36 : Cash. S261 64. Total 5000. County Jail Fund-S500. Poll Tax-$1, 300
 Dog Tax-S600
 Total-S2O000
 RecapitulatiOn: School Warrants-S4.2 .204.17. County General Warrants-S1SJ 1I. Bridge Warrants-S23S.36. Total Warrants-S5,2 ,22s 90. Cash-S14.77t.7
 Total-S20000
 Check on Bank of Prescott ,Ulfo Check on First State Bank--S1 l000.oe. Total Cash-S14,771.70.
Daily picayune., 1921-04-13
HOTEL MAN KILLS SELF.

Memphis, Tenn, April 12.-Charles Hansar 6. employed for two years at the Braun hotel Washington and Main streets. shot himself through the head. supposedly caused by ill health this afternoon Whereabouts of his children are unknown, but a sister lives in Indiana.
Daily picayune., 1921-04-13
MANY SAILORS MISSING

Beaumont, Tex, April 12-- The Bowie Line steamship Colonel Bowie. with % men on broad, foundered in the Gulf of Mexico Monday night, ac- cording to wireless advices. Three men were picked up by the British steamer Cissy; 10 still are missing.
Daily picayune., 1921-04-13
EMMETT IN PRESIDENTIAL CLASS

Washington, D. C.. April Flour teen postoffices in Arkansas have been made international money order offl- ces, effective April 1, it was announced by the Postoffice Department today. Most of these offices were recently ad- vanced from fourth to presidential class. They are: Alpena Pass, Buck ner, Cherry Valley, Coal Hill, Emmet, Fouke, Garfield Huntsville, Joiner Knobel, Moro, Star City, West Fork, WillifOrd.
Daily picayune., 1921-04-13
Avoid It!

The merchant who clutters up the sidewalk around his store with barrels and boxes may not realize it himself but he is hurting his town.
Daily picayune., 1921-04-13
REPORTS FROM OIL WELLS

Everything getting along fine at Slut ton.
 Everything getting along grand at Bluff City.
 Everything working smoothly at Bodcaw,
 Everything running fine at Blevins. Everything looking good at Roston. These are the reports from oil men in charge of the work. So be patient for certainly with everything run ming smooth, everything will be 0. k in few days. and we may enjoy some high spouting.
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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-03-11
A WHERE FISH ARE
CAUGHT IN A
FASHION

Should the United States acquire
the much discussed Island Of zap. the
Island of Guam will be robbed OF its
distinction of being Il smallest pos
session. Guam lies east of the Phil
ippines and northeast Of zap.
A writer TO the National Geographic
society describes the customs and nat
ural of Guam as follows:
1.-THE fruit Of n common tree Oar
ringtonia Speciosa) the natives use to
stupefy fish.
THE fruit Is pounded into C paste.
Enclosed in a bag, and kept owe: night.
The time Of an especially low tide Is
selected, aud bags Of the pounded fruit
are taken ont III the reef next morn
ing and sunk III certain deep holes in
the reef. The fish soon appeal on the
surface, some Of them lifelesS, others
attempting to swim, or family strug-
CLING with their ventral SIDE upper
most The natives scoop theLl in their
hands, sometimes even diving for
them.
In the mangr0ve SwampS when the
tide is low hundreds of little fishes with
p~rOtruding eyes may be seen hopping
about in the mud and climbing among
the roots Of the Rhizophora and Bru-
guerra. These belong to q group OF
fishes interesting from the fact that
their air bladder has assumed in q
measure the function of lungs, en-
abling the animal to breathe atmoS-
pheric air.
Men, women and children of Guam
are expert swimmers, and are as much
at ease in the water as on land. AS
they throw themselves into the sea
and come bounding from wave to wave
they remind one OF dolphins.
According to the testimony of early
writer's, their houses were high and
neatly made and better constructed
than those Of any aboriginal race
hitherto discovered in the Indies.
1.-THE natives of Guam are. as a ruls,
Of good physique and pleasing appear
Owing to their mixed blood,
their complexion varies from the white
Of a Caucasian TO the brown of q
Most of them have glossy
hair, which Is either straight or
curled. 1t is worn short by
the men and long by the women, either |
braided, cOiled or dressed after the
styles prevailing In Manila.
1.-The people are essentially agricul-
tural. There are few masters and few
on the island. AS a rule the
farms are nOt too extensive TO be cul-
.ivated by the family. All the mem
,ers, even the little children. lend a
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-03-11
SANITARY HOUSES Fer HENS
To Secure Adequate Returns in Eggs
and Growth Buildings Must Be
Light and Ventilated.

Chickens will not give adequate re-
turns in eggs or growth when kept
under i%nsanitary conditions. say spe-
cialists of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. The construction
Of the poultry house should receive
first attention. Sufficient air space.
lighting and ventilation should be pro-
vided. and the entire house cleaned at
frequent intervals.
While these precautions cannot he
depended upon to control mites and
lice, they aid the poultryman in de-
termining when these pests are pres
ent. Furthermore. the fowls are kept
In vigorous condition. which in itself
aids in controlling pests. Dirty and
i~nsanitary houses provide ideal breed
ing conditions for insects and germs
which are detrimental 10 poultry. Dis
eased fowls. OF those with uniformed
bills or feet, fall ready prey TO lice,
mites and other insect pests. and
should be removed as soon as discov-
cred.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-03-11

bfa. The battle was increased In mag
pitude. however, by the extension OF
suffrage TO women in the many states
which did not permit them to vote Ira
previous elections.
This greatest of election struggles
took place In ar area of approximate
ly 100000 square miles, under cOndi-
tons varying from the frosty weather
of the Canadian boundary and possible
snow storms Of the higher cOmmunl'
ties of the Rockies. to the burning
sunshine of Key West and some OF
the cities and villages OF the south
western border.
Ballot bOxes-embIems OF American
SOvereignty-were set up in he hearts
OF great cities, in villages, in wayside
school houses; on isolated islands, in
pockets Of the great woods; far up
among rough peaks. and below the
level of the sea in many cases In
communities which lie behind great
natural barriers that cut them of
physically from other settlements. And
yet, because of the telephone and tele-
graph wires that extend into nearly
every community. and wireless COM
m%nnication that supplements them.
o American citizens learned the
results from the far-flung battle line
at their breakfast tables neX morn
Ing. Indeed, impatient followers of the
returns knew the results before mid
night, reading reports flashed on
screens before newspaper offices in
countless cities and towns.
1t was far different, paradoxical as
1t may seem ut first sight. during the
early presidential elections in which
popular voting figured, in spite of the
fact that practically all voters were
east of the Mississippi river and most
Of them in the States along the At
iantic seaboard. Lacking electrical
means of communication and rail-
roads, and having but poor highways
and vehicles, the country was often in
ignorance Of the candidates elected for
weeks after the election.
The contrast cHnnO be carried back
to elections when the United States
confined to IFS original thirteen
along the narrow strip of
coast country, for In those days the
voter pnd the campaign manager had
come into their O1n. The choosing
of q president was n partylesS, cam
paignleSS and-SO far as most Of the
men in the street were concerned
Il vOteless affair. Legislatures saved
voters from the bother of casting bal
by appointing electors and the lat
ter chose a president.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-03-11
THE OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

To elect the president whose in
auguratiOn took place March 4 the
heaviest battle Of ballots ever
known was waged. The steady drop.
drop, drop of the pieces of paper by
which the American citizen registers
his voice in the conduct of the govern
ment began on November 2, in East
port, Me-, eastern-most community In
the United States, and continued IN
til some sixteen hours later when cleo
ton Judges closed their booths In
Ozette, Wash, the presidential suf-
frage community farthest west.
The battle vas o made greater
than those of 1912 and 1916 by any
increase In the area over which it was
fought, for Arizona and New Mexico,
casting their ballots for President for
the first time in 1912, completed the
roster Of the States In the United
States proper and signalized the ex-
tension of the presidential suffrage to
every political unit between the two
ocean and the Canadian and Mexican
borders except the District Of Column
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-03-11
PUREBRED S!RES ARE
INCREASING RAPIDLY
Have Proved Worth for lmprov-
ing Range Herds.
Scrub Bull Has Been B!ack'Ioted on
Big National Forest Pastures-Great
improvement Seen in Grade Of
Steers.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture
Purebred bulls have proved their
value for improving range herds, and
the number being bought IL the COW
country of the West Is rapidly In
creaslng each year, according to re-
ports to the United States Department
Of Agriculture. The scrub bull Is now
blacklisted on the big national forest
pastures.
During the season Of 1919 three
local live stock associations. the mem
bers Of which use the ranges of the
Sierra National Forest in California,
adopted rules for the purchase of pure
bred bulls. Under d special rule each
association was required TO place On
the range a sufficient DUmbes of pure
bred Hereford. ShOrthOrn. Or Aber-
deen-Angus bulls. A committee to
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-03-11
CURA'S UP AND DOWNS OF
PROSPERITY

To understand the present economic
conditions in Cuba, complicated by the
recent presidential election, one must
take into account the prosperity wave
of q year ago.
William Joseph S~howalter, who WIS.,
tied the island at that time. wrote the
National Geographic society as fol-
lows:
Almost every person who visits
Cuba on pleasure bent lands in Ha-
vana. and comparatively few get more
than twenty miles away from that
city's central park.
IF New York. Chicago, PhiladeI-
phia, Boston and Washington We're
consolidated, the resulting metropolis
would bear about the same relation to
the United States that Havana bears
20 Cuba. The capital city is the home
OF more people than are embraced in
the combined populations Of all the
other cities and towns Of the Republic
that have more than 1000 inhabitants.
Its closest rival is Santiago, but that
city has only one-tenth as many
people.
"AS half the country's urban popu--
latAn is conferred III Havana, So also
is half of it's shipping. The city nor
maily handles Il greater foreign tom
mage than any other port in the West
ern Hemisphere except New York.
Most of Cuba's wealthy families
have Havana homes. During the past
four years the net profits of the sugar
business have probably exceeded the
gross returns of any other f%our-year
period in the history OF the island.
THE result is that perhaps no other
city In the whole world has proper
tiOnately rs large a wealthy popula-
ton AS Havana.
Out of these conditions grew n sit
uation where dollars were even cheap |
err than they were in the United
States. Tens Of thousands of acres of
land we're laid out In residence sites. |
and the VedndO district, the Riverside
Drive and the Sheridan Road of Ha-
vana. were extended until it reached
farther from the PradO than Riverside
Drive from New YOrk's City Hall
Square or Sheridan Road from Chi
loop.
There are no advertising signs or
these lots. But as one motors along
one sees nesting close to the ground
little boards. about a
long and half a foot wide, bearing
the legend in Spanish Sold to Mr.. So
and So aud Mr.. So and So is usually
Cuban who made q fortune out
Of sugar down in the provinces and
up to the capital for the social
IF not that, he Is probably
IN American who likes to be reason
IDLY near the country clubs, and pre-
'ers TO live where the cocktail has not
Ost it's legal status. The price Of the
OTIS was from one TO three dollars Il
,quare foot, or from $4,000 to $4,000 i
Der acre"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-03-11
the waiter viii bring 1t, perhaps he

the waiter viii bring 1t, perhaps he
will forget.
"For the sake Of the argument he
brings 1t. The waiter, also the boy
who loads your table with yesterdays
papers, also the man who swoops up,
on your hat, also the Gypsy who pours
out his soul In alleged music for his
own satisfactiOn-and he is easily
satisfied-alsO the disguised marquis
who happens to wander in your di-
r%ection, ali must be a%ppeased. Under
90 kreuzers you cannot well escape.
This, then, is the happy-go-lucky
Magyar of the City Beautiful, the
mercurial citizen who lives by chance,
who will stake his all and much OF
yours on the turn OF "A card or the
speed Of a horse, to whom life is a
masquerade of the gods and suicide
no crime. whose business Is pleasure.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-03-11
POOR EGGS INCREASE PRICES
Percentage CT Spoiled Product Shippea
to Markets Is Very High and
Discharges Trade.

In a shipment Of three cases. or 90
dozen eggs, recently received by 8
Washington ID. CO. commission firm.
1879 dozen were condemned by the 10
cal health department as unfit for
food. The percentage OF bad eggs
shipped into the markets ~ very high
reducing trade and discOuraging con
sumption, say specialists of the bureau
Of markets Of the United States De
partment of Agriculture.
If a few eggs In the dozen are bad
the housewife pays e%Xorbitant prices
for the sound ones. The dealer always
prefers to handle good eggs, for spoiled
ones injure his business reputation. A
deduction for spoiled eggs also makes
the shipper feel that he Is not being
treated in good faith by the commits
sion merchant.
Bad eggs then are q loss TO every
one who handles them. Every egg
marketed should be Of uDQuestionable
quality.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-03-11
PAIR or SCALES
MOST
Selling Various Farm Products
by Guess Is Seldom Profit
able to Farmer.
PRACTICE PLEASING TO Dealer
Experienced Buyer Has Advantage Of
Skill in Estimating Not Possessed
by SeIIer-Smail Platform
Device Is Best.

prepared by the United States Depal +
ment OF Ag-iculture.)
Guessed weights and measures" are
seldom profitable for the farmer. This
practice Is unbusinesSlike. 1t indicates
d careleSSneSS of the value of the thing
he is selling, and the buyer would be
more than human il he did not take
some advantage. A guessed bushel"
of potatoes is more likely to measure
AZ peckS than 31a.
Where sales are based on weight the
grower Is paid for what he delivers.
When the bar balances at 100 pounds
both parties know that full value has
been given and received.
An Argument for Scales.
The best argument for the installa-
ton Of u good set OF scales III u o n
venient place on the farm is that, while
the produce dealer is nearly always
willing 20 buy by guess" he is sell
dom willing TO sell that way. The
most conspicuous piece Of equipment
IN the vegetable stall. the market, or
the grocery is an accurate pair Of
scales. The produce that is bought
"by guess" is sold by Ounces. The deal
er is a practical buyer and at
tains some degree of accuracy in maxi
ing his estimates. Thus he has, the
advantage of skill not possessed by the
farmer. who lacks experience in max
Ing his estimates.
The dealer has another advantage
not held by the farmer. AS he sells by
weight, he has d means of checking
the accuracy of his guess. If he finds
that the weight Of d steer, for instance,
was less than he estimated it to be
when he purchased il. be may recover
his loss by charging the customer
or by taking out the loss on the
mex guessed" purchase he makes.
The loss is likely TO fail not on the
dealer, who incurred il. but upon in
nocent parties.
The bureau Of markets, by publish
ing the prevailing market prices for
meat and farm produce, offers free
Information to the farmer hat will
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-03-11
CAPITAL OF
THE

Budapest, one famed for It's gayety
and now suffering the pangs OF fam
inc, ono more commands attention
as the capital where effort is being
made TO restore a mOnarchical form Of
governr ent in Hungary.
G. TOvnley-Fullam. in a cOmmunica-
ton to the National Geographic So
ciety, vi7idly describes this city of the
Magyars in the care-free days before
the war He writes:
ut is 10 o'clock in Budapest. Thea
ters and opera. music halls and cafes,
restaurants, and casinos are packed.
for the serious business Of the day
has begun. To find an empty place
one must go into the brilliantly lighted
streets CT go home. From now until
long after the dawn has broken over
Buda fortress, on the other side. the
easy-going, ~improvident Magyar of the
city Is Immersed In affairs which will
not wait
1.-THE T u Magyar would scorn to
bear false witness against his neigh
Dor; he does not steal; he cannot
curse nor dOes he work on the sew
enth day, nor Indeed on any other.
The other commandments take their
chance.
These things may not be quite con-
vincing. But when we approach the
question of tribute, the rendering I'M
to Caesar of things which are not
Caesars, the pure oriental energies
from his purely occidental Western
environment and Is again in the tents
Of Sher.
Take a typical. concrete, every
day instance. Go into a cafe and order
a glass Of milk. the nominal value Of
which may be Is kreuzers. Perhaps
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-03-11
Accurate Weights More Profitable
Than Guessed Weights"

place him on the level with the dealer
so far as knowledge Of prices is con-
cerned, but unless the farmer has a
set of scales available he cannot use
this knowledge.
An accurate set of small platform
scales should be a part Of the farm
equipment and every farm sale should
be referred to them. If mounted upon
rollers they can be moved from place
to place as their services are required.
II without rollers, they can be moved
In a wheelbarrOw. They should be
kept In a building that Is as free from
dust and moisture as possible. and
should be tested with standard
weights at least INC a year. In
some states the tests are made by
law by an official who makes the ad-
1ustment necessary to restore the scale
to balance, or, If this cannot be done,
condemns the apparatus and seals il
sc that it cannot be used again until
repaired.
Answers Most Purposes.
Such equipment will answer most
farm purposes, but a larger set Of
scales is occasionally required to
weigh cattle. hogs, hay, or other ma
terials too heavy Or bulky to lift upon
the small platform. Very often a
whose place Of business is
centrally located, or a farmer who
lives on a main road leading into town
1t a profitable investment to put
In a set of pit scales for the use of
and others who are bringing
bulky material to market. When a
knows that he can drive his
or his loaded wagon upon the
platform of pit scales without going
out of his way. he will be less inclined
to lump Off a harmful of hay or sell
his stock by the head. The owner of |
the scales receives q small fee for his |
and the farmer a signed
of weight which is the basis |
II payment when he delivers his load
It the market or shipping yard
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-03-11
POULTRY
CACKLES
BULLETINS AID WITH w
Noteworthy Success of District OF
Columbia Woman With Small
Flock Attributed to Study.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
One hen, Il brood of II chickens,
and q few farmers bulletins ON poul-
try raising were the foundation on
which Mrs. Al. Lohrberg, a resident
Of the District Of Columbia. began
her poultry operations In the spring
of 1919. During the first IL months
OF 1920 her flock of eight blrds-the
hen and seven pullets-laid 1859
eggs, an average of about 49,. Dur
Ing the same period she Matched
from three settings of eggs 80 chick
ems, of which She raised &c.
The noteworthy success with pOul-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-03-11
Vicious Circle.

II suppose Wen be getting some of
these nice fresh eggs for breakfast"
said the country bOarder.
"Yep, these very eggs, but not till
ye come down here next year." re-
turned the farmer. "Ye see, I've got
to sell them TO the local commission
man. and he sells them to the jobber,
who in turn sells them back here "a
the fellow who runs the country gro
Gerry. and ! hAy them from him"