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Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-26

Rev. G. R. Tyler, who has been visiting in this city, went to St Francis Sunday to visit sister. He l. now stationed at Lone Wolf, OK Ia
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-26

J. W. Gardner left Sunday for Chattanooga to attend the Confeder- ate reunion.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-26

Mrs. Guy Adams and little daush- ter, Mary Elizabeth, left lasu night for Palocios, Texas. where they will spend two weeks visiting Mrs. Jno. IT. Price. Mrs Price was formerly Miss Opal Gates, and is well known Ito many ParagouId citizens
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-26

Mrs. Vester Stuart of Waleott spent last night ill the city with friends. She left this morning fol Carryyil1e, H., where she vii Ivisit her mother.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-26

Col. II. E. Morgan left Sunday for Chattanooga. Tenn, where he will attend the Confederate reunion
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-26

Shoe values That's what you get at Thompson's Toggery. Shoes that wear--@ give service. Beware Of chaap composition shoes that come 10 pieces in wet weather. Get the good kind at Thompson's Tog&ery, One Ihird off
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-26

Mir. and Mrs. Forrest Grimes have returned to their homes at Walnut Ridge, after q visit to Mrs. Grimes parents, Mir. and Mrs. ]. C. Boone
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-26

5000 yards of outing flannel, dark colors. Special price, 10 cents la yard kimbrough's Cash Store
 "21
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-26

C. r. Hils of Cairo is visiting home folks in the city
 Oscar Emerson. who has been i'll with pneumonia, is able to be out again.
 Oh. Boy. What a different feel ing after taking q few doses of Dr. Blacks Liver Cleaners. They set you right 25c Q box. All drug gists Fishers. *Jf
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-26

Miss Thelma Reynolds, who has been III at the local sanitarium, has recovered sufficiently to be removed to her home on East Emerson street
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-26

Miss Minnie Mckenzie is visiting friends and relatives in Blytheville.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-26

Nr. ard Mrs. Amos Robinson are spending q few days with relatives lat Marmaduke.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-26

TAKEN UP--One dark bay mare, blind in right eye: has bcnn on; also. four 2-year-old mules. Owner may have same by calling at Mrs. R. E. Seitz, l2 miles northwest of town, and paying for this ad.
 "1
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-26

Just received beautiful line of tricstine dresses. Our prices are right. kimbrough's Cash Store
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-26
LOCAL AND PERSONAL NEWS PAGE
 Paragould and Greene County

! Ward Noored of Greenway under went an operation for appendicitis this morning at the local hospital. Mrs. " $. Hobbs underwent an op- eration Saturday Miss Lottie Mor- gan has recovered from an opera tion and returned this morning to her hotne at Campbell. Mr. and Mrs Mcintosh of Dexter, Mo, are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Grace Christian. student nurse at the
 local hospital
 Read the shoe advertisement of Thompson's Toggery in this issne. 1t will mean money to you. One
 third off every pair of shoes in the
 h0use for a limited time only. Mrs. J. II. McPherson will return to Memphis this evening, after
 sperding few days in the city with
 her husband. Mr and Mrs. EIcPher- son will make paragould their home ,as soon as a desirable house can be secured.
 Mems work shirts. $1.00 value at 75 cents. Kimbrough's Cash Store #27
 T. J. Johnson, manager of the Wright Bros Five, Ten and Twenty five Cent Store here, and Miss Charmanas FitzgerieId CT Little Rock were married yesterday after noon at 5 o'clock at the Second Baptist church in Little Rock, Rev Calvin WalIn officiating. They ar rived in Paragould this morning Yand will be at home to their friends at 337 North Sixth street, having taken rooms with Mr. and Mrs Birch Barhee.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-26


 Tue condition of Norman Spill man. who has been ill for q month, is very critical. His brother, Gil bert. has arrived from Caruthers- vile to be with him.
 The W. c. T. [. will meet with Mrs. G. c. Mozo at her home, 20G West Main street. Tuesday after- noon at 9:30 a good attendance is desired.
 You save money by getting youi shoes at Thompson's Toggery and you get shoes that will give you service. Beware of the inferior shoes We offer one-third off on every ral of shoes in the house. yWS
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-26

Dan Nanover has returned from Iptoycd for several weeks.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
Congress VIII Include the
Bonus Next Year
By BILL PRICE.

The elimination from the legislative bill of the $240
bonus for the next fiscal year. point of order by Mr.
BLANTON, should alarm among the thousands
Of Government employees to whom the money is so i'm
portant in meeting living expenses
Sentiment in Congress appears to be virtually unani
nous in behalf of the bonus and its inclusion in the bill,
when reported to the Senate will doubtless its
ceptance by the House in conference In all fairness
Mr. Banton pointed out in the House. the full bonus should
also to District remen, policemen and park policemen.
Even the most vertable watchdogs Of the Treasury in
Congress concede that the majority of Government
poyes have had hard years. owing their low wages
and that the prospects do not brighten for them fast
could be wished There is that the down
ward trend Of prices will continue Many wise be-
eve that prices have about reached the bottom and that
there will be upward swing again before there another
decline In fact the economic future is still less
hazy, far prices concerned At any rate prices
will have to fall very sharply before the average Govern
ment clerk will be able to meet ends and discharge obi
cations incurred while Government pay far below
that throughout the country.
Government employees Jared mighty badly while all
other classes except unorganzed salary workers generally
enjoying high and opportunity lay aside for
the reaction that inevitable Congress fully under
stands this and seemingly has idea of lowering
pensaton. The program to retrench by cutting down
the number of Government workers and paying those
naming wages upon which they subsst in moderate
Idecency.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
LAND HIM A HARD BLOW


Girls do not kiss men because they are weak
lings but because they care for the man in ques-
ton. What kind Of principle has tho man who
kisses girls, then bowls because he can?
And girl can sit tight and smile. "A platinum
set solitaire. nrst young man" Mothers should
train their daughters to be ready to land
knockout blow Perhaps Xyz's would wake up
then and find their good will control and at
least common decency.
Girls! Wake up! The world sides with XYZ-
Tho next time he wishes to kiss you. just land
him a good hard blow, and he will reverence
you more. Give him what he does not ex-
pect, and stop his whining: Are there no good
girls who care for honor?'
My work throws me among thousand of peo-
pie daily What girl does not boost her gentle
man friend or husband? But the men! Heavens,
they rarely ever have a sweetheart, or such a
precious possession as a wife! Never! They are
always looking for one7 FIFTY FIFTY.
She doesn't believe in experimenting.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
King Thinking;
Needs to Think
~ ING CONSTANTINE, whom
the Greeks took instead of
~ Nenizelos Il worried about

lNu "hOlu
the Greeks took instead of
~ Venizelos, is worried about
finance. He thinks there is little
hope Of Greece getting the money
she wants from this country, and
he is right about that. This country
is not apt to invest its money in
Greece, for country that can af-
ford kings should be rich enough to
take care Of itself
King Constantine also believes
THAT Russia will get Cohstantinople.
II he Is right in that belief, it Is
important news for Europe. To give
Constantinople to Trotzky and Lenin
means giving the Mediterranean and
its coasts to exploitation by Bolshe-
vism and the Bolshevist battleships.
Out comes the bear, II the Constan-
tinople door is opened.
Constantine is trying to get Vcni-
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
SOLVING THE CITY PUZZLE.

The anagram city puzzle Of H.
JENCKES and w. RHODES Ia cor
Yectly answered by tho fans. who ind
these cities in the puzzle: Santa Fe,
DALLAS, Fort Wayne, Montpelier.
Marion, Cumberland. Toledo, Roches-
ter, Spokane, Lansing. Indianapolis
Los Angeles, Galveston, Shreveport
Tho answers are from Fl. SMITH.
REBBCCA and JOE kRONMAN,
BELLE ALLOY, AGNES r. ARBEILAA
H., II. c. NJ. J. b s.. TONG TOM,
an C.. and J. E., d. CIPHER, II. l..
n r. MORRIS KLATZKIN, L. J. c..
nCoSMOPOLITAN." MAZDA WOOD"
John M. MCDONALD. RUSSELL BIER
GIN, AJAX"
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
.HE Congress, in spite of pleading
and begging by gentlemen that

and begging by gentlemen that
have got used to spending the
peoples money and don't know how
to stop, has voted to cut the army
to $4,000. That is big enough and,
if anything, too big.
We learn from the last war that
when REAL war comes men must
be gathered in millions. We learned
also that they can be quickly trained
and rendered efficient. If we had a
real war, difference of 100000 or
100000 men in the regular army
would mean nothing. And in days
of peace, which probably will last
many years now, an extra hundred
thousand men in the hands of skill
full profteers, such as this country
has become we'll acquainted with,
would mean hundreds of millions
taken from the taxpayers and spent
every year.
Besides, hundred thousand extra
men in the standing army would
mean a hundred thousand young
men producing nothing, creating
nothing, and necessarily living upon
those that work in productive way.
This country needs small, we'll
paid, highly encouraged and am
bilious regular army as the nucleus
and teacher Of great national army
in case of need.
The country needs at all times a
powerful NAVY, for naval attack
might come suddenly. Attack by
MEN on "our Shores could not
come overnight. We are not worry
ing about Canada to the north or
Mexico to the south. From Asia or
from Europe it would take a long
time to land anything but laugh
able army on our coast. With the
right kind of American navy in ex-
istence, submarines and flying ma
chimes especially, it would take for
ever.
In the way of an army what the
country needs above all is PLENTY
OF WELL-TRAINED OFFICERS
imbued with the spirit of democracy,
free from the offensive priggishness
and foolish sense Of superiority,
based on nothing, that afflicts many
military men. West Point and
Annapolis should have their ca
pacity for preparing officers in
creased. The nation shonld con-
stantly have in its service an army
and a navy very highly differed,
ready at any moment to teach new
regiments and new ship crews.
Rifles and ammunition, and espe-
cially aforementioned plants for
the manufacture Of both, ON
SHORT NOTICE, should be kept
in good order. But because you
have on hand million rifles or five
million rifles you need not have a
million or FIVE million men march
ing up and down carrying the rifles.
The quality Of the men enlisted
in the army, their character and in
telligence, are especially important.
These enlisted men should be in
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
OUR TWO JOKERS.

Dear Bill:
fhe Joker to the left on the capital
Of this plaster must be listening in
TO something snappy coming frcm the
on his "phix."
The way tho run round the neck OF
the astronomer perks up behind,
maybe he Just Iamped a new comet
heah-on toward our II g. constsna-
ton. He looks startled-kinda Ike
be was about to drop his spygla
JOE CONkIIN
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
THE 18TH AND ID ST. LINE.

VIII II and S be so good as to SIX
President HAM. of the W. II. and f.
company. IL he can't arrange to per-
NIT passengers to enter the 18th and
ID street cars, at the end of the line,
as soon as they arrive at the cars!
The crews keep us waiting in bad
weather until just before the cars
leave That does not seem right
BOBBIE
The Washington times., 1921-01-18

The police whistle is a
community chorus. Getting
lulled to sleep with a homi-
cidal lullaby Is childhood's
sweetest sport. A friendly
tap on the mansard roof
with a stocking primed with
sand confetti isn't so bad.
It's like being ethcrized
with dynamite. First there
Is an anaesthetic thump on
the toupee that puts you at
rest as tendcrly as a Big
Bertha caressing a Belgian
cathedral. Then the little
cuckoos hatch out OF tho
craniaI incubator and chirp
tho finale OF the opera Ia
Clinic" The sensation is
luxurious. You feel like a
Hrst class passenger on the
wreck of the Hesperus.
Flocks OF oysters jumping
over transoms is the next
dish on the embossed skull
menu and then comes a
beautiful lull when you
think that Mary Garden Is
singing you her telephone
number.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
A MIGHTY GOOD RULE.

uers'ss rule In life to guide you;
n you really seek prosperity
Don't try to put your w1SHBONE
Where your BACKBONE ought to be.
There's not n day goes by but
YOU hear some bird wishing for a
million iron boys and 8 o'clock all
In the same breath.
". II. T., Bcrwyn, Md.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
Tho clothing tho ladies are
not wearing these days. ought to
help Armenia out for some
years. hAfff SlA-

when Adam, In bliss.
Asked Eve for kiss,
she puokerod her lips with COO:
with looks auite ecstatic-
dave answer emphatic,
II don't care Adam II I DO
KERMIT.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
nREAKFAsT FOODS.

Johu-Whatcha doing wid Yer eye
all bpndaRcd up7
Stcvc--Thc vito did IT. This morn
ing wanted Grape Nuts Shs
wanted Corn Flakes" and finally :"
both used FORCE" BACK
The Washington times., 1921-01-18

The highest form of gratitude
has been exhibited by New
Yorker. He left 100000 to a
woman who had refused to marry
him IONA STILL
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
BEATRICE FAIRFAX
~ GIVES
-ADVICE-

TO MY CORRESPONDENTS:
So many letters come to this department
that 1t is impossible to answer Gil ~ them
But many are similar one to the other: and
il is hoped that II your letter Is not published
you may ind your answer In the reply TO one
who has written you have.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
GRACIOUS MET

Gracious mel the cakie cried,
As with girlish shrug,.
Curses, curses, what shall I do,
To Kill these II. and 8. burs
Ny nerves are Just on edge.
As he rsincd his new plucked brovs,
And clenched his nstlsts pink.
Utterins one, yes two, three Vows
MALT RAISON.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
Cutting Down the Army,
Good Work by Congress

, tciilScut, dIuUltlouS hIueTicduS, duO
every one of them should see the
possibility of PROMOTION AND
INDEPENDENCE AHEAD OF
HIM.
They should not be men loafing in
barracks, backing officers boots,
lodging real life's hard work and
responsibility. They should be men
WITH HOPE AND A FUTURE,
capable of becoming officers and
leaders in time of need. If Napoleon,
autocrat and emperor, ruling for his
own selfish glory, could truly say
that every one of his soldiers car
ried a marshal's baton in his KNAPP
sack; this Republic should have
brains enough to arrange it so that
every American soldier would carry
hope, ambition and the possibility
Of brilliant future in his heart.
You do not need huge army, to
salute and flatter some little per-
son selected from the civil ranks to
act as Secretary of War, and permit
his dear friends to rob all the people.
We need a small, highly trained,
fully differed, ambitious American
army, capable, backed by some sys-
TEN of general training of young
men throughout the country, of in
Simultaneous expansion to an army Of
millions if needed.
In time Of peace the army should
be as useful and as earnestly at
work as in time of war. It should
manage and direct great public
works. The army's capacity for
such work was proved in the Pana-
ma canal.
Part of soldiers work in war,
a most important part, is HAN
DLING MACHINERY, driving
trucks, tractors, "tanks," handling
all kinds of machines.
The young men Of the army
should be trained in such work in
peace, and the work should be
profitable to the nation, not merely
costly. Tractors, trucks and "cater-
pillar" hauling machines should be
used by soldiers under the direction
Of officers in road and canal build
ing, in draining and irrigation, in
constructing great dams for i'm
pounding waters that now run to
waste in the ocean.
One hundred and fifty thousand
men in the army Of the United States
would be men enough and to spare.
And not dollar should be spent for
men unnecessarily. Such an army,
with the right kind Of officers and
the right kind of spirit, would be
the nucleus and handspring Of
great national army to be created
instantaneously in time Of need. 1t
could be also the heart of a great
industrial army for useful national
work, capable of absorbing and
using profitably all slack labor in
times OF Unemployment, capable OF
carrying on its enterprises alone
when employment is plentiful.
The twenty-four Republicans that
decided the matter in favor of COM
mon sense and economy are entitled
to public thanks.
zelos back, to help him. The king
seems to have more intelligence than
his Greek subjects, that fastened to
get rid Of the one man they needed.
Venizelos' fate reminds you of
Themistocles, another useful Greek,
about $500 years ago. He won the
battle Of Salamis for the Greeks,
saved them from Xerxes, and for
reward was driven out to find
refuge with the Persians whom he
had defeated. The Greeks, wonder
full and active people, seem to have
The Washington times., 1921-01-18

They put a quart of whiskey
In the cornerstone of a bank
the other day and now they've
got TO put the cornerstone in
the safe. 81 KOLOGY.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
SWEET SIXTEEN.
FOR FEVER BLIsTERs.

"LOLO'S" request for a remedy for
FEVER blisters brings suggestions that
TWO-L1P salve is the best remedy
This prescription is from DOC PAT
LANIGAN, IRENE, and other contribs.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18

Don't go back n the farm
without having the great
seal OF the city engraved on
ysur dome, free OF cost
The Washington times., 1921-01-18

1t may be Cupid who pierces
hearts with arrows, but II
takes pretty girls to draw tho
beaux. +. w. Y.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18

II you get spanked with
the wrong jack, the polite
skullbusters are willing to
exchange them. The SER
vice is wonderful.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
sHH WANTS HIM BACK.

DEAR MISS FAlRFANf
have been going around with boy friend
who Is seventeen years old, and whom 1 like
very much. Since l am not allowed to have
boys call at my house do you think Il proper to
make engagements at girl friends house? I
have met him out a couple OF times, but don't
think II Is very nice to meet boys the streets.
think that he is fond of me because he treats
me with much courtesy. l was out with him
tho other day, and we had a little argument and
I never even said goodnight" to him, but left
him mad, although II was my fault the sargu-
ment begun.
Please tell me how may win him back again,
BOBBBD HAIR.
The next time you sec him, you might tell him
you wrong But don't meet him at your
friends house without your mothers consent.
And certainly do not meet him on the street
Talk the matter over with mother, and II he
Is the right kind OF boy, I'm sure she will not
object to his coming to see you once In while.
You are too young 70 yoapg man steadily.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
THE ~AMERICA- PUZZLE.

From =. +. BIS acknowledged puz-
yIe. America" RUSSELL BBRGIN
found the name eighty-one times, tho
largest number found by any fan.
"BI,ACKBBRRY BLONDE" found
eight Americas and LONG TOM"
sixteen.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
s11EARr. n55EErf{ss11
MULTIPLICATION BY LETTERS.

MULTIPLICATION BY LETTERS.
submit a problem in multiplied
ton in which letters are substituted
for the figures after the multiplica-
ton has been carried through:
SIX
EG T
A X L
T. o l.
kO
OF l. X l.
It is evident that Ell since skoxe
sko. Would any Of your readers
care to try to work out the solution?
T. S. :.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18

In Ireland, when a girl is daring
ly dressed, on the street, a passerby
will hand her a pin, and she knows
that it's q hint to pin the V-shaped
neck Of her dress q little closer.
Seems to me it would take lots OF
pins in Washington.
E. NJ. O'SULLIVAN.
The difference between watch
and q young lady Is that the for
mer makes you remember the
hours and the latter makes you
forget them IRENE
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
HE'S LEAVING HER.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am seventeen and am very fond OF young
man three years my senior He has been COM
ing to see me three nights a week. But. lately,
a great change has come him. He breaks
his engagements with me, and always makes
up some poor excuse. Now. Miss Fairfax. l
would not like to lose his friendship, SO please
advise me what to do? Blue EYES.
Tho young man probably has como TO the
brink of engagement, and he doesn't want
to take the leap. Three nights a week for a
girl OF seventeen to see one young man are too
many. She 10 too young to be thinking about
marriage. The young suddenly awoks, and
you are rubbing your half-opened eyes. Get
them open wide. You should have many boy
and girl friends instead Of Just one boy. Go out
and find them, and have a good time for at
least three years, and many moro As you can
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
DEEP sTUFF "CHICKEN. =

That young woman arrested in
Chicago on suspicion of being an
anarchist said she was born and
reared in Providence. That, OF
course, made her a Rhode Island
Red. JULES BACK
Ummm! We are not the only ones
who wear roll-tops. CONNIE TAIL
MADGE had them on in Dangerous
Business" They weren't supposed
to show either.
SWEET SIXTEEN
The Washington times., 1921-01-18

You can't stagger out Of
the cellar without having
your hair parted with a
bouquet of lead pipe OF get
ting a West Virginia mas
sage with a cobblestonc.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18

Tho man who has a little appetite to spare at
tho end Of a meal will never want for an sr-
petite at the bcginnins OF one.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18

Smoking the lead pipe is
as soothing as ground glass
In consomme. The only
drawback Is that IL leaves
you with a lump on your
head that you have to buy
an extra hat for. 1t increases
your lingual range as you
converse in the language OF
flowers for the next six
months.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18

when We bow our heads too readily before
Misfortune We encourage Misfortune to believe
that We worship her
The Washington times., 1921-01-18

The yeggs are sighting
nobody. They have rough
black jacks for adults, per-
fumed blackjacks for ladies
and children's sized Jacks
for the little darlings.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
] THANK you.
K. G. B.

Like fruits, friendships that ripen only in
sunny hours decay tho soonest.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18

Tho crime torrent Cul-
minated in Philadelphia last
Friday, when two non-resi-
dent members of the Hohen-
zollern dynasty kidnapped a
lion from the Zoo. It's get
ting to be a corrugated
world. The boys would
steal the core out OF a boil.
swipc the hair off the bar
Der shop floor or swindle a
malaria patient out of his
chills.
The Washington times., 1921-01-18
RUBE BAREFACT,s QUERIES.

Q. My young son, tico years old, u
cery coarse and rough. Hoo con cor
rect this'-Ann Y. Us.
A Do not allow him to use Turkish
towels. Massage him daily with emery
paper and he will soon become polished
bedf. can't sleep IN A-Out o. Sorts.
A. Your trouble is pure bunk.
Q. Where do oil the joub<ds oe0S
fromf-PAilip McConN.
A They are raised from larks batz.
and swallows
q. Lost ai0h q pcry charming ~
firfod Nth me In a D,opte sko1o, b0e
did not poy any ottcnttoa TO M
What spovid you hapc onef-Isso yek.
A. The same thing You did-you ly6
fool.
Q. II a clerk sorss 81 b1cks GsA
s~d a butcher seoo~, DAst dSes Q eonss
sywf-Kiu N. Yoss0L
A There arc no grounds - -
argument OHIO.
Tho Rosedale playgruundz, SsvaA.
teenth and Gales streets northeast
has sure got some good guards anA
cop dodgers. DOT.
DUMB-BELDB DHCIIoNARX
BEST FRIEND-Your vtfs's naxf
husband
ETERNAL TRIANGH.n - VIVA
women and song.
FIRST LAW or NATURH-Usse
the other fellow to work, and 20 A.
little as possible yourself.
JOHN BULL--The Sim Feiners say
| the JOHN" IL useless
DUMBELL-Evcrybod elsa
PAUL wH1TK
|
They used to cry "Hock der Kai-
ser!" This stopped when Uncle Sam
made him look like thirty cents.
HARPERS FERRY