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The courier-index., 1921-04-22

try. The South has no one crop or thing that is vital to it's peoples existence or prosperity. We are blessed with God sgiven advantages. We can diversity and grow any crop that may seem to have the advantage in the markets. Cotton is our added blessing that God gave us. That we were led off and abused the gift does not take away the advantage still existing-the ad- vantage of climate, of moisture, fer tile land, no labor trouble and la bor that will grow willingly in any manner and, if necessary, with very little expense for food and clothes. I was born and reared on South ern farm and know all the environ ments with which we are surround ed.
 I can speak with authority and say that no depression can last m the South longer than it takes to grow a crop. Our land has never brought it's value but will show you some stunts when we establish the proper and just relation between the land and the labor that tills it. Don't be depressed about your debts on land. Just change your agreement with you tenant.
The courier-index., 1921-04-22
CIRCUIT COURT
 SESSION CLOSED
NINE NEGROES GIVEN PENI- TENTIARY sEETENcEs-WO- MAN IS APPOINTED AS MEM BIER OF JURY COsImiss ION.

The spring term of the Lee cir cult court came to a close iuesday and as result of the grin ing of the mills of justice nine men will become wards of the state peni- tentiary for periods ranging from one to twenty-one years.
 Rural. Haley, sixteen year old white boy from Rondo, was sen- tenced to the state reform schooi for one year. He was charged with having broken into 8 store a5 Ron- do! :,
 The penitentiary sentences are alt on negroes.
 Henry Stanley was given one year or each of two counts charging false pretense.
 Viii Black received year for grand larceny.
 Will Nelson, two cases of grand larceny, one year each.
 Sam Dunlap and Joe Putnam, three years each for highway rob- bery.
 Otto Foller one year for selling liquor.
 gurrell Cheatham, charged with first degree murder for the killing of another negro named Lewis Smith. near Council, was coGyicted of second degree murder ard given five years.
 Henry Jones who shot and killed a negro woman named Bertha Cole- mar in ]. B. Hoods store at koko- mo, several months ago, was indict- ed for first degree murder. The jury convicted him of second degree murder and gave him twenty-one years in the penitentiary.
 J. E. Adams was sent up for one year on an indictment charging false pretense.
 For the first time in the history of Lee county woman was ap- pointed as one of the jury com nissfoners to select the Croa1 and petit jurors for the next term of court, this recognition coming to Mrs. H. NJ. Jackson. The other commissioners were W. P. Harris and Morris Lesser.
 Under recently enacted statute, sponsored by Representative Dod- dridge McCulloch of this county, it is not compulsory for women in Arkansas to serve as jurors. If a woman is selected as a juror 1t IS discretionary with her as to wheth- CT or not she sit as 8 juror or "juress."
The courier-index., 1921-04-22
NORE FUNDS FDR THE POSTOFFICE
.ToP CARAWAY AND CON- cREssMAN DRIVER TRYING FOB LARGER APPROPRIATION FOR BUILDING HERE.

q q Norrent, who recently re-
 as mayor of Mariana, and gI gIfeN Jackson of the Courier-Index, ta,e L,, been corresponding with Sen neor na, Caraway with reference to the Ionosed a.o, new postoffice building pi0pwS pwsrianna. The appropriation in .ar fhe building was made about ior io vasrs ago and bids were. called s"o s"r lset summer, but on account of lva lv bioh cost of materials and labor .nr n+ractors could not bring theIr S;ds low enough to come within the I limits of the appropriation. It ~ :n nointed out that building mater io,g is cost much less now than they did I wear ago and the prohabili- .;os e,u sre the structure can be erect aJ M for the amount available.
 recent letter received by MT. Normpnt from Senator Caraway says: tr.
 srce to the postoffice building at Mariana, permit me to say that [ have had this matter up with Con- nressman Driver and both of US are going to try to get the appro- nr;ation increased so that it will peet r the increased cost of building. You know we missed the building before because the bids were above Inc authorization. I hope we can do something with it now. I fear, however, that action will have to Lo +aLan through the House on ac- count of a rule"
The courier-index., 1921-04-22
Inspectors Praise
 Wdrianna Company

Little Rock. April t9.-According to reports of inspectors filed yes terday Company L, Fifth Infantry, A. N. G., at Mariauna, inspected by Major Charles B. Moore, U. s. A., for the United States, and Captain Edward Woodford, Jr., state staff, for the state on April IA, is one of the largest and best organizations yet accepted for the new guard.
 Three officers and 90 enlisted men were on the rolls of the com pany for initial muster, ana enough additional applications for enlist ment have been received for the organization Of headquarters company for the battalion which Major Elgan C. Robertson, Fifth Infantry of Marianra, will com mand.
 Officers of the new company are I: Capt. William E. McClintock, bank CT: First Lieut.. Theodore F. Clay we'll, circuit clerk and recorder of Lee county, and Second Lieut.. Oliv- CT ". Coppedge. cotton man. Mai or Robertson, who is cashier of the Lee County National Bank, took an active part in recruiting, as did Capt. Enoch D. Wall, Medical Corps, of Marianna.
 The state inspectors report in- dicates that the business men and other leading citizens of Marianna are enthusiastic in their support of the organization. Chas. Mckee, prominent banker, in expressing his hearty approval of the organization stated that with it's potential strength it would prove one of the greatest stabilizers for the city that it had ever had.
The courier-index., 1921-04-22
Miss Mildred Horne
 Tuberculosis Victim

Miss Mildred Horne, aged IS years, daughter of MT. and Mrs. J. A. Horne, died at the family home on North Cedar street last Saturday 1lorning after an illness of thirty uay With tuberculosis. Her con uillon was alarming from the be- slhnmg of her illness and her break Iowh was so serious that she could not % ue taken to the sanitorium in Boone snle' During the week preceding ner m death members of the family gave up hope for her recovery ana ana resigned themselves to the in- Tsitaole. Miss Horne was born in L LaIagould and came to Marianna aoout rn Tour years ago with her pa- n.s' o;i, She was one of the brightest sn's s. m Marlanna and was star t;S s;vuueht Tn the public schools, dis o"ngulshing herself by the excellent eaeues she made. Funeral services oser ost her remains were held Sunday na.erhoon by Rev. w. c. House, pastor of the Methodist church. The ScslVe Set pail bearers were six boy ISenoolmates, and the honorary pail SeSrers were girl schoolmates. Many tS tSsautiIui floral offerings attested '"e aitection of friends.
The courier-index., 1921-04-22
ReUiUal Services At
 Methodist Church

A most interesting series of re- vival services is being held at the Methodist church by Rev. w. C.. House. the pastor, assisted by Rev. Ed G. Phillips, noted singer and choir director. In addition to the splendid pastoral work Mr' house ls doing, he is proving himself to pc an evangelist of great power, Large congregations have been attending the services and much interest IS being manifested. One of the pleas ing features of the meeting IS the excellent singing by two cholrs ana the solo work of MT. Phillips. Serv- ices are held each morning at ten o'clock and in the evening at 1:4o. There will be no morning serVices on Saturday.
The courier-index., 1921-04-22
KIRBY TRYING FOR JOB
May Land on Tariff Commission in Washington-Has Good
 Backing.

Little Rock, April 19.-A letter was received from Senator Kirby, who is still at Washington, today stating that he did not know when he would return to Little Rock. In fact his future was somewhat un- settled. The senator is endeavoring to secure a federal position and has strong backing for the tariff com mission and it is said he has spen- did prospects of being appointed as one of the Democratic members of the commission. He had intended to return to Little Rock to practice law after he had been succeeded in the Senate by Senator T. H. Car away.
The courier-index., 1921-04-22
Tares Delinquent
 After May First

Tax Collector Galloway calls at tention to the fact that taxes be- come delinquent after May and he urges all property owners to come to his office at once and make settlement of their taxes for the year 1920. The lands on which tax es have not been paid by May 1, will be placed on the delinquent list and advertised for sale. Taxes on personal property also become de- iinouent after May i. Merchants and planters whose custom 1t IS to bring in lists of customers and share croppers for whom taxes are pald are requested to make out thelr lists at once.
The courier-index., 1921-04-22
Moro Boy Winner
 In TUO-MiLe Race

Fayetteville, April 19.-Robert Paisley, of Moro, won first place in the two-mile run in the third an nual inter-class track and field meet at the University of Arkansas this week. He defeated Lawrence Hillhouse of Newport, and Ardis Smith of Little Rock.
The courier-index., 1921-04-22

for fetty soon now the proper place W a Democratic office-holder at M'ashlngton will be the National
 -"seurn.-Arkansas Gazette.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02
A Pneumatic Water System

H. p. w., Pa, writes, 81 am deep
ly interested in the pneumatic wat
er system discussed in The Stock
man of Novmber 81, 1920. would
like to install fresh water system
on my farm. I have a four-horse-
power gas engine. an air tank nine
feet long by three feet in diameter,
sufficient pipe for air and water
lines and I want to pump enough
water for 25 head of stock per day.
The well is located 100 yards from
my barn. There is rise of 80 feet
from the top Of the well to my barn
and the we'll itself is 80 feet deep,
making total rise of go feet"
The four-hours-power engine is a
little large for this Job. However.
a line shaft might be installed and
the engine could be made to do
other jobs aside from COMPRISING
the air in the tank. The necessary
equipment other than that which Is
would be an air COM
presser and pneumatic pump. The
pump goes in the we'll
under the water. Attached to this
pump is pipe line running from
the air tank to the pump and an
other pipe running from the pump
to carry water to the various build
ngs and watering places.
There is a rise OF so feet. Each
pound of pressure in the air tank
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02
Floors Affect the Egg Yield

When we built our first poultry
house, we made the mistake of put
ting the board floors too near the
ground. Even in dry time a
great deal of moisture would gather
on the boards. Even the side walls
would ne damp a good deal of the
time. When the weather was damp
the litter on the floor would get
wringing wet in few days. If the
mercury went down very low in
winter, frost would cover the win
dows so thick you could not see
through.
And as long as we used that
house with the floors so near to the
earth, our hens did not do well.
They had colds a good share of the
time. Usually some one or more of
them would be coughing or sneezing
in cold weather. The egg flow was
never very satisfactory. Only when
we built n new house and laid down
a good dry cement floor did we re-
cover from this mistake of the low
floor. l believe dampness and mois-
ture in the henhouse will do that
every time. You can scarcely change
the litter on the floor often enough
to do away with the evil of damp
ness. We all know that when a
damp house gets really cold, and it
is bound to do so in winter, it is
the worst place possible for hens.
We feel chilled through ourselves
when we go into such a house on
cold morning.
The fact is, the hen is very sensi-
tive to chill and dampness. Some
are. more so than others, of course,
but l believe every kind of a hen
that know anything about will do
better if the house is made dry and
comfortable, as well as clean. 1t
may be that by the use of a stove
or some kind of heating apparatus
we might drive out the dampness.
never tried that, but it is better to
spend the time in the first place to
make the house right in respect to
distance from the earth. The mis-
take never should be made of Sc
Letting a low place on which to
build the henhouse. 1t can scarcely
ever be made free from the fault of
dampness.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02
FARM EXTRACTS
INFORMATION FROM RDiENT STATION AGRICUL-
PAPERS THE COUNTY AGENTS OFFICE

buttermaker, saying: when shall
I receive my pay?" for verify I say
unto you, he knoweth not nor
careth a little bit.
X. Thou shalt say unto another,
10, behold, have not these milk
handlers a soft snap? They receive
much pay and work not very hard
at an" Verify | say unto you this
is whopper. They rise early and
toll much, and peradventure the
board of directors refuseth to buy
another separator; they will be
obliged to toll Sunday morning
when other people are tanning
themselves within the gates of the
synagogue.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02
Attention, Bee Keepers

Owing TO the unfavorable season
of 1920 it is probable that there are
many colonies of bees in Ohio and
adjoinin counties that are short of
winter stores, and unless such are
fed enough to carry them through
to fruit bloom, many will die from
starvation. 1t will pay to examine
all colonies that the owner has rea-
son to doubt, and feed where need
ed
A hard candy can be made by dis
solving granulated sugar in hot
water and cooking until a drop of
1t falling from the spoon into a cup
of cold water will harden until it
is brittle. Then take it off the fire
and stir while cooking, but before
it hardens too much pour into
dishes that have been creased with
butter to keep from sticking to the
plates. If properly made the can
dy will be white like marble and
nearly as hard. Candy made this
way is all right for winter feeding.
Do not think that the bees can not
eat it because of it's hardness, for
they do not bite it off, they such it.
Where a candy thermometer is used
in making it should be cooked to
about 2G0 degrees, and never above
275. If the sugar is scorched it
will not harden and is not safe for
winter feeding when the bees are
confined to the hive for several
weeks. The bees can use scorched
candy if the weather permits fire.
quent flights.
Break the candy into large pieces
and put one piece in each hive on
top OF the frames over the cluster
of bees. Examine frequently to see
II the bees have eaten the candy. AS
long as there is candy over the
cluster they will not starve.
When the weather is warm
enough they should be fed a thin
syrup made of granulated sugar and
water.
(Signed) HUGH L. LYNN.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02

will raise the water about 2.3 feet
high. In other words, 80 pounds of
pressure in the air tank would be
sufficient to raise the water out of
the well and up to the barn floor.
Probably 40 or As lbs. of pressure
would be necessary in order to de-
liver the water at a rapid rate to
the watering places. The air pres
sure water system has several ad-
vantages. One is that fresh water
directly from the we'll is delivered
when a spigot is opened and the
water which lies in the pipe has
run out. Another advantage is due
to the fact that the engine or motor
and the air compressor may all be
located in the basement or in some
other convenient place. Ill this way
the whole thing may be under con-
troll without one exposing himself
to severe weather. Another advan-
tage is that no water is stored to
become stale or contain rust from
pipe and tank. Several sources of
water may be had with one outfit;
If spring, well and a cistern are
all located on the one farm, the one
outfit can pump water from all
these sources by installing a pneu-
matte pump in each source and in
stalling the necessary air pipe and
water pipe. The laundry can be
done with the soft water from the
cistern and the spring and the we'll
used for drinking purposes and the
watering of stock.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02
The Compost Pile

Thousands of dollars worth of
plant foods and that even more
necessary soil improver, organic
matter, are burned up every year
in leaves, corn stalks, weeds and
garden refuse which might be saved
to the advantage of every gardener
through the use of compost heap
or pit.
All that is necessary is a convent
eat place more or less screened
from public view where these waste
materials may be piled as they ac-
emulate, mixed with an occasional
layer of soil and left to decay. When
they have partially decayed shovel
the material over once or twice. 1t
will be found to be an excellent
fertilizer.
Perhaps a word of caution should
be added against the use of cabbage
stumps, tomato plants, etc., which
may contain disease germs which
may live over in the compost heap,
though fairly liberal use OF lime
will probably kill them. At any
rate the compost should not be used
until two years old to guard against
the spreading of weeds. Most weed
seeds will be killed in two years,
especially if the pile is shoveled ov-
er occasionally. Dampen occasional
ly if necessary to promote decay.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02

bran. I would rather buy him q
scale than venture a guess. The
COW weighs $50 pounds. How he
could weigh the COW and not the
feed again puzzles me. imagine
he wants me to guess and then he
would test my guessing. An $50
pound COW when in big flow of milk
will consume S5 pounds of dry mat
ter If it comes in variety. But
again she might not consume rs
pounds when not working. A pair
of spring scales can be had for a
dollar and assure S. r. they are
much more accurate than my guess
ing.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02
"This Arctic Breed"

l keep pure-bred Barred Rocks.
My henhouse is very warmly con-
structed and has the upper half of
the door open all the time, day and
night. keep the building slightly
crowded with hens. The scratching
places and nests are separate from
the roosting room. The tempera-
ture is frequently 40 degrees below
zero. I have used this henhouse
six years and have had no trouble
with freezing. My hens are strictly
open-range birds. They spend the
day in the nearby grain fields
around the straw stacks or open
sheds.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02
Fusariuill

Through the development of di-
sease resisting strains of cabbage,
the disease known as cabbage yell
lows or fusarium has been controll-
led on the Washington county
(Ohio) truck experiment farm. One
grower in the Marietta district has
estimated his loss at $4,000 from
this disease. The loss on the ex-
pertinent truck farm, however, has
not exceeded more than 200 plants.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02
ISOLATE BURIAL PLOT
At MOUNT VERNON, PLAN

Nazareth, Pa, Feb.--The Wash
iug,on family wants the family bur
iai plot in Mount Vernon closed to
the public, according to George
Steptoe Washington, who spoke be-
fore the Colonial Association of
Nazareth Hall, school here. Mr..
W'ashington's parents were descend
ed form two brothers of the first
president.
Recalling that the family burial
plot was not included in the sale of
Mount Vernon to the association
which now owns it, Mr.. Washington
said:
The family reserves the right to
close off this spot at any time. The
association and the public have no
rights on this half acre
Dealing with the Washington in
the world war, Mr.. Washington said
that many of the young men had
enlisted in the army as privates
"One of my cousins" he said,
has nine sons, and all enlisted in
the late war Two went to Russia
and four to France and italy.
There are few Washingtons in
public life. | suppose they feel that
the example set is too great to live
up to. There is one who is an adj
miral. Going back to George Wash
ington, did you ever stop to think
what was the greatest act of his
life? | believe the accepted thought
of his family is that his Greatest
act was to refuse to be made king
of these United States.
He was fond of the ladies and
had several very desperate love at
fairs. He was a hard fighter, a
hard worker, hard lover, and like
most of the Washingtons, was fond
of his family and devoted to his
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02
To Reduce Shrinkage

Unless care is used hogs will lose
considerable weight while travelling.
When shipping in car-lots it has
been found advantageous to let
hogs from different farms run to-
gether in an open lot for a while
first, long enough to get used to
each other, says the Berkshire AS
ISOLATION. otherwise the price of 100
pound hogs on the hoof equaled
the price of from IL to Is bushels
Of corn. This has made it more
profitable to feed corn than to sell
it. Whether this condition will
continue is the question now con-
fronting the swine growers. A re-
view of the last IL years shows that
relatively high hog prices have
usually followed a heavy crop of
corn, as was the case this year, and
that later prices tended to come
back towards normal price of ten
bushels of corn equaling that of
100 pounds live hog. through an in
crease in the price of corn. accord
ing to the Bureau of Markets. We
do not know whether this will oc-
curr In 1921 in view of the fact
that our hog supply is not excessive
and that cattle and sheepmen are
going light on meat production this
year because of losses in 1920.
1t must be remembered that the
price of corn is only one of a num-
Der of causes which may disturb the
balance between the price OF hogs
and that of corn. Supplies Of pork,
domestic and export demand, fnan-
cial and industrial condition OF the
country have their effects. The ac-
diagram, male from
records of the Bureau of Markets,
IS self-explanatory.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02
Christian County Has New Beef As.
ISOLATION

Lexington, Ky.-Christian county
beef cattle breeders have organized
themselves into the Pennyroyal
Beef Cattle Breeders Association
for the purpose of cooperating for
the general improvement of the in
dustry and to perfect a selling ag-
ency to dispose of surplus breeding
stock, according to an announce
ment which has been made by
County Agent Leland Bunch. Of
ficers of the new association are j.
j. Robertson, president; F. E.
White, vice-president, Roy Wallace
treasurer, and Leland Bunch secre-
tary.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-02
ARMY RECRUITING
OFFICE ORDERED CLOSED

Greensboro, KY, Feb, 23.-Or-
ders were received Tuesday at the
local army recruiting Office to pack
up all equipment and ship it to Lou
isville where it will be stored. The
Office in the Odd Fellows building
is to be vacated by Feb. 2S. it has
been closed for the reception of re-
cruits for about ten days.
No word has yet been received
by the local army recruiting per-
sonel as to future location. Travel
ing orders are expected by the end
of the month, however. The local
men will probably be given their
choice of posts and assignments.