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Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08
BOARD
AT J0NESBOR0
FINISHES WORK
Announces Faculty for En-
suing Year-Fay S. Ran
kin Gets Position as
Superintendent.

Jonesboro, Ark, Sept. 1.-THE
Jonesboro Tribune of Wednesday
says that the Jonesboro school board
met Tuesday night to round out
the preparation for the school year
which begins next Monday. Septem-
Der the eleventh.
After transacting certain routine
business it proceeded to the election
of teachers for the remaining places
in the system.
Following are the teachers who
will be assigned their several places
Saturday of this week: f. S. Rankin,
principal of the high school, Miss
Jennie Redman, principal West
school, Miss Annie Camp, principal
East school; Miss Mabel Worrall,
principal North school; Miss Jeanie
Johnston, d. Fl. Hughes, principals
Cherry Avenue school (colored).,
Miss Cora Duke, Miss Bess Johnson,
Miss Ethelee Scott, Miss Mary Up
ham, Miss Corinne stephens, Miss
Belle Rankin, Miss Katherine Parish,
Miss Edna Black, Miss Elizabeth
Barton, Miss Sibyl Ware, Miss Fran
ces Davis. Miss Lissie Richards, Miss
Pauline Scott. Miss Norma Lang
ford, Miss Evalyn Luther, Miss Myr-
tie Lindley, Mrs. Myrtle Adams, Miss
Blanche Mays, Miss Stella Mae Mat
I, l. n1 Cn1Iior
Mary Louise Gregson. Miss Ruth
Mari, Miss Alta Scott. Miss Grace
Matthews, Mrs. w. c. Tuggle, Miss
Ruth Gibson, Miss Louise Johnson,
Miss Tannie Wilson, Miss Mary
Martin, Miss Julia M Meen, Mr.. w.
P. Tuggle, Mr.. Howard Elder and Mr..
w. e. Harrison.
In the election of Mr.. Fay Rankin,
the superintendent and board feel
that they have found a worthy sue
cessor of Mr.. r. H. Moore who for
six years has stood at the helm of
our high school. Mr.. Rankin is not
only a man of the finest qualities,
he is scholar and teacher as we'll.
He is a graduate of the University of
Arkansas, and an advanced grad
uate student of Peabody College, the
greatest teachertraining school of
the South. He was a rural school
teacher in Craighead county for
some years while working his way
through the university, then for two
years he was principal of a ten
teacher school in Stigler, Oklahoma.
Mr.. A. Fl. Abott, his superintendent,
close personal friend of Superin-
tendent Womack, speaks in the high
est terms of his work there Last
year he was principal of a high
school at Kinta, Oklahoma. A per-
sonal letter from the secretary of
the school board there endorses
him in highest terms. The leading
professors of the U. of A. and of
Peabody are unanimous in their en-
dorsement of him, declaring that he
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Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08

(By international! News service)
Denver, September IA queer
contrivance, declared by police to
be an carson machine" discov-
cred in a downtown Denver cloth
ing store resulted in the deten-
ton for investigation here of j.
Peterman, proprietor of the store.
While walking his beat early in
the morning Patrolman Ryan
noticed tiny blaze in Peterman s
clothing store He Immediately
turned in an alarm and firemen
discovered the carson machine"
upon their entrance into the store.
The intricate apparatus consists
of an alarm clock, dipper, a sui
phur torch and an open bucket of
gasoline.
The sulphur torch was lighted
and had been placed in the dip
per. Above the torch was strip
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08
MRS. BYERS GETS
SETTLEMENT IN
DAMAGE CAUSE
Gainesville Woman Re-
ceives Check for 81, ESQ
From Railway for
Death Of Husband.

Jonesboro, Ark, Sept. THE
Jonesboro Tribune says that A. c.
Broadway, claim agent for the Mis-
souri, Pacific, was here yesterday at
tending the civil division of the
circuit court, and settled case for
the railroad company, in which he
confessed judgment in the sum of
$1,250.00 in favor of Mrs. E. b.
Byers. The husband of this plain
tiff was a switchman at Paragould
and was killed on the 18th day of
April 1921, and as settlement
in full he gave the widow the above
sum and paid her the check yester-
day morning. Mike Huddleston rep
resented the plaintiff in the case.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08
Indications Point to Agreement Reached Between om and Fifty Raways
RESCUE PARTY YET DIGGING TO
FREE THE UNFORTUNATE Miners
FROM TOMB IN ARCONAUT SHAFT

enth day of imprisonment of
the unfortunate fellows, hopes
for their lives almost faded to-
day.
With their hearts depressed
for the safety of their friends,
the rescue men this afternoon
arc working grimly till a depth
of two hundred and seventy,
seven feet of earth and rock is
dug through. Just how long
it will require the toilers to
penetrate that remaining dis
tance is conjectural. Every
thing continues in readiness to
care for the victims just as
soon as they are reached, if
they are found alive.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08
MOST TERRIFIC HEAT WAVE OF /
THE YEAR IS EXTENDING WEST !,
TOROCKIES; MUCH SUFFERING

cooler weather may be looked
fer late Friday or Saturday
morning, but no indications are
pointing to a relief before then.
Scores of prostrations and at
least six deaths are the total Of
the heats attack in Chicago
since yesterday.
Schools are being closed at
the noon hour in many cities
during the progress of the wave.
Crops, especially corn, are re-
ported burning up in Kansas,
Nebraska, Oklahoma, Ohio, In
diana and Michigan.
AT the Indiana state fair
yesterday there were many
prostrations from the terrific
heat. Aa,Hl
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08
ARK. COTTON
FIGURES ARE
MADE PUBLIC
Receipts, Shipments and
Stock Show a Decrease
as Compared With
Previous Periods.

Little Rock, Sept. Cotton sam
pies continued to increase here
abouts, according to the weekly re-
port of the Arkansas Cotton Trade
Association. Receipts last week
were 1,935, as compared with 1886
7,753 the corresponding week of
last season. Shipments last week
were 4,121 bales. as against 5,173
the preceding week and against / 81
420 bales the corresponding week
of last season.
The stock on and is only IA, 125
bales, against total at this time
last season of 1859 bales.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08
two Are GIVEN
JAIL SENTENCES:
TRANSPORTING
Each of Two Jonesboro Men
Draw $4,000 Fine and
Sent to Hoose-Gow
Thirty Days.

JonesbOro, Ark. Sept. 7.--The
Jonesboro Tribune says that Clar-
ence Browning. charged with trans
porting whiskey, entered a plea of
guilty in the police court yesterday
morning and fine of $4,000 and
thirty days in the county Jail was
assessed by Judge Wilson. Homer
Shores, charged with the same Of
fense, entered plea of guilty and
drew the same punishment.
Otho Compbell and Clarence
Holmes, charged with speeding, were
fined in the sum of ten dollars each.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08
No Relief is in Sight Before
Late Friday or Saturday
Morning, Says the
Weather Man.
(By The United Press)

Chicago, September THE
scorching heat wave continued
to hold the country within its
grip as far west as the Rocky
mountains up till this morning.
The years heat records were
broken in practically every state
of the Middle West Yesterday
and threatened new records to-
day, according to late forecasts.
Weather men of the govern
ment service announce that
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08
BANKERMORCAN
CASE over TO
ANOTHER TERM
Alleged Violator of State
Banking Laws Will Be
Given Trial at Next
Term of Court.

Powhatan, Ark, Sept. THE
trial of S. R. Morgan, banker, on
court on charges of violation of
the state banking laws in connec-
ton with the failure of the bank
of Black Rock, was continued until
the next term of the Lawrence
County court by Judge Coleman.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08
MORE VICTIMS
POISON BOOZE
AT BROOKLYN
Total of Ten Die Since La.
Dor Day From Drinking
Brew-Three Are
Under Arrest.
(By the T;nIteu Tressp

New York, Sept. Poison
booze has claimed two more
lives in Brooklyn, they dying
this morning. These deaths
make a total of ten persons who
have died in Brooklyn from
drinking poison liquor since
Labor Day.
Three persons, two of them
women, have been arrested and
are being held without bail,
charged with the poisoning.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08
-FOUR MEN Being Held LITTLE
ROCK AS SUSPECTED FUCITIVES
FROM HERRIN, ILLINOIS, RIOTS

tity Of each of the nineteen nom
union miners killed.
Advices reaching here declare
that four men being held in
Little Rock Jail are said to
have fled from the scene of the
massacre, though no evidence
has thus far been introduced
to implicate them, who are said
TO be coal miners, The men in
the Arkansas Jail gave Carter
vile, Illinois, as their homes.
Csrterville is situated near Les
ter mine, scene Of the riot and
massacre.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08
KANSAS CITY IS
HARD HIT FROM
COAL WALK K-0UI
Public Utilities, it is An
nounced, Suffer a Loss
of Not Less Than
Half Million.
NV The Unlicd PreSS.)

Kansas City, Sept. Public
utilities companies have suffered
losses of more than half mil
lion dollars from the coal strike,
it was estimated at a meeting
of the Middle-west division of
the National electric light as
sociation. E. G. Bell of the
Illinois traction company said
the coal and rail strikes COM
bined have cost Missouri, Kan
sas, Iowa and Nebraska two and
quarter million dollars since
the first of September alone.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08

of gasoline soaked newspaper, lead
ing to the bucket of gasoline under
the dipper, and SO placed that it
would cause the newspaper fuse to
become lighted, was quantity of
charcoal that had been soaked in
oil. The handle of the dipper was
attached to the key of the alarm
clock. When the alarm went off,
the key would be released, thus
overturning the dipper and the
lighted sulphur torch, the latter
setting fire to the newspaper fuse
which led to the bucket of gaso-
line.
Patrolman Ryan discovered the
tiny blaze at 3:15 o'clock in the
morning, and the alarm clock had
been set for $40
Peterman was arrested a few
minutes later as he was walking
past the store. He denies all know
ledge of the carson machine"
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08
NEWTON TEXAS
is SCENE OF
.LYNCHINC bee
o. J. johnson, a Negro I'm
der Sentence of Death,
Hanged-Body Rid
died With Bullets.
(By Tho United Press1

Orange, Texas, Sept. 20. ].
Johnson, a negro under sentence
of death, was taken from the
county Jail at Newton, near
here, early this morning and
hanged. His body was riddled
with bullets. The mob was
composed of approximately one
hundred citizens.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08
Efforts Being Made BY Spe-
cial Grand Jury to De-
tcrmine Identity of
Those Massacred.
(8y The United PressI

Marion, ILL.,, Sept, Further
indictment of the Herrin, H.
linois, massacre participants to-
dav believe to be awaiting the
work of the indictment writer
of the special grand Jury.
A special effort is being made
to determine definitely the iden-
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08
Hopes for Saving the Men
Almost Faded Again
When Found That 277
Feet Yet to Penetrate.

Jackson, Cal, Sept. with
millions of sympathizing people
throughout the world awaiting
the flash of the news that the
Argonaut mine has been entered,
rescuers are toiling with all
their energies this afternoon,
digging to the depth where the
forty-seven miners are entombed.
With the dawning of the elev-
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08

Possibilities are the raw materials
out of which all great things are
made.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08

Real wisdom begins when you
learn to distinguish between flattery
and commendation.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08

The most needed spare part to
carry on a bad road is a good tenn
per.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08

Any fool can start a paper but
it takes brains to make paper
pay.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08
FARMER SHOOTS
WRONG N AN AT
POPLAR BLUFF
George Hardin Empties Con-
tents of a Shotgun as Mr..
Eldridgc Attempts
to Approach.

Poplar Bluff, Sept. IA Mr.. Ell
bridge, 35, was seriously wounded by
a shotgun fired by George Hardin,
a farmer, living seven miles south
of Poplar Bluff on Black river. Har-
din shot Eldridge, believing him to
be Charles Vaughn, with whom he
had had trouble few hours before
and who had threatened his life on
sight.
Eldridge and two others were re-
turning to Poplar Bluff in motor
boat. When passing Hardin's place
on the river bank Hardin sprang
out and fired at the unsuspecting
Eldridge. sitting in the rear Of the
boat. He was badly wounded about
the face, hands and arms. Eldridge
lives in Truman Ark. Hardin came
in and gave himself up to officers.
In a statement he said that
Vaughn with whom he had quar-
relied 10 days ago, slipped up on
him with cooked shotgun, leveled
1T at him, declaring he was going to
kill him. While arguing with him
Hardin wrested the gun from him
and broke it over fence. Vaughn
left, declaring he would kill him on
Sight. When Hardin saw the boat
approaching with Eldridge In the
stern with shotgun lying beside
him, he thought it Vaughn, who
was coming to make good his threat.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08

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Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08
Price 81 a Year

IN GREENE COUNTY
The subscription price IL
pay25ic In advance. The
price is $500 per year In
advance IL sent outside
of Greene County.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08

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Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08
The Soliphone

OF facttOnal "EanEs" and
sO-cnIlcd political 'Iead-
ers." It's n newspaper.
standlng for the best In
terests Of the community.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-05-24
POPPY WEEK
This is the Week to Buy Them and
Assist the War Veterans.

Poppies are to be sold in each state
during the week May 22-27, to as
sist the war veterans TO develop the
service bureaus, which help former
soldiers in filing their claims for
compensation, insurance, and voca-
:ional training. These little flowers
will be pretty souvenirs Of interest
in the soldiers, as they are made
from silk by the skillful hands Of
French women and girls.
The tendency is strong to forget
the needs and difficulties of the
veterans. When they departed, they
eft amid scenes of the widest en-
thusiasm. They were great heroes
then, and the townspeople quit their
ordinary tasks to assemble at the
railroad stations and give the de-
Decorah public opinion., 1922-05-24
ST. OLAF CHOIR
HAS GREATLEADER
F. Melius Christensen, Remarkable
Leader of the st. Olaf Lutheran
Choir Coming to Decorah.
TWO CONCERTS HERE
SUNDAY MAY %
Tickets Are on Sale at Parmans 5
Drug Store. Choir Under Aus
pices Commercial Club.

Professor F. Melius Christensen,
director of the ST. Olaf Choir, whose
s.range skill in developing and as
sembling unframed voices has wen
him an international reputation, and
has put Mortified, Minnesota, de-
finitely on the music map. He VIII
direct the choir in is concert here.
After all, the st. Olaf Choir ls
Christensen. Who is this quiet,
modest, unassuming, gifted genius
A book by Eugene Simpson, for
many years an intimate friend Oh
the st. Olaf leader, tells the whole
story. The book is entitled "The
history of the st. Olaf Choir" but
il dips into the college history, takes
up biographies, and among the lat
ter is one that tells of Mr.. Christian
sens birth in Smedhaugen, Norway;
thai his father was a mechanic
It tells of his early studies in LarvlK
and other places, of his coming 10
America when he was II years old;
first to California, then to WASH
burn, Wisconsin, and of his constant
interest in all things musical.
I. He finally reached the center OF the
muscial northwest, Minneapolis, ano
here he studied and taught at the
Augsburg seminary and the North
: western Conservatory of Music, play
ing church organs, conducting chor
uses and composing before going t
Leipzig, where he spent several year
studying, principally with Gusta
Schreck.
The temptation to linger with thi
old Thomas church cantor wa
!. great, for he filled the place that tn
great Bach has occupied for man
? years. Once each week his famou
; lThomaner choir attracted thousand
a to hear some Of the great old chol
ales. 1t was doubtless here tina
Christensen received his first IL
lspiraticn to go and do likewise, OF
Decorah public opinion., 1922-05-24

parting fellows a roaring send OIL.
The bands were playing then, many
tears were falling, and we all vowed
that these boys would never be for
gotten.
They came back one by one, many
crippled for life, others with physi-
cal defects that will always be a
handicap. But the enthusiasm was
gone. The anxieties of that time had
disappeared, people had become IN
terested in other things. There were
friendly handshakes for the soldiers
but there was a tendency to hand
out a few kind words and then turn
them over to the government ano
forget about them. 1t CANT be won
dered that many of them have turned
bitter, and feel that the American
people have shown yellow streak
When they make an appeal lik
this for the Poppy Week, every on
should take hold and help. The,
Decorah public opinion., 1922-05-24

ssaa.4L~ a srv-- -. -sse>--s. .., p uA.N
things equally wei.
Schreck had this advantage, his
singers were supported by the state
at state school, were all given the
most thorough musical training and
were under the most rigid discipline.
Music was their tnsiness. In spite
of this, there are musicians and
critics who have heard both choirs
and who have marvelIed at the per-
fection and beauty of the one as well
as the other, who believe that Chris
tiansen's st. Olaf Choir stands equal
ly high with the older choir in Leip-
sig-
Mortified Made Famous
Without the traditions of hundreds
of years as a background, in a little
city of Minnesota, state not much
more than half a century old, this
miracle has been wrought with the
unframed sons and daughters of
farmers and merchants. The Choir
has made the city of Mortified
known from ,coast 10 coast. It's
fame has spread across seas, and the
glowing tributes that were paid these
singers and leader when they visited
Scandinavia are among the most
eloquent they have ever received.
Christianson is worth knowing. He
is deeply religious, without cant or
rant of any kind. Offers for his
services in more pretentioUs institu-
tions have me. with little considera-
tion. In his home town he is honor
ed as a man Of kindly nature, not
given to display, with a saving fund
of humor that is reserved for his
circle Of friends.
Every year he undertakes the
process of selection for his choir.
What principle he adopts nobody
knows. The quality of voices in the
choir are rarely better than medi-
core; but they fit together into that
magnificent whole that has become
the wonder of a continent.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-05-24
ment to make up for their sacrifices.

ment to make up for their sacrifices.
SO let every one buy poppies. They
are forever associated with the grand
record of sacrifice and achievements
that the soldiers made in France.
Their deep red hue reminds one OF
the gladness with which many thou-
sands of our dear boys shed their
blood in defence of their country's
honor.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-05-24

Miss Mary Rubie left for Mon
ona Monday to visi: her sister Miss
Anna Rubie.
Mrs, F. Freebury of Nashua,
Iowa, is spending few days visit
ing with Mrs. elise.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Thompson
went to Mason City Friday morning
on business.
Mrs. Joe Harmon left for Cres-
co Friday to visit her mother Mrs.
j. Carolan at the hospital there. She
-Poppies will be on sale in De-
corah for Memorial day. Don't fail
to buy one.
MIR. Herbert Wangsness returned
from Goodell, Iowa, Saturday after
| spending couple of weeks with her
sister, Mrs. Ole Nelson
| Miss Synneva Kolaas and neice
, Miss Margarite Kolaas of Adam
Minn., and spen, Saturday here do
ing some shopping.
| Mrs. F. P. Adams arrived heans
Monday morning from visit in
Minneapolis accompanied by hen
i husband who had been on a business
trip through the west
| Paul Slack came up from Wa
, terloo Saturday and expects 70 re
main here for some time, doing SONS
fspnr--wurx. sss s1scK paving
here.
Mrs. Archie Moore, daughter
Miss Margaret and SON Amos Moore
and wife, spent Sunday here with
the formers son, County Clerk S. ].
Moore and wife.
Mrs. d. S. Benjamin, Of
Springfield, H., and Mrs. S. J. Hell
Ter, of Chicago, arrived here last
week on visit to their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ben Bear.
Mrs. Henry Schulge arrived home
Saturday from Sentinel Butte, n d.,
where she had spent the winter
with her daughter and husband, Mr..
and Mrs. r. E. BucknelL
MIR. and Mrs Arthur Laudel,
former proprietors of the Sweet Shop
arrived in Decorah Monday on visit
to friends. They have been IN Colo
rado for several months.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hogan ar
rived laas week from Green Bay,
Wis, on a visit to his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Patrick Hogan. Mr.. Ho-
gan is manager of a big army store
at Green Bay.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-05-24

Mrs. w. C. Meyrick left for
Minneapolis today ON visit to Mr..
and Mrs. A. r. Christopher. She
will also visit her son Carl at St
Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Johnson
went to Oalmar today to spend the
day with friends.
Donald Luren, of r. z, dlslocated
his right wrist in a fall last Thurs
day. :.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-05-24

NOBODY ever appears sd scareu'
as a farmer driving load Of hay in
a big town.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-05-24


y. Mis- Marie Werhan returnea to
Cresco Friday after several days
visit here with friends.
Mr.. Orwell Ellingson came from
Warner, S OAK, last Thursday. He
expects to spend the summer here.
Miss Charlotte Ness returned to
Ossian Friday after visiting a few
days with her sister, Mrs. |. Lomen.
Mrs. G. B. Rook came from Min
neapolis Friday 70 visit with her
neice Mrs. James Coughlin.
Mrs. C. X .-Preus arrived here
from Minneapolis Friday to visit old
friends in Decorah.
Mrs. Jim Shevik went to Cal
mar Friday to spend the day with
friends and relatives.
Miss Agnes Kitlesty returned to
Mortified Friday after a two weeks
visit with friends and relatives.
Mrs. liver Hopperstad of Ridge
way spent Tuesday with her Dn
Ambert AZ Luther College.
Mrs. Donald Bullard came from
Ossian Monday to attend the funeral
of Alfred Blagsvedt.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-05-24

@uItyMy 4 an-l..aTih SustNiS
ing their claims, as they can not
possibly get enough from the govern
Decorah public opinion., 1922-05-24
LOCAL ITEMS.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. Lawrence were
shoppers from Calmar last Friday.
Good quality mems night Robes,
CSC. BEARS.
Miss Mabel Ringdahl spent Mon
day with friends at Cresco.
Miss Henrietta Rognas OF Ossian
visited friends here Saturday.
Mrs. Felix Gleisner of MarquetSe
was here on business last Saturday
Miss Margarite Balik was Z
shopper from SpiIlyille Saturday.
Mrs. Ed Phillips was a shopRl
from Conover yesterday.
Mrs o. H. Johnson OF Oss1al
was a here to do some shopping
last Tuesday
Mrs E. II. Ellickson of Calma
spent Saturday at the O. Bendicksol
home.
Mr.. and MRS. H. A Warner Q
Cresco visited friends in DecSra
Decorah public opinion., 1922-05-24
or Senator

Following record the the Wnneshek-
district the counties comprise the forty second district
taken from the records and files of the Secretary of State
Name County Sessions Years served