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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-07-24
HARDING CONSIDERS
NEW PEACE PLAN
MAYOR OF SCRANTON SUGGESTS
ANOTHER EFFORT TO PRESI-
DENT-PROPOSED PLAN OF
SETTLEMENT NOT YET DIS.
CLOSED.

Washington, July 22.-Another
effort to bring about a conference
settlement of the national coal con-
troversy was suggested to President
Harding today by Mayor John F.
Durkan of Scranton, one of the five
mayors of anthracite cities in Penn
sylvania who have rendered their
services to the administration in the
interest of Cancellation.
Immediately after presentation to
President Harding of his plan for set
tlement of the strike in the anthra-
cite fields, Mr.. Durkan wired John
L. Lewis, president Of the United
Mine Workers with whom he had
previously discussed the possibilities
of peace, inviting the union leader
to meet with five mayors in Scranton
or New York the first of the week.
Mr.. Durkan would not disclose the
plan of settlement which the mayors
laid before Mr.. Harding but declared
that while their interest lay plainly in
the anthracite problem, should the
bituminous dispute be inseparately
both branches of the industry would
be discussed at the proposed confer
ences.
Formation of the, presidents arbi-
tration commission was understood to
be nearing completion and it was
thought the announcement Of its
personnel would be made before the
expiration of ten days or two weeks
which it has been indicated the ad-
ministration will await the result of
the invitation TO operators to resume
production.
Meanwhile various agencies of the
government are combining to effect
emergency distribution of fuel to the
railroads, public utilities and locali-
ties in need. Attorney General
Daugherty spent the day preparing
to report to Secretary Hoover on le-
gal aspects of the plan for using To-
cal committees in the producing fields
working under a central committee
of federal officials to pool and distri-
button coal by means of rail priori-
ties and to check undue price advanc-
es.
The attorney generals opinion is
expected tomorrow and Mr.. Hoover
went ahead today with preparations
for a conference with some thirty or
forty operators from the producing
/ fields Monday when the plans will
be discussed and administrative aids
to the central committee selected.
Mr.. Hoover's program is aimed at
giving the country the full benefit of
the present bituminous production
in the face of a rapidly dwindling
coal supply and active mine force.
According to a survey issued tonight
by Secretary Davis, 100000 miners
are now out on strike and $4,000
sare still at work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-07-24
TAKE OFF TRAINS.

The Seaboard Air Line discontin-
ued trains numbers 27 and %, 80
and 80, locals between Georgetown
and Charleston, Saturday July the
22nd, on account of strike condi-
tions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-07-24
IN THE MAYORS COURT

Two cases of disorderly conduct
came up before Mayor Mars this
morning and were fined $500 each
or ten days. One case of drunk and
disorderly was fined $3.50 or fifteen
days. One case of violation of the
automobile ordinance was fined 81. =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-07-24
MARKETING HEAD
V|S|TSCOLUMB|A
IILlAMS is PLEASED WITH
PROGRESS IN STATE-COLUM-
RIA ATTORNEY NAMED LEGAL
ADVISOR OF SOUTH CARO-
INA COOPERATIVE BODY.

|umbia, July 22.-Carl Williams
| |Oklahoma City, president of the
kerican Cotton Growers exchange
overhead organization of the va
is statewide cooperative organiza'
hs, spent Friday in Columbia in
ference with officials of the South
kolina Cotton Growers Coopera-
! association. He is completing a
b of the nine states in which these
limitations have been formed.
belight was expressed by Mr. Will
hs with the organization perfect
the board of directors elected by
members and the officers chosen
the board in South Carolina. He
! that no state in the belt was
ting off its association under more
brable circumstances than is
th Carolina.
he cooperative associations are
to stay, said Mr.. Williams
ese organizations" he said make
term contracts with the grower
ring all his crop with a penalty
non-delivery. They have adopted
principle of the internal pool,
reby every grower receives the
price for the same quantity and
ity. They employ experts in mar
hg who work for the farmer in
b of against him.
The four states, which functioned
season, Oklahoma, Texas, Mis-
ppi (long staple) and Arizona,
led more than S5O,0e0,000 worth
otton on the approved principles
ity business. They have elm
I'd waste, inefficiency and specu-
n at country markets.
The real purpose behind these or
cations is an improvement in the
hard of living in the cotton South
money to the grower of cotton
hs glass windows in the houses,
conveniences in the home, more
better tools, clothes and schools
greater prosperity for every
|uglas Mckay, a we'll known
Der of the Columbia bar, has
elected state counsel for the
b Carolina Cotton Growers Co.
Rtive association, announcement
5 election having been made yes
Y by the board of directors. He
enter at once upon the duties
e position.
Mckay is we'll known through
he state. He was a member fol
al years of the firm of Barron
by, Frierson & McCants, but
January 1 has been practicine
He is a graduate of the Uni
" of South Carolina.
icials said yesterday that the
iation would probably occupy it:
Quarters in the old Masonic tenn.
uilding on Main street in about
avs,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-07-24
Striker Killed by Lightning.

Macon, Ca, July 29.-Edgar John
son, 21, striking machinist, was kill
ed by a bolt of lightning while fish
ing during a violent electrical storm
yesterday afternoon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-07-24
Ohm PORTER KILLED
Zen Year Old Lineman Elec-
trocuted at Anderson.

trocuted at Anderson.
Ierson, July 22.-John Porter,
Ir old lineman, employed by the
ont & Northern railway, was
bcuted this afternoon when a
ire fell across a trolly wire,
? a current of 1900 volts thru
h.,
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
CRYSTAL HILL HELPS.

Arcchie Stewman attended church in Mens Sunday.
 Superintendent H. W. Morden of Mena visited the school Friday.
 Mrs. John Hamon, who has been i'll for some time, is slowly improving.
 M M. Shields of Mena was in this vicinity hunting Thursday and Friday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Tom Suit and daugh- ter, Miss Noble, attended church at Board Camp Sunday.
 There was prayer meeting at the school house Sunday night which was attended by large crowd.
 Mir. and Mrs. H. w. Stewman and daughters, Mary and Beatrice, spent Sunday at Board Camp with relatives.
 Jodie Little and Lonnie Elliott of Board Camp were visitors at the home of Misses Ruby and Gertrude Looney Sunday.
 Anderson Stewman, who has been employed at the Mena hotel has de- cided that he likes the country better than the city and has returned home to stay.
 Don't forget that Saturday night is the time set for our pie supper. All schools near enough to attend have a special invitation. A cake will be awarded to the prettiest girl.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
FREEDOM NEWS.

W. L. McNeil was in Mena on busi- ness Thursday.
 Walter Moser and wife were guests of J. E. Mckinney and wife Sunday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Graham have rented the Pope place and are now occupying it.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. H. Maddox spent Sunday at the home of George Bar Der.
 A. F. Lehman, Curtis Patton, J. M. Day and Will Nichols were trading in Mena Friday.
 J. A. Warden spent the past week at the home of Claude Bedding near Mountain Fork.
 Emery and Myrtle Bice of Shady Grove and Naler Chamblin of Mena were guests of the Outright family Sunday.
 Herschel Nichols and Elmer Day at tended the party at Mir. Mauldin's near Rocky Saturday night and spent the night at George Miller's.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
MORE FAME FOR "EMPoRY." President Harding Sends Shoes to Bs
 Repaired by Cobbler There.

Emporia, Kas., Jan. 14.--Next week will be an important one in the life of K. A. Spady, a cobbler, who repairs shoes for students in little shop near the Kansas State Normal. Some where between Washington and Elm poria is a bundle of shoes, which President Harding has sent to Elm poria for MT. Spady to repair. The president heard of Mir. Spady's repu- tation as an expert shoe repairer thru Homer Hoch, congressman from the fourth district. Spady formerly lived at Marion, Kas., where he re- paired Hoch's shoes.
 q don't care whether President Harding pays me cent for the work" Spady said today. 'I only want to show the president that he can get as good work done in Emporia as anywhere"
 Spady says he will put heels and half soles on the presidents shoes that will last as long as the presi- dents 'appers."
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
VERTICAL LINES.

From the Kansas Cits Star.
 It is generally assumed that any vertical line, that is, any line straight up and down, if projected, will pass thru the center of the earth. This however, turns out not to be the case except for such positions as the earth's poles or on the equator.
 The earth is not sphere, but has the form of an ellipsoid of revolu- tion of slight eccentricity. The re- suit is that any vertical line, except at the paces just mentioned, will not pass thru the center, but will inter- sect the axis north or south of the center, and will emerge from the op- posite side not as vertical line, but making a slight angle with the ver- tical
 For instance, for a person at the latitude of Washington, vertical line would pass thru the axis of the earth at a point south of the center. Ac- eording to the figures furnished by the United States coast and geodetic survey, for the Washington observer, the line would intersect the axis 16.S6 miles south of the center, and the nearest approach this line would make to the center would be 1918 miles.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
BEHIND THE HISTORIANS BACK
he Knnsaa CltY star.

From the tNtifSHS NttT oNdTs
 Andrew Jackson, warrior and pres ident, was a believer in the doctrine that exalts the value of attending to ones own business. On one occasion James Buchanan, who was a diplo- mat. a gentleman and a scholar, and somewhat of a ladies' man, altho he lived and died unmarried, brought an English woman of high degree to call upon President Jackson at the White House. Leaving the lady in the re- ception room below and going up- stairs to the presidents private quar- ters, Senator Buchanan, for he was senator from Pennsylvania at the time, found Jackson unshorn and un- kempt in dressing gown and. slippers before a blazing log fire, smoking his
 when he was told about the beauti- ful Englishwoman he replied that he would be delighted to see her, and requested Buchanan to go back and tell her that the president would be down immediately. Buchanan, afraid that Jackson would not primp bit before he made his appearance in the drawing room, ventured to suggest to Jackson the propriety of doing SO
 Buchanan, said the old warrior rising and deliberately knocking the ashes out of his pipe, q will tell you something that will do you good, as il doth the upright in heart, and that is that l once knew a man down ir Tennessee who made fortune by at tending to his own business"
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
ROCKY RUMBLES.

J. R. Connally went to Mena Mon. day.
 Sam Terrell motored to Mena Sat urday.
 J. s. Pollard and Earnest Rowe were Mena visitors Saturday.
 Gober Mauldin and family are pre- pairing to move to Fort Smith this week.
 The young people enjoyed singing at the c. B. Connally home Sunday night.
 Mrs. B. B. Wright, who has beer visiting in Nebraska, returned home Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Will Nichols of Center Point visited at the home of Merton Bales Sunday.
 There was party at the W. c Rigdon home Saturday night. All present report a nice time.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
IN OTHER LANDS.


 There has been no war in Sweden for century.
 The mineral output of Alaska in 1920 was valued at S23, ,307,757. 4 tax is required in Italy from all tourists who travel on Sunday.
 The worlds greatest iron deposits are located in Brazil
 There are no navigable rivers in Haiti
 There are only four months of sun- light during the year in SpitzenbeF- gen.
 A recent census showed that Spain mas more than a quarter of million begggrs. Japan is so mountainous that only about one-sixth of the area is cultivat-
 @ %
 Mexico has produced more than ona- third of total output If the worlds sil- h Turkey there are twentv-six of. nelal holidays in the year, when huxi. nsss is entirely suspended.
 Bolivia has become the second i.re eet tin producing country h the vsrld
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE
vANDERyoORT vERITIEs.

. .e
 Mir, Delaney is quite sick ss $ 'o All the pneumonia patients are re- ported better. l
 Jim Nation moved his family to Dal- las last Monday.
 Mrs. John Bell of Okmulgee, Ok, was in town Saturday.
 Mary Howard of Flat creek was in Vandervoort last Saturday.
 J. A. Hamilton has sold his farm just east of town to Mir. Lee.
 Mir. and Mrs. Dillon made a busi- ness trip to Cove last Saturday.
 A crowd of young folks went boat riding on the lake last Sunday.
 Richard Garrett left for Electra, Tex. He has employment there.
 Wheeler Cecil is able to come to town after long seige of typhoid.
 School closed Monday for two weeks to give the children time to be vaccin- ated.
 Several from here attended the dance at Edgar Daniels last Friday night.
 Ray Hamilton and Lige Howard left Monday evening for the, oil fields at Haynesville, La.
 Mrs. Dave Price was in Vandervoort last Saturday. Esther Cari accom- panied her home.
 Mrs. Sude Hicks and boys spent the day Monday with her mother, Mrs. Keener, south of town.
 Mrs. Ben Johnson and children of Happy Hill spent Saturday night and Sunday in Vandervoort.
 Dr. Price was called to Mir. Odell's east of Vandervoort Sunday night. One of the little girls was sick.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
DO YOU KNoWY


 The death list of Civil war veterans now average 100 day.
 There are more than 10000 blind persons in America.
 The United States is richer in hel- ium than any other nation
 More than thirty states now pro- vide for the support of widowed moth CTS.
 Lumber is distributed in more than s0.oOO sawmilIs distributed turnout forty-six states.
 g.. .s *s
 The dead letter office handles more nually.
 The toy industry in the United States requires the services of 500 coo skilled and unskilled workers. The St. Lawrence river dsReharpa. almost twice as much water into the ocean as does the Mississippi. Farmers of Inc United States ow, more than 2.50o .Oo0 motor cars. an. proxlmAtely one-third of the ears ir use in the nation.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
c. H. WINTER WRITES.
Durango, Colo, :

Durango, Colo, Jan. 9. The Mena Star, Mena, Ark.
 Dear friends - enjoy reading The Star very much even tho I do receive them in punches. Our trains were hlocked on account of snow on Cum bers paxs for week. We were cut off from the world, as all lines were down. We have had a deep snoW siisce December IS, snd 5 to 10 below zero. Sometimes we are without trains for three weeks at q time. The cold don't hurt out here as 1t does there. as it is light and don't pene- trate. San Juan basin is working hard for a broad gauge southern out let railroad and in high hopes of get ling it, as is a Los Angeles syndicate proposes to build one from Durango to Gallup, N. M., and connect with the Santa Fe railroad. We only have narrow gauge from Alamoosa, Colo, at present.
 I will return to Mena sometime in the spring and sell our home, car, hoopy and furniture as my holdings here are greater than in Mena. l will make this my future home but I will always have a tender spot in my heart for Mena and her people. l do hope you will get the Methodist Assembly as it will be the beginning of big things for the town want to add a few things to the children's when I return and hope 1t will be taken care of as remem- brance of me.
 put The Star on the library table at the Elks Club after reading them. met a Mir. Green, a real estate man here from De Queen, Ark. Said heI had played ball a great many times in Mena. Hoping Mena will be on a verge of big boom and I'll have the pleasure of helping push her over when I return this spring, l will close.
 Your friend,
 c. H. Winter.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
DRIED PEAcH sHoRTcAKE

At the contest held for the Girls Clubs and the Women's Home Demon stratiOn Clubs, the following recipe was used and is given here by request.
 Peach Shortcake.
 Use dried peaches. Wash and soak for several hours, or over night. in cold water. and cook slowly until the peaches axe tender, but not gutii the shape is destroyed
 Make crust as follows
 cups four
 ia teaspoon salt.
 { teaspoons baking powder (ieveil tablespoons shortening (level9. About & cup sweet milk
 Sifs -four, salt and baking powder together, cut in the shortening and add milk slowly to make medium soft dough
 Separate in two parts. Roll one- half the dough ol.e-fourth inch thick. Place in greased pan and spread with softened butter. Roll .he other half of the dough the same thickness and place on top of the first. Bake in quick oven. When done, turn out on plate. Split the dough. Cover with a layer of peaches. cut side down. Sweeten to taste. Cover with top crust and another layer of peaches. Whipped cream may be served with the shortcake.
 Note: If individual shortcakes are wished. cut the crust with large cut ter or goblet before baking and pro- ceed as above.
 Mrs. Mary Austin,
 Co Home Dem. Agt.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
WhatCoppeak Says Today Is

Have just received shipment Fl Chops, Bran and Wheat mixed ss pure Wheat Shorts, Jersey Fs Green Dairy Feed, Alfalfa, Molass Feed, Horse and Mule Feed. Also { B. Laying Mash for your hens, highd grade Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls. Ws still carry full line of Fresh Grocer ies. We also have a line of Shoes Hosiery and Underwear which we are closing out and will sell you cheap. S' don't fail to see ns if in need of any thing in this line you will find ouI prices right on all merchandise.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
VI. D. HuNGATE ANNOUNCES.

In the usual place in this issue will be found the regular announcement ot W. E. Hungate for the office of sheriff of Polk county.
 Willis Hungate is widely known in Polk county, and is favorably known as an officer of the law. He has lived in this county 26 years, two and half at Cove, and the balance, up to past year at Grannis.
 During these years, in addition to conducting mercantile business Mir. Hungate has acted for IT years as a deputy sheriff, his services being con- sidered so valuable as to cause his re- appointment year after year as the office of sheriff changed hands.
 About a year ago, in order to meet the needs of the situation, Mir. Hun gate was urged to come to Mena to act as chief of police. That he has made good officer goes without say ing among those who know.
 Mir Hungate sought the office of sheriff before the last Democratic primary, but was defeated by the present incumbent, J. A. Thornton, and then went to work and supported tho victor and the ticket. He has been true to his party at all times.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
PISTOL DUELLIsTs CAUGHT.
Whiskey Runners Wanted for Killings
 in North Carolina.

Mercy, \. C., Jan. 11.-Pearley Hall and Garland Haney. who killed Dep uty sheriffs A. Dean and Charles Watson and wounded B. r. Fox in pistol puels the night of August IS. when the officers sought 70 arrest the pair aa Hhiakey runners, nave been apprehendcd in Whitewater. Tex, and returned to this city.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
VACCINATION ORDER.

Mena, Ark, Jan. Is, 1922. To the School Directors and Teachers of Polk County.
 It IS hereby ordered that all chil- dren of school age and all teachers not showing a successful vaccination scar made within the last years, be vac cinated at once.
 Those Who nave never had sue cessful vaccination to be vaccinated. and If same does not take to be vac einated in 10 days from first vaccina tion
 This is URGENT. tSigned) J. c. Hilton,
 County Health Officer.
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The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION
 TO CONFIRM TITLE

NOTICE Is hereby given that there has been filed in my office as clerk oi the Polk Chancery Court, petition for the confirmation of the title to the fol- lowing described lands: A part of the Northwest Quarter (NW M) of Section Range Twenty-eight (28l West de- scribed as follows: All of the NWA lying on the north side of the Ouachita described as follows: Beginning 10 rods west of the northeast corner of said NWM and running thence south r de- grees west S1 rods and feet; thence south degrees east 7D rods; thence southwest so rods to a red oak tree standing on the northeast bank of the Ouachita River; thence up said river to the east boundary line of said NWA thence north to the northeast corner of said NV A thence west 10 rods to place of beginning. And also part of the west side described as follows: Beginning in the middle of a creek Z rods south of the northeast corner of the NWA NWh thence down said creek 32 rods to an old road bed which point is is rods south of the north boundary of the NWA of Section II: : thence south 20 rods to the middle of said road to a point on the east bank of said creek thence down said creek 32 rods to the Ouachita River; thence down said river to the west boundary line Of said NWA thence up said west boundary line to the northwest corner of said NWA thence east on the north pvb1dAf1 ithe oI Salu N W H 10 place Of beginning And also excepting that part of the sWA NWA lying south of the Ouachita River, containing 3 acres more or Iessr in Polk County, Arkan- sas, and the quieting of the title to the same In Etta Thornton. petitioner here in.
 All persons claiming said lands, or any interest therein, are warned and called upon to appear in the Polk Chancery Court on the first day of it's next April term and show cause why said title to said lands should not be confirmed in said Etta Thornton
 Witness my hand as clerk of the Chancery Court of Polk County, Arkan- sas and the seal thereof, on this 10th day of January 1922.
 W. l.. PARKER. Clerk. Minor Pipkin, Solicitor for Petitioner. 1St pub. Jan 19. 9th Feb 23 1o09
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
HONEY PHILOSOPHY FOR 1921.

A cycle of seven years has just ended. Look back at it, reader, and appraise that cycle if you can. War, pestilenee, famine and grand finale of hard times. Let us start a new cycle of seven years, with the deter imitation, each of Us, to do our part to make the world and our neighbor forget the horror stricken seven years that went before. The rulers and politicians have been busy mak- ing new maps. Let us make map of our own, better than all the others because we have placed Utopia upon
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
GAIN GATHERINGS.

Frank Gam lost one of his work horses last week.
 A large crowd attended the social a. Mir Ccifmar's Friday night There will be singing at the school house Sunday night. Everyone in- vited to come.
 Bro. Martin was with us Sunday and gave us a short talk. lie will preach here three Sundays in next month.
 Guess Who.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
M. A. Coppeak Corner Mena St. and Gillham Avenue Phone 206. We Deliver in Cltl;
MONUMENT IN BERLIN.
Imperial Sword Stolen From Bismafeh
 Statue on Reichstag Plaza.

Berlin, Jan. 14.-Somebody has stolen the imperial sword which Seig' fried is shown in the act of forgins' from the Bismarck statue on tns Reichstag building plaza. The mytnf cal hero himself. one of the allegoIa, cal figures surrounding the base 2. the statue, was left unmolested, pe' the sword Is missing.
 Other bronze decorations in tns neighborhood of the famous Sieges Ale also have recently been stolen o' defAced.