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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-22
DELAYS PACKER PROBE
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
Agrees to Postponement.

Oklahoma City, March PA post
ponement of four weeks in final con-
sideration by the Department of Agri-
culture of the merger of the Morris
4 Company and Armour & Company,
packing interests, requested by the
packers, has been agreed to by Sec
rotary Wallace. His action in tele-
graphing last night TO Washington re-
questing that the postponement be
granted, became known today follow
ing his departure after a visit here
on his tour of the Southwest.
Previously he was quoted as saying
that the merger could not be ac-
complished because Of provisions in the
antitrust law.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-22

months and up to the
moment Baby has ar
rived. is fully explained
in the remarkable book,
Motherhood and the
Baby" Tells also what
10 do before and after
baby cones. probable
date of birth. baby
rules. ETC., and about
Mothers Friend" used
by three generations Of
mothers, and sold in all
drug stores everywhere.
Mothers Friend" is
appliad a-tor1,IIu Z.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-22

natural readjustment of muscles and nerv1
during expectancy and childbirth. StaI
using it today. Mrs. e. z. Kerger. Slayton
Mimi. Gays: ut pulled me through" SEN
for book today. to Bradfield Regulator. CO
BASS. Atlanta. Ga. Mothers HN2y
sold at all drug stores.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-22
OVER BILLION In OIL
L. s. interests Have 5000, O43 $50 in
Mexican Petroleum Industry.

Galveston. Tex. March 22.-The pc
troleum Industry in Mexico ic valued
at more than one billion dollars, &C.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-22
Childbirth
Valuable Illustrated Book Sent Fra,

How thousands Of women, By the s,mpI
method OF an eminent physician, hal
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-22
SOCIAL CALENDAR.
Thursday Evening.

- Thursday Evening.
= DIR. and Mrs. Amos Graves
T. will entertain with n buffet sup :
+ per at s o'clock ut their home :
I. tompllmenting Mr.. and Mrs. :
= Walter b. Nancy of Larch- :
r. mont. n. Y, the guest of Col. :
I. and Mrs. George Martin. :
+ The silver tea Of the Woman's :
= Club will be held from S to 10 !
- O'Clock at the home of Mrs. B. l.. :
!. Naylor, for the benefit of the On :
!. derdonk picture.
+ Friday. .
:. Miss Evelyn Newton will en- .
+ terrain at l o'clock Friday with :
= a luncheon at the Wolff x Marx :
+ tea room complimenting Miss Lo- !
= rene Willis. The guest list will Z.
!. include the bridal party Of the 1
!. Rocs-Willis wedding. :
, Mrs. T. Il. Munster will en- =.
J. terrain with a silver tea in her :,
+ home. coo Palmetto avenue. FRI !
: day. for the Fanin School Moth ::
: ers' Club. All mothers are in ::
Z vited TO attend. Assisting Mrs. !
r Munster will be Mrs. Reynolds ::
+ and Mrs. Lowe. !
The Little River news., 1923-01-27
TELLS OF BENEFITS
 OF CO-OpERhTIVES
Marketing Organizations Will Help Farmer, Says MT. Henry
 of Conway.

Conway, Jan. 24-Agriculture iii Arkansas as an industry which has about recovered frmo the severe slump which followed 1919 and which now must be managed carefully to retain what has been gained, was presented to a large audience of farmers and bus mess men ..his afternoon at the court house by former Governor George ". Donaghey of Little Rock, Charles G. Henry of Newport and Dean Bradford Knapp of Fayetteville, speakers who have been assigned the Fort Smith road in the campaign for sensible and safe farming County Agent T. M. Will Hams presided.
 Mir. Henry, who is president of the Arkansas Cotton Growers Co-opera- tive Association, said that raising cot ton is business and should be run as such. He complimented Arkansas as the state which now ranks as the South's best agricultural section. St, Louis financial authorities in a recent statement, MT. Henry said, ranked banks in Arkansas as in better cOndi- ton than any others coming under their observation. The big grain sec tions in the Middle West are now in about the same condition as the South when cotton prices crashed. For Ar kansas to hold it's place and continue to improve, it's farmers must go about their business sensibly.
 T want to talk to you about mar keting," MT. Henyr said "A farm is really a factory which produces some thing for sale. However, the farmer cannot regulate the cost of his produce and has nothing to do with the fixing of the price at which it is sold. The farmer gets 37 cents out of every dol lar spent by the consumer. This is too little. It means that 63 cents out of that dollar goes to the middlemea The remedy is cooperative marketing which is proposed by the Arkansas Cotton Growers Cooperative AssJ. ciation'
 The final speech was made by Dean Knapp who discussed the sensible crop system fer Arkansas farmers this se- son.
The Little River news., 1923-01-27
MAY BUY WAFER PLANT
TGXarkahia Council Proposes Purchase
 to Safeguard the City.

IeXarkana, Jan. 24.-The Arkansas side City Council last night adopted q resolution authorizing Mayor McLain to appoint committee of three busi- ness men to investigate the water situ- ation and the advisability of having the city purchase the plant of the Texar- kama Water Corporation and operate it. This action was taken immediate ly following the reading of letter from the water corporation withdraw ing it's proposition made several weeks ago to make extensions of it's mains fer the purpose of securing an addi- tional water supply.
The Little River news., 1923-01-27
WANTS BODY MOVED
Legislature Asked to Bring Remains
 of Thomas J. Drew From Texas.

Hardy, Jan. 24-Judge J. w. Meeks eX-circuit judge, will ask the legisla- ture to appropriate funds for the re- moval of the body of former Gov. Thos J. Drew, which lies in the cemetery at Lapan, Hood county, Texas, to the Po- cahontas cemetery, where the body of his wife rests. Governor Drew was at one time resident of Pocahontas and Arkansas third governor. He was in~ strumental in getting the county site of Randolph county changed from it's former location to PocahOntas.
The Little River news., 1923-01-27
MAY GAS THE WEEYIL
Army ta Conduct Experiments, Under
 Senate Bill.

Washington, Jan. 24.-An effort Will be made, it developed today to include ill the army appropriation bill, now be- .ng considered by a Senate appropria- ticns subcommittee, a provision under which the chemical warfare division would be authorized to conduct experi- ments and develop a gas to destroy the cotton boil weevil
 Senator Harris, Democrat, of Georgia a member of the subcommittee, today said he was insistent upon the w0rA being taken up by the chemical war fare division, declaring that in his opinion all efforts by other branches of the government to control and ex- terminate the pest have failed.
The Little River news., 1923-01-27
NUMBER II.
LEGISLATOR DIES
 ON HOUSE FLOOR
William LerOw Lee of Dardaneile Is Victim of Stroke of ApOplexy-
 Stricken While Speaking.

Little Rock, Jan. 25-"When I die it will be my last wish that I shall be buried in the sacred soil of the state 1 love so we'll"
 Less than five minutes after William Leroy Lee, Yell county representative in the Arkansas House of Represent atiyes, uttered those words during an address on the floor yesterday after noon, he was dead Apoplexy was pro- nOunced the cause
 MT. Lees address, which terminal ed in his sudden, dramatic death, was delivered in support of the bill proyid- ing for removal of the State College oi Agriculture from Fayetteville to Rus sellville. He was floor leader in charge of the bill and his address sig nalized the opening of debate on the measure.
 He insisted on going ahead with his plans for making the opening address in behalf of the bill although he had complained of feeling bad when he returned to the capitol yes erd&y aft ernoon. Friends of the dead solon declared that he was a martyr to his devotion to what he believed 10 be his duty to the youth of Arkansas.
 Weakness Is Apparent.
 MT. Lee had spoken for about 20 minutes and it was observed that he appeared to be growing weak, that his voice faltered and that he appeared to be having difficulty in standing erect.
 He had just expressed his desire to be buried in the soil of his adopted state when he said in a weakened voice:
 "Mr. Speaker, am not half through, but am growing weak. I must sit down."
 Those were his final words and as he uttered them he collapsed and fell to the floor.
 His colleagues rushed to his side and ca ried him out of the chamber and into the hall. Two Of the memb- CTS, Dr. Hardy of Faulkner county and pr. Ray of Mississippi county, hasten ed to the stricken solon and admins tered restoratiYes, but MT. Lee never Iregained consciousness and five min utes later was pronounced dead.
 MT. Bollinger of Pulaski reported his death to the House, which immed- lately adjourned until 9:30 a. m. today, after appointing a committee consist ing of .Messrs. Claude Walker, Boiling CT, Stevens and Hill to render any as sistnace possible, and another commit i tee. to notify the Senate, which immed- lately adjUuYned out of respect.
The Little River news., 1923-01-27
COMMISSIONERS 0USTED
Polk County Judge Fires Them When
 They Award Road Contract.

Mena, Jan. 24.-County Judge Wear has ordered the commissioners of Road District No. removed from office, but has not appointed successo sors. The de posed commissioners are J. F. Averitt of Mena, John Riales of Board Camp and John Cotton of Opal. They recent ly awarded a contract for building a 19-mile highway from Mena to Big Fork. The project is opposed by Judge Wear and his friends. A bill is before the legislature seeking to abolish the district.
The Little River news., 1923-01-27
Hubie Davis Killed
 Was Crushed by Log

.Hubie Davis, aged about 31, was killed Thursday at the Frisco switch between Ashdown and Arden while loading logs He was crushed by a log rolling on him and injured so seri- ously that he died at S:30 Thursday night. The deceased is survived by a wife and children. He lived in the Oak Hill settlement and was one of our highly esteemed citizens.
The Little River news., 1923-01-27
". s. Hooks Buried Wednesday.

w. S. Hooks, who died at his home at Pine Prairie Tuesday, was buried at Richmond Wednesday afternoon. The funeral was conducted at the home by Rev. J. M. Hamilton of this city, Warren Scott Hooks was born Feb. End, 1857, in Bowie county, Texas. He was married to Sarah Roberta Nol- an Sept. 18th, 1888, who died Feb. 14th 1914 To this union were born three children: William N. Hooks, Donald R. Hooks and Mary B. Hooks, all sur viving. He was married to Mrs. Otela Hutchinson of Nebraska Sept. 29th, 1917, who also survives him. Barnett c. Hutchison, step-son, also survives.
The Little River news., 1923-01-27

afraid of a mob. He said Taylor and Lovewell told him that members of the Ku Klux Klan approached them and asked them to say "old man Owens" was guilty so they could get him and lynch him.
 q believed him, but I was not a- fraid of the klan, as I did not think they would harm anyone" Owens said.
The Little River news., 1923-01-27
BEN LOMOND KHAN
Had Barbecue and Naturalization
 at Trench Creek.

Mineral Springs, Jan. 25.-The Ben Lomond Ku KIux Klan had barbecue and naturalization at Trench Creek church on last Friday night, at which time nine candidates were taken into the organization. The attendance was estimated at one hundred, and would probably have been much large,' but for the rain.
The Little River news., 1923-01-27
Rev. J. E. MerreII
 Accepts Baptist Call

IEG bdpLlSt cnfucn CT tl1S city has recently called Rev. J. k. Merrell, pas tor of the church at Dermott, to the pastorate here. Rev. Merrell has ac- cepted the call and will move his fam fly here next week and begin his work with the local church on February 1st. He preached here several weeks age and at that time impressed the church membership as the man for the place He comes with glowing recommenda- tions from lis home town. The News is in receipt of a letter from Rev Marion A. Boggs, pastor of the Pres byterian church at Dermott, in which he introduces and highly indorses Rev. Merrell to us.
 His letter follows:
 January 23, 1923.
 "The Editor, Little River News, A.hdown, Arkansas.
 My Dear Sir:
 Enclosed herewith I am sending you a copy of the note that is appear ing in the Dermott News of this week in reference to Rev J. E. Merrell's work here in Dermott.
 "Mr. Merrell has accepted the call of the Baptist Church there in Ash down, as you know, and will come ,here next week to take up his work On this account I felt that you would like to have Q little note of introduce tion. Brother Nerrell is deserving Of any courtesy that you may show him as he takes charge of church in your town.
 With sincerest good wishes to you, am,
 Yours very truly, Marion A. Boggs" :"
 The item from the News follows:
 "On Sunday, January 18th, Rev J. E. Merrell will complete year of ser vice as pasror of the Dermott Baptist church. The services on this date will also bring to a close his official minis try in our town. Having been called to the pastorate of the Ashdown Bap- tis5 church, he is leaving next week to take up his labors there
 "Brother Nerrell's ministry in Der mott, after coming to Us from Pine Bluff, has been short, but We feel that the impressions of his personality and preaching will last many years. From the very beginning of his pastorate ill this place he has won the friendship and esteem of the whole community by his Christian consideration and broth erly attitude toward the members of other denominations than his own
 His preaching has had the true ring of tIgS evangelical faith, The truths of the Bible have been pfssentSu with a fear&easness and sincerity worthy of true ambassador Cf God Speaking the truth i'll love- has been his aim, and his message has been Christ and Him Crucified." And what we admire most of all is that his life is in full accord with his preaching.
 Brother Merrell and his family have made many friends during their stay among us, and they leave us with the unqualified good wishes of the whole community. We regret very much to see them leave us, but we believe that Dermott's loss is Ashdown's gain.
 We bid Brother Merrell, Mrs. Mer- rell and each member of his household God speed" reminding them that they
The Little River news., 1923-01-27
Tax Collecting to Begin.

Sheriff A Y. Collins will start his round collecting taxes Tuesday of next week. Ogden will be the first place visited The other dates are published in another part of the News.
The Little River news., 1923-01-27
SAYS WIFE HELPED
 TO G1MyseT HlM
Jchn ". Owens, Under Death Sentence for Murder of Hueh TLrOckm0rtOn,
 Insists He Is innocent.
From Arkansas Gazette, Jan 23:

From Arkansas Gazette Jan. 23
 My wife, David Taylor and Harry Lovewell and several others, including a deputy sheriff, testified falsely and are responsible for my conviction, said John w. OWens, aged 50, last night Owens was convicted in the Little Riv- CT county Circuit Court last week Of the murder of Hugh Throckmorton, of Wilton, and was sentenced to die in the electric chair, on March IS.
 "I have no statement to make now" said the gray haired man as he peered through the bars of the stockade at the penitentiary. q want to make a statement later in which I intend to tell everything about the trial and other things.
 T don't know one thing about the murder,'' continued Owens. q am not guilty and I don't know who is. I'm convicted of it, but wrongly so."
 Owens was brought to the reniten- tiary Monday night with II other pris- onerE. The latter were all short term men with the exception Of Taylor and Lovewell who had sentence Of IS years each.
 Taylor and LoveWell were indicted jo4ntly with Owens and 1t was largely their testimony that convicted him They turned states evidence. Both adn4lted having assisted Owens in carrying Throckmortons body to Little River where it was thrown in. They testified that Owens threatened to kill them if they did not assist him CT if they told of the crime
 Taylor and Lovewell with the other prisoners, were removed to Tucker farm yesterday morning. They told penitentiary officials that the murder was as brutal one as ever was com lnitted and that there was no doub: Of Owens guilt
 Operated 3G-Gail0n Still.
 Owens said he was born in Alabama and had lived in Little River county for the last five years. He said he c9- tained employment at a Gawmill. but lie could net earn a decent living for himself and wife. This, he sad, c2us- ed him to quit work and start still.
 T made good money then and lived we'll" he said with faint smile.
 I've never been arrested before in my life and never have had any other trouble. l knew many people in Little River county and was well respected by all" he said
 Five years ago he married a Nash vile, Ark, girl, who then was only 15. She deserted him in his trouble, he says, and has refused to aid him in any way. It was her testimony, Owens said, that assisted the state in convict. ing him.
 "The truth will be known sooner or later" Owens said, "and I believe it will come out before the date of my execution arrives
 Owens is gray-haired, his face lined and wrinkled. He had eight years Of education in grammar school
 Sheriff Feared Mob Violence.
 He told of his arrest and of being spirited out of Ashdown on two occas- ions, the sheriff saying that he was
The Little River news., 1923-01-27
Fl1ES BANKRUPTCY PETITION

TeXarkana, Jan. 23.-Julius Winters Of Nashville filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy before Judge G. G. Pope referee for the western district of Ar kansas ,thia morning. His schedule as filed shows liabilities of SS,0O0 with assets of $200, all claimed as exempt.
The Little River news., 1923-01-27
Two More Radios.

AshdOwn can now boast of three radio plants. Since the installation of the one by Allen Park, Geo. Briant, Jr., has installed a set at his home, and Clyde Briant, Jr., has recently in- stalled one at his home. Both these are working successfully. Radios will soon become as numerous at phono- graphs.
The Little River news., 1923-01-27

all have hearty welcome in ths, hearts and homes of Dermott peQGle whenever they are in this,~section again"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-12

and no CONGREGATIONS. The heating
and cooling and ventilation of buildings
will be done automatically by cleo
tricity, he says.
Means may. and perhaps will. be
developed" he says, ito send out en-
ergy broadcast by wireless, just as we
now broadcast speech, and to pick up
this energy anywhere. This will be
dependent on our ability to prevent
waste Of the energy when not being
used. At present, radio waves are
absorbed In space as they travel out
ward from the generating source. Elec.
tricity Is always at our service at the
end of wire. The generating APP
paratus keeps on going, but the current
Is not used until the consumer closes
the switch. The energy, however, IL
not wasted. Once we are able to work
out similar system for wireless we
can have broadcasting stations con-
stantly supplying energy for every
need. ready to be picked up as occa-
sion requires 1t.
Now as to atomic energy. I may
disagree with the form Of the pres
ent theories, but the underlying fact
of the great store of atomic energy
of radioactive substances Is undeni.
able. Were we able-and II we shall
be able-to harness this energy, we
should have a force beyond anything
known before In terms of power. Now.
the discovery of how to utilize this
energy may come at almost any time,
or 1t may never come II there are In
herent reasons why the energy can be
given off only at one definite rate.
never faster or slower"
But don't think for moment that
Steinmetz, just because he prophesies
along readily understandable lines, has
no Imagination. The other day, In
public address In New York. he
made prophecy like this:
The future of the human rnce rests
with the biological engineer" who
may enable the world to support many
times its present population by pro-
ducing energy corps after coal gives
out. and by feeding tie human race
Directly on nitrogen-fxing micro-organ-
isms.
The bacteria and other microscop.
ical plants and animals take the nj.
trogen from the air and hand 1t over
to plants, which hand 1t over to cattle
or furnish II directly to man in the
form of seeds. There Is tremendous
waste In each Of these steps. 1t may
be possible for the biological en-
gineer. he said. to cross and recross
bacteria and other nitrogen producers
until he has produced strain which
may be used directly as food.
And with this prophecy from Stein
metz who caE doubt that a new age
of marvels Is upon us2
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-12


his well-known part Of electrical
wizard. For he is no dreamer like
Edward Bellamy, nor is he fic-
ZIONIST like II. G. Wells. On the con-
trary, he is hard-bolled scientist and
electrical engineer, whose motto Is
efficiency" whose name Is joined In
the scientific world with those of Edl-
son and Marconi.
Steinmetz' elimination of "Impos-
sible" from the vocabulary of the
scientist is startling, because 1t prac-
tically says that phenomenal expan-
sion of the use of electrical current In
the last generation is only start.
For example: Edison was the guest
of honor at a recent banquet in New
York in celebration of electricity's
fortieth year in the commercial field.
BY way of an object lesson Edson's
first commercial eleoGlc incandescent
light was lighted. II was of fifteen
candle power. Theh Edisons latest
lamp development of 10000 candle
power was turned IN. During the
banquet 1t was incidentally stated that
in New York state alone $154,S30,000
is invested In Edison interests, as
compared TO the original capital of
$4,000.
In brief, the first central generating
Station in this country forty years ago
had capacity of 600 klowatts. go
customers, and maximum transmits
sion of twelve miles. There are now
approximately COCO plants. generating
100000 direct customers. with trans
mission of $50 miles.
But this electrical expansion is only
a straw showing what way the wind
blows. If you are more than fifty
years of age you were born In differ
ent world from this. | myself was
out of college when | used the first
telephone installed in residence In
Chicago and heard the first conversa-
ton between New York and Chicago.
saw the first motion picture thrown
on the screen, / rode In one of the
first automobiles, and there are the
photograph, X-ray. airplane. wireless,
radium, and so on. In less than
lifetime Americans have built up the
greatest mechanical nation on earth.
Ii was once thought that with the close
of the Nineteenth century there was
nothing left to invent. Now we know
that our knowledge of natural forces
was crudely elementary. Now we
know enough to understand that the
age of scientific marvels has just ar
rived. The man born now will at fifty
be living in world as different from
this as this is different from the world
into which his father was born.
An American clearing house OF all
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-12

days of james l the poor people Of
England made fairly good bread
from barley, and rye bread. which Ii
darker than bread made from wheat,
Is extensively made In northern Eu-
ropean countries which are admirably
adapted to the growing of that grain.
Probably the most unusual substance
ever used for making bread was en-
ployed during the siege Of Paris by
Henry ~. Because of famine the
soldiers and Inhabitants Of the city
made bread from the bones taken from
tombs and charnel houses.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-12
Afraid of +" 10"

Every now and then, despite science
and education and all that sort Of
thing. one learns that the superstition
that thirteen is an unlucky number Is
still thoroughly alive. A recent ex-
ample of its potency was found in a
large restaurant In the city In which
the walters and brsboys wear badges
bearing their numbers. One waiter. II
was observed. had his badge on upside
down. and when his attention WIS