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Evening star., 1923-07-01

The. Senussi are particularly diff
cult of approach, as they are close
ly knitted religious fraternity i'm
bued with a distrust of strangers
that almost amounts to hatred. Not
only does the Nasrani not cross their
border. but practically no Arab out
side their brotherhood travels by
their routes. Hence the advent of a
stranger, even protected by the
"Sayeds." gives birth to storm of
conjecture. criticism and suspicion.
When this is satisfied and allayed.
their loyal friendliness appears, and
they welcome one literally as one of
themselves.
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drew closer. Their thin, gaudy bar
racans were no protection against
the madness of the sand. so offered
them share in my blanket and we
made friends under the sheltering
thickness. OF these two slave girls
of the caravan of the Beduin Sheik
who had given us protection. Zeinab
was young, about sixteen, and round
faced, with curved full lips and big
velvet eyes modestly downcast. Hau-
wa looked ancient with her wrinkled
skin and yellow. uneven teeth. but
her years were only twenty-four.
The Sudanese marry, If the parents
have money, when the girl is nine
and the boy thirteen. Therefore these
ebony slaves may be grandmothers
at the age when an English or Amer
lean girl Is wondering whether she is
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beings as we do cattle. You can
see sixty slaves in one farm" said
our guardian sheikh. AS an instance
of how uncivilized were the Zouias
before the coming of the Senussi. he
told US that a certain Sheikh Mo-
hammed Sheriff went to Benghazi, the
end of the world. and came back
with an oil lamp which was looked
upon as a miracle by the tribesmen
of Kufara- BY the power of little
kerosene he ruled them for years.
giving judgments and discovering
malefactors by Interpreting it's light.
1t is a desert custom that when a
caravan moves in at nightfall to find
another encamped before 1t. the first
arrivals give dinner to the late COM
ers Once we were unable to. do this
because we had no food, so we could
send only apologies and greetings.
Just as we had finished our meager
supper of corned beef and rice. a mes
senger arrived from the hospitable
Mojabras bearing two immense basins
of barley grain cooked with native
butter and pepper, with great cakes
of hard sugar and-actually teapot.
The joy with which we ate the savory
mess can hardly be described, and
our retinue made relays of strong.
bitter tea halfway into the night.
There was much visiting between the
encampments and a chorus Of "Keif
halak?" (How are you)N and "Taiyib"
(WelI) sounded constantly.
~ l.
IF two caravans meet coming from
J. Jalo and Jedabia, respectively, the
former exchanges dates for the lat
ter's tea and sugar. If any traveller
reaches a camp at night he is freely
given food and tea and rug by the
brushwood fire. Desert hospitality
is amazing. Food and drink are al
ways offered. We were never al
lowed to buy camers milk. 1t was
always given, for were we not no.
mads like the desert men themselves?
One never passes fire with two or
three white-robed figures clustered
round 1t without being asked to sit
down with them by the one express
sive word "Fadhlw 1t is customary
to say "Keif halak?" at least half a
dozen times to each individual
though the reply is always the same
eTaiyib."
1t Is an erroneous impression in
Europe that the veiled women Of the
east are ill-treated and overworked.
The Koran devotes half the third
sura to mans behavior toward wom-
en-. Ask the Syrian woman if she
would lose her veil, and she will re-
ply. mot tf1l the men are better ed
ucated," but the Beduin woman hides
her face only before strange men.
With her own tribe she mingles free
Iy, and the work is evenly shared.
often with the caravan ! tried to
hold tent pole or knock In a peg and
I was promptly told: This Is a mans
work. Do not tire yourself. Slit
Khadija." {In her Mohammedan dis
guise Mrs. Forbes had taken the name
Of Mohammed's wife.) Many times
when old She-ib saw me resting at
midday he would say. 1.-The Slit
Khadija is weary. Let US wait a lit
tie longer" On the etner hand. the
MosIem woman Is expected to do all
cook her menfolk's meal and wash the
dishes afterwards. Luckily by this
time our food was so reduced that
lost no prestige by my inability to
cook more than damper bread. heavy
and unleavened.
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are a silent race with rare bursts of
'loquaciousness. At an Arab. gather
ing 1t Is not necessary to talk. After
the oft-repeated "Keif halak" and
"Tafyib," the men sit gravely silent.
staring into space and slipping their
strong green tea. The desert breeds
reserve. If man travels alone for
many days or weeks without sight
of human being, without exchang-
ing a word. he learns to commune
with himself and his god, and he
shuts his heart away in a sealed
chambe~
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ment and precious souvenirsi
X X y +
TITS next great client was the late
i i H. H. Kohlsaat, proprietor OF
the then Chicago Inter-Ocean.
About the same time he was taken
up by the late Capt. Bob" Cook,
leader Of the Yale rowing crew to
victory. who was building up the
Philadelphia Press to be rich and
powerful.
Following quickly. as early as
1892. the late Charles A. Dana. illus.
trious editor Of the illustrious New
York Sun (who came to Paris an
nualIy at the Hotsl Bristol). tool
Evening star., 1923-07-01

TN HERE is large market in Jof
principal village of the
Kufara group). twice a week.
to which people come from as
Tar as Hawari and Tolab to bartear
pigeons, eggs. fowls, girbas and food
stuffs. Slaves are not now sold in
the public square on Mondays and
Thursdays, but many a human bar
gain Is arranged in the shuttered
houses around 1t. For 100 mejidies
one can buy man and for 200 a
woman, but young girls of fourteen
and fifteen fetch up to $50 mejidies
(nearly $500. "These be high prices"
said the Zouia despondently. But
the people in Barca have bought
many slaves lately and there are
fewer caravans"
We learned that the Tuaregs of
the west had regular slave farms.
where they bred and sold human
Evening star., 1923-07-01

"AIl that we have is yours" is not
a form of speech in Libya. 1t Is true
so long as the friendly atmosphere
exists, but one may have worked for
hours or days to create the right i'm
preston, and a chance word may de-
stroy 1t. / think utter simplicity and
little speech are the best methods OF
approach. Flowery words impress
them, and they say. Thy CONVERSE
ton is like honey. Allow me to re-
turn that I may drink of #" But to
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SLAVES ARE NOT NOW SOLD
: In THE PUBLIC SQUARE ON
MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS,
BUT MANY A HUMAN BAR.
GAIN is ARRANGED in THE
SUFFERED HOUSES AROUND
IT"
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-0NE PROTESTED ABOUT THE
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New Britain herald., 1923-04-13

attending a party caucus she told one of the caucus members that Now l have more respect for the Ladies Aid societies."
 "of course, one cannot tell what occurred in the caucus, IL was my first. and it was one Of the real thrills got out of the session." Miss Rainey added.
 Describes Experiences
 In describing her experiences as a legislator Miss Rainey said she took her seat with the feeling that she was tho only representative who knew nothing about the workings Of the legislature, but 1t did not take her long to discover that about 75 per cent of tho members were in the same fix, During the first half of the ses- sion," she continued virtually all of tho activity was carried on by six or seven members, but by tho end of the session it sometimes seemed that every member was demanding recog- milton at the same moment"
 Miss Rainey was nnfavorably inn pressed by the scant attention the rep rcsentatives were able to give the var ious bills. Some of them were so long she declared, that the legislators had to take the word of the author as to what the bill proposed to do.
 Women Equally Competent
 Women are equally competent with men for legislative service, Miss Rain cy contended. She expressed amnse- ment at what she termed the antics of the men on the last day of the ses- sion, when many verbal combats took place and physical encounters were narrowly averted. T have had some amusement trying to figure out what would be said of n group of women which behaved as did the members of the house on the last night" said Miss Rainey. "No excuse. am sure. could have been found for them."
 Miss Rainey declared it was her opinion that there were not enough lawyers in the legislature. She does not care for second term.
New Britain herald., 1923-04-13
VALUABLE ESTATES
 ID GO ID BAVARIA
That Country Now Casting About for Funds for Upkeep

Munich. April is,-Bavaria finally has won long.fousht battle for state possession Of the old castles, palaces, nnd other properties once held by the Wittelsbachs, her imperial rulers up to the 1918 revolution. Now she is busy casting about for the funds necessary to their upkeep, and for ways and means to keep them from becoming so many white elephants !" Even those which are not habitable must be kept in suitable condition as sightseeing objects for the many Americans and other foreign tourists who visit them annually.
 Vast and Valuable Possessions.
 Probably no other royal house in the German empire ever assembled such vast and valuable possessions as did the family whose reigning rights ended when Ludwig III renounced the throne about the time the world war closed. The most coveted of i, these for the new Bavarian state Nhave been the palatial residences and the luxurious pleasure-seats of the erstwhile mighty.
 All now fall to Bavaria, excepting a plot of ground in Munich. small tract in Berchtesgaden. the Ludwig shoehe estate in the Palatinate, and a piece of land at Berg on Starnberg Lake, where Ludwig II met his tragic end by drowning. Of the buildings erected under the Elector Max Emanuel, the imperial family re- tains the right to live in the middle section of the Nymphenburg castle and in the southwest wing of that at Wuerzburg, while the state acquires burg entirely.
 Imperial Residence Beauty.
 The Munich imperial residence
New Britain herald., 1923-04-13

which rivals any other royal build, ing in Europe for splendor and ap' pearanee. falls to Bavaria. Its treas ures have been open to the public for several years as museum exhibits The state also receives title to the castles in other districts. including Landshut. Ansbach, Bayreuth. Bam- berg. wuerzberg, and Aschaifenburg, The Wuerzburg edihce is particularly renowned as one of the most magniti- cent buildings of the world in the baroque and rococco style of archi- lecture. Asehaffenburg is noted as a prime example of renaissance design,
 Among the new state properties is the castle Neuschwanstein, which Ludwig II put up at enormous ex- ponso; Herrenchiemsee castle. which is modelled on the palace at Ver- sailles. and the charming Linderhof castle nesting In the mountain woods near the Passion Play village of Obersmmergau,
 Win Heye Many Works of Art.
 In addition to buildings and es- tates, Bavaria will be considerably enriched by the acquisition of the many Wittelsbach collections of treasurer in art and science. Some of these have long been turned over to the state. The royal family de- voted many millions of marks to the support and maintenance of these, and one of the chief worries attach- ing to their new ownership is the fact that henceforth government aid will have to replace the former Wittels- bach grants.
New Britain herald., 1923-04-13
MICE DARKEN TOWN

Lincoln, England-Four mice got inside transformer at the municipal power house and bit through the rub Der of cable, plunging the town into darkness. The mice were electro cuted.
New Britain herald., 1923-04-13
APPROVES MEN FOR
 MAKING LAX LAWS
Woman Member Of General As.
 Sembly Gives Views

Indianapolis, Ind, April 13.-Miss Elizabeth Rainey, Indianas only wom- an member of the general assembly which recently closed. says that after
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-06-01

The Best Way to Get What You
Want is to Quit Wanting and
Save.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-06-01
POcahontas Chautauqua

The Cadmean Chautauqua Associ-
alton announces that the dates for Po-
cahontas chautauqua this year will
June 2Sth to July list inclusive. The
association promises an exceptionally
fine program, different from anything
we have ever had heretofore. There
will be seven double programs, and
each will be announced separately in
this paper between now and the time
the chautauqna begins.
Co. Superintendent Mock states that
the county institute will be held the
week of chautauqua in order that the
teachers may have the opportunity Of
attending at least part Of the pro
grams.
The chautauqua is the biggest
thing that comes to a town the size
of Pocahontas on account of its en-
tertaining and educational features
for the young men and women and the
boys and girls. Everybody in any
town should be booster for chau-
tauquas.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-06-01
Commissioner Writes of
Trip to Lone Star State

Ordinarily any trip to the Lone Star
Is replete with interest. II was more
TO the commission designated to bring
back to Pocahontas the remains of
Governor Drew. We started on our
journey May Goth, and reached Lipan
without incident on the afternoon of
May 22nd.
The people of that beautiful little
town had prepared wonderful re-
ception and vast gathering Of peo-
pie had assembled by sundown and we
enjoyed banquet that would do cred
II to any people. Congressman Ian
ham, and the District Attorney and
other notables of the state were pres
ent and after the banquet speeches
We're made by Congressman Lanham
and tho District Attorney, Senator w.
A. Jackson and X. II. Gullett of Po-
caahontas and by Joe Drew, son of
the Governor, who met us at Lipan
on our arrival there, and who came to
POcahontas to he present at the final
Obsequies.
In the cemetery ut Lipan we found
the long neglected grave Of the one
time great governor of our state
not IA thing to designate his last rest
ing place save small mound that
the citizens there had kept rounded
up over his remains. The remains Of
the body were exhumed and placed in
n copper lined casket and we then
drove back 10 Granbury where we
took the train on our return trip.
While at Granbury we learned that
the widow Of the immortal Davy
Crockett Of Alamo fame, was buried
near that place and that he had a
grand son living there. We hunted
him up and through the kindness Of
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-06-01
Joe Drew Here

Joe Drew, son of Ex-Governor
Thomas $. Drew, who now lives in
Arizona, arrived here last Friday from
Texas where he attended the exhum-
ing of the remains of his father, com
ing on here to attend the final OBJ
sequies. Mr.. Drew has been away
from this county for many years and
only few of those he knew when liv-
ing here are here now. He was ac-
companied by Mr. Hale, a relative,
whe lives at Lipan, Texas. Mr.. Hale
also was formerly citizen of this
county, but has lived in Texas for
nearly half century.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-06-01
Found Dead in Home

A man by the name Of Robert Har-
ris, aged about G5 years, was found
dead in his home Wednesday Of this
week. He lived alone. Neighbors
not having seen him about his place
since Sundd forced an entrance to
his home and found him lying on the
floor dead. Deputy Sheriff Perrin
went down and had an inquest held
over the remains and the verdict was
that the deceased committed suicide
by taking poison. Decomposition Of
the body had set to such an ex-
tent that it was found necessary to
bury at once.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-06-01

Captain Doyle and Mrs. Jones. wife
of the Frisco agent. we were driven
out TO visit the last resting place of
this noted woman. The people OF the
state Of Texas some years ago erect
ed an imposing monument TO her
grave on the top OF which Is statute
of matronly appearing lady chiseled
out Of the finest Italian marble, show
ing her standing with her face to the
west, with her left hand resting on
her forehead, palm downward. ap-
parently looking intently for the re-
turn of her husband.
We met many former Randolph
county people, the names Of
whom we would like to mention
II space permitted, notably sonIy
Cook, a wealthy citizen OF Granbury
and cousin Of Ben A. Brown Of Po-
cahOntas. He Is one Of the finest men
! ever met. His last injunction to us
was to tell his cousin, Ben Brown,
that he feared he would have to keep
Ben In his old days and that he would
like for him to come on down now
and renew old acquaintance. There
were also the Vandergriffs, the
Timers, Prices, wrights, Hales and
many others. | want to say that we
never, at any time or place, met
more generous or hospltable people
than down there. They did every
thing possible TO aid us In our work,
even closing the banks and stores
while we were there. We were sad
dened at the parting.
] wish, Mr.. Editor, that you had
space for more extended write-up,
but know that your space is limited.
A Member Of the Commission.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-06-01
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CLOSE NEXT MONDAY

The Pocahontas public school will
close the years work on~next Monday,
June 4th. This closing marks the
passing Of one of the best years in
the history Of PocahOntas schools.
There are eleven graduates in the
high school department, as follows:
Lewis Dalton, president; Mcdowell
Black, secretary-treasurer; Susie Bal
lard. Iaez Brown, Essie Bennett,
Clara Bates, Edith Fry, Mae Knotts
Maize Schratz, Orlean Stubblefeld,
Montana Vermilye. The list of gram
mar school graduates appear in the
list of eighth grade graduates of the
county, as published by Mr.. Mock in
another column of this paper.
The baccalauarate sermon will be
preached at the Christian church
Sunday morning, June 3rd, by Rev.
Glover Of ImbOden. The graduating
exercises will be at the Christian
church Monday night, June 4th, at
s o'clock. DR.. Otis L. Spurgeon of
Poplar Bluff will deliver the class ad-
dress. At this time the diplomas will
be awarded and the various medals,
scholarships and honOrs.
The public is most cordially invited
to attend all the exercises.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-06-01
S. /. A. Meeting

All members Of the S. /. A. will
please take notice that meeting will
be held at the court house Friday
afternoon of this week at 2:3O. Please
be present
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-06-01
New Officers S. |. A.

The following are the newly elect
ed officers of the POcahontas S. |. A.
for the ensuing year:
Mrs. ]. w. Brown, president; Mrs.
l.. Il. Pickett, vice-president; Mrs. w.
i. Pope, secretary; Mrs. Virginia
Henderson. treasurer.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-06-01

Memorial Day! That wonderful
day Of memories-memories Of the no.
BILE heroes, who wore the blue and the
gray each fighting for principle he
believed to be right; memories Of San
tiagO and the boys who fought at San
Juan and Manila Bay and last, but
by no means least, the Americans all,
who marched away in the great
World War for the noble principle of
making the world safe for Democracy.
And then our memories went back
even farther than the sixties to pay
homage to an hOnOred son of Arkan-
sas, whom after a sleep of half CEN
tury beneath the sod of another state,
was to be brought back home to rest
in our own silent city of the dead by
the side of the bride of his youth,
there to remain until the final sum
mons in the last day when all nations
of the earth shall be gathered into the
presence of the Great Father of us all.
Long delayed? Yes. but still loved
and honored by the people of Ran
dolph county and Arkansas, and the
tribute paid him on this occasion was
fitting in every detail. Not an item
was overlooked. 1t was national
event, with complete military honors,
the most solemn and simplest of all,
beneath and surrounded by the en-
blematic colors of the state and ma
ton his casket was lowered for the
last time.
The remains of the body of Gov.
Drew arrived in PocahOntas Sunday
afternoon. The funeral train was met
at Hoxie by a large delegation of Po-
cahOntas people. who went over in
ears and the returning procession was
more than half a mile long. The
body was accompanied from Texas
by the commission delegated by the
last Arkansas Legislature for this pur-
pose and was composed of Ex-Judge
J. w. Meeks, X. n. Hamil, State SEN
ator w. A. Jackson. Sheriff Gullett
also, was with the returning party.
The casket containing the remains of
Governor Drew was placed in the
court house where it rested in state
until Wednesday at one o'clock, when
the final interment took place in the
Masonic cemetery.
On Wednesday morning the people
of POcahontas awoke happy, but rev.
erent. Happy in the knowledge that
they would again be permitted to be
the hosts of thousands Of friends from
their own home county and from
abroad, and reverent because on this
day they would again be permission
ed to pay due homage to their illus
triOus dead, who have crossed the
river into the great unknown. Ev-
erybody was ready. The committees
appointed to carry out the program
of the day were on the job early and
never did bunch of people work
harder to see that everything was
despatched in order. And the people
came, from the north, south, east and
west, from Randolph and adjoining
counties, from the state and from
neighboring states. Conservative es-
Inmates placed the crowd at 10000.
Promptly at one o'clock the parade
was formed in the following order:
Hearse.
Relatives.
State officials
District officials.
Civil war veterans, under command
Of Capt d. w. Reynolds of Reyno.
Spanish American war veterans, un-
der command of Capt. J. +. Medearis
of Walnut Ridge.
World War veterans, under com
mand of Lieut.. JOS S. Decker of PO-
cahontas.
County and City officials.
Citizens.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-06-01
Buys Bankrupt Stock

j. L. Thompson and n. Il. Pace last
week purchased the bankrupt stock Of
merchandise Of j. o. Smith and have
opened big sale to dispose Of their
purchase. Much Of the stock is being
offered at less than fifty cents on the
dollar.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-06-01
Musical Company Here

The Stokers Musical Company will
appear at the Kozy Theatre tonight.
Regular program of pictures followed
by the musical program. This com
pany comes very highly recommended
and we do not believe the people Of
POcahontas will be disappointed II
they attend this number.