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Pocahontas star herald., 1923-04-06

Il. r. Hicks Of Little Rock was Wis
itlng his family here sunday.
w. NJ. shaver Of Reyno was busi-
ness visitor in Pocahontas last Thurs
day.
Uncle Dennis Reynolds and Elmo
Roe were among those from Reyno in
attendance at the big farmers meet
ing here Friday.
John d. Kerley and daughter Of
Peach Orchard were in .Pocahontas
Friday being enroute to Maynard to
visit relatives and friends
Chester Holt Of Grinnell, Kans., ar
rived last Friday for few days visit
with Randolph county relatives and
friends.
Esq. j. H. Miller of Spring River
township was in town Monday pay
ing taxes and looking after other bus
mess matters.
Apply Billiards. Snow Liniment to
joints that ache. It relieves bone
ache, muscle ache and neuralgic pain
Three sizes, 3Oc, GOc and $l.2O per
bottle. Sold by Palace Drug Store.
Frank Massey and wife who have
made their home in Pocahontas for
several years past, have moved to
Warm Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rapert, former
ly Of Doniphan, now living on a farm
near Hemenway, We're here Friday
Doniphan Republican.
Joe Ham and Perry Murphy Of
Middlebrook were in town Monday
They report everything moving along
nicely in their section Of the county.
The collectors Office was crowded
Monday from early in the morning
until late in the afternoon with peo-
pie desiring to pay taxes.
Elbert bly, has purchased the
Frank Massey home on the north
side and he and his wife moved into
their newly acquired possessions
Monday.
Rev. Taylor Stanfill of Maynard,
who has recently been appointed Mis-
sionary secretary for this county, was
in Pocahontas Monday enroute to
O'Kean to look after some business
pertaining to his work.
t. c. Haynes and family who ar
rived last week from Springfield, Mo-,
have decided to remain in Pocahontas
permanently and Tom has accepted a
position as salesman for Jansen Bros.
Grocery, where he invites all his old
friends to call and see him.
A torpid liver needs an overhauling
with Herbine. It's benefits are i'm
mediately apparent. Energy takes
the place of laziness, appetite returns,
and the hour of rest brings with it
sound. refreshing sleep. Price, 6Oc.
Sold by Palace Drug Store.
Joe Foster of SikestOn arrived Sun
day to join his family who had been
visiting here for several days past.
They returned home Tuesday. Joe
states that he and II. f. Lehman, who
lately embarked in the mercantile
business In Sikeston, together, are
well pleased with their venture so
far
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-04-06
NOTICE

NOTICE
This is to let the people of Ran
dolph county know l am with the
Rawleigh Company, one of the oldest,
best and strongest Companies of its
kind. / have on hand a good stock
Of Medicines, Veterinary and Poul-
try Preparations, Dips and Disinfect-
ants, Extracts and Flavors, Spices,
Toilet Preparations, Toilet Soaps,
Perfumes, Etc. 1 have taken over
Mr.. Marvel's place and want to take
care Of all his customers and add
many more to my list. | will make
the territory as fast as l can, but if
there is anything you may need be-
fore see you. write me your order,
or better, phone. Robert Sanders,
Phone 11S-B. O'Kean Ark.
33-2t
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-04-06
FIVE FORTYs

Wapt to exchange either of the
above farms for a new Ford car. Al
o three tracts bottom land for eX
change, so acre cotton farm bargain
f. J. Ballz. IA IT,.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-04-06

The mill cathartic ac,lrn Of Herb
inc is well liked by ladies'. L rlri-
fies the system without gripping or
sickening the stomach. Price C1c.
Sold by Palace Drug Store.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-04-06
For SALE

I have 1000 bushels Of fine corn
for sale at S1.0O per bushel will
be in Pocahontas each Saturday and
on rainy days for the purpose Of
making deliveries Paul sloan
33-it Noland, Ark.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-04-06
FnR SALE OF TRADE

$50 acres of land near Ravenden-
Spriugs A bargain for cash or will
trade for stock OF merchandise.
&. A Dixon,
32 Il Pocahontas, Ark.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-04-06
HOES WANTED

am ~ the marbet for hogs from
go pounds up Will buy any day
IN the weekbut 5ogs must be healthy
L. Dalton. 3l-u
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-04-06
NOTICE

VIII offer for sale my home place 3
miles northeast of Pocahontas, 100
acres at $1,000 per acre. Water on
the place Marie Rotzinger,
33-4t. Running Lake, Ark.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-04-06
habituai Constipation CureG
In - 10 81 Days

"LAX-F0S WITH PEPSlN" is a specially
prepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for habitual
Constipation. 1t relieves promptly and
should be taken regularly for II 70 II days
to inducereguar action. II Stimulates and
Regulates Very Pleasant to Take. Gee
per bottle.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-04-06
EGGS FOR MATCHING

Light Brahmas. Excellent, both
as table chicken and as winter lay
ers. Price, $1.0O for 10 eggs.
Mrs. $. II. Pickett,
Phone 81 Pocahontas, Ark.
Salt. I?
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-04-06
HOW,S THISl

HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE win
do what we claim for it-rid your system
OF Catarrh or Deafness caused BY
HALLS cATARRH MEDICINE con-
sists OF an Ointment which Quickly
Relieves the catarrhal Inflammation. and
the Internal Medicine, n Tonic. which
acts through the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces. Qaps assisting to restore nor
~ - srrsxists for over y Ysass.
y y thsasy. = ce.s Te)sdes Q.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-07-10
A DELUCE OF BILLS.

According to reports from Atlanta a food
of bills has deluged the general assembly,
and there are rumors of other bills yet to
come Besides proposed enactments on new
subjects it would seem that there is no law
in the statutes that should not be either re-
peaIed or amended What a prodigous un-
dertaking it is to sft this mass OF material
and garner from it the little that is merIto-
rious. One representative, who has hitherto
distinguished himself by going through an
entire legislative session without introduce
ing even one bill, states that if he could have
his way he would pass budget bill, make
the necessary appropriations and adjourn
ANYONE who has been following the pro-
ceedings of the general assembly cannot tail
to be struck, as this representative has been
impressed, by the number of bills offered.
The deluge would indicate that all the talk
that is INDUCED in between sessions about
the ACCESSIBILITY of slowing down the 1egis-
Iatiye mill is ineffective. Few men who are
successful in being elected to legislatures
have any notion of diminishing the output
of the mill The flood of bills that are in
troduced at every legislative session explains
why the sessions are protracted. The work
of passing needed legislation could be quickly
accomplished, but to digest the whole mass OF
material offered requires both time and labor
Possibly the member referred to above is
eccentric in his determination not to father
any bills. Would that there were more like
him in the general assembly, and in every
legislature.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-07-10
The Great Cruelty and a len
Thousand Dollar Prize.
From Our Dumb Animals.

Our readers will remember the prize OF
$4,000 offered by the American Society tor
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals OF
New York, in cooperation with the Natlonal
Committee of Humane Slaughter. This prize
was for a device, simple, mechanically oper-
ated and that would render unconscious IN
stantly and painlessly our food ANIMALS De
fore they were either caught up IN the air
or subjected to the knife.
Five hundred and seventy-seven entered the
contest. To unpack and arrange Tor display
the various models, drawings, etc.. required
the time of two men for several days. Inc
committee then went carefully over all the
material submitted. Strange as it may seem,
there were only two that gave evident prom
Use of meeting the demands set forth IN the
specifications giving particulars as to the
kind of device sought.
OF these two one seems to answer every
requirement of the committee. Preparat1ons
are being made in two large but different
abattoirs to try out in practical way each
of these two devices at the earliest possible
moment.
The committee feels most hopeful and en-
couraged not only in the belief that 1t has
found such an invention as it sought but
also in the assurance of cooperation received
from some of the large packing houses, one
OF which has offered an additional prize OF
$500 to any one of its employees who might
win the $4,000, and has promised to give
every opportunity for practical demonstra-
ton of any device that would seem to prom
Use even a material lessenlng OF the surfer
ings caused by present methods.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-07-10
FEWER LYNCHINGS.

Lynchngs in the United States have de-
creased from last year, according to the Ma
tiona Association for the Advancement OF
Colored People The first six months OF the
present year show that only II negroes
died at the hands of mobs while in the same
period of 1922 80 were killed The associa-
ton attributes the decrease to the agitation
for federal anti-lynch law, the heavy mi
grafton 1lorthward of negroes and the conse-
ouent desire of the whites to retain negro
labor in the south.
These reasons may be well founded, but
it would be entirely complimentary to the
negro race for the association to admit that
perhaps, an improvement in the conduct of
the negroes themselves also has had bene-
fetal effect While condemning lynchings,
all and sundry, as brutal and vicious it is
possible to point out that some crimes COM
mitted by negroes in the south have been
of such nature that no one wonders when
the whites are aroused to fury. Lynchings
ought to be stopped, but the mob is not the
only element responsible for it. The negroes
themselves could eliminate much of their dis
tress in this regard by showing better be-
havior, and it is more than likely that the
Improvement for this year is due in part to
that
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-07-10
EDITOR HARDING RETIREs.

One of Mr.. Harding's greatest claims was
the fact that he owned edited and published
a newspaper in his home town OF Marion,
Ohio Throughout his career as a United
States senator, and later as president, he has
held to that distinction in way that marked
both the character of the man and the loyal
tv he felt toward the work of his earlier life.
Frequent references to Editor Harding have
been made, and now after 40 years of own
ing the Marion Star, he relinquishes it to
Others The sale has recently been effected.
Mr.. Harding's announcement of the trans
fer of the Star to new control expresses re-
gret that he henceforth will not be in posi-
ton to direct the destinies of the paper he
built up in the strenuous years which pre-
ceded his entrance into public life. 1t is not
explained why he sold, retaining minority
stock only but one might hazard the guess
that after 40 years of newspaper making any
man might be willing to let some one else
carry on the work he had started.
1t is somewhat gratifying as emphasizing
the human quality of the man that Mr.. Hard
ing, in making the transfer of the Stars con-
troll provided that the men who had worked
with and for him through the many years OF
the publications growth were to be retained
in the service of the new management Also,
il is understood that the policies inaugurated
under the Harding ownership are to be car
ried out without much change Thus Mr..
Harding will not lose entirely his identity
as a newspaper maker, and in the years that
shall follow his retirement from the white
house he may be seen in his old haunts again.
He has not let go entirely, but will have edi-
torial association in the new Star manage
ment After all, as this will show, it is a
difficult matter for one who has been in edi-
torial harness so long to sever all his con-
nectons
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-07-10
THE COUNTRY EDITOR.

The Georgia editors will head toward La
vonia next Monday for their annual conven-
ton. and Editor Rush Burton of The Times,
and the good people of that pretty and pros
porous northeast Georgia town have made
every preparation for the entertainment and
pleasure of their guests. 1t promises to be
enc of the best meetings n the history OF
the association.
The Georgia editor is an illustration of the
thousands of country and small city editors,
whose preachments, like the dripping OF
water drop by drop on the stone in the
course of the years leaves impress. How
little is the merit of their work sometimes
appreciated. How often the people who have
been benefited by the uplifting character of
the thoughts of these men have taken them
for the commonplace because they had no
standard by which to judge them otherwise.
How often the scintillating gems from the
lens of these men are doomed to sparkle
only in the limits of their circulation field,
while cruder thoughts command the atten-
ton of nations because they happened to
have the opportunity of wider circulation
mediums
The country editor is content to labor in
his limited field, happy in the confidence of
the people who know him, sure of the es-
TEEN in which his paper is held. Frantic am
bition and the artificial struggle for survival
do not disturb him. He lives his life as he
chooses He would not exchange his place
for the hurly burly and superficial life of the
metropolitan journal, the life blood of which
is rush. His life is real The other is super
fetal His thoughts are the breath of the soul
of humanity. The thoughts of the other are
the painting sentiments of made to order
sentiment, devoid of human sympathy and
lacking finite soul
The country editor may have no marble
shaft to commemorate his deeds. He may
have no hollow eloquence, cold as the boreas
of the north and unmeanng as the silence
of the desert But he will have place in the
hearts of those who knew him beside which
granite is like the melting snow. The trib-
utes paid his memory will ring as true as
the tingle of pure gold. The estate of such
a man is like fine linen when compared with
the tawdry garb in which humanity is gen
orally clothed.
The country editor is a part of the life of
the community, and that life will never be
the same without him. 1t is a direct and
personal relation unknown in the wider field.
He knows the people to whom he speaks.
He sympathizes with them in their sorrow
and rejoices with them in their joys. He is
bigger than he is accredited and better than
he is believed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-07-10
NEW YORK TO PEKIN BY AIR.

Anyone who has $1,000 to spend business
iii China and the need for great haste soon
NAV fly from New York to Pekin That is
the daring prospectus outlined by James
Steven, an aeronautic expert, who has re-
turned to the United States from the Orient
10 promote the venture He is the representa-
tive of the Curtiss Airplane and Motor Com
pany in China, and also is the adviser of two
big Chinese transportation concerns. He
thinks the whole plan of flying from New
York to China is not only possible but prac-
tcab1e, and he is now making arrangements
for the first test flights. The course planned
is from New York through Canada and
across Boring strait into Siberia. From there
the flight would continue southwark to the
destination. Signal stations would be estab-
hshed all along the route Stops would be
made regularly at Winnipeg, Canada, and at
Nome, Alaska.
The astounding thing is that Mr.. Steven
predicts the fight eventually will be made
in three days! This he considers possible
in view of the fact that Lieutenant Maughn
few at the rate of four and one-half miles
a minute Just one thing might interfere with
the most extensive and most daring air route
yet considered, and that is that passengers
at S11 900 per passage might be very hard
to find
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-07-10
The Jig Is Up.
From the Jackson Progress-Argus


That is significant news that comes from
Rome that farmers of Lloyd county held
prayer in the field in the fight against the boil
weevil When men pray it shows they are IN
earnest. 1t denotes high resolve. Prayer is
inspirational.
But prayer without works will probably &C
complish little in the fight against the boil
weevil The man who fights a prayerful fight
against the cotton bug is bound to win.
When the boil weevil first infested this
area the negroes were superstitious They
wouldn't kill weevil for fear they would be
struck by lightning. Like lamb being led
to the slaughter they submitted without a
struggle and the boil weevil got the cotton.
The failure of negroes to stand up and wage
an intelligent fight against the boil weevil
accounts for so many of the blacks being IN
Pittsburg and other industrial centers.
Science is ranked on the side of the cotton
grower The best brains of the country are
studying the problem. The government is
conducting tests and spending money freely
to find a remedy The boil weevil is now be-
ing fought from the air in Louisiana.
The boil weevil will probably be with us
always, but when men pray and fight dust
and poison, pick and kill, mop and spray
mix brains and inspiration with elbow grease
it means that cotton can and will be
grown.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-07-10
RUDE RURAL RHYMES
SUSPENSE.

The doctors held consultation, decided on
an operation, then told this bard they must
admit the game was on and he was it. They
said they hardly could avoid some tinkering
with his mastoid, and whether he survived
or not depended on the luck he'd got. O
brothers I was living on, all quiet just like
you or John, when suddenly they said to me
step up and face eternity. Now as | gazed
thereon, gadzooks, | cannot say l liked the
looks Not one OF all the cherubim has any
thing on our boy Jinl-I'd hate to leave my
charming Hannah, and with Strange angels
sing Hosanna. l have so many things not
yet half done, sweet fruits of life l have not
bitten and rural rhymes | have not written,
I'd hate to leave them in the lurch and go
ahead foremost into church and let the par
son work his Jaws and tell how good man
| was 1t may be good for any gink to stand
a while upon the brink, of all his sins and
such to think But as for me, | hope when
next the preacher picks my funeral text the
doctors will not come and stand beside my
bedside in band, all pointing to the prom
ised land. O friends, | hope I'll not be know
ing just when they think they've got me
going. BOB ADAMS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-07-10
Hazards in the Home.
From the Baltimore Sun.

Cynics will be grateful to the insurance
companies which tell the world that polished
floors and slippery bathtubs are responsible
for enough injuries to constitute themselves
real menaces to limb if not to life The nat
ural deduction is that people who have such
dangerous things around are fools; and since
most people have slippery bathtubs even
though their floors are of the older fashion,
most people are fools. O.. E. D., says the
cynic. But this reasoning is faulty, for the
same insurance people say that falling out
of bed also causes many serious accidents,
and surely the use of beds in place of the
prehistoric pile of leaves IS not foolish. The
bed is hazardous, just as most civilized de-
vices are hazardous only through chance or
carelessness. But chance is everywhere. In
the forest .primeval a tree may drop on the
wayfarer, or in the open prairies tornado
may catch him The tub will therefore re-
main popular, one hopes, in spite of the prop
uganda put out by these insurance experts
who talk as if they had not forgotten, as the
common phrase has it, that they were once
boys themselves"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-07-10
NEW FARMERS UNION PRESIDENT

]. B. Nevin in Atlanta Georgian.
James D. Weaver, newly elected president
of the Farmers Union of Georgia, should &C
complish much functioning in that capacity.
He is a business man of fine qualifications
farmer along large lines; a former legisla-
tor OF proven ability.
Ordinarily, it is difficult to obtain as exec
utive head of such an organization so wide
ly experienced a citizen as Mr.. Weaver. He
is native Georgian, a graduate of Emory,
makes his home in Dawson-and spends a
good deal of his time III Atlanta.
Asked what he will do as head of the
Farmers Union, Mr.. Weaver replied: "Ac-
tons speak louder than words. Ask me a
wear hence what we HAVE done"
Fair enough!
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-07-10

The election of Hon. James D. Weaver
as president OF the Georgia Farmers Union
is an honor fittingly bestowed. Mr.. Weaver
has large farming interests in Terrell coun-
tv and is fully alive to the best interests OF
the agricultural masses. Under his leader
ship the Union may confidently be expected
to enlarge its sphere of usefulness and be a
still greater power in promoting the welfare
Of the farmer
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-07-10
Watch Crops Grow!
From the Worth County Local.

From the worth county Local.
Failure" has been the cry many
time in Terrell county when things all
seemed to be going wrong in the spring
months, but we've noticed that as the
time of harvest comes on our farmers
have about all they can do to take care
of their crops We have never yet made
a complete failure on the farms of the
county Watch the cotton and corn
grow, now that the sun is getting in his
work-Dawson News.
We've all heard this talk about crop fail
ures before In fact the folks have heard it
here in Georgia since Oglethorpe first came
over. We hear it every year when there's d
three weeks rain or three weeks drought.
But as the Dawson paper says in refer
ence to Terrell county, Georgia is yet to be
visited by its first complete failure
A look at the crops of Worth county at
the present writing. despite the unprecedent-
ed rains for two months, does not carry the
OF failure The indications are
that our folks are going to be pretty busy
next fall picking the feecy staple, moving
hay, gathering peanuts and hauling corn.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-07-10
TERRELL HAS THEM.

From the Lagrange Graphic.
In every county in Georgia there are men
who by using close application and study of
farming. who by using every work day in
the year in planning and working their
crops enrichng and caring for their lands
are examples OF what it is possible for ev-
cry farmer under normal conditions to do.
So let's don't wait for some northern farm
err or some colony of foreigners to show us
the trick. but study the methods OF our own
successful farmers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-07-10

The city authorities have the thanks OF
the public for Improvement in keeping the
streets free of trash. The citizens cannot
expect a spotess town until they cooperate
more generally with the mayor and council.
The matter of throwing paper in the streets
is in direct violation of city ordinance, and
vet it is nothing unusual to see business
men and others disregard this law.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-07-10
Georgia Press Talk.

Too many laws is one OF the things thai
is making the tax burden heavy. Says The
Winder News:
One of the results OF many laws is that
it is necessary to levy heavy taxes to en-
force those laws. There is a great tend
ency just now to regulate the life OF the
citizen in every particular. We ought to
cut our law-making to a minimum. In
our multitude OF laws we have built up
great overhead expense that calls for
large taxes. Instead OF guaging mans
ability by the number of bills he can
propose or pass the people would reduce
the cost of government and get better
service if they sent representatives to
their state and national assemblies who
made records for passing the least legis-
lation and for reducing rather than in
creasing the overhead burdens OF gov
eminent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-07-10

The Commerce News has absorbed the
Commerce Observer. 1t was the best thing
that could happen for all concerned. With
an undivided field it is possible for Editor
Shannon to receive the patronage he de-
serves and Commerce will be benefited by
having a better newspaper. There are no
two-paper towns in Georgia, as experience
has many times proved