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Evening star., 1925-08-04
GOOD AND BAD CROPS
FACING COLONlSTS
Jewish Settlers in Odessa Have
Bright Prospects. While
Others Despair.
By the Associated Pres.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, August 4 Gewish Tele-
graphic Agency).-Harvest prospects
in the old and new Jewish colonies in
Soviet Russia present a contrasted
picture Of hope and despair. Reports
received here are that the Jewish col
onies in the krivoy Rog district of
Ukraine expect an abundant crop.
more abundant than in the last :
years. The colonists hope to improve
their impoverished condition and to
pay off their accumulated debts.
In the Odessa district only three
Jewish colonists have had good har-
vests. In the other 10. crops have
been ruined completely. OF the 500
Evening star., 1925-08-04
STOP AND co SIGNS
FOR SHIPS PLANNED
Traffic Control in Harbor OF
New York Needed, Acct
dent Shows.
n thc Consolidated Press

Ry the Consolidated Press
NEW YORK. August "A traffic
system for boats in New York Bay
as rigid as that which prevails on
Broadway and Fifth avenue may he
New York : next innovation. Fifteen
hundred women and sickly children
aboard the hospital ship Helen C.
ship Monday by the passenger liner
Van Dyke add their testimony 10
that of numerous harbormen, who
say that something drastic has to be
done for the busiest harbor in the
world
Floating traffic cops, a line of tall
huoys like the city's traffic towers,
flashing green Go" signals one min.
ute and red stop" signals the next.
and a network of smaller buoys like
the silent policemen most cities
have planted in the middle of inter
secting streets have ali been sue-
gested.
Seek Better System.
For many months now harbormen.
pilots of the 500 tugs, the hundred
odd ferry boats and numerous pas
senger and freight liners which spend
most of their time lodging each other
IN their daily runs have been aiming
for better traffic system in the bay.
The idea was given impetus by Mon
DAYS accident and a petition signed
hy all this week is expected to he its
elimination.
II was a miracle that people were
not hurt aboard the st. Johns Guild
Hospital barge. according to DR. Nir
Einia Travel, in charge, when its tug
pulled il in front of the Van Dyke
when the latter backed from its slip.
It Is only miracle, too, harbor men
declare, that there are not dozens of
similar accidents every day.
An old tug boat man. for years can
tain of the Alice, told the story. I'VE
get in the worst jams" he said. The
ships don't know and don't watch
where the others are going.
All in Tangle.
with the 500 tugs all fighting for
frst chance at a tow job and clutter
ing up traffic while they yank freight
from Jersey City and Brooklyn or
bring in passenger ship. plus the
hundred odd ferry boats, the railroad
tugs, the coasting steamers and light
ers, liners and river boats, they seem
impossible to straighten. out.
Our men are set, I think. to stand
for most any of the newfangled traf-
fic systems they laughed at when they
were started out on land. For the
sake of women and private citizens.
such as were in Mondays accident,
something ought to be done"
Capt r. A. Smith, another tug boat
man, said many of the harbor skip
pers already had reached sort of
"gentlemen's agreement" on harbor
traffic rules, supplementing the rules
laid down by the Government. But he
agreed something more stringent was
needed.
Evening star., 1925-08-04
John Alden Descendant Dies.

HANERHILL, Mass, August 4 Cp1
Miss Mary c. Tompkins, direct
descendant of John Alden, who landed
at Plymouth Rock in 1920, is dead at
her home here, following a paralytic
shock. For more than 40 years she
was a school teacher in Haverhill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-05

ana let Fame go knocking on other
doors.
my whole life is wrapped up in
Barbara" said Irene.
IT have no hope for fame other
than to be the best mother in the
world.
"That is more than enough for
me-"
Baby Barbara will never appear
before the footlights to take her
mothers place as dance favorite.
In fact, she won't have to. Her
father is reputed worth several
millions.
And so it goes. Fame surfeits and
Irene has found that out.
Baby Barbara, not yet a year old,
means more than fame-to her
mother.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-05
IRENE ABANDONSI
F00TLIGH rs FOR
MOTHER DRAMA
No More Hope for Fame Ex-
cept as Best Mother in
World.

HOLLYWOOD, Ill, June 5.-She
was the worlds best dressed woman
two years ago and danced her way
to fame.
Crowds applauded. And Irene
Castle thought that everything
worth attaining had come to her.
But here in this quiet little suburb,
under her new name OF Ars.
Frederick Mclaughlin. she has dis
covered that her old philosoph" was
all wrong.
And the cause Of this trans
formation Is to be found In pair
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-05

the influence of the very popular
magazines which are published for
mediocre babbit tastes,
"The magazines" Lewis said,
"have held down the tone of stories
because the mass Of the public want
it that way"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-05
SOCIALIST BAKERY FAILS

VIENNA, June 5.-A Socialist
bakery, established fifteen years ago
to destroy "capitalistic monopoly of
Bread" has been sold to repay loans
to Dutch bankers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-05

Of baby eyes and soft baby fingers
belonging to Barbara Irene, not yet
a year old
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-05

Straight Up-and-Down Motion he
places Pedals.

Bn United Press
LIVERPOOL, England. June D.
A man here has invented a chain Z
less bicycle, which also has a
straight up and down motion OF the
pedals. instead of the usual circular
motion
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-05
SINCLAIR Lewis
DENIES CALLING
AMERICANS PIGS
euthor, Home From Abroad,
Says Interview Was
Fake.

BIZ Times Special
NEW YORK, June 6.-Sinclair
Lewis, after a winter in Europe,
has returned to America to tell his
countrymen that the report that he
said they were pigs" was greatly
exaggerated.
Although the author who found
Main Street" drab and It's boosters
''babbits," complained that Ameri-
cans look upon a man who wears
a dress suit as a congenital scoun-
drel he denied Americans were
pigs" or that he had ever said
they were.
Whole Think Fake
"The whole interview was a fake"
Lewis said Monday, referring to a
story published after he left for
England last October.
Lewis even had a few words of
praise for contemporary American
literature. American authors, he
satd, have more vitality than Euro
peans with the exception of English
writer's. The British are turning out
more polished writing than ours but
less vigorous. 3
Much SIovenly Work
Yet America has an over-supply
of slovenly writing, due, he said, to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-05

She is Irene's first child and. for
her, the famous mother has definite
ly abandoned every call of the world
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-05
Whole Think Fake
Much SIovenly Work

Yet America has an over-supply
of slovenly writing, due, he said, to
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-06-25
Believes In Fertilizer

Donald Jackson, who is making a
crop on the Dalton farm at Dalton,
brought in several stalks of cotton
Monday morning for the purpose of
showing the effects of fertilizer ON cot
ton He has always been a bit skepti-
cal about the value of fertilizer and
this year decided to make some ex-
periments of his own.
In one field he fertilized a part, on
ratio of 200 pounds to the. acre.
Part of the field he left unfertilized.
All the cotton was planted at the same
time and receiving the same attention.
The stalks pulled from the fertilized
area were at least four times as large
as those taken from the unfertilized
area. The best stalk of the fertilized
cotton contained 1S squares and the
best stalk of the unfertilized contain
ed squares.
Donald says 81 was raised near
enough to Missouri that l have to be
shown In this matter certainly
have been shown"
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-06-25
LARGE CROWD ATTENDS
SINGERS CONVENTION

A crowd numbering probably three
thousand people attended the second
quarterly convention of the Randolph
County Singers Association at Sharum
last Sunday.
The members of the different COM
mittees appointed to look after the
comfort and welfare of their guests
for the day did their work well. There
was nothing left undone. Ample park
ing grounds for cars and teams had
been provided, there was plenty Of ice
water, seats in the grove and tables
aud enough fine dinner to have fed two
such crowds.
, The convention was called to order
at ten O'clock by John ID. Campbell,
president of the Association and five
hundred voices sang America" after
which prayer was offered by Mr.. N. s.
Carroll. The address of welcome was
delivered by Ed w. T. Shoffitt Of
Sharum and the response by DIR. II. IL.
Price of POcahOntas.
/ A number of teachers and leading
singers of the county were present
and each took turn in leading a com
munity singing Of Old-time songs.
However, only two organized classes
took part in the days program. They
were Sharum, with II. f. Wood direc-
tor and Pirtle, with N. =. Gates direc-
tor. Each class rendered a number
of choice selections which were APP
preciated very much by the large audi
ence.
The association chose Running Lake
as the next meeting place and the date
was fixed for the second Sunday in
August at ten o'clock. Allen Huddle-
ston is leader of the Running Lake
class and is one Of the most enthuslas-
tic members of the association.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-06-25
MR.. PERRIN FILES
PERSONAL TAX LIST

For the first time in many years.
the delinquent personal tax list was
filed on time according to law. On
juno IS, being seventy days from
April 10, Collector Perrin filed the list
as directed by law. Uncollected per-
sOnal taxes this year, counting those
of citizens out of the state, are less
than $1,000. This is said to be re-
cord for Randolph county. The de-
linquent real estate list, as shown at
the sale on June s, was the smallest
in many years.
County Clerk and Mrs. w. II. Phipps
are now making up the sheriff's set
tlement and Mr.. Perrin states that he
is more than anxious to settle on time,
for once in the history of the county.
Regarding the delinquent personal
tax, Collector Perrin issues the follow
ing warming: "TO the fellow who has
not vet paid his personal tax, remem-
Der that the penalty is now on and |
must insist that you come to my office
and save extra sheriff's cost"
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-06-25
TWELVE APPOINTMENTS
TO STATE UNIVERSITY

| am pleased to announce to the
young men and women of Randolph
county that | am authorized to ap-
point ~ students as beneficiaries in
the University of Arkansas at Fayette-
ville These appointments entitle the
holder to free tuition for four years.
The University is state supported
institution maintained by the tax pay
ers of Arkansas for the bepefit of the
young people of the state. In addi-
tion to the usual literary and classical
courses offered in colleges, 1t COM
prises, as a part of its organization,
the State Colleges of Agriculture and
, Engineering, and is the only institu-
iton in the state giving complete col
lege courses and degrees i'm those i'm
portant industrial subjects.
The University has also a College
of Education whose graduates receive
diplomas emitting them to teach in
the public schools for life.
For the young ladies there are COM
plete courses in domestic science and
art. Graduates Of these courses are in
great demand as teachers and as coun-
ty agents in canning club and home
economics work, and at good salaries.
For admission to the University as
an unconditional student, one must be
a high school graduate. Those who
do not live in towns having high
schools may obtain appointments and
enter the University Training High
School, where they may prepare them
selves for the freshman class.
Geo. w. Million,
County Judge.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-06-25
New Handle Factory

A new handle factory has been put
in operation in POcahontas by Messrs
Clifford Price and A. ]. Lewis, promin-
ent local business men.
The plant, which is located on the
weatherly property just beyond Town
Creek on the Frisco spur, will manu-
facture broom, mop, hoe, rake, hay
fork and shovel handles. The man
agement of the plant will be in the
hands of j. j. Crews.
The new industry will not interfere
with the other vOcations of the owners
Mr.. Price will remain with the Poca-
hontas State Bank and Mr.. Lewis will
continue i'm charge of the A. ]. Lewis
Furniture Company.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-06-25
MANY FARMERS HAVE
EARLY COTTON BLOOMS

The first bloom to reach this office
from the 1925 crop was sent in last
Thursday, the 18th, by J. L. Ro6inett,
aged II. who lives near Warm Springs.
The bloom was q red one and the boy
stated that it came forth on the 10th.
He reported that the stalk from which
the bloom was taken was waist high to
him and had been grown in loose,
trashy soil with the aid Of barnyard
fertilizer.
On Friday, Elmo Roe, cashier Of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank at Rey-
no, reported that Matt Hurst had
brought to town that day three blooms.
They were grown on the J. VI. Hurst
farm. Matt reported that he had seen
several more in the field, one of them
red.
Saturday morning, Jewel Brooks of
near Imboden phoned in that w. B.
Austin, who is making crop on the
Brooks farm on Spring river, had
IOuuu StNcIui ulOouiHs pOAh iVu thu
white. Mr.. Austin also reported that
he had found one bloom on the 18th.
This cotton was planted on April 2,
and Mr.. Brooks states that they got
a 100 per cent stand.
Monday morning b. NJ. Fender of
near Holmes brought to town seven
stalks Of cotton all two feet or more in
height. Each stalk had blooms, two
of them having both a red and a white.
Mr.. Fender reported that he planted
the cotton on April 10 and found the
first bloom June 10. The tallest stalk
brought in was 20 1-2 inches in height.
One of the stalks contained 25 squares
and bloom. Mr.. Fender has 80 acres
of this sort of cotton and reports a
perfect stand. He planted Acala seed.
Oscar Prince phOned in Monday that
he had found a number of blooms, both
red and white, the day before. Oscar
has 200 acres and reports perfect
stand on all but about two acres. The
cotton was planted two months and
ten days before the first blooms were
found.
Barney Pulliam brought in a red
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-06-25
FORMER LOCAL BOY
SHOT BY PLAYMATE

Bonner Meells, aged IA. son of Mr.,
I and Mrs. Arthur Meeks, who until re-
Gently lived at PocahOntas, was shot
and killed by a playmate at his home
in st. Louis Monday. The Globe
Democrat gives the following account
of the shooting;
Boomers parents came to st. Louis
from Arkansas about three weeks ago.
Both obtained positions, the fathcr
working as a blacksmith and the moth
er as waitress in a restaurant.
Bonner was left home during the
day. Yesterday it was raining. The
house seemed dreary To Bonner be-
cause he couldn't play in The yard.
So he thought of good game to play
and went up to the room of his friend,
Woodrow Wilson Talley, who lived in
the same house. Lets go down to
my room and play 'holdup.' My pops
got a gun and we can have lots of fun
he said. This was about 4 p. m
] W OONlOW COnSclllthf luhiiiS - AAh hAAh
his two smaller brothers.
90 Now, Woody, I'll tell you what
we'n do. You take this gun of pops
and make out that you're holding me
mp. Take your brothers outside of my
door, and when / yell ready then
you run in and hold me up. I'll be
lying on the bed
"A few minutes elapsed and then
Bonner shouted ready" Woody re-
sponded and ran into the room.
"Stick 'em up cried Woody as Bon
ner was about to rise from the bed
on which he lay. Bonner made a
move as though he was about to
reach for a pistol when Woody fired,
and his friend crumpled and fell to
the floor.
"a few minutes later the police ar
rived and took Woodrow to headquar-
ters. As they were about to place
him under arrest he cried, "You are
going to hang me now, you're going
to hang me. l didn't know it was
loaded until the thing went off In
my hands. / wouldn't have shot him
he was my best friend"
"At the City Hospital it was found
that the bullet had entered the right
side of the boys nose and that it EN-
bedded itself in his neck.
Both mothers Of the boys were al
work at the time of the accident wher
notified by the police.
"AIeeks and his wife visited Central
District Police Station last night and
stunned by the death of their son, told
of being almost in destitute circum
stances and having no money to pro
vide "A decent burial for their boy. The
police hope some one may come for
ward and aid the family i'm its need
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-06-25

and a white bloom Monday from Wal
ker Decker's farm just across the river
from town.. The red one had fallen
to the ground and was judged to have
been three days old. Barney said
they had 80 acres and a perfect stand
on every acre of it,
VIII Bonner phoned in Wednesday
of this week that he had found several
blooms i'm his field.
The first bloom in Lawrence county
was reported at Arbor Grove last Tues
day, the 18th. The first bloom in that
county last year was reported on July
4.
The first bloom in Creaghead county
was reported last Wednesday, the 18th.
The first bloom in Clay county was
reported last Thursday, the 18th.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-06-25
Sen. LaFOllette Dead

Washington, June 23.-Sen. Robert
Marion La Toilette, one of the great
est political insurgents in American
history, died Thursday. He had just
passed his SEVENTEEN birthday The
senator died at :21 p. m, the immedi-
ate cause of death being heart failure,
superinduced by a general breakdown
and an attack of bronchial asthma.
The Wisconsin senator was a candi-
date for President on the Progressive
ticket at the last election.
Senator Edwin f. Ladd of North
Dakota, another member of the insur-
gent bloc, died Monday of Kidney trou-
BILE.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-06-25
Marshal Delivers Deserter

Marshal ]. G. Slayton left Friday
morning for jefferson Barracks. Mo.
where he delivered VIM. b. Duffer OF
this city, who was charged with de
sertion from the army Young DUFF
fer was arrested by SlaytOn and Post
master HollOwell last week upon or
ders from the provost marshal at Ft
Sam Houston, Texas.
The parents of Duffer claim that be
is only sixteen years of age and that
he misrepresented his age when he en-.
listed. If that be true it may be that
the boy will answer a charge of per.
Jury rather than desertion.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-06-25
Fire DESTROYS Born

Fire destroyed the barn of Granvil
Anderson at Old Reyno Monday night,
with a small loss of feed and harness.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-06-25
Struck By Lightning

During the electrical storm last
Thursday evening Curtis Wiley who
lives in the west part of town, was
struck by lightning.
He was sitting in his home, reading,
when a bolt struck a flue near him,
knocking him several feet and setting
fire to the paper on the wall. He was
not seriously injured and the fire was
extinguished before 1t had done much
damage.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-06-25
Named Local Representative

Ben Johnston, manager Of the Ran
dolph County Abstract Company, was
named last week as local represents
tive in Randolph county for the Home
Building & Loan Association of FIT
Smith.
While Mr.. Johnston will devote some
of his time to his new duties, he will
not let the work interfere with his
duties in the abstract Office. He has
the new Randolph county map about
ready for the printers and announces
that within a few days it will be on
the market.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-06-25
Attend M. w. A. Convention
County Judge

Theodore Rice and S. A. Smith left
Saturday for Chicago to attend the
national convention of the Modern
Woodmen of America. Other delegates
from this county in attendance are
Baxter Spencer Of Maynard and John
II. Holt Of Reyno. John ID. Kerley Of
Peach Orchard is a delegate from Clay
county.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-06-25
Attention Klansmen

Big outdoor Klan meeting near
ReynO. June 3Oth, Tuesday night.
KIansmen tell every Klansman about
it, and tell him to go to ReynO, and
inquire the way. I'll 30 TIM.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-06-25

A. J. Cole Of Birmingham, Ala, was
meeting old friends here the latter
part of last week while on his way to
Chicago to attend the national meet
ing of the Modern Woodmen Of Amer
lea. He was accompanied by A. w.
Gwaltney of Dothan, Ala.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-06-25
JURORS FOR
JULY TERN OF COURT

The jury commissioners for Ran
dolph county, r. G. Dubois, Tom Big
ger and II. c. Hollowell, have appoint
ed the following citizens to serve in
the July term of circuit court, which
sets the third Monday in July:
Grand Jurors
Evening star., 1925-06-11

BOYS! Earn spending money
and fne prizes by delivering
to regular customers! Just
write THE SATURDAY
EVENING POST, 684
Independence Square, Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1925-06-11
COLLEGE OF MUSIC
Will GIVE CONCERT
Elaborate Program to Feature
Commencement Exercises at Gen.
tral Auditorium June 10.

The 10th annual commencement of
the Washington College of Music will
be held in the Central High School
Auditorium June 10. The exercises
will be featured by an elaborate con-
cert by the graduates and students.
Three degrees, four teacher di-
plomaS, nine graduate diplomas and
ten certificates will be awarded. Care
lius Emil Christiani and Wilberfoss
George OwSt will receive the degree
of doctor of music. and James Freder-
ick Browne will be awarded the de-
gree of bachelor of music education.
An artist diploma also will be awarded
to Benjamin Rather.
The teacher diplomas will be given
to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, Burrus
Robert Williams, Clara Evelyn Scott
and Lawrence Cleophas Greene; the
graduate diplomas to Margaret Lyle
Alexandria, Virginia Woodbridge Cure
ton. Emma Lydia Charters, Annie
Gregg Gibson. Jane Virginia Mac
Pherson. Emile Rose Mann. Edna
Keith Steinbrucker, Sophie Snyder
and Evelyn Wells, and the certificates
to Sylvia Altman, Emile Christiani,
Katherine Hereford, Harry Mant-
Zuranis, Margaret OXenburg, George
Roth, Rebecca Rosenblum, Robert
Lord, Anne Smith and Clara Evelyn
Scott.
Evening star., 1925-06-11
POLICE CLERK WANTED.
Civil Service Has 81, ,14O Place for
Phone Attendant.

The Civil Service Commission an
nounced today it will receive applica-
tions until June q for a position Of
telephone clerk in the Metropolitan
Police Department of the District of
Columbia.
The entrance salary is 81 ,140 a year
Advancement in pay may be made
without change in assignment up to
$1,000 a year.
For the present vacancy, a man is
desired, although both men and wom-
en- will be admitted to the examina-
ton.
The appointee will be expected to
devote portion of his time to operat-
ing switchboard and the remainder
to clerical work in connection with the
receiving and sending Of telephone
messages.
Full information and application
blanks may be obtained at the office
of the Civil Service Commission, 1924
F. street.
Evening star., 1925-06-11

have neighborhood celebrations en-
bodying the use Of fireworks al
ready have been filed with the Dis
trict Commissioners and 1t is prob
able that a numbrr of such permits
will be granted.
Discharge of noise making devices,
firecrackers, squibs and other ex-
plosives is prohibited except in in
stances Of public demonstrations,
and only then when special permis-
sion is obtained from the Commis-
sioners.
Evening star., 1925-06-11
SAFE AND SANE FOURTH,
INSPECTOR EVANS AIM
Police Officials to Strictly Bar Use
of Fireworks Here In
dependence Day.

1t is the intention Of Inspector
Charles A. Evans to insist upon a
safe and sane celebration the ap-
preaching 4th of July season. There
are ample regulations on the sub
ject, police officials contend, and
strict enforcement of them should
mean a repetition Of the safe and
sane celebrations the past few years.
Applications for permission to