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Pocahontas star herald., 1926-06-24
RROWNIE

Weather at present dry and dusty
but crops looking good, notwithstand-
ing. ,,.,.
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Alphin and little
daughter of st. Louis are visiting rela-
tives and friends in our neighDOrnOou,
Miss Vera Hill Of Peach orchard
spent the week end with her c0uslh'
Miss Lucille Bass.
The Senior b. Y. Z. U. postponed
their program last Sunday evening on
account of the meeting at Nj. E. church,
Peach Orchard.
Rev. Hall, pastor of NJ. f. church at
Peach Orchard, with Evangelist Greer,
who has been conducting a series OF
meetings at NJ. E. church at Peach Or
chard the past two weeks, were six
O'Clock dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Albright ,on Friday evening
last.
Mr.. and Mrs. James (nee Hawkins)
of st Louis spent several days THIS
past week visiting Mrs. James sister,
Mrs Hogan Jones, and family.
Mr.. and Mrs Ebert Triplett and
family spent Sunday with Mrs Trip
let's father, Mr. Pitman, and family
near Peach Orchard.
William Smith, who for the past
six months or more has been making
his home with his daughter, Mrs. j. l..
Abanathy, and family, is on an extend
ed visit with his son, Roy, and family
in Kentucky.
Mrs. Josie Spence, accompanied by
her niece, Miss vi Beloate. came down
from Corning Saturday to visit Mr..
and Mrs w. j. Brown. Miss vi re-
urned to her home Sunday and Mrs.
Spence remained for a more extended
visit
Bert Stevens is home on short visit
with his mother, Mrs. win Brown, and
family. Bert says he likes st. Louis
but this country looks mighty good to
him.
Mr.. Dolbey Of st. Louis and Mrs
Mckinney of Poplar Bluff took dinner
Monday with Mr.. and Mrs. W. j,
Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs r. f. Bailey of Corning
with Mrs. Baileys father, II. f. Gil
christ, Of Knobel were Sunday after
noon callers in our vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Mondy and little
daughter of near Pocahontas visited
their sister, Mrs. Dona Going and
family over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Vaughn of
Memphis, with Mrs. Vaughn's brother
and sister, Raymond and Mildred, visit
ed Joe Clayton and family couple of
days last week.
Morris Emerson and wife of Peach
Orchard were callers in our neighbOr-
hood Friday
jeff Morris and wife attended the
School of instruction of o. Il. S. at
Corning last Friday.
The Brownie Literary Club met with
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Brown last Thurs
day evening. Most of the members
were present, as well as several visi-
tors. The program was interesting.
Before the little band adjourned the
hostess, assisted by Mrs. Dona Going
and Miss Vera Kerley, served refresh
ments. The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Mustain.
Mr. and Mrs. J. y. Pe.lnett spent
Sunday in Peach Orchard attending
services at the NJ. K. church.
Wooden sandals are vanishing in
Japan, due to the importation of rub
ber heels from America.
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VALLEY CHAPEL

Glen Baker and little daughter re-
turned to their home in Rochester,
Mimi, last Wednesday.
Mrs. Homer Baker and two boys,
Homer Lee and Albert, took dinner
with Mrs. VIM Lewis in Ravenden
Springs Wednesday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Wells visited their
daughter. Mrs. Clyde Layl, Saturday
night and Sunday and attended church
at Water Valley.
Nora Matheny attended church at
Ravenden Springs Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Bennett, Mrs.
Homer Baker and sons and Mr.. and
Mrs. Earnest BricSy spent Sunday at
Geo. Lows.
Abigale Patten. Homer Lee Baker
and Douglas Sinks called on Mary and
Theo Hall Sunday.
VIM Randles is on the sick list.
Abigale Patten and Trenidale Sinks
were shopping in Ravenden Springs
Monday.
Mrs. Carl Hall is on the sick list.
Jim Hughes and son, Henry, attend
ed church at Water Valley Sunday.
This neighborhOod is badly In need
Of good rain.
Trenidale Sinks spent Sunday night
with Abigale Patten.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-06-24
UNION

Elmer Waggoner and family were
Sunday guests of Ben Palmer and fam
lily.
A. r. Swindle and wife and Greeley
Swindle and family were dinner guests
of Chester Gibson and wife Sunday.
Earl johnson and wife spent Satur-
day night and Sunday with Mrs. John
sons parents, John f. Rapert and
wife, at OXly, Mo.
Averil Luter and family were Satur-
day night and Sunday guests of G. w.
Green and family.
Several from here attended the big
day at Pitman Sunday.
Pearcy Harmon and wife were Sun
day guests of Grady Swindle and wife.
G. W. Green and boys spent Satur-
day fishing on Current river but were
unable to get any fish.
Leecil Poor was week end guest
at Maynard.
Opal Johnston is visiting her broth
er, Ray, and family this week.
George Owens and family spent Sun
day with Morgan Hayes and family
Lots of hay being harvested this
week 1t surely will rain now.
Little Fern Smith is spending the
week with her grandmother, Mrs G.
w Green and family.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-06-24
WATER VALLEY

The picnic given here Saturday was
well attended. Everyone had a most
enjoyable time. The proceeds which
will go for the benefit of the singing
class were about $35. Little Earline
Graham won the baby cap and Mrs.
James Davidson the apron.
A large crowd attended services here
Sunday conducted by Bro. Sharp. The
singing class from Birdell was with us
and rendered some quartets and good
singing, which was enjoyed by all.
Mr.. and Mrs ]. c. Claud have return
ed home after attending six weeks
normal course at Jonesboro.
John Clark of Noland visited his
brother and wife and attended the
picnic Saturday and preaching and
song service Sunday.
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SANDERS

Crops are looking well but need rain
A crowd gathered and went squirrel
hunting Saturday. Had a good time
and killed about % squirrels.
Mrs. Brad Gregory spent the week
end at Johnnie Galbreath's.
Steve Blansett and family were Sun
day afternoon guests at Charley Wells,
Willie Dean and wife spent the week
end at Henry Morgan's.
Willie johnson. who has been in a
hospital at Little Rock, Is home again.
His foot is doing nicely.
Vance Finley spent Saturday night
and Sunday at Charley Wells.
Mrs. Finley is visiting her daugh-
ter. Rosia Blansett, this week.
Matthew Wells is on the sick list.
Burley French and family and Mrs.
Mona Wells attended church at Gum
Stump Sunday night. They report
that Bro. Sherrel preached fine SER
mon.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-06-24
RAvENDEN SPRINGS

Misses Lorine Reynolds and Odessa
liigginbOtham, two of our young teach
ers, returned home last Friday from
JonesbOro where they had been attend
ing the six weeks normal
Elmer James of Skaggs is here this
week visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs. Robert Stewart of Kansas City
and Mrs. Hayes Granger of Piggott
are spending this week with their
mother, Mrs. w. f. Miller, here.
j. b. Duvall, Rev. Il. N. Threlkeld
and Elmer Davis left Monday for Hol-
lister, Mo. They will be gone most of
this week.
County Superintendent II. A. Mock,
County Agent II. A. Kerr and DIR. W.
Il. Hamil of Pocahontas visited the
Community Club last Friday night and
gave some good educational and agri-
cultural talks to large crowd at the
school house. We are always glad to
have men like these gentlemen to visit
us.
c. #. ShannOn's Of PocahOntas came
over last Sunday to get a good drink
of water out of the spring. They took
back with them a ten gallon can of the
water.
The singing at the Presbyterian
church Sunday was well attended and
there was some real good singing. The
next singing will be at the Methodist
church next Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock. We would like to see more of
the young folks take interest in the
singing.
A good roads meeting will be held
here Saturday afternoon at two O'Clock
for the purpose of laying plans for a
good road leading from this place to
POcahOntas, straight through by way
of Blacks Ferry bridge. This is a
road that is needed badly. All inter-
ested are requested to be at Ravenden
Springs the 26th, at 2 o'clock, and help
to lay the plans for the road. County
Judge Million is also requested to be
here.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-06-24
Big Cotton Stalks

Walter Webb. a cotton farmer on the
Price farm just across Black river.
brought in two cotton stalks Saturday
that would be prize winners anywhere.
The largest stalk was 26 1-2 inches
high and its stem was thick and
strong Planted April 2S it had squares
more than a week old and would have
been in bloom before July 1.
The stalks were from Mebane seed
and his ground is fertilized with 10-I-4
mixture
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-06-24

FOR RENT-The four-acre park at
Ravenden Springs, for the summer.
! want to rent this park to some one
that might wish to run the summer
picnics and make collections from the
tourists that will want to use the park
for camping purposes This is a good
chance to make some easy money. Ad-
dress, J. S. Parsons, JonesbOro, Ark.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-06-24
Case of PeHagra

Doniphan physicians are treating
Mrs. B. T. Hudson of Western Ripley
county for pellagra, disease little
known in this section and thought to
be caused 10y malnutrition.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-06-24
Piles cured in s 70 f4D Davs

Drueeists refund moneyif PAZO OiNTMENTfa fails
60 cure Itching, Blind. Bleeding OF ProlrpoAls
Piles InaIcntly relieves Itching Piles, and yor
,an scs res-ill sleep after urss application osI
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-06-24

Wooden sandals are vanishing in
Japan, due to the importation of rub
ber heels from America.
Evening star., 1926-11-21

for the round trip on the ship, in
cluding meals, whether for one or
four persons to a cabin. The eight
reservations on the S. S. Leviathan
range from $157.50 to $3.50 a person.
The rates for housing while in
France are divided into grades from
A to f and from $40 to $40 a per-
son for the seven days stay In a
Paris hotel. including tips. and may
possibly vary somewhat, according
ing to the value Of a franc next
year.
Housing Takes All Beds.
The accommoda tons reserved for
housing the Legionnaires consist of
every available bed in Paris for the
seven nights of the convention period
in hotels of every class. boardin;
-ouses, private homes and barrack.
These have been divided into 81,
;eneral types, ranging from de luxe
Town to simple unpretentious lodg-
ngs. No meals are included for the
obvious reason that the average
Legionnaire will be taking his meals
at different place each time and
because American appetites cannot
be standardized, but are governed by
individual desire and pocketbook.
will be mailed a final statement In
March, 1927, which will show the
exact charges, which may he some
what lower, or somewhat higher, or
exactly the same as mentioned above.
Those who are eligible to make the
rip are divided into several classes.
The applicant must be a member Of
the American Legion and be able to
>resent a 1925 and 1927 paid-up
membership card or be a member of
he American Legion Auxiliary and
also show paid-up cards for 1926
1927 Fathers of members of the
American Legion are eligible to take
the trip, also children Of members
those under IL years going at half
rate. Women must be members of
the American Legion Auxiliary. All
applications must be accompanied
10y a deposit of $50 in the form Of
a Post Office money order, cashiers
check, certified check or by travel
transfer certificate. issued by author
iZed American Legion Savings Club.
Side Trips Arranged.
Through the cooperation Of the
French government and the Ameri.
can Battle Monuments Commission
the American Legion offers for the
ITSL liIIlo cOfHpleIS tours OF DdCIlo-
fields, covering all localities in north.
ern France in which American
troops were engaged during the
World War. Prices Of trips vary.
1t will be possible for Legion
travellers" to remain in France for
| varying lengths Of time. so long as
they return by one of the official sail
ings of the line on which they go over.
The special railroad rates in the
United States to ports of embarkation
will be good for three months, with
| final limit for the completed trip
| not later than December ], 1927.
Legfonnaires desiring applications
| for reservations should communicate
| with Joseph j. Idler, department
France convention officer, represent
ing the department Of the District of
| Columbia, 2135 Fourth street north
| east.
Evening star., 1926-11-21
Socialism-what is it?

When Henry FURY. biology pro-
ssor at Eastern High School, won
for the definition he furnished the
'orum School Magazine nearly two
1onths ago. he inadvertently set the
stage for controversy over the
reedom of thought that waXed warm
Washington.
Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, chief
If the division of chemical warfare
and District commander Of the
American Legion, told the Board of
Education that he objected "strenu-
ously" to Mr.. Flury's published in
;erpretation. He objected further
more. he wrote, to any one being
kept in the schools of the District"
who put forth the ideas tina. the
professor admitted were his
The Board of Education Sustained
Mr.. Flury's right to hold mis- own
views. and the propriety of an at
tack on the private political ideas
Of a school teacher was questioned.
Yet. the controversy did not settle
how Washington public opinion
would define Socialism.
Definities Are POlled.
To settle that point, leading men
~AAu "SAASAI At SAS val AOub kTOups
that go to make up the populace Of
this American community were
asked for their definitions Of So
cialism. Those requested included
general in the United States Army,
the president Of a university, noted
clergyman. labor leader, several
Senator'S, the dictionary, a citizen
and four women.
Six Of these furnished definitions.
1t was worthy of note that only one
OF the women was willing to commit
herself publicly. Nor would the Sen.
ators commit themselves. The gen.
eral felt that he had been misunder-
stood already, and that to engage in
the matter further would only in
crease that misunderstanding. But
here are the results:
William Mather Lewis, president of
George Washington University-"Our
existing economic system of private
enterprise Is characteristically COM
petitive, profit seeking and Individual
istic. In place of this system, Social.
ism would substitute collective, group
ownership and management of fac.
tories, railroads and other Industrial
enterprises. Socialism stresses exist
ing waste of natural resources and
the hardships borne by labor, and
maintains that the proper remedy is
control by the Government or labor
organizations or combination of
both. It Is difficult to give a uni
versally applicable definition of So.
cialism. In some European countries.
where rewards of labor are compara-
lively small, the extreme Socialist,
skeptical Of legislative success. advo-
Gates securing control through VIC.
lence. In other countries, where the
wage scale Is higher and commands
comforts and even luxuries. and where
strong and effective labor organiza.
tons exist. the conservative Socialist
seems to find satisfaction in the gain
ing of successive social reforms rather
than the uprooting Of an entire eco
nomic system. In any country one
might find many widely differing
definitions and programs of Social
ism merely by talking with Socialists. "
DIR. Pierce Expounds.
Rev. DIR. Jason Noble Pierce. pastor
of the First Congregational Church
Socialism, like its antithesis. capital.
Evening star., 1926-11-21
EARTH BELIEVED SHRUNK

LONDON. November 90 CP).-An
attempt to accurately determine
whether the earth is shrinking is to
be made by scientists Of the world
who have begun tests to detect and
measure possible moves Of the earth 8
crust. The principal observatories in
various parts Of the globe are CO.
operating with ihe Royal Observatory
at Greenwich.
The first experiments consisted of
wireless signals sent by stations In
the United States and on the Con.
..nent at the rate Of 81 rhythmic sig
nails per minute. The time Of the
signals were registered by observa-
tories at San Diego, California; AL
giers, Shanghai, Paris, Washington,
Berlin and Australia
Evening star., 1926-11-21

Mrs. Noble Newport Potts. presi-
dent of the National Patriotic So
ciety: Socialism is impracticably
utopian. although theoretically anti
podal. Socialism and anarchy pro-
duce various similar results. So
cialist, anarchist, atheist and COM
munist-all hang closely together on
the family tree. Pandora's box never
produced greater ills than these. We
Americans should stamp them out as
we would n serpent or a plague"
Funk & Wagnalls' New Standard
Dictionary-"A state Of society based
on public or collective ownership of
the main instruments Of wealth pro-
Evening star., 1926-11-21

the one funda mental principle under
lying Socialism is government owner
ship Of all utilities. The Socialist must
believe in this: the difference between
the moderate Socialist and the radical
is in the methods to be used to bring
about this economic revolution rather
than in theoretical beliefs. The mod.
crate Socialist proposes to accomplish
this end gradually by constitutional
means and the enactment of laws.
while the radical would resort to i'm
mediate force. Between these two
extremes lie all shades and degrees of
so called Socialists"
Judge Kathryn Sellers Of the Juvc-
nile Court, through her secretary
Evening star., 1926-11-21

Judge Sellers asked me to say that
she tried all last evening to Ak up a
definition that she would be willing to
have published. She feels, however,
that she win not have time to finish
It,"
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, president
Of the Congress of Mothers and Par
ent- Teacher Associations-"I am too
busy thinking of good schools for
our boys and girls to figure out what
Socialism is. What's the use. any
how. Why, we haven't even got
q vote here in Washington. They all
lust walk over us at will. If
find time to write anything I will
send II tn VOL"
Evening star., 1926-11-21

duction Gland. means Of transporta-
ton and communication. mines. mills.
factories and modern machinery and
on democratic management Of the
Industries by the community for the
benefit OF its members; 2, the or
ganized movement which aims at the
realization Of such state Of society
and strives for all social. Industrial
and political reforms In harmony
with such aim
Evening star., 1926-11-21

Albania has no currency Of It's own.
using the coins of neighboring
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-05-12
Found Compensation
for Her Affection

A clergyman called on an ola lady
who had been bedridden for some
years.
"Well, Mrs Davies" he said, land
how are you today?'
"Oh, I'm pretty well, thank you,
was the cheerful answer.
"Ah, that's right said the clergy
man, sympathetically. 81 hardly eX-
pected to find you in such good spirits,
considering your affection. | was
afraid | should find you downhearted, y
NO, no, sir" she cried, interrupt
ing him. "No, no, indeed. sir. I've
much to be thankful for Why, only
the other night when that house just
opposite was on fire, L couldn't help
thinking of all the poor people crush
ing each other in the street, and many
of them not getting sight of the fire
at all, while here was |, all nice and
comfortable in bed. and l could see 1t
beautifully through my window with
out even turning over! Oh, no, I've a
lot to be thankful for."-London Tit
Bits
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Whence Cocoa Comes

The cocoa plant is now grown in many
districts of the tropical belt, and its
consumption, in one form or another
has increased ALE over the world. 1t
is an evergreen, and is equal in sizH
to well-grown apple tree. The pods
about eight inches long, grow out OF
the trunk, and are red, yellow, black
and purple, according to the season,
There are twenty or thirty pale red
beans inside each pod, embedded in Il
soft white pulp. Cocoa groves are
never planted solely with cocoa trees.
Although it grows best in hot coun-
tries, it is delicate, and has to be pro-
tected from the sun, and for this pur-
pose forest trees are planted in the
groves. Some of these grow to great
height and have a tufted head like a
natural sunshade. These protecting
trees are called "Cacao Madre, or
cocOa-mOther
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O, Ye of Little Faith!

Science destroys old poetic IDEAS, but
supplants them with more magma
tive new poetry. 1t has given us Il
globular world spinning on an axis and
revolving about sun which is rush
ing through space at more than l.
miles a second. For a sky that was Il
roof, it has given us great sea OF
ether extending to infnity, in which
the stars are not lamps but great glow
ing suns, some of them Il hundred
million times the size of our sun. And
our own little earth is shown by sci
ence to be full of magical chemical and
biological processes. In truth the Won
ders already made known to man war
rant him in believing many things that
are quite as wonderful as eternal life.
--Capper's Weekly.
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SQUIRRELS" I'll"

A telephone wire might be termed
a public highway, but rather hign-
way of speech thar one for transpor-
tation.
However, this fact does not seem to
be generally known, at least not
among our animal friends. From Will
mington, Del, comes the story of a
squirrel that travels a mile every day
by telephone wire for its meals, crawl
ing all the distance along the wires.
William Krause, a grocer, some little
time ago coaXed the squirrel down
from a telephone pole by offering it
nuts, and since then the squirrel has
made It's appearance every day. Out
of curiosity, Krause followed it one
morning and found that it's nest was
in the woods fully mile distant
Telephone Service Bulletin.
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ELLSWORTH FALLS.

Frank Fernald, who has employ
ment at Bar Harbor, spent the week
end at his home.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Simpson have
returned to their home at Boothbay
Harbor, after several weeks with
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Cochrane.
Mrs. Frank Lowell and Mrs. Man.
fred McDevitt have returned home
from the Hurley hospital.
Miss Bessie Elliott returned Sun
day to her home in River John, N.
s., called there by the illness of her
mother. Mrs. Bernice Richardson
has taken Miss Elliott's school for
the remainder of the year.
Mrs. Thomas McDonough, with
daughter Priscilla, is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Frank Fernald, while
Mr.. McDonough is on business trip
through Washington and Aroostook
county.
The Boy Scouts of Ellsworth Falls
are being re-organized. There Will
be Junior and Senior sections, so
that all boys will be eligible. Two
baseball teams are already hard at
work on the field Those in the
Senior team are Donald Maddocks,
Elmer Maddox, Reginald Fatch,
Gerald Hatch Fremont Mortimer,
William Dorr, John Carter, Charles
Keisor and Erdman Lowell. Plans
are under way for good summer
work.
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See : sculiar Charm
in Oriental Streets

1t Is really quite impossible to draw
a comparison between our wide and
spacious avenues and boulevards and
the crowded. smelly bazaar streets OF
the Orient, Pierre Van O'Pdassen as
serts in the Atlanta Constitution.
They are built and run on entirely
different standards. There may be
grace, majesty and beauty in noble,
poplar-ined thoroughfare, yet tourists
go to the end of the world to see
scene as Ben Sharar describes: Il en-
tered long stone passage, lined with
shops. more a flight of steps than
street | moved through the bowels
of great market lit with occasional
shafts of the sun which dropped
through manholes in the overhead
vaulting. 1t was bound TO-
gether with stone arches. 1t was
hung with Diapers goods, dead sheep,
shoes and kerchiefs. 1t was thronSed
with an unwashed multitude, their
heads bobhing up from the lower
depths as they climbed the grade, tur-
baned heads, skullcapped heads, fuzzy
haired heads, wimpled heads, tar
booshed heads, calpacked heads, der
by-crowned heads, nose-and-earringed
heads. 1t choked with noise. 1t
brayed with asses and tinkled with
camels. 1t danced with gesticulatlon.