COTTON GROWERS
TO JOIN EXCHANGE
ARKANSAS ASSOCIATION WILL
AFFILIATE WITH NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION
MORE MARKETS ASSURED
Affiliation Will Make It Possible To
Cor-relate The Sales Efforts Of
All State Associations. Will
Adopt General Policy.
Little Hock, Ark.—Directors of the
Arkansas Cotton Growers' Co-operat
ive Association voted to affiliate with
the American Cotton Growers' .Ex
change at their monthly meeting here
last week. As the Arkansas members
of the Board of Trustees of the Ex
change, the following were elected:
< I has. G Henry, Newport; Hugh Mix
on, Marianna, and Henry E. Trulock,
Pine Bluff.
Decision to affiliate with the ex
change, which is the national organ!
station embracing all the various state
exchanges, was taken only after a
long and thorough discussion, it was
announced. Features to the exchange
to which some of the Arkansas direct
ors had objected were removed at last
week’s meeting of * the Exchange’s
Board of Trustees at Oklahoma City,
It was said and the vote for affiliation
practically was unanimous.
The meeting was attended by Carl
■Williams of Oklahoma City, president
of tlie American Cotton Growers’ Ex
change. but he did not arrive until
after the directors had made their de
cision.
Mr. Williams said that he was great
ly pleased by the selection of the Ar
kansas trustees and he declared that
the exchange’s Board of Trustees
would be greatly strengthened by the
addition of the Arkansans- He an
nounced that the next meeting of the
trustees would be held at Birmingham
May 11.
During the afternoon, Mr. Williams
Inspected the building where the Ar
kansas association will establish itH
headquarters and declared that the
place is ideal for the purpose.
"The Arkansas association will have
the finest headquarters of any of the
etate associations thus far organized,”
he said.
Mr. Williams said.that in voting to
affiliate with the American Cotton
Growers’ Kxchapge, the Arkansas as
sociation had taken the second great
step to get results for its members.
“The first step was of course, the
sign-up campaign,” he said, “but in
voting to join the exchange. I believe
that the Arkansas association has ex
tended an even greater service to its
members than was accomplished by
the organization of the state associa
tion.
“The exchange will enable all the
state associations to do a larger num
ber of kinds of work and to do it
more effectively than they could by
themselves. The exchange will enable
the state associations to reduce their
costs of operation and to increase the
efficiency of their service. The ex
change will enable the cotton growers
to have an influence in establishing
the market because the exchange will
control enough cotton to make it a
really important factor on the market.
“The exchange will make it possible
to reach more makcts and broader
markets. It will make it possible to
cor-relate the sales efforts of all the
state associations. It will make poss
ible the adoption of a general sales
policy without competition between
the various state associations.”
Bentonville.—J. L. River has pur
chased a residence on West Thir
teenth street from Ashlelgh P. Boles,
and will make his home here. The
River family has been living on the
Pacific coast
Kittle Hook.—Committees in charge
<»f the proposed trade trip of the Lit
tle Hock Board of Commerce have an
nounced that the group of local busi
ness men will leave Little Rock May
16. stopping at all the principal towns
on the Missouri and North Arkansas
railroad, and returning to Little Rock
Way 19,
Jonesboro - A two weeks’ revival
has been opened at the First Presby
terian church here under direction of
the Rev. J J Rice, an evangelist, and
Clyde Fitch, song loader.
Paid Knob.—Paid Knob is begin
ning to make ready for the army of
berry pickers that will be needed about
May 1 to harvest the large crop of
strawberries expected.
Magnolia—A radio receiving sta
tion has been purchased by local men
and will be Installed at the Central
Baptist church. A musical program
will be heard through the station when
the Young Business Men's class of
the church will give a reception. This
is the first receiving station for Mag
nolia
Arkadelphia—C. E. McCauley, del
egate of the Arkadelph.a Presbyter
ian church, has returned from the
spring session of the Ouachita Pres
bvtery at Camden He said that Ar
kadelphias invitation to the Presby
tery for the fall meeting was accept
ed. Three other towns also asked for
it. The next session will be held here
At the First church November 2S.
Ozark.—I- M. Guthrie & Sons have
opened an abstract office here in con
nection with their real estate and in
•urance business.
Ozark.—E. C. Lichty of Fort Kmltn
is installing a light plant at Charles
ton.
Ozark.—While wrestling with anoth
er youth, Ralph Littleton fell and
broke his right leg.
Ozark.—Watts & McCarry have
opened a wholesale flour and feed store
at Charleston.
itison.—The Risen Ice Company
plant is completed and will be manu
facturing ice in few days.
Searcy—The White county radish
crop is beginning to move, shipments
having been made for several days.
Walnut Ridge.—J. V. Glassgow, who
purchased the D. H. Osburn bankrupt
stock, has closed out the store.
Ozark.—Lame3 L McClellan has
announced as candidate for tax as
sessor of Franklin county.
Judsonia -The Ladd Auto Company
is constructing a large addition to its
garage here, it will be used as a
storage and work room.
Conway.—The annual home-coming
i for the alumnae and former students
of Central College will be celebrated
on May 1.
Star City.—The S. I A. of Star City
j gave a play at the high school build
ing last week entitled “The Old Maids’
Convention.”
Ozark.—Residents of Grand Prairie,
one of the richest farming sections of
Franklin county, are planning a com
munity fair to be staged in October.
Magnolia.—Mrs. Mary Uartlett and
Mrs. Mary Perdue f Atlanta, Tex-, are
holding a revival at the Methodist
Protestant church here.
Judsonia.—Judsonia's first strawber
ries of the season were brought here
yesterday. They were of the Excel
sior variety, and sold for $1.25 a quart.
Conway.—Within six months after
her right arm was broken in a fall,
Mrs- J. W. Holt broke her left arm.
The accident occurred when she
stepped from a small feed house in the
back yard to the ground.
Russellville.—The town of Dover
has organized a baseball team, or
dered uniforms, and will have a strong
team this year. It had one of the best
rural teams in this section last sea
son.
Hand Knob.—The first shipment of
the 200,000 tomato plants ordered is
being distributed among the growers
by President J. A. Adkins of the Bald
Knob Fruit Growers' Association- The
plants are in tine condition.
Mountain View.—Case & Son of
this place made one of the largest
shipments of eggs recently that ever
left Stone county. The shipment con
tained S40 dozen, and went to Mem
phis.
Mena.—Bonds of the Mena School
District, amounting to $30,000, were
sold to Klkins & Co. of Little Rock.
! The funds will be used to retire $7.
000 in bonds outstanding and in build
ing an addition to the present high
school.
Mountain View.—From surveyor to
| county clerk is the ambition of D.
j Warren of this county- He has served
| terms as county surveyor, and an
| nounced as a candidate for county
j clerk.
I Bentonville.—The Park Springs ho
I tel here Is said to be the first re
! sort hetel in the Ozarks to open for the
| summer season. The Park Springs
hotel opened today under the man
age ment of the owners, Mr. and
Mrs. George M. Crowder
Fordyce.—A. Z. Kearne of Fordyce
has an old English Bible printed in
1T1S. It was given to Mr. Kearne by
his mother. The Bible has been in
the family about 150 years and in it
are recorded marriages and deaths
in the family for several generations.
Searcy-—Through the efforts of the
Searcy Chamber of Commerce, the
Western Union Telegraph Company
will maintain longer hours at its lo
cal office. Service will be continued
until 8:80 p. m. instead of 5 p. in.
The local organization hopes to have
the office kept open until 10 p. in.
Arkadelphia.—A sacred cantata.
"Bethany,” was presented by the de
partment of voice, under the direc
tion of Miss Margaret James at Ouach
ita College. Forty singers partici
pated.
Judsonia - A new bridge across Lit
tle Red River here probably will be
constructed soon, according to County
| Judge F O. White A preliminary sur
! vey has been made by G. H. Sykes of
the State Highway Department. Work
j on the construction of the pier.- is
! to be started as soon as the high
j waters recede.
Ward - Ward will observe the third
Sunday afternoon in May as Decora
* lion Day The services will be held at
Monk cemetary, two miles south
j east of Ward.
Van Buren-—A C. Mullen, county
sales agent for the Farmers' Union,
has opened offices in the Kohn-Linck
building, and is preparing for the open
ing of the shipping season.
Bentonville.—The farm of H. W
Newton, three and linif miles west of
Bontonvi.ie, known as the Captain
■ Newton place, has been sold to Jes3
McCann, i f Falls City, Neb. The place
includes 118 acres and was sold for
i 111.000. The farm is valley land and
will l»e converted Into a dairy farm
1 by the new owner.
1. I>e.s)>erate cfTortt ..» save a big levee at Memphis during the Mississippi
Clmrlcs B. Fay. dean of Tufts college, Boston, delivering the first lecture inthe
Former U. S. Senator S. II. I’lles of Seattle, who has been appointed Minister
river valley Hoods. 2.—rroiessm
college's radio lecture course. 3.—
to Colombia.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Russians and Germans Almost
Break IJp the Economic Con
ference at Genoa.
SION TREATY OF THEIR OWN
Allies Bar Germany From Chief Com
mittee but Neutrals Protest—Fight
ing in Ire'and Increases—Little
Navy Advocates Arc Defeat
ed in the House.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
Fpoit several days last week It was
thought the Genoa conference was
about to break up in a rmv, but at
;bis writing it appears possible that
ihc trouble will be fixed up and the
liscussion of plans for the economic
'■('generation of Europe will continue,
Germauy and Russia precipitated
lie row, and the forint’! got most of
I lie blame, the soviet delegate, Tchitch
•rin, being credited with a clever move,
following up the negotiations begun
u Berlin, lie and Doctor Rathenau got
< ogethor in llapallo and signed for
iielr respective governments a treaty
hat anticipates what might tie done
>y tiio Genoa conference. The two
■ountries agree to cancel ail war debts,
ill claims for war damages, and all
idainis for damages due to the soviets’
nationalising German property, pro
dding Russia does not repay other for
eign nations for tills nationalization,
in the latter case, Germany maintains
lie right to claim damages. It is
igreed that Germany and Russia ree
ignlze each other and resume full
lipiomatic and trade relations, that
hey treat each other as most favored
j uitlons, and that the treaty of Brest
l.ltovsk is canceled.
Announcement of this pact brought
i-xpresslons of Indignant protest from
Lloyd George and Itarthou, who were
seconded rather weakly hy Facta of
Italy, and more earnestly by Theunys
>f Belgium and Ishii of Japan, These
lire statesmen then called in the
delegates of Czechoslovakia. Poland.
Kamanin and Jugo-Slavla and all
signed u note to the German delega
tion telling of their pained surprise
it Its notion, which they said violated
the conditions Germany accepted
when she entered the conference, and
their decision that as a result Ger
many should not be permitted to take
part in any future discussions or de
risions relating to Russian affairs.
The Germans took this kick rather
calmly, and some of them said they
would rather leave Genoa than with
draw the treaty—a choice which
Lloyd George offered them Wednes
day. lint the neutral nations—Nor
way, Sweden, Denmark. Holland,
I Spain and Switzerland promptly lined
up against the allies and joined Rus
sia lu tlie defiant statement that Ger
many could not 1** barred from par
ticipation in discussion of Russian af
fairs except by full vote of the con
ference. Tills action was actuated
both by resentment against the Itrlt
ish premier’s attempts to dominate
the conference and h.v the fear that
in the private conversations that have
been going on In his Genoa villa ar
rangements would he made with Rus
sia that would prejudice the interests
| of the smaller powers. The Russians
also insisted that Germany must sit
I iu all conferences because there were
many questions still at issue Intween
Germany and Russia. On Thursday,
however, Lloyd George said the Ger
mans had agreed not to participate In
discussions of Russian affairs.
BARTHOU of France held with
Lloyd George that the Russo-Ger
man pact revealed violations of the
treaty of Versailles and that the Ger
mans must be excluded He was
backed up to the limit by bis govern
ment. Premier Poincare sent to the
French ambassadors in the allied
countries Instructions to insist that
energetic measure* be taken and pen
nitles applied to Germany if the Ra
pallo treaty were not abrogated, re
; gnrdlcss of what the Genoa confer
•me decide in the matter. li<*
1 held that the uxecuUou of the treuty
of Versailles must be insisted upon
now. Both the British and the
French feel that the Kusso-German
pact, while nominally economic, is in
reality political and embodies a dis
tinct threat of a complete alliance of
the two countries against the entente.
It is believed, too, that It would re
sult in the commercial suffocation of
Poland and i>erhops of the other small
nations that lie between Russia and
Germany and along the Baltic, and
those of the little entente.
One thing is evident: France's fear
that the Genoa conference would get
into a muddle, and her absolute dis
trust of Germany’s good faith and
good intentions are justified. A writer
in the Paris L’Eelair says# Germany
has sent 12,000 “shock troops" into
the Ruhr and is ready for resistance
in Silesia, while the soviet armies are
threatening the Polish and Rumanian
frontiers. He adds: "There is no
time to lose if we want to avoid war.”
The nationalists of Italy are no less
alarmed, seeing In the pact prepara
tion for a great alliance between Ger
many and Russia and probably the
entire Islam world and a war in the
not distant future between those pow
ers and the allied nations.
PLANS nro under way for a finan
cial conference to he called by
the European banks of issue to dis
cuss plans for the regulation of cur
rency, in which conference the United
States Federal Reserve bank will be
asked to take part. Meanwhile, great
bankers, including .1. Pierpont Mor
gan. are arranging to meet in Europe
to study the question of an interna
tional loan to Germany to help in the
reconstruction of that country, to Im
prove her exchange and 10 assist her
in paying the reparations. In view of
Germany’s repeated refusal to pay,
the allied reparations commission
virtually has turned that problem
over to financial experts.
'TMIE long drawn-out peace negotia
-*■ tlons at Dsilren between Japan
and the Far Eastern republic have
been broken off. and Japan lias de
cided to send more replacement troops
into Siberia.# The Chita delegates,
according to Tokyo official statements,
after gaining some of their points,
made what the Japanese considered
Impossible demands concerning pro
tection of lives and property of for
eign residents, and the <q»en door,
and threatened to quit the conference
if these were not conceded. Tokyo
thereupon instructed its delegates to
withdraw.
STILL another peace conference—
that between the leaders of the
Irish factions --does not seein to be
accomplishing much, for the fighting
in Ireland goes on with Increasing
bitterness. t>e Valera’s Easter coup
did not eventuate but one of his ad
herents attempted that day to assus
sinate Michael Collins, head of the
provisional government, and there
were bloody clnshes between the re
publiean and Free State forces, which
were continued all through the week.
In Dublin the "rebels" occupied the
Four Courts and other buildings and
engaged In battles with the Collins
troops: and In Belfast the Catholics
and Protestants killed and burned
and looted to their hearts’ content.
STIRRED by President Harding's
dismissal of employees of the bu
reau of engraving and printing and
other bureaus, and by rumors of
plans to restrict the operation of the
merit law generally, the National
Civil Service Reform league called a
conference of nil Interested organisa
tions and individuals to meet In Wash
ington April 27. That engraving bu
j reau affair ts causing the administra
tion a lot of trouble and the end Is
not yet. .In attempting to explain the
President’s action the official organ
of the Plate Printers’ union asserted
the country was flooded with millions
of counterfeit federal reserve notes
ami other treasury issues. This was
flatly denied by Secretary Mellon.
C’’ HAIRMAN PAT KELLEY of Mich
J lean and bis cohort of "little
, navy" men went down to defeat In
the bouse of representatives last week,
and If the senate does as It ig ex
pected to do the Pniteo States will
be able to maintain a navy of respect
aide proportions In committee of
the whole the house by a vote of ITT
to l.'O adopted the amendment to the
committee bill which provides! fur an
enlisted personnel of 86.0<** Instead
of G7.0O0 men. A few days later tills
was confirmed by a record vote of
221 to 148, and then the bill was
passed and handed on to the senate.
Ninety Republicans voted against the
personnel Increase and 48 Democrats
supported it. The measure carries a
total appropriation of $251,2(39,000,
which is $18,000,000 more than was
fixed by the appropriations commit
tee. Further increases are expected
in the senate.
THE fight of those who believe In
adequate national defense is now
centered on the army bill. In this
the American Legion is taking active
part. National Commander MacNider
appearing before the senate appropria
tions committee to denounce the house
hill which provides for only 115,000
enlisted men. He said:
"The American Legion unqualified
ly hacks up the President, the secre
tary of war, and General Pershing in
their support of necessary appropria
tions for the National Guard, organ
ized reserves, reserve officers' train
ing corps, and civilian military train
ing camps as recommended by the
War department, and also supports
the position that approximately 150,
0d0 men is thy minimum number
needed for the regular establishment
to perform its proper mission in our
plan of national defense."
SOMETIME during the present sea
son the senate will pass soldier
bonus legislation. So much was de
termined by tlie Republican senators
in caucus by a ,'i to 1 vote, and they
asked tlie finance committee to report
a bil! "within a reasonable time."
Hut they readied no decision as to
the form tlie hill will take. The right
of the senate to add any revenue pro
visions to tho bill passed by tlie house
is questioned, since tlie Constitution
requires that revenue measures must
originate in the house. Republican
leaders of both senate and house are
again dismissing the plan of financing
the bonus bv the sale of British bonds,
and it is understood that if these are
found available through the work of
the foreign debt commission, Presi
dent Harding will not object to that
method of raising the funds. With
this in view efforts are being made to
postpone senate consideration of the
bonus measure until after tlie tariff
bill lias been passed, by which time
it Is expected tlie work of tlie com
mission will he far enough advanced
to give assurance that tlie long-term
British securities will be available.
P LOGOS and tornadoes have been
1 playing havoc in the Mi.idle West
Through ranch of the Mississippi river
valley the rivers and streams have
broken their levees and overflowed
their hanks, doing vast damage in
many towns and Inundating millions
of acres of land, Pnseaismahly cold
weather added to the distress of the
people who were driven from their
homes. The windstorms were moat
severe in southern Illinois and south
ern Indiana. ^vcral towns were
badly wrecked and about flftv lives
were lost.
1
H,. two Portuguese aviators who
started from Lisbon to fly across
!..** A,.nn,,f Brasil |„ ^veral
'imps B„t as far r k
VrrT ■ I T?'’ ",U,'S frri'» "ie Cape
Verde Islands, hut smashed their plane
in making the difficult landing there
A "ow plane wi„ he sent ,0 them bv
,t ortuguese govern mem to enable
them to complete their journey.
W'^'T :,il »'«rts of tiie
National League of Women Voters II,
confer on such . ,i .... , 1,1
..«•.
vention of the irnfp, ,, ' 1 rp
o»d political status of vlT^Li m'
ternational friv mijiness i, „ .
the Conference will ie-.)(| , ’0petJ
oimration among the Wl . ' Viy
entire world. l,t ,ll«
T> Li LLSF\ TATIVR Ft! a \r» , ,
dianti l,as drafted * pm '
fliithnrlr.es the President ,« *h,cfc
"«*' igntlnnZZ'* r
of the director ,,7 y> ^Wposed
>••> ..
director of the .T*” °f ,n,h**s
dinner of lalmr stapM,r ",''1 PorTmi,»
, .ntlrmed h 7, "nrt ^ «h
I "‘"‘'d given - • * H
obtkic Information. * -"£ U
SENATE OPENS
FIGHT ON TARIF]
IS PREDICTED THAT OLDfaoJ
IONED DEBATE USHERS ik, I
WEEKS OF WORDY BATTLES
MEASURE !S INIQUiTOuJ
Senator King Flays At Agricultu 1
Tariff Bloc, The Manufacturers!
Bloc And What He Called Oth- '
er Blocs And Group*
\\ ash lngton.—There was an iJ
■i.( <1 tariff debate the Send
recently It marked the teal begin/
of weeks, and perha, month*.',,
a tiling over the administration
t which the Financ 'mittee rd
ported two weeks ago
The discussion was 1 * by Seifl
ator Smoot, Republican of tah
a detailed explanation the eiasti]
:f proposals writ!: lllp
at the suggestion of t> at HanJ
. and it included . stack nl
tl-cse proposals by s< ; or jMP;)
rat of New \1< lmj ‘{l |
■niug of a general ut on th|
measure by Senator King, Democra
of Utah.
Characterizing the measure aj
“more iniquitous" than the Payne
Aldrich and Dingley measures, s«na(
• ■>■ King charged that it u a bill p
increase the price of everything thi
oh buy," and as fra < in tj,,
interest of the "dye tru>the gtee,
trust, the chemical trust, the woolcj
mill trust, some of the i '.on raani
facturing trusts and the miltltafe 0
great organizations that n, the pt,
have preyed upon the people and th*
in the future will contiirs their po|
icy of exploitation.”
M-uaun rving iook .1 rung at till
agricultural-tariff bloc, the raanufat
tueri bloc and what he called "othej
blocs and groups ’* He declared tha|
the death knell of political parties
sounded when there is a division inti
“farmers' groups, workmen's groupi
and manufacturers' groups ’*
Htading from an announcement o
the Southern Tariff Association tha
it had its appeal for higher rates th.
contained in the Senate bill beforj
the “tariff bloc.'* Senator King di
manded to know what had become o
the "able senators who c< n titute thi
Finance Committee, and u ho are soil
posed to write tariff hills.”
Referring to American valuation]
nator King warned that the Senati
will lie in Ion “many weeks if ad
many months before an American valj
nation plan is written in this bill.'
inlaim.ii - enough Cut' -^*hj
provision,” he asserted. “It would
intolerable wish that provision."
Will Consult Veterans.
Washington.—Various plans of fi
nancing the soldiers’ bonus were dis
cussed at a recent conference of Sen
ate Finance Committee Republicans,
but Chairman McComber said no defi
nite decision was reached Before
there is a conclusion, he said, repre
sent,Rives of the American Legion
will he ca'iled in.
Constantinople.—The reply of th;<
Angora government to the recent pro
posal of the entente powers for an
armistice between the Turkish Nation
alists and the Greeks has Just been
revived here.
Coal Exports Increase.
Washington.—Despite the anticipat
ed miners’ strike, which might have
caused the hoarding of coal In the
United States, coal exports during
March increased, compared with Feb
ru; ry, according to reports issued by
the Commerce Department,
Mary Garden Resigns.
Chicago;—Mary Garden has an
nounced her retirement as director
general of the Chicago Opera Com
panv, a position which she has held
for the past year.
Landslide Kills Two.
Morgantown, W. Va.—Two rescue
■Aorkf’n were hilled and two others
| wer* injured at the Almenr mine of
; He Sturm Coal Company pear here
when they were crushed under a fall
Of L,t( while searching for the bodies
of two miners buried several days ago
in a rave-in.
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Huge Fossil Is Found.
H a noi Aires.—The discovery of tha
foicil remains of a gigantic ' muhta.
a i pc- ies of the armadillo family ,s
longing to the tertiary riod. is r®
ported from the city of it »eu Ri0
Fire Loss Is $55,000.
Gulfport, Miss.—Fire o. undeterm
hied origin, which started in the 0
ers building on Twenty id nth aveimc
used as a warehouse by the
Grooery Company, cuused damagees
mated at $55,000.
Struck By Three Car*.
For% Worth, Texas. Frank
mail ivhrrier, was probably >
jnred wlicn he was k:io< bed
one automobile and ran over y
others
Vatican Denies Treaty
Rome—The Vatican denies tlf ^
Is truce of any treaty between '
Soviet Russia. It has l>«*a „0
“t the Vatican that ther. !»aJ ' ^
• tal lishmi nt of dipl»:“-t,c
tlons with Kuesia.