AT THE DIXIE THEATRE
Cotton Plant, Ark.
FRIDAY, JULY 19.
“Over There”
A Great Patriotic Play—12 Reels.
8 REELS “OVER THERE.”
2 REELS “LONESOME LUKE.” '
2 REEL DRAMA.
Two Shows
^ "W-: FIRST SHOW 8:00 P.M.
SECOND “ 10:00 P. M.
Admission 25 & 50c
DON’T FORGET THE DATE
FRIDAY, JULY 19.
DON’T MISS THIS ONE
CAMP PIKE NOTES
Somehow this warm weather
seems to be fine for poets in
the army camps and here we
have another jingle that is go
ing the rounds. In army par
lance, it is entitled “Passing
the Buck.”
The Colonel calls the Major
When he wants something
done,
And the Major calls the Cap
tain
And starts him on the run.
The Captain then gets busy,
And strives to make it suit,
By shifting all the baggage,
On a shavetail second Lieut.
The said Lieutenant ponders,
And strokes his shaven jaw,
Then calls a trusty Sergeant
And to him lays down the
law.
The Sergeant calls the Corpor
al,
Explains how it must be;
Then the Corporal calls a Pri
vate,
And that poor Private’s me.
American soldiers in France
will be expected to keep their
facs clean. A late order from
the War Dpartment announces
that razors are being issued to
all men of the American Ex
peditionary Forces. The raz
ors are a standard safety and
extra blades will be supplied
as needed. This is the first
time in the history of the army
that razors have been issued.
Secretaries were installed in
the four Y. M. C. A. buildings
for officers the first of the week
one in each. No programs are
given in these buildings which
will be used mainly as reading
and writing rooms and for so
cial intercourse. They are used
largely by the younger officers
who cannot afford the expense
of the officers clubs, and who
are not content to remain in
quarters, which are decidedly
warm this weather. While each
officer has a room of his own
they are usually quite small
and not nearly so cool as the
barracks of the enlisted men.
Change succeeds change at
Camp Pike and no one knowrs
what a day may bring forth
While the Fourth Officers
Training School at Camp Pike
has been increased until it now
has some 1,200 student officers
250 artillery students have
been transferred to Camp Tay
lor at Louisville. Machine Gun
men to the number of 119 have
been transferred to Camp Han
cock, Augusta, Ga. Several
hundred second lieutenants
have been transferred to Camp
McArthur at Waco, Texas.
And so it goes. Some of these
second lieutenants remind one
of the elusive little pea in the
days of the old shell gam;e with
the barker calling, “Now you
see it, and now you don’t see
it.”
A number ot tne Army i. M.
C. A. secretaries from Camp
Pike both white an black, met
the incoming troop trains last
week and accompanied the
new selective draft men from
their home towns to the camp
serving the soldiers-to-be in
every possible way. Relative
to the value of the Y secreta
ries on the troop trains, one
Pullman conductor who had
| charge of the train from Camp
| Logan to an eastern point is
! quoted as saying that “There
was an improvement of 100
per cent in the conduct of the
men on the train where there
was a Y. M. C. A. secretary
over the last one I accompanied
which had no Y man. And
the conductor was not biased
in favor of the Y. M. C. A. as
he was a Catholic.
Recent instructions issued by
the Hostess House at Camp
Pike for the benefit of the new
selective draft men suggest
that relatives do not come to
the camp for several weeks af
ter the new man leaves home.
It will be easier to find the
man you want to see and he
will probably be out of quar
antine. The men are also ask
ed to write the folks at home
to refrain from surprise visits.
There will be fewer disap
pointments and much less wast
ed time. Invite your relatives
and friends to meet you at the
Hostess House and have them
go there directly upon arrival
leaving instructions to the sec
retaries as to when and where
you can be found.
Prior Cruse, son of Editor
Cruse of the Morrilton Demo
crat writes from somewehere
in France, that he is working
on the tanks and has a com
fortable camp. He adds, “We
have our own canteen and a
nice little Y. M. C.A. I don’t
know what we would do with
out the Y as that is the chief
place of amusement in the
camp.
Camp Pike is wanting more
late magazines and new books.
There is small use of sending
weekly publications that are
more than a month old, and
the monthly magazines should
be kept as nearly up to date as
possible. There is also a de
mand for the latest books in
fiction. If you expect your boy
to be up to date in their fight
ing, you will have to keep them
up to date in their reading. The
man who is interested in read
ing has usually read all the old
magazines when they came
out, and the one who doesn’t
care how old they are, is the
one that seldom looks at more
than the pictures. Send books
and magazines to the Camp
Library or to Y. M. C. A., at
Camp Pike, Ark. That will be
all the address necessary.
I have spent two weeks in
the Fisk Repair Shop and am
capable of turning out first
class vulcanizing. Roger Fakes
adv.
Sgt. Elmer Wilder left last
week for Camp Beauregard,
La., after spending several
days here the guest of relatives
and friends.
We have two pajama coats
missing from the workroom.
If you have taken them out to
finish or press, please return
them so we can get them in the
shipment now ready to move.
Strayed, from my place at
Gordneck, one cow, red with
white face, marked crop split
and underbit in the right and
crop in the left ear. Notify C.
E. Manning, McCrory, and re
ceive a reward of Ten dollars.
• adv.