YOUR
DRAYING
DONE ON
SHORT NOTICE
SEE
GEO. RAYMOND
RELIABLE SERVICE
Best grade shingles for sale by
H. T. Raney.
Mrs. Harry Wineberg and son,
Louis, returned Sunday to her
home in Memphis after a pleas
ant visit to her aunt, Mrs. H.
Arnof.
GENERAL DIRECTORY
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
J. M. Jackson, Helena... .Circuit Judge
J. N. Rachels, Searcy.4
.Prosecuting Attorney
E. M. Carl-Lee, Augusta.
.Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
J. T. Angelo, McCrory. .Representative
Sam Vann, Vanndale.
.State Senator, Seventh District
A. L. Hutchins, Augusta.County Judge
E. D. Robertson, Wynne.
.Chancery Judge
R. E. L. (Bob) Spradlin, Augusta....
. .Sheriff
L. W. Winfree, Augusta.Circuit Clerk
Wm. Moorman, Augusta. .County Clerk
Walter Jimerson, Augusta... Treasurer
Edgar Miller, McCrory.Assessor
Alex Beilis, Augusta.Surveyor
T. W. Woodbury, McCrory.. .Examiner
Dr. R. Q. Patterson, Augusta. .Coroner
Dr. R. N. Smith, Augusta. Health Officer
CITY OFFICIALS
G. W. Barber.Mayor
Walter W. Raney.Recorder
J. G. Pulley.Day Marshal
O. K. Porter.Night Marshal
Dr. H. P. Hargis.Health Officer
Aldermen: G. L. Carson, C. Crutzer,
J. F. Morgan, H. D. Swayze and E. T.
Wherry.
Council meets first Monday night of
each month in the Council Chamber in
the Farmers & Merchants Bank Bldg.
COURTS
Northern District—Circuit Court 3rd Monday in
February and August.
Chancery Court 1st. Monday in December and
May.
County Court 1st. Monday in January, April,
July and October.
Probate Court 4th. Monday in January, April,
J uly and October.
SouthemDistrict—Circuit Court 1st. Monday in
March and September.
Chancery Court 2nd. Monday in February and
September.
County Court 2nd. Monday in January, April,
July and October.
Probate Court first Monday follwing that of the
Northern District.
Louis Rushing
Notary Public
Cullum’s Barber Shop
Everything to be found at
a First-class Tonsorial
Parlor
Bring us Your Laundry
I
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
R. C. Duff
On Cotton As Contraband.
Hon. R. C. Duff, one of the highest authorities on
International law in the nation and one of the most
capable citizens in the United States, when asked to
investigate the exporting of cotton and interpret the
laws of nations on this subject for the American plow
man, said in part:
“Article 28 of the Declaration of London reads as
follows: ‘The following may not be declared contra
band of war: (1) raw cotton, wool, silk, etc.’ Great
Britain is not only a signatory of the Declaration of
London, but in fact called the conference and insisted
upon the inclusion of raw cottor on the list of absolute
non-contraband. Under this declaration, which was subscribed to by all the
maritime nations, we have a right absolutely to ship cotton, not only to
neutral ports of Europe, but to Germany and Austria themselves. Humanity
shudders at the thought of the death of the splendid Americans who went
down on the Lusitania, but humanity would have more cause for shuddering
if it could have presented to it in some similarly striking and dramatic way
the woe, sorrow and suffering that will be occasioned to multiplied thou
sands of men, women and children in the Southern states as a result of
cotton being forced down to starvation prices.
“T'V,«
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simply because Great Britain has a naval strangle hold on our shipments
and, therefore, on the world supply. England sends her ships of war out
into the open seas, captures American cotton, no matter to whom the same
may be destined, carries it into British ports, sets up prize courts of her
own nomination, which prize courts, of course, are operating in her favor
and which, under such circumstances, after whatever delay they elect to im
pose, assess the damages of the American shipper at whatever price they see
tit and then, after having by such process ‘bought’ our cotton, she avails
herself of the extraordinary high prices existing on the continent of Europe,
produced in part by her diversion of our shipments, to resell it at a profit.
The American shipper has no recourse except to the government. The acts
of Great Britain referred to, according to the well-recognized principle of
international law, constitute war against the United States.
“This grievance is now of many months standing and the South is about
i 10 bring to market another great crop of cotton. Under such circumstances
one would expect that our government, without prompting, would know per
fectly well how to deal with acts on the part of the British government,
amounting to warfare against our trade and country.
“It is not necessary for us to resort to war against Great Britain in re
taliation. A simple, adequate and obvious remedy would be for the president
to advise Great Britain that unless she respects the law of nations as regards
our foreign commerce, he will call on congress to adopt a resolution forbid
ding the exportation of arms and munitions of war to foreign countries.”
!
DEVICE THAT AIDS MEMORY
Automatic Enumeiator Designed to
Help Busy Man to Remember
His Appointments.
A new device, particularly de
signed for offices where a great many
appointments are to be kept track of
is an automatic annunciator that
sounds a gong when the time of an
appointment has been reached. The
memorandum is made on a paper
strip on which is marked in the
proper order the days of the month
and the hours of the day. The paper
s wound in by a drum controlled by
clockwork. In using, the memoran
dum of the appointment is made on
the line corresponding to the date
and hour, and on the same line a
perforation is made in the paper. At
the time indicated this perforation
reaches and actuates a trigger, which
rings the gong, giving audible notice
that the memorandum should be ex
amined. The paper strip is long
enough to last a month, and can be
filed away after being used.—Popu
lar Mechanics.
MOST UNFORTUNATE.
“You seem depressed today.”
“And so I am. I went into a res
taurant for something to eat and lost
a fine coat.”
“Too bad! How did it happen ?”
“Just as I started out the owner
claimed it.”
AN EARLIER BIRD.
City Boarder—I suppose you're
up with the lark ?
Farmer—Before that. I have to
git the hired man up with the lark.—
Puck.
LEARNING TO BE INCREASED
Or Shall the World More Widely Dif
fuse the Knowledge Already
Gained?
Two purposes were prescribed for (
the Smithsonian institution by its
founder—“the increase and diffusion
of knowledge.” Which of these aims
. is the more important? 3
Sl.-ffl we stop finding out new ;
! things until every living man knows .
about the old things—or shall we de- (
vote ourselves to investigating the
; universe and not bother ourselves
about whether anyone knows or
cares ? Doubtless either of these 1«
extremes would be foolish; but which <
I way shall we tend? i
This question is suggested by a ;
series of communications addressed | ]
to the edithr of Science. In one of | -
these the charge is made that the j ^
! western universities, as distinguished j
! from the eastern, neglect scientific I
research, and even discourage it,
! while university extension work is 1
j encouraged and rewarded. In other
words, the diffusion of knowledge is
favored rather than its increase.
The reason, we are told, is that the
more popular work means popular
approval, followed by legislative ap- j
propriation8.—Literary Digest.
A WORLD OF WOE.
“A sympathetic woman. She wept
for Belgium, she wept for Poland
I and she wept for the starving Mexi
! cans.”
“Alas! Are her tears still flow
ing?”
“Yes. She has just heard that
! d°gs are mistreated in the city
! pound.” 1
1
T. T. McFall
AUTO
LIVERY
DAY OR NIGHT
Office at Waverly Hotel
PHONE 18.
Mrs. E. A. Jones arrived Tues
day from Fordyce for a visit to
her daughter, Mrs. F. Lewis.
W. H. Newsom of Wynne was
here the first of the week sur
veying the 640 acres tract of land
on the Bayou belonging to Dr.
Wettstein.
Regular 10c domestic, heavy
weight in bleached or brown,
prices hammered down to 8c for
H. Arnof’s big two week’s cash
bargain sale. Adv
Messrs and Mesdames R. A.
Drewery and C. L. Baxter, and
daughter, Mary, motored to
Weldon Sunday where they were
quests of D. Kimbrough and
wife.
Ross Mathis of Cotton Plant
was a business visitor here Tues
day. Mr. Mathis stated that he
would be in the race for repre
sentative at the next ^election in
March.
Mrs. M. F. Underhill and
grandson, Frank Robbins, Jr.,
irrived yesterday, Thursday, for
i visit to her daughters, Mes
lames G. W. Barber and W. G.
Dilliard.
R. E. Law, traveling freight
igent for the Iron Mountain Rv.
Jo., was at Jelks Monday looking
ifter the Company’s interests.
He stated that the freight busi
less shows a marked increase in
;he past few months and pros
lects of still a greater increase
n business.
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nave i our
Horses Shod
BY
Riggs Bros.
Their work guar
anteed and un
excelled.