FARMERS HOLD
MEET AT RfSON
)jR. LANEY DISCUSSES SWEET
POTATOES AND PIGS
VERSUS COTTON
PROFIT IN SWEET POTATOES
Jfhe Meeting Was One Of The Series
In The Cotton Reduction Cam
paign. Should Consider
Sweet Potato Crop.
Risen.—"Sweet potatoes and pigs
vs. Cotton,” was the subject of an
address by W. H Laney, marketing
agent of the Agricultural Extension
Service of the University of Arkan
sas, before a Cleveland county farm
ers’ meeting, held here Friday under
the auspices of the Arkansas Farm
Bureau Federation of the Arkansas
Eweet Potato Growers' Exchange
This meeting was one of the series
in the cotton reduction campaign.
Cleveland county does not have a
county agent, so Mr Laney, whose
principal work is with the sweet po
tato growers, had charge of the meet
ing.
in the plan for more food and feed
and the reduc tion of the acreage in
cotton, the farmer should seriously
consider the growing of more sweet
potatoes, in the opinion of Mr. I.ane.v
The sweet potato industry is growing
rapidly in Arkansas and the problem
of marketing is being solved by the
Arkansas EWeet Potato Growers’ Ex
change. The chances of reaching a
good market are less hazardous and
the profit to the growers is greater,
he says.
In a recent article written for the
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
members, Mr Laney said:
"If every fanner in Arkansas who
has suitable land would plant from
one to three acres of sweet potatoes,
store and cure the No- 1 potatoes for
market and home use, leaving the
others in the field to fatten from Z
to 15 hogs, he wmuld have potatoes
for his family, meat for his smoke
house and two good money crops from
the No. 1 potatoes and his surplus
hogs.
7 he markets are glad to pay a
®ood price for our fancy grades and
packs, but pay very poor prices for
sweet potatoes of poor grade Our
second grade potatoes go on the mar
ket. in competition with our No. l’s.
and reduce the quantity of No- l’s
that the market will take, at the same
time reducing the price which the
market will pay for No. l’s.
"In other words the No- 2 grade be
comes an expense on the No. 1 grade
Just as the dairyman’s poor cow re
duces the profit made by the good
cow Poor grades of potatoes com
pete with the No. 1 grade and reduce
the profits to the grower.
“The dairymen and poultrymen cull
their herds and flocks to get rid of
the unprofitable cows and hens and
we should do the same with our
sweet potatoes. There is no doubt
that the market can take all the No
1 sweet potatoes Arkansas will grow
If we eull out the low grades and
market only the No. l’s.”
Stuttgart.—The third oil and gas
showing within three days has been
encountered in the Weaver well. The
feet, was so pronounced that drill
showing at a depth of about 2,900
ing was suspended pending the ar
rival of officials of the Mobcrly Drill
ing and Leasing Company, called to
decide wheatlier to set casing and
make a test.
Huntsville—An apple orchard be
longing to Mrs. Fannie Jones at
Whitener w-as destroyed by fire, which
accidentally caught in the thick growth
of dry grass and weeds that covered
the orchard.
Batesville.—The Batesvilie Cham
ber of Commerce has received a ship
ment of rose bushes and shrubery
from the Agricultural Department at
Washington. They will be used in
beautifying the city park. They were
secured through the assistance of Sen
ator T II Caraway
Jonesboro—-Gregory & Gibson lost
10.000 bushels of rice, a large amount
of farm machinery, including a tract
or, and 25 bead of hops by fire yes
terday morning. Indications are it
•was the work cf a firebug
Mansfield.—A two-week revival ha
just been closed here. It was con
ducted by Evangelist Frank M Neal
of Amarillo, Texas, assisted by Fred
Poulter of Ardmore. Okla., director
of th« choir There were 150 conver
sions and between 50 and 75 reclama
tions.
Arkadelphia—The Rev J. V John
jion. pastor of the First Presbyterian
church delivered a lecture on South
America Friday He lias traveled ex
tensively in the Southern continent.
Mena.—Mrs- S*m Ridling has been
named president of the newly organ
lied Woman’s Auxiliary of the Amer
ican L«*g on post in Mena. Other of
fleers arc Mrs. F R. Fried. Tice
president; Mrs. J Smith, secretary
Mrs. J. E Bishop, treasurer The aux
iliary will send a delegate to the state
convention at Little Rock March 2S.
Walnut llldga.—I>A. Thill and 8.
A. Colo liavo opened a meat market
In the Bast building at Hoxle.
Huntsville.—Elwood Davis of Hunts
ville lost two fingers of his right hand
recently by getting them caught in
the cogs of a molasses mill.
Walnut Ridge.—Walnut Kidge Chap
ter No. £6, Royal Arch Masons, last
week initiated three into the myster
ies of the Royal Arch degree.
Magnolia.—A revival will be open
ed March 15 at the Methodist church
here by the Rev Mary Perdue and the
Rev Mary Bartlett of Atlanta, Tex.
Russellville.—A. Hiking Club has
been organized by girls in the Rus
sellville High School, and they are
planning a two-day hike and camp
after school closes.
Huntsville-—Herschel Hughes of
Whitener, a former county examiner
of this county and for 20 years a
public and high school principal in
Arkansas and Oklahoma, has an
nounced his candidacy for county
judge in the Democratic primary
Van Buren.—The home of Max Pat
otn in Mt. View addition was robbed
while the family was away The
thieves secured entrance into the
house by raising a window. A quan
tity of clothing, canned fruit and mis
cellaneous articles were taken.
Walnut Ridge,—Will Mullins, rural
mail carrier out of Tuc-kerman, after
having used the same horse for 22
years on the same route, has pen
sioned the faithful animal
Marianna.—The following officers
have been elected by the Lee County
Education Association: L. P Mann.
Marinmi, president; Miss L. May
Wilmoth, Haynes, vice president;
Miss Rose Cheairs, Marianna, secre
tary and treasurer
Van Buren.—That the Van Buren
public schools are badly in need of
funds was demonstrated bere recent
ly at the meeting of the School Im
provement Association. J. J Izard,
president of the Van Buren School
Board, in an address said that the lo
cal board is being compelled to bor
row $3,000 a month to operate the
present term.
Eureka Springs-—Judge J. S Map
les of Berryville has announced his
candidacy for circuit judge of the
Fourth Judicial Circuit to succeed
Judge W. A- Dickinson of Bentonville,
who defeated him four years ago
Judge Maples has served as both cir
cuit and county judge and as prose
cuting attorney.
Gravette.—Two recent business ad
ditions to .Gravette are a barrel fac
tory, erected by W- R. Richmond, and
a garage erected by Clyde Adams and
Marcus Wells. Preparations are be
ing made by R. R. White to start
building a 50 x 100 garage and filling
station
Springdale.—Dean Bradford Knapp
of the I'niversitv of Arkansas and
Mrs. Knapp were the guests of the lo
cal Masonic and Eastern Star Lodges
last week when Dean Knapp gave a
lecture on "The Relation of Masonry
to the Progress of Civilization."
Van Buren.—Twenty marriage lic
enses were Issued by the county
clerk’s office during February, which
is an in< lease over January- Records,
I however, show that a year ago the
demand was much greater. Thirty
were issued is February, 1921
Russellville—Twenty married wom
en of Central Ward presented "The
Old Maids' Convention” in the High
School auditorium recently for the
benefit of the Central Ward School
mlprovement Association The associ
ation is endeavoring to raise funds to
continue the school another month
after the eight months' term financed
by the School Board has expired.
Springdale.—A new siren electric
fire alarm has been installed on top
of the First National Bank building
and is being blown every evening at
6 o’clock until it is properly adjusted
It is said to have been heard for
several miles around the city.
Gravette.—Gravette fruit men of
the Ozark Vineyard Association will j
put out 5(1 to CO acres to grapes this
rpring, and perhaps that many more
to strawberries. The present acre
age is about 75 to grapes and 200 to
berries.
Marianna—Fire whieh destroyed
three store buildings at Rondo, nine
j miles southwest, causing a loss 06
| $.10,000 is believed to have been started
: by robbers who probably rifled a
cash register in one of the stores
i before setting it afire. The buildings
were owned by W. M. Blair, who oc
cupied one of them.
Dumas—X. O Pindall, a Little Rock
attorney and former governor, de
. Hvered a lecture on international pol
i itics at the high school auditorium
here last week
Pine Bluff.—H W Wilson yester
day was named commander of the
Pine Bluff Machine Gun Company, to
succeed Sam W Trimble, whose res
ignation was accepted March 1
Delight.—Aileen and Lucile Barton,
aged four and two years, respectively,
daughters of Will Barton, a farmer
living a mile and a half from here,
burned to death recently In a fire
! which destroyed the home of the fam
! iyl A third daughter, aged six nsr
i rawly escaped death She fled from
| the house as the roof fell in
1—Former Postmaster General Will Hays leaving his hist cabinet
he's talking to Vice President Oooiidge; left to right are Secretaries
IViiby. 2—Mrs. I’. Itadick, Fields, Minn., with Senators Ladd (N D.)
testified before Senate Agricultural committe. .'5—Prince Faud Pasha,
meeting to become motion picture arbiter;
Mellon. Wallace, Davis, Fall. Hoover and
and Norris (Neb.) on left and right, site
heir to Khedive of Egypt.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
—
Warren G. Harding Completes
His First Year as President
of United States.
FALL AND WALLACE IN CLASH
American Government Declines to Par
ticipate in Genoa Conference—
Lloyd George's Threatened
Resignation — Fourteenth
Canadian Parliament
Opened—Fiume
Fumes Again.
By JOHN DtCKINSON SHERMAN
t i 7A11HEN G. HARDING at noon of
W March 4 completed his first year
as President of the United States. He
was asked for an expression regarding
the accomplishments of his administra
tion to date and authorized this -tate
ment:
“The record of the administration
speaks for itself; it would lie a poor
administration that required tlie execu
tive to speak for it."
At an entertainment by the National
Press club In honor of the first official
birthday the President said;
“The long step toward getting back
toward normal ways of government
would seem to me to have been the
achievement of the year."
Representative Fess of Ohio, chair
man of the Republican congressional
committee, made in the house a speech
setting forth in detail the accomplish
ments of the year from the Republican
viewpoint. lie dwelt on economies,
actual and prospective, lie said that
the United States would lie the only
government in the world living within
its revenues next year, if it could keep
within tin* estimates outlined by the
administration. Reviewing the work
of the arms conference. In* said: “1
challenge the word to produce a
greater achievement In the history of
diplomacy.”
Democratic members then proceeded
to tear to pieces the Fess eulogy from
their standpoint. Cordell Hull, chair
man of ttie Democratic national com
mittee, also took issue with the Fess
statement. His general position is that
while the Republican congress has en
acted a multiplicity of unimportant
laws and the arms conference provid
ed for a limited program of naval re
duction the Republican party has
failed to carry out its major prom
ises made in the campaign of 1020.
ivow, in rne n on sc (letmte over me
administration's statement of econo
mies Fess talked exactly as if lie Re
lieved everything lie said and the
Democrats talked hack exactly as if
they Relieved everything they said.
And the taxpayer in the gallery knew
that everybody couldn’t he telling the
truth, tin* whole truth and nothing hut
the truth. The upshot was that Rep
resentative Kyras of Tonness,.,*. rank
ing Democratic member of the appro
priations committee, secured the pass
age of a resolution calling upon the
President to inform the house in what
way the savings had been made, from
what particular appropriations and in
what specific amounts. Thereupon the
President instructed General Dawes
of the budget bureau to prepare a
complete statement covering the en
tire situation. One thing at least
stands out clearly: Nobody doubts
that “H—I and Maria” Dawes will give
the facts and figures as they are.
President and Mrs. Harding left
Washington Wednesday evening by
train for St. Augustine. Fla. The pres
idential ptiti.y included Attorney Gen
eral ihiughertv. Speaker Gillott, Fn
dersecretary of State Fletcher, Brig
adier General Sawyer, his personal
physician, and George It. Christian,
his secretary. Mr. Christian said the
President would occupy his time in
"rest and recreationin Florida for
a w eek or so.
P ITCHED battle between the In
I terier and Agricultural depart
ments which has long been watclic I
by official Washington with absorbing
interest has now become 'public”
Uric... a i‘atfi:!c:.t 1 y S.civtarj- !
: tliat lie had protested to President
Harding against the circulation of
‘‘vicious- propaganda emanating from
the Department of Agriculture.” The
battle, in brief, is over legislation,
pending and prospective, which would
transfer tlie forest service from the
Agriculture department to the Interior
department and practically turn over
the development of the natural rt*
sourees of Alaska to the Interior dt*
partment, with responsibility to the
President. This battle is not n petty
quarrel between two departments, it
is a real battle between two cabinet
members. Rome of the old-timers take
it so seriously as to predict the resig
nation of one or the other of the
secretaries. Moreover, the battle is
significant as indicating the difficul
ties that lie in Die way of the proposed
reorganization of all the executive
departments.
Until 1905 the Interior department
controlled all the public lands. The j
national forests were then created for
the application of scientific lumber
ing and grazing and tile forest service
was established to administer them.
The Interior department retained con
trol of the remaining public lands and
tlie ten national parks, established for
recreational purposes. In the national
forests tiie Interior department is
charged with the execution of all
laws “relating to surveying, prospect
ing, locating, appropriating, entering,
reconveying or patenting of public
lands and to the granting of rights
of way amounting to easements.” The
national forests now number HI* in til
states and territories and contain
about ‘242,200 square miles. The na
tional parks now number 19 and con
tain 10,859 square mill's.
The national park service was cre
ated in 101G to administer the national
parks under the secretary of the in
terior. The Agricultural department
then began a campaign in print, and
from the platform, for the transfer of
the national park service to the Agri
cultural department. It also set up
the national forests as recreational
rivals of the national parks.
I bon came the proposed roorgam
zation of the executive departments, |
approved by the President. Under
this reorganization, the Interior de- i
parttnent would become practically a !
public works department. < me con- j
j templated transfer is that of the for- |
est service from the Agricultural de- ;
partment.
On top of Mils came the concern j
about the plight of Alaska, which is
not prospering. “Too much bureau
cratic government" was one cry that .
was raped. It is now proposed to \
take Alaska out of the hands of the
many bureaus and hand it over to the i
Interior department for administra- '
tlon and development. The secretary
is already building the government
Alaskan railroad and controls the oil
and mineral deposits in the national
forests. The two hig national for
ests in Alaska are the Tongass and
t’hugae, containing 220,000 acres. Sec
retary Fall approves this disposition
of Alaska. It has been announced
that President Ilardlng will visit Alas
ka this summer to get first-hand infor
mation. It was planned that Secre
tary Fall should lie in the presidential
party.
Naturally the Department of Agricul
ture is not pleased with Mils program.
The American Forestry association
lias sent out much “literatuae” pro
testing against it. Some of It is pret
t.v strong. The gist of it is that the
transfer of the national forints means
their exploitation by “private inter
ests.” Anyway, Secretary Fall says
lie is being held up to “execration,
public abuse and private calumny.”
Tills United States has formally de
clined the invitation of the allied
powers to participate In the Huropean
financial and economic conference
which is now set for April 10 at Genoa.
The declination runs from Secretary
of State Hughes to the Italian ambas
sador, Senator Hie'*!. The document
is a gem of purest ray serene. The
language is friendly, the statements
are plain, the meaning unmistakable.
In diplomatic terms he says that the
conference is not primarily economic
hut is rather a conference of a |H>liti
cal character in which Mie United
States cannot helpfully participate.
“Nothing doing. Sec you Inter. Wish
ing you good luck. I remain, otc."
Is about the way it would read in the
vertineninr. of course I'.urope is dl
. :. o ! U is g-: adxitie’
that the absence of the l-lilted States
will detract from the usefulness of
the conference. But if Europe "ill not
hold the kind of conference in which
the United States can helpfully par
ticipate, it must not expect us unnec
essarily to become Involved in Euro
pean questions. Better luck next time,
maybe, when things get down to brass
tacks.
LLOYlt GKORGE resigning the Brlt
-> i«-ji premiership doesn't tit in with
American notions of the little Welsh
wizard. Hut either lie had it seri
ously in mind—or he ran a gorgeous
bluff. Anyway, he served an ultima
tum on the Tory leaders of the coa
lition party that unless he could be
assured of loyal support and co-opera- ,
lion he would resign. Whereupon all
Britain buzzed like a disturbed bee- j
hive. Sir Arthur Balfour was named
everywhere as the probable successor.
But the coalition eliiefs got busy at
once. Sir George Younger, the union
ist “die-hard” leader, was made to j
step hock into the line; it was his
speeches that had forced the issue.
Other leaders publicly voiced their I
confidence in the pr-anier. Balfour,
as a conservative leader, put the fin
ishing touch by declaring emphat
ically for a. continuance of the coa
lition government and indorsing the
leadership of l.loyd George, who lie
declared was incomparably the great
est figure of the greatest age in Brit
ish history. So the crisis has appar
ently been passed—though possibly
only for tiie present.
*Sir Arthur, by the way, is very much
in the British public eye ju>t now.
King George 1ms bestowed upon him a !
knighthood of the Order of the Garter.
IBs achievements at the Washington
arms conference art1 universally ac
claimed as regaining for Great Britain
the world dominance lost during the
World war. Anyhow, n declaring for
Lloyd George lie I towed himself out
of the premiership.
C'iANAI'A'S fourteenth patliament
* was dinned Wednesdnv by < lov
nor-General Ityng. W. 1.. Mackenzie
King is the first liberal |*rini»- minis
ter to hold the reins of government
since Kir Wilfred I.nurier was defeated
ten years ago on his policy of reciproc
ity with the United State-. Premier i
King is a veteran of the Laurier min
istry of Mill, in which he served as
minister of labor. Kodolphe i.cmieux
of Montreal, seleeted hy Premier King.
Is speaker. The government com
mands about one-half of the members
of parliament. The official opposition
group, numbering .about fifty in a
house of 235 members, is led by Ar
thur Meighen, the defeated premier.
T. A. Orerar leads an unofficial pro
gressive group of about 05, who tire
expected to support the government
in most of its policies, especially on
the tariff. I loth liberals and progres
sives believe in customs duties “for
revenue only,” tis against the e msorv
ative policy of protection. Who said
"reciprocity?”
piUMi: is on the map again and
; * seems to be trying to rival Vesu
vius. The Fascist! and their adher
ents have chased out President
nella of the Free t’ity government set
up under the treaty of Uapailo be
tucen Italy and Jugc-Slnvi; U-.ibri
elle d'Annunzio has sent word that lie
supporis the “uprising.” The Italian
parties have chosen Giovanni tlinri
;ti, former chief of the pm i nrrior's
cabinet as head of arm;her provision
at government for I he Free Hi air. The
i Jugo-Slavs arc rushing tr< ops to the
I frontier, ostensibly to repel threat
j ened raids by the Fascist i Tin v are
I insisting upon observance of the treaty
i of Hapailo. Italy apparently ‘ritenda
to restore order in Fiiitut aa I enforce
l the Uapailo treaty. Sue also In s
( moved Iroops forward.
MAN says he Isn’t marrying Ma
Ibilde for her money, Alail.ilde
| began the roinanc* a; eleven by
I ing Max * I’nele.” Max l as laugh! Mi
tlillde tlie "Swiss language. to; Cm
wedding bells ring out ami the s.mss
navy fire a salute!
“Politics makes si range bedfellow*"
— which is to say that ti e new treaty
gives Yap prohibit.on. with Americans
exempted.
William Jennings llryan. . rusading
against ParwinisM h.ivs nobody can
make a amitkey of him. Ml, P.rvr.n
& a * i.. m ll>. It.
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It Ie Apparent That An Effort To Pa„
A Bonus Bill At This Time Weald
Be Futile Unless Fin*nced
By A Sales Tax.
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Washington.— Republican 1 oer, j
are confronted with the possibility I
that they may be unable to briug uboy
a vote in the House on the neaped
niise(soldier bonus bill under aus-pet
sion of the rules next Monday. Speak. t
er Gillette Is in Florida with Fn-sidem J
Harding and it has been impossible y
to ascertain what attitude he intcBbt
to take on the proposed motion to
■uspend the rules.
With a favorable report of the mea*.
ure by the Ways and Means Co*
mittee promised by Chairman P«4
ney. they generally were agreed thy
the bill should he disposed of by the
House early next week
Republiean members of the Ways
and Means Committee at a morning
meeting decided to proceed wttb
plans for a report of the measure at
the meeting of the full eornmkt'e to
morrow, despite objections by Secro
tary Mellon and Comptroller of the
Currency Crissinger
Other developments of the dag
were the issuance of statements by
two members of the House—Repr»
sentatlve Treadway of Massachusetts,
a Republican member of the Wayi
and Means Committee, and Repre
sentative Hawes, Democrat of Mis
souri --troth of whom expressed oppo
sition to the bonus bill, and tbe an
nouncement by Representative Frear
of Wisconsin. Republican member of
the Ways and Means Committee, that ;i
be had written Secretary Mellon ro
plying to his letter to Mr. Ford Deg fe
in which Mr Mellon declared the bill 1
if enacted would involve a "danger
ous abuse of government credit ’
Mr. Treadway declared it “apparent &
that an effort to pass a bonus bill at |
this time is futile unless financed by |
a pales tax." The people, he contis- jjj
ued, want less, rather than more tax- |H
ation. t§
Farmers Paying Debts.
Chicago.— -Repayments on War Fin
aru *■ Corporation's loan- to farmers
are being made voluntarily by the
farmers, mort of them in advance of
due dates, Eugene Moyer. Jr . manag
ing director of the corporation, said
here.
Plot To Revolt Bared.
Lisbon—Plans for an uprising, to
gether with ammunition and explos
ives, have been discovered in raids
by government agents at the head
quarters of the \\ orkman's Syndicate.
As a consequente the syndicates have
been closed, and drastic steps are be
ing taken to preserve order.
Attacks Lloyd George.
London. Edward S Montagu, form
er secretary for India, in a bitter
speech before his Cambridge const*
tuents. hit back at Premier Lloyd
George and Lord Cur,ion regarding hit
enforced resignation The speech
was delivered before the Liberal Club.
Owners To Close Mills.
Providence. It. 1 \ new situation
has developed in the Rhode Island
| textile strike, now at the end of its
seventh week, when B K and R
Knight, Inc., owners of many textile
plants In the state, announced then
decision to close their Natick and
i Pontiac mills indefinitely.
Jurisdiction Is Restored.
New Orleans The Interstate Cent
meree ( ommission in an order recent
ly restored to the Louisiana Public
Service ( ommission its jurisdiction
over intrastate rail rate:; in the sec
tion west of the Mississippi river, ac
cording to dispatches from Wt hlng
ton.
Tennessee River Raging.
Chattanooga, 1 onn. The Tennessee
river bus reached flood stage of 33
feet, causing families In some of the
low-lying sections to leave their homes
am! cutting off the street car service
to Roseville, Ga.
Albinian Capitol Seizea.
London -Revolutionaries command
ed by Zugliedi and Lit nudum-k have oc
cupied I irana, capitol of Albania,
say:, a dispatch to the Kxehanse Tele
fcraph from Rome
Irlch Reach Agreement
Belfast. A settlement of the trouble
! between the rival forces of tie Irish
republican army in Limerick ifis been
reached. Under the agreemfit both
putties will evacuate the < i»
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U. S- Legation Bombed
Sofia, Bulgaria.—An expltpion oc
rurred in the American legiiou here
rerently. Nobody wan Injured, |>ui
several of the windows wefe shatter
id, anti some damage wa> jinr to the
build’ll,
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