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VOLUME XVIII. NO. 231.
GOOD REPORT
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Soldier Boys Did Not Forget Folks
Back Home, As Stamp Receipts
Amount to $251,304.90.
When the armistice was signed on
November 11, it was estimated! that
the United States had more than five
million men under arms overseas or
in training camps here. If every one
these soldiers had been marched into
one or another of the army Y. M. C.
A. buildings at Camp Pike during the
year, the total would “not reach the es
timated attendance at the “Y” build
ings in the camp for the twelve
months ending December 31.
The annual report, just filed with
Southern department headquarters,
shows the estimated attendance in
this camp alone to be 5,803,066. That
these soldiers didn’t forget the folks
back home is best shown by the fact
that they spent $251,304.90 for post
age stamps and $645,004.68 for money
orders. They were some letter writ
ers, too, these soldiers, for it took
4,876,323 envelopes bearing the Red
Triangle emblem to supply their
needs. In the last half year the “Y”
handled 1,902,394 pieces of mail for
the soldiers.
Aside from letter writing, the sol
diers had plenty of amusement at the
“Y” buildings, for during the year
2,703 entertainments of one sort and
another were put on before 1,721,525
spectators. Of this number 791 pro
grames including movie shows were
put on in the last three months of the
year. Lectures were not included in
■ the list of entertainments, but there ;
were 694 of these arranged as a spe
cial attraction, and they were attend-;
ed by 254,976 men.
Education work was a big phase of
activity, for during the year there
were 446 new classes in various sub- j
jects, with an enrollment of 7,693. At
the close of the year there had been
5,560 classes in session, using 671
civilian teachers and 2,983 soldier,
teachers. The total attendance at
the classes was 109,177. Many of
the soldiers were readers, too, for
they secured 63,615 books from the
branch libraries in the “Y” buildings,
as well as taking 399,208 pieces of
general reading matter. Even after
demobilization was in sight, they kept
up their interest, for in the last
three months 12 educational clubs
were formed, with a total enrollment
of 224 men.
Athletics has always been looked
on as an impoi'tant part of military
life, and Camp Pike was no exception,
for in the 12 months 20,086 men took
part in atheletic events arranged by
<*y” men. Part of this big number
represented organized games, 61,959
men taking part in these; while
115,823 men engaged in athletics un
miliinru direction, and 439,664 en
gaged in informal games during their
spare moments. The number of spec
tators at varipus events would make
' Up a big city, could they be gathered
together, for the total was 1,412,044.
With all of the other activities,
there was no let-up in religious work
during the year. Aside from the
. meetings conducted by the army ehap
\ J/lains and other welfare organizations
the “Y” had a -definite religious pro
gram of its own. It conducted 2,786
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religious meetings, which had an at
tendance of 630,344. It organized 333
Bible study classes, enrolling 8,330
in them. These classes held 1,902
sessions, and their total attendance
I was 51,339. Twelve hundred and
| eighty-six soldiers taught in these
I classes, their work being supplement
ed by 464 civilian teachers. “The
boys” didn’t forget their scripture
I readings, for 105,384 pocket Testa
j ments were given to those who asked
1 for them, and 26,874 soldiers pledged
themselves to read the Bible daily,
and 11,905 promised tq pray each day.
A total of 13,353 men at various “Y”
religious services pledged themselves
to an effort to lead a Christian life,
i while 11,322 others renewed previous
| promises of this order.
WILLIAM R. COMPTON
APPOINTED DIRECTOR
OF LOAN CAMPAIGNS.
St. Louis, Jan. 27.—William R. J
Compton, banker of this city, has
been appointed director of Liberty
Loan campaigns and placed in charge
of all sales of War Savings Stamps
and other government securities dur
ing 1919 in the Eighth Federal Re
serve District by Secretary of the
Treasury Glass. The appointment
was made on the recommendation of
Rolla Wells, who recently resigned1 as
governor of the district.
AVIATORS RETURN TO
ELLINGTON FIELD.
Houston, Texas, Jan. 24.—The two
DeHaviland Liberty-motored planes
which left Ellington Field December
14 for a mapping and aerial obser
vation flight from the gulf to the
Great Lakes returned to the field
this morning after covering a dis
ance of 2,900 miles in 28 hours and
50 minutes, flying time.
The last lap of the trip, a distance
of 240 miles from Dallas to the home
field, was covered in 130 minutes’
flying time.
The planes were flown by Lieuts.
J. H. Wegener, Lawson Henry, E.
H. Hill and B. M. Jones. Lieutenant
Hill was flight commander.
At the outset the two planes ran
into bad weather and were detained
10 days at St. Louis, 9 days at In
dianapolis and 6 days at Detroit, in
addition to several delays of one and
two days en route. During the trip
they ran into temperature 10 degrees
below zero, heavy rains and snow.
They arrived at Detroit on January 7,
and were forced to stay there until
the 15th.
MRS. SPITZER RETURNS
FROM CALICO ROCK.
Mrs. Elizabeth Spitzer returned
Sunday evening from Calico Rock,
where she was called by Dr. C. W.
Garrison, state health officer to as
sist in caring for the influenza pa
tients which were numbered by the
hundreds all over that section. She
reported conditions better, however,
and thinks they will probably con
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business houses were closed and
many whole families were down and
not able to wait on each other.
El*WORTH LEAGUE
IS REORGANIZED.
The Epworth League of the Metho
dist church was reorganized last
night, with forty members present.
The following were elected as offi
cers:
Paul Noe, president.
Louise Robinson, secretary and
treasurer.
Myrtle Brazeale, first vice presi
dent.
Joyce Brong, second vice president.
Elizabeth Grubbs, third vice presi
dent.
Clyde Woods, pianist.
Harry Littleton, Era agent.
Council meeting Tuesday evening
at 7:30 o’clock.
Artemus.'and Teddy Shell are home
again from several months of service |
in France and their friends are giv- j
ing them a hearty welcome. Their |
company and regiment were never in i
the big fight but they were there and
ready just the same. Artemus stop- j
ped off here for Sunday, Teddy going
on to Swifton to spend a day or two.
The old home, however, was broken
up while these boys were away, their
mother being a victim of the influ
enza during the winter’s scourge.
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HIM GIVEN
bliflj HUl/lbt.
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Are Urged to Cut Down Cotton Acr e
age in the South and Grow Own
Feed and Food.
Washington, Jan. 26.—Farmers of
the South were advised, in a state
ment issued by the department of
agriculture today, that it would be
wise to adjust cotton acreage this
year so as to have available suffi
cient land to produce enough food and
feed for their famileis and live stock.
“If industrial conditions in all the
cotton consuming countries do not
reach normal and if the industry is
not restored, the consumption of cot
ton will be substantially less than pre
war average requirements,” said the
statement. “With practically com- ■
plete restoration, cotton consumption
may well be expected to equal the
normal or pre-war times on account1
of the present shortage of cotton'
goods in various countries. The eco
nomies which the peoples of Europe
must practice for some years to come:
must be considered.”
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FLOUR SOLD IN MID-OCEAN, j
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Herbert Hoover sold the American I
Committe for Relief in the Near East j
seven thousand tons of flour, the j
flour at the time of the sale being on j
a ship in the Mediterranean. The;
price of the cargo was $1,200,000, and j
immediately on the closing of the j
bargain, the Relief Committee or-1
dered the ship by wireless to head at
once for Constantinople, from which
point the flour will be distributed to j
the starving districts in Armenia,,
Syria, and other Near Eastern coun
tries. This, however, say relief work
ers is only a drop in the bucket as
compared with the widespread need of
these peoples, and several more thous
and tons of provisions must b&. sent
to drive starvation out of Western
Asia.
WILSON MS
111 SMUTS
He Sympathizes With Them But Con
siders That They Ask of Him
Something Purely Domestic.
Paris, Jan. 25.—President Wilson
told a delegation representing the
working women of France who called i
upon him today to urge that the peace
conference included woman suffrage
among the points of settlement that,
much as he sympathized with their
cause he felt that it was entirely a
domestic question for the several na
tions. He said he belived that it
would be considered quite outside the
province of the conference if it “un
dertook to dictate to the several states
what their internal policy should be.”
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Secretary of State Robert Lansing
One of Two on U. S. Committee
to Fix War’s Responsibility.
Paris, Jan. 26.—Robert Lansing,
secretary of state, will be cne of the
two members of the American com
mittee created yesterday by the peace
conference to deal with the question
of responsibility for the war. The
other member probably will be one of
the experts attached to the mission
who is now preparing the American
views on this important question
that carries with it the verdict of life
or death to the former German em
peror and some of his generals and
admirals and even civilian officials.
AT THE METHODIST CHURCH.
Hear Dr. Moose from Korea tonight
at 7:30 on one of the BIG WORLD
PROBLEMS. The business men are
invited. Lecture free.
IT IS UP TO US.
It is up to the private generosity in
America to aid the starving countries
of the Near East which have been
oppressed by the Turk, says a cable
gram from Herbert Hoover. In spite
of the relief program being worked
out by the Interallied World Relief
Committee and the appropriations for
food, the salvation of Armenia, Syria
and Asia Minor must come from
America, until these countries have a
real political status and become self
supporting.
A freight wreck at Shipp’s Ferry
on the Write River Road Friday oc
curred, in which a great deal of dam
age was done to the track and freight
cars. Fourteen cars turned over and
many entirely demolished, but for
;unately no one was injured.
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AW1RDSDIPL1MAS
ren Newport Ladies Finish In Ele
mentary Hygiene and Home Care
Of the Sick.
Mrs. Elizabeth Spitzer met with
ner class in Elementary Hygiene and
Home Care of the Sick this afternoon
and gave beautiful little diplomas to
the ten ladies who graduated this af
ternoon in the work of nursing the
sick in their homes or any one
who should need their aid. Mrs. Spit
ser began her class several weeks ago
and is very mvffch delighted with the
interest they have taken and the pro
gress they have made. The meeting
was in Mrs. Spitzer’s office at the
court house and after the business
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E. Henderson, Mrs. Otto M. Bowen, |
Mrs. Edgar Williams, Mrs. Fred J.
Harmon, Mrs. George L. Robinson,
Mrs. Will L. Reed, Mrs. W. Rushton,
Miss Lela Beattie and Miss Hazel
Brong.
Mrs. Spitzer went to Swifton to
day, where she will remain all
this week. She will organize a class
in home nursing, instructing them as
she has the class in Newport.
BILL IN MISSOURI
LEGISLATURE TO
STAMP OUT VICE.
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 27.—In an ef
fort to stamp out vice in Missouri,
the “Committee of Fifty,” an anti
vice organization here, has voted to j
submit for consideration to the state !
ligislature bills covering various i'
phases of vice. The bills will be pre-1
sented to the law-makers immediately j
and the support of every community \
the state will bo sought to hav. j ,
them passed. i |
Tersely, the proposed bills make it a
misdemeanor to register a false name
on apy hotel register; to exhibit
obscene statues or to write, post or
exhibit indecent signs, pictures or >
language.
The bills also would prohibit com- j 1
mon-law marriages; would require
five days to elapse between the time
of application for a marriage license
and its issuance; would create a
state board of censors for motion pic- i
tures, and would provide drastic
measures to suppress immoral resorts.1
BODIES LITERALLY i ;
BLOWN TO PIECES. t
Muskogee, Okla., Jan. 26,—Another
ijame was added today to the list of
dead in the little city of Big Heart, j
Osage county, resulting from the j
wreck caused yesterday, when an au- ,
tomobile loaded with high explosives ^
blew up while passing through the ^
residence sectfcm. The latest victim
is Mrs. W. L. Harris, whose home was
one of the four completely wrecked 1
by the blast. She died this morning
without having regained conscieous- j
ness. Her baby was instantly killed
Saturday and her husband badly in- j j
jured. j g
This brings the total death list up ^
to five, those beside Mrs. Harris and
her baby being Bob Kinkade and W. j
R. English, who were on the ill- j
fated automobile, and Mrs. E. J. Col-i
lins, who was struck by falling tim- i
bers while nursing a sick friend in!
her home near the wreck. ^
Considerable damage also was done
to the public school, which was two
blocks from where the explosion oc
curred. It being Saturday, the
building was empty.
So far not enough of the remains
of Kinkade and English have been ®
found for burial.
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THE DOC MUST HAVE Jj
“SAND IN HIS CRAW.” ^
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 26.—“Eat a 1
little sand once in a while; it’s fill- '
ing,” says Dr. William Windsor, phy
sician. To prove it he says he went c
without food for 30 days until last c
night. Then he gave a feast and fin
ished up with a little sand. The phy- 8
sician maintains the digestive system
requires some sand now and then.
MAN’S MIND AFFECTED |]
FROM INFLUENZA, MISSING
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Paragould, Jan. 26.—Will Lamb, re- ^
siding just north of this city, disap- 0
neared from his nome lafe Friday a> ^
ternoon, and all efforts to locate
him have failed. Mr. Lamb had an
attack of influenza about one month 0
ago and has not recovered from the v
illness, his mind having been affected. 11
Mrs. Lamb was awakened one night 8
recently to find her husband in the
ioorway with his gun across his
knee. She asked him what he was do
ing, and he said he thought someone v
was trying to kill her and the children. v
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Rex Brown has returned from a ®
two week’s trip for his company over b
the state. On his return he had a j v
:ard from his brother, Manly Brown, w
who is with the Army of Occupation
at Cobletz. The young soldier is in
the artillery department. I
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Mrs. S. R. Phillips and little Miss n
Claire have returned from Batesville, t
where they spent several days with v
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Neill. c
i'LIS COIMlt
FOR Mi. DRIVE
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■iouth and West to Be Materially Ben
efitted By the Results of the Big
Missionary Drive.
The following was handed to the
Independent this morning by Rev. J.
E. Bates, for publication. It will
;xplain the Missionary Centenary
neeting, which convenes here, begin
ng tonight. Several visiting minis
ers and church workers are in at
.endance and altogether it is believed
,hat the conference will prove most
jcneficial to all in attendance as well
is an aid in providing the means of
mlarging missionary work.
Plans are now completed for the
(ight-day drive for $35,000,000 which
he Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, will put on April 27 to May 4.
the campaign is in charge of Lyman
’earce, who was one of the govern
nent campaign managers, and all
,he departments affiliated with the
:ampaign are busily at work at head- 'i
juarters in Nashville. The immensity
>f the sum to be raised means that the t
ask itself is an immense one and
>ffices are humming with all the stir
ind buzz that goes with big business.
While the movement is denomina
ional, it is for the benefit of the
vorld—a large portion of the fund
vhich will be raised being turned
ight over again to build up the com
nunities from which it came in the
Southern and Western states. Among
he various forms of reconstruction
vo'i-k here at home that will be un
tertaken as a result of the raising of
he $35,000,000 will be the following:
i'ive schools of the Colored Methodist
Episcopal Church will be materially
ssisted with $50,000 each, while
>aine College will be helped with
250.000 for endowment, buildings
,nd equipment. Aside from this
iractical work in educating the color
d people in their midst the denomi
ation will erect a school to train re
igious teachers, leaders and preach
rs for the Indians of all tribes now
seated in the United States. This
chool will cost $150,000 and its es
abliishment will mark the beginning
f a great forward movement among
the Indian population.
A particular effort will be made by
he Department of Home Missions of
he church to help the mountain pop
lation. Ten schools now under con
erence ownership will be financially
ssisted with $50,000 each, while the
ame sum will be spent annually in
arrying on the religious and social
mrk needed to meet the. immediate
eeds of these people. The foreign- . j
rs in the South and West will be the
eneficiaries of the campaign to the
xtent of forty night schools, thirty
hurches and additional missions.
'hree schools for Mexicans will need
100.000 each, the Textile Industrial
nstitute at Spartanburg, N. C., for
otton mill operatives, will receive
150.000 and the circuit riders of the
hurch will, together with hundreds
f Methodist pastors, have their small
alaries raised to meet the higher
cale of living of the present day.
The Woman’s Work, Home Depart
ment, has outlined its efficiency pro
ram for the next five years (in ad
ition to its present income) as fol
mws: Mountain work, $158,600; city
'ork, $442,000; Latin Americans,
151,000; Gulf Coast work, $82,500;
rientals on Pacific coast, $33,000;
egroes, $243,000; dependent girls,
100,000.
The expenditure of such vast sums
f money in the Southern and South
western states during the immediate
lonths and years ahead—and in
uch definite phases of reconstruc
on—means a great step forward
>r the populations therein afftected.
L large portion of the $35,000,000
ill also be spent in reconstruction
ork in France and Belgium and in
jnding medical and educational mis
onaries to Africa, Brazil, China, Cu
a, Japan, Korea and Mexico—as
ell as building up the missionary
ork substantially in those countries.
Prof. W. F. Wiles, Mrs. George
udley and Mrs. G. F. Smith of
wifton came in on the local this
lorning to attend the district conven
on of the Missionary Centenary
hich convenes at the Methodist
lurch this evening at 7:30.