Harrison Times (Newspaper) - February 2, 1933, Harrison, Arkansas v FIFTY-SIXTH 31. FEBRUARY 2, 1933. HOME TOWN Today The Impatient Not In the Age of 1932) ine By ARTHUR BRISBANE Having had their their and many an outburst since the days of old the French are not as docile as the mild When the French government last week announced heavier the French did not too and look around for money to pay They gathered in Paris in great prepared to march across the Seine to the Chamber of and to the where the French president and fought to The National Federation of taxpayers in France has a membership of 700,000 which means something when the 700,000 are The mild American pays when he is told to and slips resignedly into bankruptcy when he can't pay any NOT THE * + * Experts agree to Mohammed going off by himself with great telling lesser lights of Columbia can't possibly bring our great industrial civilization to complete disaster without my 1 is now called a but it is not idea that civilization must die because it is able to produce all that human beings with the help of is But it is still a fact that civilization is governed by the biggest men thinking only about more profit for stupidly multiplying production facilities without arranging for * News for technocracy Men for centuries have tried unsuccessfully to climb Mt. highest peak on Many lives have been lost in the Now pilots will take their scientific over the great peak and surrounding let technocracy within three hours from the Tithe they they will have STATE HOUSES ACT TO CHECK FORCED Senate Passes Measure To Suspend Court Power For Currencies Of Other Nations Affecting U. S. Countries Off Cold Standard Are Buying Goods Little Feb. 1.-Action to check mortgage foreclosures and afford relief to property owners in other ways was taken in each branch of the Arkansas legislature The senate passed two relief one suspending the jurisdiction of the courts for mortgage foreclosures on homesteads for two years and the other prohibiting courts from granting deficiency judgments in Tn the lower a senate was extending four years the lime for redemption of property sold for levee or drainage district taxes and allowing redemption of property already sold for delinquent taxes without The mortgage moratorium passed by the senate by a vote of 21 to 1, is the first of several pending in each house to come up for final It was described by its Senator of Clark as the that the money interests seem to dread The constitutionality of all so-called moratorium measures has been questioned but Senator said he believed his would stand the Clause Adopted It would suspend the jurisdiction of circuit and chancery courts in homestead mortgage foreclosures during 1933 and 1934, provided all taxes were paid on the property and the owner offered to pay the mortgagee an amount equal to fair and customary rental to be applied on the The emergency clause which was adopted said as a result of the depression homes of the citizens of this stale are being sacrificed through foreclosures and The other relief approved by the 20 to 12, by Senator prevents deficiency being rendered and provides them 1 that .in foreclosure cases in which is the eighteenth of a series of sketches on problems facing the incoming president of the United FORD BLAMES COMPETITORS AS ALL PLANTS CLOSE to map accurately every inch of the Mount Everest securing a perfect survey of the everything on the surface of the great mass. What the fliers will do in three up thirty-five thousand a thousand could not do in many That is which geese call modern * * * On the border between Finland and a great pine tree brought by lumbermen had in the lop an eagle's nest containing the skeleton of a two-year-old child that had been missing for two Shreds of clothing identified the At first we wonder that little could be happy growing up in a nest with the bones of a helpless child around Then we remember that human children grow up very pleasantly with chicken bones and sheep bones on their and are not It is all We living in the ago of Once we venerated the word A man who accumulated one poor little was Not The national income amounts to ninety billions in good Wages alone were sixty thousand million dollars a The gloomy side is the debt Leaving out odd hundreds of you find the following debt as of 1929: For mortgages and oilier 12 Steam railroads 12 Public straight and local THIRTY Debts corporations SEVENTY-FOUR Individual apart from 24 154 4 as the sage of Beverly Hills would is for the Count formerly Italian says the world eds the guidance of the United and that is why we ought in the League of power of that might have it could Of 123,000,000 in the richest country of the with the depression ever not one has suggested anything that could be called even a good imitation of an idea in the way of * * * One little farm sent by C. C. of read this tobacco section of the state of for one grade the farmers are getting three cents per pound and on this same tobacco the government is to the extent of eighteen Wents per It is not hard o see what is the matter with the especially the farmers that are growing important with the is They in never up real appointment of receivers is the owners of the property may be appointed in the Representative McGehee of Desha introduced a providing that no receivers may be appointed for drainage or road He explained that under a decision of the United States supreme a receiver cannot be appointed by a federal court for any of the state government if the state has a law prohibiting such Collecting Agencies Merged The senate 31 to 0, an administration house for transfer of the automobile license and tell bridge collection divisions from the highway department to the revenue The went to Governor Its sponsors said it was designed to consolidated collection agencies in the revenue The house passed a senate by Senator preventing the attorney general from employing special counsel for any purpose except with the approval of the A senate by Senator Armstrong to appropriate unexpended funds of the state geologist's office which cannot now be used because of a restriction in the 1931 appropriation met opposition in the house and consideration was postponed indefinitely by a vote of 53 to The senate spent most of the afternoon on game and fish passing a house by McGehee of Desha to prohibit the shooting or trapping of fox except for protection of and a house to permit use of nets and seines or taking fish for personal use from June 1 to Nov. 1. The vote on the fox was 21 to 8 and on the fish 17 to 14. A house to change the time for killing was defeated by the 27 to 2. By LESLIE Press CURRENCIES OF FOREIGN NATIONS - particularly Great a great effect on prices in the United Only a few countries remain on the gold standard United Holland and Countries that have debased their currencies cannot afford to buy from countries remaining on the gold Thus commodities produce by gold standard countries go The question immediately is under a gold we is a gold standard not a In should we not have or issue much more paper currency against our stock of If It Would Bring Relief The answer comes from gold standard departing from the gold if inflation were to bring trade and food to the mouths of the it would be folly to remain on a gold Inflation will bring no fundamental may help for a as in the world base their currency on silver than any other even that is not coins are only tokens used in the exchange of there is no any sort of money becomes an idle like an idle at the countries that are off the gold suffer as much as economists is not the gold standard that is to It is the trade theory that we shall accept only gold in exchange for our As a we have the the other nations and nobody can. unless some nations agree among themselves to barter and exchange with their depreciated currency as a How tremendous an influence the fluctuating values of currency are exerting in the world we can see Strawberry Crop Topic At Meeting Farmers Hear Experts Tell Of Possibilities For Profit The strawberry growing movement in Boone was given further impetus Tuesday night when a group of some 15 farmers and other representatives of as many communities in the county INQUIRY DOWN BY AFTER University President Both Attacked and Defended On Assembly attended dinner at the Hotel Seville as guests of Harrison Little Feb. 1,-The Arkansas house of representatives Tuesday refused to authorize an investigation of charges that President John C. Futrall of the University of Arkansas had Columns of women are shown here leading the march of pickets around the Manufacturing company plant in where 0,000 workers have been on The strike at the Briggs which manufactures most of the bodies fcr Ford resulted in the closing of all the Ford plants throughout the throwing 150,000 men out of due to lack of FINAL AWARDS Highway Commission Which Took Office Six Years Ago Ends are grown Cimp is .i money 15bJ money make CONSTITUTION WRITTEN FOR 4-11 CLUB COUNCIL A constitution committee from the 4-H club council met at court house Saturday with the officers of the council and formulated a. constitution for the Boone County 4-H club council which will be adopted when ratified by three-fourths of the 4-H clubs in the since the nation cannot live without do not know it. * * The Irish Free State elections give the victory to De half half over all In addition to getting rid of stopping payment for lands that Britain bought from landlords and turned over to Irish ' De Valera demands a united north and south all best by looking at the ' A Heavy Debt Great Britain owes the United States four billion dollars in those much-discussed international When other nations succeeded in having their debts scaled down to a sum small in comparison with the Britain made a settlement that did her Unfortunately for at the time she made that she just had returned to the gold following war But she returned before she was she pegged the pound sterling too Her became debts of that high pound debts payable in gold in the United the nations entered upan a tariff Trade declined while debts Gold flowed to the creditor nations like the United States and no longer could back up her pound sterling with She went off the gold Payable in Gold Her debt to the United remained payable in far-reaching Britain is swaying currencies so that nations who follow her influence cannot to buy from the United States but can undersell the United Great Britain holds a whip a trick of It is a whip hand chiefly against the two largest gold tariff the United States and Yet it is a whip hand that can be only for no one is gaining in this trade which seems even more destructive than the World war It is the intention of these sketches to portray The way out of our as the great thinkers of the world see it. IS a the discouraged must Mike Money Usable In the particular instance of economists plead that people demand a world economic conference to re-establish the money of the world on a interchangeable say the means the alteration of man-made money or the reduction of tariffs on a world-wide or the readjustment of debts and then let us begin Will a Settlement if Currency Problems Raise Commodity Little Feb. 1.- With the awarding of contracts for two road construction the state highway commission with 1hc exception of one took office six years ago at the beginning of the Martineau highway ended its work The personnel of the new commission under a law signed a few days ago by Governor still had not been disclosed by the chief executive Tuesday He indicated he would announce the name of the five new commissioners The contracts awarded Tuesday for projects in the federal emergency relief program call construction of about 8 miles of concrete on the road on highway No. 71 in Little River county and for 1 1-4 miles of gravel surfacing on the highway No. 16V, in Dallas A. C. of was the successful bidder the Little River county His bid was 3140,129.45, approximately below the estimate of the United States bureau of public roads To Be Absorbed University Must Take Over Extension Service Little Feb. 1..-Governor Futrell Tuesday told the University of Arkansas board of trustees that the expense of the branch experiment stations and the agricultural extension service must be absorbed by the university millage fund unless the general revenue fund be from The experiment station and extension service and home demonstration appropriations arc made from the general revenue which Governor Futrell told the trustees is now 31,-000,000 in debt and have to operate six months more on present must put this fund on a cash the governor we may have to discontinue some Ford attributed the suspension to of my competitors who are operating against The strikers objected to preventing them from earning even the minimum Baughman Gets County Home Job Boone County Farmer Successful Bidder For Is Charges that radicalism and atheism were taught that two of the referred to but unnamed in the resolution were of and disciple of Lenin and were met by uni- Hosea Boone county was named superintendent of the County Home for 1933, this afternoon by County Judge M. O. at the regular monthly session of county Fourteen bids were submitted to the the bids ranging from to a month for each Baughman's bid was a month for each The average bid was Ability to take care of the home and adaptability to that kind of work and former service and satisfaction given in the work were considered in naming the Judge Penix Mr. Baughman served as superintendent of the County Home in 1924-25. Mr. Baughman succeeds Mrs. J. defenders with the declaration that the proposed was and insult the intelligence of people of this state and the The university president and the five foreign born faculty members were alternately attacked and defended through an hour's debate that ended with the defeat of resolution for the investigation by Representatives Grant of county and Smith of Randolph county by a vote of 31 to 59. Former students at the now representatives in the Arkansas took in defense of their alma Representative one of branded the ouster resolution is. gone stark and declared the university was one of the most efficient in the functions to do unless funds H. Norton who has had charge of can be the home fcr the past five The 1931 expenditures for the He posted bond for Bond agricultural extension service required to be twice the amount amounted to and for the of the bid in keeping the home branch experiment stations j for a There are eleven Be Cut j mates in the The university millage tax yielded | Jeffery Dixon served as last and for j tary today and assisted the court this fund to the expenses j in opening the Regular of the two services would mean monthly claims were also allowed that the university would be today's quired to operate next year on not - to exceed since the next year isr NEW SHOE STORE Talbert and Wylie of | - obtained the contract for the mated millage revenue for the uni other project on a bid of Dwight H. chairman of the went out of office Tuesday night both by reason of the expiration of his term ' Leonard Coffman is installing a and the highway reorganization ' shoe store in the Coffman which becomes j ing on the south side of the formerly occupied by the He took office in 1927, C. C. Holt Grocery The the elected commissioner of of the building has been and Subsequently ' and the walls land and highway offices were ' The store will probably separated and the highway com- be opened within a Mr. mission chairmanship was made an Coffman appointive MARKET REPORT prices paid for produce in Harrison markets Eggs ger At Ward Store George Dalton Succeeds H. A. Transferred To LIVESTOCK MARKETS GENERALLY LOWER WORDS OF WISDOM CAN'T FORGET COLL EZM M. C. district supervisor of Montgomery Ward & announced here today several changes in the personnel of the Harrison and stated that the store is to be brought to the highest standards of the company in order to properly serve the Shame is an ornament to 7c, butter fat i Northwest Arkansas a disgrace to the light hens 5c, heavy broilers j George formerly of broilers 4c, capons Gc to 12c. | succeeds H. A. Berkey as Mr. Berkey has been transferred to the Muskogee Ralph formerly of becomes assistant and B. N. formerly of Arkansas is in charge of the furniture The basement of the store was recently and Mr. Johnson states that further improvements will be made in the arrangement of the Mr. the new is a native and has a record of successful merchandising in several Southern including Little n will encounter reli It will not be annex the of the AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE MEETS THURSDAY The Boone County Committee will meet Thursday morning the court house to work out the Boone County plan of extension work for the Mr. District and Mrs. Esther District Home Demonstration i Agent will attend this Broken in health and spirit since he was divorced by the John once a wealthy Hollywood motion picture is reported to be gravely Those assigned to his care declare McCormick is a victim of an all-consuming love for the actress whom he cannot Colleen is shown with Albert New York whom she married in Florida about u year TWO DRY ARRESTS Ernest and Minor Seawright and Wilson of Flippin and Tom Treet of Cotter were arrested Tuesday by J. W. Ledbetter and Milton prohibition charged with violating the dry They wore brought to Harrison and were released today after posting bond to await action of the federal grand in A 60 gallon capacity copper still and c quantity of mash was confiscated by officers at the Wilson Dewey Wallis of Pruitt was arrested this morning by federal officers charged with violating the liquor Ho waived examination before Commissioner was released after making bond to await action of the federal grand jury in If is condemned as a colloquialism when used in prose as a of- Say don't know whether I Not don't know if 1 ncss men and heard specialists with of from the White and headed fields tell of the value I of the berry crops to those The meeting was under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce and the talks proved educational to the Harrison business I men as well as instructive to the Both business men and farmers were asked to give careful consideration to the possibilities for profit from the industry and to encourage their friends who arc prospective growers to go into the project in a conservative way and with the intention of staying in the berry growing business long enough to make good years offset bad years and thus show an attractive average annual The speakers included Will president and manager of the Judsonia Fruit and Vegetable Will Davis of a strawberry former official the Ozark and now connected with the Continental Hotel operator of the Hotel H. Little route agent for the Railway Express in charge of berry transportation from the White county field for many Dr. E. E. agricultural specialist for the Missouri Pacific J. C. district agricultural agent of the Extension Department of the University of and J. T. Searcy business man who assisted recently in the organization of a organization in the Searcy L. J. president of the Chamber of opened the meeting with an explanation of the object of the gathering He emphasized that the strawberry growing movement was intended to be a movement strictly and that the movement is sponsored by Powell R. county who was prevented by illness from attending last night's The Chamber of Mr. Cooper brought seeks to with strawberry growers in any way possible in making the movement a Mr. Cooper then turned the program over to Ralph A. secretary cf the Chamber of Commerce as The chairman sketched briefly the progress of the movement to date and said that Mr. Corley has listed sufficient growers already to indicate that Harrison's acreage will exceed the 150 acres needed to insure carlot reported also that perhaps 150 acres have been placed in the areas around Burlington and other communities in the northern half of the Mr. Hull told the that the Chamber of Commerce seeks merely to act as a medium for bringing about the co-operation of the various communities in the berry after which it is expected that the farmers will form and manage their own He admitted that the business man's interest is not altogether since what helps the farmer will help business in He pointed that the farmer will get his profit Mr. Leasure gave an interesting outline of the history of the industry in White He cited figures to show that White county now has more than 1,500 acres in that 1225 carloads were shipped from the county last that the industry brought approximately 81,000,000 into the county in 1932, and that farmers realized a net profit of per crate and per Mr. Leasure said that in the 12 years he has been manager of the organization its members never have failed to make some money and that in most years their returns were larger than they could have realized from any other He emphasized that cultivation is necessary to successful berry and that there certain to be years when the m will be bad or the crop will be he the farmer that goes into the industry to stay will surely realize a handsome average annual Davis said that there now arc approximately 1,200 acres of berries in the Monett and that in some years strawberries have brought into Monett as much as He said he had grown berries every year since 1903 and there never has been a year when his patches did not show some He seconded Mr. injunction to growers to go into the business with a determination to stick through the bad years so that they may rean more than compensating profits in good Mr. Dinwiddie gave an interesting description of the elaborate set-up of the Railway i; Express Agency each necessary the successful movement of the Feb. 1.-Livestock markets were generally lower than a week ago Monday at the Union Stockyards in Hogs were 10c lower for the topping Monday at were -off 25c the topping Monday at The cattle market was generally weak to 25c lower on all classes except canners and cutters stockers and which barely Lambs were 25c lower for the topping at 34.25. able He said that 65,000 employes of the express agency we're ready at all times to co-operate in keeping the berries moving until they reach their it St. Louis or arid that the same co-operation given other fields will be as readily extended to Boone county Corliss spoke from the standpoint of a man who has had actual experience in raising berries ' in this section of the He related that he has a farm just a mile from the Arkansas line on Highway No. 65, that he has raised berries successfully there under conditions identical with those of Boone and that he is confident that if the growers will co-operate the strawberry industry here will be highly He recommended the Aroma berry as best suited for Boone county's climate and type of advocated planting in stony ground in rows four and a half feet apart with plants three apart in the and said tnis planting would mean about 3,000 plants to the He reiterated what other speakers had the grower should resolve in hijs own mind to stay in the berry growing business at least 10 He declared that it is almost universally true that the grower who gets in and out of the jis ' always in in bad years and out in good Other speakers included Mr. who said he had studied the possibilities in Boone county and found them arid Mr. Cone who stressed the necessity for John P. representative of president of company which owns the Hotel was Mr. Mack who has been active in support the berry movement in BoOne was unable to make trip to Harrison because of pressure of IT'S
