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Sharp County record., 1912-06-28
THE COURTS

Circuit Court, Northern Dis.
trict--First Monday in January
and Second Monday in July.
Southern District--.Second Mon.
day in February and August
County Court-Third Monday
In January, April, July and Oe.
tober' No County Court in The
Northern District.
Probate Court-Northorn Dis
trlct-Third Monday In March,
June, September and December,
Southern District---s,econd Mon.
day in March, June, September
and December,
Chaneery Court Southern Dis.
triet-First Monday in May and
November, Northern District
Second Monday In March and
September,
Sharp County record., 1912-06-28
INITIATIVE PETITION

TO THE HONORABLE EARLE W, HODGES,
SECRETARY or TilE STATE OF ARKANSAS,
We, the undersigned legal voters of SHARP
County, IN the State OF Ar'au1os, respectfully
propose the following amendment to Act No.
3oS Of the Acts Of Arkanuw of 1911, approved
May 80, 1911, establishing the boundary limos Of
the Northeast Arkansas Cattle Tick Eradication
DBuet
That Section two t2) of the above named act be-
amended 80 a. to road ns follows.
Sect 2, Commencing where White River
crossco The Missouri line In section 2, township
u north, range n west In Marion County, Ar.
kansas, thence along White River IN south and
eaH'erP direction TO whore White River ntor.
scots the Independence County line, thence
along tho north boundary line Of Independence
County IN an cuolorly direction 10 where tho
west boundary line Of Sharp County, Arkanana
mtcmocW Independence, thonco north f5llowipv
the weat boundary line Of Sharp County 10 the
state Of Missouri thence east to Rapdoph
County, ArkHnHas, thence south following lba
cast boundary line Of Sharp County Ia whore II
ihIetFects Independence County thence IN II
general cuaicry direction Huug the north bonn.
do| luo of Independence County to BRc,
NN'h thence N a gouthcrny direction down
Hack River and following the meaudcrInpa
thereof TO White River thence In IA ruuDhpn and
IN western and clalomy direction I'D au ia I'm.
olude the whole Of Bulpman nownahp IN JnrR.
son County Arbnnuas, thence In "A goulhern
eastern direction TO whore Whto River mlor.
aeets the south line Of Woodruff County, Ar,nn.
Hha, thence on The south lmu Of WuuHuH tpuntv
Ioliowtn" The line TO tho gouhwoal cornu, Of
Cross County, thence on said south bonn ln,y
line of Gross County TO the southeast po,por or
Cross County, thence north on county line To tho
! northeast corner Of CrusB County "a whore pnn,e
lnteHoeta the l'5nBott County line, thence
along the ponHetJ County and MiaaIasppI Couns
lF line east to the MHfubppI River, thence up
the MIHaiHHippi River 10 the Missouri Nulo limo.
hence woet On the state line To whore the rusl
boundary line ct Fhmp County nlpIarrt8 lbp
said state line of Mhsour thence Wpst fo,n
the Intersection west boundary line OF Sham
County mteBeets the state line of NisaoUi IN
the place Of beginning, shall be known Bs hs
Northeast ArkahBab Cattle Tick Eradication Da.
tr.th
And by this our petition order that the nalnc br
admitted to the people Of Sharp County, IN tho
state of NrhanaHa, TO the ohd that the same may
be enacted or rejected by the vote Of tho leppI
voters Of said county or Rharh Hnd State of Ar.
kansas, Al tho ReND General elect an IA he hell In
SAID county ana said state ob the Second Monday
! In September A. u 1919
Filed In the ohl't Of the Secretary of State an
the IN day Of MAY, lRla
zach eleet1r may vote for or against the above
! law.
Witness my official signature this goth day Of
May lni2
EARLEw. HODGES,
Secretary Of State
Sharp County record., 1912-06-28

Tic etoro tho paper into pieces VI.
cloualy, got out another sheet slammed
II down, jabhOd his pom into tho Ink
and with his damp hair plOBteripg his
brow wrote
mir, Alwoll w, Adkins, Dear Sir
You don't know mo, but l0yO your
daughter and want TO marry hoE My
income IL $4,000 u year and below arc
the names Of FIVE persona you can
write 10 for information about me.
Your daughter knows | am writing
this, Hoping for favorable reply, |
remain, yours truly
JOHN l., HEATH"
That's what | waJ trying to say all
the timeI" he jubllOIed rs ho dropped
tho letter down tho mail chute.
Sharp County record., 1912-06-28
LODGES

F. C A. M. M.--Evening Shade
Lodge No. l43 meets Friday
night before the third Saturday
and Saturday night before the
first Sunday in each month.
d. W. Wasson, W. M.
A. E. Snow, Sec.
|. O. O. F.-Evening Shade
Lodge No, 299 meets Wednesday
night Of each week,
W, N. Metcalf, N. G.
M. b. Stokes, Sec.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES L O d @ e
No. 345 meets the second and
fourth Friday nights in each
month.
Miss Kate Moser, N. G.
Miss Myrtle Wasson, Sec.
W. 0. W.-Evening Shade
Camp No, 3S7 meets the second
and fourth Saturday nights in
each month.
O. G, Shaver, c. G.
! MsB STOKES, Clerk.
r. A. M.--Rural Chapter No
90 meets the third Saturday nigh
in each month.
I, }. Davidson, II. p.
s. Fl. DAVIDSON, Sec.
Sharp County record., 1912-06-28

We would appreciate the fa-
vor if, when there are changes in
the officials Of the above named
orders, the secretaries would no.
tify this paper, so that the prop
er changes may be made in this
directory, which we want to keer
correct. Also all lodge news
that can be Winted should be
furnished the office by the Sec
retaries or others. If it's news
we want it.
Sharp County record., 1912-06-28
OEEICIEL.

Congressional.
Member of Congress 2nd District
W. A, OLDFlELD.
Senatorial.
Member State Senate, Second
District--C. II. HENDERSON.
Judicial.
Judge Of tho 10th Judicial Cir.
cult j, W. MEEKs.
Pros. Atty, &C. Il. EtMoRE.
Judge Of the Chancery Court
G. 7 Humphries.
County,,
Representatiye-W. II, Holt,
County Judge--AJLEN GAY
Clelk-JAs, NJ, SIMPSON,
SheriIf-'W, W, BRlsTow,
Treasurer-~J, W, THOMPSON.
Assessor--W, +. SMITH.
Surveyor--C. 9. PRICE.
Sharp County record., 1912-06-28
rhni,n plfInrnnt.

$500 herel You wrote personpl
letter yesterday during office hours
You used your employers time, That's
stealing"
well sir | have worked overtime
Ot leNst one hundred times per year
tor the past ten years."
"tlaI Hunt That's business"
Sharp County record., 1912-06-28
Directory.
CHURCHES

CHRISTIAN-Services every
Sunday morning, Preaching
every fourth Sunday, morning
and night, by Elder r. A Rob-
bins.
METHODIST-Services morn
ing and night of each second
Sunday of the month. Rev.
F. H. Champion, Pastor.
SUNDAY SCHOOL-At the
Methodist church every Sunday
morning at 10 O'Clock. Every.
body invited to attend. O. G.
Shaver, Superintendent.
Sharp County record., 1912-06-28
When The Farm Comes Into lis Own


We know that many of our boys
and girls expect to live on the farm
when they are grown up; but we
fear that there are many others
who, deep in their hearts, are long
ing for the time when they can
leave the old farm and try life else
where, Now, if the boy or girl has
talent or special training for some
other work, it is the proper thing
for him or her to leave the farm;
but to leave the farm just because
one feels that it is not a good place
to live argues something wrong
either with the person who wants
to leave or the way the farm is
managed.
( There are farms, of course, which
! no enterprising young person could
be blamed for wishing to leave
farms where there's an endless round
. of hard work, little pay, few recrea-
\, tions, general lack of hope and
Nroeress and ambition. Such farms,
however, are becoming scarcer, and
the farms on which boys and girls
are able to earn money of their
own, to get a good education, to en-
JOY the society of their friends, to
live in comfort and to grow up into
well-trained, purposeful and cultur-
ed men and women, are all the
time becoming more numerous.
Indeed, this is the only kind of
farm there should be in this land of
ours-the only kind there will be
when once we all realize the posi-
bilities of farm life and set ourselV-
es in earnest to realize them. Some
of our readers live in homes where
they have everything necessary to
make them Contented and hopeful,
Many others, who have not yet at"
tained to all these things, live on
farms which are every year becom.
ing more beautiful and giving to
those who live on them more of the
good things Of life, Still Others
there are who see in farm life only
one endless round Of drudGory and
who ceaselessly contrast their con-
ditions with those of the lucky boys
and girls who live in the city.
Wrong as this last idea is, ii has
in it a grain of truth, for it is true
that the country has in the past
lacked many of the advantages Of
the city The great fact of our day
Is the realization that the country
need not lack these things, For the
farmer to add to the good thinGs
which belong especially to the coun
try most Of the good things which
have belonged heretofore exclusive
ly to the town, is poSsible-.is com
paritively eOsy if once farm folk,
set out IN earnest to do it,
And 1t Is the boys and girls of to
day who must do this great worI
and so make life on the averag,
farm as inviting and satisfying a
Il Is on the very best farms of to
day They can do it, too, for tn
boys and girls Of today are tn
makers of the future and il Is their
to fashion and mold 1t as they will
90 If they prepare themselves by earn
est study by doing well the tasks
Of today, above all by living true
helpful and earnest lives, they car
bring even the poorest and most
neglected farms Of the South into
their rishtrul heritage and make
Sharp County record., 1912-06-28
ONE DOLLAR "A

In plain phr
Of AmendInE1
the ballot froIi
voter. There
among some
hot given ca
proposed an
White voter y |
khe test of
Down in the
pre should it
is not the Gas
hot contenp
Here in Ark
v
amendment I
Mich a result
|of the same
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Tient, and
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
EXIT DALZELL.

John Dalzell struck a progressive
iceberg in the recent Pennsylvania
primaries and went down with the
waterlogged standpat craft.
Dalzell has represented a steel dis
trict in congress for years and has
been a guardian of big business and
the tarin beneficiaries during all OF
his political career.
Dalzell has been a Bourbon of the
Bourbons. With Joe Cannon, Tawney
and the other reactionaries, he ruled
congress for the interests with an
iron hand. He believed the rich and
powerful should govern. He sough,
denomination but even Pennsylvania,
the home OF the tariff and coal bar
ons, could no longer stand for him.
An unknown beat him and laid him
on the shelf forever.
Truly the leaven is working. Pen
rose, Burrows, Depew. Aldrich. Taw-
ney and Dalzell have gone Cannon
legs superfuous on the stage and
Lorimer sees HIS end.
The progressive movement Is sail
ing on and will engulf all OF the
agents OF the interests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
By JOHN G. OSBORN.


The loss of the ocean liner Titanic,
with its priceless cargo of human
lives, has sent a thrill of horror
through all Europe and America We
ask ourselves, why can such things
be? Is there a kind Providence that
guides our affairs2 Why do men take
such risks? Have We not reached
the limit of desirable achievement,
and is it not wiser to retrench d
little, than to attempt further ad-
vancement?
1t may be noted that while it is,
in loss of life and property, by far
the greatest single disaster on rec
ord, yet the actual loss in proportion
to the number of people concerned,
is less than in the conditions exist
ing 100 or so years ago. If the same
number of people had embarked on
four as fine ships, each one of them
would have been exposed to the same
risk and in term of years the large
number of accidents would oyerbal-
ance the smaller fatalities in each
case, but no such intense interest
would have been aroused. The loss
of ship with all on board was q
common occurrence and a hundred
lives were little thought of. In fact
ocean travel is far safer in modern
conditions.
A whimsical story is told of an OLE
sailor who was relating his adven
lures, the thrilling scenes, the mar
row escapes, to some eager listeners
One said to him, 81 should think you
would be afraid to go to sea-
ooh, ! don't know. l rather lik
it. My father was a sailor, and los
his life in a wreck and my grand
father, too. 1t runs in the family.
Said the other, IF l were you
would never go on the sea again"
Said the sailor, Il suppose you
father is living"
'"Oh, no. He died so many year
ago"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
THE RIGHT TO STRIKE.

Considerable discussion has been
created BY the recent utterance of
Chairman Prouty of the interstate
as saying:
q have believed that II would fin
ally be found necessary to provide by
federal enactment that no strike shall
be declared by organized labor upon
any interstate railway until the ques-
tion at issue has been submitted TO
arbitration, and a certain length OF
time has interviewed after the award,
and after notice that the strike would
be inaugurated Notwithstanding the
award II is doubtful If we could COM
pei either the railways or the employees
to comply with the award, but certain
/ ly, in view of the stake which the
public has, the government may re-
quire of the railway, as its servant
upon the one hand, and If organized
/ labor, as a condition Of its organiza-
| ton upon the other, that the use of
these public facilities shall not be in
terrupted until every attempt has been
made to avoid that necessity"
One of the most important features
in present day contests between en-
ployer and employed, too often ig-
nored entirely by both sides, is their
effect upon the people as a whole and
sooner or later the protection of disin-
terested parties, who are often the
greatest sufferers, must be considered.
The dayaIopmept Of our aroa4 r,;Iroo5
and other corporate interests has
forced 10 the front the question Of the
. right of the public to enjoy uninter.
rupted service as against the rights
Of the wage Garner or the corporation
TO produce stagnation in business while
they fight out their quarrels. The
granting of the right 70 strike was
only a comparatively recent step, &C
cepted when it became a measure Of
social and economic justice to prevent
wage slavery" in its worst form. II
does not follow, however, that the
strike privilege collectively should be
permitted until all efforts to effect g
settlement by arbitration have been ex
hausted. The step proposed by Mr.
Prouty does not seem too radical anC
We fail TO see wherein IL does Injustice
to either side, while il would afforC
protection to the vast business auC
other interests of the country. which
all must concede are inextricably in
terwoyen with the constant and unin
terrupted operation Of the railway sys
TENS and other public utilities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
THE LAWS DELAYS.

Three different bills have been pre-
sented TO congress by the American
Bar association calculated to remedy
the existing cumbersome method of ju-
dicial procedure which has done much
TO injure the business and prosperity
Of the country and unquestionably has
done more than all unsatisfactory YER
diets TO create dissatisfaction with the
courts. One Of the measures provides
that no judgment shall be reversed or
new trial granted for merely technical
reasons.
Speaking Of the effect Of the present
system. the late Lord Justice Bowen
said: Law has ceased to be a scien-
tif1c game that may be won or lost by
playing a particular move" 1t is stat
ed that 80 per cent Of the judgments Of
the English courts are not appealed.
and that when an appeal is taken the
appellate court almost uniformly takes
the jury's findings of facts, applies the
| law to 1t and gives the final Judgment.
New trials are ordered only when the
record discloses an injustice which can
not be corrected by the appellate court;
| they are never ordered because the
court did not split a hair exactly
through the center. AS a consequence,
the calendars are kept clear and cases
terminated within a few months Of
their inception. This Is common sense
II gives the parties. to the suit not hd
cation, but Justice.
Here is the sorest spot in our pro
oedure," says the Wall Street Journal
Judgment in the trial court is fol
lowed by appeal, reversal and new
trial Of the same facts, over and ovel
again. The 1itigants efforts to reach
finality are like the task OF Sisyphus
pushing his dreadful stone uphill. A
recent case, given IN a state report
one involving no great question o
law, had twenty-one hearings at tria
terms, and ten appeals. In a stat
court an ordinary negligence case mad
the weary circuit from trial to appel
late court, round and round again TO
twenty years, like an unlaid ghost
Can anything better be hoped for 81
long as the attention OF the courts Il
taken up with useless technicalities
some judge-made and based on meta
physical reasoning, but largely the re
suit Of ill-drawn codes and practicr
acts?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20

he FORGOT EVERYTHING EXCEPT THAT HH
LOVED HER.
from which point of vantage he had
watched the circle around the fire.
you never go to dances. You can't
get a girl to go with you," grinned ia
cob Leonard.
81 never asked one yet" retorted
Billy, growing red about his ears.
"Why not?" came in a chorus from
the others.
Because" said Billy slowly-"be-
cause somehow there wasn't one that
/ wanted to go with, l guess-no, l
don't mean that they're not all sweet
and pretty and too nice for US to be
talking about down here, only some
how He paused for the right word,
the inoffensive word to express him
self, for most of the boys had sisters.
and Billy Phenomenon was too chival-
rous to offend.
"Ah, you're stuck up like Floriue
Gray! 1 guess you better go and ask
her to go to the party, Billy. Two
such aristocrats as you and Florine
ought to go together for sure"
Billy's hands clinched, and another
wave Of red invaded his smooth brown
cheeks. II guess we better stop talk
ing about the girls" he said quietly
and left the room. knowing that they
were laughing at him.
Mrs. Deacon Price had brought him
from an orphan asylum, and the Prices
l -, 90 L. hoa
William Philemon. but his little lisp
ing tongue had twisted philemon"
| into something that sounded Ike "Phe-
nomenon," and from the beginning 1t
( had been his nickname in the village
{ The Prices had given him their own
name. too. but he was generally called
BILLY Phenomenon" and he grew not
10 mind II.
The Prices bad educated him, and
when he returned from the academy
/ the deacon had died and he had taken
( the management of the big farm on
( his broad Young shoulders. and he was
/ making q success Of it. But Riverdale
/ people were narrow, and they had nc
welcome for strangers in their midst
and consequently they never forgot
( that, although Billy Price might be
Mrs. Deacon Prices adopted son and
probable heir TO all the Price money
and broad acres, nevertheless he wal
an unknown waif from the orphan
asylum and not quite on a level witt
| the rest of them who had been borI
in the houses they lived liz and expect
ed to die g.
To taunt Billy Phenomenon with I
tenderness for Florine Gray was Tx
touching an open wound.
AS he walked toward home Bill
Phenomenon turned over in his min,
the possibility OF his asking Florin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
HeartC>atld
HOfn6
Problems
M
MRS EIIZABFdH THOMPSON

dow or any glass surface. CD Con-
suit reliable druggist or hair spe-
cialist with regard to treatment for
bleaching your hair. go To make
ice cream, sweeten pure cream to
taste and use whatever fiavoring IS
desired. Do not cook, or use eggs.
To make maple ice cream, use maple
syrup for both sweetening and flavor
ing, that is, simply combine cream and
maple syrup and freeze. For vanilla
ice cream, sweeten with graduated
sugar. For fruit ice creams, crush
the fruit, put through a colander,
sweeten with sugar, add the cream
and freeze. Here is a good doughnut
recipe: One coffee cupful or rich sour
milk, one teaspoonful Of each salt and
soda, one-half teaspoonful OF nutmeg,
three-fourths cupful sugar and two
eggs. Beat the eggs and add the but
ter and sugar creamed together. Dis
solve the soda in the sour milk and
add the salt and nutmeg and enough
-four to make a soft dough. Roll
| shape and fry in deep fat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
pEa

Dear Mrs. Thompson: Can you tell
what is the best covering for a table
at noon, whether we are alone or
have one or more guests?
A READER.
A tablecloth over a pad is in good
taste for any meal, but lunch cloth
or luncheon set is coming into more
popular use all the time and is GER
tainly Convenient.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: % Do You
know what will remove spots from
mirrors? Cd What could a blond
use to bleach her hair? go Please
give me a recipe for ice cream and
one for doughnuts.
LITTLE MAE.
% It isn't clear what kind OF
spots you refer to. II you mean
spots caused from defects in the
quicksilver on the back of the mir
ror, nothing can be done for them
except to have the mirror resilvered
II spots on the surface Of the glass
wash the mirror as you would a win
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
The Argus Daily Story
Billy Phenomenon-By Clarissa Mackie.
Copyrighted. 1911. by Associated Literary Bureau

There amt nobody going to take
Florine to the dance tomorrow night"
observed Henry Johnson idly. The lit
tie group Of young men gathered about
the stove in the village store. exchang-
ed sly glances and then resumed their
stolid staring at the ruddy Goals.
How do you know thatT" demanded
Sandy Peters aggressivefy. He sat q
little In the background, and It was
generally understood that his violent
red hair provided such warmth for his
body that he never drew near the fire
no matter how cold the weather.
What do you know about thatf" re-
peated Sandy Peters, thrusting out his
freckled chin. Florine Gray was his
cousin.
Her mother told my mother that
Florine wouldn't go with nobody that
had asked her." explained Henry John
son hastily.
Anybody else got anything to say
about my cousin Florine?" demanded
Sandy belligerently, and a general
shutting Of feet, followed by intense
stiffness, having given the impression
that so far as the circle Of young men
was concerned the subject was closed,
Sandy arose, yawned,. stretched him
self and went home.
After 1t might be assumed that San
dy had reached home, conversation was
resumed. Ruel Lane was the one tc
break the heavy silence. Il guess
there amt nobody around here good
enough for Florine Gray"
Ibid she turn you down, tooY' asked
Jacob Leonard quickly, and the foul
others laughed loudly at the confusion
Of the two.
Never mind: all the rest US viii b
there" consoled Lem White-"least
ways. all Of US except Billy Phenome
non here"
"And why not meT' demanded Bill
~ from his seat on a cracker barrel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
Lions Head Fountains.

Perhaps you have noticed that the
water in a great many public foun-
tains. whether for man or beast, comes
out Of lions mouth. Did you ever
stop TO think why a lions head should
be selected in preference to any other
design? Among the ancient Egyp-
tians the rising of the waters of the
river Nile was the most important
event of the year as it meant life and
prosperity to the whole nation. This
rising Of the waters always took place
when the sun was in the constellation
Of Leo, or the lion, so they adopted
the shape Of lion as the symbol for
the life giving waters of the Nile and
all their fountains were carved with a
lions head The Greeks and Romans
copied this symbol and so it has come
down to us--New York Sun.