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The Springdale news., 1913-04-04
MOUNTAIN SPRINGS.

Harry Ware hauled load of shelled corn over from Elkias Sat urday
 Jordoa BoatrieAt fs doing a big business here in his shop Ills specially ls hoase-shosine
 Prof Hersctei nug6es. prln .pal Of the st Paul High seboot. yis.t= el home folks saturday ard s8nda
 Miss EIaa IoHn.oa. Hazei Ware. Della nu1zan Myrtle cul8#E aa4 Jewell BaIly 9st-ea sanday even ing 4ieA Siiss Hertfa Keoney
 N L. Wll.ams. @ho re eatlt erected nea mtil building at tHfs pla1e is doing t Hjs astom work. and keeps large stoek of mill feed and meal sa stock at al times.
 Saturday neat there Nil be a basket supper al this place. and everybody is cordially invited to come and bring some money There will be pretty girls ake. and pret- ty girls in great abundance and good times are stored awaiting you, so come along
 Garrett Williams Is perhaps the pioneer orehardist of this great ap- pie belt, and nearly all of the old orchards now growing here were nursery sto0k from Nh William s nurseries He TOW has or sale some very fine fruit trees grown in his nursery last year.
 The school exhibition given here Saturday night was brilliant sue cesz, and the largest crowd ever seen at the Springs were present The rich programe was carried through with great harmony, and every one went away feeling vel repaid for the trip out.
 The beautiful phrases of Don Worry fall like benedietion The absorbing optimism of his words i; an inspiration to higher ideals ant greater things, and he lives agair in the dewy dawn of nfes morning though the waves of lightning lasl the shores of time. Perhaps h. views through the golden retrospec
The Springdale news., 1913-04-04
AUTOS MUST PAY TAX.
Commissioner Dye Is Vested With
 Clearly Defined Powers.

Little Rock, Ark, March 3f-lm- mediately after Gov Futrell signed the bill this afternoon creating department of state lands, highways and improvements. Reuben e Dye, the commissioner of the new depart ment. at once set into motion the wheels of the new department. His first official act was to issue motor license taxes. Heretofore the tax was S payable to the secretary of state. The new law makes the tax s10 per year, payable to the tax collector of the county in which the vehicle is located The tags are obtained from the commissioner Of state lands, highways and improve ments. on presentation of The re eeipt Of the tax collector Tie pen atty for failure to pay the tax when due is seizure and sale with fees provided for all officials mak- ing collection and seizures The cars on which the tax for the year 1913 has been paid are exempt dur ing this year Tie tax on the ars from which the tax of 1913 has nor been paid is due and payable by he 10th of April After that date the penalty attaches The commission er supervizes the collection af the tax. and the se6retary af t.zeeom= mission and other employee at f5e department will immediately after the f9fh Of April b. aFHe5fsd fa furnish Iist of the aeI#nqaeass Q The tax collectors Of tHe various counties of he state Tor rEe pur= pose of seizure All eosts i4AldeHf To the seizure, holding sale dH- HuQueHts, are ehareea6.e aeaiasf fbe automobile oe motor vehicle seized
The Springdale news., 1913-04-04
SPRING VALLEY.
Summer weather again.

Summer weather again.
 Mrs. Huffman and daughter have been quite sick recentlya
 Don't miss the dedication services next Sunday 4 good program of songs is promised.
 John Putnam, wife and baby Mary, visited Sunday and Sunday night in the Valley.
 Seven new mail boxes were found on the line as q result of the re- cent extension of service.
 s. G. Ingram has done some good road work near his home. little more interest in roads would i'm prove the country.
 MT. Thomson got in wrestling match with gate, tie gate falling on top and breaking a bone in his left arm. pr. Harrison attended to the fracture.
 Oats are coming up nicely and ought to grow rapidly with the pres ent encouraging weather. Sowing continues, and 1t will probably be two weeks before the crop is all in the ground
 A letter from Mrs Joe Homesley, now at Sayre. Okla. states that Easter furnished the worst sand storm known to that country. Dirt must go some to establish record in that country.
 Frank Parker had an accident last week resulting in a few brok- en ribs and broken collar bone, consequently We haven't noticed Frank rushing the mule team re- gently Something is wrong when Frank is not Johnny on the spot with his work
 Carrier Weleh bought a young mule of N C. Cannon 10 use on the rural route The present length of 9 miles and an afternoon sched- uIe is a little hard for one animal. so he drives two. As soon as the bad places have been worked on he will use the motorcycle again.
 Freighters persist in using the bridge even when the river is ford able, in spite of the claim that the bridge road is not as good as the Head s ford road There is no de nying that the road round the mount ain is bad. and that is not all, 1t will be worse before il is better
 Ga1sus5
The Springdale news., 1913-04-04
- RIG GHAND VIEW.

Is bring here vet
 The toeaI folks are bedding their sweet potatoes
 Tae gardens looked niee and elaaa las1 Wcdnes3
 ostue Byrd 9ar aa=ed three ne sho8ts from Jesse Nlell Saturday.
 How's your Feaohe5e There ar plenty ieft 3u fae trees around here.
 Mss Eula Jonss of Mayfield Is visiting Al her uncle. Thad Jones, this week
 Mr all Ms. ( r. Jones spent Saturday and sunday with relatives at Mayfield
 Mrs. Ella Clark visited her par ents. Mr and Mrs Joe smith, near here Sunday
 Born. to AIr and Mrs Burton Pitts, March 2. daughter Moth CT and babe doing nicely.
 Wood Phillips sold calf to Tom Gibson last week for s16. There seems to De some pay, still, in cat tie raising.
 Richard Clark and family were guests of Mrs Clark's parents. NIT and Mrs. Roberts, at Wyman satur day and Sunday.
 Polk Phillips lost a bran new pocket-book with about s7.50 In 1t Saturday. somewhere between hii home and Futile
 We have new neighbors R B Rhodes and family have moved. Mrs Rhodes is in real bad health. Mis- Jessie is indisposed also.
 Mrs. Herbert Johnson Of Habber ton visited with her mother. Mrs A. J. Smith, latter part of las week. MT. Johnson came up Sat urday and accompanied her hom Sunday morning. Evelyn professed faith in Chris
The Springdale news., 1913-04-04
OAKZGR0A
EBenton County. ]

3entQh NO3IIa.
 There was large crowd out for Sunday school sunday
 We are having some nice warm days after The big snoW
 There was church al Council Grov. Sunday and sunday night
 Barney H3tt and Mss Eva Walls We're married March 24 and viii make 'theia hone heae for some time
 Frank Robins and vie visited Crear N elnre and family over ii Mason Valley sunday
 Bailey Jones of Highfi1 died March 2 and as buried al the Barren cemetery Saturday. He leave eight children besides a host of rel atiyes and friends to mourn his death They have our sympathy. and especially the children, a. their mother died only one year ago.
 L Know
The Springdale news., 1913-04-04

A meeting of the apple growers and shippers was held at the May ors office Tuesday afternoon 10 take steps 10 fight the new propos- ed demurage law which the railroad commission has under eonsidera- tion. Wilson Gardwell vas elected chairman Of the meeting and George Ruple secretary After con siderable discussion .t 4as decided 70 raise money to pay the expenses of a committee to 20 10 Little Rock to represent he shippers side of the question before the railroad com mission, and Geo Ruple vas ap- pointed as committee 10 solicit funds for this purpo7e The propos- ed law is said to have originated with wholesale commission men, whc object 10 the shipment of apples in bulk. which are usually sold from the car The shippers contend that if the proposed law is put into eff feet that it will practically prohibit the shipment of apples in bulk, as a consequence Of which much loss will result to growers, as there wit be no market for No. apples ex- cept the evaporators and vinegar fac tories. It will also work a hardship on the masses who buy this grade of apples, either forcing them to go uithout annlas or nav the high price demanded for first grade fruit
The Springdale news., 1913-04-04

of yester years the matchless splen- dor of years 10 be, when the mock ing bird is singing and the dafodils are blooming in the wales of para disc.
 Starbeam
The Springdale news., 1913-04-04

The following marriage licenses were issued by County Clerk Apple by Saturday. W. Campbell to Miss Fife Bloyed. both of West Fork; B. $. Cannon to Miss Silvia Funk house, both of Prairie Grove; Nj. F. Cruse of this city. to Miss Susie Carnahan of Cane HLll.-Fayette- vile Daily.
The Springdale news., 1913-04-04

of socials, musicals, egg roast, etc Grover and Sam Couch have just returned from Oklahoma where they went to visit relatives and friends. They drove through, and were de tained longer than expected on ac- count of. high waters.
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The Springdale news., 1913-04-04

Mrs. Mary Harrington died at her home in West Fork last Saturday of pneumonia and was buried yes terday at Pennington Rev \ NJ. Ragland conducted the funeral ser vices. She was one of the old settlers of the county. having moved here from Tennessee in 1S64-Fayette- vile Daily.
The Springdale news., 1913-04-04

With additional privileges. of course, come additional responsibili- ties. If mother insists on wearing trousers she will have to put out the eat and wind the clock before going 10 bed
The Springdale news., 1913-04-04

Lieut.. Frank Ellis telephoned The Daily this afternoon that he had examined his trees today and found very few dead peaches. He expects to have good crop. This news is as surprising as it Is grat- flying Lieut. Ellis orchard is on high ground d-Fayetteville Daily.
The Springdale news., 1913-04-04

Two thousand dollars was recent ly paid for a blue cat Many men have seen blue cats for less than that. as we'll as pink elephants, and green dragons, and red ehimpan- gees
The Springdale news., 1913-04-04

For baby.s eroup, Willie's daily cuts and bruises, mammals sore throat, Grandmas lameness-Dr. Thomas Eclectic Oil-the house. hold remedy. 25c and soc
The Springdale news., 1913-04-04

\ western woman #ea -Hs HeH husband was prefaftfs sa 8#s HeH $3.0Q0 automobile. had h.I exam ined for his sanity Probably she thought 1t Was loo cheap q machine
The Springdale news., 1913-04-04
TTERE'S the way Devoe Lead Il and-Zinc Paint proves the

H and-Zinc Paint proves the cheapest paint to use:
 \ certain bank president had his house painted with lead-and- oil paint; big house; the paint-job cost S400.
 IeIasted three years and was then re-painted with Deyoe Lead and-Zinc Paint at a cost of S350. Ten years later and the paint IS still in good condition.
 Lead aa3 oil, three wears, s+oo.
 Befoe. ten years, $356
 Better ase De9oe Tor your Job
 Springdale Lbr. Co, Agent.
The Springdale news., 1913-04-04

Gypsy
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-01-09

clean boy like this ono had not been
sent TO her In her youth. You see,
the worldly.wise woman knows that
It is invariably the lay-fgure and not
Prince Charming that q woman mar.
ries. and that mAtrimony is blind.
mans buff In grown.ups.
Many Of Us lay the blame upon our
parents. We shift the burden Of won
dering why We have this fault and
lack that grace to the shoulders Of
our immediate forbears. We 60 to
the once each morning denying that
we have any responsibility; we let
the boss do the worrying. But George
never went prospecting In his soul for
any such dross philosophy. He was
grateful for having had 70 beautiful
a mother; proud Of having had so
honest . sire; and II either Of them
had endued him with false weights he
did his best to even up the balance.
The mother had been az romantic
a. any heroine out Of Mrs. Radcliff's
novels. while tho father had owned
to as much romance as one generally
finds In . thorough business man,
which 10 practically none at all. The
very name itself 10 = bulwark against
the intrusions of romance. One can
not Lift the Imagination to the pros.
pect Of picturing a Jones in ruffles
and highboots. pinking varlet in the
midrif. 1t smells Of sugar.barrels and
cotton.bales, Of steamships and rail.
roads. Of stolld routine in the ofIlce
and Of placid concern over the daily
news under the evening lamp.
Mrs. Jones. lovely. lettered yet not
worldly. had dreamed Of her boy,
bayed and decorated. marrying the
most distinguished woman In all Eu.
rope, whoever she might be. Mr..
Jones had had no dreams at all. and
had put the boy to work in the ship.
ping department a little while after
the college threshold had been crossed.
outward bound. The mother. while
sweet and gentle. had will. iron un.
der velvet, and when she held out for
Percival Algernon and decent knowl.
edge Of modern languages. the old
man agreed II. on the other hand.
the boys first name should be George
and that he should learn the business
from the cellar up. There were sew.
eral tits over the matter. but at
length a truce was declared. 1t was
agreed that the boy himself ought to
have a word to say upon a subject
which concerned him moro vitality
than any one else. So. at the age OF
fifteen. when he was starting OF for
preparatory school. he was advised
to choose for himself. He was an ODE.
dent son. adoring his mother and Idol.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-01-09
CHAPTER !.
What's In 4 Name?

To possess two distinctly alien red
oorpuscles In ones blood. metaphor
acally 10 not In fact, two characters or
'individualities under one epidermis.
IL. In most cases. . peculiar disadvan.
tage. One hears Of scoundrels and
saints striving to consume one an.
other In one body. angels and har.
pies: but oftumes. quite the contrary
to being = curse. these two warning
temperaments become q mans ulu-
mate blessing: ~ In tho case Of
George P. A. Jones. Of Mortimer &
Jones. the great metropolitan Oriental
rug and carpet company, all Of which
has . disni0ed. sonorous sound.
George was divided within himself.
This he would not have confessed
even into the trusted II battered ear
of tho Egyptian sphynx. There was.
however. no demon.angel sparring for
points In Georges soul. The difficulty
might BE- set forth In this manner:
On one side stood inherent common
sense; on the other. q boundless, ro-
seate Imagination which was like
wise inherent-a kind Of quixote imag.
ination Of suitable modern pattern.
This alter ego terrified him whenever
It raised it, strangely beautiful head
and shouldered aside his guardian.
angel (for that's what common sense
10. argue To what end you why and
pleaded In that luminous rhetoric un.
der tho spell Of which our old friend
sancho often fell asleep.
P. A., as they called him behind the
counters. was but twenty.eight, and II
he was vice.president In his late IA.
TIERS shoes he didn't wnbble round
In them to any great extent. In a
crowd he was not noticeable: he
didn't stand head and shoulders above
his fellow.men. nor would he have
been mistaken by near.sighted per.
sons, tho myopes. for the vatican's
Apollo In the flesh. He was of me-
dium height. beardless. slender. but
tough and wlry and enduring. You
may see his prototype on the streets
4 dozen times day. and you may
also pass him without turning round
for second view. Young men like
p. A. must be Intimately known to
be admired: you did not throw your
arm across his neck. frst-off. His
hair was brown and closely clipped
about head that would have gained
the attention Of the phrenologist, II
not that Of the casual passer.by. His
bumps. In the phraseology Of that
science. were good ones. For the rest,
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-01-09

Ing white mustache and imperial.
there was = suggestion Of militarism.
He was Immediately followed BY q
young woman Of twenty. certainly not
over that age. George sighed wist.
fully. He envied those polo.players
and genueman-riders and bridgeex.
perts who were stopping At the hotel.
1t wouldn't be an hour after dinner
before some one Of them found out who
she was and spoke to her In that easy
style which he concluded must be q
gift rather than an accomplishment
You mustn't suppose for minute that
George wasn't well.born and wellbred.
simply because his name was Jones.
Many 4 Ntz-Hugh Maurice or Hugh
Fitz-Maurice might have BEEN But,
no matter. He knew insuncuvely
then, what elegance was when he saw
II. and this girl vas elegant, in dress.
In movement He rather liked the
pallor OF her skin. which hinted that
she wasn't ono of those athletic girls
who bounced in and out Of the din.
ing.room. talking loudly and smoking
cigarettes and playing bridge for six.
penny points. She was tall. He was
sure that her eyes were on the level
with his own. The grey veil that
dropped from the rim Of her simple
Leghom hat to the tip Of her nose OBJ.
scured her eyes. so he could not know
that they were large and brown and
indehnably sad. They spoke not of
a weariness Of travel. but Of . weari.
ness Of the world, more precisely. Of
the people who inhabited II.
She and her companion passed on
Into the hotel. and II Georges eyes
veered again toward the desert over
which the stealthy purples Of night
were creeping. the impulse was me.
chanical: he saw nothing. In truth,
he was desperately lonesome, and he
knew. moreover, that he had no bust.
ness to be. He was young; he could
at pinch tell Joke as well as the
next man: and II he had never had
what he called an adventure, he had
seen many strange and wonderful
things and could describe them with
that mental afterglow which still lin
gers over the sunset Of our frst ex.
pressions in poetry. But there was
always that hydra.headed monster, for
ever getting about his feet, numbing
his voice. paralyzing his hands, and
never he Topped of a head that an.
other did not instantly grow in its
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-01-09

pace. Even the sword Of Perseus
could not have saved him. since one
has to get away from an object In
order to cut II down.
Had he really ever tried to over.
come this monster7 Had he not wait.
ed for tho propitlous moment (which
you and know never comes) to
throw of this species from Hadss!
1t Is all very well. when you are old
and dried up. TO turn to ivories and
metals and precious stones; but when
a fellows young! You can't shake
hands with nm Ivory replica Of the Tai
Mahal. nor exchange pleasantries with
a Mandarin's ring. nor yet confide Joys
and ills into a casket Of rare emer.
aids: indeed. they do but emphasize
cna's loneliness. II only ~ had haA
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-01-09

He would be jolly glad to get home
again. to renew his comradeship with
his treasures. And. by Joye! there
was one man who slapped him on the
shoulder. and he was no less person
than the genial president OF the Hrm.
his fathers partner. at present his
own. II the old chap had had daush.
ter now. And here one comes
at last to the bottom Of the sack. He
had only one definite longing.
healthy human longing. the only long.
Ing worth while In all this deep. wide.
round old top: to love a woman and
by her be loved. \
At exactly half after six the gentle
man with the reversible cuffs arrived;
and George missed his boat.
ITO BE coNTINUEDj
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izing his father. He wrote himself
down as George Percival Algernon
Jones, promised to become a linguist
and to learn the rug business from
the cellar up. On the face OF II, II
looked like big Job; II oil depended
upon the boy.
Tho first day at school his misery
began. He had signed himself as
George p. A. Jones. no small diplo.
macy for lad; but the two initials,
standing up like dismantled pines II
the midst Of unlnteresting landscape,
reused the curiosity OF his school.
mates. Boys are boys the world over
and possess a hnesse In cruelty tina,
only Indians can match: and II did
not take them long to unearth the "a.
tai secret For three years ha was
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no observed the world through 4 pair
Of kindly. shy, blue eyes.
Young girls. myopic through igno
rance or Stiffness. seeing nothing be.
yond what the eyes see. seldom gave
him a second inspection: for he did
not know how to make himself at.
tractive, and was MORALLY afraid OF
the opposite, or opposing sex. He
could bullyrag q sheik out OF his cam
els saddlc.bags. but pctticoats and
lace parasols and small Oxfords had
the same effect upon him tha, the
prodding stick Of small boy has
upon n retiring turtle But many a
worldly.wisc woman. drawing out with
tact and kindness the truly beautiful
thoughts OF this young mans soul,
s.Aiy Aeranded OF fate why . sweet.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-01-09

. dog; but ono can not carry . dol
half way round the world and back. At
least not with comfort. What With
all these new-'angled quarantine laws,
duties. and fussy ships officers who
wouldn't let You keep the animal In
your state-room. travelling with four.
footed friend was almost an impossi.
bility. TO b sure. women with
poodles. And then, there was
the bitter Of acid in the knowledge
that no one ever came up to him and
slapped him on the shoulder with a.
Hello. George. old sport; what's The
good word!" for the simple fact that
his shoulder was always bristling With
spikes, born Of the fear that some one
was making fun Of him.
Perchance his mothers spirit, hov.
ering over him this evening. might
have been inclined to tears. For they
do say that the ghosts Of tho dear
ones are thus employed when We azs
near to committing some folly. or to
exploring some forgotten chamber Of
Pandora's box. or worse still. when
that lady intends emptying the whole
contents down upon our unfortunate
heads. II 20 be, they were futile
tears; Percival Algernon had accom-
plished its deadly purpose.
Pandorai Well. then, for the bens-
nt Of the children. She was . lady
who was an intimate friend Of the
neurological gods. They liked her sp-
pearance 20 well that they one day
gave her box. casket. chest or what
ever It was, to guard. BY some mar
velous method. known only Of gods.
they had got together all the trials
and tribulations Of mankind land some
Of the joys) and locked them up in
this casket 1t was the Golden Age.
as you may surmise. You recall Eve
and the apple? Well. Pandora was .
forecast Of Eve; she couldn't keep her
eyes of the latch, and at length her
hands-Fatal curiosity! Whirr! And
everything has been at SKIES and at
sevens since that time. Pandora 10
eternally recurring. now here. now
there; she is blonde sometimes. and
again she Is brunette: and you may
take It from George and me that there
Is always something left in the casket.
George closed the book and consult.
ed his sailing.list In short time he
would leave for Port Said. thence to
Naples. Christmas there. and home In
January. Business had been ripping.
The Washington times., 1913-04-28
Entries for Tomorrow
At Havre de Grace

First race-Two-year-old selling
four and a half furlongs. Bulgar. 103;
dragon Fly. 9s: 'Charles Cannell. 101
Stonehedge. 1Gs; Lennie D.. 1903; 'Colonel
c., 10l; Wanita, 10S.
Second race-Three-year-old selling
FIVE and half furlongs. Brynary. 115;
'Silver Moon. 10: Mary Scribe, l03
'Henpeck IS; 'Coeur d'Alene, IS; "Chilton
Dance, %; La Sainrella, 100; Paris
Queen. III; Lawsuit, 107
Third race-Three-year-o -olds and up
ward; handicap: five and a half fur
longs. Caugh Hill. 10; Rolling Stone,
100; Grover Hughes, ll6: Joe Knight,
l07; Palanquin. los; Spring Board, l0s;
Penobscot, l07.
Fourth race-Three- year-olds and up;
Newark; one mile and seventy yards
Donald Macdonald. III; Kormak. 100
'Warhorn. 100: merry Lad, Ill; Royal
Meteor. Ill; Breaker Boy. 116: Flamma
III; Blackford, III; 'Prince Ahmed, III.
Fifth race-Two-year- olds: conditions
five furlongs. Galea, 10S: Centauri, 1o3:
Cannock. l03: Mordecai, l03: High Priest
l03; Scrapper, l06: Spearhead. lO6: John
Marshall l06; Armament, I06.
Sixth race-Three-year-o -olds and up
selling; six furlongs sMindenette, lO5
'Frog. lO7: Servicence, lis; Fred Levy
l03; Baythorn, lis; Magazine. lis: Pro.
file. lis; Eaton. ll3; eddie Graney. 10
Toniata. 1l2.
Apprentice allowance claimed.
Weather clear; track good.