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lowered the complaining citizeS's as- sessment and lowered 1t too much. Maybe there Is a great deal of in- equality in the matter of assessments and tax-paying. As this article is pre- pared for statewide circulation and apears in every county in the state. perhaps the local tax officials will not take undue offense at the suggestion that in some counties where this ap- pears SOME ONE LARGE TAX-PAY- FER may be able to wieid such an in- fiuence that his property Is assessed at shamefully low rate as compared with his neighbors. you and you. and you, and the other burden bearers.
 Whatever the conditions are in your county Act No. when it becomes a law, will require that any changes in assessments made by the board of equalization or the county judge, after the assessor has done his work, must
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the Democratic Party for the office and the only way in the world for the whiskey men to have chance to defeat him would be to run the negro in to vote. We do not believe that Dr. Stimson will stand a minute for such a thing.
 Judge Trice is an honest man, be stands open and above board against the licensed saloon has always been known to do so, and if the whiskey people cared to defeat him they should have done their work at the primary election. Go to the polls and see to it that you do your duty to your county and people and vote for Judge Trice, and blot out the line FOR LICENSE" from your ballot.
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A VOTE flor license" in the approaching election is a vote in favor of higher taxation, for the year of open saloons in Monroe County in 1913 was one. ..of the most expensive known to the county. Judge Lankford from the bench told of the thousands of dollars it piled up in extra court costs on Monroe'county tax payers. This was oNhYrshessdol- lar and cents" side of it. Far greater than all of this. IS the mor- al side of the question of the li- censed saloon. Where do you stand? You have a perfect right to vote flor license" but in the interest of your own home, the honor and good name of old Monroe. lets make it a clean sweep this year, and let Monroe County stand in the white light of the state map instead of with the few "dark counties"
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What About schools

 It is now the time when all young men and young women who expect. to assume the re- responsibilities of life should de fcide upon a school to attend. Are you looking for a scientific education? Or do you prefer an education of sguess-work? Dc you want a practical and thoro' course? Or do ycu vant to spend the most valuable 1ipe of your life just goinf fo /school?'' Don't you really aA an educa- ton that will 6AyM to make the best of IifeAndk the best of living?
 Have you thought of the Fourth District State Agricult- ural School. located at Monti- cello? Send for a catalog and find out something about the most thoroughly equiped, meat |spsactical. and most inexpensive school for the boys and giris a0f Southeast ASkansas. New dorm itories. large steam heated and electric lighted. are ready. There hare two dormitories for the young men and one for the young la- dies. The Main Building has . magnificent addition and a study hall seating 400. A modern san- itary dinning hall has just been completed. For experemental farming, tools. power. and 500 acres of land are furnished; for athletics. a large athletic field and equipment are s66Plle 51Fs
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G Gn11rntfii11nl Gnl1111t11 Ranin gn'"rn.
the State Normal.

the State Normal.
 Districts No. 36 and 37 which were consolidated some time ago are preparing to build a new school house. Let us hope that this new house will be modern in every respect x comfortable to the teachers and pupils who occupy it and the pride of the community in which it stands. Brinkley, Ark, Aug. 26. 1914. To the Boys and Girls of Monroe County:
 It gives me great pleasure to announce that l have ten (l0) Enrolment Certificates for the State Agriculture School al Monticello. This is the full number awarded Monroe County for enrolment to September 10th. should suggest to those con templating entering the Fourtf District School that you see me at once and have your Enroll ment Certificate filled out anC forwarded. In this way yor will be sure of a room which will be reserved for you.
 It is more than likely that the full number will attend from Monroe County. The schoo is now better prepared than ever before to take care of the boys and girls of Southeast Ar. kansas. New buildings have been built, modern equipment has been installed. the courses of study are thorough and prac- tical. The buildings are heated by steam and lighted by electric. lity. The school has it's own deep well.
 1 shall be glad to have any who are thinking of attending call and have the blanks flied out right away.
 Yours very truly.
 T. G. TRICE.
 County Judge.
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AMONG THE RURAL SCHOOLS

Miss Wanda Richards will close a very successful school at Lonoke September 4th. Miss Richards will teach in the Little Rock schools during the coming term. She has been assigned the Robert E. Lee school. Miss Kate Baggott who finishes a summer term in District No. Z September 4th will begin nine months term at Oak Forrest, Lee County September 7th. w c. Whitley will teach the winter term in District No. 2.
 c. c. Hunnicut. principal of the Cotton Plant schools, is teaching,a summer term at the South School in District No. 26.
 The Brinkley public school, under the efficient supervision o1 John Baumgartner. will oper October 5th.
 Miss Annie Trice is now teach ling in District No. 19. Hel sister. Miss Donna. will alst teach in this county this winter
 Allendale is having a very prosperous term this summer Messrs Maddux and Spears are in charge. For the month o1 July they report an enrollment of 63 with 34 neither absent nol tardy.
 During the month of July there were 455 white children enrolled in the rural schools o1 the county. Of this number only 73 were neither absent nol tardy.
 Miss Gladdie Harding who is teaching the Brown School this summer will return to the State Normal at the close of her school.
 Mise Jimmie McCastlain oi District No. 34 will also attend
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EFFORT TO BEAT JUDGE TRlcE

It is reported that an effort is being made to defeat Judge T. c. Trice for reelection at the September l4th. election and that this effort has been started by the whiskey men.
 Itis said that petition with quite a number of names on it is being circulated asking our esteemed townsman and personal friend Dr. M. R. Stimson to be- come candidate.
 Judge Trice is the nom inee of
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Is there anybody in your town that , the above cartoon calls to mind? Is there a man who assesses his stock of merchandise at $5.O0O and ad- vertises his $50,O00 stock" for sale at ! big reduction when bargain time rolls around?
 Is there a man who sells his build- ing for sl5,OO0 and pays taxes on it at a S5,000 valuation?
 1 Don't blame your assessor too much 1 if there is. Possibly he put fair , valuation on this and all other prop ] erty when he assessed it.
 [ Maybe the Board of Equalization
 was not thoroughly informed as to ], values and they may have lowered the
 assessors figures. Perhaps when an angry owner complained that his prop erty was assessed at more than his
 neighbor's whose property was worth smcgssihan his own. the county judge
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day with an attack or pain in the head. She suffered severely tho her condition was not thought serious sas she was up and about her work untilthe day before her death. She grew worse and Wednesday afternoon lapsed into unconsciousness and nothing could be done to help her.
 Mrs. Sapp leaves g loving husband and three daughters to mourn her death. the latter be- ling Mrs. Albert Thomas. of Clarendon, Mrs. H. E. Jorgen- son. of Texas City, Tex, and Miss Marguerite Sapp. of this city.
 Mrs. Sapp was 8 sister of Mr INV. K. Sims, of this city.
 During the younger days. Mrs. Sapp was we'll known in political circles of Arkansas having been lone of the most popular lady officials of the Arkansas LeGis. [lature. She was q lady 01 brilliant mind. clever. capable and kind and had many friends,
 Services will be held at thf home tomorrow morning at nine o'clock. ss
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be published in the county newspaper.
 This will give every person who pays taxes an opportunity to know inst what is being done by would-be tax. dodgers. It will give the county tax officials protection from the citizen of influence who doesn't hesitate about using coercion in his own interests. He can no longer use the argument: Nobody will be the wiser" for when Act No. passes. everybody will be wiser.
 The cost of publishing these in. creases and decreases will vary in diff ferent counties but taking 1913 as a basis the average cost per county Is ,s89. This cost will annually reduce just as assessors become more careful and tax-dodgers quit dodging. Don't you think Act No. 3 will put enough unassessed property on the tax books to reduce taxes and more than pay its own way?
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rouudings are made comforiaI and agreeable for all, Astr, effort is made to place anD.I each student. as for as poAdl the hest of environments, religiOus and social. By res; tion of the Roard of Tnnf
 oaly two pupils will be asair
 to the room. In this way
 most sanitary conditions
 prevail. sas well as the best |diti0iss under which each p must pirs1e his work. A str1 |facOlty 2 kteen experts Abeeneecu and the sessioa R19l1l9lB ' bmises to be q |be1ta5 fiji ii ltory of the schl | DheE EqA Aty' Judge now h ten nroIlment Certfel which sis the apportionmeat { monroe County. See Jndse 1 G. Triee and have your eei6il lcGte filled out immediately I order thatsroom and accondl
 tions may be reserved for yora
 The next session opens Sa 18th and at that time a largos roliment is expected. Ten Doll& pays for board. room. light. m and medical attention,
 TON ISgUHARG GEDs
 of any kind. Write foi
 Become one of the ROO satisf earnest. hard-working, practil
 students. ]. State Agricultural School l MonticelO, II
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Notice of Meeting

September l7th and 18th, stock raisers and farmers Monroe. St. Francis, WoodFu and Lee Counties will meet ' Brinkiey. Ark. for the purq |of discussing plans for forming. m orpirzalion fortsI icatiug the Texas Fever IT. from these counties. There willlb present . ne Ebcr of able speakers t' delIs addresses on all s'lbjects N tainiDg to better farming live stock raising. In next iss,le of the paper, EwM announce 8 full proRs naming the speakers ana lwhat time the meeting wlIi |glia. Watch fOr the pregs lan arrange to he present. |issle beat opportunity the lem1nd Atock men will hav Iget rpliablc information on sA subjects. These gentlemeo coming here at the expene the State (s0vsrnlnent and rail roads that are dpslre
 doing good fnr the psople !6pe heve and wnntto hetses |n,ethods rf farming and Iraisine snyf m man should IIect tlljEd dpp lqnity-
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Hunter News

Dr. D. H. Morden, formerly principal of the Hunter High School visited friends here Sum day.
 Messrs Frank Strickler, w. F. Dawson, I. J. Birmingham. w. h.. Freeman and V. o. Richey attended court at Cotton Plant this week.
 MT. and Mrs. J. E.. Jackson are visiting friends at Newport.
 BORN:-to MT. and Mrs. J. S. Nix a fine fourteen pound boy.
 H. o. Penrose was in Memphis Monday and Tuesday.
 T. w. Robinson paid our town a visit Saturday.
 Miss Zella Scudamore who will teach here during the coming year hasssarTived from the North.
 Mrs. c. J. Harding visited relatives at Hilleman last week. Mrs. H. E. Holmes was in Brinkley on business last Fri day.
 BORN: to MT. and Mrs. Mar shall Hall a pair of twin boys. The mother is doing nicely. 1 Prof. H. L. Lambert, princi- pal of our school for the ensuing term, has arrived.
 Miss Vera Caple is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Reed, at Rector. l Jno. Longrader is visiting his brother at Stuttgart. |
 l Rev. J. w. Moore is holding g lrevival meeting at the Metho. dist Church. He is being assist. led by Bro. Brickell. l Mrs. M. E Webster, o1 Centralia. Ill.,, is the guest o1 Mrs. J. s. Crawford. l Miss Sola Rosenbaum is visit. ling friends in Hilleman. l E. E. Quisenberry, of Searcy Twas here on business Tuesday. l c. D. Brantley was visitor lin Cotton Plant the first of tht week.
 Il Mrs. D. P. Hall returned from lStephens Wednesday :I Elmer Brinneman is construct ling an up-to-day dipping vat or This farm near town. l. N Price. the Govt. man is assist ling him.
 l w. T. Howard has returned to Fisher.
 1 Tuesday afternoon J. A Douglass, Sr. and Erust Free man captured two negroes wht had committed robbery a Hilleman. The negroes wer' convicted and lodged in jail by Dep. Sheriff. s. c. Hunt. I Monday, Sept. 7th, school vii open here with the best pros Ipects ever had for a successful l term. Thro' the diligent effort of the Board of Trustees an abls faculty has been secured and il the patrons of the school vii only act in cooperation with the faculty and the Board of Trus tees a repetition of last years'' |delinguencies will not occur Prof. H. L. Lambert will sery' principal. He will be ably assist led by Miss Ethel Burgess ant
 Miss Zella Scudamore, all o
 whom come to us highly rec
 comended.
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specifications furnished on appli-. cation to Chas. L. Thompson. Architect at Little Rock. Ark. Right toxeject any or all bidE hereby resdf4ed.
 Address First N ationnl Bank. IDe Witt. Ark, or CA6s. Thompson. Architec fittIe Rock. Ark.
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Mrs. F. E. Sapp Dies Wed
 nesday Night.

At her home on South Main Street after only a few days ill., ness Mrs. Jennie Sims Sapp, wife of Mir. Fred E. Sapp died on Wednesday night about ten o'clock.
 Mrs. Sapp was taken on Sun-
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Notice to Contractors

Bids will be received on Sept.
 I5, 1914 at the office of Chas. l.. Thompson. Architect, Little Rock, Ark, for the erection of a two story brick building to be built for the First National Bank at De Witt. Ark. Plsns and
The Detroit times., 1914-12-17
AGED COUPLE GET
fENWICK ESTATE
s'Staked" Restaurateur Many
Years Ago and Now Reap
Rich Reward

The bulk OF an estate valued al
$40, 900, Is the reward which has
been bestowed upon aged Mr.. and
Mrs. Memo Eby, OF No. $40 sum
mit-st., for the kindness they show
ed TO George G.. Fenwick, Wood
ward-ave. restauratehr, who died
March % Forty years ago, Fen
wick, then % years old, went 10
live with the Ehys. He lived With
them three years, and because for
rune had not as yet smiled upon
him, he was unable 10 pay for his
board and room Mr., and Mrs. Ely
had faith In him, and advanced him
$4,000, In 1889, TO start him in the
restaurant business. The couple
worked in the restaurant, IL is said,
without compensation.
After Fenwiek's death, il was dis
covered that he left no viii. James
n. Neill and Fred L. Fisher, com
missioners on claims Of the Fen
wick estate, decided that the Ebys
were entitled 70 most OF the estate.
Mr.. Fcay lcll is survived by a
brother 81, 'gar sisters. II is not
known whutp r they will contest the
disposition OF the estate as made By
the commissioners. .s,s-s~~-as=-.s
The Detroit times., 1914-12-17


diers are now being cared for in the
military hospital
In addition the war Office estimates
the casualties in the Hartlepool fort
.xess at seven soldiers killed and IA
fEounded.
The London and provincial newspa'
pers today unanimously support the
admiralty and the war Office In the
dissemination TO follow out all present
plans for the feet and the army. After
+ the first rush for the railway stations
ID scarborough, Hartlepool and Whit
hy,k excitement subsidized yesterday and
there was no sign of panic.
The greatest boom In recruiting
since the war began is certain as a
remit OF the German bombardment.
F Already there has been a rush to the
colors. Within two hours after the
bombardment of Scarborough, 40 men
<from one factory in the city enlisted
f Tor service. Throughout the country
men began appearing at the recruiting
Eoflces even while the British North
H Sea squadron was still pursuing the
herman raiders.
The men OF Yorkshire are particu-
*Iarly incensed that the historic ruins
.of the Whitby abbey should have been
<Efed upon and badly damaged.
There are no expressions OF fear OF
another bombardment. but merely In
tfefl6e anger that the totally unfortified
.citt should have been shelled for no
Enpparent reason other than with the
The Detroit times., 1914-12-17
|AuStridnS Gain Ground
In Gdlicid, Claim

VIENNA (Via Berlin and London).
Dec. 1.-THE recapture Of Bochnia.
25 miles east of Cracow, and the ad-
vance of the Austrian troops moving
eastward in Galicia to within 60 miles
Of the besieged fortress of Przemysl,
Is announced today in an official state
ment from the war ONCE.
The statement asserts:
THE retreating enemy in Galicia
and southern Poland Is being success
fully pursued everywhere. At Lsko,
Kierno. Jaslo and Bialatale, the Rus
slams fiercely oppose us.
Our troops have penetrated the
valley of the Donajec as far as Yak
liczyn, and captured Bochnia.
I'm the Carpathians, the Russians
are still in the valley of the Letcrczt.
"A great sortie from Przemysl re-
suited in the capture of number OF
prisoners and machine guns from the
Russians"
The Detroit times., 1914-12-17

hope OF striking terror Ia England.
Seamen fomiliar with the eastern
coast today were amazed at the skill
OF the Germans in plotting their YES
sells through the mined waters aud
along the dangerous coast without de
lection. Even the admiralty. in its
statement issued last night, declared
a certain amount OF risk" was con
nected with such raid, ont added
that the bombardment OF such unforti'
eed ports was not difficult 10 accom-
plisL and was not OF any military sig
hifcance.
Military and naval experts agree
hat there are but three or four mo
tiyes that could have prompted the
Germans to make such a raid. II the
enemy hoped 10 create panic in Eng
land. their raid was a failure.
The principal motives seen here IN
the raiGs are 10 revive the spirits OF
the German PEOPLE, depressed by the
disaster 10 the feet OF Admiral Won
Spec off the Falkland, islands; 10
create panic in England SD that
troops would be retained ON the island
instead OF being sent 10 the continent
30 reinforce the army in the field or
TO proclaim 70 the world and espe.
cially 10 neutral countries. the ability
OF German ships 10 navigate the North
Sea.
The latter, the Germans have done.
Despite the mines and the extern
sive patrol of the British, the Germans
crossed from their base. Their speedy
cruisers dropped shells into the Eng.
lish towns, and, aided by fog, they
eluded destroyers which pursued them
and are now probably safe back in
their home port.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-17
DETROIT MERCHANTS
VICTIMS OF SWINDLE
Police and Federal Authorities
On Trail of Clever Shop
lifting Scheme

GRAND HAVEN, Mich, Dec. H.
Especial. THAT Detroit stores have
been dupes OF gigantic enterprise
OF shoplifters extending from New
York TO Chicago. taking in the cities
OF Toledo, Detroit and Milwaukee, is
the opinion OF Postal Inspector Nc
Swain, OF Chicago, who came TO Grand
Haven, Wednesday, and subpenaed
local witnesses TO appear against one
Mrs. A. Ortel. and her daughter, Mrs.
Ida Lewis, alias Davis, both late OF
Chicago, now arrested In Chicago
Until two weeks ago both were resi-
dents OF Grand Haven.
Complaints were made TO a detec-
tive agency In Toledo by several de-
partment stores that quantities OF
goods had been returned with request
that the money for them be returned.
The stores expressed the opinion that
the wares had been stolen from their
departments and worked through con-
federates located In Grand Haven.
Communications with the police In
Grand Haven, verified their suspicious.
The matter was referred to the postal
departments of Toledo, Chicago, Mil
waukee.- Detroit, and all OF the cities
affected. Within a week after the
two Grand Haven suspects had fed.
The plan OF the workers was simple.
Letters were written to the stores In
the various cities named, saying that
a daughter had died for whom a dress
had been puythased and asked that
the money paid. be returned. In
many OF the cases. the dresses were
identified as coming from respective
stores. but no record OF sale APP
peared Values of over 500 appeared
I'm each case.
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THINK SUSPECT
MAY HAVE SLAIN
AGED SPINSTER
, tcontinued from Page one,.

home. at No. "a Austin-st., is only a
few hundred feet from the st. Aubin
home, as Austin-st opens AT the rear
OF No. 1856 Eighteenth-st., and runs
west for one block.
Airey gave only the barest detail OF
his movements, Wednesday, declaring
that he spent the entire day in Grit
fms saloon, and Stephens saloon, on
A[ichigan-aye. He spent Tuesday
night at No. SO Spruce-st., having
walked home with Fred Osborne, bar
tender In William Coughlin's saloon,
No. ASP Michigan-ave. He said he left
/, Osborne's house at o'clock. Wed
nesday morning, and then spent the
iay in the two Michigan-ave. saloons.
Miss Bomholt's body was not dis
covered until a few minutes before
noon, and the police were not notified
until after $3.50 o'clock. Just what
time she was killed has not been den-
nifely established.
Detective Roche, asked whether
Airey had complained OF toothache in
,fhe Osborne home, said, Nothing was
said about IL there"
Airey is divorced from his wife, ana
has not worked for four months at
his trade as printer. he says.
He said that after leaving the 81.
Aubin home, he slept In, Coughlin
saloon, for a while, but was put Out
|of there, several days ago.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-17
TACKLES PROBLEM
OF UNEMPLOYED
Board of Commerce Suggests
Plans For Creation of Jobs
For Idle Men

The Board OF Commerce, through
special committee, Is sending a per
sonal appeal to- every employer OF
labor in Detroit, to interest himself
In the problem OF the unemployed and
To assist by creating extra work IL
possible. IL Is suggested that employ
ers hire a larger number OF men few
er hours or give work to two shifts
every other week. When the em'
ployer has no solution of the employ
ment problem, he Is requested TO in.
vestigate the wants of his individuh
employees, and give them letters "a
planning the reason for their being
out OF work. Men presenting salts
factory letters 10 the Board OF Com
merce will be registered and given
work when opportunity offers, The
plan Of raising money and giving
loans In the more needy cases has
been abandoned,
The special committee, now hand
ling the problem OF the city's unem-
ployed, is composed OF Charles b.
Warren. chairman; f. +. Beall. fac
tor manager Packard Motor Car Co.;
Joseph Boyer. president Burroughs
Adding Machine CO.; Philip Breitmey'
.er. John Breitmeyer's Sons; Roy ID.
Chaplin, president Hudson Motor Car
Co.: A. X. Demory, ice-president Tim
ken-Detroit Axle Co.: Alonzo j Ew-
ing, assistant general manager De-
troit City Gas Co.: Charles II. Clifford,
vice-president Detroit Board OF Com
merce: Andrew IT. Green. manager
Solyay Process Co: Frank p John
son, president Detroit Screw works;
Alvin F. knobblock, general manager
Northway Motor Manufacturing Co.:
John r. Lee, Ford Motor Co.; Henry
NJ. Leland. president Cadillac Motor
Car Co.: Joseph Mack. president 10
seph Mack Printing Co; Edward A..
Sumner, American Radiator Co.; A.
A. Templeton. vice-president Morgan
e. Wright: John Trix, president Amer
lean Injector Co.