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The Springdale news., 1914-08-28

town with his agent and put in an S350 co each He made two and some times three adjoining districts part ners in the ownership of a machine. This obligated the county in the neat little sum of money of g. ,600. Now some of these conrtaptions have been shipped to the road districts and are laying in the depots of the county be- cause the overseers refuse to take them out or receive them, saying that they did not buy them Demurrage is being charged by the railroads for keeping these machines. One dis trict got a bill for demurrage of over $1300.
 When court met last week the Merillet Core Go. had their ac- counts for these machines in before the county judge and he was in the act of allowing them without hesita- tion Some of the road overseers heard of the matter and came to towr and employed a lawyer to stop it. Lee Seamster has the thing in hand for them, and II districts have brought suit to prevent the payment of their money for these machines that they did not buy or did not want Two districts accepted the machines The question is whether tn county judges authority is great CT than the road oyerseer. Can he force a road district to spend its none. for something that they do not want. In a great many cases this takes all or more money htan the dis trict had and leaves nothing to work the roads with.
 So .here goes $5.600 more of the county money to waste. smith seems to be frantically grabbing on all sides for some chance to put the county into such bad shape that It will take long inc ito get out Of. There is no telling what may yet turn up May the Lord preserve us till the grand jury meets-BentonNill Democrat
The Springdale news., 1914-08-28
JUDGE SMITH BUYS SOME
 NEW ROAD MACHINES

Some time recently our county judge made a tour of the county. He was accompanied by an agent from the north and their object was to sell to all the road districts of the county machine for making ce- ment eulyerts. This machine is manufactured by the Merillet Gulvert Core Co, of we do not know where. The price was $35000 each. Most if not all the road overseers refused to buy one, saying that they did not need the machine and that they did not have the money to spare About two districts out of the 32 in the county agreed to take one
 But nevertheless and notwithstand- ing the fact that road overseers re- fused positively to purchase, they did purchase. Smith came back to
The Springdale news., 1914-08-28

You know that not one man in a hundred, unless he be a public off. cial knows what is going on in his county, to say nothing of the other branches of administration Lack of knowledge of public affairs divides the people into two classes-the in different or careless who don't con cern themselves about public matters excepting during the brief excitement of election time and the suspicious class who think that because they don't know what is being done that everything that is done Is crooked
 Publicity in public affairs would make both of these classes very small and would cause large class of we'll informed citizens to spring up and take an intelligent, patriotic, construc-- tive interest in public matters, as is
The Springdale news., 1914-08-28
 SPECIFIC WOULD moRgp

Do you labor under the delusion that all the records at the courthouse are open to your inspection?
 Read Section 35l6 of Kirby's Di- gest and see.
 Of course there are some records that you can see at any time merely by going to the courthouse. If the courthouse happens to be in another town or days journey away that is merely your hard luck-if you want to see what is doing.
 The above cartoon represents a common occurrence. It has a deeper significance, however TT REPRE- SENTS THE INABILITY OF THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER TO GET TO THE COURTHOUSE AND KEEP IN TOUCH WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
The Springdale news., 1914-08-28
4SPRING.CRGEk

Mr. and Mrs John Redman are rejoicing over the arrival of little son Thursday Aug. 20. Mother and babe are doing fine.
 We are having some very nice showers.
 c. W. Halls new residence is nearing completion.
 W. F. Grimsley is numbered among the sick.
 Mildred Smith of Silent Grove wis tied with Blondy Saturday night and Sunday.
 Ebert Grimsley and Henry Sharp attended the reunion at Pea Ridge last week.
 Will Smith and family of Muskoses, Okla. who have been here the past week visiting with Mrs. Smiths par ents, Mir. and Mrs. w s. King, re turned to their home Tuesday.
 MT. and Mrs Will Smith of Mus kogse Okla, andMr and Mrs. Willie Sharp spent Sunday with Mrs. Hardy Smith and family.
 There was an ice cream social at John Barron's Saturday night. A large crowd was present and all seemed to have an enjoyable time. Mrs. John King and children ar rived last week from Texas for a visit with her mother Mrs. keicher. Mr. and Mrs H. NJ. Atkison and daughter Carrie visited at Cave Springs Friday of last week with Burl Atkison. Buri and little dau- ghter are both sick.
 BlondY.
The Springdale news., 1914-08-28
Ne arIy Smothered.

Chandler, \. G-Mrs. Augusta Lo- max. of this place, writes: T had smothering spells every day, so bad that I expected death at any time. could not sit up in bed. suffered from womanly troubles. My nerves were unstrung. 1 had almost given up all hope of ever being better tried Cardui, and it did me more good than anything I had ever taken. I am better now than I ever expected to be" Thousands of ladies have written similar letters, telling of the merits of Cardui. It relieved their headache, backache and mis cry, just as it will relieve yours, il you will let it. Try it.
The Springdale news., 1914-08-28

Cora, Ky.-Mrs. Iva Moore, of this place. says. T was so weak, could hardly walk. I tried Cardui, and was greatly relieved It is a splendid tonic. l have recommended Cardui to many friends, who tried it with good results" Testimony like this comes unsolicited, from thous- ands of earnest women, who have been benefited by the timely use of that successful tonic medicine, Car dui Purely vegetable, mild. but re liable, Cardui well merits it's high place in the esteem of those who hay tried it. It relieves women's pains, and strengthens weak women It is certainly worth a trial. The drug gist sells Cardui
 eff it happened it's in The News"
The Springdale news., 1914-08-28

Moratorium" is a state to exis- tence to which states resort to an emergency legislative act or executive degree suspending ordinary provfs- ions of law relative to the payment oi indebtedness. The word is used more exclusively by bankers and brokers, the common laymen having very little use for the term, and 1t is merely q state where the payments of debts may be put off indifinitely. The rule applys alike to debtors and creditors caring to take advantage, and the expression is more properly used in the realm of high finance.
The Springdale news., 1914-08-28

contemplated under our own form Of government
 Even if we we're disposed to go to the courthouse and make ourselves objects of animosity to the officials by looking into their financial rec ords, asking the necessary questions and taking up the time necessary to conduct a probe into the county af fairs, the statute referred to above, prevents our looking into the fee rec ords of the officials. Only the circuit and county judges may do that.
 Yet the people have right to know The officials would prefer. in most instances. that you should know Vote for Act ,. the Publicity Law The cost of knowing under Act No 3 averages less than s200 per year in various counties.
The Springdale news., 1914-08-28
No Reason For It
When SprinedaIe Citizens Show :
Way.

There can be no reason why any reader of this who suffers the tor lures of an aching back, the annoy ance of urinary disorders, the pains and dangers of kidney ills will fail to heed the words of a neighbor who has found relief. Read what Spring dale citizen says
 Mrs. Wesley Wright, Main St.,
 'pringdale, Ark, says: One of our family suffered from kidney trouble for quite awhile About three years ago his back pained him constantly He could hardly stoop over and when he took cold his back hurt him worse. He was often bothered by specks floating before his eyes and the kid ney secretions passed irregularly. He used different kidney remedies, but didn't get good results. We had a box Of Doan' Kidney Pills given us and when he took them he got relief. He procured another box of Doan $ Kidney Pills at Ownbey's Drug Store and now he is seldom troubled by any kidney disorder It has been about a year since he has had an at tack of kidney complaint.
 Price soc at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Wright had Foster-Milburn Co.,, Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Springdale news., 1914-08-28
POWELL CLAYTON DIES.

cen. Powll Claytoen, aged S1 years, a distinguished Arkansas politician and diplomat, died ill Washington last night He served Arkansas as governor and U. s. Senator and rep resented the United States as ann bassador to Mexico.
The Springdale news., 1914-08-28

When the baby is suffering the dou ble affliction of hot weather and bow el disorders, the remedy needed is McGEE'S s BABY ELIXIR. It reduces the feverish condition, corrects the stomach and checks looseness of the bowels. Price 25c and soc per bottle. Sold by W. G. Ownbey.
The Springdale news., 1914-08-28
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

All of the regular services of the church as usual. Sunday School at 9: io a. m., preaching 11:00 a. m. and & F. Ill.
 Subject for the morning service, Strength in Grace At the even- ing service our subject will be Peace With God" We accord to everyone hearty welcome to all of these services. Come and worship with us.
 w I. Elledge, Pastor ssIf if hannanad ifta In The Nawa 0
The Springdale news., 1914-08-28

Somehow we can't quite get it out of our mind that if the French were winning as often as they say they are they would be talking more about it.
The Springdale news., 1914-08-28

Farmers, mechanics, railroaders, laborers, rely on Dr. Thomas Eelec- tic Oil Fine for cuts, burns, bruis- es. Should be kept ill every home. 25c and soc.
The Springdale news., 1914-08-28
THE FARMERSOPPORTUN

With raging throughout Europe causing millions of their farms will be America for flood for beast, clothes horses and mules supply the armies Let farmer make the of his opportunity NACO So the farm double the of feed the The smoke full cheap washing chimes. These experiences have taught the farmers look we'll before spending their The NALCO So IS made home be furnished received the blue ribbon exhibited cal convenences than slo Write a for valuable information relative slo list of NALCO So We handle enslage and gasoline engines
 Northwest Arkansas Lumber Co.
 Factory and Main Office
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The Springdale news., 1914-08-28
For Weakness and Loss of Appetite

The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out Malaria and builds up the system A true tonic and sure Appetizer. For adults and children. soc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18
Why Golf Makes People Egocal Melancholy Nervous Wrec

the old schoolhoy spirit The very termnology of the game makes for form of imbecity
 Know at least dozen men who have ruined their careers through gof-"taken it up" you know to the neglect of everything else It's effects on the brain too are pronounced. As only a man with wooden tenn perament can ever hope to excel in game which de mands mechanical precision the deadenng effect on players is indsputable You cannot play golf and think of other things For the time the mind must be vacuum, and the deader it is probably the better you will play.
 AS sport for our boys should say golf was the worst game possible Being purely selfish it discourages esprit de corps It is not game demanding bravery, strat egy or any of the fine qualities brought out by football cricket polo, or any team game necesstating team coneslon' intelligence, cOpartnery, unselfshness bravery, self-sacriice, dash exercise and condition The indispensable qualities for the golfer are selfcon hdence the wooden temperament, and the faculty for machine-like precision.
 To pretend that golf brings out fine qualities in Is to condemn all other seeing that golf trial of virtuosity in the individual whereas all other games are active aggressive because played against oppost tion Training boy to keep his eye on the bali may be useful first guide to the of discipline out cannot develop the fighting qualities in him. stir 1914 the Star Company Great Britain Rights Rese
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18

to noble thoughts, to deeds of herosm adventure self sacrnce or any other idea much beyond the parocha ism or the game; and. upon the mnd contend that gof Is directly and necessarily blighting
 1T games are educational, then golf has no more edr catonal value than billiards, which demands much the same disposition. application and touch" The only quality can discover educatonally in golf is the gtim ulus it gives to sngeness of purpose ths unques tonably, is quality.
 To every man who plays golf caddie in the lower strata is created. that if on any given Saturdav zoO0O0 men are playing gof 100000 caddies too are employed forming joint army of 100000 men, the one naInaif chasing ball, the other moiey helping the former in pursuit.
 we talk about the unemployed, but here is an army or ioanng men and boys-for that is the truth about mem as we may readily perceive by applying the test
 would you like your son to caddie ?created by the rch for the purpose of amusement paid very badly too 10 do nothing in life but carry sticks for all sorts of Dunglng foozng footling gentlemen who as often as not curse them.
 This caddie breed is likely to do much of the nks that is certain It is getting larger and larger As the game grows and municipal golf becomes popu- iar so will the army of ineicents grow to the general degeneration of society.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18

Paris fantastic midnight banquet is held in swimming pool
 It is especially significant that Germany. which used to be the land of simple living. has become as deeply addicted to extrava- gance as the others. While immodestv has become general in English society excesses in eating and drinking are the prevailing sin Of Germany. It is common to hear of feasts that cost $lo0,o00 in Berlin. The water cure resorts, like Marienbad, where people try to recover from the effects of excessive eating and drinking. have in recent years been overcrowded with visitors.
 Many forms of social excess in Germany have only been hnted at There were strange reports concerning the fantastic feasts of that great multi-milionaire, Alfred Krupp. before his mysterious death The entertainments Of that peculiar ornament of Berlin's aristo- cratic society, Count Philip von Eulenberg. will also be recalled by many
 It may seem absurd to my American readers to speak of the demoralization of Paris, because they have always regarded it as the delightful incarnation of wickedness, but the truth is that the Generalization of Paris has reached new stage The separa- ton of the virtuous and the disreputable classes no longer exists. The wickedness which was once spectacle has now become part of the life of the nation.
 That most acute observer of French social life, M. Octave Uzanne has described better than any one the demoralization which has come over French society. All this, mark you, IS essentially the result of extravagance TOT IL IS the unsuitable desire for luxury that makes virtue cheap commodity. In his recent book The Modern Parisienne," M Uzanne says
 For nearly forty years a grea. change has oeen taKng place in social customs, tending
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18
By An English Golfer. (in The English Reueic)

HE stiffness" of golf has become leading ques-
 ton. l, too am golfer an enthusiast; can
 not conceive of the Sabbath without my two sounos; Tor two days at least every week. wife, kids work duty, interest, affection tes public or domestic cease to exist.
 Like great many golfers, find l have developed neurasthenic tendencies, which the more seek to olspei py the great open-ar of golf the less am ape to shake off, My doctor declares neurasthenia 10 De the pathological symptom of the game. The vexarons, the constant rritations, the disappoint ments the concentration demanded the eye strain acted the nervous tension involved, the mental stress ana draw necessitated by this battle between the imperfections of humanity and the mechanical per Iection aimed at, the moral energy dissipated the artlhcial passivity of temperament which is essential .ne sheer egocentricy. egosm, egomania, set up au tom somatlcaiiy by game dependent solely upon ones own skli and the retroactive depression caused i- evltaDy by failure at itthese things, my doctor as ser.s conduce to a peculiar morbid action upon the nervous system, resulting in more or less chronic conuton Of sub-acute melancholia
 ,aaa some strange reason the camaradere of golf 'e"' 'o sihness which becomes chronic. It evokes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18

to vague confusion between the demi-monde elbow those of the right hand, and the latter initiate the manners, tone and fashions of the former. and sometimes even take leaf out of their book. They meet secretly to ex- change condolences about husband or a. lover. They consider themselves in the light of rivals and meet at charity bazaars, races and hotel tea parties They employ the same dressmaker and milliner.''
 It will be well to prove by few historical instances that great calamitous wars have already been preceded by a period of un- bridled extravaganza. The typical illustration is the fall of Babylon, whose doom, as related in the Bible was announced to King Bel shazzar in the midst of hls wanton revelling by the prophet Daniel
 The collapse of the Roman Empire was, of course, heralded by the most tremendous and long continued era of luxury the world has, ever known. The catastrophe was due to the thrush of those barbarians who had long been plundered by the Romans, and who had therefore contributed to their luxury.
 To turn to different period of history, we find that the French Revolution was preceded by the extraordinary extravagances of the French Court and aristocracy during the eighteenth century. That was the age of the Pompadours and Du Barrys and of King Louis xV.'s unspeakable revels at the Pare. aux-cerfs.
 The Franco-Prussian War of 1870 was heralded by the glitter and license of Ma poleon HIS tinsel empire. It would be wearisome to enumerate all the cases where great social extravagance has introduced great war. Such excesses are invariably the beginnings of racial malady whose crisis is wholesale slaughter.
 It must De remembered that the extrava, gance of the last few years has far exceeded that of any of the historical periods men toned In those earlier periods the mass of the people lived simply and roughly. To-day the craving for luxury has infected every class Of society, down to workmen and peas ants. This point has been well brought out by my friend Professor Guglelmo Ferrero, of Rome, in his last work
 Why should extravagance lead to war? Is not war the one thing that must end the lux ury with which the people are infatuated? The answer to these questions is that extray agance produces greed, which leads to war Those who are mad for luxury seek ever more and more wealth to satiate their de- sires. One country desires the rich colonies of it's neighbor Another country wishes to flch the world-embracing commerce of it's rival The jeweled costume balls of London excite the envy of those who give Sardan- apallan feasts in Berlin. The wealth which has made such extravagance possible has also made possible the accumulation of vast armaments. The logical outcome of such conditions must be that one nation will use it's arms to seize the wealth of it's ueighbor
 The lesson which the philosopher will draw from these facts is that if we wish to but an end to war we must return to simple living and high moral ideals. War will not be ended py an agreement to limit armaments. It will only be ended by the consciousness of every man that luxury is not thing worth lighting for. "-s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18

movement as such produces increased excitement and tne excitement reenforces the movement and so the oance has in itself the tendency quicker and wilder and more and more unrestrained"
 Dancing is, of course not the only alarming form of socia exravagance although it is the conspicuous
 xcess In eating drinking dress of n- dulgence has become universal among the well to do ciasses. We hear of banquet in Berlin where the decorations reproduce the Golden House of Nero Tn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18

dancing fever would have been impossible Peonla oanced but they did not take it seriously It was set OH rom life and not allowed to penetrate it.
 NO one can doubt that true dangers are near when- ever the dancing habit is prominent. The dance is bodily movement which aims at practical purpose and is thus not bound to necessities It is smpv self-expression and this gives to the dancing impulse the liberty which easily becomes icentiousness Two mental conditions help in that direction; the mere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18

craze for more demoralizing and unwhole. some indulgences.
 Of especial significance is the dancing mania, which has affected the whole civilized world in recent years. Dancing is a recrea- tion which, though beneficial when enjoyed in moderation, easily leads to the most de. moralizing excesses and extravagances. The close contact of persons in the intoxicating rhythm of the dance, aided by the consump- ton of wine and other causes of excitement, Will work havoc with the ordinary restraints of social life.
 :. In England there has been mania for pub- lie costume balls, where costliness has vied with immodesty in the adornment of the dancers. At public balls English duchesses m une garb of Thais and other sirens of mythology have thrown themselves into the arHs or strange men costumed as pirates and pasnas At such public affairs as the Coyent Gdroen costume ball, the largest theatre in London, has been filled with 5000 gorgeouslv alured people of all ranks of society, from hap peeiase 10 the saloonkeeping class, who nave mingled indiscriminately
 The expenditures at such affairs have been enormous. women of ancient family vic With the wives and favorites of new canitaI. 1sts In piling fortunes on their shoulders. woman wltn Szoooo0 worth of pearls around Ser neck was picked up unconscious bv . --or waiter after such an affair." The trad tlonaI modesty of English society has heen thrown to the winds but their excesses have nor surpassed those of the other civilized nations.
 The danger of the dancing craze has been clearly pointed out and emphasized by my colleague, Professor Hugo Muensterberg. in his last book e' 'A
 Gan we deny" he says, ''that this recent craze. which, like a dancing mania. has whirled over the country, is a significant ex. pression of deep cultural changes which have come to America? Only ten years ago such a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18
Is THIS the First Symptom ofTHIS? sa

A Battery of the English R o y al Field Artillery at St. 0 u e n [ i n, France. Many of the Officers Killed Here Had Only a Few Weeks Be- fore Participated in tn Covent Garden Revels. 7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18
Whose Crisis Is Wholesale
 Slaughter!
By DIR. HANS HULDRICKSEN Distinguished Swedish.AmerIcan
 Psychologist.

LIVERY great war has been preceded by a period of
 profiigacy, of brilliant and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18

Wichcuiy eXJrdVagant entertainment, of de- s.....s,s,ss votion to voluptuous
 dancing and shame
 less and reckless lux
 ury.
 Living in the midst of it, the average man has little power to realize this worldwide luxury by comparing it with the simplicity Of other days. The sociologist can render a servce to civiliza- tion by impressing on the na- tions the enormity of this extrava- gance. It has prevailed no less in America than in Europe. The expenditures on public amuse- ments in the civilized countries have alone reached an amount that is staggering, but they are perhaps less significant than the