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The Dermott news., 1914-09-24
Mosquitoes and School Work.

The intimate relation of mosquitoes
to Intellectual activity was demon.
strated one day recently by Drs
Molloy, Taylor and Garrison OF tho
Health Service. They were driving
through the country in a southeast
ern county. when thoy stopped at a
rural school house which presented
an attractive appearance. The build
ing was we'll built and supplied with
modern equipment. and there were
thirty-three pupils n attendance.
But many of the pupils had Chills
and fever. There were thousands o.
malaria bearing mosquitoes on the
walls and ceilings and the corners Of
the room. The children were com.
planning that the mosquitoes were hit.
ing them so they could scarcely
study. The teacher had malaria,
Thus there was completed in that
building the life cycle OF the malaria
breeding mosquito which bites those
afflicted with malaria and carries the
disease to others The physicians al
vised that the building be screened
at once
In an adjoining district they found
the building screened. the sanitary
conditions CT the school superior and
the children happy and coutentod and
doing good work.
The Dermott news., 1914-09-24
RUINS OF MEXICO
Republic Full of Wrecks Of H.S-
toric Cities.
Militia. "Thc Place Of Death" Is Near
Town Of Oaxaca. on Southern
Rairoac-Occupies Center Of
an Arid Plain or Valley.

Ci.v 81 Noxico rho ruirs of an.
Gent cities remnants of dead civiliza-
tions have \ fascination for most peo-
ME Re they scientists of great re-
nown or mere mortals OF more com
mon clay somehow something stirs
within them at the touch of antique
things The average tourist seeking
snrcease from the daily grind. whether
of tho collere lecture room or Of the
constant chase of the elusive collar in
trade and traffic who finds himself in
some strange city aud learns that not
far off arc the weather heatou 4arls of
an ancient temole shrine ~ ulace
u.boeo history l. a ,nystr-v 81 :. hose
builders are unknown hfes himself at
The Dermott news., 1914-09-24
Bench Has Soldering Effect.

Il have become acquainted with
about fifty or more district judges OF
Kansas. as we'll as a dozen or fifteen
supreme justices. and one character
istic of practically all of them that
has greatly impressed me is their ut
ter lack of arrogance, self-assertion
and domineering instinct, writes
Judge j. c. Ruppenthal OF Russell
The loudmouthed swashbuCkler who
eats the enemy alive. who loudly lays
down the law (Which none knew so
well as he), in the court room. on the
street. in the hotel Hobbies and wher-
ever he can gather a gaping. awe
struck group. to tell what he would
do as Judge. either never reaches the
bench. or is transformed into a model
OF meekness. cautious, war; of gratui-
tous opinions. when given power and
charged with responsibility kansas
City Sta
The Dermott news., 1914-09-24
FOR the November Campaign.

The nature OF campaign To be con,
Quoted ty the State Democratic Cen.
trail Committee in me Congressional
and senatorial elections. which take
place in November. . vet to be de
termined The Republicans state
they will wage strenuous campaign.
and many speaking dates have already
been arranged Lack Of funds is ham.
pering the Democratic committees.
and It is stated that none OF the
candidates In the November election
have contributed to the cause which
may prevent any assistance being
rendered To them, Harry Myers. the
Republican candidate for senator
stated Wednesday that he Intended
reaching every section OF the state
prior TO the election
The Dermott news., 1914-09-24
Sxoreme Court Rcconvenes.

The regular term OF the Arkansas
Supreme Court convened Monday. AL
the members OF the court have re-
turned from their vacations. Fewer
criminal cases have been appealed
during the summer than last year,
while there has been about the same
number OF civil cases. 100 having
been filed during vacation. The deco.
rators have finished their work on
the court room. which has been most
attractiyely decorated
The Dermott news., 1914-09-24
The Governors
II Nv A Noyeli5a tion of
Lazy Alice Bradley's Play
By GERTRUDE STEVENSON
Illustrations from Photographs Of the Stage Production

BY GERTR UDE STEVENSON

women wanting a cup of coffee-but
she scarcely saw them. She knew
when the door opened by the accom-
panyins chill but she paid no atten-
ton to anyone coming or going When
SHADES handsome figure appeared and
his eyes searched the room anXiously
she did not look UP.
For moment he looked at her.
hungrtly sadly. She was pathetic
even now, although she had changed
aud improved, but she did look SO
little aud wistt0l as she sat eating
her lonely. Simple meal Of crackers
and mix and coffee
He walked down the room and stood
before her. but II was only when he
spoke that she looked up Her#eAeS
showed first amazemeut and then the
love she could III no Wise conceal \
warm Hash mate her look, 70 MIN.
almost as pretty as she mad when
She VAS a sirL
We'll. how are you. Mary Aa
asked Il was an ordinary enough
speech bat the tone was tender and
his eyes mere asking the question she
could not ignore
Why Dan heard YOU tonight
the words We're out before she reeoY-
cred from her surprise
IN glad YOU wanted to go. he
said. simply. but what's the use OF
1t all
There vas a touch of cyniclsm IN
his attitude and manner
The Dermott news., 1914-09-24
THE END

Spain. nine years before Moscow. lie
clerc had died In 1902
The spanish portion OF the island
broke loose from Spain and Was joined
TO Haiti but was separated IN lS44 as
the republic OF Santo domingo
This is the record of the Haitian
chief executives Dessalines. governor
for life. assassiuated lSt6. Henri
Christophe. king, suicide. 1870. Boyer
president. expelled 1913, Souloukue.
Emperor Faustin l." exiled. 1888,
Geffard. president, eXiled 1857 ~al.
nave. shot. 1869; Massage Saget. exiled
1870: Dominique, exiled 1871
The Dermott news., 1914-09-24
State Builders Coming.

The people are certainly coming to
Arkansas. remarked President Pelli
green OF the PelliGrecn Construction
Company Of st. Louie. who is putting
the finishing touches to the State Can.
itol. when he arrived in Little Rock
Wednesday. And they are the kind
OF people that ii takes to build a
state There is none OF the hare
Drained Kind In the people see
headed this way | came down on a
tourist sleeper last night because
could not get in the standard ears
and found whole families there
headed for Arkansas never saw
such sturdy looking lot OF people
and they will make some section bios
som like rose
The Dermott news., 1914-09-24
HOLDS BREWSTER
MUST PAY FUNDS
ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS LAW
CAN GIVE COLLECTOR NO
RELIEF.
MONEY Is IN A FAILED BANK
Must Raise Nearly $4,000. Of Which
$93. 55678 is Money Due the
State of Arkansas.
Little Rock

Attorney General w. l.. Moose has
advised Auditor l.. L. Coffman that
he would have no alternative other
than to issue a distress warrant for
the amount of the funds due the state
treasurer by sheriff Edgar Brewster
OF Jefferson County Il settlement is
not made on or before September -.
The attorney general WIS asked for
an opinion when sheriff and Collector
Brew stcr filed a statement asking that
the distress warrant he not issued I'M
til his suit against tho Bank OF Pine
Bluff had been decided.
should sheriff Brewster fail to make
the settlement he viii lose his colleC-
tors commission and be compelled 10
pay a penalty of - per cent With an
added penalty OF per cent per
month fer each month he is delin
quent.
sheriff Brewster SAYS the delin.
quency is due 10 no fault of his. but
because of the failure of the bank in
which the funds were deposited.
As permitted by statute. Sheriff
Brewster had on denosit for safe keep,
ing in the Bank OF Pine Rlutf. the fol.
lowing funds dus the state: State
general stO.267.34 state school. So.
Iqi45. state capitol. $f.9S0.O4. state
sinking fund S6a52. state pension
The Dermott news., 1914-09-24
To vsccinate Hereford Herd

An urgent call was received in Lit
tie Rock for state Veterinarian c. NJ
Gov Tuesday afternoon. asking him
to come Immediately 20 Rondo in
Lee county. and yaccinate a herd OF
200 Hereford cattle suspected o.
being exposed to anthrax The tole
gram was from T. l.. Sheppard. owner
OF the cattle, who stated that the
cows OF the herd were suspected OF
having the disease DR. Cow will go
Immediately to Rondon and will look
over other herds In that section.
The Dermott news., 1914-09-24
MorkinQ On An Election Bill.

stephen Brundidge, chairman OF the
committee appointed by tho State
Democratic Convention To draft new
election law, one which viii prevent
fraudulent returns in the future.
stated while in Little Rock this week
thai he would call meeting OF the
committee tor a date in November
yet to be determined upon The meet.
ine will. in all probability, be held in
Little Rock.
The Dermott news., 1914-09-24

lively perfect preservation. a third Is
Incorporated with an old church. and IA
fourth. the great sacriticial mound is
surmounted by the ruins OF very an
cient church, The principal buildings
are OF stone masonry. A condensed
description OF one will give an idea
OF the others
The Hall OF Pillars the northern
most building OF the north group is "A
great room l25 feet long and % feet
wide. interior measurements. The
height OF the walls is about II feet. the
thickness varying from feet inches
on the sides To feet inches for the
front wall The entrances are three
doorways nearly feet wide. each com
posed OF three members. two enor-
nous monolithic door jambs about 7
feet high. 6 feet wide. and feet thick.
The most striking feature OF the room
Is a row OF six monolithic columns
running lengthwise OF the room each
column standing IL feet l inch above
the floor. which is covered with ce-
ment. Their circumference is each 9
feet 6 inches, They are slightly
tapered at the top. which is perfectly
Hat. The interior walls are perfectly
plain. while the exterior are covered
with rich decoration OF panels OF
mosaic work, surrounded by large
squared and sometimes iucised sculp-
tured stones
The Dermott news., 1914-09-24
Making HookWorm survey.

Members of the Hookworm Com.
mission have just finished surveys in
several counties that had never be.
for" ho"n investigated The per cent
OF infections shown in these counties
is as follows. Marion. 25.3 per cent.
Greene. l3.9: Crittoaden. 199. and
Scott, 6.S Or. Fly Is now at work
in Van Buren, Coua'v.
The Dermott news., 1914-09-24
Third Bank Staten M,

Bank Commissioner John VI. Davis
issued call Tuesday for the third
bank statement this wear. to show
the condition of all state banks nj the
close OF business on sept l. All re
serve agent banks are required uuder
the law to make this statement. and
All others may do so at their dis
erection
The Dermott news., 1914-09-24
Slid 70 Liberty in Chute

Fort Leavenworth. kan.-By sliding
so feet through a coal chute from the
tipple at the state prison mine to q
car outside the walls Lige Howard.
serving a five-year term at Isf--s ~
s1worth. made his escape
The Dermott news., 1914-09-24
Back From Tax Conference.

A. C. Martincau. a member OF the
Arkansas Tax Commission. has re
represented Arkansas al n tax confer
enre held in conjunction with the
meeting OF the National Tax Asso.
cta ion
The Dermott news., 1914-09-24

Sestlon were not TO De CONSIDERED lor
a moment. we are divorced ana the
only dlgnlhed thlng tor divorced peo-
pie to do is to stay divorced Why?
Are you lonely?
No | cant honestly say I'm lone
ly. he answered, candidly. III too
busy for that. | asked you because
care for YOU very. very much. I've
missed you. II WASH loneliness. I've
lust missed you. And II anything had
happened to you before Id seen you
again-well-my life wouldn't have
been worth continental | want you
because-eeeause you're my girl You
always were. The girl | loved when
| was nineteen. You re handsomer
now. My God Mary. but you look
pretty tonight"
oh. Dan! Please, I'm going Mary
protested.
Hold on there. Slade laid de
tanning arm ON hers i want to ask
YOU something. DO You remember The
first time kissed you
No, | do not and Mary looked
away toward the window where the
endless process OF griddIe cake MAX
Ing vas going en-.
Yes. YOU do Shade VAS leaning
toward her easerly You we're bend
ing over your mothers washtub and
l. He stopped student Mary
II We're sick would You come back
to me
oh that would be different, she
The Dermott news., 1914-09-24
Nevada County Examiner.

state superintendent George II.
Cook has announced the appointment
of George W Lewis of Horatio as
county examiner for Sewer County 10
succeed L. Z. Quinn. resigned.
The Dermott news., 1914-09-24
Many Farm Bulletins.

Congressman Jacoway has sent TO
the Department OF Agriculture n sup.
ply OF y bulletins On various sub
1ects Pertaining to agriculture. The
department already had on hand forty
other bulletins. having an average Of
two hundred each They are for dis.
tribution to any who may desire them
The Dermott news., 1914-09-24
Kennish Succeeds c. 3. Burns

The State Board Of Election Com
missioners appointed Ed Kennish a
member OF the Greene County Flee
ton Board 10 replace Charles r.
Burns. resigned.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-25
SURFACE Tells HIM To
KILL FURNITURE pest
Gasoline or Benzine VIII Do the Trick,
But Take the Furniture Out of
Doors When You Use the Sprink-
ling Can

A woman who found her household
unexpectedly beset with pests examin-
ed some new furniture which she had
recently purchased, and learned there
in the cause of the trouble. She then
wrote to State Zoologist II. A. Surface,
asking, "Win you please let me know
what will destroy lice, as l bought
a parlor suit, and it was packed with
material that had not been properly
cured, and which bred heei They call
them chicken lice. | have burned sui
fur, and it did not kill them. The City
Board of Health directed me to write
to You asking what to do to get rid
of the pests
To this appeal Professor Surface re-
piled as follows:
The best treatment You can give
to destroy the pests which you think
are lice or chicken lice in your up
holstered furniture is to sprinkle it
abundantly with benzine or gasoline.
OF course, keep fire out of the room
where this is done. Open the windows
and doors, and let it ventilate we'll; or
take the furniture out of doors and
sprinkle it there. Give it a good, thor
ough treatment. Wherever the gasoline
touches one of these pests it viii kill
it, and will not iniure the fabric
- presume the pests are book lice.
but it is not safe to guess at them at
long range. If you will send me one
or more in very small bottle. / can
examine it and let you know exactly
what it is. 1t is always best to send
specimens with every letter or inquiry
concerning pests, but in this ease the
same treatment will destroy the pests
whether they be one species of insect
or another.
''There seems to be a general opin-
ion that certain conditions breed or
originate lice. This is not true. All life
comes from life, and lice cannot orig
mate spontaneously or without others
of their same kind as their ancestors,
any more than can chickens, sheep or
any other kind of life. The material
used in upholstering the furniture
probably had the insects in it when it
was used, and they have merely been
feeding, multiplying and appearing
since then. L know of one case where
large furniture house has recently
sent out considerable furniture that
carried little brown beetles with it, be-
cause they were feeding in the mater
ial used in upholstering. They can be
killed in the manner mentioned above.
Fumlgation is not necessary
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-25
New Legislator is 6 Feet. 6

One of the new members of the Leg
islature from Reading is Mahlon Shaa-
ber, and Mr.. Shaaber will be one of the
few veterans of the Civil war in that
body. Another distinction is that he
will be the tallest man in either body.
He is six feet, six inches high, and tow
ers above his fellow-citizens like lamp
post over a fire plug. Mr.. Shaaber was
a very tail young man when he entered
the army, and it was his height that led
to his meeting with President Lincoln.
His regiment was on the march down
Pennsylvania avenue in Washington,
and President Lincoln was reviewing
it. The tall young Berks county sol
dier attracted Lincoln's s attention and
the President expressed a desire to
meet him. At the first opportunity
Shaaber was introduced at the White
House and met President Lincoln. who
gave him hearty handshake and wish
ed him we'll Shaaber was wounded in
battle, but returned home to engage in
business, and is one of Reading s most
esteemed citizens. He is prominent in
Grand Army circles and general ia
vorite with his old comrades.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-25
Tonaue-End Topics


IL Justice John Stewart. of the Su-
preme Court bench, resigns from that
exalted position which is the goal OF
every young lawyer that ever eonned
his Coke and Blackstone, he will have
we'll earned his right to rest, for his
has been busy life from the time he
was young man. During the Civil war
he WAS an officer in one of the best
known fighting Pennsylvania regiments,
serving rs sdjutant. Then he was dis.
trict attorney of Franklin county, and
in 1880 he entered State politics as a
candidate for Senator, being elected and
serving during the sessions of 1881
1883, the latter the Senate famous for
its men of might in statecraft. The
Senate of 1883 had as members Herr,
of Dauphin; Reyburn, Kennedy and
Gordon, of Philadelphia; Wallace, of
Clear6eld: Hail, of Elk; Wolverton. of
Northumberland; Longeneeker, of Bed
ford; Arnold, of Allegheny; Cooper, of
Delaware; Watres. of Lackawanna;
Smith and Grady, of Philadelphia; Ny
lin of Lancaster, and many others who
were classed as front rank men in state
affairs.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-25
MECHANICSBURG
Meeting Held in Interest of the Suffer
ing Belgians

Special Corresponds C:
Meehanicsburg, Nov. 25.-At the
call of Prof. II. A. Surface, number
of our citizens met on Monday even
ing in Franklin hall to consider plans
to send further aid to the Belgians. An
organization was formed by the cleo
tion of Prof. II. A. Surface, president;
W. A. Huber, secretary, and @. 81.
Smith, treasurer. 1t is hoped to fill
car to be sent from here with provi-
sions, clothing and bedding. Several
donations were pledged and solicitors
were appointed to- collect from our
townspeople and the neighboring towns
and from farmers in the vicinity. Our
people have already contributed well,
through the several churches, schools
and clubs of the town as well as in
dividually, but it is believed they will
still do more in response to this solici-
tation.
Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
the annual Union Thanksgiving serv-
ices will be held under the auspices of
the Ministerial Association of the
town. The services will be held in
Grace United Evangelical church. The
sermon will be preached by the Rev.
II. Hall Sharp, of Trinity Lutheran
church, who will be assisted in the
services by the Rev. l.. NJ. Dice, pastor
of Grace church, and by other members
of the Ministerial Association.
Tomorrow morning Thanksgiving
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-25
NEW YORK AND HER ROADS

The faeetious suggestion comes from New York
that the state fence in all its roads to pre-
vent bothersome automobiles from other states
wearing them out. 1t inspired by the pro-
posal of State Commissioner of Highways Carlisle
that taxes be imposed ON ''aen" automobiles and
upon heavy motor trucks.
The official advocated tax of four cents gal
Ion gasoline used by tourists from other states
while within the confines of New York as well a
heavy tax onal commercial vehicles ON the ground
that they wear out the highways.
Heavy motor trucks certainly not light on
the roads of any state and extensive tourist traf
fe leaves its traces. Provisions must be made for
these new conditions. The question is whether the
roads should be properly maintained at state ex-
pense as has been the case, whether the users
of the highways should pay the bills.
The New York Highway Commissioners pro-
possl does not seem to have been taken very favor
ably and the suggested taxes may never be levied.
The motorists certainly hope not. They would not
want so bad an example to be set other states
Pennsylvania, for instance.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-25
THE THANKSGIVING SPIRIT

Turkeys, cranberry sance, mince pies, pumpkin
pies and football have come to be inseparably as
sociated with Thanksgiving Day. Little thought do
most eelebrators of the day, as they sit at their
bountiful boards, give to the famished Puritans
We cannot always be living in the past and perhaps
enjoyment of the present is by far preferable.
A day of sport and feasting Thanksgiving has
become favorite holiday with the American peo-
pie. Locally, the churches draw crowds and the
religious spirit of the occasion is manifested.
The motives which prompted the Pilgrims to
give thanks are of course not operating to-day
either IN Pennsylvania in Massachusetts, because
there has happily been no repetition of the condi
tions of the days of the Pilgrims. The modern OBJ
servance of the holiday, however, has lost nothing
through evolution; it has gained if anything.
- Thanksgiving Day now means more than day
of giving thanks. 1t means day of giving money,
clothing, food. Prayers have their place in its OBJ
servanee, but so do deeds. Dinners are given the
poor the needy are cared for.
The things that concerned the pious founders of
the day have not entirely disappeared. Tomorrow
many sumptuous celebrator will have memories
of Puritan days at the close of the Thanksgiving
dinner, when the stomach makes known the pres
enee of fairly substantial replica of Plymouth
Rock.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-25
THE MANUFACTURERS OPPORTUNITY

There was something definite and practical about
the conference held under the supervision of the
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce in Fahnestock
Hall yesterday, the subject of opening the great
South American field for commerce to local man.
ufacturers, which leaves a very favorable impress
sion on the public mind with regard to the meth
DDS that the new Chamber has adopted for helping
Harrisburg
The most striking thing about the conference was
the fact that it did not deal with generaities. 1t
got right down to brass tacks. The Chamber had
men on hand who have expert knowledge of how
the manufacturers of Harrisburg and other Amer
lean cities sell their products to South Amer
leans who must buy them somewhere else than in
Europe now that the war has upset European COM
meree. These men included some of the leading
experts of the country who have spent time and
money ascertaning the actual facts of the situa
ton and what they said can be depended on.
These speakers told the local manufacturers ex-
actly what to do to get the business. Mr. George
F. Watt president of the Elliott-Fisher Company of
this city, which has spent money to find out how
TO establish the desired South American trade rela
tions has offered to make all this information avail
able to other Harrisburg firms for the asking.
The Chamber of Commerce thus has brought
Harrisburg manufacturers directly and specifically
in touch with the machinery by which they can find
a profitable outlet for their products in the South
American field. 1t now rests with the individual
manufacturers whether they are going to avail
themselves of this opportunity. The Chamber has
done its part and while the Chamber will continue
to lend all the additional aid and give all the infor
nation it to help the manufacturers further, it
is for the firms themselves to get busy and sell
their goods through the channels indicated by the
Chambers speakers