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THE very fundamental thing on which the real success of the Arkansas farmer hinges is a
 good road" It is just as fool ish for Monroe county farmer to try to compete with a Kansas. Illinois or Ohio corn raiser as it is for the stage coach to try to compete with the modern equip ped railroad. But the Monroe County farmer imagines that it would put him out of business to be taxed for building REAL roads. and hence he suffers. He is paying 8 tax of wear and tear on team and wagons each year far greater than his road tax would be for the year, on a bond built road and besides this, his loss on inability to get over the present lOblollies of the county with any kind of a team much less a load, is equal if not in excess of what the yearly tax would be. Great CT than all of his tax and loss is the loss of his boys and girls from the farms. The boys and girls won't stay on the farms and put up with the sacrifice and and hardships of the exile because of no roads and hence they pull up and go to the towns as quick as they can get away from the farms. This is the greatest loss of all and if our farmers could but wake up and realize it they would go away from home and study the condi- tions in other states and sections. where permanent roads are being built where by having the pike roads the country districts are enabled to have the fine school. church and other social advantages. and are thus made absolutely more attractive to the boys and girls than are the towns. Of course the dollar and cent proposition looks big in the 1st cost of the roads but this divided upeinto 20 years pay ments is actually less than has been worse than wasted on Monroe county roads during the same period. There's only one way to get real roads and that is to BUY and pay for them and in as much as more than half of the cost in Monroe county would be paid by nonresident property owners. it looks like our farmers would wake up and have a real system of roads right now. Real progressive farmers in other parts of the state are doing this.
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MT. and Mrs. J. H. Skelton and Lecil Simpson were in Brink ley Friday. Born:--to MT. and Mrs. Eltou Hornsby on Friday Dec. llth. a boy. Robert Caste left here Satur- day for Pope Co.
 Mrs. Jim Allen spent Friday with her grand mother. Mrs. Henry Waddeil. Mir. and Mrs. John Simpson were shopping in Clarendon Saturday. The Sunday School will have an Xmas tree at the School house lthe night of the 24th. Buena Vista
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EDUCATIONAL COLUMN

(By DAVID BOWEN, County School Superintendent The Monroe County Board composed of Mr. John Baumgartner, Mr. Leo L. Partow Mr. w. H. Laney Mrs. k. F. Mlwee County Superintendent has finished its work with the exception signing with the A. N Palmer Company
 books below be used in the schools of Mon County years Books be exchanged til December 1st, 1915. Writing The Palmer System ing Price Price Writing Lessons for Primary Grades
 Business Writing
 Huuts Progressive speler .$O2 2o Now us' Reeds Primary Speler. 20 $O12 Readers-Basa:
 Rose Primer ......,s Baldwin and Bender First Reader 80 .......18 Baldwin and Bender Second Reader. ......35 ..2 Baldwin and Bender Third Reader ... .45 5.....N Baldwin and Bender Fourth Reader AS .....N Baldwin and Bender Fifth Reader. ..2 Readers -Suppemenary
 Free and Treadwell First .36 ..11 Free and Treadwel Second .......M Free and Treadwell. Third rd.... .45...N Free and Treadwell Fourth. 50 30 Free and Treadwell Fifth .55 33 Arithmetic and Anderson:
 First Book 2a Second Book ..6O .36 Grammar:
 Arnod's With Pencil and Pen .2 Reed and Kelogg's Graded Lessons in Engsh.45 ...45 Reed and Keloggs Higher Lessons in English. 70.... AZ Geography
 Dodge's Elementary Geography 50 36 Dodge's Advanced Geography z. :. 72 History
 Maces Primary History of U S............ ......3e Maces School History of U. s. l00... 50 Reynolds History of Arkansas .65 ......39 Civil Government:
 Blockers Civil Government of Arkansas
 and of the United States ates.....................80 Physiology and Hygiene:
 conns Elementary Physiology and Hygiene 50 ss Gulck's Good Health .40 ......N Gulck's Emergencies Supplementary 40 Mines Elements in Algebra .................
 Burkett Hill and Stephens Agriculture ....75
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Overcoming Sorrows.

Overcoming Sorrows.
 We may console the sorrows which destiny brings by choosing as many pleasures as we can partake of with. out repletion or injury to others.~-. James e. Townsend.
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TAX COlLECIORS NOI|

 Notice is hereby given that will attend at thes places given below with the Monroe County Tax Boe purpose of collecting the current State County School other taxes for the year 1914, viz
 PLACE TOWNSHIP mn Lawrencevile ......... Jackson Monday J(n s Store Montgomery Tuesday Jlkl Womack' $ Store Smalley Wednesdayyal Holly Grove Duncan. Thurs gri-SatJapa Palmer Station Cleburne Monday o Raymond ........... Raymond. Tuesday LII Blackton. Hndman "Wednesday jm Monroe Cypress Ridge Thursday Janu Waldrop's Store Richland Friday Jann Zent Greenfield SaturdayJ III Brinkley .Brinkley Mon. Tues. We'd 6l Fitzhugh School House. Eden Thursdaytsa Dixon School House. Dixon \, ..s. Friday Roe fSOe .odtuIuAy Keevil l.............. Keevii Monday Shiloh School House.. Pine Ridge Tuesday f1 After which time will be atthes Collectors Ofcem House in Clarendon, Ark. up to EAAd the April 1915 to receive all taxes due byperson wshingso
 R E. MILWEE,
 Collector of Monroe
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LESSON TExT-Luke N:5O-5s; Acts H. d.
 GOLDEN TExT-He was taken up; and a cloud received Him out of their sight- Acts 1:9
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Nah mammy say dat Sandy Claus cont Ter good I'll boys. En bring CT hon en CT big red drum. En yuther toys.
 But why white chilluns gets dem ne" I cain on'stan'. I guess T knows whut Sandy Claus oo- He sec'n han man!
The Washington herald., 1914-01-04
"zP," SIMPLEX NOTED
RACER, TO Be Shown
Famous Car Will Be on Exhibition in
New York During Importer
Salon.
HAS MANY RECORDS TO CREDIT

The famous simplex Zip is to be ex-
hitibed in the lobby or the Hotel Astor
during the week of the importers salon
In New York. This car. which has been
evolved in more than 200 automobile raceS
and which otherwise has had most res
markable career, will interest throngs OF
racing enthusiasts throughout the week.
During the past season Louis Disbrow
drove this car to victory in forty-two
races. He now holds all worlds mile
dirt-track records from three to hfty
miles inclusive with this car.
The car is unique in many ways While
its motor is much the same as the stock
50-horsepower Simplex motor, the car has
some unique racing features, particularly
in spring construction and other special
design. 1t is a left-hand drive car. The
car has no mechanician's seat, because
in most events in which 1t has been
driven Disbrow has not carried a
mechanician.
Its piston displacement Is 5sI cubic
inches. and it is remarkable in that 1t
has broken so many records formerly
held by cars of far greater piston dis
placement. Disbrow will drive the fiery
red Simplex Zip" in contests the COM
ing season. which will begin in February.
Worlds dirt-track records made by Dis
brow with this car and pronounced ofn-
cial by the contest board of the American
Automobile Association, are the follow
ing: Three miles, 2:27:S1; four miles, S:lI: :o2;
five miles, 4:o6:5s; ten miles, s:l7:o2, all
made at Cleveland, Ohio, September Il
1872
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trically controlled gear shift, doing
away with the side levers entirely. The
left-hand drive is convenient in many
respects, as IL permits easy entrance
and exit to the drivers seat when the
car pulls up at a curb.
The matter of spring suspension has
gone through considerable evolution
since the automobile was born. The
majority of makers now have gotten
the matter of springs fairly well stand
ardized. and satisfactory constructions
that prevent levers from getting out
of alignment and squeaking are to be
found on the majority of models.
Numerous new forms of shock abb
sorbers have appeared on the market
recently. The popularity of the coil
spring type attached to the rear spring
set OF the car has gained remarkably.
while there are numerous designs of
hydraulic and friction types of shock
preventer. One maker has brought
out a shock absorber which consists
of an inverted set of spring leaves
shorter than the regular spring set and
clamped to this main set with a spac-
ing block between. Shock sbsorbers
now come as standard equipment on
many makes, whereas a few seasons
back hardly any cars were delivered
to the user with these accessories.
A couple of makers are bringing out
two speed axles. This type is partic-
ularly advantageous when frequent
gear shifting is necessary, as, for ex-
ample, in crowded traffic and very hilly
country.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-04
PROSPECT IS Bright
FOR 1914 AUTO RACES
Prediction that Sport Would Come
Back" Is Strengthened BY
Elaborate Plans.
FOREIGN DRIVERS TO COMPETE

The many predictions that racing
would again return to favor in this coun-
try. as 1t has in Europe. are further
strengthened by the plans which have
already been made for the holding Of
speed contests in various sections Of the
country during 1914" says W. A. Almy,
sales manager of the Mercer Automobile
Company.
THE Mercer Automobile Company has
already been an earnest advocate OF prop
erly conducted racing. believing that it is
one of the most important factors in the
development of high-grade motorcars-
Racing. we believe, Is directly responsible
for the present tendency toward elimina-
ton of weight and bulk generally, and
the growing demand for small, high
speed motors.
I'VE feel that the maker who success
fully participates in racing is more con-
fident of the ability Of his cars to make
good in everyday service than the maker
who does not take an interest in speed
work.
Despite the apparent decline in racing
interest on the part of some manufacture
ers. II has been our contention right
| along that racing would come back.
That this belief is well-founded is borne
out by the fact that quite a number of
makers are now laying plans for a racing
, campaign next season.
/ Never before in the history of Ameri-
can automobile racing has the outlook
been SO bright at this time of year. AL
ready plans have been completed for the
running Of the Vanderbilt and Grand
Prize races at Santa Monica, Cal. in Feb
ruary. At this meet no less than SIC. 900
! in prize money has been offered. The
next big event will probably be at In
d.snspolis on May 80. when the annual
500-mile race will be run.
"one of our racing drivers, Spencer
Wishart, on his return from Europe a
few days ago, announced that no less
than twelve foreign speed creations
would be sent over for a try at the
$4,000. which is offered in prizes
Sioux City, Iowa, has plans for two
mile speedway. the initial meet of which
is to be held July L. Seattle, WASH. also
has two-mile track under way. to say
nothing of the smaller tracks where in
| Iteresting events are sure to be held. OF
course, Elgin, H.. will have its annual
road races In August as usual.
These few meets are sufficient evidence
that interest in racing is far from dead.
1t Is true that the Middle West and the
Far West are at present the most active
In the promotion of racing, but the fact
remains that the effete East is hungry
fer speed contests. It is our confident
belief that road race staged somewhere
In the proximity of New York or Phila-
delphia would be productive Of ten times
| the interest that used to be shown In the
'old Vanderbilt days"
The Washington herald., 1914-01-04
REAR SEAT OF CAR
CAN BE ADJUSTED
Interesting Feature Of New Auto
mobiles Of Stevens-Duryea
Company.

Designers and builders of automobiles
have developed first one thing and then
another in their search for ideal COM
fort in riding. In this years Automobile
Show in Grand Central Palace, New
York. appears what would seem TO be
the final step. a rear seat which. by
turning a wheel handle within easy
reach OF the passenger, may be raised
or lowered. moved forward or back, az
will This Is a unique feature of the
new cars the Stevens-Duryea Company
is exhibiting.
The adjustment arrangement is intend
cd to give the passenger chance 10
make the seat fit his personal peculiar
ities-to give equal comfort to the long
legged man and the short-legged man.
the man who likes to sit very straight,
and the man who likes to recline as he
would in a steamer chair.
II Is perhaps the most restful device
that ever has been brought out. IL Is
a part of the purpose Of the Stevens
Duryea people in the design of their rev
car to provide the most agreeable pos
sibIe means of getting about-speedy,
sure, quiet, even running. and satisfy
ing in its handsome appearance. In max
ing the design. every detail OF the car
was studied separately with this COM
plex purpose in mind; yet with consid-
Grafton for its relations to all the rest
The Washington herald., 1914-01-04
TANGO MANIA In LONDON
HOLDS SWAY AT BALLS
Even Music Hall Managers Complain
that "Tango Teas" Cut Down
Their Audiences.

special Cable to The Washington Herald.
London, Jan. 3-One has to be right
here to see the almos! unprecedented
ravages the tango is making. just be-
cause "a silly old peeress" wrote to a
London newspaper that cit was quite too
shocking for the morals Of London
drawing-room."
Since that memorable epistle, wherever
you go you see tango teas" placarded In
every subway and on every billboard
| throughout this great city. On the one
side, Berna.d Shaw caricatured as
Russian general to boom Great Gather
ine," while CT the other we have all the
latest variations OF houris dancing the
forbidden steps of the latest thing In
tangoes.
| The music halls are beginning to cry
out that their patrons are all leaving to
attend tango teas or suppers, and that
their business is suffering this winter In
consequences of the extrayagant patron
age of the z1test thing t. dancing.
In addition the tango has been set
down in the programs o. all this seasons s
balls, and woe betide the dancer who
knows 1t mott For instance, there were
no less thar five tangoes In the twenty
five dances of the arabian Nights ball.
and three out Iof the twenty-five at the
last Of the ordinary balls.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-04
TOURIST INNER TUBES
TO BE EXTRA HEAVY
Rim Sides Of Those Made by Good
year Company viii Be
Reinforced.

The heavy tourist inner tube manufac.
tured by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company, Akron, Ohio in the future will
be 30 per cent thicker than the ordinary
tube. Also, the rim. side OF this new
tube is REINFORCED. being so per cent thick
er than the remainder OF the tube, which
protects 1t from rim rust and chafing, and
reduces pinching to a minimum. The
result is extra tube strength and extra
tube mileage-exactly what every motor.
ist is looking for
The Goodyear heavy tourist tube fol
motorists is made OF pure Para rubber
a factor of no little Importance in fulfill-
ing the requirements necessary in a tube
capable of giving long service. The ma
jority of motorists realize that heat Is
the principal enemy ot>rubber and thai
when tubes are subject to heat they
deteriorate rapidly.
Experiments have proved, however. thai
pure rubber is susceptible to deterioration
through the effects of heat much les.
than compounded rubber. Having tht
natural gray color which is characteristic
of pure Para rubber. the heavy tourist
tube does not contain any compound oi
foreign ingredients. which are put II
some tubes to give them a striking ap.
tiveness, Goodyear tubes have a blut
streak around the outer circumference
Blow-outs, punctures. and other tub.
troubles are more easily repaired wher
the rubber is not deteriorated.
The process of vulcaniZation is mort
difficult in the pure rubber tube. In thin
respect the tube made of pure rubber
has distinct advantage over the on,
made of compound rubber, as it pre-
vents progressive vulcanization. resultin:
from the heat generated in the tire The
purer the rubber is the longer il takes
TO vulcanize. Consequently, the logica
tube is the one made of pure rubber. l
is by virture of this exclusive construc
ton, and the quality Of material used
that the Goodyear heavy tourist tub,
Possesses wonderful efficiency and dura
bility.
By combining Goodyear tires and heav!
tourist tubes, automobilists will get no
only the service of 30 per cent stronger
and more enduring tubes, but also tn,
lasting service and the extra mileage o.
tires proved by hundreds OF tests to bt
the most durable in existence.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-04
ENGLAND WANTS COLOR"
Artist Says London Is Brown and
Paris Is Blue.
The vashirzton Herald.

strc:a; Gable to The Washington Hczld.
London, jan 3-R. Goulburn Lowell, \
member of the Royal Institute OF Berlin
Architects. In an address before the So
ciety of Architects. has been saying
some very interesting things on the sub
ject of Color in dark places. and pleads
for a more generous use of bright colors
as a relief to the monotonous grayness OF
England's grim cities.
He says nature has done more to makl
London beautiful than in the majority
of the most famous cities. For instance.
IF any one will look down oxford street
at any time in the afternoon he will see
the most beautiful panorama Of color ef
fects. What we lack is form, those vii
lainous chimney-pots. those long bar
rack-like buildings" London he describes
as a brown city, Paris as blue one
The Washington herald., 1914-01-04
new YORK AUTO
EXHIBIT Opens
Many New Types Are Seen
in Brilliant Display
Of Cars.
INNOVATIONS THE RULE
Among Most Noticeable Changes Of
Years Production Is in Style
of Bodies.
INNOVATIONS THE RULE

New York, Jan. ain setting resem-
bling the marble halls of ancient Corinth
the fourteenth annual automobile show
opened at the new Grand Central Palace
here today. The exhibition of the latest
models in motorcars is scattered over
three floors of the building. and includes
both pleasure and commercial cars as
well as numberless accessories.
Last year the show was divided between
Madison Square Garden and the Grand
Central Palace, but this year the manage
ment decided to use the palace alone for
the exhibition. The dominant colors in
the decorative scheme, which surpasses
that of previous shows, are green and
white, the latter color being furnished
mainly by smilax and other Southern
foliage.
One of the striking features Of the
show is the wire wheel department, which
has been in use for some time in Eu-
rope, but which has not been given much
attention heretofore in America. Several
manufacturers have brought out cars
equipped with the new style wheels.
Novelties in Body.
Electric lighting systems. electric
starters, and compressed air starters are
also given much prominence. The lack
of self-starters of the gas explosive type
is noticeable.
Makers generally at present are devot-
ing more attention to body design than
formerly. There are more coupe types
and some OF the body makers are de-
signing inside drive vehicles with novel
seating arrangements, some of these put
ting out coupe bodies which seat three
and even four comfortably.
More attention is being paid to the cow
dash. They are making it deeper, the
arrangement for the windshield being SC
that the shield is nearer to the front seat
than heretofore, without shortening the
foot room. This means far more comfort
able riding on a windy day. Switches foI
the lighting system. self-starter. &c, are
neatly taken care of under this cowl
while some models are being produced
with all the switches concealed in sin
gle control box clamped to the stearing
post directly beneath the steering wheel
Numerous new models have slopins
hoods Cars designed in this fashion are
more like the European product. Deer
upholstery is found on the majority OF
makes exhibited. while some body spe.
ciaIists are building cushions of ever
greater depth.
Change In Gears.
Convertible bodies are proving their
worth for the owner who likes an open
car ordinarily and wants closed body
for inclement weather. Several maker.
are equipping with body which can have
the. top raised quickly and glass sides
in panels also raised to make a closed
car. Another sweeping improvement is in
patent tops. One maker has Just brought
out patent top which can be raised
with one hand without even the necessity
of stepping out of the car When il is
desired to put down the top, it slides
back into position. folding the fabric
neatly.
Still more makers are adopting the
left drive with centrally located con-
troll. Several have adopted the cleo
The Washington herald., 1914-01-04
new CYCLE CAR
At AUTO SHOW
Washington viii Be Given Its
First Opportunity to Inspect
the Latest in Vehicles.
EXHIBIT JANUARY 1924
viii Be Held at Convention Hall and
President Wilson and Members
Of Cabinet to Be Guests.

The annual exhibit Of the Washington
Automobile Dealers Association to be
held in Convention Hall. January 1924,
will be bigger. better. and more elaborate
than ever held in this city. This is the
declaration Of members of the association
who are now devoting all Of their atten-
ton to arranging the details for the COM
ing auto show. There will be more cars
of different makes on display this year
and costlier cars than on any previous
occasion.
A committee representing the associa-
ton will leave within the next few days
to inspect tie exhibits at the New York
show and close negotiations for bringing
some of them to the National Capital.
The committee is composed of T. Oliver
Probey, Charles w. Semmes, r. Bruce
Emerson. and F. c. Sibbald.
Washington will be given Its first op-
portunity to inspect the new cycle car,
which is proving the sensation OF the
year. Two of the local exhibitors are ar
ranging with factories for models to put
on display here. An effort will also be
made to obtain several of the exhibits
from the New York show.
President and Cabinet to De Guests.
Presbent WILSON, the UeHlDeTS VI lic
Cabinet. Representatives. Senators, and
the judiciary. will be extended invitations
to attend the show. The invitations will
be engraved and will be sent out just
prior to the opening Of the exhibition.
President Wilson is expected to visit the
local show some time during the week.
There is a possibility that he may open
the show Dy pressing a button, as did
President Taft last year.
At a meeting of the association last
week several new members were added
TO the show committee. They are VIII
lam p. Barnhart, T. Lamar jackson. and
C. H. Warrington. New members were
elected as follows: Walter L. Smith,
who has obtained the agency in this
city fer the Detroiter car; the Potomac
Electric Power Company. L. 5. NARROW
and George p. Larash.
Plans fer Social Affairs.
That the association gives promise of
being an active organization so far as
the automobile industry Is concerned In
the National Capital was evidenced by
the fact that those present at the meet
ing last week voted unanimously TO hold
events in the coming spring Of an in
teresting character. The first event
probably will be a sociability run, fol-
lowed by a hill climb and a race meet.
The following committee was appointed
to report on the affairs: William Jose,
chairman; Gardiner p. Orme, Arthur
Foraker, Howard S. Fisk. Harry Ward,
William p. Bsrnhsrt, Irving ]. Hender-
son, and S. S. Grogan.
Irving ]. Henderson was delegated to
obtain suitable headquarters in one OF
the downtown hostelries.
Those present at the meeting last
Tuesday evening included T. Oliver
Probey, Charles W. Semmes, R. Bruce
Emerson. J. II. Johnston, jr., E. A. Gar
lock, Jerome Fanciulli. Irving ]. Hen
derson. Harry Ward, William r. Emer-
son, Howard s. Fisk, F. C. Sibbald, Will
lam Ullman, and c. II. Warrington.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-04

Driving a six-cylinder Marmon tour
ing car, Arthur Foraker. or the Potomac
Motor Car Company. left on THURSDAY
for New York, where he Will attend th'
automobile show, which opens this aft
ernoon. He was accompanied by J. Z
Henderson.