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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-09-09
TEACHERS HERE
FOR INSTITUTE
SEPT. 1917
PROGRAM INCLUDES LIST OF
ERS OF THE STATE.
COMMENCES NEXT MONDAY
Social Gathering in High School Gym
nasium Monday Evening-Grange-
vile Teachers to Entertain.

The annual institute for the teach
ers of Idaho County will be held in
Grangeville, Sept. 18th to 18th. 1t is
expected that there will be very full
attendance. The meeting this year af
fords an opportunity to hear some of
the formost educational leaders of the
state. 1t is definitely known that
President George II. Black of Lewiston
Normal, President Melvin A. Brannon
of the University of Idaho, and Miss
Bernice Mccoy, State Superintendent
of Public Instruction will be present
and will address the teachers. Oppor-
tunity rarely occur to hear such pro-
minent educational leaders on one oc-
casion.
Miss Margaret Sweet will give sever
al talks on the teaching of Domestic
Science. Professor Edwin Barlow Evans
of Drake University and Charles A.
addresses. Mrs. Reese Hattabaugh will
have charge of the music.
On Monday evening, Sept. 13, the
teachers will meet in the gymnasium of
the school building for social gather
ing. This is an annual event and pro-
misses to be as enjoyable as formerly.
l.
of the arrangements. On Wednesday
evening Sept. Is, Charles A. Shaver will
deliver an address in the high school
auditorium; subject Educational and
National Life.
Following is the program for the
week:
Monday, September 49,
900 a. m.-Music.
1000 a. m. address-tThe Teacher
and the Community y''-President Black.
ll:00 a. m. address-E.T The Interpre-
tation of the Printed Page "-Professor
| Evans.
1:30 p. m.-Music.
300 p. m. address, Beacon Lights
of Literature Professor Evans.
300 p. m. address-''The Teacher
and the Trustee President Black.
Tuesday September IA.
9:30 a. m.-Music.
1000 a. m. address How to Secure
Better Everyday English Professor
Evans.
11:00 a. m. address, The Practical
Side of Serving Hot Lunches Miss
Margaret Sweet.
l:30 p. m.-Music.
200 p. m. address" How Can We
Teach Domestic Science Miss Mar
garet Sweet.
800 p. m. address-stThe Value of
Oral Reading g''-Professo Evans.
Wednesday, September 15.
9:30 a. m-Musie.
1000 a. m.-Business meeting OF
teachers and County Superintendent.
1:30 p. m.-Musie.
200 D. m.-address-''H How We Bet
Continued on Page A.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-09-09
Ali FOR Border Days.

Doe Denny and Walter McAdams re-
turned this afternoon from an auto
trip through all the towns in the Clear
water valley to Lewiston and return
via the Craig mountain route. They
state that the Border Days news was
well received everywhere and the pros
poets of big crowd from all that sec
tion was never brighter. Doe was
sent on this trip by the committee to
bill that part of the country in the in
terest of the show.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-09-09
POST TELLS truth ABOUT
RECEPTION GIVEN GOV. ALEXANDER
THAT FANEUIL HALL MEETING

of
and gallery thousands away
Alexander 1t
chairman
speaker, Governor Wash.''
The hall Aexan
Resolutions extending the
hearty
unanimously
aaes attorney county
satisfied that he had denial times during the
of his remarks although referring the interview lin Christian
Science Mono itself.'
of meeting from
Post.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-09-09
GROUSE SHOOTERS BUSY.

Several parties Of grouse shooters
cleaned and oiled up their shooting
irons Saturday and went out for the
birds but none of them report very gooi
success Frank Titus, Don Fisher ana
Will Webb went down ON the salmo
river brake below sodaberg's but had
very poor success. Pearl Wright and
o. d. Shook went over on the Skoo.
kemehuck ridge the same day and had
very good success. Others who went
out report about the same success.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-09-09
SCHOOL ELECTION TUESDAY.

The school election held Tuesday for
the purpose of electing two men to
serve on the board resulted in the
election of Mr.. A. Urbahn and Mr.
Larkin Kerlee, who will take the place
of the outgoing members, Mr.. E. M
Griffith and Mr.. Percy NJ. Granville
A good vote turned out and consider.
able interest was manifested.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-09-09
PARCEL POST RATES
EFFECTIVE ON
sept. |
INSTRUCTIONS RECEIVED AT Lo
CAL POST OFFICE THIS WEEK
NOW EFFECTIVE.
new INSURANCE RATES
Rates on Parcels Addressed to Offices
III First or Second Zone Where Short
est Distance 800 Miles or More.

Information as to the rate of postage
on parcels addressed to offices with
in the first zone where shortest regular
mail route is 800 miles or more has
been received at the local post office
this week. Under order of the postal
department of July 13, 1915, parcels
of fourth class mattr subject to the
pound rates mailed for delivery within
the first and second zone where the dis
tance over the shortest regular mail
route between the office of mailing and
the office of destination is 300 miles or
more, are, on and after September l,
1915, chargeable with postage at the
rate of 6 cents for the first pound and
2 cents for each additional pound, or
fraction thereof.
Determining Distance.
When in any case a postmaster is in
doubt as to whether the distance be-
tween his office and an office in the
first or second zone, to which parcel
presented for mailing is addressed, is
300 miles or more over the shortest
regular mail route, inquiry must be
made by the postmaster of the Super
intendent of the Division of Railway
Mail service in which his office is
located as to the distance.
A parcel need not be held pending
the time of the coming of such infor-
nation but may be dispatched under
postage prepaid at the regular first
and second zone rate of cents for the
first pound and | cent for each add
tional pound, or fraction thereof, pro
vided the sender deposits an amount in
money sufficient to cover the differ
ence between the amount so prepaid
and that chargeable at the special rate
of 6 cents for the first pound and
cents for each additional pound, or
fraction thereof. In such case the
postmaster shall indorse on the wrap
per of the parcel the words "deposit
received to cover probable deficient
postage. - If it is found that the dis
tance is 300 miles or more, the amount
of the deposit shall be converted into
ordinary postage stamps, affixed to a
sheet of paper, cancelled and sent, with
a report of the facts to the Third Assis-
tant Postmaster General; in case the
distance is less than 300 miles the
deposit will be refunded to the sender
In case parcels are mailed within the
first and second zone which are properly
subject to the rate of cents per pound
for the first pound and cents fol
every additional pound, under pro
visions of the new order, and are
enormously dispatched at the old rate
of cents for the first pound and
cent for each additional pound, without
! the package being endorsed "Derosii
received to cover probable postage, :
when they reach the post office OF
Continued on page A.
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New Britain herald., 1915-05-12
CHARITY WORKERS TO MEET.
Cardinal Gibbons to Give Invocation
 at TOnight's Session.

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 At tonight's meeting the invocation will be delivered by Cardinal Gibbons and after addresses of welcome by Mayor Preston and President Frank J. Goodnow of Johns Hopkins University, the president of the conference, Mrs. John M Glenn Of New York, will de- liver her address. N
New Britain herald., 1915-05-12
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New Britain herald., 1915-05-12
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS MEET.
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Cleveland, O., May l2.--With Vir- tually full delegate representation present, the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engineers met in trinial conven- tion here today. Business sessions will be held each afteroon and evening of the two weeks the convention will last.
 The grand international auviliary. composed of the wives of engineers, a IsO 5is in seSs: on here
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The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-08-20

on September 1, will install office
fixtures and maintain a downtown
| business office. The company viii
also install complete stock Of
electrical fixtures and have then
on display in the office.
Bob Mccullough who has beer
serving out a fine for bootlegging
was released from Jail Saturday
night on bond signed by his
mother. Yesterday he was taken
to Jonesboro and given a hearing
before the United States commits
sioner for selling liquor without
government license. Mccullough
was bound over to the federal
grand jury.
Will Acuff and wife, the former
charged with grand larceny in the
theft of a rug from a Cotton Belt
coach and the latter as accessory
to the theft, were given a prelim-
mary trial before Esq. A. B. Hays
yesterday afternoon and bound
over to the grand jury under bonds
of $1,000 each. Acuff is still in
Jail, having failed to make bond.
Mrs. Acuff was released.
Thos. ]. Bentley, farm demon
strator for Greene county, is TAX
ing his annual vacation of fifteen
days, beginning on August Is.
Mr.. Bentley has been constantly in
the harness since Sept. 1, 1914,
and during that period he has COW
cred practically every section of
Greene county from one to a doz-
en- times. 1t is doubtful if any
of the sixty-two counties in the
state where demonstrators are en-
ployed, have a man who has work
ed harder, more conscientiously or
more intelligently than has Tom
Bentley of Greene county He is
entitled to the rest of fifteen days
which the government grants to all
demonstrators at this time.
Two boys named Ed Clark and
Oscar Castleberry, aged 16 and
II years respectively, are serving
sentences in Jail as the result OF
convictions in police court yester
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-08-20

turned last night from limo with
Will Acuff, charged with having
stolen a rug from a Cotton Belt
coach in this city more than thirty
DAYS ago. 1t is understood Acuff
claims he bought the rug from a
tramp. He will be given a hear
ing before Esq. A. B. Hays Mon
day. In the meantime he is out
on bond.
Harry R. Clancy, proprietor of
the One Price Tailoring Company
of Chicago, was in the city yester-
day the guest of his local represen-
tatives, McHaney Bros. Mr.. Clan
cey left Chicago seven weeks ago
in his Ford. He has been as far
south as Dallas, Texas, and was en-
route back to Chicago when he
stopped over here yesterday. Mr..
Clancy carries a folding cot and
says he has slept out in the open
every night except two during the
trip.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-08-20
(F'rom Mondays Daily Press)

DR.. G. B. Oliver of Gainesville
transacted business in the city this
morning.
Mrs. w. c. Bowlin, aged 40 years,
wife of Wad Bowlin,o one of the best
known citizens of the Gainesville
eighborhood, died last night.
Lewis Lang of this city, and Miss
Lottie Blunt of Poplar Bluff, Mo-,
were married at eight o'clock last
night at the court house by Esq.
A. B. Hays.
Lee O'Neal, former constable of
this township, now running out of
Little Rock for the Wells Fargo
& Co. Express, is spending the day
here on business.
Elmer Lakewood of the Bertig
department store, is taking his an
nual vacation. He will visit rela-
tives in Harrisburg and later will
go to Schumer Springs, Mo.
Walter Riddick of Little Rock,
associated with the legal depart
ment of the Iron Mountain, spent
yesterday in the city, the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Mack.
j. Warren Hill, formerly of this
city, now residing in Birmingham,
Ala, is spending the week in Par
agould greeting friends and look
ing after business matters.
Jim Thompson went to Memphis
yesterday to accompany his mother
in-law, Mrs. Whyers, and his
daughter, Miss Carolyn, that far
on their trip to Knoxville, Tenn.
Miss Nell Smith who has been
taking a vacation of a mnoth, dur
ing which time she visited the ex-
position in San Francisco, has re-
turned to her work at Bertig's
store.
Geo. Morris of this city has leas-
ed the fair grounds at Harrisburg
and announces in the Harrisburg
papers that he will put on a big
county fair and a good racing card
this fall
Mrs. Joe A White who recently
purchased the DR.. Meriwether home
place on North Seventh street, has
had the residence remodeled and
put in first class shape for rental
purposes.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Graham,
Miss Blanche Randolph and Mrs.
D. P. Black of Jonesboro, motored
to Paragould yesterday and spent
the day with Mr.. and Mrs. D. P.
Randolph.
Mrs. e. E. Randolph of Jones'
boro, who recently underwent an
operation in a hospital in Mem
phis, is said to be recovering, much
to the delight of her numerous
friends in Paragould.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-08-20
(From Tuesdays Daily Press)

Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Culberson of
Cardwell, were in the city last
night enroute to Hot Springs on a
visit.
w. N Kimbrough has returned
from St. Louis, Chicago and New
York where he spent ten days in
the markets buying goods for his
store.
Hezekiah Highfill, formerly of
this city, now residing in Caruth-
ersville, spent last night and sever
al hours this morning in Para
gould greeting friends.
l.. C. Thompson is spending a
few days in Lake City with his
brother, A. E. Thompson, who is
laid up with a broken collar bone
sustained in falling from a wagon
recently.
Rufe Boone and family have re-
turned from the New Friendship
neighborhood where Mr.. Boone has
been engaged in the erection of a
neat country home for Luther
Johnson.
Mrs. S. F. Houston of North 2nd
street, celebrated her sixty-third
birthday yesterday evening. Her
relatives and friends observed the
event by giving her a surprise sup
per. Mrs. Birchie Whelchel, whose
birthday fell on yesterday, was also
guest at the supper.
Sam P. McHaney and wife will
leave tonight for a trip to Calves
ton and Beaumont, Texas. At Gal
weston the officers and agents of
the Illinois Bankers Life Associa-
tion will hold their annual con-
vention. Mr.. and Mrs. McHaney
expect to be gone two weeks.
| A big meeting is in progress at
the Center Hill church and much
inter is being taken in the revival
by the people of that community.
ev. F. B. Emmons of this city is
doing the preaching, ana reports
says he is Smelling the woods with
heavy gospel guns.
A force of men are at work on
the foundation for the standpipe
and tower for the new waterworks
system in Southwest Paragould.
The tower is situated on an emil
nence between the high school
building and West Junction street,
and will afford ample natural pres
sure for all purposes in the new
water district.
w. H. Jones, Familiarity known
as plain "Uncle Dick" observed the
sixty-fourth anniversary of his
birth yesterday. He celebrated the
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-08-20
LOCAL NEWS
(From Fridays Daily Press)

Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Greenhouse,
residing at $40 East Poplar street,
-are the parents of twin girls, born
yesterday.
Mrs R. w. Meriwether and son,
Bill, left last night for Denver,
wether, who is in a sanitarium I'M
dergoing treatment for tuberculos-
is.
I. G.. Leggitt, who has been here
several weeks looking after improve
ments on his farm southwest of
town, left this morning in his new
Chalmers car for Urbana, ILL.,, where
he is now residing. Mr.. Leggitt
moved to Urbana two years ago to
educate his boys in an agricultural
school Mr.. Leggitt stated yester-
day the boys would finish their
courses within the next two years,
after which time he intends to move
back to Greene county.
C. C. Cotton and Percy Napier,
SoFcldl dSO VI Slldl 5
es of grand larceny, have been dis
charged from the custody of the
Officers, the charges against them
having been dropped by Rev. E. D.
Cooper, the prosecuting witness.
Rev. Cooper had the men arrest
ed, alleging they entered his lot
one night recently and killed a calf,
disposing of the veal to T. G.. Hes
ter in Paragould. Cooper went to
Hester's market and identified
what he thought was the hide, but
upcp further investigation he was
not certain it was really the hide
from his calf and in consequence
he asked the dismissal of the de-
PENDANTS.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-08-20
iFrom Saturdays Daily Press.)

lFTOm SATURDAY Dally ETeSS.J
R. w. Meriwether has gone to
Denver, Colo, to visit his son, Lii
bourn.
In police court this morning j.
E. Meadows was given a fine of
five dollars on charge of public
drunkenness.
G. B. Bailey, the we'll known CIV
il engineer of Wynne, who has been
i'll at the sanitarium, has almost
recovered and will probably be able
to return to his home tomorrow.
H. j. Whismant of Atkins ar
rived in the city today and left
this afternoon for Liberty Church
of Christ where he will conduct a
protracted meeting.
Mrs. S. r. Simpson underwent a
severe operation at the sanitarium
yesterday for the removal of a
large tumor. She was on the oper-
ating table several hours, but pass
ed through the trying ordeal with
rare fortitude, and today her condi-
ton is very satisfactory.
Mrs. L. S. Whyers of Kevil, KY,
arrived last night on visit to her
daughter, Mrs. James A. Thomp-
son on Highland street. Tomor-
row Mrs Whyers and her grand
daughter, Miss Carolyn Thompson,
will leave for Knoxville, Tennessee,
to spend two weeks visiting rela-
tives.
The three year old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Less Holifield, residing in
the Camp Ground neighborhood,
was painfully bitten by the family
dog yesterday. The child was play
ing with the dog and the animal
became irritated and bit the child
on the forehead, barely missing an
eye. The injury is not serious.
Deputy Sheriff J. F. Peterson re-
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-08-20

day afternoon on charges of steal
ing chickens. The boys entered the
hen house on the premises of Mrs.
Beal on East Poplar street Monday
night and stole sixteen hens, dis
posing of them yesterday morning
to Jim Rowland on East Junction
street, for 1915. Chief of Police
Houston worked up the cases
against the boys and made the ar
rests. They confessed the crime
and Judge Bratton gave each Of
them fine of SIS and a Jail SEN
tence of five days.