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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-19

The oiled earth road has proved gen.
orally satisfactory in Kansas, accord
ing to w. S. Gearhart, state engineer
of that state. In the construction Of
such Il road the earth from a strip in
the center of the roadway from six
teen to eighteen feet wide is thrown to
one side and the subgrade carefully
crowned and rolled. Oil at tempera-
ture Of $50 degrees +. is then applied
Mt the rate of from one and One-quarter
to one and one-half gallons per square
yard, and enough earth to absorb the
oil Casually layer about four inches
deep is graded back on to the road.
The roadway is then thoroughly sprin-
killed. and the earth, oil and water mix
ed by means of disk harrow and
drag. The roadway Is then compacted
by tamping roller, after which a sec
Ond application of hot oil is made at
the rate of about one and one-half gal
Ions per square yard. Another layer of
about four inches of fine earth is grad |
ed on to the road and the mixing and
tamping repeated On completion the
wearing surface Is from five to six |
inches thick.
Watching the Bridegroom.
1t was not only the matchmaking.
advertising parson who made money
out of the bygone bridegroom. There
was the man who watched the bride
groom for twenty-four hours or so be
fore the time fixed for the ceremony
lest he turned tail at the thought OF
the ordeal and its after effects. Here
is an entry in the register of a village
church in Huntingdon which illustratee
the custom: December, 1647 Paid for
wages spent upon the man that watch
cd John Pickle all night and the next
day till he was married" Such precau.
lions recall Stevenson's definition OF
marriage as friendship recognized
NV tha uOlicp - TOndon Chropinla
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-19
Brick Roads Grow In Favor.


Brick roads are growing In favor In
the United States. They are expensive
to construct but they are durable, easy
to repair and keep clean, and they ar
ford a moderately good foothold for
horses
Skeletons.
". The bones of an average mans skeI'
etOn weigh twenty pounds, those OF an
average womans six pounds less.
The Shamrock.
The original shamrock of Ireland has
long been extinct. The plant called
shamrock is the white clover
The Play.
II is remarkable how virtuous ant
generously disposed every one Ii at {
play. We uniformly applaud what Il
right and condemn what Is wrong
when 1t costs us nothing but the senti
ment.-Hazlitt.
The Harrison times., 1915-12-04
The Harrison Times
j. r. NEWMAN. PROP.
The Merchant and the Community

The small town merchant necessity and that which neceS
ary should protected The community needs his wares as much
as he needs the community cash. . , ..
and his obligations ,,..- =
or indifference to the rights of the public. ,
Fifty the town merchant sat his store ana waited
for business to come to hm.
Today the successful merchant hunterhe must go out
for his ammunition MS socK IN lraue anu
his gun is the local newspaper
Country people of today as intelligent and up 70 dae as
their city cousins and they gauge the merchant by his actions
If hse-f he keeps his store cean his goods neatly
displayed his advertisement running regularly the local paper
attracts the public eye, and the public follows its eye
But clean neatly displayed goods and newspaper adVer
sg not the only REQUISITES to career
The country merchant should not bank too much the fact
that he is necessity. ~ =.
He should be progressive constantly bidding for devsg
means of beeg the condition of the consumers and acqant
them the fact He should consider their welfare as well as his
The merchant should have creed and that ceed should
never be broken He should treat all customers alike mis-
represent his goods and keep his shelves well stocked with truth
He should be cOnserate of other business men IN the commun
y their rights great his own They do not own the
town, and neither does he. -,
He should on whoeheartedy movements for building and
expanding the business interests of the community for success
only found on the topmost rounds of the ladder
The merchant who has built reputation as public spirited
man. as one who abors for the well being of the whole community
never lacks for customers at his store. =,
They migrate toward his door naturally as the birds ny south
in winter ,
know that the same intelligence and fair mndnss which he exers
in behalf of the community will be extended to his customers II
commercial life.
Most country towns have few such merchants their midst
and the community the better off for their
Such business successful because their methods OF
business and their very attitudes breathe success
When YOU convince the that you have the goods that
he wants and that they purchased here just cheapy
elsewhere he will keep his money home by trading at home
The people want live community and are willing to support
live business men.
The Harrison times., 1915-12-04
What Man will Serve the State Best.

Frequently the cry heard in politics that business man.
needed for this office that Mr. Bruce Craven contributes
good point to this discussion by saying
Theknd of business need in public affairs competence,
economy and honesty 1t not matter of occupation but of a
tude and character Some of the best business men in the state
today preachers teachers and DOCTORS and of the worst
have charge of the commercial enterprises that distinguish them
selves only in the bankruptcy proceedings.
It's bad sign politics when support asked for this that
simply because his occupaon because he make
pleasing speech because he member of this that faction
in the party The real test s Which will best serve the
people interest? And here the tests character ability and
political principles Unless manQ stands for something dedcat
ing himself heart and soul to policy for the upbng Of the
state county, and 0 both character and ability to carry out
his he has these two qualifications the people will
gain little by voting for him, matter what his occupation eO
factona alignment Mississippi and South Carolina es-
pecly among Southern states have been cursed with
mars without issues and the Laurel Miss Leader does well
THE real issue the coming state campaign to be the
Offices All else but place seems to have been entirely overlooked
convention proclaim platform of principles which the cand
dates before the people and ask for their votes instead of
denouncng the other fellow with vulgar phrases and otenmes
making false and slanderous charges. H..
The Harrison times., 1915-12-04
Notice of Commissioners Sale.

kotice is hereby given that |, Marvin Hath
coat, Comm ssigner OF the Chancery Court
within and for Boone county Arkansas, by
virtue of decree of said court rendered
on the 18th day OF November 1915, in cause
pending in said court wherein R. c. Lambie
is plaintiff and John K, Price and wife Annie
Price and F. w. KOlb are defendants, will, on
the 18th day of December 1915, between the
hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and 3
o'clock in the afternoon at the south door OF
the County Conrt House in the city OF Harri-
son Boone county Arkansas, offer for sale at
public outCry to the highest bidder on a
credit of three months, in bulk. the following
described lands in Boone county Arkansas
to-wit:
The north east quarter of the south west
quarter and the north west quarter OF the
south east quarter of section sixteen in
township seventeen north range twenty west.
Said sale will be made TO satisfy judg.
ment in said court in the above styled cause
in favor Of the plaintiff for Sl45300 with six
per cent interest thereon from date OF judy
ment together with the costs OF said cause.
The purchaser at said sale will be required
to give note with approved security bearing
six per cent interest and a lien will be retain
cd on said lands till the purchase money is
paid. Given under my hand this oath day Of
November 1915. MARVIN HATHCOAT
Commissioner in Chancery.
The Harrison times., 1915-12-04
Warning Order.
Plaintiff.

In Justice Court Omaha Township, Boone
County State Of arkansas. Before J, A Wann
The Harrison times., 1915-12-04
Joining Things

Some parents when asked by their boys girls for permission
join clubs pig clubs canning clubs. artake any of
the other presentday club activities reluctant give
for fear that the chrens minds will be drawn from what
first glance seems to be important school duties.
They think that the pupils had better their time to their
looks and not scatter their work so many things This
be In West Virginia Mr. H. Brookover kept records
of the work of fifty three pupils of whom did and did
belong school clubs Those belonging to clubs averaged twelve
per cent better attention to and interest in then work
and fifteen cent better their examinations than those who did
club work. and they had twenty three per better record
attendance the high school after they left the eighth grade
This proves that the club work helped class work and kept the
children interested in school they got older.
The Harrison times., 1915-12-04

-Searcy county has con,acted
for tractor and roller, a crsher, a
grader and rooter. The ractor
and roller was purchased firm the
International Harvester c, and
and weighs nine tons The,rader
weighs 6,S4O pounds and w' pur,
chased from the new Western raider
Co. This machinery will be sipped
in the near future, and will / used
in various parts of the coury, on
the public roads. The ma,inery
will be paid for i'll annual stall
ments from the general revenr fund
of the county
The Harrison times., 1915-12-04
Harrison Land Office Has 49,.
900 Acres OF U. S. Land.

There is vet enough government
land in the Harrison land district,
in the northern part OF Arkansas,
much of which lies in lzcrd, Stone,
Baxter, Newton and Marion coun-
ties, to make farm homes for 2,875
families counting forty acres to the
family. il the families are such as can
grub living from the rough land
until they can subject and domesti-
cate it to a state where it will pro-
duce them a livlihood.
There is approximately $4,000
acres Of government land left which
is subject to homestead and lands
which will be eliminated from the
Ozark National Forest some time
in the near future will add thous-
ands of acres more.
This land is for the most part
quite hilly and rough. In some in
stances only a small part of the
numerous tracts can be utilized for
pIow land Nearly all, however,
contain small patches of pillow land,
and a good portion of the rest is
suitable for orchards, Vineyards,
gardens and pastures with usually
enough timber for hrewOod and
IN many instances mercllantable
timber for fence posts, saw lsgs, hub
timber, slaves, railroad ties etc.
The tracts susceptible to cultiva-
tion at all are well adapted to
growing apples, peaches, ard other
tree fruits, while berries, grapes and
all other small fruits produce
abundantly if well card for.
Gardens never fail when carefully
worked and no soil is bettr adapt
ed to the raising of those products
Necessary for a good living It home.
Lands in the district tha lie in
the White River watershe lie all
the way from five to twnty-hve
miles from the White River abroad.
Probably the greatest vale these
lands have that are still spject to
homestead in the Whit River
country of the Arkansas Oarks, is
for stock raising of all kinds There
is vast expanse of open lnse in
the mountains covered wi, wild
grass and other wild woods,
growths on which cattle d we'll
The average hopestead' can
usually clear enough plow md to
raise plenty of feed to carr a big
bunch Of cattle through te mild
winters.
The Harrison times., 1915-12-04
Psalm of War.

The War Lord my shepherd; shall always be in want
He makeh me to lie down trenches he eadeth into
chill waters.
He hrasse my SOUL he eadeth into heh combat for his
fame's sake.
Yea though unscahed from the shadow Of DEATH
shall be better off for thou art still with thy tyranny and thy
taxes discomfort me-
Thou prepars danger for me in the Of socaed
miles, thou nakest useless toll my cup runneh empty go
Surely evil and hatred will follow all the days Of ry Te
and shall dwell the army Of the War Lord ~ JON
es in Life.
The Harrison times., 1915-12-04
Notice for Publication.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
U. s. LAND 0FPlCE at Hsrrison, Arkansas
Oct. 30th 1915
Notice is hereby given that Martin r. Sims
OF Compton. Ark. who on Nov. 25th 1910 sde
adjoining farm entry No. 0765l. for NV IA SR
ia, sec. % twp. II north Rnge 22 west, 5th prin
Meridian, has fled notice Of intention 10 make
Ave year proof, to establish claim 10 the land
above described. before Register and Receiver
u. S. Land Office, at Harrison, Arkansas. on
the i4th day Of December 1915. Claimant
names as witnesses: J. W. Jackson, OF
Delmar. Ark, w. l.. Curnutt, T. F. Sims and
S. P. Sims Of Compton. Ark.
BRICE B. HuDGINS
Register.
The Harrison times., 1915-12-04
Notice for Publication.
DEPARTMENT OF THE IyTEEIoR,
IL & - AAa.a laEriEnn

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTEEloR,
U. S. Land Ohice at Harrison, Ark.
Nov. 3rd 1915.
Notice is hereby given that Charley Robin
son, OF Omaha. Ark. who on March LIST 1908.
made adjoining farm entry, No. o62si, for
L l.2 Sc Ia. Section l3. Township 81 North,
Range 20 West, 5th Principal Meridian, has
filed notice OF intention 10 make Ave year
proof, TO establish claim TO the land above
described, before the Register and Receiver
United States Land Office, al Harrison, Ark,
on the 2i day Of December 1918. Claimant
names as witnesses: Lee Hopper. Arch
MattoX, y. n. Dikes, c. c. Poor sll OF Omaha.
BRICE b. HUDGINS
Register.
The Harrison times., 1915-12-04
Notice for Publication.
ARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
U. S. Land Office at Harrison, Ark,
Nov. 3(th 1916
Notice is hereby given that Abram A. Reser
Of Compton, Ark, who on Aug. lG, 1911, made
Homestead entry No. 08626 for 1-2 Sc l.2
Section IA, township II, north. Range % west
9Th principle meridian has filed notice of in.
tention to make three year proof, to establish
claim to the land above described before the
Register and Receiver United States Land
Once, at Harrison, Ark, on the 9Th day of
Jan. 1916.
Claimant names as witnesses; William A.
Biggs. James Broadwater, Walter Bryant, K.
N. Biackston all CT Compton, Ark.
BR1CE B. HUDGINS
Register.
The Harrison times., 1915-12-04
Warning Order.

No. 1913. In the Chanccry Court Of Boone
County Arkansas.
Bank of Alpena, Pitt,
VS..
w. A. Jenkins and COrnelia Jenkins Defts
The State of Arkansas, To the above defend
ants W. a. Jenkins and COrnelia jenkins, you
are hereby warned to appear in this
court within thirty days and answer
the complaint of the Plaintiff, Bank of
Alp ena.
Witness my hand and seal of said court this
l6t day of Dec, 1915
Seal MARVIN HATHCOAT, Clerk.
The Harrison times., 1915-12-04

Springfield Walnut Co., Defendant.
The defendant Springfield Walnut Co. is
hereby warned to appear in this court within
thirty days to answer the complaint of the
plaintiff J. c. Lee. Dated this November 18th
1915
J. a. WANN, Justice Of the Peace
The Harrison times., 1915-12-04
CHRISTMAS GIFTS are an ex-
preston of individuality.

1t is personal note in Holiday Giving that conveys tns
of sentiment or may reflect either your own Individuality
or that of the recipient Thus becomes all the more pof
tant that your gifts should be chosen IN SlOE ~here III
divduaty and eXcusveness uppermost We can meet
your every requirements for GIFTS or CHARAGIhR, De-
cause our stocks have been selected with that thought upper
most in mind We invite your visit and you are not ready
to buy we will be glad to show you thru our pretty line OF
goods We will lay any article away for you without deposit
The Harrison times., 1915-12-04

For the year preceding the Germany expended 2 no
upon her army and navy For the period the Un states
appropriated for the purposes 3l2 millions Does ANYBODY e
eve that the nation any such state of unprpaeness as he
S Tho navy and the national security league and SIMILAR
organizations assert?
The Harrison times., 1915-12-04

Uncle Henderson Fee, Arion
countys Oldest citizen, died T.sday
aged 96 years.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-06

soectively on August IA, 1914, De-
cember 2, 1914, and March 20,
1915, asked for 100000
marks, only 3.OoO,OO0,OOO were
raised. Other papers frankly admit
that at present the country's finan-
cial position is desperate.
The Leipziger Neuste Nachrihten
writes of the economic situation:
Unfortunately there is no prospect
whatever that the prices of bread
and other articles of food will go
down even temporarily, though the
German harvest has been good. We
dread the misery the coming winter
will bring.
Until now our country population
has been able to walk barefooted and
the need Of clothing has not been
felt, but what is to become of us
during the approaching winter in
spite of all the heroic sacrifices we
have made? During the past year the
prices of all the necessaries of life
have doubled and the people who
need food and clothing most are al
most penniless. How is this going
to end?"
The Berliner Tageblatt writes:
LAS a result of the lack of food dur
ing the early part of the war many
thousands of heads of cattle were
slaughtered throughout the coun-
try, more than one million pies were
killed and breeding was practically
stopped. We are now about to FEC!
the effect Of this-famine and mis-
cry are approaching.
The Meunchener Neuste Nachrich-
ten writes: "The object of the Ger
man army should be to destroy the
Russian armies rather than capture
fortresses. The Russian armies
continue to carry out a retreat that
was planned by a master mind and
splendidly carried out Only in the
open field may we hope to win vic
tory that will seal the fate of the
Russian armies.
THE capture of the fortresses is
all very well, but if we do nothing
but that, the Russian army leaders
will have every reason to feel exult-
ant. The great question is, when
shall we succeed in annihilating the
Russian army. To be or not to be is
the question that today faces the
German as well as the Russian
armies
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-06
HOW ALBERT IS PUTTING ONE
OVER ON HIS OPPONENTS

In his latest piece of campaign
literature, Hon. Albert W. Gilchrist
has gone straight to the heart-or
rather to the stomach-of the voter
On a neat card, he presents a mum
Der of Recipes for cooking" with
the injunction, Keep This Card for
Thy Stomachs Sake" The tempting
dishes which are fully described or
prescribed-on the card include a
new method of preparing ham or
bacon, 'guava short cake. corn frit-
ters, Irish potatoes, cold erits and
okra. Should the reader wonder
what the things have to do with a
candidacy for the United State SEN
ate, his wonderment is dispelled by
what appears under the sub-head
ing, "As A Dessert" which is: Vote
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-06
LOOK OUT FOR HIM IN FLORIDA

w. ID. Harrell, who claims to hail
from Rose Hill, n. c., has been
about the country again cashin2
worthless checks, according to COM
plants now being received by The
Packer. Harrell was written up in
The Packer last year on account Of
numerous complaints from produce
merchants who had given him mon
ey on checks that the American Nat
ional Bank of Wilmington, n. c.,
afterwards returned marked mo
good" In July of this year, The
Packer published letter from ]. Z.
liarrell. of Rose Hill, warning the
produce trade to beware of w D.
Harrell
Complaints now coming to The
Packer indicate that as late as Aug
ust w. D. Harrell was obtainin
money from produce merchants in
the Middle West. Letters addressed
to w. D. Harrell, Rose Hill, are re-
turned by the Postofiice Department
This man HaEyell is a dead beat
and crook and goes about the coun-
try posing as prominent North
Carolina shipper. He has no ac-
count in the American National
Bank of Wilmn ton and so far as can
be learned never did have New
York Packer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-06
GERMANY ISN'T GAY

Germanys vaulting ambition is
bringing another winter of misery on
Europe. The Germans are making
an heroic battle and their warlords
are loud in their boasting, but there
is sorrow and suffering among the
plain people, those who live out of
the limelight. They make high dis
play of confidence and plenty in the
big cities, where they can show
front to the world, but it is different
in the humble DWELLINGS of the
poor Here is what some of their
own papers have to say on the sub
ject:
The Vossiche Zeitung states that
while the three war loans issued re-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-06

In the language of simple truth
enforced With the fine courtesy
which is so potent a weapon in win
ming the moral victories of life, Gov
ernor Trammell rebukes the attorney
general of Kansas for his recent
coarse and reckless public statement,
utterly devoid of truth and slander
Gus in high degree, to the effect that
Florida lands were not worth Il
damn "a The governors published
letter to the Kansan is strong and
timely document, and if that Off
cial has a skin instead of hide he
will profit by the lesson in official
propriety and conformity to truth
taught him by Governor Trammell.
1t may be breezy" and Western"
to roar out that things one doesn't
like or knows nothing about ARE
not worth DAMN but even the
breezy Western style of expression,
when it carries falsehood and SLAM
der with it, is not to be admired and
is a custom that would be more
honored in the. breach than the OBJ
servance
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-06
THE PRESIDENT ON
HIS KNEES TO GOD

Woodrow wilson Is strong exec
utive at the head of the nation, wise
in the knowledge of men and Sc
verely practical in his relation to
practical subjects. He is also one OF
the most intellectual men in Amer
lea, and with a mind conscious of its
own strength he dares to investigate
all questions, regardless o. those or
thodox limitations outside of which
weaker natures are afraid to venture.
and to peer as far as the light OF
his mind and soul will let him into
the eternal mysteries that envelop
the world.
He knows all that science has told
us about the immut 9bility O. natural
law and the fixed sequence of things
under that la&, over which man has
no control, and undoubtedly he has
heard of Professor Tyndall's cele-
brated prayer gauge, which was
challenge to all praying people to
find any answer to their prayers that
could reverse or suspend the laws
of nature.
And yet. wise in all these things
that fill the world with agnostics and
unbelievers. our president invites the
members of his cabinet to kneel with
him and ask for the guidance of God
to help him pilot the nation through
the perils of grave international
crisis where one false step might
bring upon us the unreasonable ca
lamity of war.
We take it that even the aenOstics
and the unbelievers feel safer with
that kind of man at the head of af-
fairs than one who is caught and
clogged in the fatalism of the theory
that there is no god but Science and
the PRAYERS of man in his extremity
reach to no intelligence outside him
self.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-06

The FIVE hundred million dollars
in bonds to be issued by England
and France to pay war expenses,
were subscribed for in this country
without half trying, which seems to
indicate perfect faith on the part OF
big capital in America in the ulti-
mate triumph of the allies. If they
lose the fight the men who SUBJ
scribed for the bonds are not likely
to ever see either the interest or
principal. The Ocala Star aptly
calls it Americas big bet on the
allies.