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Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

Governor Hays appointed Dickson Brugman, Little Rock newspaoe man, to make the annual audit of the books of the state treasury and to count the cash and other assets in the vaults of ,.-e treasury. The appointment is re- quired by Section 3451 of Kirby's Di- gest.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

Fifty of the 50 -ce plants in the state probably will be induced to buy dressed hogs from farmers during the fall and winter, according to Law renee Foot, special agent in market ing of the United States Department of Agriculture. MT. Foot estimates that 5000 hogs will be marketed in this way during the season.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

Should John I. Moore, chairman of the State Capitol Commission, call meeting of the commission to be held in November, as suggested by George w. Donaghey, former governor and a member of the State Capitol Com mission, arrangements may be made by which the claim of Caldwell & Drake, former contractors for the construc- state, may be definitely settled
 Dover inheritances are not taxable under the state inheritance tax laws, according to decision handed down by the Supreme Court. The decision was in suit from Lawrence county to collect inheritance tax alleged to be due upon the dover interests of a widow in the estate of her deceased husband. The suit was instigated by R. G. McDaniels, state treasurer, agalnst Mrs. Fairbelle Byrkett.
 The governor issued proclamation relieving Charles Lockeny of Pike county from serving 90 days in jail and paying a $100 fine for wifc aban- donment on condition that he return to his wife and support his family.
 A case to test tho constItutionality of the law passed by the last Legisla ture placing tax on sand and gravel taken from streams and lakes in the state by corporations was filed in the supreme court
 Attornews over the state are still pounding on tho worK done by the last Arkansas Legislature. Up to date about 12 measures passed by that body have been assailed in the courts for one cause or another, principally, however, upon constitutional grounds. The latest effort along those lines is contained in brief just filed in the supreme court attacking the act of the last Legislature giving juries discre- tion to assess death penalty or life term in the penitentiary in capital cases.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

Liquor dealers are not entitled to a return on the unused part of the li- censes issued to them by the county court in 1914 and 194., according to a ruling by Judge Ezra Hester of Fort Smith.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

Agitation ia the antidote for stag nation.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

A movement has been started by the City National bank to establish a bonded warehouse in Fort Smith to be used in financing industrial corpora tions.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

Two hundred and forty-four cases of whiskey found stored in a barn on South Eighteenth street at Fort Smith several weeks ago, must be re- moved from Arkansas by November |, or Sheriff Claud Thompson will be or- oered to destroy it, according to Judge Paul Little. After the seizure the Ii. quor was claimed by M. Munder for merly in the saloon business here.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

The Beck Telephone Company has been organized to construct a long. distance line from Memphis to Hughes in St. Francis county.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

Plans fc~ an increased attendance at the next meeting of the State eachers' Association in Little Rock, Arril 6, and 8, were made at meet ing of the Executive Committee of the association in the office of George B. Cook, state superintendent of pub lie instruction.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

L. w. Warneke was gored by a bull at the cattle pens of the Mount Ida fair last week.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

Three thousand acres of wheat will De planted in the Harrisburg territory this year.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

John Evans, agd 75, an ex-Confed- crate of Izard county, rode 35 miles one day receI tly to assist in cleaning a neighborhood graveyard.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20


 Biggers. Many delegates were pres. ent. Grand Secretary H. G. Nemnich was on hand. Toblas Chastain was recommended for reappointment as district deputy grand master.
 w. A. and Lucian Howard were con- victed at Sheridan in Circuit Court Of killing John Broshears at Leola last July ana sentenced to three years Tn the penitentiary. Self-defense was their plea
 Liquor dealers are not entitled to a return on the unused part of the Ii, censes issued to them by the county court in 1914 and 191., according to ruling by Judge Ezra Hester of Fort Smith.
 On recommendations of the prose- cutting attorney, charges of accessory before the fact in the killing of Jesse Patton were dismissed against Kelley Dickson at Hope.
 Mariana was host to more than 8 dozen of the livest business men o, Memphis, when the Building Trades Committee of the Business Mems Club arrived on profitable farming tour,
 On account of conflict with cir GUS the Conway street and school car nival has been postponed until Octo. Der 28 and 29. Miss Dorothy Pyle was selected as queen of the carnival. There is big demand for the wal nut logs of Ozark coun,y just now and fancy prices are being paid. Much of the walnut timber is made into gun. stocks for the allied army. Contractors began work on a $2O, O,OOO school building at Cabot to be com pleted January 15, 1916, according to the contract. The building will be up to date in every respect. Members of the Leslie Fruit and Berry Growers Association received 16 cents per bushel net for their peaches this year. A large pocket of gas was struck in the test oil well at Alma last week S George w. Duke, postmaster at Laneburg, was arrested there by gov. ernment officials, charged with en- bezzling postoffice funds. John Evans, agd 75, an ex-Confed- crate of Izard county, rode 35 miles one day recer tly to assist in cleaning a neighborhood graveyard. Boone county has 5.152 pupils en. rolled in her schools. All of these are white children. as there are no negroe, In Boone county.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

Contractors began work on $20, ,OO( school building at Cabot to be com pleted January 15, 1916, according tc the contract. The building will be uI to date in every respect
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

Governor Hays pardo1ed J. A. Moody of Craighead county, sentenced in March, 1911, to 21 years for mur- der in tie second degree.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

Taking it's cue from Little Rock Pine Bluff is trying to borrow $1OO, O.. on city scrip pa..- ble in three years and do business on a cash basis If the scheme goes through the city will save from $7,0OO to 10000 a year and city employees and city bills will be paid in cash.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

The Fort Smith Real Estate Ex- change went on record as opposed to any movement to amend or repeal the present fire insurance laws of Arkan- sas.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

lie instruction.
 Governor Hays pardoned Frank Smith of Sevier county, sentenced last July to two years for grand larceny, and Chess Booker, a Pulaski county negro boy, sentenced March 4 to one year for assault with intent to kill
 The State Department of Public h. s.ruction licensed Dennis Williams as county examiner of Scott county. He succeeds c. Henderson, who died re- gently.
 The E. c. Wehrfritz Machinery and Supply Company of = tie Rock filed notice of dissolution.
 The Fort Smith Auto Repair Con- pany, capitalized at $25,00O, filed ar ticles of incorporation.
 The Des Arc Oil Mill, capitalized at $60,000, filed articles of incorporation.
 Dr. Harry w. Crane of the Eugenics Record Office, who is 1t work on the survey will leave to investigate the condition of the feeble minded in the northeast part of the state, and will spend several weeks there before re- turning to continue the work of ana lyzing the records of the State Hospi- tai for Nervous Diseases.
 Governor Hays pardo1ed J. A. Moody of Craighead county, sentenced in March, 1911, to 21 years for mur- Aov aorrud doOroo
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

A large pocket of gas was struck in the test oil we'll at Alma last week.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

Boone county has 5,152 pupils en. rolled in her schools. All of these are white children, as there are no negroe, h Boone county.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

The Fort Smith Auto Repair Com pany, capitalized at $25,00O, filed ar ticles of incorporation.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

George w. Duke. postmaster a Laneburg, was arrested there by gov ernment officials, charged with em bezzling postoffice funds.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

Members of the Leslie Fruit and Berry Growers Association received 16 cents per bushel net for their peaches this year.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

The E. c. Wehrfritz Machinery and Supply Company of = tie Rock filed notice of dissolution.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-20

The Des Arc Oil Mill, capitali- -ed at $60,000, filed articles of incorporation.
The Monticellonian., 1915-11-25
Married in Old Age.

A septuagenarian couple have just been married at Hull, England. Bride and bridegroom are both inmates of an institution founded for the benefit of tradesmen and others who find 1t necessary in their declining years to seek assistance Each has a grown up family The bride has been a resi- dent of the home for some time, but the bridegroom obtained admission only three months ago. Within few days he was attracted to the lady, the rules of the institution permitting freedom of social intercourse little less than that enjoyed outside. The attraction was mutual; an acquain- tanceship of boyhood and girlhood days was revived, and an offer of marriage was made and accepted. lt was necessary to obtain the consent of the government body of the insti- tuition to the marriage, but this was a mere matter of form, and was read fly granted A friend of the bride. who lives in pleasant country vii- lage a few miles from Hull. invited the pair to spend the honeymoon with her.
The Monticellonian., 1915-11-25

ured and sacred possession of the Ar menian nation, the monastery and cathedral of Echmiadzin, the Holy See of Armenian Christians, the heart of the Armenian nation, and the source of that strength which has held to gether and guided the Armenians through centuries of persecution, war fare and massacre. says bulletin of the National Geographic society. Ech- miadzin is the seat of the catholicus, or primate, of the Gregorian Armenian church.
 Mount Ararat lies just to the south of the venerable Armenian see. Here runs the Russo-Turkish frontier, while a few miles to the southeast lies Per sia. The monastery lies about 5000 feet above the sea, 40 miles north of Ararat. and 12 miles west of Erivan, the capital of the Russian government in which it is situated. The Armenian Rome is surrounded by massive, gray mud walls, which inclose the mon- astery, the cathedral and an academy. The buildings are arranged around a great quadrangle, in the center of which stands the cathedral of St. Greg ory the Illuminator, church of more ancient beginnings than even far famed Santa Sophia of Constantinople. It has been the bulwark of Christian ity against the barbarians of Asia since BOP. and. though its fight has
The Monticellonian., 1915-11-25
PRACTICAL AID FOR CUPID
Enolish Novelist Proposes a Quarterly Assembly of Young People Who
 Desire to Get Married.

Surely something better could be done than the leaving of everything to chance in matrimony, according to an English novelist Could there not be a national quarterly assembly held under suitable auspices of all persons desiring to get married. and not quite suited. at which the mere presence of the parties would be an intimation of their desire for marriage, without in the least committing them Tn any way?
 As almost every ore desires to get married, provided the proper person can be found. the Eiere admission of desire by presence al any assembly need not trouble any bashful maiden.
 Besides. these functions would prob ably become so popular in short time that they would serve their purpose equally we'll although the original ob feet of the institution might hot al ways be present to the minds of the assemblers
The Monticellonian., 1915-11-25
Foolish Fiuhtinq.

Andrew Carnegie said at luncheon in New York:
 To a Martian or any other higher intelligence this world war, which ev- cry belligerent entered with the dec laration that he didn't want to fight, but was forced to-this world war would seem to a higher intelligence, l repeat, as unreasonable as the prize fight seemed to the old lady.
 An old lady said on her return from the city:
 My rich son-in-law took me to a prize fight one evening. l never saw such a thing The two men came out on the stage and shook hands like the best of friends Then they began to punch each other and all for nothing They kept on punching away till a man in the corner yelled "Time!" No body answered him, so l pulled out my watch and shouted, '"Ten oclock"!'"
The Monticellonian., 1915-11-25
BURIED ALIVE IN
 CELLAR OF HOME
ALLEGED MURDERER POINTS OUT SPOT WHERE CRIME Oc-
 CURED AND BODY FOUND.
CRIME EXPOSED BY WIDOW
Claims Tragedy Enacted in May, 1914, and Kept Secret Due to Fear -Son-n-Eaw Named, Who Is
 Said to Have Confessed.

Batavia, N. Y.-Luigi Matroni was buried alive in the cellar of his home near Corfu in May. 1914. His body was trampled> into newly made grave while he still begged for mercy. according to story told by his widow to District Attorney Coon. Antonio Boliya, the alleged murderer, pointed out the spot where the crime occurred and a body was found which Mrs. Ma troni identified as that of her hus- band. Boiiva has confessed, the dis. triet attorney said.
 Boliva, who is Mrs Matronfs son. -inlaw, is serving a six months term in the Monroe county penitentiary for a stabbing affray. Mrs. Matroni came here from Syracuse to tell the story of the murder, which, she declared. was witnessed by her and her young son, Charles. Her long silence, she said, was due to fear of Boliya When she learned he was in prison she felt safe to tell.
 Mrs. Matroni said that her husband was felled by blow from pickax handle wielded by Boliva He was knocked unconscious, but revived be- fore the grave had been dug in the eel lar. He pleaded with Boliva for mercy just before he was thrown Into the pit and trampled under the ground. she declared.
 After hearing the woman's story District Attorney Coon and Sheriff Ed gerton took Boliva to the farm where the Matronis formerly lived Boliya at first denied knowledge of the mur- der, but later District Attorney Coon said he confessed and told the men where to dig. They found the body under nine feet of earth. The house had been torn down and the cellar filled in after the Mauonis moved away.
 Boliya killed Matroni, he told the district attorney, because after his marriage to Matroni's step-daughter she told him Matroni had attacked her the day before their wedding.
The Monticellonian., 1915-11-25

capital, the "city with the 1,001 churches,' whose influence extended throughout the Caucasus, and as far as England in the West All that re main of it's population are an aged Armenian monk, the director of ex- cavations and the pleasant host to stray antiquarians and other tourists to places out of the way, and few Armenian peasants.
 The ancient capital was built upon a promontory, out by the Arpa Chai and a small tributary stream. Across ditch, making their city floor raised platform. which gave 1t great advan- tages for defense in the days before cannon could hurl their destruction from the neighboring heights Ami was a strong fortress in it's heydayr and it's powerful walls. with their many towers, are still standing, strung around the plain. The walls have largely decayed, however, through the centuries in which the city has laiD quiet and unpeopled
 Back of the walls lie the remains of churches, oalaces and public places without number. some just the heavy groundwork, suggesting the oldtime structure. while other buildings sur vive in high. ragged masonry. The | cathedral stands unbroken, solitary, weather-torn edifice.
The Monticellonian., 1915-11-25

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The Monticellonian., 1915-11-25

been unusually severe, long and hero ic, little is known of Echmiadzin among the peoples of the West
 The library of Echmiadzin is a treasure store of Armenian documents and literature. and on it's shelves are kept some remarkable manuscripts of the gospels, dating from the ninth and tenth centuries. The monks main tain type foundry and a printing press. and they have accomplished great things for the education of their people and for the development of Ar menian literature. The academy con- nected with Echmiadzin is one of the first educational institutions in the Ar menian world and many of it's pupils do excellent graduate work in German and Russian universities It was founded under Catholieus George " in 1873, and regularly trains between 200 and 300 boys
 Ami is a remarkable ruined Ar menian city in the heart of the Cau- casus battlefields. It's thick, erum- bling walls and the ragged foundations of it's ancient buildings, mayhap. have served. since the outbreak of the great war, as defenses for the Russian or Turkish soldiers. Ami is the Ar menian Pompeii
 The ruins lie in a rolling, parched, upland country, almost deserted. They are near the Alexandropol-Eriv rail- way, little more than thirty miles south of Alexandropol. and some thir- ty-tive miles from the Russo Ottoman boundary. There is steep hill to the south and east of the storied cap ital of the old Armenian kingdom, and through a tortuous gorge beside the dead city flows the Arpa Chai, weird, bright-green river
 Ami was once a famous, splendid
The Monticellonian., 1915-11-25
SHOWED KINDLY HEART
coSSAcK SAVED BABY FROM IN
 EVITABLE DEATH,
Incident Vouched for by Eminent American Artist Throws Somewhat New Light on Character of
 Russian Soldier.

When F. D. Millet, the artist. wac at the front with band of Cossacks during the war between the Russians and the Turks in 1S7S an odd incident came to his knowledge. MT. Millet's words are:
 One cold afternoon at the end or December young Circassian Cossack came to camp headquarters with an article of booty which attracted more attention than any other object before exhibited as a relic of the war. He was dressed in worn and shabby uni form and rode an underfed, carelessly groomed and overworked animal. There was a merry, kindly expression on his face. and but for his uniform he would never have been suspe6 ed of belonging to the race whose name IS widely synonymous with ferocity and cruelty. He had gathered up the long mane of his horse in such way that it made a primitive sort of ham, mock. The fingers of his left hand were twisted in the knotted horsehair, and in this ingenious bed lay, or rath- CT reclined, halfseated, a little girl baby, perhaps a year and half old. She was dressed in a peculiar, anti quated costume made of figured cal ico.
 Tn reply to our questions the Cos sack reported that he had been, with his men. that morning in pursuit of a Turkish wagon train. They were un- able to capture the train. but had gath cred up a great quantity of booty thrown away by the fugitives to light en their loads. On the side of the road he noticed a bundle of ragged counterpanes, and dismounted to ex- anime it. To his surprise he discov- cred that a ehilds voice proceeded from the bundle, and unrolling it. he disclosed the baby, lying quite warm and comfortable, just as it had rolled off one of the wagons. He said he couldn't leave the little one there to die, and couldn't take care of it him. self, so he rigged a cradle out of his horses mane and came directly to headquarters
The Monticellonian., 1915-11-25
Kills Cat, Calls Fire Fighters.

Killing of town cat and rousing the fire department of this exclusive col ony into activity, was the manner in which Elliott Green, son of Milton J. Green, former United States referee in bankruptcy, ushered in his" hunt ing season. Another result was the arrest of the young man.
 Green started out hunting, but he couldn't wait until he got beyond the confines of the borough to try out his new shotgun. Near the town hall he espied a quail, raised his gun and fired. The quail went through the pattern" but some of tho shots 'ent the town tabby to it's final hunting grounds. and the rest sounded the clarion tones of the fire bell.-Hills- borough Dispatch to San Francisco Chronicle.
The Monticellonian., 1915-11-25

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The Monticellonian., 1915-11-25

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The Monticellonian., 1915-11-25

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The Monticellonian., 1915-11-25
The Missing Stopper.

A South side man who is overly particular about having his house in order. said to his wife one evening recently:
 On a shelf in the kitchen 1 noticed bottle with no cork in it.'
 On shelf in the kitchen?"
 Yes"
 That's queer. because l can't think what it can be-"
 Its a bottle with some red stuff in it"
 That's cough sirup'
 Tt shouldn't be uncorked
 Il had the stopper in it."
 What kind of a stopper?''
 The wife. who isn't so particular about little things. and who doesn't care who knows It. admitted with no misgivings:
 T put peanut in the top. l guess one of the children must have eaten it."-Youngstown Telegram.
The Monticellonian., 1915-11-25
Rua Grazes on Lead Pipe.

A hard-shelled bug with an appetite for lead pipe is responsible for the perforation of cable covers for which telephone experts have blamed cleo. trolysis, according to Albert Schuler of Santa Barbara. Cal. who exhibited three of the insects to the convention of the Independent Telephone associa tion of America in session at San Francisco.
 Here is your electrolysis." said Schuler Their scientific name is sin. oxylon declive. and they have cost us between $500 and $500 a month in Santa Barbara for repairs"
The Monticellonian., 1915-11-25
Charge Opium Smuggling.

San Antonio. rex-With the arrest of man charged with having opium in his possession, the United States revenue officers beneve they have un. earthed an organized gang of opium smuggling traders. At least 100 cans of opium, valued at Sl20 can, have been traced from the Mexican bohder through a channel leading from the smugglers to drug stores, where it is secretly disposed of.
The Monticellonian., 1915-11-25
Are Guilty of Homicide.

Berlin.-After sensational proceed ings lasting five days Berlin court has found the Christian Scientists who attended the famous actress, Butze von Arnauld, during her last illness, guilty of homicide. The Chris months in prison.
The Monticellonian., 1915-11-25
Chanoe Nautical Phrase.

The United States navy has dropped the term helm" and will in the flu ture use the unmistakable word "rud der" Instead of the old-fashioned command, 'Starboard your helm," the new direction will be, Right rudder." The old phrase sounds more nautical" but quickness of comprehension and action are nowadays essential, and picturesque terminology must suffer.