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The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-26

from the rind of sweet, fully rine mel ons. Crush the flesh with a potato masher or by running it through a meat chopper. Place the crushed puln and seed in cloth cags, and squeeze out the juice, which flows out readily. About 5-6 of the pulp will squeeze out as juice. About 13 gallons of the juice will make 1 gallon of sirup. This amount of juice can ordinarily be se- cured from 10 watermelons weighing from 22 to 25 pounds each.
 The rice is then boile! down into sirup in an ordinary preserving ket- tie. The juice boils without much foaming until it begins to thicken. when the fire should be slackened to prevent foaming and burning. The red coloring matter in the juice coag ulates during boiling and part of ir rises to the surface where it can ba removed by skimming. The remain der floats about in the juice forming red particles which gather near the top. Toward the last of the boiling the sirup must be watched constantly. If the housewife has candy ther mometer she should take the sirup from the fire as soon as it reaches a temperature of 220 degrees Fahren- heit, otherwise she should let it cook until a small sample on cooling is about as thick as maple sirup.
 When the boiling has finished, the sirup can be set aside to cool in GOV cred vessels or can be poured while hot into and sealed in cans or glass containers.
 Where cider press is available the melons can be cut into pieces and ar ranged on the press so that the pres sure will extract the juice of thep ulp before it presses the rind The juice of the rind is not so rich in sugar, and experiments with rind juice alone in- dicate that it is not suitable for slrup.
 To Remove Red COloring Matter
 If it is desired to make sirup free from red particles, start the sirup boiling and when some of the coagu- lated matter has been removed oy skimming, transfer the juice to tall glass jars or other tall containers and allow it to settle and cool for a few hours. This allows the red particles to settle to the bottom. The upper part of the juice can then be poured off and boiled into sirup
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-26
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM
 OUTSIDE

Here is positive proof of good times and the success possible for an article of honest value, when backed by good advertising in the right newspapers.
 If there has ever been any question in the minds of our readers regarding the productiveness of the News as a business building medium, that ques tion is settled definitely now.
 We have just received big contracl for advertising space from the Calu- met Baking Powder Co.,, manufactur- CTS of the famous Calumet Baking Powder.
 Year after year at this season, they make their contracts with the leading publications. They advertise in thous- ands and thousands of newspapers throughout the country and are in a position to know the value of news paper publicity.
 The absolute purity, the unQuestion-
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-26

ed wholesomeness and wonderful economy of Calumet Baking Powder, ali backed sy honest advertising in the right mediums has succeeded in build ing for them a tremendous business and enViable reputation. This year Calumet advertising will be very much different than any of the previous years. One of thee ountry's best character artists has created for Calu- met cute little character which will amuse the youngsters and tell the housewives in his own individual way how to secure the best results in bak- ing.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-26
TABLE SYRUP FROM WASTE WATERMELONS

Washington D. C., Aug. 26.-A de- |Gcious table sirup can be made from |watermelons and affords to the farm Ter, according to the fruit-juice specia- lists of the United States Department |of Agriculture, a convenient means of |using the surplus watermelons which ] otherwise are allowed in a small way l in various parts of the South, and the Department endeavored to work out exact methods of making it as a pos sible by product from surplus melons. This sirup can he used immediately or can be bottled hot in sterilized jars and kept just as is done in the canning d fruit. It is reddish brown in color, very sweet and well favored and will serve most of the purposes for which srup is used in the home. It has been tried with satisfactory results ln making ginger cake, homemade candy and as a sweetening and flavor ing in ice cream.
 As the specialists point out, while Inc juice of commercial watermelors such as the Tom Watson" contain pn an average only about ' per cent sugar, or less han many other fut juices, the ease with which the ulce can be pressed out partly off etS the low sugar content. The meth pd described below calls only for uten- Plls found in every household:
 Dlrecllons for Making Watermelon
 Table Sirup.
 Remove the pink flesh and seeds
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-26
THE MONTESSORI MOVEMENT

The Montessori movement, ccnsid- cred by many radical departure from traditional educational methods, is re- viewed by Miss Anne E. George in the Annual Report of the U. S. Com missioner of Education recently issued | The method is summed up as 'freedom tor development of the child under best conditions disturbing as little as possible but lelping by every mears 1 this ievelopn ent."
 Dr. Montessori's particular contri- button to the world, ac, ."1ing to Miss George, has been that Of applying the methods of experimental science to the study of man. The Mcntessori "didactic material" it is eX4Ainc6 tends to replace the teacher at the earliest stage of education aud to make it possible for the chi.G to ac- complish his first work independently of mature mind. Out of such eX- periments and the environment that lDr. Montessori establishes" declares Miss George, "she confidently expects others to bring fresh facts, and to build up the content of scientific ped agogy through a method of res aarch limited by no personality, allied sole' Ily to human beings who develop in liberty"
 As an instance of the crystaIiiza- tion of sentiment and effect in ooanec~ tion with the Montessori movemet, Miss George describes the organization in May, 1913, at Washington, of the Montessori Educational Association, formed ito promote and develop ln America the educational movement based on the principles and theories of Dr. Montessori, and to assist In the establishment and maintenance or schools for children, and schools or observation and practice conducted according to these principles" This association now numbers approximate Ily 700 men, bers.
 This review of Miss Georges is the third publication issued recently by the U. s. Bureau of Education on the Montessori system. Within the past two years the Bureau has published l bulletin on Montessori's characters tic teaching as set forth in her book Bulletin, 1912, No. ID; and also a bulletin containing a comparison be- tween the Montessori method and that of the kindergarten Bulletin, 1914 No. 2S).
 Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education.
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NOTICE

Is hereby given that the undersign- ed Bank Commissioner of the State of Arkansas in charge of the assets and affairs of the Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Prescott, Arkan- as, hereby, under Section 50 of the Act of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, approved March 3rd, 1913, providing for the organiz- ation and control of banks and trust companies, calls upon all persons having claims against said Citizens Bank x Trust Company to present the same, and make legal proof thereof to Thos. c. McRae Jr, special deputy bank commissioner at the Bank of Prescott in the City of Prescott, Ark ansas, on or before the Eth day of October, 1915.
 Witness my hand as Bank Commiss- toner of the State of Arkansas, this the 2nd day of August, 1915.
 JhO. M. DAVIS
 Bank Commissioner.
 THOS. c. McRAE JR.
 Special Deputy.
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NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that on the 4th day of September, 1915. will of fer for sale to the highest bidder, the abstract books of the Citizens Bank & Trust Company, said sale to be made at the North Door of the Court House in Prescott, Nevada County, Arkansas, to-wit: The purchaser will be required to pay one half of his bid in cash, and will be required to give notes with approved security pay able within sixty days after date for the remaining one half of the pur- chase money,and the title to the said abstract book will be retained until the said notes are fully paid.
 JOHN M. DAVIS,
 Bank Commissioner.
 By THOS, c. McRAE, JR.
 Deputy Bank Commissioner.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-26
YOUR SEASON
 CHAUTAUQUA TICKET

Season tickets for the Chautauqua will be found on sale at the following places:
 Hesterly Drug Store. Bank of Prescott. R. L. Blakely's Office. J. D. Cornish's Office. R. P, Hamby's Office w. T. Hart's Store ". B. Walters Store. Fred Murrah's Restaurant. Guthrie Drug Store. H. A. Hamilton & Go. Store. Nevada County Bank. w. P. Murrah's Office All parties desiring tickets ale urg ed to call at one of these places and secure same as only limited number of season tickets are furnished the committee to sell at the reduced price and when this number are sold the committee will have no further sale of tickets and they can be had only from the ChaUtauqua Company when they arrive and then at the advanced price.
 w. P. NURRAH,
 SecrptarV
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w. P. NURRAH,
 Secretary.

Fillmore Burris was the victim of peculiar accident near Landers. He was in the caboose of a local freight train when bunk, fitted up for train men, fell and struck him on the head paralyzing him from the waist down,
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-26
STOMACH TROUBLE
 FOR FIVE YEARS

taking other medicines. decided to take his advice, although did not have any confidence in it.
 have now been taking Black Draught for three months, and 1t has cured me haven't had those awful sick headaches since began using it.
 am so thankful for what BlAcip. Draught has done for me-"
 Thedford's blaek-Draught has beeu, found very valuable medicine for ds- engagements of the stomach and liver. N is composed of pure, vegetable hsshs, contains no dangeroua ingredients. as1a acts gently, yet surely. It can be iesly1 used by young and old, and shoadA - kept In every family chest.
 Oct package today.
 Only . quartss. -
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The Prescott Daily News
 eUsLIsHEO BY rse News Printing Go.

Entered as second class mail matter November 4th, 1905, at the postoffice at Prescott. Ark, under the act of Congress, March 8, 1879.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-26

Hartford will make an effort to se- cure the removal of the county seat from Greenwood to Hartofrd.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-26
Majority of Friends Thought Mr. Hughes Would Die, But One Helped Him te
 Recovery.

Pomeroyton, Ky.-ln interesting ad- vices from this place, Mir. A. ]. Hughes writes as follows: T was down with stomach trouble for five (0 years, and would have sick headache so bad, at times, that thought surely would die.
 tried different treatments, but they did not seem to do me any good.
 got SO bad, l could not eat or sleep, and all my friends, except one, thought 1 would die. He advised me to try Thediord's Black Draught, and quit
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-13
NEGRO Kill. Section Boss.

Rosedale.-E. w. Coruthers, section
foreman of the Yazoo & Mississippi
Valley Railroad, living in this city,
was assassinated by n of the negro
section gang, George Finch, on Aug
ust S. A Winchester rife was used
and the victim was shot from behind.
According to the report one of the
negroes had been discharged and two
of the gang made a plot to murder the
foreman. The shooting occurred near
Malvina, and when Justice Of the
Peace Robert Arnold went to investi-
gate he was also turned back by the
Winchester rifle. He went to mis- office
and got a gun, shooting at the negro
two or three times without effect. A
posse is searching for the murderer
and his accomplice with the aid OF the
hounds.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-13
I HATE TO co.
WRITES SUICIDE
Retired Merchant Pens Farewell
Notes as He Dies by
Asphyxiation.
INSANE ASYLUM
Man Evidently Struggled With the
Letters Until Completely Exhausted
-Describes Approaching End in
Phrases Of Eloquence.

Philadelphia, Pa-H. U. Merithew.
q retired hardware merchant OF
Wilkes-Barre. Pa. and until recently
an investor In real estate in Long
Beach, CAL, committed suicide by in
haling gas in his room in a lodging
house. He left four remarkable notes.
written evidently while the gas was
filling his lungs and benumbing his
senses. The body was found and sent
to the morgue.
The text Of the notes and the
cramped condition of his fingers indi-
cate that he struggled with the letters
until completely exhausted.
The tom of the notes indicated that
he was about to be separated from
his wife and sent to an insane asylum.
The notes are addressed to my dear
est, Fannie" and Lyle, supposed to
be his son.
Two months ago he returned from
California, after an absence of eight
Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane
for treatment for a nervous disease
Eloquent and Legible.
The note written last is the most
eloquent. In a fairly legible hand is
written: Remember, Lyle, l have
not gone drunk ian allusion to a pint
bottle of whisky he had. consumed)
but have just taken this whisky tt
make me Sleep" Then follow sew
eral lines OF illegible writing, followed
by my muscles are now growing
numb" and then, "The light is growing
dim" After another blank space the
writer, his strength apparently almos
gone, adds, my last message is l love
you"
The third note was written utter The
gas had been flowing from the je
some time. It read: Il now begin tt
leave this world. Oh, how I hate tt
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-13
Lonssho bremen Ugly.

Biloxi.-Half a hundred members
of the international Longshoremen's
Association, armed and threatening to
do damage to three shrimp schooners
which were operating with n%on-union
men, marched from here to Ocean
Springs on Aug. 9. and there prepared
to meet the schosners when they ap-
peared to take on ice for their trip to
the Louisiana marsh lands. Instead
of the fight which the longshoremen
had planned, they there encountered
Marshal Raymond and a force of
armed deputies dispatched from BIZ
loxi, who sent the strikers back to
Biloxi without accomplishing their
purpose.
The schooners are being operated
by the Foster Fountain Company.
Federal aid may be invoked. as a
struggle, should it come, might take
place in government water territory.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-13
CHINESE HIDDEN IN SACKS
Thriving Smuggling Business Cut
Short by Arrest of Man
for Speeding.

Portland. Ore.-Harry E.. Brock of
Seattle, who was arrested recently
while driving An unlicensed automo-
bile carrying WI Chinese concealed
in canvas sacks, confessed that he has
been. engaged in a thriving Chinese
smuggling business for seven months
and that for each subject brought into
the United States from Canada he
received $500.
Brock was delivering the Chinese
to the Hop Yick Co company OF Port
land. Ching Chong Kee, a merchant
Of Vancouver, B. c.. was the Canadian
agent in the deal.
Brock said he picked UP the Chinese
sever miles north of the international
boundary line Saturday night, walked
them ten miles and used his automo-
bile from Blaine the remainder Of the
distance.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-13
HELP FROM CONTRASTING ASSOCIATIONS

many present have Babcock testers!
Twelve out of a gathering of fifty an
swered in the affirmative. In reply to
the question, How many of you who
have testers use them?" only n an
swered in the Affirmative.
The object Of COW testing assocla-
lions is to make the use OF scales and
Babcock machines q community anair
to unite dairymen into a partner
ship for the purpose of employing q
trained man to visit each herd at
regular monthly intervals and weigh
and test the milk Of each COW. At
the end of the year, this man gives
each dairyman a record of the indi-
viduals in his herd with little work
or trouble to him and at the cost OF
about one dollar per COW.
The tester weighs and samples the
milk of each 20 at the evening and
morning milking and tests the com
bined sample for butterfat. Before
leaving, he makes calculations so thai
he may leave with the dairyman the
record of each Gov down to date.
In European countries and some o.
| the states In this country. one Of the
| duties of a tester is to weigh and keeI
a record of food consumed by the
cows. The cost to the dairyman FOL
complete testing varies from 80 cents
to $3.50 a year for each COW. This
variation is due to the number o.
cows in the associations and to thu
size of individual herds.
The first association in the United
States was organized at Fremont
Mich, in 1905. This association hac
81 members, and 239 cows completed
the first years test. Since that time
similar associations have been organ
lied in practically all of the leading
dairy states Of the Union, to the grea'
advantage of dairymen everywhere.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-13

New York.-Eleven years ago
Greenwich village mourned with
George Feldhausen. His wife and all
his children had persisted when the
steamer General Slocum was burned.
Recently the story of his grief was
told again. Feldhausen's body was
found in his place of business at so
West Eighth street. He had commit
ted suicide by means of Illuminating
gas on the anniversary Of the death Of
those he cared most for.
For many years Feldhausen had
been the owner of a German cafe,
with bowling alleys attached. 1t was
a meeting place for the neighbors who
desired good beer and a game of
cards. In the summer Feldhausen's
figure was a familiar one as he stood
at the doorway Of his place, coatless,
but immaculate In a plated linen
shirt and old-fashioned black string
tie. He was seen last the other eve
ming at the doorway looking into the
street and back through the years.
In the evening his cafe was closed
and the next day friends found his
body.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-13
TWO WIVES IN ONE HOME
Wisconsin Mans Domestic Arrange.
ments l~nterfered With by Arrest
on Charge OF 6i0amy.

La Crosse, Wis.-Paul D. Christian,
who runs a hay farm here owned by
one of the biggest lumber interests ! n
the northwest, was arrested a few
days ago, pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced to serve a term in the pen1-
Tertiary Of a year and q half for big
amy.
Christian had two wives living In
the same home with him
Christian was married to Violet
Levin January II, 1914. In st. Paul.
by Rev. A. C. Haase of that city. He
brought the woman to La Crosse.
Shortly afterward Christian took
Mary e. Krontz as e domestic. He
became attached to her, according to
letters, and, according to his confes-
sion, married her at Winona, April IL
1914.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-13
BEST QUALITY OF PRODUCTS
Often Happens That the Producer Of
Good Dairy Articles Does Not
Find Ready Market.

CBy J. CADWALLADER. Louisiana Elk
pertinent Station.)
Quality Is the keynote to the sue
cessful marketing of dairy products.
People always have and always will
pay a premium for quality, therefore
1t Is useless to expect to market dairy
products successfully unless those
products are of better quality than the
average. Unfortunately 1t often hap
pens that producers Of good dairy
produce do not always find a good
market, but this does not signify that
there Is not a demand for the product
at a good price, but simply means q
lack of business ability on the part of
the farmer in securing a good market.
He. too, often depends upon his home
town or upon his immediate commu-
nifty for a market for his products and
is too often satisfied to sell to the
middleman and the grocery store.
In this day of the parcel post even
perishable products can be sent great
distances for a few cents. making it
possible to sell such products as but
ter. cheese, etc., direct from the farm
to the consumer. There are hundreds
Of people In u towns and cities who
would be only too glad to get dairy
products direct from the farmer If the
farmers who have these products for
sale would insure them good uniform
products.
Ordinarily a grocery store receives
anywhere from S to Z cents for han
ding a pound Of butter, butter which
Is made from ream that is even in.
ferior to that from which the farmer
made his butter which he sold to the
grocer. Why doesn't the farmer keep
| this profit for himself?
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-13
CBv L. ANDERsON.)

(By L. ANDERSON.)
The COW testing association IL q
plan OF cooperation among dairymen
for the purpose Of regularly and CO.
nomically testing their cows for pro-
duction Of milk and butterfat. A
usual estimate places the average
production of cows at ITS pounds OF
butter per cow per year. In these
days people who are familiar with
dairying think In terms of butterfat.
and IL the above average be translated
to fat it makes about $50 pounds. At
80 cents a pound, which has been the
average price for the past three years.
the annual income per COW Is $45.OO.
II the above figures are taken as a
foundation, it is very apparent that
there are many cows which are not
paying the cost of their keeping. The
use Of the scales and the Babcock test
has discovered in almost every herd
tested some cows that do not pay the
cost of keeping. II dairying Is to be
made as profitable a business as 1t
ought to be and as 1t has a right to
be under proper management, these
robber cows must be apprehended.
There is no means of knowing what
a COW Is producing without weighing
and testing her milk at regular inter.
walls. A dairyman selling milk by
volume may not be concerned in the
butterfat content further than is ne.
cessary to keep up to legal standard
but one who IL selling butterfat II
vitality concerned in the amount each
COW produces. Each dairyman may test
his own COWS, but facing the condition
squarely it is known hat very few do
At a recent dairyman's meeting this
point was raised-that a testing asso
citation was not necessary, because
each man could test his own cows
The question was then asked: How
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-13
IS BOUND AND LEFT
IN OLD ZINC MINE
Missouri Millionaire Is Saved
From Death b the High
Price of Ore.

st. Louis.-ames II. Worth, mil.
nonaire mine operator. Of Joplin, Mo-.
and indianapolis, Ind. owes his life
to the high price Of zinc. Held pris-
oner In an abandoned zinc mine. he
had been left to perish. and doubtless
would have done 80 had not two pros
pectors. Roy Caldwell and Sam Hus.
ton, gone into the old mine and dis
covered Worth, who had been there
In the drift ive days He was uncon-
scious when found. but was soon re.
vived.
The high price Of ore caused the
prospectors to enter the drift in hope
of finding zinc overlooked by former
operators.
Worth says he WAS accosted at q
Joplin hotel by q stranger. who said
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-13
LEG WEAKNESS IN TURKEYS
Trouble 10 Generally Caused by Over
feeding Of Fattenlng Foods and
Lack Of Exercise.

(By PROF. F. w. KAZMEIER, Texas
Agricultural College.)
Leg weakness In young turkeys Is
generally caused by overlooking Of
fattening foods and lack Of exer-
else. Quite frequently it Is also caused
by the old turkey making them walk
too much. causing them to tire in
their legs It is also caused some
times by their roosting on cold, damp
ground. thus causing Inflammation Of
the joints. which may develop rheu-
matism. A proper remedy would, Of
course be to remove the cause. Feed
the young turkeys rather sparingly on
good food. not too much at a time.
Feed more pinhead wheat and oat-
meal. Feed q little at q time and
often. Do not overfeed. II the old
turkey hen is a kind that travels too
far with the birds, prevent this as
much as you a by yarding. Raise
your turkeys on fresh ground each
year. Provide good. clean dry quar-.
tiers for them at night