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The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23

high school should be so sharp ner- mits no justification. To bridge this gap by earlier introduction to high school subjects and methods of teach. ing has greatly improved results. it is claimed.
 "The junior high school has fur thermore greatly decreased elimina- tion of pupils from school. This eli imitation after the seventh. eighth. and ninth grades has been one of the greatest reproaches to our educational system. Any plan that promises to retain children in school beyond these grades is worthy of the most careful consideration"
 The statistics given by Dr. Briggs show that a much larger per cent of students enter high school where iu nior high schools exist than before they were organized.
 That the junior high school furnish es an opportunity for various needed reforms in instruction is the final claim of the new movement, accord ing to Dr. Briggs. He points out that in the junior high school course of study based on the newer principles of psychology, sociology, and econo- mics, various provisions for individual differences, and especially an improv ed method of teaching, can now be in troduced.
 Los Angeles (Cal.) High School; Butte (Mont.) High School; Wiscon- sin High School, Madison, Wis; and Horace Mann School, New York City. are cited as successfully organized junior high schools, Los Angeles having far outstripped all other cities in developing them."
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that on the 4th day of September, 1915, 1 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, y,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. .. McRAE, JR.
 Deputy Bank Commissioner.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
Has Delivered One Lecture Over
 5000 Times,

In the Interesting People" depart ment of the September American Ma gazine appears an article about Rus sel H. Conwell. the famous Philadel- phia preacher and educator who has delivered one lecture, Acres of Dia- Imonds," over five thousands times. He has appeared all over the world. The proceeds from his lectures he devotes to sending poor boys through college. Following is an extract from the ar ticle about him:
 Doctor Conwell has delivered this lecture over five thousand times. All the way from the Dardanelles to the Yangtze. from Cairo to Saginaw, he has been finging out its optimistic philosophy as prodigally as the har- vest moon pours down her silver flood. One year he delivered it two hundred times: another, he filled half hundred dates so near to Philadelphia that he returned home each night.
 "The remuneration for his famous lecture has varied greatly. A Virgil mia committee once recompensed him with a smoked ham. (This occurred before the pork trust had put hams on diamond basis.) At another time a preacher gave him promissory note for S4.50-Conwell still has it.
 
 ceeds to assisting poor students through college. Usually one dellv- cry of the lecture will pay a students expenses for year,
 "He has known many literary and historic men. John Brown, when about 30 years of age, used to visit his boy hood home, milk the cows, and play IT : the hay with the future lecturer.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
Cuss!. Law Permits It. Mat1r Vo,.I- yIy1.II

New York World.
 f.
 Your collar button rolls beneath the bureau; or
 Your mother-in-law arrives an |nouncing her intention to make a two. months visit; or
 Your shoelace snaps just when you are in a hurry to get out in the morn ing; or
 Friend wife nags; or
 If anything happens that doesn't please you so long as you are within the walls of your own home You have full and legal sanction to cuss till you are black in the face.
 That's the law as enunciated by Magistrate Joseph Fitch at Jamaica, Long Island, when Mrs. Mary E. Am ato had William Autenrith arrested because when she asked him when he was going to move out of one of her bungalows he replied as follows:
 When l get - good and ready " Having so testified Mrs. Amato stepped back and waited to hear Mag |istrate Fitch sentence Authenrdith to the electric chair. But instead His Honor said:
 "A person has a legal right, ques- tionable as it may be ethically, to swear to his hearts content in his own home or, provided his family will stand for it.
 "If he confines his, profanity to his domicile and does not annoy the pub lie, he doesn't break the law"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
LABOR COMMISSIONER
 WARNS DRUGGISTS

Little Rock, Aug. 21.-The Commis- sioner of Labor has sent notices to all druggists of the state warning them against violation of certain sections of the child labor law. The law provides a penalty of from $5 to S1O0 for re- quiring child under 16 years of age to work longer than six days week. or after p. m. It is said there are a great many instances where delivery boys are required to work until late at night. MT. Clary says that the law is to be enforced.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23

d sum sufficient to keep the good work gong ms was particularly true slnce the money is available and does not come out of the general fund. He mas not done so, but it is believed; that action will come early next weel- That this action will be favorable ie earnestly hoped and expected. Anv other course would be most blighting Tn US consequences, no matter what exlgencies might seem to justify it.
 To the Southern Construction News this week Governor Hays stat ed that he would issue an announce ment next week regarding the road situation. but declined at the time to intimate what the statement would contain.
 In the meantime, the friends of better highways are wondering if the biggest asset of the state at this time. It's good roads sentiment, is to be blocked by "fortuitous concourse ot events,' or will it be given the inn petus that will make it go forward stronger than ever.
 Let us hope for the latter, while we are watchfully waiting.
 The first move is up to the Cover nOr.-Southern Construction News.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
Cupid Uses Turkey Wings.
New York World


 Where were you Cupid, in the sum- mer of 1914, when a turkey had to act as schatchen between Nelson Phillips. young farmer of Sussex, N. J., and Miss Eleanor Roberts, school teacher of Rockville Center, Long Island
 Through the turkey it has been ar ranged that Miss Roberts will be mar ried to MT. Phillips in the Church of the Ascention, Rockville Center, by Rev. D. Herbert O'Dowd.
 Miss Roberts a year ago was spend ing her vacation on a farm adjoining that owned by young Phillips. One day she stood by wall, looking into Phillips place, fascinated by the marching and maneuvering of flock of turkeys. The farmer cameup. One little turkey was the liveliest of the lot. He cavorted in a manner that made Miss Roberts smile. (She has a very pretty smile.)
 What little dear she cried.
 "Would you like to have that bird ?" he asked promptly.
 Surely l would"
 Hes yours, Mss
 Roberts
 Give me that piece of red ribbon you have around your neck, please"
 She did so and he tied it around the turkeys neck. The affair ended there until the day before Thanksgiving. Then the turkey arrived at Miss Rob- ert's home. He was no longer cavcrt- ing. He was all fixed up for the oven. But the piece of red ribbon still adorned his throat. And Phillips had pinned another piece of red ribbon above the turkeys heart.
 Naturally Miss Roberts thanked Phillips and-well, naturally-and that ends the story.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING OF
 CREDITORS
In the District Court of the United States for the Western District of
 Arkansas, Texarkana Division, In Bankruptcy.

In the matter of Homer Stainton of Prescott, in the County of Nevada State and District aforesaid, bank rupt.
 To the Creditors of the Above Named
 Bankrupt:
 Notice is hereby given that on Aug. 20, 1915, the above named party was duly adjudicated a bankrupt and that the first meeting of the creditors will be held at my office in the City of Texarkana on Aug. 31, 1915, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at which time the said creditors may attend, prove their claims, appoint a trustee, ex- anime the bankrupt and transact such other business as may properly come before said meeting.
 Bankrupt's claim for exemptions will be investigated at the same time and place.
 GUSTAVUS c. POPE, Referee in Bankruptcy, Texarkana, Arkansas.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Reorganization of education under |the junior high school plan or some thing similar is definitely under way, according to Prof. T. II. Briggs, whose review of secondary education has Bust been issued by the U. S. Bureau bf Education.
 The junior high school has been de- |fned "as an organization of grades
 and or to 9 to provide means for individual differences. especially by an earlier introduction of prevoca- tOna work and of subjects usually taught in the high school" There Pre now 57 cities in the United States Ehere junior high schools are organ zed in unmistakabIe form.
 "One advantage claimed for the
 junior high school" declares Dr. Briggs, lis that it groups children so Fhat subjects seldom taught in the grammar grades may be introduced, fhefeoy giving each pupil more intel gent understanding of the work of me world, of the possibilities in the PuOlect and in the pupil himself.
 The junior high school also makes fasler the transition of pupils to the
 lsn school. That the change be-
 "een the elementary pupils to the
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
Safety of Rome.

Philadelphia Ledger
 If the Emperor of Austria has promised the Pope that Rome will be secure from attack from aviators he has shown a higher respect for the decencies of civilization than his brother monarch at Berlin. No mili- tary advantage, of course, could be gained by the destruction of the worlds greatest treasure-house Tc l ombard the Arch of Constantine or lay St. Peters in ruins would not bring the Austrian a soldier nearer to victory. It would once have been thought hardly necessary to ask for such an exemption from the horrors of war. Since Louvain and Rheims, however, practices which even the rude armies of the Middle Ages spurned have been made a part of ordinary varfare. It will be greatly to the credit of Austria if she rcsists any temrtation to follow Cc'many's bad example.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
SECURE 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
 W. B. Walters Store.
 Fred Murrah's Restaurant. Guthrie Drug Store.
 H. A. Hamilton X Co. 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 a limited number of season tickets are furnished the committee to sell at the reduced price and when this number are sold the committee wiz have no further sale of tickets and they can be had only from the Chartauqua Company when they arrive and then at the advanced price.
 w. P. NURRAH,
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
ODD FACTS

Finger nails grow more quickly in summer than in winter. Those on the middle finger grow the fastest, and the thumb the most slowly.
 Since the 21st birthday June 2S, the Prince of Wales has been one of the richest Princes in Europe. He then came into the unrestricted possession of the revenues arising from the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster, which were settled on him by act of Parliment at his fathers accession These revenues during the past few years, owing to number of leases on the London estate having fallen in, have increased enormously ard are estimated to amount to f2,000,O00 S10- OOOO,000, yearly.
 krupps' works, the great German gun manufactory, is said to cover lCC0 acres of ground. Even before the war rush commenced the firm were employing 60,000 men at their main worES at Essen, and thousands of others in their colleries, shipbuilding yards and private testi, grounds. It is estimated that over 300,000 people depend on Krupps for their liveli- hood. At the Krupps' works 10000 cannon are turned out every year.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
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 & 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 @7th 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.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
w. ?. MURRAH,
 Secretary.

At 60 man knows that he didn' t know what he thought he knew at 20.
 Some people have virtuoso disposi- tions without being able to even whis- tie a tune.
 Examination generally proves that there are lot of spikes concealed in the other mans soft job.
 Anyhow, the old maid can derive satisfaction from the thought that she is not slaving to support lazy hus- band.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23

We will deliver The Daily News to you each afternon for ten cents per week.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23

If you don't care "tinker's dam, you mean the mixture with which he uses to dam, or stop the hole he was mending until the tin cooled.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23

Your brain is no good if the other fellow makes more from it than you do.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23

Entered as second class mail matter November 4th, 1905, at the postoffice pt Prescott, Ark, under the act of Congress, March 8, 1879.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
DANDRUFF GOES!
HAIR GETS THICK,
WAW, BEAUTIFUL
Save your hair! Double its
beauty in a few moments.
Try this!
Hair stops coming out and
every particle of dandruff
disappears.

Try a. you will. after an application
Of Dandertnc. you can not fnd a single
trace Of dandruff or falling hair and
your scalp will not itch. but what will
please YOU most. will be after a few
weeks use. when you sec new hair. fine
and downy at hrst-yes--but really new
hair-growing all over the scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately doubles
the beauty of your hair. No difference
how duh. faded. brittle and scraggy.
just moisten a cloth with Danderine and
carefully draw It through your hair. taxi
ing one small strand at a time. Tho
effect ia Immediate and amazing-your
hair will bc light. nuffv and wavy. and
have an appearance OF abundance: an
incompatible lustre. softness and luxuri-
ancc. The beauty and simmer of true
hair health.
Get a 25-cent bottle Of Knowltons s
Dandcrinc from any drug store or toilet
counter. and prove that your hair is as
pretty and soft as any-that II has been
neglected or injured by careless treat
mcnt-thats all.
DandArine is to the hair what fresh
showers of rain and sunshine are to
vegetation. II goes right to the roots,
tnvigorates and strengthens them. Its
exhilarating. stimulating and life-pro-
ducing properties cause the hair to grow
long. strong and beautiful.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Saws He Has Been in
Every Jail on Coast

SANTA BARBARA. Cal. Nov. 2s--
William Martin. self-confessed high
wayman. who. wearing mask and
armed with revolver. held up the
night dispatcher and night baggage
man Mt the Southern Pacific station
Sunday night. laughed outright in
court when his bond was placed at
5000 In holding him for his preliminary
examination.
"Pu, 1t at 30 cents. your honor. and
II Will hold me just as well. for |
couldn't give even that amount; In
broke good and flat. That's why !
wanted the railroads coin. I'm going
to plead guilty In the end and waive
all preliminaries.
Martin Is known by the police from
San Diego to Seattle. lie said that for
the past ten years he has trdnpcd back
and forth from South to North. living
the carefree life of hobo and only
working when he had TO.
I'm the most Jailed man in the state.
There's not iail on the coast ] don't
know about. and like the Jail at Los
Angeles best. because they give fol-
low canned music as an entertainment
and good sqrare meals"
The officers have been busy sine"
Martins arrest sending out inquiries to
the peace officers OF the state in an
EFFORT to SECURE as complete a history
of the prisoner as possible.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Gives Details Concerning
German Pension System

NEW YORK, Nov. "c.--In reply to
inquiries and to correct misapprchcn-
sion about the relief extended by the
German government to the relatives
of soldiers killed in the war. the
North German Gazette OF November
3 gives exact details concerning this
relief.
The rate depends FIRST on the rank
Of those killed. The widow OF n pri-
Vate soldier receives yearly an aver
age OF 400 marks s1C0) the widow u
commissioned officer 800 marks
El2O of sergeant 900 marks
,s'5O).
Each child Of n private or non
missioned officer whose father Is
killed in tn" war receives I6S mark 3
GS2) year on an average, and each
child left an orphan receives 24o
marks t$60. In cases where. pur-
suant to military law for relief Of
soldiers fHmilies, tho regular relief
is extended at n reduced rate per
child on account Of thcra being sew
"ral children in a family tho differ
cnCc may he offset by special relief
donations.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Ne1u Way to Curl Hair
Without Heated Irons

Hair tortured with the curling iron Is
bound to become dry. harsh. and brittle.
as no manv know from sad experience.
It's far more sensible to usc plain LIQUID
silmerine. which can do no harm and
which produces the loveliest wavy ef-
feet imaginable. 1t takes so little time 10
applv the silmerine and tho hair can be
made to curl In any form. to any extent.
to conform with any style OF hair-dress-
Ing. few ounces from the druggist
will last a long time. so It Is not at all
expensive. Liquid silmerine is not greasy
or sticky and II doesn't stain or streak
the hair or the scalp.
A convenient way to use 1t is to pour
about two tnblespoonfuls into a saucer
and then with a clean tooth brush apply
evenly to the hair from root to tip. II
this is done before retiring the added
glory TO ones browning glory will he
quite in evidence in the morninC.-Advt
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Wire in Cows Heart
Cause of Its Death

SAN MARCOS. Tex. Nov. Ga COW
belonging to 8. NJ. Scw"ll. Of this place.
died recently under rather peculiar con-
ditions. her death being caused by a
small piece Of baling wire.
For four or i've days the COW seemed
stupid and did not eat and drink as
eagerly MS usual: then she took rather
suddenly worse. showing signs OF in
tense suffering and bleeding and died
within n few hours.
+. II. Wilson. Of the Southwest Tcxas
State Normal School. became Interested
in the matter. and In an attempt TO de-
tcrmine what had caused the cows
death he found n piece Of wire about
four inches long completely imbcddcd
in the heart.
It was evidently lodged in the throat
while the COW was eating fodder and
had worked its way through the walls
OF the esophagus and into the heart
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
WILL INSPECT NAVAL
MILITIA ON SYLVIA
Major Castner to Visit Ship on
Practice Cruise Today at
Rock Point.

Major joseph Castner. adjutant gen.
cral OF the District Militia. has ar
ranged to inspect the section Of the
naval militia on board the v. s. 8.
Sylvia this afternoon at Rock Point.
Md. where the ship Will stop to-
day ON ,he four days practice
cruise which started yesterday
morning.
The Sylvia anchored last night of
st. Cathcrines, which was reached
Yesterday afternoon. all the officers
and men being In good shape and on
ing tho Sylvia will 20 down as far
as Cornheld Harbor and will work its
way back to Washington 80 as to ar
rive here Sunday evening. The men
WI! he given boat drills. and II 10
prnbable that some target practice
VIII be had. although this was not
contemplated In the original plans for
the cruise.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
SIX BOYS FLEE FROM
ASYLUM IN PAJAMAS
Pursued, Three Escape by Swim
in Hudson-Three Are Made
Captive.

HASTINGS. N. Y. Nov. 26.-Six boys
escaped from = third-hoor dormitory OF
the New York juvenile asylum near
here short, after midnight by tying
blankets together and slipping to earth
I'm the most approved dime-novcl fash
ion. Their only clothes we're flannel
paJamas.
In this costume they made their way
into Hastings and broke into the base-
men, of Morris Roscnbaum = shoe store.
where they opened case and provided
themselves with rubber boots. They
then sallici forth and met Mike Chre-
SOW Russian, who was moved ny
their appeals to take them to his home
and ut them out In his old clothes,
taking the boots in payment.
They left Chrcsow's dwelling before
dawn and shortly thereafter two
keepers from the asylum arrived In
Hastings on their trail. 1t was a
pretty cold trail, however. and didn't
lead any place until early in the
morning. when the boys were found
in Schecklers gully.
From this there was only one way
of escape through a 30"-foot culvc TT
into the Hudson. All six boys waded
In. while the keepers took round
about route overhead At the other
end three of the boys divcd int" the
river and swan to a nearby DOCK, up
which they climbed and escaped. Tho
other three were capturd. the keepers
hnvinc found a rowboat
George Neil. Herbert Mnckis ana
Theodore Abrahams. the three cap
tiv"s, were taken before Judge
Glover. In tho HastinE police court.
Neil and hbrahams were sent back
to the asylum. but Ma"kie was held
for commitment to another institu-
tion on the complaint that he was n
bit too much for the New York Ju-
vCnile Asvlur.
Mike Chresow wa. givcn the choice
Of paying 50" fnc or storping twen-
ty-two days in jail for receiving
stolen goods. lie paid the fne.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Civil Service to Hold 4
Examinations in January

Four examinations for Government
positions paying as high as 5000 a year
have been scheduled hy tho Ctvil Serv-
ice Commission for January.
The first OF these will be held Jan
uarv II to secure eligihlcs for appoint
ment as plant patholOgiSt in citrus
fruit diseases, Department OF AErICul-
ture. at from s., $50 to $500 n year. on
January Is an examination will be held
for laboratory aid in the Hyg!"nic Lab
oratory.
Examinations for Junior engineer in
the Geological Survey and laboratory
aid and engineer In the Forest Service
will be held January -.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Commandments the Word
As Moses Is Challenged

LONDON (By MalD. Nov. "A real
incident Of unapprec!ated humor came
from northern France today via soldier
letter. The Tommy said
There Is a certain Padre up our way
who was late in returning to his quart
ers and forget the countersign. The
following conversation Is between the
Padre and a sentry. who had a sense
Of humor
HALT. Who goes there?
'Ah-er-oh-I'm lin Moscs,''
"'Advance Moses and deliver the Ten
Comma ndments' -
The Padre. the letter ndds, failed to
take It so humorously. and the witty
Tommy Is now doing twenty EIGHT days
field duty as punishment.