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Sharp County record., 1915-03-05
OEEICIKL

Congressional
Member Of Congress 2nd District
W. A, OLDFlELp.
Judicial.
Judge Of the 10th Judicial Cir.
cult, j. b, Baker,
Pros, Atty.--H, A, Northeutt,
Judge of the Chaneery Court,
g, 7 Humphries.
Senatorial.
Member State Senate, Second
District-G. b, Ferguson,
County.
Representative, j, M, Street.
Sheriff, J, H, kirtley,
Clerk, +, A, Boyee,
County Judge, W. T, Horn,
Treasurer, j, l.. Gyngord.
Assessor, 7, II, MeCaleb.
Surveyor, j, p. Eason,
Sharp County record., 1915-03-05

The influence of a good citizen
is far-reachine. His counsel is
sought, his advice asked and his
sympathies appreciated, 1t is worth
much to have the respect and
esteem Of our fellow-citizens, and
young men would do well to take
older men of sound judgment and
ric h experience into their conf
dence. Farm and Ranch.
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PROPERLY BEDDING
THE SWEET POTATO
GOOD BED FOR TUBERS A MOST
IMPORTANT FACTOR IN SWEET
POTATO CULTURE AND SHOULD
BE CAREFULLY SELECTED.

The usual method of propagating
the sweet potato is by means Of
sprouts or slips" which are obtained
by placing the seed potato under pro-
per growing conditions, namely the re-
quired amount of heat and moisture.
The most common sense method Of
producing heat is by a manure heated
hot bed
When making a bed select a we'll
drained place with south slope and
we'll protected on the north side. If
possible build plank frame three feet
wide and as long as desired to get
the required amount of space, making
the north side a few inches higher
thar the south side. Throw up lit
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THE ECOURTS

Circuit Court, Northern Dis.
trict--First Monday in January
and Second Monday in July,
Southern District-Second Mon.
day in February and August.
County Court-Third Monday
in January, April, July and Oc-
tober. Northern strict.-4th
Monday in January, April, July
and October.
Probate Court-Northern Dis
trict-Third Monday in March,
June, September and December.
Southern District-Second Mon
day in March, June, September
and December.
Chancery Court Southern Dis.
trict-First Monday in May and
November. Northern District
Second Monday in March and
September.
Sharp County record., 1915-03-05
Ash Flat, Ark.

The Sharp County Record last
week entered the 3Sth year Of Its
existence, We consider the Record
one OF the best papers that reaches
our exchange table, not altogether
because 1t gives the news Of our
old home county, but because Edit.
or Coser has a way Of saying things
straight from the shoulder May
the Record see many more birth.
days Is our wish-Bald Knob Eagle
Sharp County record., 1915-03-05
new DRUG ACT IS
NOW IN EFFECT
Drastic Law Regulating The
Sale Of Opium, Cocaine
And Other Drugs.

The new federal drug law went
into effect all over the United States
on March 1st. This law regulates
the sale of opium and cocaine and
other drugs derived from these, and
will revolutionize the handling of
these drugs.
This new federal statute provides
that every person or firm which
handles cocaine or opium, as we'll
as every physician, dentist or vet
erinarian, must register with the in
ternal revenue collector, the fee be-
ing 81 per year.
Under the law every order for CO.
caine or opium or any of their de-
rivatives must be written on a spec
ial blank, which is furnished by the
government, and all the facts in
connection with its sale and pur-
chase must be available to the gov
ernment inspectors.
Every physician who wishes to
prescribe these drugs must have
previously registered his name with
the internal revenue collector.
When he writes a prescription he
must sign his full name to it and
keep record of such action. If he
administers these drugs personally
to one of his own patients he must
keep a careful record of the time,
place, amount and person, and all
this data must be made available to
government inspectors.
Every person or firm ordering
these drugs must keep a duplicate
copy of their order on hand for a
period Of two years. 1t is unlawful
for any person not registered even
to have in his possession or under
his control any of these drugs, and
such possession or control shall be
presumptive evidence of a violation
of the law.
The penalty for violation or fail
ure to comply with any of the re-
Quirements of the act shall be a fine
of not more than $4,000 or i'm
prisonment not more than five years,
or both, in the discretion Of the
court.
Druggists are allowed to fill only
original prescriptions from doctors
for these drugs and no prescription
can be refilled,
Sharp County record., 1915-03-05

The business hen Ia an old stand,
by, after all, when II comes either TO
laying eggs or Matching Of the chicks,
Except In cases when you want to
hatch large number Of chicks | n
short order the hen Is n pretty reliable
incubator just the same, Then give
her fair show and abe will come
pretty near making good.
Sharp County record., 1915-03-05

Formula for making grating wax:
Resin a parts, beeswax 2 parts, tai
low 1-2 parts. Melt in mass,
pour it in water, take it out, work it
we'll and it is ready for use.
The fruit tree man will soon be
around to see US and try to sell US
some fruit trees. He always has
just what you want, but did you
know that there are over 1000 va
rieties of apples and that only 46
varieties are adapted to Arkansas
climate and soil? If anyone is in-
terested in fruit trees aud will write
me | will give him a full list of
those adapted to this country, as
it would require too much space to
give them here.
An agent came through our town
a year or two ago exhibiting very
large picture of an apple. He said
it was the largest apple in the
world, and actually sold some in
town for 81 per tree, Don't let
those slick ducks fool you any
more. The largest apple in the
world is the Mammoth Pippin, and
the second largest is the Wolf
River.
FACTS AND FIGURES
The census showed that in 1910
the population of this country was
9l,972,OOO, and an estimate made
in 1914 showed an increase of g..
674,000 for the four years, or a total
population for the United States Of
98,646,000. Live stock showed a
decrease in numbers in these four
years as follows: Cattle 8,536,00O
head, hogs 3,2l4,000, sheep 6,509
900, or a shortage of 1S,259,0OO
meat animals.
With this enormous increase in
population and the appalling de.
crease In meat animals, with pre-
vailine high prices, with only one
horse and a fraction to each farm
worker in Arkansas, and with only
two cows to the farm, why don't we
make use Of our opportunity to
raise more and better stock, and
put forth the effort that is the real
secret Of success,
The toll will seem as nothing
when we get to the end of the way
and look back at the supposed
hardships which, after all, may be
Gods way Of showing US the way
wherein our best interests lie.
John II, Oyler
Ash Flat, Ark
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LODGES

F. & A. M.--Evening Sn"
Lodge No, l43 meets f'a
night before the third sa'N%
and Saturday night before
first Sunday in each monlh'
G, L, Coger, WV
j. r, Metcalf, %
R. A. M.-Rural Chap'''"I
meets the third Saturday wv
In each month,
7, j. Woods, Hh
j. r, Metcalf, SS
|. 0. 0. F.-Evenlng 0'SI
Lodge No, 200 meets Weo"''"
night Of each week
W. II. Haodford, Nv
E. L, DickersOn, S~
REBEKAHs-Grace b0"
No. 345 meets the seoo"u
fourth Friday nights ID '"
month.
Miss Madge Snow, NJ
Z. A, MOser, s"
W. o. W.-Evening ="
Camp No, ss7 meets '0'
and fourth Saturday MY"
each month.
o, @, Shaver w.
q, L. Diokcrson' WV
Sharp County record., 1915-03-05

In the addition of manure 10 the
garden, much will he gained n II Ia
thoroughly decomposed, as then Il ia
more quickly incorporated with the
soil, and the plant food It contains Ia
most readily available.
Sharp County record., 1915-03-05

II le no longer necessary 10 sepa.
rate the sheep from the goats, because
In many OF the western markets
choice, juicy lamb chops come from
fat little Angoras, and II Ia said no.
body can tell tho difference after thay
have been served on the table,
Sharp County record., 1915-03-05
Recommends ChamberIain's Cough
Remedy

u take much pleasure in recon-
mendine Chamberlain's Coug h
Remedy to my customers because |
have confidence in 1t, ! find that
they are pleased with 1t and call for
1t when again In need of such a
medicine" writes J, W, Sexton,
Montevallo, Mo, For sale by all
dealers,
Sharp County record., 1915-03-05
The Record

The Sharp County Record was
80 years old last week. The Record
is one of the best county papers in
this state and we wish for Editor
Coger a continued success.-Hardy
Herald.
Sharp County record., 1915-03-05
Best Treatment for Constipation

MY daughter used Chamberlain's
Tablets for constipation with good
results and | can recommend them
highly" writes Paul B. BabiD,
Brushly, La. For sale by all dealers. |
Sharp County record., 1915-03-05
WHAT JOHN 0YLER
SAYS ON FARMING
Another Article From One
Of Richwoods Townships
Successful Farmers.

Show me a mans farm and /
will tell you what kind of farmer
he is. If he keeps his house and
barn in good repair, his fence rows
clear of bushes and briars, fences
all Strengthened up, a nice, paled
garden and yard with good gates, a
a nice little orchard all pruned and
well kept, and a few pigs and calves
around him, you may put it down
that this man is a good farmer.
But if you find his place all turned
upside down and ready to tumble
down when the March winds begin
to blow, you may brand that man
as an unsuccessful farmer.
PLANTING IRISH POTATOES
This is the busy season for the
farmer. If he has not plowed dur
ing the fall and winter months, he
has it all to do now, and fences to
repair, manure to haul-work for
all. Spread the manure on the
garden, the potato patch, around
the fruit trees, and a little on the
field if you expect your land to
yield a good crop.
Prepare your garden and potato
patch by breaking deep and hal
rowing until you have the soil thor
ouehly pulverized and deep, loose
seed bed prepared. From March lst
to the 18th is my time to plant
Irish potatoes You know that is
dark moon.
Our cabbage seed are sowed.
They were sown when the sign Of
the zodiac was in the head. Some
say the heads might grow larger to
SOW them then. know our scien-
tifc men say the moon has nothing
to do with growing crops, but that
a deep, loose, mellow soil with plen-
ty of plant food in 1t, rain and thor
ough cultivation are what make
potatoes. Let that be as II may,
these same fellows say, in II book
which children take to school, that
the moon controls the high and low
tide of the ocean, They say that
when the moon fulls the tide runs
high, and that when the moon Is on
the decline the tide does not run so
high. If the moon influences the
ocean, doesn't II stand to reason
that potatoes planted on the full
moon might grow a little largerY
ABOUT FRUIT TREES
Now Is the time to prune peach
trees, and apple trees should be
pruned when the buds begin to
swell,
Farmers should learn to do their
own grating, This would save
them many dollars each season
Scions should be cut before the sap
rises and you can graft until apple
trees leaf out, The process Is
simple, and the splice graft" Is the
simplest form and Is used when the
stocks and scions are very nearly
the same size, II consists In splie.
Inc or tapping to the stock by cut
ting each at the same angle. Place
them together, be sure the barks on
one side are closo.ilttine, and tie
and then apply the grating wax,
Sharp County record., 1915-03-05
Directory


CHURCHES
CHRISTIAN-Services every
Sunday morning. No regular
pastor.
METHODIST-Preachin as
follows: Second Sunday in the
month, morning and night, the
third Sunday night, the fourth
Sunday morning. Rev, G. J,
Wade, Pastor.
SUNDAY SCHOOL-At the
Methodist church every Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock. Every.
body invited to attend. o. C.
Shaver, superintendent.
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L,ajority Of Friends Though. Mr.
Hughes Would Die, But
One Helped Him to
Recovery.

Pomeroyton, Ky.--ln interesting ad-
vices from this place, Mr.. A. J. Hughes
writes as follows: 81 was down with
stomach trouble for five (5) 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, could not eat or sleep,
end all my friends, except one, thought ]
would die. He advised me TO try
Thedford's Black-Draught. and quit
Sharp County record., 1915-03-05
STOMACH TROUBLE
FOR five YEARS

taking other medicines. ! decided to
take his advice, although did not have
any confidence In II.
have now been taking Black Draught
for three months, and 1t has cured ne
haven't had those awful sick headaches
since began using it.
am 50 thankful for what Black.
Draught has done for me-"
Thedford's Black k-Draught has beer
found a very valuable medicine for de-
rangements Of the stomach and liver. IL
is composed Of pure, vegetable herbs,
contains no dangerous ingredients, and
acts gently. yet surely. II can be freely
used by young and old, and should be
kept in every family chest.
Get package today.
Only quarter. la
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06
week. Their harvest lasted for

week. Their harvest lasted for 4
weeks.
Miss Audrey Shepherd who has
been helping Mrs. @. L. Morehouss
for the past 4 weeks during harvest
returned to her home In Liberal Fri
day.
Much to the regret Of his relatives
and friends, Faye MOrehouse left last
week for his home in old Missouri.
He has been working for his uncle,
G. e. Morehouse during harvest, but
for some reason he seemed anxious to
20 back home. Wonder whyI
Mr.. Neil who helped &C. E. More
house in the harvest left Friday for
Lycan, Colorado.
Mesdames c. E. and G. H. More
house were In Liberal last Friday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06
Eureka Items

A. W. King dug his potatoes last
Monday and had 10 bushels.
Mesdames Laura Hood and AL.
LAwder spent Tuesday with Mrs. C..
K. MOrehouse.
We had q good shower on Tuesday
night.
Robert Hood and wife returned to
their home In Independence. Miss
ourI last week. They have been
visiting his mother, MRS. Laura Hood.
Mrs. V. Capps visited at the W. A,
King home last Thursday.
V. Capps sold 100 bushels Of pota-
toes at go cents . bushel.
c. ii. and G. e. MorehouSe finished
cutting their wheat the last Of the
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06
The Old, Old Story

The Kansas taxes have been in
creased. The professional polit cans
Of the Republican side In the last
state legislature played every trick
known to the game to keep from in
creasing the taxes. They robbed the
crippled, blind, unfortunate children
of comforts that were due them.
They refused humane conditions
for the orphans of the state. They
cheated the young men and women
of the state OF educational advant-
ages that we're due them.
Yet the taxes coup
You can bet your bottom dollar
every time that Cheap John le0is.
lature will squander public funds
sufficient to increase the taxes with.
out giving the people anything in re-
turn for their money. II Kansas had
received anything of value for Its tax
increase; If 1t was seeing its schools
going ahead instead Of going back.
ward; If 1t was seeing its state instl-
buttons properly cared for, Kansas
would be the last state In the Union
to object to reasonable tax increase.
But to see the states welfare neg
lected as never before, its state in
stitutions in bad repair and bad re-
pute, and still have It's taxes in
creased, is one Of the penalties Kan
sas must ever pay for Its present pol
itical, legislative system.
And almost every member OF the
Cheap John legislature is opposed to
Kansas having modern legislative
system. Mark that. They insist that
the system that increases taxes and
decreases the efficiency OF the public
service Is good enough" They say
that because they know that mod
ern legislative system would spend
the public funds In maintaining the
public service instead Of increasing
taxes to satisfy salary grAbbers. -
Kansas City Times.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06

DR.. Higginbothsm, specialist In
eye, ear, nose and throat, in Liberal
Saturdays.
]. F. Fuest and daughter, Mrs. W.
B. Taylor, left the first Of week on a
business trip to Minneapolis, Mime
sofa.
Salina Journal: A majority Of tie
loafers In the cities now belonging to
the class which bears watching.
They have come to Kansas to prey on
the harvesters. II the state affords
protection 1t should to the men whS
have harvestI p, these loaf.
ers, yeggs and stIcK-ups will be given
the move along" sign in an energet-
ic fashion. Their harvest Is one that
the state should see does not prosper,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06
See DR.. Higginbotham for bargain
In house and furniture.

See DR.. Higglnbotham for bargain
in house and furniture.
Mrs. A. Mckee went TO TexhomA
Friday to visit her daughter while.
r. A. Shuler arrived from Chicago
Friday to visit his brother, M. A.
Schiller near Gray.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. N. Wright and
daughters visited Paul Wright and
wife In Optima the last Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Wyer came
Saturday from Mound Valley, KanS.
as. They will make their home here.
Mrs. Quinn returned Friday to her
home near Tyrone after spending a
week at the W. A. RhsR home.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06

in life, and we are travelling 1t with
much the same endowments. But
we all have different experiences.
Through these we each of us gain
something which others do not gain
The more freely we interchange the
acquisitions of individual exper-
fences, the better for US and for our
nation.
Don't be ethnocentrlc, then. In
stead, be truly democratic Add
ington Bruce.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06
Don't be Ethnocentric.

pOiV oSlOHOlnC SOuu6uOS Vi human
nature are making use nowadays of
the word 'ethnocentric. 1t is a
tongue twisting word, but it has a
meaning of practical significance to
all of US, and it ought to get into the
popular vocabulary.
AS defined by Professor Keller OF
Yale, the latest savant to bring 1t in
TO prominence. to be ethnocentric
means that person entertains I'M
duly exalted notions concerning the
superiority OF his particular set, COM
munity, or race to other groups and
divisions of mankind and is disposed
to look on the latter with more or
less contempt.
This unfortunately, is falling to
which many people have been subject
both In ancient and In modern times.
In antiquity it was perhaps most
strikingly exemplitied by the Greeks,
who regarded as barbarians and in
ferior beings all who could not speak
the Greek language.
In our own day and land 1t is not
unknown. The cOntemptuous terms
used by certain of our fellow country
men to designate Italians, Greeks
and other foreign peoples furnish re-
grettable proof that we suffer to some
extent from radical ethnocentricism.
In other ways also ethnocentrlcism
is lamentably in evidence among US.
1t Is all too plainly seen in the atti-
tude of persons who because they
possess much money or can boast a
socially conspicuous lineage, regard
superciliously everybody who is not
circumstanced like them.
Ethnocentricism of this sort, or of
any sort, Is to be deplored. Not only
does it create racial, local, and per-
sonal antagonisms, thereby weaken.
ing social solidarity, but 1t also is
stupendously foolish.
1t instantly stamps the ethnocen-
trio person, In the minds Of all
thoughtful people, as an ignoramus
and a snob.
II his ethnocentricism is directed
not against his neighbors but against
peoples of other races, he is an igno.
ramus because his attitude shows that
he is totally blind to the facts of his
tory.
What has become Of the ethnocen-
trio Greeks Of antiquity, with their
supreme contempt for other peoplesP
Their ethnocentricism itself was, in
deed, powerful factor in their
downfall, for 1t prevented them from
benehting by intelligent study Of the
qualities, achievements aud aspirat-
ions Of the races they deem inferior.
AS to the man who is ethnocentric
with regard to his neighbors, he is an
ignorSmus; and is to be pitied as we'll
as condemned, because he cuts him
self Of from really profitable contact
with his fellow men.
The larger a mans circle of friends
and acquaintances, the more freely
he mingles with other men of every
walk and condition, the better his
chances Of self development. For
every one Of US can learn something
from every other one of us.
We are all travelling the same road
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-02-27

a temple. What more natural than that
ne should see The chance OF a great
reward for DUNG pions duty and re-
turning Il to is native plaeef-
Bnt thaf's all guesswork." Ruth in.
sisted practically
\ know H." he admitted. 'But a
good guess Is better than nothing to
work on Let's 80 and see our skipper
person"
Tho launch captain -ece;ved them
feniaily and listened TO Johns story.
Al iis IinsAh he sgreed with John that
Il was very likely that the Indian had
f,~ugnized n native god and would re-
sIpfe " 70 It's own temple.
'Iee visited those eastern ports
good deal he told them. II know
boys On a lark from the ship viii do
Just that frick-rnn OF with an idol
for d cnrlo and know the fuss the
beaihens make about II too They'll
70 ans length 10 get back first chop
roi"
fffore They left be promised to keep
m ese upen for the Hindn and inform
the,p " ne eof the smallest clew. With
th; they had ~ be satisfied, as In
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-02-27

II Is a well known fact that both
SIR Arthur Sullivan and Sir w. S
Gilbert had d horror Of the titles OF
their operas becoming known until the
very nightof their performance. This
fear that they might be forestalled
created considerable confusion. at the
initial production OF ''loianthe; or. The
Peer and the Peri" The opera was
rehearsed for weeks under the title
OF "Perols" 1t was only at the dress
rehearsal thar the company was in
structed to substitute the name To-
lanthe for that of Perola wherever
1t occurred IN the text or lyrics. It
was no easy task to replace vocally
and in the dialogue name of three
syllablcs for one of four. Sullivan,
however. said maybe aside, to one or
two OF the actors who were nervous:
Go ahead and sing the music. GU
bert won't be in front ,Gibert never
attended the first night. 80 use any
name that you think OF first If yon
are ratified No one in the audience
will be any wiser"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-02-27
Death peaIinr Kisses.

The most famous example of kisses
that have caused death is furnished by
the story Of the sprightly young Ouch.
ess OF Gordon, who raised so many re-
cruits for the famous Gordon highland
ers. In the early days of the regi-
ment recruiting was very slow. but
the duchess attired herself IN the reg
inental colors and made tonr of the
various markets and fairs. Offering to
each recruit a guinea and a kiss.
Most Of the recipients paid for the
kiss with their lives No sooner was
the regiment raised than 1t was sent
to fight the French. and IN the first
engagement in which the duchess re-
crnits participated there was loss OF
300 killed and wounded All the right
thanking company was hit save one.
and he. curiously enough. did not hap.
pen 10 be recipient of the young
duchess Kiss lie was canny Aber
deenshlre man. and for an extra guin,
Ell he sold his right to another person
to Kiss from the duchess ruby lips
London Graphic.