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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-03-17

They were talking about the efforts
og the department of the interior to
protect the nations big game. when
sorae fool in the corner sat up and sug-
gested that in the case of the Bull
Moose in Louisiana especial effort
should be put forth as the species was
fast becoming extinct.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-03-17

To the People of Jefferson DAVIS
Parish
I promise and pledge you in Inc
event of my election to devote my
every effort and all my time, that the
affairs OF this office may be conducted
in a clean, honest and efficient manner
AS a public servant it shall be my
care that the administration OF the
office of Sheriff shall be entirely I'M
biased, and to the interest OF ALL the
people of the Parish,
Sincerely yours,
ALFRED j. BOURGEOIS.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-03-17
Keep Your Bowels Regular.

As everyone knows. the bowels are
the sewerage system of the body, and
Il is OF the greatest importance that
they move once each day, If your
bowe $ become ConStipited, take a dose
Vi Ghumter'ain's Tablets just after sup.
per and trey viii correct the disorder.
Obtai al,r averyWhere, + Oh.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-03-17
What Sort of Democracy" is This?

This paper is Democratic paper
has always been a Democratic paper
always will be a Democratic paper 1t
supports Mr.. Parker as hest Democrat
and the best man for Governor OF the
two" -Crowley Signal.
THE fundamental principal OF Demo
cracy is let the people rule. Co!onei
Pleasant has been nominated Tor
Governor by the Democrats OF th!S
state by majority OF over $4,000. How
can paper be Democratic that ignores
this fact, and supports a man for
Governor who is a tool OF Theodore
Roosevelt, an enemy of the Democratic
party? The vindcator is not that kIha
os a Democrat. Hammond indicator
~ abandoned the democratic party
because | was convinced that the prln-
cpleS OF that party meant ruin anc
misery Tor the people of Louisiana. -
IRON address OF Mr.. John NJ Parker
Progressive Republican candidate FOL
Governor, delivered at ValuenZeIa, AS
sumption Parish, September q, 1915,
Mr.. Parker has repeatedly said
Everyone knows where | stand. an
a Progressive"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-03-17
Taken up.

BY mare 9 or 10 years old white spot
in forehead, left eye out. foretop cropp
ed. Owner may have same by proving
property ana wing costs,
ADAM SAVOIT,
Fenton, La, March Z, 1915. 4O.at
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-03-17

Mr.. Parker has repeatedly said
Everyone knows where stand. am
a Progressive.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-01-06
PAGE SEVEN

But let me introduce two additional wit
nesses, quite recent ones, too.
One OF these is Congressman X, W. Austin
of Tennessee. Writing from Knoxville, IN
der date of Nov, p, 1915, he says:
| repeated what an American told me- that ON
account of cheap labor and the low cost Of living,
etc, missionary lived we'll in Japan as a.
in the United States who had an annual
income of ten thousand dollars.
II visited American mission in Japan.
equipped with costly brick church, modern
hospital equal to the Lincoln Memorial hospital
in this city, and a number Of credtabe brick
school buildings. There many communities
III this congressional district without such needed
and desirable equipment. favor home missions
the care and education Of our deserving people
in preference to spending money in an UNI
friendly foreign lana.
1t seems that the churches cot after Austin
about his Structures on Foreign Missiona--as
heretofore quoted in The Jeffersonian and
other papers, and in the above letter to Rev.
Jos. I. McKlssick, Hartman. Tenn. the
Congressman appears to have 'hedged,, "a
little
However, I will now quote witness who
has not hedged:
Mrs. j. c. Estes, a cultured and prominent
lady of Chattanooga.
Writing from Yokohoma. Japan, to the
Chattanooga Times Nov. q, 1879 Mrs.
Estes says:
Then drove through the millionaire resi-
dence section, and nearly all these milionaireS
originally missionaries who accumulated
property and then gave up their work.
Pm distressed the viewpoint I'm,
getting of the missionaries they impress pe0-
pie who live in the orient They (the people)i
have sympathy with them at their work.
Evidently, Mrs. Estes was shocked at What
she saw, and genuinely "distJessed orer the
new vieDpOint I'm getting Of the mi5si0a-
aries, as they impress people acho lie IN tie
ORIENT"
"Nea1zy all the mH1ionaires arere originally
missionaries, qcAo accumulated properly and
THEN GAVE UP THEIR WORK."
Isn't that what the impartial traveller,
Angus Hamilton said! Have I ever made
a more serious charge against the mission
aries and the modern Carey system, than
Mrs Estes makes?
She virtually says that the people among
whom these foreign missionaries live, and
who see them at short range, have no respect
for them.
1t "distressed" her to see it, but she sa1o 1t.
(To Be Continued)
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-01-06
THE JEFFERSONIAN
Now, as to the cost of living:

In the Peklng University, where | have
taught for sixteen years, we are able to keep
a boy (student) for THIRTY dollars gear,
paying his board, and having almost half
that amount left for fire, light and tuition"
What will Brother Smith say to Mat2
Slightly more than $15. year pays for the
food and lodging of the student, leaving
nearly SIS to pay for his fires his lights, and
his tuition!
Hence, his food, bedding, and room costs
little more than one dollar q month.
My God And our impoverished congrega-
tions, all over the South, are bullied and bull
dozed and browbeaten into shelling our
50, 400 year for lazy, selfish, arrogant and
Intellectual missionary, if he happens to have
fathered eight children!
Professor Headland continues:
'We employ cook on the basis that he
hires his ooOn help, and we pay him $175
month, for boarding each boy, he (the cool)
being expected to get his own food and wages,
and that of his assistant, out of this amount"
For example, the school is lodging board
ing and educating 100 Chinese boys the self
sacrificing and consecrated missionary, who
gets 81 200 year for self and wife, and 100
a year extra per kid, hires a Chinese cook
TO feed himself and the boys; and the Chinese
d.
month, but feeds himself and his helper, and
gets wages for both out of that sum!
One hundred students and two Chinese
menials, lodged and fed on S175. a month,
or 81, 100, whereas your consecrated, unselfish
missionary-the father of eight children
must have free mansion to inhabit and
regular, promptly paid salary of $4,000!
Isn't 1t shame? What do you say about
Brother Smith?
AS to servants, Professor Headland says
"Iou require a laundryman, boy to sweep
and dust, wash the dishes. attend to the fires,
etc. Then you must have woman, maid,
nurse, sewing woman, etc." Then, there is
the cook, who does the marketing as we'll as
the cooking.
Four servants, is the way I understand the
Professor and in this he accords with our
dearly beloved Dr. T. w. Ayers.
Brother Headland devotes a chapter to
Gravel" When / reached this part of the
book, my eager eyes hunted fer the wheel
barrows which DR.. Smith says is the universal
vehicle of missionary perambulations.
Did I find it? No. Professor Headland
is strangely, weirdly silent about these mis-
slonary wheelbarrows.
He mentions house boats, and man7itters,
and mule lltters, carts, and donkeys; but APP
parently, all these crude contrivances belong
to the past, for on page 208, he says:
"But in modern times-aOhich means the
last dozen years-we have banished the cart
from many cities where foreigners dwell, and
a0e go about in carriages, coupes, broughams,
automobiles, and trolley cars, much like we
do In an American or European city; while
railroads connect many of the great cities,
and steamship lines enter all the GREAT ports
and ply the rivers. so that 1t IS as easy and as
comfortable TO go from place to place i@
China, as 1t Is TO travel about Europe and
4
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-01-06

aries sout Of all proportion to the reasonable
necessities of the case, are so pampered. so
full OF pride SO utterly selfish, that they in
solently tell you that the churches did not
send their women folks into the ''non-
Christian world to peel potatoes, wash dishes,
and dust houses"
Now, will introduce witness whose evil
dence will utterly confound the Boar,ls. for
this witness is a missionary las I understand
hlm) and holds the position of Professor in
the University of Peking
His name is Isaac Taylor Headland. ard
his book, "Home Life in China" was pub
Lshed by the Macmillan Company of New
ork, IN 1914. So far as / know, it is the
most recent, up-to-date authority on the sub
Jects under debate between me and my dear
brethren Of the salaried Boards
Chapter XIX of Professor Headland's
book is devoted to Food meaning food in
China.
On page 172 the Professor says: Owe have
corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, wheat, barley,
millet of various kinds, broom corn, beans,
watermelons, csntaloupes cucumbers, onions,
garlic celery and all kinds of vegetables;
apples peaches, pears, plums, grapes, april
cots, persimmons. and all fruits of the 10th
degree of north latitude. AS we go South
we have tropical fruits, and productions of
all kinds"
In North China, the food is wheat flour,
corn-meal, millet, eggs, chicken, onions, cab
bage, pork, mutton, fish and Tin the winter)
''all kinds Of game"
"When the cold months come, great camel
trains of Mongol men and women bring loads
of frozen game-deer, wild-boar, easants,
cartridges, and Mongol chicken, rabbits, and
IN no talD nd
plains" (This game includes the bustard,
"equal if not superior to our best American
turkey.''
That isn't so bad for North China, is it?
Professor Headland goes into raptures over
the Chinese feasts which he has attended.
Listen to this starving missionary, while
quote his very words:
"But, the flavours-the flavours-how is it
possible to carry to y0ur olfactory nerves
flavours that will set the salivary glands TO
working, and put you in a gastromic mood
that would be truly mermeric? Why, if your
arms were but WINGS the flavours coming
from the kitchen, while you are partaklng OF
pumpkin and watermelon seeds, apples pears,
and other fruit, or cubes Of fruit Jelly, would
be like gentle breezes beneath your arm-pits
that would carry you into the regions Of
celestial bliss
THAT'S nice missionary literature, isn't it!)
"Here comes the fish, done to turn,
cooked better than any European can cook it,
the Professor says
''Then may come the fowl-it may be duck
or chicken, or some other fowl-whole or in
bits
Then the Professor is overcome by his festal
recollections and he exclaims-
"But I desst. 1t is impossible to 60
through with ~ course dinner, in short
chapter, without emitting their steamed
bread, in small loaves, the size of biscuits, etc"
rTuoDt1 couoo 1iffo foods of ono mao1
The Spectator., 1916-04-25
Notice for Publication.
DEPARTMENT OF INFERIOR.

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, U. $, Land Office at Little Rock, Ark. March "A, 1916.
 Notice is hereby given that William C. Ford, of Cass, Ark, who. on Octo- Der 1. 1912, made homestead entry No. 0S848. for WIZ SE1-4 SW1-4 NEl-4, SEl-4 NWl-4, section 12, township l2 N.. Range 27 w., 5th principle meri- dian, has filed notice of intention to make three-year proof. to establish claim to the land above described. be- fore Clerk of the Probate Court. at Ozark, Ark, on the 29th day of April 1916.
 Claimant names as witnesses
 Johnnie Parker, Billie Bowden, Cass, Ark, Vess Gabbard. St. Paul. Ark, J. w. Peionion, of Cass, Ark.
 Jno. w. Allen. Register. Mch. 3l-Apr. 7-14-2l-28.
The Spectator., 1916-04-25
Notice for Publication.
w. c. Stock ton, Atty. for nonresident defendant

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR U. s. Land Office at Little Rock, Ark. March 24th, 1916.
 Notice is hereby given that William T. Casey. of Cecil. Ark, who, or August g, 1912, made homestead entry No. 08709, for SE1-4 NW1-4, SW1-4 NW1-4, NW1-4 SEA-, Sec. 19, Twp 9 N., range 2 w. 5th principle merid. ian, has filed notice of intention tc make three year proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before A. N. Hill, clerk of the probate court, at Ozark, Ark, on the 29th day of April, 1916.
 Claimant names as witnesses:
 Marion Casey Lewis Adams, Cecil Ark. Jas. Wilmington, Lee Whiting ton. Webb City, Ark
 Jno. w. Allen, Register. Mch. 3lApr. 7-l4-21 -28.
The Spectator., 1916-04-25
Barnes

Emory Plymale went to Ozark last week.
 Elias Turner went to Concord Sunday afternoon.
 Mrs. George Plymale and children have returned, to their home at Webb City, after a few days visit with relatives and friends in and around Barnes.
 Quite a few out at Sunday school Sunday. Come again and bring some one with you.
 Misses Myrtle, Mary and Fife Woolsey attended Sunday school Sunday week.
 Miss Delsie Devole spent Sun day week with Misses Delpha and Lucy Plymale.
 MT. and Mrs. James Plymale and Mir. and Mrs. Charley Hog gard were Sunday visitors at MT. and Mrs. George Horton's.
 Don't forget the box supper to be pulled off at North Liberty the 22nd.
 Come again, Blue Eyes No. 2' and you, too, Chunk and Slim. ]" We are glad to read news from these parts.
 Quite a number of the Barnes people went to Cass Saturday.
 Miss Carrie Plymale was a pleasant caller at Miss Orrell Horton's Monday.
 MT. and Mrs. Herbert Gunner were visitors at MT. and Mrs. Hugh Marcum's Saturday night.
 MT. and Mrs. Hugh Plymale and Miss Sallie Nordin were visitors at Wilburn Plymale's Saturday night and Sunday.
 Mrs. Devole and children and Mrs. Hallum and children were Sunday afternoon visitors at Mrs. Bailey's.
 Mrs. Jeff Woolsey and Mrs. Fred Woolsey were callers at Mrs. Bailey's Saturday evening.
 Bill Joe Turner and Miss Del cie Devole were visitors Sunday at James .Plymale's.
 Some of the Bedding and Barnes people went to Mir. Bill Anderson's Sunday and gave him a birthday dinner.
 Blue Eyes.
The Spectator., 1916-04-25
GET RID 0F SCR0FULA
 HOW? TAKE S.S. s.
Fifty Years Use Proves s. s. s. Will Relieve Stubborn Gases.

You have noticed the little fostering pimples on the face and body--swelling of the glands-soreness in the legs and arm muscles These are the symptoms of Scrofula. You may have some of these symptoms, possibly the taint of Scrofula infection. But in either case, it is a dangerous condition. Your blood is infected, impure and you can never hope to gain perfect health until the impurities are washed from the sys tenn. If you feel badly all the time. you must crave health. If you want to feel renewed spirits. the glow of perfect health. bright eyes. clear skin. the knowledge that you are well. you can do so. Cleanse your blood by talk ing s & $ For fifty years 1t has been the standard blood purifier. IL relieves the trouble by renourishing the blood. renewing it's strength. and stimulating the flow so that the blood rcgans its lost vitality. and throws off the poison. Even long standing cases respond. But you must use s. s. s. Take 1t for all blood infections. Get it at your drug gst's today.
 If vou need special advice write the Swift specific Go. Atlanta, Ga.
The Spectator., 1916-04-25
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior, U. s. LAND OFFICE at Little Rock, Ark. March 24. 1916.
 Notice is hereby given that Marion Casey, of Cecil, Ark. who. on Septem- Der 4. 1912, made homestead entry No. 08793 for WIZ NE1-4, Sec. 28, Twp. 9 N.. Range 27 w.. 5th principle meri- dian. has filed notice of intention to make three year proof, to establish claim to the land above described. be- fore A. N. Hill, Clerk of the Probate Clerk, at Ozark, Ark, on the 29th day of April 1916.
 Claimant names as witnesses:
 G. l.. Adams, of Cecil, Ark, Thos. Casey. John Lane. Jim Wilmington, fo Webb City, Ark.
 Jno. w. Allen, Register. Mch. 3l-Apr. 7-14-21-28.
The Spectator., 1916-04-25
B oys and Girls
 Club Work
BAoht StudIss lu Education
 Through Club Actlvitles.
EDITORS NOTE.

hD1IOnS NOTE.
 The Extension Division of the Uni- versity of Arkansas. In co-operation with the United States Department of Agrfcukure, will offer this year. through this paper. . free osrrespond- s0es course fn Boys and Girls Olus Work" consisting of eight lessons or articles. These lessons will appear fn this paper at intervals of siI weeks. Those who wish to take this course sneo1l write to the Director of Extsn- e4oA Work, University of ArkansAs. Fayetteville. stating naDe. age, oScv- patton. and stating that he tor shs) proposes to carry the work through fOf tAA eight lessons. A farmers bulletin VIII be sent to supplement lesson N. ]. and later for each lesson fl th . question blank be returned for the pre- cs4inR lssson. These blanks will be sent with each bulletin. Prec sdinS les sens wNl be sent on request. The ncx leseon will be Primary Rules of Cot toa Growing"
The Spectator., 1916-04-25
.MmAAelMmuM KANSAS CITY. lSSOURl.

from grain, sod of meadows and D turning under green croDs. The suk jest of manures win bs treatsA tn another lesson. The practice of tarn- ing under Ereea crops iS ea0ed "sresn manurinG." Whsss few live stock are kept this h sn esosllsat mean. or adding orgaAio natter to the soa. The crops msd for tAAs purDsss include cswpsas. ~ beans, eaovsr,
 rye, oats anA wAsat. Ths 1rN thres mentioned. f. C.. Deos, bsaas and clover. are legunss cd ere capable putting it into the se0. They e this with the hslp s( bas6srta living = their roots.
The Spectator., 1916-04-25

esgonec matter looseas k Dsrn3tShg tho surplus water te Araaa awNy cd allows air ts penetrate N tho roOes of tho crop. On the sthe-, hand, sandy soils are too looss az epea. Waear 4rains away to rapidly aal tes n~sh air is permitted to sntse.
 sNset sf orsanle Masssr on Ms,sasrs.
 Sandy soils that ars well sapphed with organic matters gre mors roten- tfvs of moisture than K lAckins in tat sU>staoce. Tho largs sDsces between the send permit tAs water to draw away = rapidly that N h sooa lest, and the soil Aries est n tAsss sDeoss are filled wfsh cryan3s matter tns watsr meets more opposition h ins downward movement ososslssotly t remains for . longsr tans in the ssoe occupied by the plant roots The fnct thst organic matter k exceedingly porous adds to Ns water hol0aaS power. This k shown clearly by ex- Derinents showing that 100 pounds of straw will take up 3oo pounds of wa- tor whereas the same amount oS saad wM hold caly twenty -avs pounds. aod 100 pounds of 1eat soN. which con- sists entirely of hum1s, will tahe up from soc to 1000 DounAs ef water.
 Clay soils do not Assl to have tAelr water holding capacity increased be- cause they are naturally vsry renten- tive of moisture. such so1ls arc % compact, however. that the roots have difficulty in penetrating deeply into the subsoil. Consequently the crops are likely to be shallow rooted. The surface soil dries out quickly and the crop suffer-. This accounts for the fact that crops often suffer Iron drought on clay lands sooner than on more sandy soils. If orsanic matter is supplied to clay sells the crop will root deeper as . result of the ners open structure and therefore will be able to utilize the moisture stored in the suhsoil and can resist drought.
 Organic Matter and Plant Fsod.
 Organic matter not enIy fmDreves the physical condition o1 soils aad aids moisture coAtrol but 1t also coz tains . large a1ount of nitrogsa anA other plant feeds in an available torn. When the organic matter leeAvs tAis plant food cen be lss1 b1 tAe sUe cesding crops.
 Sole That Need orsanlc hassSar.
 The soils of the South are, e . ruls, dsAcisnt in organic matter be. cause the high temperature of the summer seasons causes docsnpestt1sa to take place very rapidly. This tsn- dency is coun teracte1 te . certakn eG tent sn the crock and river hottoa soils by the fast tat the larvs amount of vegetation produced Aas caused large supply st erEanie maA- ter to be stored up. Ceatinuows sroD- ping to corn and cotton. howsvsr, soon exhausts this oristnai suVDay - that even the rich bottsn solh be come depleted after tweaty-Avs W thirty year.. The DreosAes of aa abundance Of organic matter k shown by . black or dArk brown csaos extending several iAcAes below the surface A lack of organic matter is shown by . light gray or red color
 Methods Of Ino~sasIno Organic Ms%
 ter Content of the Soil.
 The amount of organic matter tn the soil can be increased by applying barryard manure, by turning under al! the corn aHA cotton stubSs. stubbie
The Spectator., 1916-04-25
Warning Order

In the Franklin chancery court, Ozark district.
 Martha ]. Mallody, plaintiff
 VS.
 F. l.. Mallody. defendant. The non resident defendant, F. s. Mallody, hereby warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, Martha J. Mallody.
 Witness my hand and the seal of said court this 18th day of April 1916.
 M. V. Waterfield, Clerk Geo. w. Barham,
 Attorney for Plaintiff.
 w. c. Stock ton,
 Atty. for nonresident defendant.
The Spectator., 1916-04-25
SOILS AND SOIL FERTILITY
Ns. .. orVaaas Asatssr.

Ns. .. orUaaas AsatAsr.
 - D. ?. Hvngsrfsrl. Assistaat Ar.
 oesoht. Uaivsrasy sf Arkaasas.
 The organic matter q rAs soil is tAat part which hes sssa derived from As decay of plants. When the lsavss. eaadss of grass. stsns and rooss Of Diaats die they gre q oacs asssaaed sy mol4s and bacteria. The dsal vssataon gradually dsooGposss CT dis. htAsrates until the original appear. ancs and structars is lost and the nAssriA bsoomss . dark osssssd soapstsss mass. called humss.
 11set ~ Organic Msstsr sa ths Cell.
 Organic matter is bench ciAl to beth sandy and oAay soils. but in di4srsnt ways. A clay sou without speaais AAstsr . tse ssssAy aAA ssasesl -
The Spectator., 1916-04-25
No. SiX-SiXty-Six

This is prescription prepared especially tor MALARIA or CHiLLS A FEVER. Five or six doses will break any case, and if taken then ss . tonic the Fever will not return. It acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 2sc
The Spectator., 1916-04-25
WANT ADS

Farmers who are subscribers to The Spectator may have any advertisement desired inserted in this column two weeks free of charge. To all others the rate is ] cent per word per insertion.
The Spectator., 1916-04-25

Screen Doors at Maxey's Hard ware adv.
The Spectator., 1916-04-25

FARMERS-You are cordially invited to take advantage of our free offer phone, mail or bring your ad to this office. The Spec tator, Telephone 13.
The Spectator., 1916-04-25

Why will you ruin you eyesight when it will cost you very little to get the proper glasses to save your eyesight?- Eugene Hail, Optometrist and Optician. adv.
 When you need automobile supplies think of Maxey's Hard ware. We keep Ford repairs and also other auto supplies.
 adv. J. F. MaXey Hdw. Go.
The Spectator., 1916-04-25

FOR SALE Electric Iron (Tn- angle Lektrik) slightly used and as good as new, cord and plug ready for attaching. Will sell cheap. Inquire at Spectator off, flee.
The Spectator., 1916-04-25

Auto Supplies. J. F. Maxey Hardware Go. adv.
The Spectator., 1916-04-25


 J. H. Blaylock ct al plaintiff
 vs.
 Will Hill ct al, monde fendant The non-res. defendants, Mrs Petty Blaylock and ---- Blaylock, er infant child first name unknown, are hereby warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the com plsint of the plaintiff, ]. H. Blaylock and others.
 Witness my hand andseal of this court this 18th day of April. l9l6
 M. V, Waterfield, Clerk Geo, w. Barham, Atty. for plaintiff. L. R. A. Wallace Atty. for non-resi- dent defendants. Apr. l421 -2S-May 5.
The Spectator., 1916-04-25
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WORK
ko> $. eons A 8 C's oN Poultry
 Raislno.

" A- h- SUNuoTS, SPVCIdHbt TOT CIUb
 Work
 Tho following table shows the rela- tive sfnoisucy of fowls in the utiliza Aoa of food as compared with other ketable products secured from a given amount of digestible matter.
 One hundred pounds of diyestibls
The Spectator., 1916-04-25
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
Warning Order.

In the Franklin chancery court of the Ozark district.
 J. H. Blaylock ct al plaintiff