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The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-07
TO BE AWARDED
 AT STATE TEACHERS MEETING

One of the most important events of the forthcoming State Teachers Association meeting, to be held at Little Rock April 6, ', 8, 1916, will be the awarding of the trophies. Tro- phies to be awarded at this meeting are as follows:
 1. The Banner County Attendance Trophy.-This trophy heretofore has been awarded each year to the coun- y whose teachers travel the greatest number of miles in attending the meeting. Sebastian county won this rophy at the last meeting. In the
 uture this Loving Cup will be awarded on a basis of percentage of teachers in attendance-the county having the highest percentage of it's licensed teachers in attendance.
 2. The Reading Circle Trophy is awarded to the county making the best showing in the reading circle work for the year. It was won by the teachers of Clay county last year. 3. The School Improvement Asso- citation Trophy is awarded each year to the School Improvement Associa tion showing the best work done dur ing the year This trophy was awarded last year to the Searcy Inn provement Association.
 Very great interest is manifested at every Association meeting in the awarding of these trophies. This years meeting gives every promise of being the best both in point of at tendance and in strength of progress, in all the history of the Association. The advance programs have been printed, and are being sent out to the eight hundred attendance leaders over the state to be distributed to the teachers. The programs will contain something of direct interest to every teacher who attends these meetings.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-07
oIITIOOK IS BETTER;
 COTTON ADVANCE 5
Cotton Grows Primer, and Close ;s at 13-17 Point Gain-Liv- ernool Did Not Fully Meet Sat urday's Local Advance.

Now York. March 6.-The cotton .orlet was higher today on reports af somewhat easier ocean freight S;t,otion. talk of a better spot de- r,ord covering of shorts and trade buying. May contracts sold up from fl s9c to 11.79c and the general list olocod firm at net gain of from 13 to 1T points.
 Liverpool did not fully meet Satur- dav,s local advance, but the market here opened steady with first prices 2 to 5 points higher on covering and rather active buying of July by brok- CTS supposed to be trading for local and southwestern spot houses. The movement carried the active months about 10 to Ii points net higher shortly after the call with July sell ing at 11.99c, but on this advance of about 49 points from the recent low level the market seemed to be meet ing increased offerings.
 There was scattered Southern sell ing, which led some to apprehend that holders were hedging against spot supplies and the market eased off in consequence with May selling back from l1.73c to 11.66c and July to l1.S5c. Offerings tapered off on this setback, however, and the mar ket developed renewed firmness dur ing the afternoon on continued trad- buying, reports that Japan was buy ing spots freely in New Orleans and reiterated reports that ocean freight room was offering more freely at both gulf and Atlantic ports. The close was at practically the best point of the day.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-07
CHICAGO FIRM
 BUYS BONDS
COtter & Rush Mineral Belt Ky. Sell Bonds at Par-Let Con- tract for Construction of Road to Fort Smith Company.

Little Rock, March 7-Advices have been received here that $200,000 of the bonds of the Cotter x Rush Min eral Belt Railway Go. were sold last Saturday to Chicago trust company at par. The contract for the con- struction of the road has been let to Burke Bros. of Fort Smith. The com struction and equipment will cost about $500, 900, and the company was recently chartered with a capital stock of $1O0,000.
 Work on the road is to begin by April 10, to be completed in six months, and turned over as rapidly as completed so that traffic may be opened. There will be fifteen miles of main line and three miles of side track. The road will connect with the White River branch of the Iron Noun tain between the bridge and the tun- nel at Cotter, running south, crossing Crooked Creek near Halls Mountain on 160-foot two-span bridge, thence down Blue John Creek and Clabber Creek, to the rich mineral camps of Rush and vicinity. Howard H. Gal lup, the Cotter merchant, was presi- dent but he died recently and his successor has not been elected. R. P. Sharp, chief civil engineer is in charge of the construction work.
 Another railway line is being built to tap the great zinc fields of Rush It is coming from Yellville, and seven miles of it is ready for the steel. The territory reached by the two roads is one of the greatest zinc producing areas in the country, with many developed mines, and po- tential tonnage that cannot be esti- mated.
 A lease on the Red Cloud mine near Rush, was recently sold at $19, 000 and the celebrated Morning Sta! mine was sold for SS5,000.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-07
HAPPENINGS AT THE
 STATE HOUSE

LittleRock, March 7.-The Todd Protectograph Co.,, Inc, has filed it's articles of incorporation entering the state, and appointing Benj. H. Lahr- man agent, at Hot Springs. The com pany has assets of $2, ,435,160.10.
 The Standard Lumber Go. of Pine Bluff, $100,000, R. Carnahan, presi- dent. and Draughon's Practical Busi- ness College at Fort Smith, $5,000 capital, D. c. Smith president, have been incorporated by the state.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-07
COLDS QUICKLY RELIEVED

Many people cough and cough from the beginning of Fall through to Spring. Others get cold after cold. Take Dr. Kings New Discovery and you will get almost immediate relief. the inflammation, soothes the raw tubes. Easy to take. Antiseptic and nneallng; Get Soc bottle of Dr. Kings New Discovery today. Ut is certainly a great medicine and I keep bottle of it continually on hand" M writes W. C. Jesseman, Franconia, N. Ii. Money back if not satisfied.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-07
MUCH INTEREST IN
 ROAD LAW CONTEST
Improvements Districts Must be Surveyed. Under Direction of State Highway Commission Before Filing Petition.

Little Rock, March 7.-There has been much interest in the Craighead county test case of the Alexander road law, which was yesterday de- cided by the Supreme Court. But the question of the constitutionality of the statute was not passed upon, the case being reversed and the petition ordered dismissed because of irregu- larities in the procedure of organiza- tion.
 It was decided that before a road improvement district can be formed, it must be surveyed under the direc- tion of the Highway Commission, as provided expressly by the act, giving estimates of the cost and all other information that will be of value to the property owners. This survey and estimates must be made before the petition is filed in the circuit court and acted upon.
 It is understood that the district will be re-organized, as there is very little opposition to it. There are only few districts in the state that will be affected by this decision.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-07
PRESIDENT TO CON.
 SIOER GERMAN CASE
Officials Find Themselves in Po- sition of Accepting or Reject ing Proposals Submitted By Count VOn BernstOrff.

Washington, March 6.-With the dependencies to Germany's declara- ton of new submarine campaign. the administration is preparing to de- termine the next move in the negotia- tions with the central powers, accord ing to present plans. Diplomatic ne- gotiations are to follow the settle ment of the controversy in congress because of difficulty in translation. Secretary Lansing and President Will son have not yet had an opportunity to consider them in their entirety. All the documents probably will be ready for perusal tomorrow.
 Colonel House, who returned from Europe yesterday for President Will son, is understood to have told the president that the German govern ment believed itself justified in its new submarine policy, and was not bluffing. Colonel House is believed to have strengthened the view that the submarine negotiations must be handled with the greatest care, if a breach with Germany is to be avoid ed, although he reported that Ger many had no desire for war with the United States.
 He discussed the situation frankly with German officials. Practically all of today was spent in conference with President Wilson, Secretary Lansing, Assistant Secretary Phillips, and other government officials. He plans to remain here until tomorrow afternoon. Some of the information he brought back is expected to be laid before the cabinet tomorrow by the president.
 The dependencies arrived today. Il was authoritatively stated that the British government will contend that none of the instructions in any way violated assurances given to the Unit ed States that merchantmen would use their armament only for defense It seemed clear tonight, the issue hinges largely on a definition of de fensive action and defensive arma ment. The case of the Lusitania be ing bound up with the German declar ation, officials find themselves being in the position of accepting or reject. ing the proposal submitted by Count von Bernstorff.
 Virtually all of the documents which arrived in Germany are now understood to be affidavits of German naval officers and sailors, relating tc circumstances under which various al legged attacks were made by British merchant ships on German submar- ines, and now the British instructions came into possession of the German military authorities.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-07

We are boxing our goods to leave town. We have for sale at very low price all of the fixtures of the New Supply Go. consisting of show cases, floor cases, one National four-drawer cash register, 1 Bowser oil tank, 1 pair of scales, protectograph. 1 John Deere delivery hack, and all fixtures We have. We will be here only a few days while We are boxing goods for shipment. Call at the War Sale Store. Manager.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-07
GOVERNOR RELIEVES GRANT
 CITIZENS OF LIABILITY

Little Rock, March 7.-Gov. Hays has relieved Representative R. R. Posey and J. M. Shaw of Grant coun- ty of liability on an appearance bond of $500, given for Henry McNeice and Willie Tate. The men failed to ap- pear and a forfeiture was taken on the bond.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-07
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

I will hold the regular quarterly examination for teachers in Prescott on Thursday and Friday, March Is and IT. c. NJ. MIRST,
 Advt. County Examiner.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-11-23
Yuan's Speedy Immortality.

Yuan Shih Kai, according to popular
belief in China, is not dead at all. lie
is thoroughly alive, but in state or
extreme low visibility. Yuan saw his
difficulties increase till there was no
way out. The revolution in the south
seemed certain to bring his overthrow
and q shameful death. The time was
ripe for disappearing.
So, according to this popular belief
which already seems likely to become
established as an enduring legend, the
dictator slipped away incOgnlto 10
some remote interior region or to some
foreign land, while a corpse or a sack
of meal was left behind for Obsequles
which were excessively private.
No one could have blamed Yuan for
wishing to disappear. Never was a
man surrounded by a more harrasslng
tangle. He could not see any COM
Portable egress. But wishing to dis
appear and actually disappearing are
two very different things, especially
when one is q nations most cOnsplcu-
ous citizen. 1t is unlikely that even
the craft of Yuan could have worked
the miracle.
In all probability Yuan is quite dead.
The Yuan legend may live, and do no
harm. but China's we'll wishers will
hope that the reactiOnary system or
the dictator died with him, and that an
era of true enlightenment is daWnlng
Co. +Io +rouhJod realm
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-11-23
New Idea in Film Production.

A new idea in exposure meters as a
means for accurately judging the actin
ic value of the light at the time of
making picture. and thereby arriv-
ing at the correct length of exposure
TO he given the sensitive film, has been
recently introduced by an American
film manufacturer. according to the
Scientific American. The improve
ment relates particularly to those
cameras which carry roll film. As
these films are now made they are
backed with a sheet of black or red
paper for the purpose of protecting
them from the light. and they have
imprinted upon them numbers which
anpear under a tiny opening in the
hack of the camera and serve as q
gu de to the operator in properly spac-
in" the exposures on the film. The
new scheme in addition. cOntemplates
attaching to the backing paper. pieces
of sensitiZed paper at regular inter
walls which pass along under another
oI,ening, and by observing the change
which takes place in the color of these
pieces as they are exposed under the
opening. the operator is enabled TO ar
rive at the length of time the shutter
is to be opened in making the exposure
for the desired picture.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-11-23
Country Bankers Can Aid in Making the
United States Nation Of Land Owners
By JOSEPH HIRsCH of Corpus Christ. Texas
Member Agricultural Commission American Bankers Association

Country bankers should play important part shaping the poll
ces of federal land banks Their chief economic value lies
+e extended period Of payment afforded This Of far
the farmer than slight esenng OF his interest
rate the act all But by decreasing the annual
farmer will permit him the OF funds for development OF
his farm.
great rural problem Of this country has been OF all cou-
tries to land 1t has been pointed out the
offers hope to the deserving tenant farmer who desires
On the contrary the act providing as 1t dO
long oan opportunity for the sale OF lands by pres
en working ambitious tenant farmers accepting as
the cash advanced by the federal land banks and taxing
series for the remainder OF the purchase
price country bankers of America will join in campaign to IN
sell farm lands to present tenants upon some such
basis they will be engaged upon Of the greatest movements ever I'M
deaken agricultural financial development OF the nation
The consolidation and the establishment OF rural
agricultural schools movements which should spread to every
beginning to think about these things IN America
Fupe long learned that the scientific cultivation OF her
son scientific agricultural instruction. her future prosperity
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-11-23
Biblical Account of Deluge.

Many expressions in the account Of
the flood apply to the whole earth and
all living things on the face of the
earth except those in the ark with
Noah, and no exception is made of any
part of the earth. 1t is said "All the
high mountains that were under the
whole heaven were covered. Fifteen
cubits upward did the waters prevail,
and the mountains were covered" But
even this may only mean the earth and
the mountains of the earth as they
were known at that time and not to
the whole terrestrial globe. AS the
flood was sent to punish mankind, eX-
cept those in the ark with Noah, it
was only necessary that it should cover
the comparatively small part of the
earth then inhabited, and not the en-
tire globe and the Biblical account of
it would naturally refer to the earth
as it was known to the narrators.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-11-23
WOMEN WHO TOLL NOT.

Love wakes and weeps
While Beauty sleeps.
| Oh for music's softest numbers,
To prompt theme
For Beauty's dream;
Soft as the pillow of her slumbers!
A woman writes me in all seriousness
asking which are the best lOved-the
women who toll not-pretty dolls that
faScinate men-Or the earnest women
| who believe that they should accom-
plish some good in life? Is womani
less lovable to a man If, instead or
rose-leaved palms and polished finger
| tips, her hands show signs of homely
homework? Do men only like the
women whose one thought is of pleas
ure instead of those who must plan
anxiously to keep a roof over their lit
tie family and their children neat, thus
giving him something else to converse
about than idle flippancy?
Such questions as these cannot be
answered Offhand. The heart of one
man cannot be judged by the hearts of
20 others. One may be dOmesticated
while the other nineteen-wOuld not
be tied down to home life though they
married earthly angels. One man is
all devotion to the little family. that
comes to him, while the man who has
no affection for offspring counts them
as TROUBLES he cannot avoid"
am happy to say that the latter are
few and far between. The coming of
children changes the majority of mems
natures completely. Love and senti-
mental whisperings men enjoy for
time, but they are sure to weary of 1t
sooner of later. The time comes when
they yearn for companionable mate,
one who can console them if business
goes wrong, aye, or who can advise
them. The best of men are apt to err
in their Judgment when hedged in by
business difficulties.
It is no credit to a woman to do
nothing more than to play the piano,
entertain weekend guests, make
good appearance at theater and ball
and ride round in her automobile. She
is the kind of wife who will fade quick
ly if her husband has business re-
verses. Instead of being a doll in the
parlOr, she is obliged to be the woman
of all work in the kitchen. The wom-
an who tolls does not soon become
fiabby, over-stOut, for want of exercise
and with the habit of having her chocO-
late brought to her bedside. With the
waning of her good looks, she becomes
more irritable. Nothing looks well on
her. With the ebbing away of her pow
ers to attract, she loses the admiration
and affection which were built on such
foundation.
The woman who tolls has the blood
stirred in her veins. 1t is a great
health giver and beautifier despite
what all may say to the contrary.
They are the women who win out in
the long run. Women who toll not are
like the butterflies, short lived and cas-
lily shorn of their beauty.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-11-23
Pension for Authors.

BY curious coincidence or fateo
William II. MallOck, who wrote rs
Life Worth Living?" Is among the au-
thors to be placed on the British civil
pension list, according to the most re-
cent announcement.
Another recipient Of government
bounty is Lady Murray, widow OF Sir
James Murray, who edited the OXFORD
Dictionary. DR.. Thomas Ross. the
tramp" poet; u. COmyns Carr" the
dramatist who translated MADAME
Sans Gene" and Mrs. Amy Bullen,
widow of the author of "The Cruise OF
the CachalOt," and other sea stories,
are also on the list.
To be eligible to the pension the re-
cipient must have been eminent In
literature. except In the case of a de-
pendent, and Notwithstanding thar
payment is a form of charity there Is
never a dearth Of applicants.
The uncertainty Of the rewards OF
literature is nowhere better illustrated
than i'm the case Of Doctor Murray
one of the most eminent philologists OF
his time, who gave many years to the
perfection of his great work but died
Door.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-11-23
Hone Yet for Wrist Watch.

"The wrist watch is to hold Ito
vogue" announces the report of re-
cent convention of the American Ma
tiOnal Retail jewelers. association. sc
the matter is settled for another year
beyond peradventure and those who dt
not see how they could live withoui
the convenient timepiece on their lef'
arms may take heart of grace-then
wrist-watches are not yet to be takeI
from them and banished among other
has-beens of fashion. 1t is hard to be-
lieve, anyhow, that a lot of jewelers.
could get together and decide arbitra-
rily whether so useful belonging as
the wrist-watch is to stay or go; bue
one knows what upheavals in fashion
few coutourieres banded together
may accomplish in the twinkling Of an
eve: so perhaps those of us who live,
move and keep our several appoint-
ments by wrist-watcheS should be hum"
bly, thankful that they are to be per-
mitted to use yet another twelve
month. Incidentally, the convention
also decided that bar screws for the
ears will come into favor rapidly and
that diamond solitaires will be the
fashionable earrings.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-11-23
GOATS MILK FOR CHILDREN
English Newspaper Asserts That IL Is
in Many Respects Superior to
That From the Cow.

Londoners, it seems, have expert
enced difficulties in getting clean milk
of the kind that cows give and there
has been some agitation about tuber-
culosis and other infection. In view
of this, correspondent of the Lon
don Times cOmmends goats milk as
food for London children. Though
goats milk is familiar elsewhere in
Europe, it is evident from what the
correspondent says that the people
Of London look askance at it. Though
the goat is not an animal immune to
tuberculosis, the writer says, it is sell
dom affected by it, so that goats milk
car be guaranteed tubercle free in
almost any given instance.
"Unhappily," he continues, "the
mere mention of goats milk provokes
contempt. 1t is said to be unpleasant
to TASTE it is regarded as indigestible;
every fault which self-interest can
find has been found. But the truth
is that clean-milked goats milk has
no taste at all. 1t furnishes in itself
guaranty against the filthy methods
prevailing in many dairy farms. 1t is
not indigestible, but is on the contrary
more easy to digest than cows milk.
Dyspeptics flourish on it; the young
est children are able to enjoy it. 1t
is much richer in fats than cows milk,
and thus forms an ideal food for chill
dren with a tendency to tuberculosis.
These children, too, are preserved
against the danger of new infection
by tubercle while taking it.
"SOme fifty years ago doctors in
London used to send their consump-
tive patients to Scotland to drink
goats milk. The results often justi-
fed the advice. Today we are, per-
hapS, as far from a successful treat
ment of consumption as we have ever
been. Here is a food which our IA
Tiers have used with benefit but
which we have neglected. 1t is
cheap food, too, for goats cost less to
feed than cows and give more milk in
proportion. The peasant who keeps
his mich goat has learned these truths
by happy experience. "The poor mans
cow is valued possession in many
Il country district. But in the towns
only contempt is bestowed upon it. Ii
goats milk were Obtainable and were
given a trial it would soon supplant
cows milk as staple food of young
children and of tuberculosis patients.
The wonder is, indeed, in these days
of multiplying organizations, one has
not yet been formed to supply goats
milk to city jewellers"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-11-23
cernoany's Motor Mixtures.

Owing to the shortage of gasoline
in Germany other motor fuels had to
be sought, and it is stated that the
one most used is a mixture of aico-
hol and benzol. According to a re-
port of the American consul at Lyons
the results of experiments made with
q touring car, with an ordinary car
buretor, showed mileage of 4.66 miles
with one pint of a mixture of equal
parts alcohol and benZOl, at speed
of ~ miles an hour. With one part
benzOl and three alcohol 4.34 miles
were covered at 80 miles an hour.
With one part benzol and five of al
cohol the car covered 3.72 miles at 30
miles an hour. With pure benZol the
car covered 3.79 miles at ~ miles per
hour; and with gasoline the record was
$50 miles at A miles per hour. These
figures may be of value in this coun-
try when the cessation of war de-
mands throw more benzOl on the mar
ket.