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The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

TO WORK FOR SCHOOL AMEND
MENT EVEN IF 1T MEANS DE-
FEAT FOR DENOMINATION.
INCREASE FROM TOP MILLS
Motion Was Adopted Providing For
Appointment of One Person in Each
Congressional District to Compose
Campaign Committee.
Hitchcock.

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DR.. c. II. Brough, the Democratic
nominee for governor, was the princi-
pal speaker at a meeting of the State
School Directors Association, held in
the Hall of Representatives at the
state capitol The meeting had been
called by Allen Winham of Texarkana,
president. to plan a campaign for pro
posed Amendment No. II, better
known as the local school tax amend
ment. The amendment would raise
the maximum amount that could be
levied for local school purposes from
seven to twelve mills
DR.. Brough, late in getting to the
meeting. said he had been busy ineor-
porating plank endorsing the pro,
posed amendment in the platform to
be adopted by the state convention.
A motion was adopted providing for
appointment of one person in eacn
congressional district to compose a
campaign committee, which will co
operate with the State Teachers As,
sociation's committee
Hamp Williams of Hot Springs, H.
f. McFerrin of Union county. author
of the present seven-mill law, Secre,
tary R. E. Wait of the Arkansas Bank
ers, Association, J. S. Cubage of Con-
way and several others spoke. There
were about 300 school directors in
attendance L. B. Mcclure of Rus
seIlyiIIe was secretary of the meet
ing
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08
instructions issued.

In an effort 10 bring the assessed
valuation of property in the state IN
1916 TO that of 1914 or more. the State
Tax Commission has sent to all assess
ors a letter of instructions regarding
assessing. The letters urge that all
property be assessed at 81 per cent Of
its actual value. asked that special at
tention be given to listing classes of
property, which showed decrease in
1915, and especially merchandise,
moneys and credits which. the letter
says, were apparently much under-as'
sessed in 1915.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

Petitions asking Governor Hays to
pardon Thomas Jabine, recently con-
victed in Pulaski county of involun-
tary manslaughter for the killing of
A c. Garon December s, 1915. were
Published in the arkansas Democrat.
Jabine was indicted for second degree
murder. Jabine shot Caron after a
dispute over some farming nipple.
ments involved in the sale of a farm
west of Little Rock. Among those
who signed the petitions are A. Bril-.
zolara, foreman of the Grand Jury
which indicted Jabine, and several of
the Jurors who convicted him.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08
Order Will Be Enforced.

DR.. c. w. Garrison, state health Of
ficers. notified residents of Logan
county who petitioned him to reseind
an order requiring all school children
to be yaeeinated for smallpox, that
the order will not be reseinded but
will remain in force until further no.
tice The petitions said that enforc.
ing of the order would keep many chill
dren from attending summer schools :.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

District, T. D. Wynne, Dallas County;
Scott MeGehee. Desha County sew
enth District. Frank Brame, Lewis.
vile; U. A Gentry, Hope
On motion by Claude A. Fuller OF
Carroll county, the convention voted
to refer the settlement of the Perry
and Poinsett county cases to the in
coming State Central Committee. with
authority for the committee to recog-
nize one central committee in each
county.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

While a Dardanelle and Russellvllle
locomotive was returning to Russell,
vile the engineer saw a twosyear-old
boy on the track The engineer ap-
piled his brakes. but the locomotive
was on down grade and the wheels
skidded He rushed forward to the
cowcateher TO attempt to save the
baby He failed to grasp the child,
but threw him down and he rolled be.
tween two crossties. The engine
passed over the ties and did not touch
the child
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08
May Have Hit Mine Field.

The news was flashed out in special
editions of the evening newspapers
and caused greater CONSERVATION IN
the West End of London than has
been witnessed on any previous occa-
sion since the declaration of war. The
frankness of the admiralty announce
ment concerning the serious nature OF
the British losses and the apparently
small losses of the Germans in COM
parison, led to the assumption in most
minds that the British vessels must
have been led into mine field.
From advices thus far received, IT
would appear that the greatest naval
battle of history has occurred. Never
before have two naval forces of such
magnitude as the British and German
high seas fleets engaged in combat.
But apparently the battle was not
fought out to point to determine
mastery of the seas. for the losses,
serious as they are reported to have
been, will not vitality impair the
strength OF either feet.
The scene of battle was in the
eastern waters of the North Sea. n
is probable the German fleet was on
one of the excursions into the North
Sea which 1t has taken from time to
time during the war, and met, whether
or not by design, with the British
fleet.
Skagerak is an arm of the North Sea
between Norway and Denmark. The
point referred to in the official German
statement as Horn Riff probably is
the reef off the horn. on the southwest
ern extremity of Denmark This would
indicate that the battle was fought of
the coast of Denmark.
News of the engagement was held
back by the British authorities, post
bly, pending the return home of the
fleet and the first word received of
the battle came by wireless from Ser.
lin.
The loss of life in the engagement
must have been extremely heavy. The
battle cruiser Indefatigable, for In
stance, from which the German admir-.
atty reports only two men were saved.
probably had more than 900 on board.
and others of the vessels sunk carried
compliments of men equally or nearly
as large.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08
Wants Sanity est.

Should efforts be made to have Gov
ernor Hays commute to life impris
onment the death sentence of GILES.
pie Glover, Pulaski county negro, con-
victed OF killing his wife about two
years ago, Troy Lewis. Glover's attor.
ney, will fight the move, he said
Glover is at the penitentfary in an
insane condition. Mr.. Lewis obtained
an order from the Pulaski Circuit
Court ordering the execution post.
poned pending an investigation OF
Glover's sanity.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

BRITISH LOST THREE wARsHlPs
AND SIX cRUlsERs-aERaANs
LOSS UNDETERmiNED.
TORPEDO BOATS MISSING
Germans Attacked One Section of tho
British Fleet, But Took to Flight
When Main Fleet Appeared on
the Scene.

London.-The British admiralty :.
officially announced that the total 7.
number of British destroyers lost :
in the naval engagement was =
eight. .
The announcement adds that of i.
three German battIeeruisers. eth
er the Derftlinger or Dutzow was =
blown up, another was said to .
have been disabled and a third to .
be seriously damaged.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08
To Survey u. of a. Move,

Whether Governor Hays will recon,
mend to the next legislature that the
University of Arkansas be removed
from Fayetteville to some point more
centrally located. will depend upon a
survey he will have mace by three
educators living outside Arkansas.
the governor announced He said
nonresidents would be chosen to in.
sure against prejudice.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

wide plain or fancy ribbon. which may
fall from the shoulder or from the
waist. It falls quite free of the skirt.
and 1t may barely touch the floor or
drag several inches. A narrow breadth
of any plain beaded or embroidery
transparency may be used in the same
manner, sometimes prettily finished
by bunch of pink roses.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08
BRIEF NEWS AND NOTES.

George R Brown, aged 60 years. for
more than % years secretary of the
Little Rock Board of Trade, and one
Of the best known and most success
full publicity men in the South died
after an illness of several months A
general nervous breakdown was the
immediate cause of his death He is
survived by his widow. one daughter
Mrs. Sam Powell. and one son, Hor
ace Brown
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08
Stock at $500.

W. T. Maxwell, deputy state bank
co nmissioner in charge of the blue
sky" department authorized the Wild
Cat Oil and Gas Company OF Fort
Smith to sell the remaining shares
of its stock at $500 per share. or five
times its par value The company has
three gas wells and controls large IN,
terests in the gas and oil field in
western Arkansas
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08
INCORPORATION Matters.

The Walso Telephone Company OF
Lewisville, and the Crystal Ice Com
pany of Paragould filed notice of dis
solution.
The Cross Grocer Company of
Blytheville filed articles of incorpora-
ton. 1t is capitalized at $4,000. The
corporators are Herman Cross. Mary
Lee Cross and Glover Whitworth.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

London.=The British public was
given a painful shock when the adj
miralty gave out statement that IN
a naval battle in the North Sea the
British battle cruiser fleet met the
German fleet. with the result that
three British battle cruisers were
sunk, together with three cruisers and
several destroyers, while six destroy
ers were still unaeeounted for
The lndefatigable, the InyincibIe
and the Queen Mary were the battle
cruisers sent to the bottom by the
Germans The cruisers Defence.
Black Prince and Warrior also were
lost Tie Warrior first was reported
disabled. but subsequently it was an
neuneed that she had to be abandoned
by her crew.
The German fleets losses are stated
to have been serious, but no very def
mite information of these losses is az
forded One battle cruiser is declared
to have been destroyed and another
severely damaged. while the belief Is
expressed that large number of Ger
man destroyers were disposed Of
Following quickly upon the admiral
~ announcement came the German Of
fetal version of the fight. which IN
general confirmed the British account,
but carried the claim lat the battle
ship Watersprite also was sunk ana
other British battleships damaged.
The German losses. according to the
German version of the battle, were the
small cruiser Wiesbaden, sunk by gun
fire, and the warship Pommern by
torpedo. while the cruiser Frauenlob
.tcc
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

Two Improvement districts estao.
lfshed by County Judge {. NJ. Philpot.
under the Alexander road law. to con.
struet 80 miles of maeadam roads in
Jefferson County north Of the Artan.
sas River. means an additional expen-
ditnre for good roads in this county
Of s2S9,o0 and will provide good
roads radating from Pine Bluff to
every section of the county. One dis
trict is to build road from the free
bridge to Atlheimer. Wabbaseka and
Humphrey. a distance of 10 miles W.
G. Key r. Carnahan and ] 2. Walt
were appointed commissioners.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

suit OF national interest to tbs
oil and gas industry began in tbs
Chaneery Court when Judge W. A.
Falcouer began hearing the case of
the Clear Creek Oil and Gas Company
against the Wild Cat oil and Gas Com
pany for oil and gas right on the j.
B. Cox farm in Crawford county. The
Clear Greek company obtained a lease
on tho place two years ago. but failed
TO file it for record. Last January
the Wild Cat Company secured a
lease to the farm and brought in a
81 900. 000-foot gas we'll, the biggest III
the KILLER field This is the first suit
Of the kind ever heard in Arkansas
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08
Awards Scholarships.

Leo M. Favret, associate supervisor
of rural schools, was notified by the
General Education Board of Rich
mond Va, that d. w. Hughes of Ma
rianna, Chester and Henry Yeager of
Hope and p H. Foster of Camden, ne
gro teachers, had been awarded free
scholarships at the Summer Training
School at Hampton, Va, the term of
which extends from May % to July Il.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

The contract was let for the con,
struction of ten miles of good road
between Lesry and New Boston, work
on which will begin at once When
this ten mile gap is filled in good
pike will be open all the way from
Texarkana to Clarksville. a distance
of seventy miles.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08
Another Road SURVEY.

Hugh r. Carter, state highway en-
gineer, sent a surveying crew to Cross
county to begin survey of a road
from Wynne, % miles east to the
Crittenden county line
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

While the County Central Commit
tee OF Ashley county was III session
at Hamburg. Sheriff Hogan Oliver.
Democratic nominee for state auditor,
said that he had heard rumors that
his books did not show all the tax re-
ceipts that had been issued in the
county. Mr. Oliver brought his books
10 the meeting and offered 1000 In
cash to any man who would produce
tax receipt that was not of record in
his office This put stop to the gos-
sip.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08
yellow and Black Taos.

Yellow and black may be a popular
color scheme for Arkansas automobile
tags until the European war ends, &C.
cording to w. B. Owen. chairman of
the State Highways Commission. This
combination Is used in the 1916 tags.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08
Natural Gift.

Now comes somebody telling IN
that debates should be eliminated from
female colleges. Oh. let EN- alone.
1t is natural gift. as men know who
have married noncollege girls.-Hous-
ton Post.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

One of the biggest pearls ever
found in White river was brought to
Batesville by o. B. Warner, a pearl
hunter and fisherman of this city. The
gem weighs 120 grains and was found
three miles west of Batesville The
pearl. it is believed. will sell for So
500
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08
Most of Us Know Him.

DE man dat says dar amt no sech
thing as luck" said Uncle Eben. lis de-
kind of man dat takes credit fob men
tai superiority when he ketches Dc
mog fish,
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08
leonard Skin for the Summer.

A woman we'll known in Washing
ton society walked down Connecticut
avenue the other day wearing an en-
tire s.opard skin as summer neck
nieceN II was lined with myriad OF
shaded chiffon ruffies In tawny brown
and cream and on the whole it was
loss striking than the description
sounds.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

T. r. Mcconnell. athletic director
OF the University OF Arkansas. has
prepared a comparative statement of
the grades in class work of the foot
ball men and the general student
body 1t shows the football mems
average to be 153 higher than that
of the average student body and great
er than the average of any other or
ganization of students except the
honor society.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

Twenty-three Holstein cows pur-
chased recently by Prof A. A. Dvora
chek of the Department of Animal
Husbandry OF the University of Ar
kansas have been sold to farmers of
Washington county at actual cost.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

Herman Hale OF Camden was IN
Monroe. La, recently and was invited
to be one of an auto party At the
last moment he found that he would
not be able to take the ride and the
three men who invited him drove off
A short time later the car was over.
turned and two of the occupants were
instantly killed. The third. who was
driving the car, was so badly injured
that he died later
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08
SHORT ARKANSAS ITEMS.

Getl1lOnS LOT SUBMISSION OF the pro-
posed Brundidge primary election law,
recently put in circulation. are being
freely signed It will require about
Il 600 signatures to the petitions be-
fore the proposed law, drawn to throw
more protection around primary cleo
tions, can be submitted to the voters
in the general election next Noyem.
Der.
Mrs. w D. York OF York's Chapel
brought some odd table spoons to
Nashville recently to have them re-
paired. The spoons were made by
hand from silver dollars Mrs York's
grandfather made them and gave them
to her mother as a bridal present
In the recent school election at
Texarkana the majority for the
school tax was only four At Ashdown
only two men voted against the school
tax and the Little River News thinks
these two voted against it by mis-.
take.
Aunt Tilda Dodd, said to be 100
years old, who, as slave, belonged
to the David Dodd family, died a few
days ago at Benton. She nursed Da-
via O. Dodd, the boy martyr, who was
hanged as spy by the Federals.
The Luxora territory was visited
by destructive hailstorm recently
The hailstones were as large as goose
eggs Many window panes were
broken and crops were badly damaged.
John Harmon Keith. the four-year,
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Keith
of Hiwasse, died from injuries caused
by fall several week ago from the
loft,
Cleveland county has placed an or
der for two big traction engines and
two road graders to be used in road
building.
A turtle weighing 65 pounds was
caught near Batesyille a few days
ago.
While playing gols on the links OF
the Texarkana Country Club. w. L.
Woods Jr drove ball which, while
in flight struck a sparrow and killed
it. To get the full force of the I'M
usualness of this occurrence one only
has to consider the amount of space
there is above the links of the Coun.
try Club at Texarkana.
Dillon Underhill of Mountain Home
fractured a rib few days ago while
sneezing The rib had been broken
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

The berry season has closed at Pig.
gott with a total shipment of $50
cases. 1,o05 being local shipments.
Next year the acreage will be inereas-
ed and an effort will be made to sc.
cure additional labor, the lack of
which greatly handicapped harvesting
this season.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

Cleburne county is progressive.
When the people of Mt. Pleasant
neighborhood gathered for the annual
school election they discussed the
proposed amendment 10 the eonstitu
ton which will allow the voting of IL
mills for school purposes, and then
decided unanimously to support the
amendment.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

Forty-fve carloads OF Strawberries
have been shipped by the Searcy Fruit
Growers Association.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

The ozark Cider and Vinegar Com
pany of Sloan Springs is shipping a
carload of vinegar each day and ex-
poets to do larger business soon
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08
Nail Bleach.

Simple lemon juice is the best pos.
sible nail bleach.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

Miss Morcella Arthur OF the extern.
sion department of the University OF
course in domestic science in the
southern part of Arkansas county.
There was an attendance of 6S on the
first day.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

The town of womble is TT feet
above sea level according to the Unit.
ed States Department OF Geological
Survey Fodder Stack mountain, four
miles from Womble. is 1920 feet
above sea level and the slatington
range, IA miles from Womble, is 200
feet above sea level
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

Work has been started on new
cold storage plant for the Rogers Ice
and Cold Storage Company. The build.
ing will be IS by los feet, and OF fire.
proof construction. 1t will cost about
$4,000
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

Admitting that his profits on boot
leg whiskey for Saturday amounted
to s96. Albert Williams of Pine Bluff.
a negro who has been running pool
room in Sheriff.. told the officers that
he will plead guilty to selling liquor.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

The Batesville Record estimates an
average of one pearl is found in
every 10000 mussel shells opened. The
pearl usually is a small one The
Record estimates the chance of finding
a 500 pearl is one in 100000.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

Faulkner county has a six-club base
ball league. The cellar position is
now being filed by the town OF Re,
publican.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

Up to last Wednesday Judsonia had
shipped 80 cars of strawberries this
season,
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

Near Rover vicious bull belonging
to Will Cathey killed a valuable mule
and seriously injured two others. The
mules belonged to Mr.. Cathey.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

Trains Made Of Ribbon.
simple afternoon toilet may be
turned into q ceremonious evening
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

Charles T. Abeles C Co. of Little
llock are erecting a sawmill on Red
river in Hampstead county to cut ey.
press timber recently acquired by the
company.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

The Associated Church Charity As.
sociation viii give "humbug" circus
by Van Buren, talent early in June.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

A glass factory which will operate
365 days in the year and will employ
900 men will be established at Van
Burpn
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

Dillon Underhill of Mountain Home
fractured rib few days ago while
sneezing. The rib had been broken
before.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

Ira B. Davis of Little Rock has been
awarded the contract for the erection
OF the new Carnegie Library building
at Morrilton.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

w. Fl. Jones of Independence. Kan,
has taken an option on $4,000 acres
of land between Hunt and Donelson
near Ozark and will drill for oil.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

In building road near Ravenden
Springs the workmen cut through a
hill and disclosed rich deposit of
zinc.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

Foster Hampton of Fordyce took
fsst place in the broad jump in ths
recent Yale-Harvard track meet when
he Jumped % feet IA inches He
also won the broad jump in the Yale
Princeton meet.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

The carbonate mine which has late.
ny been opened up on Fletcher noun
tain near Buford is making good
output The mine is one of the few
straight carbonate of zinc mines there
Is in this section.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

The first services in the new Meth
odist church at Clinton were held
Sunday During the services $1,000
was pledged to apply on the church
debt.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

Aunt Tilda Dodd. said to be 100
years old, who, as slave, belonged
to the David Dodd family, died few
days ago at Benton. She nursed Da-
via o. Dodd, the boy martyr. who was
hanged as spy by the Federals.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

The Luxora territory was visited
by a destructive hailstorm recently.
The hailstones were as large as goose
eggs. Many window panes were
broken and crops were badly damaged.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08


kansas have been sold to farmers O
Washington county at actual cost.
Admitting that his profits on boot
leg whiskey for Saturday amounted
to S96, Albert Williams of Pine Bluff
negro who has been running pool
room in Sheriff.. told the officers tina
he will plead guilty to selling liquor
Foster Hampton of Fordyee tool
nest place in the broad jump in TIL,
recent Yale-Harvard track meet wheI
he jumped % feet IA inches. H,
also won the broad jump in the Yale
Princeton meet.
The carbonate mine which has late
ny been opened up on Fletcher noun
tain near Buford is making a good
output The mine is one of the few
straight carbonate of zinc mines there
Is in this section.
The first services in the new Meth
odist church at Clinton were held
Sunday. During the services $1,000
was pledged to apply on the church
debt.
w. Fl Jones of Independence, Kan,
has taken an option on $4,000 acres
of land between Hunt and Donelson
near Ozark and will drill for oil.
A glass factory which will operate
1858 DAYS in the year and will employ
300 men will be established at Van
Buren,.
The Associated Church Charity As
sociation will give "humbug" circus
by Van Buren, talent early in June.
In building a road near Ravenden
Springs the workmen cut through a
hill and disclosed a rich deposit of
zinc.
Near Rover a vicious bull belonging
to Will Cathey killed a valuable mule
and seriously injured two others. The
mules belonged to Mr.. Cathey.
The ozark Cider and Vinegar Com
pany of Sloan Springs is shipping a
carload of vinegar each day and ex-
poets to do larger business soon.
Faulkner county has six-club base
ball league. The cellar position is
nov being filed by the town OF Re,
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

A turtle weighing IS pounds was
caught near Batesville a few days
ago.
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

John Harmon Keith. the four-year,
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Keith
of Hiwasse, died from injuries caused
by a fall several week ago from the
loft
The Monticellonian., 1916-06-08

Cleveland county has placed an or
der for two big traction engines and
two road graders to be used in road
building