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The Ozark spectator., 1916-12-30
Garrett and family.

We'll, Christmas has come and gone and everybody who have jobs are going back to work, and those who have none are try. ing to get one.
 We'll, not much news this week. If this escapes the waste basket, it will come again. Wishing the Spectator and it's many readers a happy New Year, l will close for this time. (Not much news? If every correspondent would send each week as much news as you have the Spectator would be the newsiest paper in Arkan. sas. Why can'tyou, correspond ents?- editor.)
The Ozark spectator., 1916-12-30
Manitou and Mt. Zion News

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 Have had lots of snow in these parts, rainy weather at present.
 Miss Frue Thompson visited Miss Eunice Saunders Saturday night and Sunday.
 Mir. w. T. Wafls visited Mir. w. H. Saunders Sunday morn- ling.
 Arthur Hawkins has been on the sick list, but is better at this writing.
 Mir. and Mrs. Will White spent Sunday with Mir. w. T. Walls and family.
 Mir. and Mrs. Jim Powell visit ed in Ft. Smith the last of the week. !
 Mrs. C. c. Denniston has Seen
  on the sick list, but is better at this writing.
 Charley Denniston came in from Conway to spend Christmas with home folks. Mrs. Dell Reynolds is on the sick list, her many friends hope to see her about soon. Mir. and Mrs. J. w. Hansel spent Christmas at w. H. Saund CTS, the men went bird hunting in the afternoon.
 MT. and Mrs. John Sanders. of Sallisaw. Okla.. visited Mrs. San ders' brother, Walter Tweedy and family, recently.
 Will Saunders and family came up Sunday afternoon to stay over Xmas with Wills parents. w. H. Saunders and family.s
 Miss Georgia Gage. of Coal Hill. spent Christmas with Miss. es Genie and Vola Gage, of Oak Hill.
 Miss Eunice Earp spent Christ mas afternoon and night with Miss Letha Smith and attended the Christmas tree at Oak Hill.
 Misses Eunice Saunders and Lula Powell spent Xmas after noon with Miss Frue Tompson and attended the Christmas tree at Oak Hill. '
 There was also a Xmas tree at : Mt. Zion. Saturday night. every one seemed to enjoy themselves, good order and good time. San ia Claus was there with lots of candy for the little folks.
 The Xmas tree at Manitou Saturday afternoon was a suc- cess. good order. a nice tree, a good program and lots of fun for the little folks. w. H. Saunders opening address was good. Mr. :, w. T. Walls made a good talk. also the Rev. Sherman, of Mani. tou. Santa Claus was there all right.
 Wedding bell have begun to ring. Miss Betsey McClelland and Mr. Bert Brown were married at Manitou Sunday afternoon at { o'clock. Dec. IT. The happy cou- pie left Tuesday for their home in Oklahoma. Betsey was good girl and Bert is an industrious young man. Their many frienda wish them every happiness.
 Cotton Head.
The Ozark spectator., 1916-12-30
Local and Perso nal
Break your Cold or LaGrippe with a few doses of 666. ls@s s

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 Edgar Pendergrass left Thurs day for Deming, New Mexico. A happy and prosperous New Year to you.
 The oil and gas company held a very important meeting at the court house Wednesday evening.
 Mrs. Harry Rust and hand some son are visiting her par ents Mr. and Mrs. l.. M. Guthrie.
 Miss Trixie Q uaile returned to her home in Ft. Smith Friday night.
 Mrs. Tom Harmed and daugh- ter. Miss Hilda, went to Fort Smith and returned yesterday.
 MT. and Mrs. Tom Harmed and Miss Hilda spent Christmas in Conway and Little Rock, return ing home Thursday.
 Lost On December 24th, one gold necklace and lavaliere. A reward will be paid for it's return to Ruth Adams, Ozark, Ark. Rev. w. G. Bray will preach at Mountain View next Sunday at ten o'clock a. m. and 3 D. m. | Everybody invited. Misses Eugenia Currier and Der nice Waterfield visited at Ora vens the first of the week with MT. Ali Alston's family.
 Miss Mamie Frank Mclean who is teaching at Eufaula is spending Christmas with her par ents, Mir. and Mrs. S.S. Mclean
 Mrs. Joe l.. Rector of Conway is visiting Mrs. O. E. Jennings They spent Thursday in Ft Smith.
 Miss Malissie Webb attended family dinner at Webb City, given by Mir. and Mrs. Perry Tom Hooper at their home.
 Murray Mccullough came ur from Russellville to spend Xmas day with his parents Mir. and Mrs. c. c. Mccullough. Y
 Mrs. Roy Dryden and children came Friday. from Tulsa, Okla. to visit her parents. Mir. and Mrs. G. c. Mccullough.
 If you want the Spectator to continue to come to your address please send us that dollar if you know you are behind on your subscription.
 Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Taylor who are with bridge ga g at Plumerville spent Christmas day in Ozark and returned Monday night.
 Lost Somewhere between sun rise and sun set two golden hours each set with sixty diamonds no reward is offered for they are gone for ever.
 c. L. Mcdonald of Yuma coun- ty. Colorado, came in Thursday night and will spend the winter with his friend, F. A. Beste, and will probably buy a farm here, next spring.
 F. A. Beste, formerly of Trum. ble. Neb., has bought the Jeff Davis farm, from L. M. Guthrie, 23 miles west of Ozark, on the Mulberry road. He has built a good barn and some other build. ings and has shipped in six of the finest work horses ever seen in this county.
 FOR RENT
The Ozark spectator., 1916-12-30

of good and evil. Thus the fruit as well as the tree are to be talk en in a figurative sense and not literal.
 What is the sin against the Holy Ghost?
 It is blasphemy against the Holy Ghost. That is, to charge the Holy Ghost with being the cause of, or participating in any thing that is corrupt or sinful. or to do a work or perform a miracle by the power of the devil and claim that it was done by the power of the Holy Ghost; or if you should speak in an 'un- known tongue" within yourself, or by the aid of the devil through hypnotism and claim that you did it by the Holy Ghost. This would be blasphemy and a sin against the Holy Ghost.
 Where is Heaven and Hell?
 have written a tract in an swer to this question, which l will mail to anyone who is inter- ested for ten cents.
 How mony tribes among the Gentiles?
 It is hard to tell how many tribes there are among the Gen. tiles, as all the tribes among the Gentiles are called Gentiles, and they never thought enough of themselves nor were thought enough of by anyone else to be numbered.
 What is the difference between the Jews, the Gentiles and the Israelites? Jacob, the father of the Jews and Israelites, was call ed Israel after his wrestle with the angel; which means "One who prevails with God". Jacob had born to him twelve sons, which all together constitutes. ''The house of Jacob. :" Juda was the name of one of his sons, from which sprang the Jews. The Jews, the house of Juda which inhabited Northern Palis- tine and Jerusalem, and the oth- CT eleven tribes which inhabited Southern Palistine and had Sa- mariah as their capitol of the kingdom of Israel. All the twelve tribes were carried captives to Babylon about 620 B. c. The tribe of Benjamin returned to Jerusalem, but the ten tribes never returned. and has ever been called the, ten lost tribes, who constitute the white or Anglo-SaXon races, who are the most intelligent people on the earth today, God said to Abra- ham and his seed, all the nations of the earth should be blessed, and thus it is so. by the ten tribes of Israel being scattered among all nations, they have proved blessing to all of them, in founding and building up of stable governments, institutions of learning etc. We who are Anglo-Saxons can pride ourselves that we are Israelites, the de- scendents of Isaac, and belong to the House of Jacob. :" The Gentiles are not so, they are the descendants of Ham, the cursed son of Noah, who constitute the Italians, Japs. Chinese, Negroes, Indians and other colored heath en races.
 All through the Bible we are told that God will in his own good time gather the children of Isreal with our brethren, the Jews, back to the Holy Land", the land of Palistine, the only promised land" that the Bible tells us anything about. There is nothing to this Sky promised l.
The Ozark spectator., 1916-12-30
J. (. Logan's
 Questions Answered

will give a bible answer to Bro. Logan's questions as far as it is possible. It is not because think that am smarter than any one else, or that l want to head in" and not give anyone else chance at answering these very interesting questions, but it is because 1 have asked simi- lar questions in the Spectator and no one so far has ever attempted to answer them. Besides ,all of this, 1 know too. that a bible answer to some of those ues- tions would interfere with the teachings of some of our modern creeds too much; for this reason there is no likelyhood of a creed bound preacher ever answering some of these questions.
 THE ANSWER
 Twill now begin at Bro. Logans last question. Was Adam the first man on earth?" Some of our readers may be surprised, when answer no. The bible does not say that Adam was the first man on the earth. Adam was the beginning of a new gen. eration, and new dispensation just as Noah, Abraham and Moses were.
 PROOF
 In the first chapter of Gen. verse 27 we are told that God created the man in his own image both male and female and he told them to multiply and re- plenish the earth" Now we might paraphrase this text in order to get it's full meaning Then we would understand the word replenish to mean, to re- people the earth, if there had never been any people on the earth before. In Gen. 3:16 we learn that Cain slew his brother Able, and he went over into the land of Nod, there he finds a wife. A son is born unto them. Cain builds a city and calls it after the name of his son. Enoch, and Lamech the grandson of Cain, Ga kind of a Mormon apos- tle) took two wives, and all of this happens before there is an- other child born in Adams family From this evidence and secular history and science we can safe ly conclude that Adam was not the first man on the earth"
 Who was the serpent that de- ceived Eve? From the reading of the bible, we learn that the serpent is the devil, Rev. 2Oth chapter. We learn also that the term devil means, an opposer, an enemy. an adversary. etc. We learn by reading Isaiah IA 1922 that the devil was once an angel in heaven and in Luke 10 tn chapter 18th verse, Jesus said T beheld satan as lightning fall from heaven. Paul says that the devil is the prince of the power of the air" and Jude says that the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation. he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judg- ment of the great day." From the foregoing scriptures and many other texts we learn that the devil that deceived Eve was at one time the prince of con- pany of angels. but through lust for power and a higher position he sined, and lead the human family to sin and brought death to the human race and if God had cut man off without a redeemer, then death would have ended all and man would have been no more.
 What was the fruit of the tree
The Ozark spectator., 1916-12-30
Northeast White Oak ltems

Health is generally good in these parts except bad colds.
 Mrs. w. Tomberlia is on the puny list.
 Tom Tomberiin spent Sunday night with Virgil Agee.
 Miss lnez Dunford spent Xmas with Miss Mary Morton.
 Archie Blanscet took Xmas dinner with Sam Leaver.
 Miss Gertie Barnes spent Sun day night with Miss Inez Dun ford.
 Mrs. Rogers and mother. Mrs. Baskin. spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Ellen Moss.
 Miss Ida Phillips took dinner with Misses Ozema. Oveler and Nevada Dunford Sunday.
 Miss Delphia Sells spent Sun day night with Miss Ozema Dunford.
 MT. and Mrs. J. ". Tombeflin spent Sunday with R. V. Taylor and wife.
 Sam Thompson returned from Keota. Okla.. Sunday. He says he is going again soon. Sam is some rambler anyway.
 Misses Ozema, Oveler and Ne. vada Dunford took Xmas dinner with Misses Lee and Thelma Morton.
 Mr. and MEs. ]. W. Tomberlin Tom Tomberlin and Miss Ruth took Xmas. dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Leo Dunford and family.
 c. D. RO0ere has rented his fdrm to q kF. Knight and has moved to the Baxnes place where he can send his ittle girl to school. A good idea. don't you think 90. Nr, editor?
 Mir. Oglesby. of Sherman. Tex. hes moved onto the Hanover place. MT. and Mrs. Fowler are moving. to the Knox girls place, and the Knox girls are moving to Ozark and will occupy Judge Weaver's res3dence,
 The Christmss .tree at Gar Creek was . grand auccess. so they report. There were plenty of presents for everybody. and then some.
 Tom TombeRlin of Cameron. Okla. visitsdo ohome folks here during the holidays, returning to Oklahou1s Tseaday. He is go- ing to farm out there next year.
 ChArley Mclaughlin and fam. fly spent Sunday aight with her parents. Ar. and Ars. R. M. Taylor.
 nr. Oglssby and family and Mr. Knight and family spent Sunday afternoon with John
The Ozark spectator., 1916-12-30
Oak Grove

Miss Bonnie Edwards spent Xmas with Roy Berkleys family.
 Miss Gladys Fuqua is visiting on the mountain this week.
 How sad is death at this season of the year. MT. and Mrs. R. Petete lost their child last week.
 Mir. Blaylock has moved to this neighborhood again. We are glad to see them back. Q
 Miss Tressa Simpson has been sick again. She has been under the care of Dr. Williams. Mrs. Marvin Davis has been quite i'll during the holidays but lis some better now.
 A merry party of young people from Mineral Springs attended the celebration of Christmas at Oak Grove.
 Bud Cornet is shipping his household goods to Oklahoma. Ths family will leave Ozark Fri day,
 Ike McClevengar called Dr. Williams to loosen his jaw which become set while Mir. McCleven- gar was yawning.
 A family party was held at Mir Cornetts. His son, Marvin was at home and Mir. and Mrs. Bren. dle and their daughter went over to spend Sunday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Will Wakefield had a welcome little stranger to assist in their Christmas celebra- ton. The baby and mother are doing nicely.
 Claude Smith Jr. spent the holidays with his parents. MT. Smith is an enthuiastic teacher and reports his school as making good progress. He gave an Xmas tree to his children on Friday.
 A host of friends met Christ mas night with Miss Grace Will son to bid her good bye. The dining room had been cleared for the use of the young folks. while the older ones visited. The yonng CT ones played games, jokes and had a good time generally. Miss Grace makes an agreeable hostess and the evening was a pleasant one to all. Some good music was furnished by Frank Cooper, Alphine Umholtz. Floyd Cooper and Robert Morphis. The guests returned home at a late hour after wishing Miss Grace . pleasant journey and a happy future in her new home.
 Mrs. Pearl Hutchindon. Mrs. Anna Brendle and Luther Revis took the many useful and orna. mental gifts for the older ones and the play things for the child ren from the tree while Nisses Melinda Brendle. Lovonia Hutch. inson. Iza Fuqua and Gladys Smith carried the gifts to the owners as their names were call ed.
 The evening of December 23 found an anxious crowd of little ones gathered around a beauti- fully dressed Christmas tree at Oak Grove. In spite of their longing to see old Santa they all behaved nicely during the pro. gram. The recitations were giv. en in a bright. happy manner. The songs were well rendered. s anta came with a rush and Q racket. giving apples to the little ones and making all feel he was their friend.
 At the close of 1916 the Sun day School reports are encourss. ing. An increase in attendance, collection and interest. Mrs. Edna Warmick's class of juniors under her skillful leadership have had exceptionally well prepared lessons. The Sunday School is
The Ozark spectator., 1916-12-30
FOR RENT

The Pool Farm.
 L. M. Guthrie, Agt.
The Ozark spectator., 1916-12-30

M oney to Loan on Farms Long time, easy payments.
 w. c. Conatser.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-16
PRAYER BOOK REVISION
REPORT is SUBMITTED

above, the earth beneath. or in the
waters under the earth; Thou shalt
not bow down 10 them nor worship
them.
3. Thou shalt not take the name Of
the Lord. thy God, in vain.
4. Remember that thou keep holy
the Sabbath day.
5. Honor thy father and thy mother
The commissions report recon-
mended that the present Good Friday
prayer: Have mercy upon all Jews
Turks. inhdels and heretlcs," be re.
vised to read. Have mercy upon all
who know Thee not. as revealed in the
Gospel OF thy SON." thus eliminating a
classification which to many has been
Objectionable.
Numerous suggestions for the en-
richment of the prayer book TO meet
modern conditions were advanced.
Among these were the adoption of
prayers for labor, for the army and
navy, for schools and colleges, for
state legislatures and a patriotic pray
or for Independence day.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-16
MISSING MONEY
JAR CAUSES
TROUBLE
Loser and Chinaman Flee and
Farmer Beams Beans Fail
to Crop"

RNSNlLLE. Calf Oct. l6.-
Clarence Darby, blacksmith. is Nuba
cuuuty's attest to the fact thar troubles
never come slnEly
Some time ago Darby buried near a
tree IN his yard, glass jar contain
ing $500 He tied his WATCHDOG to
The tree, but when the canine hurled a
bone the glass jar was uncarthcd \
stranger picked zip the jar and hurried
along
because jar similar TO the one III
which the money was found near tho
promises Of Nh Lung, servant of 4, T..
Bean ucighbor the cclcstal was
suspected OF having eludcd the watch
ingS OF the Watchdog.
Trouble then rapidly followed the
result being that Darby no longer
holds his position with the blacksmith
concern. Also. he has departed from
the county.
Now comes 10 the stage center for.
mer nC!ghhur Bean. employer Of Nh
Lung. Bean has instructed an atinr-
ney 70 institute damage suit against
Darby II IL is learned that the latter
has any remaining funds lie avert
Darby tlourishCd revolver in an at
tempt TO intimidatc the Chinaman into
making a confession The Hong
kOngist,' he says. became frightened
and fed from the community. leaving
Ia the care az Mother Nature the
bean crop ~ Mr. Hcan Mother Va
turc ilinchcS At the additional burden
and Beans beans failed 20 "crop
Now he seeks damages for The sum
he believes would have been realized.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-16
At the Convention Of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church
for Its Action.

ST LOUIS. Mo. Oct. l6.-Reyision
and shortening Of i've OF the Ten Com
mandmcnts as they appear in the Book
OF Common Prayer and the elimination
of Good Friday prayer which classes
Jews with Turks. infdels and here
tics, were proposed in the report OF
the joint commission on the Book OF
Common Prayer submitted to the gem
eral convention of the Protestant Epis-
copal church today.
The commission, consisting OF seven
bishops. seven clergymcn and seven
laymen. under the Craftsmanship of the
RI. Rev. Courtlandt Whitehead bishop
Of Pitlsburg, was appointed by the
1918 convention OF the church to re-
wise and enrich the book Of common
prayer, adapting IL 10 modern condl-
tons.
II was proposed to eliminate por-
tiOns Of the FIRST five commandments
on the ground that the arguments for
the observance of Divine law in the
Ten Commandments may actually be
understood In the laws themselves,
and also 10 shorten and make more
impressive the church service. Fur
thor. il was held that the reasons.
which applied in Israel do not neces-
sarily apply today. The revised version
Of the IKE commandments as proposed
follows
/. Thou shalt have no other Gods
but me.
2. Thou shalt not make unto thy
self any craven image. nor the like
ness OF anything that is in the heaven
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-16
RUSSIAN ATTACKS ARE
FAILURES WITH LOSSES

BERLIN, Oct. l6.-Strong attacks
were made by the Russians Sunday
in Volhynia. west of Lutsk. Mon
days official statement reports that
these assaults broke down with severe
losses for the Russians.
French troops made an attack upon
the German positions west of the
town Of Sailiy-Sainisel. the German
statement adds. The attackers were
driven back south OF the village by a
counter attack.
British troops Sunday attacked the
German positions northeast OF
Gucdocourt, three miles south Of
Bapaumc, and penetrated the German
first line but the ground was recap
tured after o. counter attack, the
statement continues.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-16

crsburg a guest or Mr.. and Mrs. Sprigg
D.. Camden.
Miss Elizabeth Berry, of Baltimore
is q guest Of Miss Virginia Snider
Charles W. hettigrew will so Tues
day night to Perth Amboy, n. j., where
he will attend the Williams Whitehead
wedding Wednesday evening.
Mrs. c. w. VandervOrt. of Cincinnati
o.. is visiting her sister. Mrs. ". L
Tate. of Maple avenue, few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Il. DrummOnd,
OF Arbolla. Mo. arc guests OF rela-
tives in the city.
John Morrison. of Weston, is in
the city.
j. +. Marsh. OF the state depart
ment OF schools at Charleston. is here
on official business.
William Farris. OF Charleston, is
transacting business here.
Harry H. MADEIRA is here from
Morgantown.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Davis. OF
Levisay, this state, are guests at
the Hotel Gore.
II. W, Burnett. OF Grafton, is
trRnsacting business here.
l. w. Critics was here from Wes-
ton Monday.
Mrs. !. Nusbaum. Of 522 West Main
street has as her guest her niece. Miss
Rose Strauss. of Waco. Tex.
Mrs. Moses A. Tichenal and Miss
Agnes Morrison will go to Washing
ton, d. G., tonight for a visit Of ten
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-16
FINDS THIRD MOTHER IN
HIS TWO YEARS OF LIFE

CHICAGO. H.. Oct. 1G.-Robert
Horsky, two years ola. though moth
erless, is rich in mothers. First
there was the quiet, adoring person
who used to sing him to sleep. Then
when she was taken away. there was
the other woman he knew. who gave
him all her affection-Mrs. ]. +. Law
renee. 1858 Greenwich avenue.
Now there is still another who has
given him new home, a great sand
pile and all the toys he had ever
dreamed about She is Mrs. Charles
l.. Harrison. 4154 Dickinson avenue.
Roberts mother worked in the home
of Mrs. Lawrence until she died last
March.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-16
RED MAN NOT
INTERESTED IN
MODERN WAYS
Indian Spares Few Words and
Little Emotion over Mining
Enterprise.

MIAMI, Okla. Oct. l6.-John Beav-
er, tull-oiooded Quapaw Indian. whose
tepee is some distance ont OF Miami
visited enc OF his tracts Of land the
other day. and seated in his buggy
several hundred yards ont on the
prairie from the big 25-tnn Beaver
Mining Company's mill. viewed stol-
IDLY the evidences OF the work Of The
'palcface
John Newton. superintendent or the
mine. which is one Of the biggest and
richest OF the neiEhborhood. noticed
the Indian and walking out to whcr,
he was. he invited him To make Il
closer inspection of tho property. II
was the first time that John Beaver
had ever seen the mine.
Adorned with numerous rcd, blue
and yellow ribbons and feathers. both
tied in his hair. and wearing heavy
highly colored blanket. the Indian pre-
scented an odd picture.
ITS 4 fine mill, isn't IT." vcnturcd
Newton.
Ugh grunted the red man.
"Nnn't you come over and soc it?''
NO"
However a certain amount Of nor.
suaston induced the Indian 10 stop
from his buggy and walk slowly and
suspiciously over toward the plant
Occasionally he would pause as though
half inclined TO turn back. II was
quite evident that he was soon 10 rcap
riches from the royalty IRON the larg-
er new mine did not cnthusc him in
the least.
You've been away some time. have
MT you?" inquired Newton.
Ugh"
Fishing and hunting?"
NO"
Hunting?
Ugh"
Lots of game?"
NO
This is pretty orc. isn't it?" scoop
ing up handful from a bin.
Ugh"
AT that moment can, carrying two
miners, was lifted to the surface from
the depths OF the shaft. and as the
miners climbed from the great steel
can the old Indian walked in stately
manner toward his buggy. evidently
greatly relieved TO put as much space
as possible between himself and the
"witchcraft'' Of the white man.