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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-09

gineer. and Railway Electrical Engi-
neer. has been elected vice president,
after spending his entire business ca
reer with the Railway Age-Gazette,
and the Railway Age.
Born at Hamlet. H., on May %,
1884, Mr.. Lee was educated in the COM
mon schools at Hamlet and the high
school at Aledo, Ill. In 1905 he grad
uated from a business college in Chi
cago and on June 6 of this year Joined
the staff of the Railway Age as assist
ant to the business manager. In De-
cember, 1906, he was assigned to the
news staff and in September of the
following year became an associate
editor and was transferred to New
York.
ION consolidation of the Railroad
Gazette and the Railway Age as the
Railway Age-Gazette in June, 1908,
Mr.. Lee was transferred back to Chi
cago. In April, 1909, he was given
charge of the advertising desk. About
November, 1909. he was given charge
Of writing advertising copy and thus
founded the copy service department
of the company He was shortly after
wards made one of the papers repre-
sentatives in the trade, and in March,
1910, was made secretary. In Febru-
airy, 1911, he was also elected treasur-
er, becoming in June. 1912, a director
Active in Associations.
'Mr. Lee has also taken an active
part in the publishers organizations
devoted to technical and trade papers.
In 1911-12 he was secretary and treas
urer of the Federation of Trade Press
associations in the United States, and
in January of this year was elected
secretary of the New York Trade
Press association. AS vice president
of the Simmons Publishing
company he will also continue as
treasurer of the company"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-09

car most comfortable and requiring
no ventilation.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-05-11

$500, and Zolfo the balance OF N
Sl2,500 issua. The zolfo schvol iii, I,
be located IN ten acre tiact 10 \,
donated by the Roberts ami sklpbe
Realty Company. rue !'opash sckesl
site TO be appro I'D ~ the Board, WIS
site is to ne three miles or more ifor
the Zolfo school site. II IL furthe
agreed by the committee from zollo I,
extend the water. light and sewenfl
system TO the school plant. donate n
fixtures for same. and furnish euTet
and water free, also deliver all mate
rial from cars TO building site. M
nish school site of not less than AZ
acres, and TO deliver all building n,
teriai from cars to school site, ana 1
further aid in any way that they eoull
Upon motion duly made and earris
the above 'eport was agreed 10 an
is hereby accepted.
Messrs. d. L. skipper and s, I
Roberts, of the ROBBERS and skippl
Realty Company, appeared before Il
Board presenting deed for school IL
at Zolfo which upon motion al
made and carried Is hereby ACCEPTED
And upon recommendation Of the tn
tees the superintendent is hereby a
thorized to have plans and speclhci
lions made for the schools TO be ere
ed at Zolfo and Popash and to adyt
tise same for bids as early as possibl
At IL O'Clock m, upon motion du
which had been received were laid oY
to be opened at 1880 o'clock,
At 1880 p. m. the Board met In o
cial session, and bids which had BE-
received were opened and were as 4
lows:
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-05-11

and at Mr.. and Mrs, James shelt.,.
in the Joshua Greek district
days last week.
Mrs. J. Hammer and son Fo-.
are visiting In Arcadia and Jo.h,.,
Creek district this week.
Mrs. Fannie Carlton. Of HIco,,. +,
under the care Of physicians a, A.,
dia, being taken suddenly sich "a.
was taken there by automobile
The East and West Coast surrs,,..
are at work south OF Hicorla, and y,
understand they passed on east sho,
half way between Hicorla and y,n.,
going through Mr.. Cline's homest,,a
The grading IS progressing as soo,
as can be expected on the Dixie hi,s
way. They are now at work ma,
what is called the Sand Scrub, On a,
| town line road.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-05-11

The contractor shall provide sud
bond in the sum Of nifty $50 per ee7
per cent. OF his contract with AM
and approved sureties, to the apprt
and benefit of all parties who may
entitled to liens under the said d
tract according to the provisions Of
Laws Of the State of Florida. 4
bond shall remain In force for and
I'll six months after completion OF
building, and acceptance Of same
the architect and owner.
Contractors wishing to bid may
tain drawings and Specifications
Bowling Green from r. J. Kennl
architect, Tampa, Florida; and for Y
70 from William Bradford, Arcadia
accompanying his application WITH
deposit In the amount Of SIS, WI
deposit will be refunded in full on
turn OF said drawings and specii]
tions within fve days after the d
are received.
Failure on the part OF the contrss
to either give a bona fide bid on 4
work, or return the drawings and ~
itcations within five days after n
are received, without cost to the an,
tect, will forfeit the SIS. DRAWN
may be seen at the office Of james
Buckley, County Superintendent an
dia, Florida.
Dated by order Of the Board Of p
lie Instruction OF DeSoto County n
the sth day OF May, A. d. 1915.
JAS. o. BICKLEf.
County Superintendent and seerei'i
5-11-5t.
There being no further business 4
Board adjourned TO meet in regu1
session the 18th day OF June. Since u
primary election is to be held on q
9Th day OF June, the Board VIII 4
meet until Wednesday, the 9TH daI
June. A d. 1915.
JAS. o. Buckley
County Superintendent and seereAL|
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-05-11
HICORLA.

. . . . =
Mr.. and Mrs. Barnett and Mr. and
Mrs. Tilton. Of Lily, motored over to
,Hicoria last week and visited at the
home Of MIR. and Mrs, Robert Eures
at the Red Hills Nursery, and spent
several days about our beautiful lakes
and were very much pleased with TINS
section Of Florida, as Mr.. and Mrs
Barnett have only been in the state
Tor a few months, coming here from
Edwardsville. Ills, and Mr.. and Mrs
Triton are from Oregon.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. b. Collins, OF Hi
coria, visited at Mr.. and Mrs. s. Hol
loway's and Mr.. and Mrs. Prouty
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-05-11

Upon motion duly made and carried
the Board went into executive session
after a thorough discussion and upon n
were within the appropriation for con
struction OF school buildings at Bowl
ing Green and Charlotte Harbor, mo-
tion was made that all bids be rejecte
thorized to rcadvertise for bids for the
construction OF school building a,
Bowling Green prepared by F. J. Ken
nard, Architect, Tampa, Fla, and "a
ter consulting the trustees Of Chariot
Harbor prepare plans and specilca
lions and to proceed with advertising
same for bids for the construction of
school building at Charlotte Harbor.
Notice to Contractors.
Separate sealed proposals will be re-
Public Instruction Of DeSoto County
Arcadia, Florida, until noon the 18th
day Of June, A. d. 1916, for the com
plete construction of brick school
houses at Bowling Green and zolfo,
The bidder must submit with his pro
posal a certified check in the sum
$3.50 90 with each bid for Bowlin
Green and Zolfo. drawn to the order
Board of Public Instruction, and the
proceeds OF such check shall become
the property of the Board II, for any
reason whatever, the bidder, after the
opening of bids, withdraws from the
competition or refuses to execute the
contract and bond required in the
event of said contract being awarded
TO him: and checks of the unsuccess-
full bidders will be returned after the
approval of the contract and bond eX-
ecuted by the successful bidder.
The contract which the bidder agrees
TO enter into shall be the form In use
in the office of the architects-known
as the Uniform Contract.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-05-11
MINUTES
OF the Board Of Public InstTuetlon OF
DesotO County, Florida, may
sth, 1919

Thu Board Of Public INSTRUCTION met
in special session Monday, May sth,
10 receive bids on Charlotte maroon
and Bowling Green buildings, ana any
other business that might come peiore
The following citizens Of the Lucky
island school community appeared re.
fore the Board relative to locating nnh
erecting a school in their community
Messrs Leo Stribling, Charlie AInold.
Yates, Clarence Smith and Win Hearn.
Mr.. smith presented deed TO two acres
TO Board for school site, when upon
motion was duly accepted, The follow :
ing committee we're appointed TO take
the building OF the school house IN
hand: VIII Hearn, Clarence smith ana
G, j. HatheoK. The superintendent
was authorized to have plans prepared
Tor n small school and furnish tNe
Committee With bill Of material fcI
same, the Board agreeing to allow $500
from their ub-district money TOWARDS
paying for The material, the cttizens
agreeing TO Guild the mouse as per
plans and specifications furnished
them,
Mr.. s. b. Hogan aad Superintendent
Buckley made a report Of their VI sit 70
Zolfo as follows: Messrs. l.. ~. Lang
ford, John Collier, Joe H.. Brown, y
L. Skipper, e. c. Thnrnhill AM 5, l..
Griffin, "A committee NJ citiEenS repre-,
senting The two communities, agreed
TO divide tile funds. giving Popasf
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-05-11

pounds, bids to be received up to May
2sth, al two o'clock p. m. -.
Upon motion duly seconded and car.
RED the bid OF W. A. Neal & son, OF
Atlanta, Ca, for one seventy-hyt
al 81 $50, 90, r. o. b. Peoria, Ills, Is
ACCEPTED, to be paid for from funs OF
Special Road and Bridge District NO
g.
Upon motion duly seconded and car,
rled, the Board then recessed until
Wednesday May 10, 1915.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-05-11

sion Monday. May Sth, for the pnsPos,
To- be erected at Bowling Green and
Charlo''e ~ JAS. o. Buckley,
County Superintendent and secretary
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-05-11
MINUTES
OF the Board of Public Instructlon Of
DeSOtO County, Florida, May
end and 3rd, 1919.

The Board Of Public Instruction met
in regular session Tuesday ana
Wednesday, May End and STd' WIN ~
Clelland, chairman; s. y. Hogan i ana
III. A. Ware, members; James o, Blck-
ley, County Superintendent and seere-
The minutes Of the previous meet
ing were read and approved. aIteI
which the following business was
Upon petition duly signed by the pat pat;
rons OF Sebring Special Tax SshoQl
District No. 81, Mr.. @. +, Bobp s
Sewcomb, who has removed from tne
district. The superintendent was eu
thorized to issue his commlssiion. I'm
School in the Bowling Green Dist1iEs
was received from V. w. ana h t,as
r. Surrency. Upon approval OF atsV pr
ney same was ,h sSee aPsstSoriEe ed to have
Mans prepared for school house 10 pe
erected on this site .,.,.a tron, the
A petition was reeelveu social Tax
School District No. H. requesting "a 20
Mr., j, Henry Johnson be appoinotpb Of
All the vacancy caused py the VtSN,ton 60
Mr.. " oprc;eb HSS ana the superintend-
ent is auth ori7ed to issue MS co''''''s
s'T Dsed was received from 8; j. Y Smd
Esteiio Carlton for seh .snts az 10 attor.
OsS and after examining SANE, nnn.
acSeptance viii not be mace NAME
ditions as set forth IN the
opinion have been met IA. roorts
NJ l.. L. Morgan and wte. fahhnnnIII
II iorFan. presented deed LOT sv" ac =
81 5wens. The same Is herepy "a
s sIS upon the condition s that forth ont
ditional requirements nave been me.
ms, at inotion Of Mr.. Ware duly nSu'
GpOamrr led MIR. s. b. Hogan ana
peTintendent J. Q. Biekley oonter with
pointed TO go 70 H cit,xen n from Popasr
and Zolfo relative TO adlust'"s
a aus TeEarding their schools' NTH the
A petition has beeh Instruction OF
County Somnty, which reads as foi'
lows: .,.,o
10 the Honorable Board OF Puenc IN
~ struction DeSoto County, fl9rlSa
cantIemen; We, the. undeTsi gned, De
tnS one-fourth Of the qualihed electot
me ms yesidents Of sub-division OF terri,
anry hereinafter described, ana VIZ VIZ
pay tax ot uPSnI, re peti NJ your honor.
eis' hody 10 call an election as pro
yided by law to determine wrs,nrI
| the hereinafter described WI, AZ. az
shsl become a special tax sehool uis
ssnto, ~ said county; who shall be trus,
| tees Of said district, tax 70 pe IeN &c.
and collected annually for the Two sue
seefS oIiews ea Beginning at the southwest
Corner of section 81, township 90
range 20, thence north TO the s town
west corner Of section is, same toWh
| shjn and range; thence east TO I'M
Shores OF Lake Istopoga; thence mean
daTinS in a southerly direction alont
said lake shores to township me 1i
| viding townships 35 and 80 thenC'
SIes, 10 the southw est corner OF sec
lion 81, township IS, range 70, to tn'
nlace Of beginning. said territory q
| be known and des gnated as hu'i 10
| SneciaI TAX School Distritc No 81
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-01-25
PENnsYLvANlAs HONEST MAN

Norristown, Pa, Jan. 22-When a
man passes up $19,333.33, plus inter
est, due him for four years and ten
months work that has saved the peo-
pie several hundred thousand dollars
a year, he becomes an unusual man. !
Such a man is DIR. John N. Jacobs,
Pennsylvania's honest man. He has
just gone out of Office as the control
ler of Montgomery county, the duties
of which office included the stopping
of leaks. DIR. Jacobs stopped the
leaks, which were many and varied
and he has lifted 10000 people out
100000 and made them worth about
100000. He also reduced the taxes
from three mills to two mills. saving
S12S,00 in taxes in two years. And
he proved that taxes of one mill were
all that the county needed.
DR. Jacobs was an army surgeon
in the Civil war He is II years old,
and one OF the most active men in
the state. He has made fortune in
banking. They call him 'Lansdale's
Grand Old Man"
81 told them when / took office that
| wouldn't take penny for my work,
and l won't" he says. "It may both
er them, but l won't be liar. They
say I'm millionaire and don't need
the money. never was a millionaire,
nor half of one, but I don't need the
county's money and don't give three
hangs for more than I've got"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-01-25
SHORT LOCALS

Mrs. Coleman Swigart and daugh-
ter went to Howard Friday to visit
with relatives.
To quickly cool burns and take the
fire out use Hanfords Balsam.
c. v. Horn of Bladensburg was a
business visitor in the city on Thurs
day.
Charles F. Colville returned Friday
morning from trip to Metropolis,
Ill.
Mrs. Harold Harmon and Mrs. Faye
Bucher are spending the day in
Bangs.
One remedy with many uses-Han-
ford's Balsam of Myrrh.
Luther A. Stream returned Thurs
day night from Marion, where he
judged a poultry show
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Pealer of North
Mckenzie street went to Tifiin Friday
to visit.
Mrs. M. E. Stickney returned Fri
day to Granville after visit with rel
atives in the city.
Miss Emma O'Daniel of East Gam
bier street went to Granville Friday
to visit with friends.
Misses Letha Winterringer and
Helen Cox went to Utica today to
visit friends for few days.
For sprains and bruises apply Han
ford's Balsam thoroughly, put It on
and rub it in.
p. S. Kelser went to Columbus FRI
day to hear an address by Hugh
Chalmers.
Cecil C. Roberts is in Columbus to-
day on business in the interests of
the Denney-Roberts Co.
Fred A. Clough went to Columbus
Saturday to attend a meeting of the
stockholders of company in which
he is interested.
Mrs. w. l.. Sanders went to Newark
Friday, where she will visit with rel
atives. Prof. Sanders will join her
there Saturday.
I. C. Dunmire of Madison county,
Iowa, is the guest of relatives in TINS
county. Mr.. Dunmire formerly re-
sided near Democracy.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Palmer, Miss Birdie
Clark and C. w. Barnes of Akron at
tended the funeral of the late Mrs.
Goldie Smith Friday.
Miss Edith Cowles of the Mt. Yer
non high school teaching staff left
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-01-25
.APPRAIsEMENT NOT REQUIRED
Attorney General Holds That New
Tax Law Does Not Require An
nual ApPraisement of Real
Estate

An annual appraisement of real es-
tate is not necessary under the new
Parrett-Whittemore law, so Attorney
General Turner has advised the state
tax commission. However, the COM
mission may order an appraisal of
real property whenever it deems this
necessary, but when such appraisal is
made it must take in the entire state
and be made with the year.
County auditors are without any au-
thority to originate or change any as
sessment of real property or to direct
assessors to fix unit or tentative val
ues of real property and they may
not themselves or through their depu-
ties, fix such values.
In view of the attorney generals
construction of the new tax law it is
evident that there will be no new ap-
praisement of real estate made this
year.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-01-25
CANDIDATES
Must Pay Fee To Run For
Office This Year

Candidates for nomination to state
or county offices at the primaries this
year will find, upon taking out petit
tions, that important changes have
become effective in the election laws
since the last election and all who as
pire to Office will be required to put
up coin of the realm before they find
their names on the ballots for the pri-
mary.
A new state law demands a fee Of
one-half of one per cent of the annual
salary Of the office which they seek.
II the prospective candidate thinks
his chances are worth gambling on,
he can seek a nomination for a So 900
job. This would cost him $25, which
is the maximum fee that can be
charged. If he does not want one of
the higher plums he can invest in a
chance on one where the emoluments
are not so large and where the as
sessment is decreased in proportion.
The law was designated to help de-
fray election expenses and also to
keep candidates who placed their
names before the public only for the
purpose of securing what advertising
was to be derived, off the ballots. In
the past anyone seeking little pub
licity could have friends circulate a
petition for the required number of
signatures and get his name on the
primary ballot free. This, it is charg-
ed, was not infreqUent in the cities.
Another provision of the revised
election laws is that the signatures
of only five qualified electors are re-
quired to the petition. These five
electors have to swear that the can
didate is of their political party and
is qualified to hold office.
Members of the board of elections
and clerks who annually check up
tens of thousands of signatures and
verify their addresses breathed a
sigh of relief when this bit of legisla-
| ton was enacted
If candidate is seeking county
office, the fee which he is assessed
goes itno the county treasury and
fees for state Offices go into the state
treasury.
The statute does not designate the
fund to which this money shall go,
but it is the opinion of election offic.
ials that it would help pay expenses
connected with the election machin
cry.
The law provides that no fee shall
be required in the case of candidates
for committeeman or delegate or al
ternate to a convntion or for presi
dent or vice president of the United
States, nor for Offices for which nc
| salary is paid
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-01-25
DID NOT BURY BROTHER
Woman Provided Funeral for Strang
er Instead of for Kin

Cincinnati, Jan. 21-An unusual
case in which Cincinnati woman
buried the body of man supposed to
have been her brother, but who, it
was proved later, was a stranger, be-
came public today.
Two days before Christmas Mrs. G.
c. Becker received a message from
Detroit informing her that her broth
er, Edward Riley, had died from in
iuries when he was struck by an au-
tomobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Becker went to De-
troit and, believing the body to be
that of her brother they had it sent
to Cincinnati for burial.
The next day Mrs. Becker received
a letter from her brother, sending
Christmas greetings, and Immediately
began an investigation that resulted
in establishing the fact that her
brother was alive and well and EN-
ployed in Detroit.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-01-25
Wonder Of Mechanism.

Half century ago there was not q
watch In existence capable of meeting
the requirements of the American rail
way time service today. Railway time
inspection has set the limit of varia-
ton from true time for its employees
watches at 30 seconds week. This
means that the balance wheel shall not
vary In its motion to the extent of one
vibration out of every 10000. Taking
into consideration the various causes
Of disturbance to which a railway en-
gineer's watch is subjected, the jolts
and jars, the changes of temperature
and the magnetic influence incidental
to the proximity of large masses of
iron and steel, this performance is
trlly remarkable. That it is possible
to secure such accuracy in such tiny
piece OF mechanism subjected to those
adverse influences is little short of
marvellous. and justifies the claim that
the watch of today is the most won
derful piece of mechanism that the in
genuity of man has ever produced
Scientific American.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-01-25
NAMES Indicated TRADE

Curious names of obsolete trades
are to be met with in medieval rec
ords. Some obsolete names of trades
survive in surnames, such as Webster,
Lister, Walker, In the fourteenth
century the weaver was known as the
webster" the dyer was the "lyster,
and the workman who trod the cloth
in the dye vat was the walker" The
'arkwryght" made the arks or chests
in which clothes or meal were stored,
and the smith was frequently dubbed
the "faber," this latter being one of
the rare cases in which the Latin
translation of a craft has become
common surname. When the "cottel-
er" had forged an edged tool the
'blomer" finished it OFF or put the
bloom on; the chapman" Travelled
with goods from door to door, and the
''coke" baked Goals and sold them-