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PERFIDIOUS ENGLAND.
Iri>hmen Loyal to Her Would Re
nisIoyal 10 Ireland.

- rur ErrrnR Of THE Sr$ SIR In
a recent article ~ TrE SIS Sou speak
Of lrshmcu a. he'ug di-loyal ~ Eng
land ard ~ :. t;oser easement rs ON"
wears the stigma Of treason
To he loyal means - hc true AND
faiHful 20 ouo's country England j.
uut the country OF these freshmen 81
whom YOU write. II Is the country Of
t'ojr eucmirs and opnressors f. IS
the hHx bully country that century
after century inflicted uron poor little
Ireland atrocities that make the story
g. poor Belgium pale IN comparison A.,
These men have not forgotten lrc,and's
scrap Of paper" the broken treaty Of
LIMERICK,
An lrishman who Il loyal TO England
IL a traitor to his own country, The
infamous Act Of Union between ireland
ard England is a false and spurious
one II was forced upon bleeding Ire
land ~ the point OF the sword, through
the most corrupt Parliament cver
created by that nation noted for corrup-
ton II was said that only seven Il tho
majority who voted for the Union were
uuhrihed' In Ireland the Union was
and - detestcd ms a conspiracy against
It's liberties, No Parliament has a rteht
I" pass an act destroying the constitu-
II Ireland and handing over the
dominion to another country without
asking the consent Of the governed
am n woman over sixty wears. Of
age, born in America and intensely pro
American, hut my heart and soul co
ont to this brave hand Of LOYAL Irish
patriots and 10 heroic Sir Roger case.
nent. May Cod bless and protect them
| may add that ! In common with mill
ions Of my fellow Americans am proud
indeed 81 tho fact that brutal. hypocr't,-
cal England IL not my mother country!
MARY N~CSHERRY.
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The Mystery of Hughes.

To rilF EDITOR OF THE SuS-Str; Tell
me-. please: why hughes
Is there orc single good reason why
he should he considered for the Prest-
dencN"
What has he ever done"
Where does he stand on any i'm
porttut question before the country
to-day
Nobody knows. lie may he p good
United states supreme Court judge and
no doubt h" made a fair Governor Of
New York state. The insurance investi-
CATION I'm which he l,horcd has long
since been forgotten. Th,s seems To be
his one and only claim for the nominal
tion
am n Republican. am not crazy
about 7. Il, hut he would receive my
vote and support. But Hughes never.
Why Hughes" G DUDLEY RAY.
PORTLAND, Me, Man =
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OLD CROWS NEST.
Must II he Invaded by the State
Highway?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sr' Gov
ernor Whitman Is reported To have made
tine following statement In connection
with the State highways:
In times past the people hsv. hsh 'u-'
quarrel with the political administrations
that made the Highways Department a
grab bag as well as \ dumping place for
inetncients.
on March % ore Of your contcm-
poraries in making editorial comment on
the Highway Commissioner statement
regarding our unsubstantial highways.
cyuically remarked They 1.-THE stat"
highWaysl were authorized. designed
and constructed after the internal cN-
plosion engine became n fact that every
road builder had to reckon witn.'
The taxpayers ~ this vicinity are now
daily viewing the preliminary work on
an exceptionally costly and wholly UNI
necessary branch road. The road III
it's course passes over the face of
Crows Nest Mountain, the only avail
able terrain for heavy gun pracitc" III
the vicinity OF West Point "A matter,
as Il, happens, now OF special moment
in view Of the proposed doubling Of the
corps OF cadets. coupled with the
demonstrated increased value Of d~iversi-
fed and intense artillery Are, as shown
by the great European war.
This roadway in addition tends tr
gpurn the far seeing wisdom ~ Genera
Washington. as one ~ the determining
factors In the ina selection Of n sea-
for the military academy was the idea
and supposedly ever likely to be ISOLATED
big gun target, old Crows Nest.
The matter Of construction ~ this
road and the cost Of further repair
thereto is otherwise Of special !nterest
in view Of the provisions Of paragraph
g25, Highway Law, 1918, which state
that:
Upon ths acquisition ny the rnite1
States Of America NJ land which include
a highway or portion thereof ,hercuror
such iEhway or portion thereof shall n.
deened discontinued and abandoned TO
highway purposes,
The Government has already refused e
make repairs to State highways.
CHRONIC TAXlrIs.
HIGHLAND FALLS. May 8.
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DIR. BAUER GOES TO PRINCETON
statistician ~ r. 9. e. TAX.
Assistant PrOfcssor>hip.

pr, John Bauer has been ar00r
assistant professor OF ono :
Princeton and will take M 's ~
duties in the fail He is AT proser' ',N'
accountant and stalistiriau ~ 60. Is
YORK Public Service Comm IS N. d
particular work at Princeton ~
organize and take charge of pro- o.
in accounting and corporation Co."
pr. Bauer was graduated fr.Io
1906 and made an cNcclicu' r %.
himself at Cornell, where he ttur l
he was summoned by the Pow. ~,'
Commission to be its eNpt,' 4 .f'
and stat!stician
frinccton's economic q Ta'."..'
making rapid strides anil "A
acquisition of the piiuy Fisk s't
library IL now in possession o' o..
university library in the rouU','
field OF corporation finance "."
Fisk library, which has uoo" ..
during a period of about q
by the New York hauk.rE 4
\ey Fisk & Sons, is rar'i".'7'
In it's collection o. ro}'~
ports and mortgage, frtr
pamphlets ard clippings,
efficient system Of Ind,NHE H.#
iCation.
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"A Rag of Rags Il Worth Its Wcleh,
In Bread"

To THE EpIroR OF TIVE SrN-S,r. We
have 10000 contributors Of waste who
make the industrial department Of tho
United Hebrew Charities a little more
than solf-supporting. We need moro.
We ask specifically that persons who
have not already furnished us their
names and addresses ~ requested ha ~
do 40 AT once,
A bag Of RAGS ia worth its weight IN
bread.
The work that wa shall do during the
summer will help us meet the demands
OF those who will need our aid thu com
ing winter. WILLIAM HlRscu
NEW YORK, May 3. MANAGER,
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are Of Indian descent. The only good
Indian IL no longer the dead Indian.
ON the contrary, the good Indian is
much alive and rapidly developing
into n good citizen.
American Indian Day seems an
honor that Is due the red nan MS the
once sole inhabitnnt Of this country
and ms n dramatic figure that has
adorned many of our legends and ira
ditions and played an interesting and
important part In u history.
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The Red Globe.

tn r"r FnIron oS Tgr suN--sr' To Fire
Commissioner Adamson must he given credit
for his originality. The Commissioner,
with an artistic touch 50 characteristics of
him, has di.pensed with the old style
globes placed atop Of lamp posts tn denote
the mr." alarm boxes, and has replaced
them with delicate globes Of scarle, hue,
which would he appropriate on tn. rarlor
lamps mex, 10 the baby grand pianos. An,
when tho incandescents inside of the new
globes are Illuminated at nisht. what a
spectacle the scarlet lights make amid
their sombrs s~urroundings. Civic.
NEW YosK. May Z.
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would not be sheathed until Justice
had been done to all those countries

nHO Dcen zone 10 Ill tHOSo COu1tTicS
whose territory had been invaded:
'Tf universal service Ia to come In this
country II must be approached from only
one standpoint. and that Is the military
necessities of the nation. II cannot be
imposed a. compulsion for conpulsfon's
sake. But I believe that this country.
knowing Mr.. A%sourrH's pledge. right as
It always has been. will give him what
he wants to redeem that pledge, and
will consider itself bound TO give him
anything further that ne may ask. pro-
vided only that the military necessities
Of the oase Justify the demand"
The point IL not that the 1000
mon will have To he placed on the AR
ing line or wherever else some or all
Of them are needed, hut that they
must be rendy for the call which sol.
dicrs like KITCHENER and ROBERTSON
md HAla. calculating the human
wastngc nj the front. warn the Gov
eminent may he sounded. The way
has been gradually prepared for uni
vcrsnl service. and the hour has come
10 require Il. What Lord DERBY
terms the "miserable minority" mean
ing non.combatant opposition. will be
brushed aside. Mr.. As0uiru has
made sure Of his ground. Great Brit
ain is to he n nation In arms to the
last man.
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4 Versatile Kanaan.


FFoW NC EVH01dW NW TfnT
Mr. Harris, who has been with the stew
barber shop for severa! weeks, has re
signed his position. lie has several patents
pending and no l. E!v!ng up his work here
50 he can give moro attention to them
He Is n cigar maker ~ trade hut ne nev"r
INDUCES IN smoking w." II also II gradu-
ate from an ost-rrath college, Mr. Har-
ris Is n very nnr appearing young man and
many regrets are expressed that he IL
leaving FMrEham,
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A few days ago George Terrell Of An
dcrson county walked into the post Once
at sparrow ana asked Postmaster Mitchell
n he had such a thing as a two cent
stamp. explaining that he wanted to mail a
letter and that he had been told that he
would have to have "A stamp, He said that
he was ~ wears old and that was tn"
nrst stamp he had ever purchased and the
nrs, letter he had ever mailed.
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Musinterpreting History.

At the recent meeting At Carnegie
Hall of active advocates OF permn-
ncnt unprrpnrclncss for war on the
part Of this country. Representa-
tive CA,LAwAv of Texas. a member
Of tho House Committee on Naval
Affairs. delved into ancient American
history In mn effort to prove that II
the United States should he attacked
by n foreign foe In the future raw re-
cruits would he able to save us from
disaster. The Texas Statesman's mr.
gument would he unworthy Of serious
consideration were il NOT for the fact
that too many American citizens nre
wilfully blind to the fact that war
fare to-day Is tn the warfare of for.
mer generations as Is the locomotive
to the stage coach or the wireless TO
the penny post. Mr.. CNrAwAY said
The defence OF this country rests or
the shoulders Of every red blooded Amer
ican who loves his country. SAM IIous-
TIN lfNff N'UN w h'FA Oi'lks anu
with 80 red bloodcd Americans he de-
feated at San Jacinto 1000 Mexican
regulars under SANTA ANNA, and Santa
ANNA called himself the Napoleon Of
the West. ANDREW JACKSON had raw re-
cruits al New Orleans. n With them
he whipped tho English. and In that
English army were Veterans who had
fought under WELLINGTON"
The conclusion reached by the
speaker was, Of course, that the United
States. being to-day in possession of
Il vastly increased number of raw re-
crui's and red blooded Americans
thousands of embryonic soldiers Ia
hundreds in the days Of Houston and
JAcKsoN-is perfectly safe from in
yasion and can afford to neglect every
precaution considered essential to our
protection by military experts. The
point of view held by the CullaWnys
of our nation would be laughable II
1t did not carry with 1t n deadly
mNiace 10 our ultimate salvation as
history Of our former wars teaches
it Is that raw recruits, red blOOdet
though they may have been. and vic
%ioriouS now and again, repeatedly
brought disaster 10 the nation through
thr.r Inability to withstand trained
ARMIES composed of professional fight
orS. Veteran French troops saved tn,
Americans from ultimate defeat il
the Revolutionary war, and EngliSl
Veterans occupied, after routing gu
raw militia. the capital Of our coun
try in the war Of lSl2. The defeat,
and disasters sustained by untrnine,
American Soldicry since the fOundn
lion Of the nation have greatly out
numbered what may he called thu
tr!umrhS "han"" has v~ouchsafcd I,
our amateur defenders.
l'ut the question has little to d,
with lh" past, If the raw re
cruirs Of America had won ever,
fight IN which they have been on
gncoh Up to the prcscn, moment
their successors, tho minute mel
OF tomorrow, would be doomed Il
actual warfare to destruction. Thn
nm effective modern army can he mad
} in II hurry, even from the very hes
raw material, only a cursory glance a
. recent European history serves to dis
. prove. II Is true. indeed. that Their
+. are In this country millions Of brav
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SUBWAY CONTRACTS
SEEN AS GOLD MINE
Witness Says $4,000 200 Va,
Offered to Get Lexington
Avenue Award.
TUNNEL WORK CRITICISED

Testimony offered before tho Tho
son legislative committee ycste-i,,
II appear that the Lexington s,.,,.
subway contracts were a gold mlro - 81.
contractors fortunate enough IN 70, r.
and 80 desirable to those who dido, -.
them that they offered all sorts al, ,on
for them. one wiincs. a.sortod ...
$4,000, 600 could have been saved ,, n..
contracts and another that &, ma NJ,
was offered TO re, them
Duncan Mclean. n contractor ,,o .
scr'bed himself as one no, ho'orr,,v :.
the circle OF contractors who hav. "a.
favor Of the Public Service Con,pi,,n.
asserted that Charles n. HYDE had eat,
he had received an Offer Of 8. ono nn,
for his influence In getting the leyirs,o.
avenue contracts awarded to certain n..
sons. The witness said he met NJ uvs.
at III" Waldorf and that tho fortr.r c,,,
Chamberlain there told him q, this o,s,
He said that upon another occasion uva.
summoned him n Informed MN ina.
he had been engaged ny certain person,
who wanted him TO swing the Lexlrr.o,
avenue contracts TO John +. stevens
The other witness whose t.s,irorv
doomed the value Of these contracts VA,
Henry r. Seaman. former chief enrirs.,
Of the Public Service Commission. H.
Seaman described one section OF ,ha Ia,.
inC'on avenue work tina, was -eIe, .,
saving OF II per cent. lie asser'et TIA.
had all the contracts been role, tha
saving might have amounted 10 ss7-,
S15 He said he knew Of no reason w.
such reletting should not have ,ssA,
place. chief Engineer Craven told no
committee that this particular con,ra,.
was relet because there WAS onl, ~.
bidder and that the others were No. "a.
let because there was no reason why 'hay
should have been.
Mr.. Mclean produced se>nra' so,s n.
plans showing proposed tyres of TUNES
to carry h Lexington avenue si.hNsv
under the Harlem River. He thcn W.,
on to say that he had been told ,h,.
while the commission was cons l-rrg
these types of turnrls vi. Shor' FOL.
phoned 10 Chairman Wilcox ~ the nm.
mission asking him to investigate '-s
X type. which seemed TO he favored. ,ra
opinion Of Mr.. ShoutS being thai 'As
type vas not safe. The witness said tina,
within an hour after Mr.. ShuG's toe
phone1 the commission awarded tho ror.
tract under the n type. Mr.. " lr,y
being recorded as not voting.
MIR, Moss read n letter from Mr. Sh-r.s
borough president sought IN show .a'
III" III type was pr'forih'e 10 IS
type. This letter was read In ,orr0h.
GRAFTON of the testimony Of Mr. VI E.r,
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BEFORE THE CONVENTIONS.
The Present Doubts Of . Six Year
Wilson Man.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: ]
have been u Wilson man for stx wears.
but his recent crazy policy In Mexico
and his k~owtowing to Tammany re-
rarding the rostmastership OF New
York city has made me doubt whether
! shall vote for him or not.
If the Republicans would nominate
some sterling statesman like Root. or
knox. or Burton. or Fairbanks. ! would
he gla1 to vote for such n man at this
critical time az against Wilson.
EDGAR S. WHITNEY,,
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Il ia good news that Cuernavaca,
the most beautiful place In Mexico. has
been recaptured by Carranza troops
from Zapatistas. Cuernavaca was the
tourists paradise. a quaint Old town
set amid enhancing scenery with a
climate of perpetual summer But
what "A renovation and cleaning mp
there must Nc. after two years of &C.
cupation by the hlthy Hapat!stas, II
C~uernavaca Is to he made ~presentahle
again
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Major MoRAHT. the German critic, is
not too sever when he says that tho
thrust Mt Bagdad which failed might
have been the right thing for the
sudan" but against q modern Turkish
army IL was "a foolish trick" And
no doubt the fvorite tune played on
his phonograph by General Town.
sHENp was "Tipperary.' II was GER
tainly a long way 70 Bagdad.
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And has III JOHNSON too fallen VIC
tim to the ingratitude az republics

Republicans. ex-Republican Progress
sives. New Republicans. Republicans:
the boxing of the compass IA In its
pcnul,imate stage In the Hon. HI
JouNsoN's state. VII, California-and
New Jersey. travelling the same road
complete the circle before the dele
gates take their seats?
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Harvard has ls5 students enrolled
for the summer training camps.
Princeton. 1903; Yale. 81. and Columbia
o. In enrolment OF alumni Harvard
has 56i. Yale 3lS. Princeton 225 and
Columbia 2lo. Why are tho alumni Of
Yale and Columnia So much more mill
tary than IreXY IlArLEYs and freXy
EUrLER's undergraduates?
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In n straw vote OF 1876 Harvard
undergraduates only three ballots were
cast for WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN for
President. For once in history Cam
bridge, Mass. and Omaha, Neb, are in
accord.
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Judge TrrHILL Of Chicago. who re-
Gently gave n decision declaring R.coN
to he the author of the plays Of SHAKE
srEApE. has set aside this decision and
the question at iSsue VIII ont in time
before some Other Judge possibly less
vel disposed to the EaConian theory
Judge TUTNiLL Is certainly 10 be con-
graduated upon the fact that he found
q way to change his mind.
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Stella-pldn't your auras h~RrnonIGer
Belia-lmpossibIs, his 10 plaid.
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NJ. TAFT advocated a world court ron
stituted along lines similar TO the United
states Supreme Court From the news
Of ucs'crddy
Would membership IN tho u
make a man ineligible Cor tho T'res.-
dcucy Of the World Republic"
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Tho WHY oRREGoN Is willing to nc
ocpt strict accountability as his por-
ton II oar soldiers win obey his com
m,.nds.
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The rag!s-rhsy are soins to es,s 10 sh
\ bird sanctuary,
rhs furksy-NsthiRS dsiR6 Ter me-
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Sub.cr,vtion. by Wall. Postpaid.


TArIp ofice. 4 Uuo 10 II MlDnOdIere, OF
Rue du Quatre Sopteuhro
Washington ofNCe, liihhs BUILDING
Brooklyn Once. 1oG Livingston street.
The Home news., 1916-11-10

For Sale: Good, secondhand wagon in first class condition. D M. Huff. Adv. 1O-13-tf,
 Rev. J. Muraay Taylor will preach at the Christian church next Weenesday and Thursday nights.
 J. D. Shockley, Mack Thomas and G. M. Shockley, three of our best colored citizens, went to Brinkley Sunday where thev placed their children, Henry Shockley, James Thomas and Caroline Shockley, in the Brink. ley Academy.
The Home news., 1916-11-10
Guardians Sale.

Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of the authority and directions contained in the deere tal order of the Probate Court of the Northern District of Wood ruff County Arkansas made and entered on the 23rd. day of Oct ober 1916 in a certain cause pend ing in said Court in which Lee Huddleston by his guardian G. w. Huddleston and Edward Combs by his Guardian, Mary L. Beeson in an Ex Parte Petition present said cause to the Court, the undersigned as said Guar dians will offer for sale at public vendue to the highest bidder, no bid to be considered which is for less than three fourths (34ths) of the appraised value, in front of the Bank of McCrory, in the Town of McCrory, in the N. D. of Woodruff Co.,, between the hours for judicial sales, on We'd nesday November the 29th. the following described Real Estate, to-wit:
 The s. w. of the N. E. of 19- 8 1; the N. w. of the s. E. of 19 -8-1; the N. F of the Frl. s. w. of 19-8-1 containing 78.8 83 acres; and the s. W. of the s. w. of 20-8-1. All of said lands situated in the Northern District of Woodruff County, Arkansas.
 Terms of Sale. Approved se- curity credit of three months. Given under our hands this 24th. day of October 1916.
 G. w. HUDDLEsToN, Guardian of LEE HUDDLEsTON.
 MARY l.. BEEsoN, Guardian of EDWARD COMBS. Adv. 10-27-4
The Home news., 1916-11-10

MT. Geo. T. Hay of Batesville was here Saturday looking for a location.
 MT. and Mrs. Middleton of Lit tie Rock are guests of relatives in this city.
 Mrs. Mayme Evans and little niece, Mary Jernigan, went to Little Rock last Friday for a visit to friends and relatives.
 Lost: Between J. B. McLe- More and H. D. Angus homes, iron regulator for hay baler. Finder please return to Dane Angus and receive reward. Adv. 1t-pd.
 MT. w. L. McCaleb of Gleason, Tenn, was here this week with car of Jersey COWS which he sold at auction yesterday, Thurs day. He returned home today, Friday.
 Mir. R. J. Mcdaniel of Route 2 who was lured to the city in the belief that life would be happier and work much easier states that he found it to be just the opposite and that the best place for him is on the farm. MT. Mo- Daniel came back from Memphis broke" but he has made this year $700.01 worth of cotton, has plenty of hay, bought three head of stock, a wagon, cultiva- tor, hay press, etc. He says that he has plenty of turnips, pota- toes, peanuts, corn, peas and other necessaries of life and that he is a Democrat from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet. Bob" is all right and we are glad to see him getting ahead again.
The Home news., 1916-11-10
Augusta Society Wedding.

Elaborate preparations are in progress for possibly the most magnificent public wedding ever known in Augusta to occur Fri day evening, November IF, at the High School Auditorium, which will be brilliantly decorated. The personnel of the bridal party will include about 30 of Augustus most prominent Benedicts, and five beautiful children. The pre- llminary concert will be present ed by Augustus sweetest vocal ist and a bevy of pretty girls.
 Dazzling costumes and rare surprises!
 Admission to all school chil- dren, 25 cents. Adults, 35 cents. Reserved seats, 35 and 50 cents. Adv.
 MT. Arthur Wilson of DeView is the proud owner of a Ford car.
 Mrs. R. M. Galloway of Newark is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. w. D. Hinson.
 Miss Ruth Hailey returned yes terday, Thursday from 8 weeks pleasant stay in Memphis the guest of friends.