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PROPERTY OWNERS
 ASk INJUNCTION
 AGAINST DISTRICT
Allege Assessment of Bene- fits For New Road North
 of River Too High.

Alleging that the lands owned by them, lying within the territory en- braced i'll Road Improvement District No. If. will not be benefited by the building of the system of roads pro- posed. and that the benefits assessed against such lands are too high. un- just and unequal, about a score of rioperty owners yesterday filed in the chanccry court a petition, asking the court for specific and general relief.
 The petitioners are w. M. Burton, Mrs. Lena Donelson. Mrs J. R. Reed, F. M. Hankins, M. l.. BroGie, P. P. Pcndergrass, J. V. Miller, E. M. Faver, Ernest Fayer, heirs at law of D. Faver, deceased, Charles Monteith, M. D. Davis, J. T. Lipscomb. Annie Colds by, w. T. Webb, J. H. Webb, N. C.. Hughes and w. B. Webb, and the de- icndants named are Road Improve lnent District No. IA of Jefferson county, and J. M. Barrett. c. H. Trip lett. Jr.. D .E. Tucker, D. B. Niven and J. G. Ford, commissioners of said dis trict.
 The petition is accompanied by blue print showing the location of the reads as originally provided, the roads as now planned by the commissioners and the location of the lands of peti- ,ioners, and also by list of the des- cription of the lands owned by plain tiffs.
 After going into detail the alleged reasons for their action in the premises, petitioners pray that the as .sessments against their lands be de- c,arad unjust, unequal, erroneous and void, or, the court does not do this, that the assessments be reduced to nominal amounts; that the board be enjoined from issuing, selling or de- livering any bonds or incurring any indebtedness; that the board be en- joined from levying or attempting to collect any taxes or assessments against the lands owned by petition CTS: that the board be enjoined from
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CATHOLICS OF CITY
 GIVE RED CROSS $l45
Tollections at St. Joseph's Church Sunday Forwarded 10 Bishop and
 National Headquarters.

The sum of $145 was collected at St. Joseph's Catholic church Sunday as an offering for the Red Cross war fund, and has been forwarded to the bishop at Little Rock, who will for ward it, with other sums collected at the various Catholic church of the bishopric to the national war council of the Red Cross at Washington.
 The collections in the Catholic church, for the aid of the Red Cross, was taken at the urgent suggestion and request of the higher officers of the Catholic church, and it is estim- ated that in the aggregate a very large sum will be added to the Red Cross war fund by the Catholics Of the country, in addition to the sums they. subscribed when the general campaign was conducted by the hun dreds of chapters only short time ago.
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field, because the planter had fol- lowed tho directions to cultivate light ly but constantly and to pick the punctured squares, hence the destruc- tive insects had been cleared of the field.
 Constant Fight Necessary.
 MT. Evans, Mir. Watson and Dr. Weigart all stressed the same neces- sity-constant light cultivation of the cotton fields and picking of all pune tured squares. It was pointed out that the constant cultivation not only aided the plant to make it's full growth with the least delay. but forced the weevil against the hot sun. which is deadly to him, while the pick ing of all punctured squares removes the eggs deposited therein before they Can hatch cut millions of young and voracions wcevi!s to devour what Is left of the crop.
 The campaign in this county against tho Weevfl is gaining headway. and there appears little doubt it will be continued until the end of the month, by which time all will have been done that will avail against the weevil, and cotton will have reached stage where the damage possible by the weevil will be of little consequence.
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To the Editor of the Gazette:

To the Editor of the Gazette:
 In the Arkansas Gazette of .)Giy 5, on page 4, column ,, s1pears an ar ticle, Voice Dlsapproval of Pastors Talk"
 In the last paragraph l an' refer red to as tie local pastor" of Rog- CTS who refused to grant on:' j. D. Wilson permission to speak Since the inference is that Dr. Clino was in the business of delivering unDHn iGtic addresses and that l sanctioned his utterances by refusing MT. Wilson permission to speak, l hcg te privilege of setting fO.th the facts
 First, know nothing of what took place at Bentonville. I was not there. I speak for what took place here at Rogers.
 Dr. Cline endeavored to give his three lectures here in three nights. MT. Wilson was not present at the first lecture. He came in at the concluding part of the last lecture He CMr Wilson, askel permission of me to reply to Dr. Clire. Not know ing the nature of his intended reply | tried to dissuade him from speak ing I thought the matter ended. pr. Cline had concluded, and we Were ready to dismiss when Mir. Wilson deliberately "butted in'. I called him down because there was nothing else to do. Two hundred of the best citizens of Rogers were disgusted at MT. Wilson and many were leaving.
 The citizenship of Rogers have shown their patriotism at every pa triotic csll this year and I give them credit for having judgment to know when they are listening to an unpa- triOtic address. 1 am sure l could give names of 50 or 5'ore men anl women-leaders in business and so- cal life in Rogers-who would gladly say: "I saw nothing unpatriotic iii Dr. Cline's address del vered in Rog- CTS" And no fewer have told me that they disapproved Of Mr. Wilson's accusation and conduct here on that evening.
 Dr. Cline is we'll known in the state. He is Christian minister and an educator. Nothing 1 can say will effect Dr. Cline either for good or bad. I have written this in order tha. you and the public who have read the article referred to above may have the facts so far as Rogers anG reople of Rogers are concerned. I
 In conclusion let ms say that pr. Cline paid President Wilson the greatest compliment I've ever hear given president, when he said: "The stars referred to. in the Bible are leaders, like our congressman, etc., but I want to say that Presiden. IN;1co,, ;c ,,,ora than Star-he is a sun in the political heavens" He also made many other references compli- mentary to the president. Yours re- spectfully,
 J. D. BOWLES, pastor Christian Church..
 Rogers, Ark.
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After reading the foregoing reply of the Rev. J. D. Bowles of Rogers to the anonymous attack from Ben tonville upon some alleged unparti- otic utterances," "said" to have been overheard in one of my lectures, sec but little in the reported action :s the .Bentonville church to call from me respectful attention.
 Bentonville was one of eight towns in northwestern Arkansas to which offered date in which to deliver three lectures on "The Armageddon" of prophecy. The offer was accepted ioyfully by each andEas much so by Bentonville as any of the rest. Whcn the tour was fixed, the date accepted, my lectures at each of the points was successfully advertised and no church in the list more joyfully heard or endorsed the entire series during their continuance. l was there- fore amazed to see how easily few of the leaders were drawn upon an at tack upon me led by an egotlstical government farm experimenter was reminded of the Ephesian mop raised by the cry, Great is the Di- ana of the Ephesians," and Of the "nerils among false brethren" Into which the Apostle Paul fell.
 That your readers nay see wha. comnetent judges thought of my Bentonville lectures I close with this word from the Rev. MT. Myrick. pastor of the First Baptist church and chairman of the Rcd Cross chap 1 ter: ,,, nj. a liyered a series of let lures on Di- vine Prophecy an our city on June 70, 1 26. and 27. 1917.
 "He is one of the comparatively few ministers who have taken NcA l to the more sure word of prophecy i in these days of the rdorld's moral night. After years of arduous labor
 and spiritual search for truth, he has
 mastered the prophetic teachings ol
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CULTIVATE AND
 PICK THE SQUARES
 TO MAKE COTTON

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exercising any of the powers or dis charging any of the duties conferred upon 1t by tho act of the legislaturs 8 creating the district; and for general relief.
 District No. IA js enc of the two districts organized for the purpose of building a system of modern turnpikes' in the northern portion of the county, beginning at or near the free bridge, and from the first there has been steady opposition to the carrying out of the plans of the men behind the movement. e
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DEGREE TEAM COMING
 TO INITIATE MEMBERS
Fraternal Aid Union Completes Ar. engagements For Big Meeting To.
 night, to Accept Class of 3O.

The degree team of the Little Rock lodge of the Fraternal Aid union, com posed of 16 members, will come to Pine Bluff this evening to initiate about 80 applicants to the local lodge. All members and officers elect are re- quested to attend. There will be re- treatments served and generally time anticipated.
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Gods word in wonderful way. he is 8 man of God with a message for the times. Hear him.
 EARLE MYRICK." Thanking you for the opportunity of placing these facts before your readers and the Rev. Alr. Bowles fo" his unsolicited and absolutely correct statement of my lectures in Rogers, l beg to remain, yours most respect fully, c. c. CLINE. Little Rock, Ark.
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RID OF A LINGERING COUGH

You can get relief from racking, breathing, from raw, inflamed throat and tight chest. w. G. Glazier, Bent onville, Ark, writes: "I can recom- mend Foley's Honey and Tar Com- pound. l used it for a cough that I had for years, and was said to have consumption but it cured me-" For
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SprCER GAINS RELEASE.

w. A. Spicer, white man living at Kearney, was arrested by Deputy United States Marshal. w. H. Martin. and Deputy Sheriff J. L. McBufnett and charged with faiing to register, was released on his own recognizaf1ce until the fall term of the federal court by United States Commissioner A. L.. Burnett yesterday.
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TRUCK COMPANY NEEDS
 FIFTEEN MORE MEN
Mastering Officer Will Be Here l Tharsday and Regular Army Man
 Comes for Ipspectlon Friday.

Henry Roberts, recruiting officer
 for the Pine Blufs motor truck com .pa1y, announced yesterday four new
 recruits for the company. They are Rudolph Zangerl, Maurice Anderson and Leon Tomlinson Of this city and
 w. F. Thomas, of Kinssland. Only
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-11

Wheat prices abroad. where the governments have control of food supplies, are shown to be much lower than in the United States by re- port made to the food administration.
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OUTSIDERS CUT HOLE '. IN WIRE BARR|CAD!F
officials Believe Interned German SailMk Knew Nothing About
 T Plan for Their Escape

Atlanta July, 10.-Col. J. T. van Orsdale. commanding the ,, prison xuard at Fort Nc Pherson, in state ment tonight, said the Lole found cut in, the wire netting which surround; camp of interned German sailors there, was '"the work O. some one ol. the outside" F ;fpVestisatfoA today led the military authorities to believe the cutting was done without the knowledge of the German prisoners.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-04-24
BEWARE OF FOOD FADs.
Dieting a Serious Matter, Warns ths
Public Health Service,

Dieting Serious Matter, Warns the
Public Health Service.
"Pray, Mr.. Abernethy, what is cure
for gout?" was the question of an In
dolent and luxurious citizen.
Give upon sixpence a day and earn
it." was the cogent reply.
John Abernethy, second son Of a
Scotch-Irish family, born April 8, 1764,
a physician of rare discernment, a sur
geon of great skill, a lecturer and
teacher of dramatic magnetism, never
said a better thing In his life. 1t is
particularly apt in this country, where
the sin of overeating is far more COM
mon than the sin of overdrinking.
Gluttony, always a fault, is all the
more glaring In a land where a plen-
tiful food supply permits it to be more
general. The sallow, fat cheeks, the
aching joints and irascible temper Of
the prosperous overfed are far too
common. Abernethy said to one such,
the Duke of York, by the way, "Cut
of the supplies as the Duke Of We'll
lington did in his campaigns and the
enemy will leave the citadel"
Diet, however, Is a really serious
matter, and many people suffer as
much from dietary eccentricities and
food fads as from actual disease The
average individual can eat good, plain,
wholesome food In moderation all his
life without ever being aware that he
has digestive apparatus. Starvation
to cure fancied ailment or to reduce
an expansive waist line has shortened
many lives, just as indiscretion In the
opposite direction. Certain diseases do
require particular diet, but this
should be chosen by a physician of
skill and not self prescribed. The self
prescriber often has a fool for a pa
tent. : United States Public Health
Service Bulletin.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-04-24
&MS li Pcs; g.! s S5 *
Author Of AT GooJgO1J SiSS11S5aMS" y &y

d RAGING is the art of putting
n your best foot into the other
fellows ear at every opportu-
nlty The world is full of braggers.
They are our most ambitious class.
a bragger never loafs on his job.
while other men are resting at night,
ne Will leave home and tramp two
miles to find some other man who
VIII stand quietly while the bragger
tells him, with one finger hooked
into his coat button, how a great
many people had said to him. that 1t
was an awful thing to elect Wilson
president, while really big men like
yours truly, with the prehensile fin
ger, are allowed to languish unpes.
tered by fame
The bragger can be readily distin
guished by his long, crooked fore.
nnger 1t is his weapon. He hunt
the unwary citizen and hooks onto
him as Paul Jones hooked onto the
British ships. When this is done,
he begins to brag. and the only ways
of escape are to cut off the finger or
give up the coat
Braggers brag about everything in
the world, just as kickers are never
at a loss for subject. If brasger
is rich he brags about it. If he isn't.
he brags about how soon he is going
to be, or how he once was, or because
he doesn't join in the silly race for
the dollar Some braggers insist on
hanging their own laurel wreaths
on themselves, while others are more
refined about 1t and merely repeat to
you what some friend has said about
them. Some men are so expert that
they can brag half a day about their
modesty, and get away with 1t in
safety.
IBraggers have done wonderful
deeds ever since Baron Munchausen,
the dean of the profession, raised it
to an art. Nations have been saved
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-04-24
The rarnn naulIx.n

The term bully in the days Of Shakes
peare had quite a different meaning
from that which it has at present, be-
ing an expression Of endearment and
good fellowship. Some suppose that
the word, when 1t is used In approval,
is derived from the Dutch boel or Ger
man buhle. which stands for the Eng
fish lover. The harsher use of the
word is, however, to be traced to bel
low, the root Of bull, with signih-
canoe of noisy clustering
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-04-24

behind gum tree in order to ami
hilate the foe later on in a more
healthy atmosphere.
The bragger is happy man be-
cause he can always find someone to
believe him. He lives in an atmos-
phere of glory and admiration, and
as he supplies most of it himself, he
never runs short. We need never
worry about trying to praise a bragg
ger, because whatever we say Is a
pale nothing to what he thinks.
Braggers make themselves very
useful to quiet, busy men by talking
instead of competing with them, and
If they can be trained to go away
from an Office whenever a heavy
paper weight is thrown at them, they
need never be nuisance. provided
you see them 6PSt a
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-04-24
Red Peppers
Treasure
He Died Without Betraying
Its Whereabouts.
By CLARIssA MACKIE


Captain Ham Tadskate sat on the
wharf and dangled his boots over the
water.
1t was very pleasant there, for the
tang Of the salt air was agreeably
mingled with the fragrance from
empty clam barrels and lobster pots
and the more elusive odors of cedar
shayings and tar.
Besides these odors, each nothing in
itself, but as whole making up what
one at once recognized as sea smells,
there Is the expanse Of water surface
stretching before one with nothing to
break Its continuity. A sail here and
there creeps along, a gull soaring above
suddenly swoOps down on some luck
less fish, and all the while there is
the plash of the waters driven in by
the salt laden breeze. One who has
ever experienced the combination Of
fragrance and scenery will never for
get it.
There was the sound of hammer and
saw and the creaking of a windlass
as a rusty little oyster sloop moved
slowly up the railway of the shipyard
"Hum-hop' yawned Captain Ham
contentedly. Where in thunder is
FerdieT'
At that instant Ferdie Pratts eau.
tious voice hailed him from the land
ing steps.
"Ahoy, there, capri he called
Captain Ham arose with difficulty,
rubbed his rheumatic knee with a
large freckled hand and limped down
tie steps.
Ferdie Pratt, a rotund little man
with sunburned skin and bleached tow
hair, turned pair Of Dubious blue
eyes toward his friend.
"ReadyT' he asked.
Ready" assented the captain as he
entered the boat and picked up an oar.
"Letty's watching u.s." remarked
Ferdie as the boat swung out from
the wharf.
Captain Ham squinted over his
shoulder at the gable of his white cot
tage on the east shore.
The sun focused on the lens of a
marine telescope held In the steady
hands Of Mrs Ham Tadskate.
II wish Lefty wasn't so drafted
nosey," complained Captain Ham as
they headed toward the harbor mouth
IF she guessed we were looking for
Red Peppers treasure I'll be blamed
If know what she'd do"
TITS safe to say that she'd tell every
man, woman and child in Punderson
village" growled Mr.. Pratt, who cher
ished no illusions regarding that strong
minded lady.
81 wish that the New Jersey wizard
they tell about would invent some
thing to bride wimmen's tongues"
pulled Captain Ham as he bent to bis
oar against the tide.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-04-24
paxinn For The Bait.

Husband-Here's an enormous bill
for a ball dress. What does it mean
Wife-Ah, you remember that green
robe wore at the ball at which 1 was
introduced to you last year. Husband
Sol Do you mean to say, then. that
I am to pay for the trap in which /
was caught f-London Telegraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-04-24
BUDDY Mara.

There seems to have been no reason
other than its suggestive color for the
selection of the planet Mars as the ce-
lestial symbol of the war god Yet 1t
was universally SO regarded in ancient
times
If we could tell why Mars is red we
might hit upon the whole secret of that
strange planet Its color is probably
due to some peculiar quality of its soil.
1t may be principally composed of ma
terial resembling our red sandstone, or
it may be stained red by an abundance
of Iron in its rocks.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-04-24

l believe that woman loves the arts
better than does man. She is better
ground for the development of great
artist, for she approaches art with
sympathy, while the great bulk of men
approach it with fear and dislike,
shrinking from the idea that it may
distort their self complacency The
prejudice goes so far that. while wom-
en- are attracted to artists as lovers,
men are generally afraid of women
who practice the arts OF they dislike
them. 1t is not question of sex; it
Atlantic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-04-24

Havana has just the right mixture
Of old and new" said one traveller. II
like medieval forts and sixteenth cen
fury cathedrals as well as anybody, but
when night comes around it is pleasant
to return to a cool, up to date hotel,
enjoy well cooked supper and spend
the evening walking on the electrically
lighted Prado, dancing at the Plaza or
Miramar or watching the roof garden
movies. New York Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-04-24

Of her afflicted mother, Letitia Smith
Biddle. Aug. '13. 1864"
Captain Ham snatched away the lin
en- covering and discovered the primly
disposed body of an ancient wooden
doll Of much earlier generation Ara
minta Agatha Alice had been buried
In her best green silk dress with
white silk bonnet shading her painted
smirking features.
The treasure hunters stared at the
doll with growing Indignation
"Who,' breathed Ferdie Pratt at
last who in blazes is Letitia Smith
Bidder"
Captain Ham mopped his forehead
and swallowed with difficulty.
Said he in husky tone, full of hid
den menace, "Letitia Smith Biddle is
now Lefty Tadskate."
Ferdie Pratt gasped like a fish.
"And that's how you happened to
find the map in her workbox. Why,
Ham, she put it there herself to re-
member the place where she buried
her favorite doll. I've heard of girls
burying their dolls when they get too
old to play with 'em any more. What
you going to do-put it backY'
For answer Captain Ham Tadskate
replaced the linen covering over the
smirkfng face of Araminta Agatha
Alice, closed the lid of the box and
dropped 1t back into the hole They
scraped in the soil and rolled the "pud-
ding stone back into its old bed.
Captain Ham wiped the blood from
long scratch received among the
briery underbrush and shouldered his
spade.
II reckon we can get home just in
time for tea" he said briefly
Lefty Tadskate was standing in the
porch when her husband rolled weari-
ly up the front walk
Ham" she said, when you mended
my workbox did you find a bit of
paper In the false bottomY'
I'll forgot to put it back. It's here"
equiyocated the captain as he meekly
took it from his pocket
"'Tain't anything important, only l
missed it," said Lefty vivaciously.
''The workbox is fine, Ham. Thank
you for mending 1t.'
"There wasn't much the matter with
it anyway" growled the captain as he
buried his confused face in basin
of soapy water. But dark suspicion
lurked in his mind. Ferdie Pratt was
right-women were perfdious crea.
lures.
Letty's bright glance had noted the
black soil on her husbands hands,
some of which had been transferred to
the little map. If smile crinkled her
lips Captain Ham did not see it.
Hurry up, Ham," she said pleasant
ly. 1--WE got strawberry shortcake
and cream for tea
As Captain Ham thrust his fork into
the shortcake, a delectable mountain
of white and brown crust with layers
Of rich red berries and snowy cap
Of cream, he thought of Ferdie Pratt
and his bitter remarks.
"Wimmen may be perddious crit
ters,' unused the captain. thinking of
Araminta Agatha Alice and the delu-
sive map Of her grave, but I'll be
darned If this shortcake don't make
up for the hull business
At that moment his eyes met Let.
tvs, and they smiled understandlngly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-04-24
Tho Old Capitol Building.

The structure In Washington city
known as the "Old Capitol building
has memorable history. 1t was erect
ed in 1900 and was originally designed
as tavern or boarding house. Or
account Of poor management the tav
ern was closed after few years. Dur
ing the war Of 1912 the British cap
tured Washington and burned several
of the public buildings, including the
capitol The government then pur
chased this tavern building for the use
Of congress, and here both houses met
for several years. Within its walls
two presidents were inaugurated, and
in it John @. Calhoun died.