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win erect FountaIn.

Columbus, Miss.-On the site Of the
old artesian overfowing well, which
for years quenched the thirst of Co
lumbians and which sent forth its
fine stream of splendid water at the
intersection Of Main and Market
streets, the city is erecting hand
some public drinking fountain. For
years the well was the finest in this
entire section, but about three or four
years ago its flow of water began TO
wane, and finally ceased entirely. A
hand-pump has been used for some
time to draw up the water and the city
decided to erect the fountain at the
site Of the old well, which was land.
mark in this community.
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SWITCHMEN GET s-HOUR DAY
Federal Board Grants Demands Of the
swltehmen On Eastern and Gen.
tral Railroads.

New York-An eight-hour day, an
increase in wages Of 5 cents an hour
and straight pro rata overtime, was
granted to the members Of the Switch
mems Union employed by thirteen
eastern and middle western railroads,
in an award filed here by the Federal
beard Of arbitration that heard their
differences.
The decision of the board had been
eagerly awaited by the railroads in
general and the four major brother
hoods of railroad trainmen for what
bearing it might have on the contro-
versy between them over the Adamson
act, in which the eight-hour day is q
question at issue.
The decision in the switchmen's
case says that "eight hours or less
shall constitute a days work" gives
IAN increase of 5 cents an hour on the
present rates of pay, and rules that
overtime shall be paid at pro rata
rates." to be computed ION the basis
of the actual minutes worked"
Switehmen at present receive max
imum hourly rate of 40 cents. The
award increases this rate to 45 cents,
so that, as explained by Judge Chas. B.
Howey, chairman of the board, on the
basis they will receive $3.50
for days work, 30 cents less than
they received under the ten-hour basis.
By working ten hours under the new
rate they will receive $3.50, or so cents
more than under the old rate.
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ATTEMPT TO KILL GOVERNOR
Bomb Placed On Corner Of Cover.
nor's Mansion Failed To
Explode.

Salt Lake City, Utah.-A bomb that
would have blown the house to atoms
was found on the corner of Gov. viii.
liam Sprys house Christmas morning.
The tempepature-was not low enough
to cause an explosion.
The plot is believed to have been
the work of /. w. VS., who have re-
peatedly threatened and, it is charg
ed, tried to wreak vengeance on the
governor for his refusal to prevent the
execution of Joe Hillstrom.
Gov. Spry had been attending the
governors conference in Washington
and was due home Sunday afternoon
On account of the snowstorms, how
ever, he did not arrive until Monday.
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MEMPHIS GETS AvIATORs
Big Government Training School for
AViators VIII Be Located at
Blur City.

Washington.-Though Memphis has
lost in the competition for a farm loan
bank, she has captured a govern
ment prize which, as an institution tc
be rated for its material value and ad:
vantage, outranks the farm loan bank
Reference is made to the aviation
training school. The signal corps and
war department announces that Mem
phis has been selected for this school
It also stated that a force Of men
and two or three signal corps officers
would be sent to Memphis within a
few weeks to make arrangements for
establishing the aviation school.
These men probably will arrive in
Memphis about Jan. 1 or soon thereaf.
ter. The location of this school in
Memphis means a permanent invest.
ment of $1,00O,00O and a yearly ex.
penditure of approximately 100000 III
salaries and upkeep.
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Strikers Back To Work.

Hattiesburg Miss.-Eight hundred
employees of the ]. ]. Newman Lumber
Company Of Hattiesburg and Sumrall,
who went on strike nearly three weeks
ago for higher wages, returned to work
last week, following an adjustment OF
the differences.
The non-skilled men-the employees
receiving $3.50 day and less-will re-
ceive increases ranging from 10 to %
cents per day each. The skilled labor.
ers will be given substantial increases
sometimes during the first part Of the
new year..
The adjustment of the differences
between the company and the men
was effected by committee Of Hatties,
burg business men.
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MACKENsEN MAKES DRIVE
Hard Fighting on Danube Results In
Slight Galns-other Sectors
Less Active.

Berlin (Via Sayville) Field Mar
shall Won Mackensen's Dobrudja army,
after cpaturing Isaktcha on the Dan.
ube, has begun an attack on the
bridgehead of Matchin. in the north
western corner of Dobrud1a province,
to which the Russo-Roumanian forces
have retreated, army headquarters an
nounce.
Across the Danube in Eastern Wal
lachia there has been a renewal of ac-
tivity and engagements are now in
progress. On the eastern Transyl-
Vania front, Austro-German- troops
repulsed two Russian attacks on the
Oitus Valley. The statement follows:
Front of Archduke Joseph: Near
Cimbroslaya our patrols dominating
the advance ground repulsed several
Russian detachments.
North Of Sosmeoce in the Oitus Val
ley our fire pushed back the Russians,
who twice attacked.
Army group of Field Marshal Won
Mackensen: In Great Wallachia, new
engagements are in progress.
"Our Dobrudja army has captured
Isaktcha and is now attacking the
bridgehead of Matchin.
Western front: There was an ar
tillery duel Of temporary severity in
the Wyschaete sector. With the re-
naming armies the activity did not
pass the usual measure. The night in
most sectors was calm.
Front OF Prince Leopold of Bavaria:
Austro-Hungarian Outposts repulsed
several Russian attacks near Lyslets,
OF Stanislau (Galicia)."
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NOTED kENTuckIAN DIES.
Hon. NJ. s. Clark Dies at RussellvlIIe
In Eiehty-Eighth Year.

Russellville, Ky.-Hon. M. S. Clark
died in this city at the advanced age
of nearly 88 years. He was born Feb.
z, 1929, and moved to Russellvilie
KY, in 1856 and embarked in the bust
ness of manufacturing agricultural i'm
plements under the firm name of
Clarks Bros, whose extensive trade
covered many of the southern states.
In 1884 he was elected by his coun-
ty to serve as representative in the
state legislature, and in 1892 he was
honored by the district as its state
senator. In recognition Of his services
to his party in 1894 he received the
appointment Of postmaster of Russell
vile under Cleveland's administration.
He was the oldest citizen OF Russell
Vile.
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COLLEGE BUILDING BURNS.


BIee Mountain Has a $4,000 Fire On
Christmas Day.
Blue Mountain Has a $25, 900 Fire on
building, part of the equipment of the
Blue Mountain College, was burned to
the ground, and the Hearn building
was badly damaged, the total loss be.
ing estimated at $25,000.
Investigation proved that the fire
started in the basement of the Jen.
nings building from a defective fur
mace. The fire spread rapidly and soon
attacked the Hearn building, which
was damaged about $4,000. None Of
the students of the college was injured
in the fire, as only few students re-
NAMED, the college having dismissed
for the holidays Friday.
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JACKSON LARGEST
CITY IN THE STATE
MERIDIAN DROPS TO THE THIRD
PLACE, WITH vIcKsBURo SEC
oND IN SSPULARITY.
ENDS HATnEsBURG STRIKE
Strike Of Eight Hundred Employees Of
Lumber Mills Settled and Work
Resumes-Increases Granted
the Entire Forces.

Jackson, Miss.-Jackson became the
official metropolis of the state of Mis-
sissippi when the government publica,
tion of the estimate Of population OF
the cities of the country appeared at
Washington, D. C.
Jackson, according to the figures, is
the chief city of the Magnolia State,
with population Of 29, 1877, and Meri-
dian, formerly leading in number of
Inhabitants, came third with 21.S1S.
Vicksburg passed Meridian and now
has population Of 22,S16 and Hatties-
burg ran fourth with 16,4S2.
The 1910 census, the only accurate
figures of governmental authority pre-
Vious to the announcement, gave Meri.
dian 1926. Jackson 21,547 and Vicks
burg 2O,S9O.
The estimate Of the government
shows that Jackson has grown more
rapidly in the last six years than any
other city in the state and has taken
the undisputed lead in population by
1900 people.
Vicksburg is a little more than hold.
ing her own, and Meridian has shown
a decrease.
The figures are based on statistics
recently gathered by special agents OF
the census bureau and accepted as abb
soluteIy accurate.
The bureau officials expressed no
surprise over Jackson taking first po.
sition, but were somewhat astonished
when the statistics showed that Meri
dian had been passed by Vicksburg.
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postnone Road Mestinn.

Meridian, Miss-President P. L
Atherton. of the Jackson Highway AS.
sociation, has telegraphed J. NJ. Nc
Beath of this city, that the meeting
Of the highway association scheduled
for Birmingham on Dec. %, has been
postponed until Jan. H., because q
large number of those interested
could not be present on the date indt
Gated.
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Madame be- Thebee Dead.

Paris.-Madame De Thebes, famous
as an astrologist and clairVoyant, died
Sunday at her country residence in
Meung-Sur-Lair aged 72 years. The
real name of Madame De Thebes was
Anna Victorine Savigny. She was 2
well-known personality in Paris and
possessed innumerable secrets con.
cerning the private lives Of men and
women Of note.
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new BATTLESHIP K
NAY VISIT COAST
UNCLE SANS LATEST fTERRoR
or THE .sEAr lNvlTEpTo
VISIT 0ULFPoRT.
EXPECTED At CENTENNIAL.
Great Vessel Named IN Honor Of South
ern State and Expected TO Pay
Visit During Celebration Of
States Birthday Party.

Gulfport Miss.-Uncle Sans newest
and most powerful fighting craft, the
great superdreadnaught mississippi"
may pay an official visit to the port of
GUlfport during the period of the Mis-
sissippi Centennial exposition, which
will open on December 10, 1917, and
continue for six months.
Efforts to secure promise from the
United States government to send the
monster vessel here during the time
that the state in whose. honor the bat
tieshfp was named is having her
birthday party" in celebration Of her
one hundredth anniversary to state
hood, are now being made by Director
General Fl. e. Blakeslee, of the expo
sition. Mr.. Blakeslee has written to,
senators and congressman, asking
them to use their influence to have the
navy department agree to send the
dreadnaught to Mississippi waters, so
that the hundreds Of thousands Of Wis
itors to the exposition will have an
opportunity to see and inspect one Of
the greatest fighting vessels IN the
world.
The Mississippi" is to be launched
on January 25, next, at the Newport
News shipyard It is three times as
large as the old Mississippi" which
was sold to Greece, and is now in the
service of the allies in Europe's thea,
ter Of war.
The silver service presented to the
old Mississippi viii be given to the
new vessel, but 1t probably will be
augmented by other large and hand
some pieces, as prominent and patri-
otic Mississipplans already are con-
sidering putting on a campaign to raise
funds with which to purchase silver
creations to make a larger and more
elaborate service for the superdread-
naught soon to be launched.
Director General Blakeslee is very
optimistic over the prospects of the
vessel coming here during the big ex-
position, and If the government will
consent to allow it to steam into this
port intense interest will be created.
Mississippi people are especially anx-
ious for an oportunity to view the
great craft that bears the name Of
their state.
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Lumber outlook Good.

vicksburg. Miss.-The outlook fol
the lumber business is very encourag
ing, according to the local lumber men
It is stated that some varieties of tim
Der are very active in the markets
the demand being great and the price
reasonably high. The mills are great
" hampered by the difficulty of trans
porting logs during the low water sea
son. Otherwise everything is as en-
couraging as could be, expected. Tbs
mills are running full capacity
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Sank Assets Sold.

Natchez, Miss.-Under a decree OF
Chancellor R. w. Cutrer, all of the
planting properties Of the failed First
Natchez Bank have been sold to W. J.
Johnson Of Des Moines, Iowa, tor
$14S, $50. The property includes a..
500 acres and is situated both in lou
isiana and Mississippi The purchas-
.er announces that it is his intention to
cut it up in small tracts for sale. a
decree was also rendered by the chan
cellor authorizing the sale Of the city
property Of the bank
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BALDWIN 70 MAR columbua.

Columbus, Miss.-Hon. Ernest G.
Baldwin, of Roanoke, Va, commander
in-chief of the Confederate veterans, is
planning a trip through the south
early in the new year and has agreed
to include Columbus in his itinerary.
The local camp, Sons of Veterans, ex-
tended him an invitation to visN this
city and in letter received recsatly
he accepted the invitation.
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Prison Farms Show profit.

The four prison farms Of the Mis-
sissippi penitentiary system viii turn
into the state treasury more than a
million dollars this year. Six hundred
thousand dollars of this will be clear
profit for the running expenses Of the
farms have not exceeded $400, 900.
Cotton has been the chief source Of
this enormous revenue. Seven thous-
and three hundred and fifty bales was
raised and a majority of these were
sold at top market prices. The pre-
vailing prices and favorable condi-
tions on the Parchman farm added
materially to the revenue from this
source.
In addition large sum has been
realized from the sale Of cotton seed,
corn, hogs and cattle.
Governor Theo. G. Bilbo has just re-
turned from an inspection trip of the
.Parchman farm and the new state
farm in Quitman county. He reports
most favorable conditions prevail al
both places.
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pEwErs 18TH BIRTHDAY.

Christmas, 1866, He Gave His Blue
jackets a Bottle Of Wine.
Washington.-Admiral Dewey was
79 years old Tuesday, and Secretary
Daniels and his council and most of
the high ranking officers of the navy
made their congratulations in person
at his office.
Secretary Daniels read to the ad-
miral part of dairy kept by an Of
ficer of the u. s. S. Colorado, dated
Dec. 26, 1866, which told how First
Lieut.. George Dewey had tried to
make the Christmas season on that
old steam frigate happy by giving
each bluejacket bottle of wine.
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rotaI ooId lmnorts.

New York.-With only three busi
ness days Of the year remaining, gold
to the amount of $6S1, ,SOO,O has been
imported into the United States from
all sources during 1916. This include'
a fresh consignment of $4,600,O00 from
Canada, deposited at the Philadelphia
mint to the account of ]. P. Morgan
& Co.
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TWELVE FARM LOAN
BANKS LOCATED.
LOUISVILLE GETS BANK FOR TEN.
NEssEE, KENTUCKY. OHIO
AND INDIANA.
GROUP STATES IN DISTRICTS
Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama
Compose Fifth District With Bank
In New orIeans-offlcIaI
Announcement.

Washington.-Twelve cities in which
are to be located the federal farm loaI
banks are announced by the farm loar
board, and it is expected that within
so days the new system will be In
operation, ready to make the loans
for which applications already are
pouring in from every section of the
country.
The banks will be set up in Spring
field, Mass. Baltimore, Nd, Colum-
bia, S. c., New Orleans, La, Houston,
Tex, st. Paul, Mimi, Omaha, Neb..
Wichita, Kan, Spokane, Wash, and
Berkeley, Cal.
Stock subscription books of the
banks will be opened about Jan. 2, to
remain open for 80 days. 1t is ex-
pected, however, that the government
will have to supply most Of the So
100000 capital under that section Of
the law which empowers the secretary
of the treasury to make up the sub
scribed stock.
Temporary directors, five to each
bank, will be named, probably within
the next three weeks, by the board.
AS soon as the banks have been or
ganized and borrowers have subscrib-
ed to $4,000 of the stock Of each bank,
the temporary directors will surrender
their authority to boards of nine direct
ors each, six Of whom will be named
by the farm loan board. The perma-
nent directors will serve three years
and receive per diem compensation, as
in the case Of federal reserve bank d.
Eectors.
Each borrower must subscribe to
stock in the bank from which he bor-
rows to the extent of five per cent of
his loan and the original subscribers
to the capital stock are required to
surrender their holdings as they may
be needed to meet this situation.
In designing locations for the banks
the board was guided chiefly by the
needs Of rural sections. This has re-
suited in placing only two of the IL
banks In New England and Middle At
lantic states, the chief centers of pop
ulation. Three go to the south, five to
the farming states of the middle west
and west, and two to the Pacific coast.
Grouping Of States.
The II districts into which the coun-
try is divided were announced by the
farm loan board, as follows:
District No. maine, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New York and
New Jersey.
. District No. 2-Pennsylvania, Della.
ware, Maryland, Virginia, West Vir-
ginia and the District of Columbia.
District No. S-North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida,
District No. 4--Ohio, Indiana, Ken
tucky and Tennessee.
District No. alabama, Mississip-
pi and Louisiana.
District No. 6-nlinois, Missouri
and Arkansas.
District No. Michigan, Wisconsin.
Minnesota and North Dakota.
District No. S-Iowa, Nebraska,
South Dakota and Wyoming.
District No. 9-Oklahoma, Kansas,
Colorado and New Mexico.
District No. 10-Texas.
District No. 11-Cahfornia, Nevada,
Utah and Arizona.
District No. 12-Washington, Ore
gon, Montana and Idaho.
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No More puaIa.

Paris.-A duel between Frenchmen
in war times would be real offense
against patriotism. Such was the for
NAL declaration signed today by the
seconds Of Deputy Adrien Weber and
Capt. Charles Tisseyre, and the pro-
posed encounter was abandoned. The
two men had engaged in an argument
In which blow was said to have been
struck, challenge following.
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DRuffaIo aim Is improved.

Denver.-Col. william F. Cody (Buf-
falo BilD, i'll at the home of his daugh-
ter here. was much improved and his
physicians expect his early recovery.
'You can't kill the old scout" Col.
Cody remarked to newspaper men who
visited him
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ORANGES NSt Hurt.

Los Angeles, GAIA statement thai
the orange crop as whole, had not
suffered" from the low temperatures
prevailing in the Southern California
citrus belt, was made by G. Harold
Powell, general manager Of the Cali
fornia Fruit Growers Exchange. He
said the volume Of shipments would
not be reduced.
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viii Finish Club House.

Biloxi, Miss.-Bonds amounting to
81 900, for the purpose of furnishing
the Biloxi Yacht Club quarters, viii
be sold by the club, it being stated by
officers of the club that offers to buy
the additional bonds have already been
made. The Biloxi Yacht Club house
was erected at a cost of $4,000, bonds
having been sold to 40 suyers.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1917-01-04

The capitol commission, which has
charge Of the work on the remodeling
of Mississippi's old capitol building
has just completed an extended ses.
sion. Contracts for the roofing. tin
work and elevator system were let
There yet remains some $4,000 worth
Of contracts to be let in about so
days. This will include the brick
work, painting. glazing and finishing
of the structure which, when complet
ed, will be occupied by the overruA
OF state offices from the new capitol,
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Students Re-enroIIed.

Satisfied with having put forth their
best efforts during the last three
months, the 1880 boys composing the
largest and probably the most eff
cient student body ever assembled at
the Mississippi A. & NJ. college, hav-
ing finished their final examinations
broke ranks and left for home.
Before leaving each student was re
quired to make his schedule and en-
roll for his second term classes in or
der that there may be no delay in be-
ginning the work at the close Of the
holidays.
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Attacked RN suhmarIne.

Newport News, Va.-The Italian
steamer Pietro, on arrival at Hamp-
ton Roads from Madeira, reported that
when she was in the Mediterranean
Sea bound from Genoa to Madeira,
several weeks ago, she was attacked
by q large German submarine.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1917-01-04

The Hague.-The recent moves to-
ward bringing about a discussion Of
peace have resulted in the substitu-
ton for the Ford neutral conference
for continuous mediation of a new in
ternational commission with ramifica-
tions in Europe and the United States.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1917-01-04
Renord Hoo Shipments.

Yazoo City, Miss.-The record made
IN the cooperative hog shipping indus
try in 1916 by Yazoo county is claim
ed as the greatest of the entire south
During the last IL months about $780,
900 worth of hogs have been shipped
by the cooperative method.
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coahnma oIn Renort.

ClarksdaIe, Miss-According to data
compiled, by e. L. Fontaine of Lyon,
Miss, official census reporter for the
department OF commerce, the number
of bales of cotton ginned in Coahoma
county from the. 1916 crop to December
90. 1915. was 9O,497 bales, compared to
55,374 bales ginned to the same date in
1915.
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Names New Secretary.

Austin, Tex.-Gov. Ferguson an
nounces the appointment of Churchill
Bartlett, of Marlin, Tex, to be secre.
tary of state. He fills the vacancy
caused by the resignation of John G.
Mckay.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1917-01-04

Lexington, William Benedict,
Sr., was instantly killed and four other
persons badly wounded, and ten suf-
fered minor injuries in a gun fight at
Christmas celebration In a school
house eight miles south Of DanVille.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1917-01-04

Amsterdam (via London). = Tho
Frankfurter Zeitung reports that tho
Bundesrath has forbidden the sale
abroad of German shipping shares,
the object being to prevent an unde-
sirable foreign influence in German
shining.
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Has Prize PuIlet.

Lexington, Ky.-A Leghorn pullet,
No. 27S, pen No. II. owned by J. T.
Price, of Rogersville, Tenn, was an
nounced as leading in individual hon
ors in national egg laying contest here
with a perfect score of seven eggs for
the past week.
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Cashier Is Promoted

Columbus, Miss.-E E. Richards has
resigned as receiving teller of the Co
lumbus National Bank to accept the
position OF purchasing agent for the
Lucas E. Moore stave- company of New
York and New Orleans.
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Postal SUPERINTENDENT niea.

Atlanta. Ga.-G H. Usher, general
superintendent of the southern divis-
son of the Postal Telegraph Cable Co.,
died at his home here. Mr.. Usher.
who was So years old, had been in
failing health for some time.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1917-01-04

Amsterdam (via London) "A Wen.
ma dispatch says that Privy Councillor
Rudolf Seighart, governor Of the Aus
trian land credit bank, has resigned at
the request OF Emperor Charles. He
is succeeded by Ritter Won Leth.
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eoard Of supervIsors sued.

Attorney General Ross Collins has
fled suit in the chancery court Of
Kinds county to collect on the official
bonds of the five members of the
Washington county board Of supervis-
ors, alleging that these bonds have
been forfeited by failure of the heard
to approve the assessment rolls OF
Washington county as revised by the
state board OF equalization.
The five supervisors named are L.
j. Parnell, J. F. Dlnkins, Jesse Hut
son, c. Z. Dean and George WheatIy.
who gave bond for $4,000 each