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The log cabin Democrat., 1917-02-02
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A MATTER OF FRACTIONS.
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There is little argument against the proposition of placing the educa- tional institutions of the state upon a millage tax basis. With this as one of his issues Governor Brough was nominated and elected; the Dem ocratic platform endorsed it, the trus- tees of the schools themselves favor and there is evident general senti- ment that the millage tax will elim- nate the unseemly biennial scram- ble for appropriations.
 The legislature, as we'll as those in charge of the institutions, how ever, seem to be having some difficult ty in deciding upon a just and equita- ble apportionment of this special tax The University of Arkansas is ask ing for levy of one-half mill; the Arkansas State Normal School can. not be efficiently maintained upon the revenues derived from tax of less than one-eighth mill, and the foul agricultural schools also demand fol each levy of one-eighth mill.
 These taxes would aggregate one and one-eighth mills, and it was tenta lively agreed, between representa- tives of the different institutions the Log Cabin Democrat 1T informed that bill providing for the levies as set forth should be introduced anc support. Yet it is known that Gov. ernor Brough will not give his con sent to a combined levy which ex ceeds one mill-and in this position the Log Cabin Democrat believes ht is right. The proposition was ad vanced that the one-mill levy be di vided into nine parts, of which tho University should receive four ant the other five institutions one par each.
 But, however we'll this fund would support the other schools, it woul, be insufficient to meet the actua needs of the rapidly growing State Normal School. And it is manifest ly unfair that the Normal, which has an enrolment double that of any o1 the four agricultural schools, ant which serves the entire state in stead of only one-fourth of the state, should be placed upon an iden- tical financial basis with every one of the agricultural schools.
 Prefacing the suggestion with the explanation that no one connected with the Arkansas State Normal School has prompted it, the Log Cab in Democrat ventures to offer anoth CT solution. Let the whole tax, a. Governor Brough desires, be limited to one mill, and let it then be ap. portioned by decimal instead of com mon fractions, since the latter cannot be used in way that will give an equitable apportionment. Our idea of what would be a fair division would be to give the University 45 per cent, the Normal Is per cent and each of the agricultural schools 10 per cent. If, however, such an ap- portionment should be found too small for the agricultural schools, the percentage could be slightly
The log cabin Democrat., 1917-02-02
CANDIDATES ARE APPEARING.

Little Rock, Feb. 2.-The legisla- ture is beginning to develop cand- dates for state offices. Judge J. D. Doyle of Lawrence county, is a pros pective candidate for state treasurer in the next election. He is one of the strongest debaters on the floor of the house. Former Representa- tive Shaver of Jackson county, and Ernest Tipton, present deputy in the state treasury, have also been men toned in connection with the office.
The log cabin Democrat., 1917-02-02
TO CHANGE ROAD FUNDS.

Little Rock, Feb 2.-Mr. French of Poinsett county seeks by a bill intro duced yesterday to secure more equit- able distribution of the road funds collected in the county. The bill pro- vides that hereafter 90 per cent of the funds shall be expended in the dis trict where it was collected, and the remaining 10 per cent be paid into the county general fund.
The log cabin Democrat., 1917-02-02
GROUND HOG SEES SHADOW

It was easy enough for the ground hog to see his shadow today, the sun shining brightly throughout the fore noon, according to the old supersti- ton, there are six weeks of winter remaining.
The log cabin Democrat., 1917-02-02

we've quit. Try the old Union Val ley reguIars-theyll cool you off.
 Prof. A. A. Parson and family vis- tied here Friday night
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-08-31
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ROADS
WORK OF COMMUNITY CLUBS
"Betsey Ann Association" Of Brighton,
illinois, Does Much to Boost
Little Village.

(By p. O. HOLDEN. Former Dean of
Iowa State College.)
Community clubs play an important
part In the development Of civilization.
They present the greatest of oppOr-
tunities for the cooperation of town
and country to the lasting benefit Of
each. They enable the residents Of
the town and those Of the rural dis
tricts to get together and do things for
the welfare of all that otherwise
would not be done.
This arousing OF common interest
In common interests brings the men,
bers of the community closer together,
socially, industrially and economically.
In movements of this character every
small town should feel vitality inter-
ested, for 1t can extend its trade ter
ritory many miles by uniting with the
farmers in community welfare work.
This work may take one form, or It
may take another, but the life Of any
community organization depends upon
having something to do that is worth
while.
BY the assistance of farmers, the
town Of Brighton, Illinois, a village Of
only 600 people, has worked wonders
in the way of community road build
ing.
For ten years the people of Brighton
have been joining hands with their
rural neigbbors in cooperative work
that not only has bettered the whole
community, but has given the town a
commercial and educational standing
equal to that Of many cities ten times
its size.
The community organization, which
has thus united town and country,
bears the unique title Of "The Betsey
Ann Association" 1t has given the
community q miles Of excellent roads,
$4,000 accredited high school,
$1,000 community building and a
neighborhood spirit which knows no
township line or corporate boundary.
The Betsey Ann association is incor-
porated. but not for profit. II has 1876
members, divided about equally be-
tween town and country, and its men,
bership fee Is only 25 cents. The exec
utive committee consists of nine men,
bers, Of which not more than FIVE can
be residents of the town.
The first Improvement inaugurated
by the association was the purchase Of
fire bell. This bell was christened
by telephone operator, Miss Nell
Flanagan. She gave 1t the name Of
Betsey Ann, which title has since
passed to the association.
: During the second week of August.
each year. the association holds two
day picnic In large tent. Concerts.
dramas and other forms Of entertain
ment are given by local people from
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-08-31

LOST.--A five months black pig.
Finder will be rewarded. S. Wood
bury.-Adv.-1w.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-08-31
CORRESPONDENCE
HEST

Heist, Utah, August 81, 1917.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Lucas spent
the week end at st. George.
c. c. McUrn was here on business
one day last week.
Il e
Joseph Dooley is suffering with a
growth on his eye.
J. NJ. Rogers is beraking ground
with a tractor. Mr.. Rogers is one of
our progressive farmers.
Mrs. o. d. Payne is expected home
from a summers outing spent in
Ogden Canyon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Miller are
spending a week in the Dixie country
near st. George.
Il II
Louie Paddock is attending to the
fall work for his father who is in poor
health.
Messrs Green, Muldoon, Mcleod
and Johnson of Modena, were bust
ness visitors in Heist last Tuesday.
The Misses Anna and Francis Dool-
ey of Creston, Iowa, were here on a
visit with their brothers Thomas, Will
liam and Joseph Dooley.
II X
Heist & Hogan have started their
threshing outfit, and will make their
annual trip into the Newcastle and
Enterprise valley.
Il II
The farewell party given to Mr.. and
Mrs. Perry and to Mr.. and Mrs. Scad-
den of Modena, was attended by Mes
srs. Hogan and the Misses Dooley,
II Il
Mrs. M. ID. Heist has received word
that her brother, George Sylvester,
has been commissioned first lieuten-
ant, and will be stationed at the Pre-
sido. Lieutentnt Sylvester is expected
here on a short visit soon, en- route
to take charge of his command.
Mr.. C. l.. Heist has applied for en-
listment in the Engineering corps.
With his past experience in civil en-
cheering, no doubt he will be accept
ed. Several of our worthy youny men
hape been called to the colors, and are
making arrangements to leave soon.
We should turn out en- masse and bid
our boys an enthusiastic farewell.
Mr.. Archie +. Wilson is respond
ing to the selective draft, and has
been adjusting his business affairs
prior to leaving. He and Mrs. Wilson
will visit in Elizabeth Lake, Califor-
mia, with her parents, for few days.
We are sorry to lose such worthy peo-
pie from our midst.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-08-31

FRESH BUTTER, twice week
at Richard Williams s.~-Adv. If.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-08-31
CLASSIFIED ADV'S.

For valuable City property, see
Walter Lunt.-Adv.-tf.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-08-31
Work on Roads In 1915.

During 1915 the total road and
bridge expenditures in the United
States amounted 10 about $2s2000.-
600, of which probably not over $15,-
100000 represented the value of the
statute ana convict labor.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-08-31
Wheels Used In Argentina.

Because some roads In Argentina
have deeper dust In summer and
deeper mud in winter than any
others in the world, the wagons used
on them have wheels from six to tif-
teen feet in diameter.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-08-31

Warm weather this, but you will
not notice it so much if you keep a
good sized piece of Harry Hunters
good ice in the refrigerator above the
butter, milk and other perishable ed
obles. Try it. Only lc. the pound
Adv.-tf.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-08-31


ment Around Brighton, Illinois,
Work Of the eetsey Ann Community
ISOLATION.
both town and country. These picnics
are always attended by $500 or 5000
people. All concessions are run by the
association and all the profit goes into
the treasury. About $500 Is realized
each year. The money is spent In road
Improvement.
One year the association built a
mile of rock road, extending eastward
from the town limits. Each year n
contract for dragging, at frequent in
tervals nine different roads, for dis
lance of three miles from town, Is
awarded. Each members of the execu-
tive committee has charge of Il three
mile strip. An appropriation of 500
is annually made for this purpose.
These % miles of good roads are
the visible results of the Betsey Ann
association. They make ii possible for
Brighton to visit and TO entertain her
neighbors. They connect the town with
the farm and make the interests of
one the interests of the other. They
have made possible the community
building. They have made n reality a
high school, for both town and country
children, from which graduates are
admitted to any college.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-08-31
SHEEP MEN, ATTENTION!

This is to notify you that have leased all of
lands to the Cedar Sheep Association aggregatng
more than 10000 acres--a complete description of
which be at the Store of the above Association
In brief lands lie on both sides of the old road
in the Sage Brush that to Desert Mound begin
ming at point in Section One a., South of Crystal
Springs This practically all the land between
Iron Mountain and Desert Mound; also $50 Acres at
Iron Springs adjoining the sheep shearing pen also
several thousand the west side of Iron Noun
tain commencing at the old Lime Kiln on Richards
Spring along the west and north sides of Iron Noun
TAIN to point east of the Miner Blowout
Anyone trespassng these lands will be liable
for prosecution. F. E. KENNEDY, Agent.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-08-31

We are prepared to saw your wood
Get your permit and leave your or
ders with II. II. Lunt at the Mercan-
tile and we will do the rest. All or
ders filled on short notice. Eddards
& Sons.-adyt. If
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-05
CoLored News
aMaARERRMmmiRHRMMM
BY Rev. Lee o'NeeI.

We have not been able to furnish
news for the past two weeks because
Of absence from the city attending
District Conference. We have visited
the counties of Meriwether, Troup.
Harris, Talbot and Dolly. Crops are
fine and the people are jubilant.
One of the most enjoyable occasions
Of the season was tie picnic given by
the Ladies Federation Club at Daph-
ne Wednesday. This clus is composed
Of some of the most progressive and
hospitable ladies Of the city and they
know how to prepare for their guests
at picnic.
That Doctor at the picnic was jolly
and had much to say, but that was
only a sham to divert attention from
what he was destroying.
Mr.. Jno. Neal is hustling farmer
and is raking it in on watermelons.
That's the way to do it.
A certain lady-a leader-said: a
hate eaten some of all the baskets"
Remember, there wer about forty bas-
KITS.
Rec w. e. Bailey attended the
District Conference at Drayton and
made a big speech
Bethel church was well represented
with delegates to the District Confer
ence at Drayton. Mrs. Minnie hurry
represented the Mission Board; Miss
es Laura Williams and Evelyn Finch,
stewardress board; Mrs. Olive Allen.
juvenile board; Mr. D. Florunay, the
steward board and Mrs. p L. Lasmei
the District board and Mrs. Mam;I
Ross the local board
Two automobiles were taken in
charge by the Cordele delegation. The
District Conference of the Cordele
District of the c. M. F. church was a
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-05
The Soldiers Question: I'VE Have Given
Ourselves. What Will You GiYe?"

after night. and crawl out over the
trenches to and through the barbed
wires and struggle in a great death
graphic. These things are before them
and yet they go forward with cour.
age which should stir every latent
quality of good in every human heart
Before such men those who cannot
go should stand with uncovered heads
and bemoan the fate that makes it
necessary for them to be saved by
The sacrilice of the lives of others.
These are the living realities, the
yerities of this hour They call in
thunder tones to the nation. They
call to every human heart to honor
the soldiers and the sailors; to throw
around them every possible safeguard
to protect them from every tempta-
ton; TO make their task as light as
possible; to furnish every comfort
and convenience; to tighten their
work and lessen their sorrows; to
provide the means for their healthful
enjoyment around every camp and
to danish from every camp the occurs
ed liquor traffic and all the evils which
follow; to provide the nurses and the
stretcher-barers, and the physicians,
and the hospitals which may minister
rs, in, Of n
vide the afciities for the training of
tile Eody and mind afforded by the
Young Mems Christian Association in
every, camp.
Fer these things the American peo-
pie must work whole-heartedly, with
ar enthusiasm which matches that of
tile men in the battle line.
Out of the nations work and the
wealth that may, be accumulated
therefrom must be poured to the full
es: limit the money needed for these
t. !ngs.
few weeks ago Maryland troops
on parade in the interest of the
Liberty Loan carried banner on
which was inscribed:
1--WE have given ourselves.
What will you give?'
That is the question which the life
of every soldier puts before every
man and woman in this country.
What will you give to the men who
are giving their lives? What service
will you render to them to lessen their
burdens, to tighten their inconsistencies
or to soften their agony on the battle
field, to save their bodies and to save
their souls? What answer will the
American people give to the question:
eve have given ourselves What will
you give?"- Manufacturers Record.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-05
-" 4 -
.LEGHORNS PROVE BEST
FOR EGG PRODUCTION

Because they lay more and eat less
Leghorns produce eggs cheaper than
hens of the general purpose breeds
Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode
Island Reds and Orpingtons-says the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, and the Georgia State College
of Agriculture.
Feeding tests have shown that the
feed cost of a dozen eggs for one of
the Leghorn pens was 1874 cents in
1913, while the average cost of all
the pens of the general-purpose breeds
was 1915 cents. In 1914 the feed cost
of dozen eggs for the same pen Of
Leghorns was 81 cents as against an
average cost of 15.1 cents for the sec
ond laying year of the general-purpose
pens. During their third laying year
the cost of dozen eggs was S.8 cents
compared to 1876 cents for the general
purpose fowls.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-05

great occasion, the fruits of which will
be seen later on. Rev. W. T. Moore
deserves credit.
DR.. Kyles, congenial druggist, looks
mighty good in his new automobile.
Miss Ethel Rivers is spending her
vacation at Quitman with her sister,
Mrs Williams.
The revival at the First Baptist
church was a success. Nine were
baptized. Rev. Uierce is an excep ?
ti0nal and clever pastor His people
love him. He has served this congre-
CATION twenty seven years. We con
graduate cur Baptist friends, as fire.
auent changesin pastors does not do
church any good unless it be for
CARVE causes. Rev. Pierce deserves
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-05

the respect Of all.
Rev. H. S. Sherell will preach at
Bethel church Sunday at $3.50.
The committee for the Juvenile
court will meet at the court house
August IS at 9 o'clock.
Rev. J. A. Raglan was in the city
this week.
mr.. Boss Warren Of Americas was
in the city this week.
Mrs. Rosa Kimball is on the sick
lis, Also Mr.. L. S. Ross, who motor
ed the delegates to Ora lyton
ed the delegates to Drayton.
Rev. A. S. Clark is a quaint and yet
busy man and has many calls for dis
tingushed occasions.
The District Conference of the Meth
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-05
PEANUTS Bring HIGH
PRICE WHEN STACKED
Vines Ripen Normally And Give 6
Bright, Nutritious Hay Equal
To Cowpea Vines

instead of small, wrinkled nuts and
poor quality hay, as results from sun
cured peanuts, stacked peanuts ripep
normally and develop heavy nuts OF
excellent quality along with bright,
nutritious hay equal to cowpea hay for
feeding purposes, says Mr.. Tabor of
the State College of Agriculture.
10 stack peanuts select stout pole
eight to ten feet high, set firmly in
the ground and nail two cross pieces
about foot above the ground. The
peanut vines should be gathered be-
fore they dry out and piled about the
pole. The first vines are placed on
the cross pieces with the nuts toward
the pole and the stack should be one
vine thick as measured from the pole.
The stacks are made as high as one
can conveniently reach and the tops
capped with grass to keep the birds
from the nuts at the top of the stack
Five to six weeks is generally long
enough to allow for curing, though the
peanuts will keep longer in the stack
- o'hoi hoiiH "oih 10 ploSSilS. WHEN
the. peanuts are to be hauled to the
picker, the poles are loosened and the
stacks loaded without tearing them up.
In unloading grasp the poles below the
cross pieces, and shake the entire
stack on the picker or thresher
The acreage of peanuts in Georgia
has increased according to crop est
mates, 220 per cent this year. Mills
in southwest Georgia crushing cotton
seed have arranged to take care of all
the peanuts offered and it is thought
that a considerable amount will be
crushed.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-05

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their sunny homes. And some have
already returned.
The section of the first draft is
now in fever heat, and many are be-
ing exempted, but the negro as a gen
eral thing, seems to be willing to go
to tn front and put his life on the
altar for the defense of our country
against high handeness of the part Of
the Germans. While others grum.
blers in both church and state alike
always Sc enough to discourage if any
one pays any attention to them. i
Though the will of God grind slowly,
Yet they grind exceedingly small,
EThouh with patience long he waiteth
With exactness grind ye all.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-05

cdst church was success. Rev.
Dixon, the pastor, is a tireless worker
and deserves much credit for the care
take Of the conference
Miss Lucille Virgins is visiting rel
atiyes at Garden Valley.
.. Flournoy, Jim Murph, Clarence
Staby and Fort Evans have good crops
in fact, there are fine crops through
Crisp and the cotton is opening rapid
ly If cotton prices remain up, farm
ers will be 0. X, and corn is in abun-
dance IT, Mr.. Boil weevil does not
hurry and get in his work in this
section, he will be too late to do much
damage.
We are hearing that many of our
northern friends will son return to
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-05

To a group of New York,s leading
bankers leading worker for the
Young Mems Christian Association,
who mad been in the trenches and
seen the heroism of the soldiers, and
who had learned to appreciate III;
as they offered their lives in the great
marvloils conservation of these men
as they offered their lives in the great
battle for civilization, said:
In the light of what l have seen
of self-sacriffce, of heroism, there is
not one of you IN this room worthy
to '1acken the shoes of the men who
are in the trenches"
This was said to a group of men
of the, highest morality, of patriot
ism which has led the nation, OF
bread generosity in. giving to the
work of the Red Cross and the Young
Mems Christian Association and kin
dred interests, and giving not by
thousands, but by millions. It was
not. an exaggerated statement. but it
was made for the purpose of trying
to Impress upon these great bankers
that the man who gives only Of his
money, even though he give deeply Of
his principal, is giving les than the
men who are so willingly giving their
lives. The superb sacrifice of. 7,O00,-
600 men whose bodies have already
covered the battlefields of Europe,
while millions of wounded have suf-
fered untold agonies on the battlefields
and in hospitals, calls the world as
nothing else in all human history of
the last nineteen centuries to sacri-
ffice that it may serve.
The man or woman who, facing the
awful realities of this war, can move
along in his or her accustomed way,
seeking to accumulate money or to
pass his or her time in the pleasures
or the frivolities or even the usual rou-
the significance of the agony and the
tragedy through which the world is
passing.
Some thousands of American SOL
diers have already landed in France,
and other thousands and hundreds of
thousands and millions will have to
follow. These men are not al I'm
mindful of the reality of the struggle
upon which they are entering. Each
one ,knows full well that he is offering
hisi1ife; and if perchance he be saved
to return to his loved ones, comrades
all around him and by his. side he
knows will die. Each nan REALIZES full.
ly that he is going into war for ser
vice. These men are not going from
any thoughtless desire for adventure;
they are not going without a full I'M
derstanding Of what it means to lie in
the trenches day after day and night
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-05

WE INCREASE THE STRENGTH
of tire by our vulcanizing. 1t is
fact that the punctured, cut or dam
aged part treated by us becomes ac-
tually stronger than the rest of the
tire. Why be content with unsightly
patches which only cover leak when
you can have our vulcanizing service,
which does not show and does stop
leak permanently. All work c. o. d.,
but same is guaranteed.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-05

of the quality work you obtain from
your vulcanizer is the amount you
save by spending money for tire re-
pairs. Most Of our trade comes from
satisfied customers who recommend
us to their friends. If your friends
have neglected to tell you about us,
let us show you how to cut tire ex-
pense as they do
diers have already landed in France.