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Sharp County record., 1917-06-01
ANNOUNCEMENT

The Record is authorized to announce Fred NJ
pickers of Evening Shade a candidate for
dsleoate 10 the State Constitutional Convention.
subject to the will Of the people.
The Record is authorized to announce @. B.
Ferguson Of Richwoods township candidate
Tor delegate TO the State Constitutional Conveu-
ton subject 70 the win Of the people
The Record Is authorized 10 announce r.. b.
Andrews of Scott township candidate for dele
gate 10 the State Constitutional Convention
subject 10 the will Of the people
Sharp County record., 1917-06-01
ELECTION PROCLAMATION

Whereas. Act 20 OF the Acts OF the Genern
Assembly OF Arkansas OF 1917. provides hat
eouYenrion Tor the purpose Of drafting eon'
stitution Tor the state OK Arkansas be called 70
meet IN the State Capitol IN the City OF Listla
Rock at ~. NJ. Monday. November 9th. 1877, and
WhereaH. said Act provides that Cor he pur'
pose ot eiecting delegates 10 aald convention,
special election be called for Tuesday. June 18TH
on. ana
Whereas. Charles II. Brougn. Governor ot ne
State OF Arkanaas. has by his proclamation Or
Iurcd and election In eaen OF the several counties
n the state OF Arkansas Tor the purpose OF eject
ng delegates 10 said convention,
Now therefore. T. j. Il. Klrtley Sheriff Of
Sharp county, Arkansas. by virtue OF laid proc
lmation and order Of the governor, and ,hS san
Agt 80 OF the General Assembly OF 1911 and 'he
authority vested 10 me by the gonstiiuton ana
he laws of the state of Arkansas la sheriff Of
5harp county do hereby proclaim and ma"
,nown Jnat there will be an election leid IN q"
loyorai voting precincts OF sharp county AFkA0
INA nm Tbp
Sharp County record., 1917-06-01

4 countryside are accompanying their I
! SONS and brothers and husbands
/ of suitable age to the registration 7
! place IN the feeling that here IN !
4 America is the altar Of free lnsIl- /
: turOns. and that every man that
4 is putting his name down is max /
/ ing an acceptable sacrifice.
i All patriotic citizens. and OreanI-
q cations in Sharp county are urged I
to make ARRANGEMENTS at once to |.
!. hold in all the towns and voting
4 precincts on June 5 public meetings
4 where patriotic programs will be
I given. Meetings may be held in
4 churches, scnOOIhOuses OF other
4 convenient places. The Initiative
J may be taken by any Individual
! or organization. lime and place
may be liked according to local
/ 4 convenience.
The program may consist Of sing
/, ina of national airs, aagraIsing,
/ reading of the Declaration Of Lade-
/ 4 IDendence, reading of the Presidents
= Proclamation announcing the date
OF registration, and such other eX-
} ercises as. may suggest themselves.
!, The story of German aggression
3 against America is long and sOrdid.
It includes the filing OF a friendly
/. country with spies-there IS good
: evidence that there is at least l0O,-
: 600 of these in the United States
now, it includes the blowing I'D of
factories and the numbering Of
/ wOrkmen, attempts to involve us
/ ia war with Mexico and japan ana
, the dividing up Of our terrItory-tn
!, short, there is no act Of perhdy or
! hostility which the imperial German
p government has failed to commit.
Il We now call on all patriotic cii-I
p tzans TO assist the registration COM
mittee in Sharp county in perform
{ ing its duty on June 5; in urging
. men who are liable to registration |
J.. to do their bit, and in making Of |
! registration day an occasion TO /
show to the world that the blood Of |
/ the patriots of the Revolution still .
! throbs in the veins Of American |
4 freemen.
+ Other counties will ittinqly an
swer the counuys call, Let the |
people of Sharp county so conduct
themselves that in the years to
/ come no descendant Of ours shall
ever have cause 10 feel ashamed Of
/ the star that represents is in the
( flag which the world has learned to
/ honor as the emblem of liberty.
Respectfully
j. n. Kirtley. Sheriff.
Sharp County record., 1917-06-01
A Billion Dollar Country

More than year ado the wealth of the United States was
estimated at over SO billion dollars nearly $ZJOO0O for every
man woman and child in the country Where's yOurs2
The answer TO that question rather serious matter
vou have vOur share aside the easy But YOU
haven't what them Ours big country prosperous couA-
rrv rich c7nrv-erobablv the richest country 10 the
world You are part of this country Begin now by
starting bank account and Join the ranks Of the
veo-do It's important matter that should not be neg
ected
Bank of Cave City
TuIV insured AGAINST Burglary
Sharp County record., 1917-06-01
18th Day OF Iune, 1917,

Tor tho purpose OF eIecting one doicgate % 70
resent sharp county In said constitutional 60
gention, ana two delegates from the second "
gresaionai Dlatriot of Arkansas.
said election viii be mold nc he .9llowD
places la each township.
Bis Creek. at Galamine.
Cave at Cave City
Davidson. at King Mills.
Ilardy, at Hardy
Highland, AZ stuart
Jackson, nc Wllitord,
Johnson, at 3t pauL
Lave Cfrsk, at Rose Pond,
lebanon. lt DotBon school House
lower North at cox school House.
NorRan. at Confer.
North Biz Rook at poughkeepsie.
North Union, 40 Banks school House
pney Fork. at Evening Shade,
RIehwoods, at Ash Fiat.
Scott at dheibyvlle,
south iIg Rock. at Emery
South Union. 40 Martin Creek'
3tnwberry, at Institute,
sullivan. at Brioltle Springs,
Upper North, at Wrth,
Washington, at Poweils Chapel
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-22
TAYLOR HEADS
STATE NORMAL
Appears in Official Direc-
tory as President Dick
inson Normal School

Dickinson. NJ. D., Aug. 22.-The
fact that the name Of former State
superintendent of Public Instruction
T.. j. Taylor appears in the official
directory prepared by State Auditor
Kositzky as president of the new
Dickinson state normal school has oc-
cassioned much favorable comment
locally.
Mr. Taylor, former superintendent
of schools of Grand Forks county,
served three terms as state superin-
tendent Of Public Instruction and
taught q summer school for teachers
here this year, and Dickinson was
agreeably impressed with his abili-
ty. The state board Of regents de-
clines to go on record as to his APP
pointment, although it is believed
majority of the members would IA
vor Mr. Haylor. 1t is understood that
Mr.. Taylor has the endorsement of
N. G. Macdonald Of Valley City, who
defeated Taylor for reelection last
fall.
Inasmuch as necessity for economy
dictated the slicing of the Dickinson
normal appropriation in half, no ef-
until a year from September, and In
the meantime tn board Of regents is
maintaining silence on the subject OF
the presidency,
p. s. Berg, superintendent Of the
Dickinson public schools, has been
considered as the probable head of
the new institution, but II lie UNDER
stood that he declines the honor.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-22
Alkali Makes Soap
Bad for Washing Hair

Most soaps and prepared shampcoa
contain too much alkali. which is very
injurious, as it dries the scalp and
makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is just plain
mulsified cocoanut oil, for this is pure
and entirely greaseless. It's very
cheap, and beats. the most expensive
soaps or anything else all to pieces.
You can get this at any drug store,
and few ounces viii last the whole
family for months.
Simply nloisten the hair with water
and rub it in, about teaspoonful is
all that is required. II makes an
abundance Of rich, creamy lather.
cleanses thoroughly. and rinses out
easily. The hair dries quickly and
evenly, and is soft, fresh looking.
bright. fluffy, wavy, and easy to han
die. Besides. it loosens and takes out
every particle Of dust. dirt and dam,
druff.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-22
A Word to Our German Citizens

Before feeling runs too high for
sober thought let us sit down and
reason quietly. Just now we are on
joyinK a moment Of calm. The great
majority OF Americans are leaving to
Washington the ordering of events.
Their blood courses calmly in their
veins. 1t will not remain so long.
When the news OF wounds and
death among the loved ones at the
front fills the cables then there will
no longer be apathy in American
homes. People will not smile when
they see unfoIded in the street cars
the pages Of "Viereck's Weekly" or
the German language papers. decry-
ing America and praising the Him
denburgs. Passion will be in the as
cendant. And German will not be
popular on the highways. Will 1t
not be well then to arrive at the
momentous decision, which must be
made sooner or later. while there is
still time to do so7
Again, / suggest, let us reason the
situation in calmness. Why did Ger
mans come to America? Either be-
cause conditions at home were not
to their liking or because they ex-
pected to find here opportunities de-
MED them at home. Did they find
the results they had anticipated?
The facts speak for themselves. Mil
lions of Germans and descendants of
Germans are citizens OF these Uni
ted States. Even the prosperous ones
have not returned to Germany. What
then of the future? Is it to Germany
or to this country that they will look
for happiness and prosperity?
n ~ IAA
German language press has doubtless
clouded the issues. But stop to think
dispassionately Of these would be
moulders of German opinion. Is it
not patent that they are working only
with selfish purpose? The German
language press Of this country was
dying of neglect when the war came
to revive it's hopes. We will not
discuss the money frankly poured in
to the counting rooms from ABROAD.
That alone would not have made new
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-22

Under the title of The Obstruc-
tionists," a writer in The New York
Times Sunday magazine, describes
the members of the small band led
by La Toilette, which is blocking the
war plans in Congress.
The writer pays his respects to
Senator Gronna in this fashion:
Then there is Gronna of North
Dakota. His seat in the senate is
right next to La Follette's. They
whisper together. Perhaps that
explains Gronna sufficiently.
He is dominated by La Toilette.
If Gronna happened to get
seat beside somebody else, some
body who whispered patriotism
to him, he might have been for
war, IL it didn't cost too much.
A comparatively friendly criti-
cism of Senator Gronna from a
F. fellow member of Congress is
this: 'Gronna doesn't know what
any of these national and inter-
national questions mean. They
don't mean anything to him. He
has had a life of hard work in
acquiring thousands Of acres Of
land. and has come down to
Washington to rest"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-22

readers. But the cunning sugges-
ton that Germans in this country
ana Americans Of German descent
were unpopular was more successful
H. was not true then, but the I'M
American behavior OF these papers
went long way towards making II
true. IL remains for the Germans
and the German-Americans to say
whether II shall be entirely true.
There Is still time to revive the old
good will. Not very much time. how
eveH The whole problem rests upon
their conclusion as to whether thew
are for America first or Germany
irst. Our President has held out
the hand of friendly welcome to all
who would be loyal Americans. LET
them not hesitate too long, lest that
welcome grow cold.
For those who are resolved to con-
tinue in this country there can be
only one conclusion. They will have
to face their neiRhbors through
many tomorrows. And the senti-
merts Of those neighbors, as they will
pc evolved from the bloody events
that will soon be upon us, will be the
sentiments Of the children of those
neighbors towards their children.
Aye, and of those children's children
through the long years to come.
Shall there be ostracism of the
German blood in this land2 Shall we
witness the boycott of German BUSH
ness and German workers through
many generations? Heaven forbid
that we be thus divided, one against
the other.
This awful war should not be
made more terrible by. internecine
strife. 1t can be made the means of
Welding together the many divergent
elements into one great nation. Never
was there an equal opportunity for
operating the melting pot to good
purpose. A real American nation is
struggling in the throes of birth. It
depends largely upon our German
citizens whether they be represented
In the result. Will they be guided
by the Hearsts the Vierecks and the
Riders, who thrive upon unrest, or
by their own sturdy common sense?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-22
THE FAIR PROFIT.

After all, it resolves itself in
to a question of a fair profit.
That is not hard to determine,
but it needs somebody with
farming experience to determine
it. "A Z
The governments own crop
reports will show it. They
showed an average of six bush
els per acre for the state. That
average was brought up by the
big yields in the valley. The
Forum called attention to some
of those big yields, and doesn' t
modify a word it said about
them. They were what made
the average for the state six
bushels instead of four. Two
thirds of North Dakota will not
average over four bushels to the
acre.
On a basis of $1.65 a bushel,
thousands of farmers will get
returns of from SIS to $40 an
acre. Their seed cost them 81
an acre last spring. Add merely
the cost of blowing, harvesting
and threshing, without allowing
a penny for interest, overhead
expenses, depreciation of the
land, fertilizer, or any of the
other numerous items that are
just as real factors as the cost
Of seed, and an actual loss is
shown.
Former Governor Hanna at
at the meeting of farmers held
yesterday in the Fargo CONNER
cial club, put it in a nutshell
when he said: Glow anyone
can expect those farmers to
break even at less than So a
bushel is more than any intelIi-
gent man can understand.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-22
DAKOTANS ON PROGRAM
OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Problems of Rural Schools and COM
munity Organization Principal
Topics For Discussion.

N. c. Mcdonald, state superintend-
ent OF public instruction, r. NJ.
Black, president of the state normal
school at Glendale, Thomas Hillyer,
president of the state normal school
at MayviIIe, DR.. Ross l.. Ffnney of
the department of education of the
state normal school at Valley City,
L. NJ. Rockne, county superintendent
OF school of Renville county, and c.
r. Cavett. county superintendent of
school of Ransom county, are the
North Dakotans who will appear on
the program at the national confer
ence of rural education to be held
at the state agricultural college,
University OF Minnesota. Aug. 2s-si.
inclusive.
Weld on Program.
Frank A. Weld, president OF the
state normal school at Moorhead,
will also attend and will lead ths
discussion on the subject of In a
More Adequate Rural Education.
State superintendent of Public
instruction N. c. Macdonald will
preside over the afternoon session on
Thursday, Aug. 80. President Black
will speak on the subject OF The
Normal Student and Rural Life, and
President Hillyer on The Work of
the Normal School in the Making of
the Rural Teacher.
The st Paul conference is for the
north central states. It will devote
most of its time to a consideration
Of the problems OF rural consolida-
ton, community organization, high
school education for all country
boys and girls without severing home
ties in obtaining that education, such
readjustment and reformation of the
course of study in elementary and
secondary rural schools as will adapt
them to the needs of rural life, and
how to secure a sufficient number of
teachers adequately trained for their
work in rural schools and rural
leadership.
For Better Rural Schools.
The conference, which is national,
is held under the direction of the
department of interior, bureau of
education, Washington, D. c., which
is wagins q nation wide campaign
for better rural schools and the inn
provement OF country life. Several
conferences have already been held
for the promotion of this work. The
first conference was held in Chicago
in September, 1914, the second in
Nashville, November, 1915. The
interest in this movement has SO
increased and its scope so widened
that it has been found best to hold
q series of conferences in various
sections of the country this year.
1t is the plan of the department
to reach the entire country in this
way before the close of the school
year, 1s17-16.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-22
NO TIME FOR eRUDeEs.

This Is no time to hold back and
say: "They wanted Socialism; now
they are getting a taste of it."
The soft-handed, comfortably SAL
aried preachers Of Socialism who
have thrived off the state to the ex-
tent of half a million dollars in the
last year, are not the ones who are
suffering. They collected in advance
and have no wheat to sell.
The men who are going to suffer
are our neighbors, who have been
doing business with us for ten,
twenty, or thirty years. It's the time
to stand together, forget politics, and
find the very best way possible out
of a very serious crisis.
Fargo and the farmers in this
vicinity have sent two very able
representatives to plead their cause,
and a third may go. If anybody can
accomplish results, they can, and
every farmer and every business
man in the state should back them
up with kilograms and letters to
Washington. kilograms are better,
for letters will probably be too late.
The German Reichstag will APP
prove the general tone" OF Pope
Benedict's peace proposals, according
to Associated Press dispatches.
It would be a strange mother In
deed who wouldn't stand up for her
own offspring.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-22
Convicted By Their Own Words

material advantages, but for an
ideal, the establishment of pow
err"
Shortly before the present wal
broke out, the Kaiser in a public
speech, said:
THE king holds his power by
the grace of God, to whom alone
he is responsible. He chooses his
own path and only decides his
actions from this point of view.
There is only one master in this
country, and / am he and will
tolerate no other"
When Germany dispatched her
troops to China during the Boxer
uprising, America, according to the
recently published Life and Letters
of John Hay narrowly avoided the
disgrace of an alliance with this
same Divine Right Ruler who gave
his troops this parting message:
Remember when YOU meet
the foe that quarter will not be
given and that prisoners will not
be taken. Weld your weapons
so that for a thousand years to
come no Chinaman will dare to
look askance at a German. Let
all that fall into your hands be
at Your mercy and gain for me
the reputation of the Huns of
Attila."
At least one imperial ambition has
been achieved. William is known as
the modern Attila, and his troops as
the Huns. But Chinese have dared TO
do more than look askance at a
German, and they are now in the
war.
No, Prussianism isn't a myth.
Thousands of miles away from 1t.
Americans have become accustomed
to treating it lightly, but there are
a thousand proofs OF what a real
menace to America it was and is.
The revelations Of former Ambassa-
dor Gerard would alone be enough
to convince the doubter.
That is why the Allies cannot con-
slider the Pope's peace proposals.
The United States is not pouring out
American blood for English terri
tory in Africa, or to wrest Italia r.
redenta from Austria. The Allies will
fight on because they don't dare re-
lax their death grip on the throat of
the worlds bully until he drops his
gun
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-22
IN CANADA $40; HERE
$1.65. ,

v Canada is paying $40 for the
: wheat it takes from its farmers.
The United States threatens
!; to commander a part of the
|, crop for $1.65, after letting the
| bulk of it be sold for $3.50 to So.
I There was objection on the
part of steel makers to selling
. to the Allies for the same price
! as they sold to the United
States. But when wheat is
I concerned the government
would treat the Allies better
than they treat themselves, and
. at the expense of the farmer,
selling them wheat for seventy
five cents a bushel less than they
can buy it from their own farm
ers.
The argument over prices
ought to begin at $40, unless
the government wishes to invite
all of the North Dakota farmers
to sell out or get out, and move
to Canada.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-22
Other Mems Views
An Editorial That May or May Not
Square With The Forums
Opinions.

The ST.. Paul Dispatch: Many
members Of the local exemption
boards have been wonder struck
and more than one has been appal-
led at the evidence of lack Of
thrift broadspread among the peo-
pie Of ST. Paul In conducting their
inquiries to ascertain the soundness
of the grounds advanced for cxemp-
ton, these board members obtain
intimate knowledge of the financial
condition Of families. and 1t deve-
lops in numerous cases that in the
course Of years not the slightest eff
fort has been made to lay by any
proportion, small or large, Of the
family earnings. The thought Of
saving money seems never to have
occurred to many Of them. With in
comes from their earnings running
from $500 to $4,000 annually, men
frankly admit they have not saved
q cent. And the worst feature is
that it appears in most cases that
earnings are in excess OF actual
necessities and the candid confess
sion Is made that indulgence in
pleasure and luxury has taken the
place Of a savings account. -.
We are not an unthrifty COM
munity, here in st. Paul. This
alarming state Of affairs is not
peculiar to any locality. Largely 1t
is an American failing. Improvid-
ence have grown into habit. People
have sparrow like absence of
thought for the morrow, though the
indifference Is not based upon a
serene reliance upon the providence
Of the Almighty. It is a SNUG and
stupid matter OF living for the day
alone.
Where so much has been urged
Of the value OF systematic saving,
large or small, it is difficuit to make
the appeal stronger. 1t ought to be
brought home to every Garner. The
capacity to save is as valuable as
the capacity to earn. Time and cir
cumstance will bring to every earn
er the time when he no longer can
earn. It is unbelievable that any
Garner has not thought Of that.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-22
Prussianism isn't a myth.

HTuSSlanlSIu lSnI a InyLn.
German militarism" and German
autocracy' and German junkers"
are not just terms to juggle with.
They have been used so much, and
slip so glibly from the tongue, that
to many they sound trite and mean
ingless.
They represent a very real and a
very great menace to the world, and
they are just as real today as they
were in August 1914 when they
launched their program which had
been carefully planned to give them
the domination Of the world.
A little glance at history will con
vict them by their own words.
When Frederick the Great decided
to steal Silesia from his benefactress,
Maria Theresa. he wrote in his
memoirs:
Ambition, interest, the desire
to have people talk about me,
carried the day, and 1 decided
for war;"
Note the 'T". And note the rea-
son for war.
In 1898, before Manila, the Ger
man rear-admiral, a close friend
Of the Kaiser, said to Admiral
Dewey:
I'm about fifteen years my
country will begin a great war.
Some months after we have done
our business in Europe, we shall
take New York and probably
Washington and we shall keep
them for some time. We shall ex-
tract one or two billions of dol
lars from New York"
An idle boast, perhaps, but few
Americans question now that but a
painfully small margin of time pre-
vented it being carried into effect.
Liege saved the French army and
won the war for the Allies at the
Marine.
Won Moltke, who fought the war
against France in 1870 to its success
full conclusion, wrote in his memoirs:
THE war of 1855 against
Austria) was entered on, not be-
cause the existence of Prussia
was threatened, not in obedience
to public opinion or the voice Of
the people. 1t was a struggle
long foreseen and calmly pre-
pared for. 1t was recognized as a
necessity by the cabinet, not for
territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, or