The Dermott news., 1917-05-10

Miss Bessie Morris and Mr. Bill Bull
loch, members of the graduating class
of the Dermott High School are send
ing out attractive invitations TO the
Commencement Exercises to be held at
the-school auditorium Friday evening
NAY 25th.
r. J. Briscoe of San Diego, Califor-
mia. came in last week to spend some
time here with his son. w. l.. Briscoe
MIR. Briscoe owns considerable proper
ty in this section of the country and
has contracted for advertising space in
the Dermott News.
We are pleased to call the attention
of our readers to the financial state
ments of the Dermott Bank 4 Trust
Co. and the Exchange Bank 4 Trust
Co. which appear elsewhere in this
paper. There is no better business
barometer than the condition of a com
munity's financial institutions, and the
excellent showing made by Our banks
is indeed just cause for qualification.
In the third episode of "Patria.
which is to be shown at The Alex to-
morrow night. the heroine dives into
the sea. and the hero. L. s. Secret
Service man. is left a prisoner bound
in the lower hold of a rapidly sinking
vessel. The story deals with a nation
al preparedness fund and shows the
possible activity of foreign spies in this
country Don't fail to see the third
episode tomorrow night.
On another page of this paper may
be found a part of the report of o. X,
Ewing 4 Company. certified public ac
countants of Memphis, Tenn. who have
recently completed their annual audit
of the books of the City of Dermott.
The report makes an excellent show
ing so far as the financial condition Is
concerned. and should be of interest TO
every citizen of the town. The report
in full may be seen at the Mayor =
office
Not to be outdone by the war and
other abnormal conditions that con
front the world. the weather has gone
on a tear. and instead of December
being as pleasant as May. May has
turned the cold shoulder and bids fair
to rival any November that southeast
Arkansas has ever known. We are
writing this with the hope that the
temperature will display its usual de
gree of contrariness and begin warm
ing up by the time this reaches our
readers.
Dermott was almost depopulated
last Sunday. by far the greater part of
our people having responded to Uncle
Sam call To visit his torpedo boat
destroyers at Arkansas City on that
day In addition to the special train
advertised, the regular train carried
about ten extra coaches. These failing
to accommodate the crowds, an addi-
tional special of twelve or fourteen
coaches was run from Dermott In all,
the railroad reported nearly thousand
passengers from here The crowd at
Arkansas City Was estimated at 5000.
The committee in charge of arrange
ments for oihng the streets has ordered
- 600 gallons of oil, TO be shipped in
three car loads. the first of which is to
arrive May 10th, and the other TIVE at
intervals of five and ten days The oil
is to be triHe heavier than that used
last year, and the amount ordered is
1000 gallons more. As in many places
there is a good deal of the oil left from
last season, the oil this year will cover
considerable more territory. The com
mittee however is still several hundred
dollars short, and unless the needed
funds can be raised part of the order