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Washington telegraph., 1917-02-16
SPRING HILL ITEMS

Spring Hill, Feb. 15.--Let the
people rule.
Court records at Hope again
Don't that beat all cats fighting?
Hope has.the records again, but
Washington is looking for them
to come home again in April.
Frank Keel, brother of Sheriff
Bob Keel, left Wednesday for his
home at Newport, after visiting
llinsfol1 here.
Jim Prather Esq. and son, AL
bert, Bill Moman and Lige Sin
yard were repairing the local Bell
telephone line this week.
The Rev. c. D. Cox delivered
some fine sermons at Melrose last
Saturday and Sunday. The Rev.
Cox resides near Waldo.
Are you coming to the w. o.
w. State Convention at Hope
Mar. 10. IS? Look for Judge.
Villa is setting up new pro
visional government of his own
one, no doubt, which can spring
into the saddle and make his get
away on ten minutes notice.
If the little bunch of Hope pol
iticians who are trying to get by
with that fraudulent election
should succeed, there would be
no need in future for a man going
to the trouble of voting at all
Just let them name it and take it.
You boys who spend your
dimes for novels, cigarettes,
chewing tobacco an d movies
should spend your pennies, nick
els and dimes for educating your
self for a good positson and be
d better man in your future days.
We were at Hope Friday and
asked them let us go to Washing
ton; they refused to let us go for
fear We would cause some big
disturbance in the city of Wash
ington about the records.
This entire community was
shocked Thursday of last week
when it was learned that Rev.
Horace Jewell had been killed by
an Iron Mountain train at Hope.
Rev. Jewell was loved by all who
knew him and the whole county
mourns his sudden demise.
Talk about your big profits
from swine farm, why can't
shoep be raised just as prohtably,
and the cost of up-keep is much
less. Also there is a aeood profit
in fowls, but truck farming is the
best of them all.
Jud ge.
Washington telegraph., 1917-02-16
DRAINAGE BONDS
SELL ABOVE PAR

j. W. Butler,of Washington, j.
H. Garland of Hope and DR.. j. d.
Barrow of Ozan, commissioners
of Ozan Drainage Dist. ,, sold the
$50, 10000 bond issue for the dis
trict at the Office of Etter & Mon
roe, this city, yesterday. The
bonds were sold on open bids and
were purchased by Francis Bros.
q Co., of st. Louis for S101. .35, or
nearly - cents above par, the is.
sue bringing a premium of S766.
Ten companies we're repre-
sented in the bidding, as follows;
Francis Bros. & Co., Lesser Gold
man Co., Alden H. Little & Co.,
Mississippi Valley Trust Co., Lit
tie & Hays Kaufman, Smith,
Ernest & Co., Hanchett Bond Co.,
Southern Trust Co., Mercantile
Trust Co., Hampstead County
Bank.
The drainage ditch is to ira.
verse the South Fork bottoms of
the Ozan creek and will be ten
miles in length. Work on the
ditch will be started as soon as
the bond issue is perfected.
Washington telegraph., 1917-02-16

however, within the power of the
circuit court, or the circuit Judge,
in vacation, to make an order
suspending the judgement of re-
moval pending the trial of the
case in the circuit court on aD-
peal, Reece VS. Cannon, 73 Ark.
604. No such order has been
made and the original Judgment
of the county court yet remains
in full force. 1t is a mistake to
assume that the judgment of the
Supreme Court reversing the
Judgment of the circuit court,
Washington telegraph., 1917-02-16

Hope appeared as contestees.
The contest was tried out in the
County Court andthe result was
a judgement in favor of Hope for
the removal of the county seat
to that place, in accordance with
the majority, as shown on the
face of the returns of the cleo
tion. The contestants appealed
TO the circuit court and after the
transcript was lodged an appli-
cation was made to the circuit
Judge for a suspension of the
order of. removal pending the
trial of the cause in the circuit
court and Judgment was rem
dered i'm favor of the contestees,
from which an appeal was prose
cuted to this court by the con
testants. On the hearing in this
court the judgment ofthe circuit
court was reversed and the cause
was remanded for a new trial,
Webb VS. Bowden, 124 Ark. PA,
The Judgment of this court was
rendered in January 1916, and
the cause is still pending in the
circuit court awaiting trial.
On January 8th, 1917, an appli-
cation was presented to the coun-
tv court of Hampstead County,
then sitting at Hope, asking that
the county seat be removed back
to Washington, on the alleged
ground that the effect of the
Judgment of the Supreme Court
was to ordered such an imme-
diate removal This petition was
presented by the contestants in
the cause and the county court
on that day made an order in ac-
cordance with the prayer of the
petition, directing a removal
back to Washington, The con
testees then applied to the cir
cult Judge, in vacation, for an
order restraining the county
Judge, and other officers, from
removing their offices and the
records thereof back to Washing
ton, and that is the order Of the
circuit Judge which is sought in
the present proceedings to con
troll.
The only ground alleged in the
brief for requiring the circuit
Judge to malem order of remoy
al back to Washington is that the
necessary effect of tn c judg
ment of this court reversing the
cause, was to make such an or
der, but the further contention
was made in the oral argument,
as we understood it, that the
county court had a continuing
control over it's own orders with
respect to removal, and possess
ed the power, even when the
cause was pending in the circuit
court, to direct the removal back
to Washington.
We are ofthe opinion that each
of the contentious of counsel are
Washington telegraph., 1917-02-16
RECENT DECISION
SUPREME COURT

AS Il great many do not under
stand the status of the county
seat case at present, we publish
the opinion OF the Supreme Court
in full, so the people can under
stand just how the matter stands,
and the reason for it.
The case is set for trial the
first Monday in April before
Judge Evans of Benton, special
Judge, and this opinion has moth
ing to do with the trial, merely
deciding the question as towheth-
er or not the county court had
the legal right to make the order
removing the records back to
Washington while the case was
pending in the circuit court. In
this opinion the supreme court
holds that the circuit court, or
the circuit Judge, had a right to
make an order suspending the
original order of Judge B'Shers,
but the circuit judge refused to
make such order. The opinion
i'm full follows:
{. In the Supreme Court of Ark.
February ), 1917.
Byers, County Judge VS. Havnie,
Circuit Judge.
Opinion.
Per Curiam:
This is a proceeding instituted
here for the purpose of CONTROL
ing the action of the circuit
Judge in a county seat remo oval
contest penting in the circuit
court of Hampstead County on
appeal from the county court
The form of the remedy is de
signated i'm the petition as an APP
plication fora writ of mandamus,
but the PRAYER is that circuit
court be compelled, by an order
of this court, TO enforce the form
CT judgement of this court en-
tered in remanding the cause,
and that the circuit judge be re-
strained from interfering with
the county officials in holding
their Offices at the old county
seat. The main facts Of the con
troversy are related in the peti-
tion. There was an election held
in August 1914, on the question
of removal of the county seat of
Hampstead County from Wash.
ington to Hope, and on the face
of the returns of that election
there was a majority in favor of
removal and in favor of the city
of Hope. J. H. Webb and others
paruizans of Washington in the
controversy, instituted a contest
in the county court, as provided
by statute, and J. H. Bowden and
other partizans of the city of
Washington telegraph., 1917-02-16

FOR SALE:-a Kim ball Piano
Case Organ for sale at bargain,
practically new and cost $4,000
at factory; reason for selling, re
placed by piano. See instrument
at my residence or write for par
ticulars. j. +. Gold, Washington
Washington telegraph., 1917-02-16
IIIM-MLIIMILNLINIINMI-MNMNLM--L M--LL----L--L-.I.
To Anonymous

. You speak of the ''Tensso III shstice''
- And prate of the pf0dfgal SON
. And say that the Temple was roaming
p When it returned to Washington,
. You talk about the trumpets blast
And cannonS awful roar;
. You gush about confessing sins
. Upon the WAREHOUSE door
. The prodigal has never returned;
He like a wandering Jew,
. With the records he swiped from Penn Davis
. To keep from exposing few;
He has managed to keep out of prison,
- BY ways that not very new;
That are known to the country all over,
"a And stored up in memory, too.
. The Temple" never went astray
. In going where it belonged.
- Justice only took it back
To the people you had wrOnged
. The Temple" is wanderer now,
- And trusts no more to roam,
. When Justice comes again this way
. To take the wanderer home.
. They who will take the peoples rights
"A And talk of justice then,
Cannot afford to welcome guns
Fl To herald forth their sin:
- He who has gained by darkest ways,
Henceforth must shun the light;
. He cannot know the perfectjo
. That comes from doing right
. If YOU should keep the Temple" there
. Which you never do,
. For the that the tricks you played
. Are all exposed to view.
. You could write upon the Temple door,
- In letters high and Wide
- I'VE STOLE 1T FROM THE PEOHLE"
. And Justice her face will hide
Fl But your day is coming, Pueke dear,
Your star is on the wane;
p You've been lightly touched by Justice
% And she's coming soon again
- Your numerous legal talent
"A Will not do you any good
- They'll only help to make it plain
- And show you where you stood.
- There's Jimmie and Tomme and Willie
"A And Gussie and Usco the great,
. And Matty and Davie too
. Other lights not few
. Who know full well your fate.
- For we've let in the light
- And shown up your plight,
"A So the courts see how things Stood
. When the records reach home
"a No longer to roam,
. The right for the wrongs will atone,
For Willie and Luke
"a Don't for your puke.
- But you'd better let 'Bobbie" alone.
"a 20 Dammit"
The sun., 1917-09-06
BARBER SENT SOUTH.
General to Quit Sea Girt TO Com
mand Brigade.
Special Despafch TO THE Sun.

CAMP EDGE, SEA GIRT, n. ] 81. Sept g.
Brig.-Ge Charles w. Barber OF the
Twenty ninth Army Division, with head
quarters here. received instructions from
Washington tonight to leave for An
niston. Ala, where he will command the
Fifty-seventh Brigade, New Jersey In
fantry, now assembling. He wired to
Col c. A. Little. First Maryland In
fantry, to report at Sea Girt to assume
command of this encampment, Col. Little
being the senior officer of his rank and
division now In the North He is in
Hagerstown and is expected to reach
Sea Girt tomorrow afternoon, in which
even the General will leave for Annis-
ton next day with his two aids. Lieut..
Barber and Lieut.. Stevens.
No orders have been received as to
disposition of the troops remaining here
after yesterdays exodus. Predictions
made freely that they would be on the
move by Sunday were decried by the
General, who said he would be surprised
II the necessary orders were forthcom-
ing from Washington inside OF three
weeks. and did not think their arrival
at all likely inside a fortnight.
When he arrives Gen. Barber will find
about half his command In Admission.
He sent South to-day the Fourth Regi-
ment of Jersey City and a squadron of
Virginia cavalry from Richmond, follow
ing a troop movement of about 5000
men Monday and Tuesday. This leaves
$4,000 men Of the division still in the
North
The sun., 1917-09-06
THROWS CHILD FROM
ROOF, THEN JUMPS
Woman Dead, lO.Ysar-OLd
Daughter Dying.

Mrs. Mary Hawger. 50 years old, Of
l02 East Eighty-ninth street pushed her
ten-year-old daughter Margaret OF the
roof of six story tenement at 334 East
Ninety-sixth street last night and then
jumped of herself. Both landed in the
house, and were found unconscious by
Mrs. Fannie Fischer, q janitress.
Mrs. Hawger died shortly after she
was placed on q cot In Reception Hos
pital. Death was due to . broken skull
and Internal injuries. The police re-
ported her death az that Of suicide.
Although the child was seriously hurt
the doctors said her skull was frac.
tured also-she was able to tell Detec-
tive Vealt Of the Third branch bureau
Just what had happened.
woman. who Is employed As a prescrip-
tion clerk in one Of the Riker drug
stores, arrived at tho hospital immedi-
ately after his wife died.
The finding Of the dying mother and
her injured daughter In the school yard
puzzled the police for a while. as none
Of the tenants In the East Ninety sixth
street house knew either Of them or
could explain why Mrs. Hawger elected
to go to the roof Of that particular
building. Several tenants recalled hav-
ing seen the woman and the girl in
front Of the house last Sunday afternoon.
They did not 60 In, however. The mother
seemed to be greatly disturbed about
something.
Mrs Pepper. one OF the tenants. told
the police she saw the mother and
daughter enter the tenement At O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. Both appeared to
be in good spirits. she said.
It was said at the house where the
Haweers lived that Mrs. HawSer had
frequently spoken Of q small son in Aus
trta,
The sun., 1917-09-06
100000 VOTED FOR
HOSPITAL SUPPLIES
Stanley Field Of Chicago to
Direct New Red Cross Ser
vice in France.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-An appropria-
tion Of 100000 has been voted by the
war council OF the Red Cross for the
establishment Of a hospital supply SER
vice under the Red Cross commission In
France, according to announcement to-
day at Washington headquarters.
AS director Of the new hospital sup
ply service the war council Is sending
Stanley Field Of Chicago. a nephew OF
the late Marshall Field, to France As
sisting Mr.. Field and In charge Of the
various warehouses will be business or
professional men volunteering their ser
vices for the period Of the war. Five of
these have already been selected and are
now on their way to report. These men
are John Woodward OF New York city,
Todd Lewis, a broker Of Minneapolis
MINI. Kennard Windsor. a member OF
the Boston Stock Exchange. and J. Shel
don Tilney OF New York and Russell
Armstrong also Of New York.
As an operating force for these ware.
houses the Red Cross has been asked
to recruit in the United States a force
of 500 men over military age. Men OF
experience in the building Of ware.
houses and the handling Of stores are
preferred.
Several warehouses are now being
established by the Red Croas commits.
sion throughout France as a part OF
the new service. Here drugs. medicinea
and surgical instruments will be avail.
able for all hospitals In the department
In which the warehouse is located.
The sun., 1917-09-06
MILITARY LEAK NOW
FEARED AT CAPITAL
Entente Likely to Ash Status
Of Bulgarian ENJOY.
speciai DespafcA to Tns suS.


WARRINGTON. Sept 6.-Informal In
quiry may be made Of the State Depart
ment by one Of the Entente Governments
as to the present status Of Stephan
Panaretoff. the Bulgarian Minister. with
particular reference to his privileges
with respect to secret code cables. There
has been no severance Of diplomatic re-
lations between the United States and
Bulgaria, although the latter country ID
at war with the Entente. and diplomats
are somewhat uneasy over the possibil-
ity of military information Of value
reaching the enemy through the Bull.
garian Legation.
Under prescribed conditions for mem.
bers Of the diplomatic corps the Bull
garian Minister has the privilege OF
sending anything he wishes to his Gov
ernment by his official secret code. II
would not be proper. from q diplomatic
viewpoint. for American officials to Ques-
tion any message going out or to seek to
know its contents.
Admittedly there is nothing specific
to Justify belief that the enemies Of the
Entente profit by the presence Of Bul.
garian diplomats In Washington, but or
general principles the idea that q means
of transmitting information exists causes
them concern. 1t is pointed out tha,
Germany and Austria might we'll be ir
position to profit by advices received
from their ally Bulgaria. and 1t ID real.
lied Of course that the Bulgarian Minis.
ter will seek to serve his own country
to the best Of his ability here.
1t may be that some mutual agree.
ment will be reached-or perhaps al.
ready has been reached-by the Bul.
garian Minister and the State Depart
ment whereby messages from the lega-
tion are sent in cipher to which United
states officials have tho key. This would
admittedly be a diplomatic irregularity
but at the same time It would serve tc
relieve the anxiety Of Entente diplomat,
here.
The sun., 1917-09-06

of star for the Twcnty-seventh Division,
United States Army, was ordered yes
terday to send to the Spartanburg camp
to-day the ammunition, supply and
police trains, the field bakery from
Peekskill, the ambulance companies at
BinEhamton. Rochester, New York city.
Syracuse, Pelham Bay Park and Brook
lyn, with the unit that Ii now In camp
at Van Cortlandt Park
These units all belonged to the New
York National Guard prior to the taking
over Of the guard by the Federal Gov
ernment. The orders for the movement
Of the remainder Of the Division are ex-
pected TO como in the course Of few
days.
The sun., 1917-09-06
THE SUN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1917,

Heights section. The boys were re-
viewed at the Boulevard entrance to the
park by Gov. Edge OF New Jersey.
Mayor Hague and other Jersey City Off
cials. They entrained at o'clock for
their trip to the South.
1t was estimated that fully 100000
persons took part in the farewell demon
stration. The public schools and many
places Of business were closed during
the afternoon.
Among q. A. II, veterans in automo-
biles who led the procession was Col.
William Edgar Rodgers, II, the first
Colonel Of the Fourth. The regiment
was formed from Sunday school class
OF thirty young men who met in his
house at Sip avenue and Jones street,
The organization was known originally
As the New Jersey Rifle Corps or Com
pany A. unattached.
The sun., 1917-09-06
FARMERS CLAIM EXEMPTION.
1000 Claims Filed in southern
District OF This state.

The district appeal board for the nine
suburban counties of the Southern dis
trict of New York. of which Clayton
Ryder of Carmel is chairman. an
nounced yesterday that 1000 claims for
exemption have been laid before it.
1t Is estimated tina. 400 have claimed
exemption as farmers whose labor is
necessary to the successful conduct of
the war. SO far about fifty whose farm
ing claims have been found to be justi-
fed, have been exempted. The board
has established policy Of granting
temporary exemption when a claim is
we'll founded. As this is largely a farm
ing district the board expects to release
many Of the $4,000 drafted soldiers.
The sun., 1917-09-06
LONG JOURNEYS SAVED.
In. Ex o. ptionnl CnSc- Conscripts go
"a Nearest a mps.
Special DespdscA 20 THE sr>

WAsHiNGToN. Sept. h A-Provost Mor-
shal General Crowd,o .iade pubhr TO-
day instructions sci' 10 the GoVct"ors
of all States which vii pCrinit drafted
men in certain exc ftiCnal cases tu -
to camp with the cbnti rent ~ ~, 'is-
tri"t in which they nap CT - Gc Ht 80
time rather than with thc contingent
of thelocal .Uard with winch hey rCyS-
tered. II was recognized by Gch.
Crowdcr that IN many pses men ~ tlt
be great distance r.uN the 10 Mt
where they regiatered whcu e., an
came to report and that taey .yu.d
avoid serious sacrifices they Werr IL
lowed to report with the rcarc B.. ~
tingcnt.
In the telegi7tms sent to the cow
ernors Gen. Crowyler called 1T, -ut. lG 20
the fact that the drafted n.sl ruGid rot
choose their own mobilization ,Iup or
go with the contingent of any local
board they might select. but hc .id,iod
that severe hards.hps might ;.sut II
this general rule were enforced without
exception and il men far from homo
were compelled to return there Cor
mobilization.
This class of cases" he ,r,ic d.
must be cared for. TO covcr bona nde
ana deserving cases the following IL
provided When "A man called fpr mill
tary duty by his local board a.. on the
date the call issues, IN "A point Uat.'ide
the State and cannot return without
great hardship and expense he may file
an application with the local board
wherever he may be for an order to re-
port with the contingent o. such lr'al
board.
Such local board viii invest ra'r the
case and II deserving will apply Ivy trlc-
gram to the local board ha,lua uis
registration card for an order fcr e'm
to report for military duty to the local
board where he is
The first of the National Army went
into uniform to-day. Into fourteen ,an-
tonments poured groups of con3cripts.
the first 3 per cent quota. Each group
on Its arrival was stripped of cNiiian
clothing and supplied with khd>! uni-
form, army hat, shoes. leEgincs. blankets,
rifle ammunition belt and other ac-
coutrements Of soldier. Training will
start tomorrow. The seCond quota Of
40 per cent. goes to camp September 10.
Reports to the Provost Marshal Gen.
eral indicated that the mobilization was
proceeding smoothly Most groups ok
morning trains. although those from
some Western States may rot reach
camp until late in the night or to-mor-
row.
The sun., 1917-09-06
AIacCracken Shifts War Work.
spectoI DesposcA to THs suN.

PoUoH KEEPsrp, Sept. 5.-Dr. Henry
Noble MacCracken, president OF Vassar
College, to-day wired to Gov Whitman
his resignation as chief Of the division
OF instruction in the reserve mobilization
bureau, State Council Of Defence. Tho
resignation Is to take effect Saturday.
September 22. Vassar's president an
nounced the resignation In made neces-
sary because of his appointment as ma
tional director of the school activities In
the American Red Cross.
The sun., 1917-09-06
FOURTH REGIMENT GOES
Jersey City says Good-by T.
Troops on to south.

The Fourth Regiment. n. G. y. J..
which has been in camp at Bound Brook,
returned yesterday to Jersey City for its
farewell to the home folks preparatory TO
leaving for Camp Mcclellan at Admission,
Ala. and then France.
Tho regiment arrived at the Jersey
Centrars West Side avenue station al
130 r. NJ. 1t marched to West Side Park
where luncheon was served by commit
tees Of women. mothers. wives and SIS
ters OF the men supplementing the good
things from the family kitchen. After
the goodbys had been said In the park
the regiment paraded through the
The sun., 1917-09-06
THREE MORE UNITS
REACH CAMP MILLS
Illinois, Wisconsin and Kan
sas Add Their Quotas to
Rainbow Division.

Najor-Gen. William A. Mann formally
took command Of Camp Mills yesterday
and the Rainbow Division took on the
size and shape Of a real fighting COM
mand. The 14sth Field Artillery tfor-
merly the First Illinois), with, 1900 men
in the ranks. came along during the day
to swell the military settlement and to
add to the interest of the encampment
Tho regiment has been training since
July 4 at Fort Sheridan, ILL.,. and It made
a good impression when It swung along
into the divisional family. Troops from
wisconsin and Kansas reached camp
last evening.
Thirty-six Of the forty-four reserve
officers detailed to the 166th Infantry
tformerly the Sixty-ninth New York;
reached camp during the day and were
assigned to companies. They nearly
complete the list Of officers under the
new tables Of organization. Most of
them were from the training camps.
They were introduced to their fellow
offlcers and welcomed to their new ser
vice.
Dry surroundinEs for Camp.
Tho now arrivals give to the regiment
all the men that are designed for it, and
make 1t the first completed regiment In
the country under the newly adopted
system.
Fifteen OF the twenty-seven men COM
posing the STAN Of Gen. Mann came to
duty during the day. The Fourth Okla
aoma Ambulance Company arrived at
noon.
Col. Wood. commanding the Provost
Guard. accompanied by his associates,
conferred yesterday with the hotel men
OF Hampstead concerning the problem OF
keeping intoxlcants from peing sold 10
The sun., 1917-09-06

gone properly to work in the business Of
getting ships built We would have the
hrst ships ready next month. and Be.
lieve that the knowledge Of this fact
would have meant to Germany the knell
OF doom. 10 far as her submarine cam
paign Is concerned. and therefore would
have made peace Immediately probable"