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The Monticellonian., 1917-08-23
United States Civil Service Com mission, Ninth Civil Service District, Office Of The Secretary, St. Louis,
 Mo.

The Government is still unable to secure sufficient eligibles qualified in stenography and typewriting to meet the needs of the service. It is possible, even probable, that at no distant date the number of trained stenographers and typewriters in the country will be less than the number of positions calling for such special knowledge. Obviously, the thing to do is to encourage the training of more stenographers and typewriters. Y oung men and women who take up course of Stenography and type writing are practically sure of an offer of the Government employment at salary from $900 to S120O year when they shall have qualified in the Commissions examinations. Further more, by so doing they will be serving their country in an hour of trial. The demand for stenographers and type writers in the Government service is practically without limit, and there is no present prospect that it will soon be less.
 Persons now qualified in this work are urged to file applications.
 Examinations to secure eligibles for filling vacancies in the Department at Washington, D. C., are held on Tues day of each week at all the large cities in the United States.
 Age limit, IS years or over on the date of examination.
 Application blank and pamphlet of instructions may be secured from the undersigned at any time.
 CHARLES, HENDRICKS, District Secretary,
 Old Custom House, St. Louis, Mo. Issued.s August 10, 1917.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-23
THE CAMP MEETING.

As previously announced, the Camp Meeting for the Mt. Pleas ant circuit will begin Friday night, August 24th. Saturday, Aug. 25th, will be special day. The special program announced last week will be carried out, and will begin at 10:15 a. m. Dinner will be served on the ground. The Quarterly Confer ence will be held at 2:30 p. m. Preaching at s p. m.
 Sunday also will be a special day. as is always the case in the camp meeting People will come prepared to spend the day on the ground and three servlces will be held Preaching by the pre- siding elder or some visiting minister at II a. m. In the af. ternoon. at ? 80 there will be a Sunday School mass-meeting, ad- dressed by Hon. Lamar William son, of Monticello, County Sun- day school Supt. of Drew County Preaching again at 8 p. m. Every body is cordially invited to bring h,s dinner and spend the day, both Saturday and Sun day.
 w. q Davidson. P. K.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-23
SPECIAL St BSCRIPlON BARGAIN.

The Kansas City Weekly Jour- nal and Missouri and Kansas Farmer and Monticellonian all one year each for $1.25. The Weekly Journal is issued on Thursday of each week and con tains the Associated Press tele- graphic news and a first class market report. The Missouri and Kansas Farmer is issued twice a month and contains splendid information for the farm and home that everyone ought to know. Send your subscription to us today and get the benefit of your county paper for a year and these splendid publications a year each for only $125.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-23
DIED

At his home in Little Rock, on last Tuesday morning, MT. E. E. McMurray, aged about 32 years. Mir. McMurray is a son-in.law of Mrs. ]. R. Manees, of this city, having married her daughter, Miss Jamie, some years ago.
 The remains were brought to city on Wednesday afternoon and inferred in the Manees' Burying Ground, 3 miles West of this city, after funeral services by Rev. T. o. Owen.
 The deceased leaves wife and two small children, who have the condol- ence of our people
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-23

This part of the country, at last, has had an abundance of rain, which has materially aided young corn and insured good po- tato and pea crops. The late heavy rains have, also. improved the pastures, which will amount to large saving to the stock growers. Consid- ering all things, both good, bad and indifferent, our section of country is now in a fairly prosperous condition.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-23
Grave Yard Working.

At Caster Hill on August 30th, 1917. Everybody invited. Those interested please come and lets spend one day in honor of our dead they are gone but lets not forget them.
 T D. McGough.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-23

The Kaiser of Germany has been indicted by Mississippi grand jury for murder. arson and other crimes. The sheriff of the county was ordered to bring the Kaiser before the Court at the earleast practicable moment. We suppose this will end the war. unless Senator Vardaman can succeed in quashing the in- dictment. and thus give William an oppo tunitv of escaping.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-23
LEGAL. NOTICES.
NOTICE
In the Drew County Court.

In the Drew County Court. In re: Arkansas Louisiana Highway Improve ment District.
 NOTICE is hereby given that the plans for the imnroyement in Arkansas Louisiana High way Improvement District have been filed in my office and are now open for inspection, and that said plans will be submitted to the Coun- ty Court of Drew County for its approval or modification on the
 18th day of September, 1917. All parties interested, are hereby notified that they will be heard in regard to said plans on the date named, or on any date on which the county Court may continue the hearing.
 Witness my hand as County Clerk of Drew County. this 20th day of August, 1917.
 I'M M Dickson, Clerk.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-23
WaShiDytOn

1.-The Washington crowd, which gave vent to it's frivolity by bombarding the headquar- ters of the Woman's Party with eggs, paid a big price for it's fun. ."-G 'zette.
 Perhaps, and most likely, the eggs were rotten; then the toll was not So heavy.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-23
A Sad Occurrence.

One of the saddest and most shocking occurrences that has taken place in this city for a number of years, was the kill ing, on Wednesday night of last week, of Mrs. Clarence Hankins by her husband.
 The facts, as we'll as we can get them, are about..as follows: 1t is alleged that MT. and Mrs. Hankins had not been living happily together, for several months, and had separated on one or two occasions, but had made up and lived together un- til night or so before the homi- eide. MT Hankins and family had been living with his wife's mother, Mrs. 0. k. Simmons, in the eastern part of this city, and on the night above mentioned, he (Hankin,) called at Mrs. Simmons residence, a5out the middle of the night, and asked her for the amount ofrent he was due, as he was preparing to leave, and upon being informed of the amount, asked if he might see his wife, which request was granted. Mrs. Hankins, who was in bed at the time, arose and went out on the gallery with her husband, while her mother remained in the room, and just what was said Mrs. Simmons was unable to hear, but after a few minutes the gun Ca pistoD fired and her daughter shouted that she was shot. The bullet entered the abdomen, just above the hip, and death followed in few minutes, Mrs. Hankins never. making a statement. If Mir. Hankins has made statement giving his yer sion of the shooting, we have failed to learn it. Jealousy is generally attributed as the cause of the act.
 Mir. Hankins is son of the late Jesse Hankins, of this city, and was reared here, his mother, Mrs. Louella Hankins, now re- siding near the Monticello Got ton Mills. He has always borne an excellent reputation, being an unusually quiet and unassum- ing person, and if he had ever been in any trouble, before this, we have not heard of it.
 Soon after the shooting, or at about 4 O'clock Thursday morn ing, Hankins came to town and surrendered himself to the au- thorities, and is now in jail. Coroner, Dr. A. $. J. Collins, empaneled jury and held an in- quest over the body on Thursday morning, and the verdict of the jury was that the killing was unjustifiable.
 The remains were inferred in Rough and Ready Cemetery, on Friday morning, after funeral services at the residence of Mrs, Simmons, conducted by Rev. T | o. Owen, Pastor of the A. M. E Church, of this city.
 Mir. and Mrs. Hankins were married six or eight years ago, and are the parents of two small children.
 All of those connected with this sad and lamentable affair have the sincere and heartfelt condolence of our people.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-23


 The 621 GOO >elect,ve draft ar. mv has been secured and will go into training early next month. This army, together with the National army, will give the United States about 100000 soldiers, which, we believe, with the assistance of our foreign al lies, will be enough to give the K 'isrr and his adherents all thev are looking for. The sec- ond call, under the draft, may be made. but it is not likely that it will ever be needed across the waters
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-23

The first new bale of cotton. this year. was furnished by Chi cot ,untv. It was sold in Pine Bluff tor the fancy price of Al cents per pound.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-23

The food situation in England is growing better instead of worse, despite all that Germany can do with it's U-boat menance. England will mt he starved out.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-23

'Rah for On,nal It has come out for justice ard humanity, and declared war on Germany. This makes seventeen nations at war with the Kaiser, and still he Is not happy
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-23

In the Chancery Court, Drew Co.,, Ark Walter Lambert and J. J. Dicken, Plaintiffs,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-12
NJ co. ARRIVED
IN HEAVY RAIN
FIRST NIGHT IN Fl. WORTH CAMP IS
SPENT w OPEN AND IN THE RAIN.
TOOK IT LIKE MEN.

Company NJ Of the First Texas Infantry
will not soon forget it, first night in the
mobilization camp AT Fort Worth. accord
ing - 4 letter received BY Mrs. r.. 4. Kin
der from her husband. Captain Kinder
commanding officer Of the company. Ac.
cording to Captain Kinder, the organiza-
ton arrived in Fort Worth Thursday eve.
nInc. Before tents could be drawn and
erected a heavy %downpour of rain started
The rain made il impossible for the mer
to get their baggage hauled Ia the camr
and Thursday night was spent in the mud
Captain Kinder speaks in highest terms
of the spirit with which the men bore the
hard~hip- and the checrfulne~- and good
health that has prevailed since leaving
Brownsville. The platoon organized al
Scguin and attached Ia Company NJ has
found favor IN the ewes Of both the
Brownsville officers and men. In 4 review
following the erection Of camp, NJ com
pany. despite the fact that the Seguin men
and the Brownsville men had never been
drilled together 4 single time, acquitted
itself crcditably.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-12
Texas Infantry To
Remain On Border

FORT WORTH. Texas. Sept. l2.-Gcn
cral John A. llulcn brigade. consisting 1T
the Second. Third and Fourth regiments
uf Texas infantry will not hc among the
organizations that are scheduled IA arrive
at Camp Bowie September IL. according
IA an announcement from divisional head
quarters Monday. II now appears to bc
highly probable that this brigade will he
left on the Mexican border 10 do guard
duty. tor \ while III least, ~ no informa
ton III, been received al the divisional
cadqaurtcr~ concerning same.
With the arrival Of nearly 1000 addi-
.tional troaps IN camp al IT the other bri
gadcS have been filled except separate de
iachmcntS 81 the Oklahoma NatIona,
Guard. and II may DC expected that 4 more
uniform schedule of training will obtain
Many Of the companies have made ~ucl
rapid progress. however. since they wcr,
mustered in on August ;, that they hav,
already reached the school Of the rom
pany. The drill grounds contiguous Ia IN.
various camps are filled with such unit.
throughout the day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-12

Mayor and Mrs. A.. Albert Browne. their
daughter, Miss Julia Browne. and her
guest, Miss Emily Brown, have returned
from Point Isabel where they have been
spending the summer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-12

Mr.. and Mrs. T.. J. Vivier and famil'
have returned from their summer home a
Point Isabel.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-12
Motor Age Tells of
A Har|ingen Patriot

A recent issue of Motor Age of Chico"
carries the following little story concern.
ing Wesley Bailey. Harrington boy, well
known throughout the NaIiey. who = now
in France:
"IIarIingcn. Texas. may not he one ~
the biggest cities in Texas. but II has som,
IL thebiygcsi citizens when il comes Ia an
| swcring the country's call for soldiers
IVES Bailey did run q garage II Ilarlln.
gen, tut he ehard the call Of the flag ans
| declared his ear for sale and business ~n~-
pended. 1t will not be necessary for Inn
to close the garage. however. IVES vii
90 to war and his mother will run his ga
rage"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-12
e.
QUEEN THEATER.

Two generations of Oaklcys nave con
Ftributed 60 the building of a vast financial
machine, ''The Midway Atlantic, Gulf and
Pacific Railway whose influence j. felt
commercially in all parts of the civilized
world, in BLOOD VIII Tell at the Queen
today.
Founded by Samson Oakley l., known
a. cole Stone Face the m%ultitudinou-
concern has been handed down 10 Samson
Oakley H., 'Old Marble Heart BY whom
II has been developed into the highest pitch
of money getting efficiency.
And here the whole concern seems in
peril. ~ Samson Oakley III. has developed
none Of the attributes that nave earned hi
progcncratorS descriptive nickname.
Samson Oakley Ill. j. Just a high spir-
tied. good naturcd boy. with no more idea
of business than a iackrabhit.
He goes blithely from ~crapc Ia scrape
his tendencies and geniaIity making him
an easy victim for the interruptions.
His college. seeing no future Of any
credit. has returned him Ia hiS father. and
hi father. with much bitterness and many
mi~giving~. puts him Ia work in the firm
his tortcar, nave created.
The experiment l. a hopeless failure
from the start. and in a moment Of bitter
neo~ he turns hiS son out Of the office anC
sends him adrift with a small ALLOWANCE,
20 20 hi way. With nothing TO do IN,
many friends, Samson Oakley. Ill. pnrSue'
a life Of leisure and mild dissipation, in thu
course Of which ne becomes infatuate,
with d chorus girl and marrie~ her
This i the breaking point in his rela.
tions with hi~ fath>r. who. after attempt
ing TO bride the wife 10 obtain a divorce
refuses to have anything more TO do Will
the unlucky couple.
The marriage turns out 30 he the saliva
ton of the lad. n the girl j. one in a thou
sand and helps to make n man of him.
How Samson Oakley Ill. proves that h'
ha~ inherited some of the business, acumer
of the family and how after many ~eXcitin;
episodes he rc~cuc- hi, father from Oh,
tolls of con~tpirators. saves the family
name and j. rcinstated in hi> fathers af
%fcctions l. the theme Of \ story in whicI
love and finance are skillfully interviewer
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-12

Mr.. G. 5. CLANCY and erandson~, Ellis
and Grice. who have been spending the
summer months in Colorado, returned 10
Brownsville at moo ntoday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-12
DlTTMEN THEATER.

Highest praise has been bestowed by
military experts on the official British war
pictures A. Dittmun T. bringing iO the Dit
man theater each week.
These men know the difference between
COMMONPLACE pictures 1T soldiers on pa
radc and actual battle scenes. They have
made war \ life study and 4 business. They
have not only recognized these films a. au-
thcntic reproductions 1T actual battle
scenes hut have characterized them a. th'
most vivid and accurate war pictures ever
cxhibited.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-12
NAVAJO FIRE DANCE.

TliOREAC. =. ~, Sept. 13.-Many
tourists have passed through Thorcau the
last few days on their way to Lakeview.
some sixty miles north of here. to witness
the Navajo fire dance, which j. scheduled
to begin today and continue through the
remainder of the week. The dance l. one
of the most sacred of Navajo customs. II
- held only onre in seven years. ~.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-12
SOLDIERS HEAR
TONIGHT
HOUSTONIANS WILL APPEAR IN RE-
ClTAL AT ARMY Y. M. c. A. At FORT
BROWN-ONE NIGHT ONLY.

The lIouStonian Quintcnt, who officially
style themselves the Houstonian (Tex-f'sl.
a combination Of the state name and the
Y. NJ. G. A. work. arrived in Brownsville
nj noon today and tonight will give an en-
tcrtainmcnt ut the Fort Brown Y. Nj. c. A.
under the auspices of the Army Y. Nj. C. A..
The Young ladies who compose the quintet
are: Mr.. Julia Cameron Montgomery.
soprano: Thelma Elizabeth Erect. mezzo-
soprano; Frances Fisher BoStick. con-
%tralto: Iva Carpenter. violin; Madge Hen
dry. piano.
The program a announced for tonight
follows:
Part l.
"Dixic. Are You From Dixiel No. We're
from Houston
Nioline and Chinese Tamborinc.
Contralto-Miss Carpenter, Chaminade,
Contralto - SOLDIERS Bethrothcd"-
"'Captain Mac'-SandersOn.
Trio-Three songs by Franz Schubert
"IIedge Roses "Serenade," "Hark. Hark,
the Lark" WY
Cameron Montgomery; 'Obligato,' by Iva
Carpenter. Katherine Sector, accompa-
mist. Dedicated IL Tex-Y's Quintet.l
Quartet-"Allah's Holiday"-Ivor No
vcllo.
Intermission.
(Indian C~oStume.)
Indian Suite BY Cecil Burleigh.
Niolin-Legcnd. !.
"trom a Wigwam.'
ITO the Warriors.''
Four American Indian songs IN Cadman.
Quartette-'From the Land Of the SKY
Blue Water"
"Far OFF Hear A Lovers Flute"
"Thc Moon Drops Low
Soprano-.By the Waters Of the Mime
tonka"-Licurancc and quartet arranged
for Tcx-Y'~ by Julia G. Montgomery.
Quartet-"Thc sweet Story of DID,
John A. West, Arranged by Julie q. Mont
gomery.
After performing nj Brownsville tonight
the quintcttc will visit the camps at San
Bcnito. where they sing tomorrow night
McAllcn. Mercedes and Fort Ringgold.
After leaving the Valley the organization
expects Ia visit the camps ut Corpus
Christi and at Laredo. The lIoustonians
came to Brownsville from San Antonio.
where they sang az Camp Travis and at
Camp Kelly.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-12
Film Teaches History.

Pictures with such an Endorsement would
b. worth while for themselves alone. II i
part 81 current history IT, know how mod
ern warfare H. conducted. And nothing
else can teach this N pictures taken ~
the spot. showing the monster tanks in ac-
ton. trench fighting and armies charging
and ounte charging across "No Mans
Land"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-12

Mrs. l.. h. Morris left Sunday afternoon
for an extended visit in Chicago. On her
way To the northern city Mrs. Morris will
visit New Orleans and N~icksburg, and on
the return trip she will stop in Omaha and
Lincoln, Nebfhi and in San Antonio, where
she will visit her son. X. G.. Morris, of the
National army.
Mayor and Mrs. A. Albert Browne. their
daughter, Miss Julia Browne. and her
guest, Miss Emily Brown, have returned
from Point Isabel where they have been
spending the summer
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. J. Nivier and family
have returned from their summer home at
Point Isabel.
G.. q. Harris, recently ordered to
Brownsville a a pink holl worm Inspector
for the Department Of Agriculture. has re-
turned from San Antonio with his bride.
formerly Miss Esther Smith of Columbus,
Ohio. Mr.. and Mrs. Harris met in San An
tonic Saturday, she coming from her home
in Ohio and Mr.. Harris going to San An
tonic from Brownsville. They were mar
RED Saturday night.
q
Announcements have ben received of the
marriage of Miss LoBcrta Lee Walker and
Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence l.. Butler,
which was solemnizcd in Brownsville some
ten days ago. Colonel and Mrs. Butler are
at home in Fort Riley. Hans. where Colo
mel Butler i stationed with the National
Army.
Mr.. G. :. CLANCY and %erandson~. Ellis
and Grice. who have been spending the
summer months in Colorado, returned TO
Brownsville at moo ntoday.
OF interest intoday'S events will be the
appearance tonight AT the Fort Brown air
dome Of the Houstonians. a lvceum course
quartet. This will bee the second of the
Y. VI. G.. 4. entertainment iroup~ 10 visit
Brownsville. the first. The University Sex
tette. delighting a large audience some time
ago. The program will start at ; O'Clock.
o
The ladies aid societies Of the different
churches Of the city viii do their bit" for
the Red Gross this winter. Now that the
fall season i opening and the church So
%cicties are re>uming their sessions the la
dies have expressed a desire 10 help in the
Red Gross sewing. knitting or cutting. The
societies that have volunteered TO help so
far are those of the Presbyterian. the Bap
tist and the CENTRAL Christian churches.
/ II
The Thursday Bridge club will BE- enter
tanned tomorrow afternoon bv Mr.. q. !.
Hicks at her home on Elizabeth street.
90
Mr.. II. VI. Dalzell and son, Robert. re-
turned Yesterday from Austin where they
left the Misses l.. C.. Elma and Adricnne
DaDlzcll in school at -. Mary's academy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-12

den Association H. 10 hold it, annua.
meeting in Chicago next month.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-14

NEW YORK, Feb. l4.-New York
is to be New Gibraltar!
Two mighty for,resses are TO inolose
the worlds metropolis in forty mile
rings of inpregnability-circular dead
lines" beyond which no hostile fleet
cchld venture.
One OF these iortrcsses will be An
elaboration of the coast defense bat
tcrics now planted a, Sandy Hook
The other will be new defensive zone
at8Rockaway point near Coney Island
Work was begun few days ago by a
gang of 800 laborcrs, The site com
priseS 81 acres.
The new fortress, IN conjunction with
the Sandy Hook big guns, will make
New York inyincible from land as well
as from the sea
For its great Six,een-nch guns, ca
psble OF sweeping any point within
their circle, will command the adjacent
territory for a radius OF twenty miles,
as far north as High bridge aud the
New Jersey suburbs beyond Newark.
And all the Jersey coast beyond As.
bury park as far south as Bthnar will
be within range OF one or both OF New
lorks twin forts
Twenty miles will be the effective
range of the titanic guns to be mount
ed in three super deienSeS.
No mobile armament oi any nation
no naval gun mounted on any dread
naught--can equal their carrying ca
pacity
Two entirely diiicren, types ct am
munitiou will hc carried IN the gi-
gsn,ic underground s,orehouse that will
be hidden under these mammoth forts
There will be immense armor pierc-
ing shells Tor use against possible ma.
val attack shells tina, will crunch
foo, of solid steel and reduce the
most powerful bat,leship to scrap iron
And there will he high explosive
shells to beat off land attacks she'll,
tina, will kill all within hundreds Of
yards by the mere force OF their con.
eussion when they explode, ~