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The weekly soliphone., 1917-05-10
County School Supervision
by (. E. Richardson

are conducted differently, and without regard to method or mod ern ideals. Worst of all, there is no uniform course of study, but the school of each district pur- sues it's own course, each succeed ing teacher bringing his peculiar ideas and systems, independently of all others; and our sO-called school system is without form and void" " pointing, and while our children are naturally bright, they are not given square deal, but are de- nied their legal and constitutional rights. Youth educated and train ed in haphazard schools, where nothing like plan and purpose pre- vail, could not be expected to de-
 delop into practical and progr es,- sive men and women.
 It is high time Arkansas was waking up to the spirit and genius
 of the age. Our state ranks third
 from the bottom in educational standing No amount of conceit or
 false state pride can conceal this condition from the world. Our
 public school system is antiquated, out of date, and wholly inefficient.
 It will not do to plead the silly
 excuse that some good, men have
 been educated in them. These men
 were great in spite of their school system. They would have been
 vastly greater with a fair chance
 at an education. Nor will it serve
 to repeat the old miserly plea of creating new office, and saddling another salary on the public. Since this excuse was worn to frazzle, we have created and saddled on
 the people county boiler inspec- tor, a county weigher county
 demonstrator, county canning club agent, a grand jury stenograph- CT, a circuit court stenographer- ei'her oi WnicH IS Paiu larger Sal ary than that of county superin- tendent for our ten thousand school
 children and the sixty thousand
 dollars paid out annually by the county for public education. We do not ask the creation of a new office, but the changing of that of county examiner to that of su- perintendent.
 County school supervision will mean new life and vigor to the schools; system and purpose in the course of study; cheaper and bet ter furniture for the money; a more efficient teaching force; or
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At the school election on the 10th of May the question of coun- ty supervision will be voted on. The law provides that at the an |nual school election following each general election the matter Of county superintendency of schools shall be submitted. This time it occurs at the coming school cleo tion on the 18th.
 School supervision is, therefore, optional with the counties of the state. Since the passage of this law a few years ago twenty-four
 counties have chosen superintend- ents. These counties are in the white, intelligent sections of Ar Ikansas,s and in them wonderful ed ucational progress has marked the change from examiner to superin- tendent. The former has no au- thority and the latter is supreme executive head of the schools of the county.
 County school supervision is no experiment, but has existed in ev- cry state (with two eXceptions) and in all cities, since popular educa-
 ton has existed. In those counties of Arkansas where it has been adopted, no one would dare suggest returning to the old chaotic condi- tions existing before the election of a county superintendent. County lsupervision organizes the education- Ial forces of the county, and directs them along lines of modern plans and purpsoes. The teaching force, the boards of directors, the patrons and student body feel the thrill land force of leadership, and the Inspiration of aim and purpose.
 The school interests of Greene county are great and involve the expenditure of the largest part of the public revenue. There are 200 teachers in the county; about 400 school directors; four thousand pa irons and ten thousand school chill dren. There is expended annually sixty thousand dollars for public education in the county, to say nothing of buildings and furniture. There is no one charged with the direction of these mighty forces, or responsible for the administra- tion of these vast interests.
 Each officer and teacher acts in dependently. and is responsible to no one There is no system, no purpose, no uniform plan to work to- but the schools in each of the one hundred districts of the county
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BERTIC PLANS 10
 BUILD NEW STORE,

Blytheville, May 7.-Ad Bertig of the firm of Bertig Bros, Paragould, one of the best known firms in Northeast Arkansas, was in Blythe ville Saturday and had a conference with J. G. Sudbury, president of the Bank of Blytheville making the proposition that if the bank will sell him their very desirable which they purchased some years ago with the intention of erecting q commOdious bank building, he would erect a four-story modern de- partment store, with passenger and freight elevators, for a permanent home for the Bertig Stores Com pany, which is now occupying mad eQuate quarters. MT. Bertig said MT. Sudbury would call a meeting of the board of directors and take the matter up at an early date. MT. Bertig hopes to erect his build ing this summer, if the lots can be had at anything like reasonable price. The bank paid about $125 per foot for the lots some three years ago.
 MT. Bertig addressed the city council and told that body he would rebuild his cotton gin, com mencing at once.' The gin recent ly burned with loss, as Mir. Ber- 'tig told the council, of $25,O0O. The new gin will be constructed at once and will be ready for the present crop. The Bertig Store Company established themselves in this city in the pioneer days of the town, when it was a mere hamlet, and this is their second disastrous fire, the first destroying half block of buildings some. seven years ago.
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mans were barraginG the crest of the hill, their shells bursting high with oily clouds. A British airplane had fallen and the enemy gunners in the Hindenburg line tried to de- stroy it by long range sniping, The that the sky was filled with the in visible flights of shells and always there came down the humming sound of British airplanes, their wings dazzling and diaphanous as they were caught by the suns rays. It is a picture one sees now along any part of the line. But the adventure of men inside the smoke drifts is more human in its aspect.
 It was a queer scene when the Australians went into Lagnicourt. Some Germans were still hiding in dugouts, and the Australian troops searched for them with fixed bayo- nets. In some of these hiding places they found great stores of German beer, and it was full of smoke, so that this mopping-up battalion Gas 1t is calfed) mopped up beer, which was very light and refreshing. With fat cigars be- tween their teeth, bottle of beer in one hand and bayonet ready in the other. they continued their hunt for prisoners. During the fighting here about 200 German soldiers came across under a white flag, as a sign of surrender, but they were seen by their own ma chine gunners, who shot them down without mercy. So one gets comedy and tragedy hand in hand here, Indeed, the whole tale of this fighting on the way to Queant is Ia mixture of gruesome horror and fantastic myth which makes the men laugh grimly when telling the tale of it.
 | went about three days ago lONtl litt piAhiNliNlN Nlth q Nonhsb Australian officer, a gallant man and quick walker, who was the first to get news of the enemy's attack He was at headquarters, awake but sleepy, in the small hours of the morning.
 "Hullo,' said the Australian of ficer and yawned. A small voice spoke:
 "The enemy has broken through; he has got to Lagnicourt,"
 What's that?" said the off cer at the phone. It seemed a silly joke at such an hour. The message was repeated, and my friend was very wide awake. What happened afterward was very rapid. An Aus tralian gunner general gave orders to stop up the gaps in the German wire through which the enemy had
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der the blue sky. Everything

der the blue sky. Everything is dead with a white, ghastly look in the brilliant sunshine, except where. here and there in the lit ter of timber and brickwork which marks the site of French village, a little bush is in bud, or flowers blossom in a scrap heap which was once a garden.
 All this is the background of our present battle, and through this vast stretch of barren country our battalions move slowly forward to take part in the battle when their turn comes, resting a night or two among the ruins where other men who work always behind the lines wiring, on the supply column, at ammunition dumps in casualty clearing stations, and rail heads. They make their billets on the lee side of the broken walls or in holes dug deep by the enemy and reported safe for use. Dead horses lie on the roadsides or in great shell craters. l passed a row of these poor beasts as though all had fallen down and died to- gether in a last comradeship. Dead Germans or bits of dead Germans lie in old trenches, and few days ago I watched the bombardment of Lens close to the bones of little Frenchman who had worn red trousers of the old army when he fought down the slopes of Notre Dame de Larette to the outskirts of Souchez. He seemed like a man of ancient history, and that red scrap of clothing belonged to an epoch long gone. Further for ward the earth is green again in strips. The .bombardment has not yet torn it and pitted it. So it is that one gets close to the present fighting, and now under this first sunshine of the year there is a strong and terrible beauty in the battle picture.
 SMELLING QUEANT.
 I watched the smelling of the Hindenburg line at Queant from some ground by Lagnicourt, where the Australians slaughtered the enemy in recent counter attacks. White as the fleecy clouds in the sky, was the smoke of the British shrapnel bursts and there was the glinting and flashing of shells above the enemy's trench, which wound like a tape on the slope of rising ground about the village of Queant, and through the fringe of trees below. The storm of shells broke out over Bullecourt to the left, and the enemy was answering back with 5.9s. From Norquil as watched it under fire. the Ger
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ganiZation and inspiration to the directors; a quickening in the in- terest of the parents; raising of the standard of social life in the rural community; the enhancement of values in country property; the development of more intelligent ci,- izens; the strengthening of the commonwealth, and the blessing of mankind.
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come. They were closed by shell fire. The attacking column having failed in time to destroy the field guns, tried to find an escape, but their retreat was cut off. Three thousand of them suffered appall- ing casualties, and I saw some of their dead bodies lying on the ground three days ago, though most have now been buried Five Austra- Han soldiers were cut off in the same way by the wire after rain, but succeeded in hiding themselves inside the German belt. Here they stayed five days without food or water, gradually working their way down to a gap, from which they finally escaped.
 On another part of the line held by English troops queer bird was captured the other day. It was blue bird in the form of Ger man officer wearing gay uniform with a big cloak and spurs, brought down by a British airman. He seemed sleepy when caught and yawned politely behind his closed hand, and explained the cause of his unfortunate appearance behind the British lines. It appears that the commanding officer of his air squadron at Cabrai went on leave and his officers and other friends Consoled themselves by drinking good red wine. In the morning, after late night. they decided to go out on reconnaissance and the officer in the sky blue cloak agreed he also would make a flight and so perform his duty to the fatherland. "A pilot took him up, but instead of making a reconnaissance he fell fast asleep and saw nothing of the British airplane sweeping upon him from high cloud, A bullet in the petrol tank drove down the German machine and the officer in the sky blue cloak stepped out, sa- luted, surrendered and little later fell asleep again.
 An air prisoner is always more noticeable than the patches of in- fantry who come back to the Brit ish lines after an attack, but there was something unusual in the sight of 7S Germans led by a young Eng fish soldier from the zone of fire in this latest fight. The English sol dier was young private of the Suffolks, chubby-faced and small in body though of high spirit.
 What are you doing with those men?" asked an officer. "Why isn't there proper eseort?"
 They are my prisoners" said the boy "They just surrendered to me and I'm taking them back to our camp"
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SPRING S.I BREAKS
 ON WEST FRONT
Battling Soldiers Now Feel Dis comforts of Heat-British Bat
 talions Move Forward.

War Correspondents Headquar-
 ters, Tuesday May 1.-There has
 been but little time lately to de- <. scribe the scene of war or to chronicle the small human episode
 af this great battle between Lens nd St. Quentin with it's storm cen
 at Arras, when men are fight ing in the mass, killing in mass {. and dying sometimes in mass, as when German counter-attacks are
 broken and destroyed at Gavrelle,
 Nonchy, Guemappe and Lagnicourt. [ The scene of battle has changed l, during the last few days because
 spring has come at last and the
 warm sunshine has made tre- mendous difference to the look of things and the sense of things.
 A week ago our men were march ing through rain and sleet, through the wild quagmire of old battle fields which stretch away behind our new front lines, through miles . of shell craters and dead woods and destroyed villages. They fought hot and cold, and their crav- . ing was for hot drink. Yesterday. : after few days of warmth, our 1. troops on the march were powder
 ed white with dust. and they fought . hot and fought thirsty and the wounded cried for water to cool :. their burning threats. Men going up to the lines in Lorries stared : out through masks of dust which . made them look like peirrots. Steel helmets upon which rain pat {, tered a week ago, were like mill- :. CTS, hats. More frightful now even than in the worst days of winter ! is the way up to the front.
 TREES DEAD IN FIELDS.
 ] In all that great stretch of deso- lution we left behind us shell era ! ters which were full of water-red ! water and green water-now are .idried up and are hard, deep pits scooped out of the powdered earth
 from which all vitality has gone, so that spring brings no life to it.. ,I thought perhaps some of these shell-slashed woods would put out new shoots when spring came, and .swatehed them curiously for any Enign of rebirth, but there was no
 sign. and their poor mutilated
 fntf
 trunks, stand naked and stark un-
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Girl Sleeps 5 Months.

For five months a girl, age IS, whose home is at Milwood Road, Herne Hill, London, has lain asleep at Kings College hospital, Dem mark Hill, London, to the bewilder- ment of the doctors.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-14
MAN WITH SILVER LINING
EXHIBITS FOR WORLD FORCE
Surgical Wonder of World" Talks.
Brcathcs and Spits Thru
Hole In Throat.

The surgical wonder of the world
he said so himself-visited The
World office yesterday and breathed
spit, talked. took nourishment, blew
out match, not by the usual route
thru his mouth via his trachea. but
thru silver tube in his silver lined
throat.
The man. Prof. II. Greer, negro,
who Is travelling with a carnival COM
pany in "A nearby town, was in Tulsa
visiting DR.. X. +. Bridgewater. The
original cause OF his peculiar anato-
miCal mechanism was paralyZed
trachea, which was removed In a
Chicago hospital in 1910, by negro
surgeon. In its place nine inches Of
silver lining was inserted in his
throat. In this silver lining Is "A
curved tube about two inches long.
which communicating with the out
side world. performs all the physiolo-
gical functions usually performed by
the mouth.
Professor Greer states that he can
talk all he pleases thru his unique
mouth and never get tired, but that
the tube wears out about once a year
and has to be replaced at cost
of $50.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-14
NOW LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENED
Trouscrcd Gowns Being Displayed at
Chicago; War Is Blamed.

CHICAGO-Trouser evening gowns
are on the way. Women have always
wanted to wear the breeches, and
now they may do so with perfect
propriety in drawing room as well as
In the factory OF garden.
The feminine "breeches" will make
fall and winter, according to an
nouncement at the semiannual gar
ment show, which makes the bifur-
Gated garment official.
When gardening and outdoor work
became the fad among women at the
beginning of the war and the general
call for vegetables sent thousands Of
them into the fields trouserettes be-
came popular. They were so COM
Portable that the idea is not to be dis
carded.
one feature of the garment show is
the return of the old fashioned bas-
que our grandmothers wore the tight
fitting concern that gave her the ar
chitectural lines of a wasp. She can
dig the old basque out of the attic and
find 1t right in style again.
Light shades will predominate dur
ing the next six months. and furs of
all kinds Will be used to trim win
ter coats. Recreation costumes are
perfect scream with their marvellous
riot of colors. Green, red and orange
are thrown together with reckless
prodigality and stunning effect. Coats
and capes will be lined with brocaded
silks and satins of the gaudiest and
richest hues.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-14
Denver Catcher Ready.

WILBUR. Neb., Aug. l .-Georgc
Shestak. catcher for the Denver club
of the Western league, has been
drawn for the new national army.
His number came out of the bowl at
Washington as 1871. Word has been
sent to him to come here for medical
examination. 1t is understood that he
will ask the exemption board to allow
him to be examined in Denver, as he
Is anxious to finish the season. He
wrote home that he wuuld not claim
exemption. saying:
why should | stay here when the
rest of the boys are over fighting in
the trenches"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-14
Icnnin1S Makes Find.

DETROIT Mich. Aug lit
looks like Hughey Jennings finally
has landed a pitcher of the very first
water. He is Rudolph Kallio, who
was purchased. by the Detroit Ameri-
cans from the Des Moines club of the
Western league. but will not report
to Detroit until next spring. Kallio
has topped the twirlers of the West
orn league this season. He has won
two-thirds of his games and for his
first "a games his opponents scored
36 earned runs an average of 1.54 n
game. In bis string of victories are
ten shutouts.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-14
Negro Accused of Murder.

BALTIMORE. Aug. 13. -- John
Snowden. a negro was arrested in
Annapolis tonight. charged with the
murder of Mrs. Lottie May Brandon,
whose body was found In her home in
Annapolis last Wednesday. The In
formation that lead to the arrest )f
the negro was furnished by Mrs
Spencer Murray, a suffrage leader in
Annapolis. She was told by a colored
woman in her employ that the latter's
daughter, from a house across the
street, had seen Snowden enter the
Brandon house on the day of the
murder.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-14
Athletes for Officers

Apparently the same qualities make
good Officers and star athletes, for
OF Oklahoma who were enrolled In the
first Officers training schools at Fort
Logan II. Roots, Leon Springs, Fort
Riley and elsewhere have been grant
cd commissions. More than score
were commissioned at Fort Logan II.
Roots alone. 4 large percentage of
this list had the honor Of having cap
tanned collegiate athletic. teams.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-14
SOME SPEED.

\ SPECIAL
! MCSKOGEE, okla, Aug. 13.
! Two games Of baseball were
! played In the brecord breaking
tlmc Of two hours hero this
I afternoon when Muss0gce de-
! fcatod Ardmore I'm both ends Of
! a douhlchcadcr. The first game.
! n niuc-inninE contest, was played
\ in an hour and ten minutes, the
\ second, which was seven innings,
! by agreement, lasted Just fifty
! minutes. This is Western nssoci-
! alton record, and Is believed 10
\ be record for organized base
! BAH under present rules. Both
! games were shut outs. the Nets
! winning the first, 4 to o, and the
, second, to o.
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The smaller schools of the state
also have furnished their quota OF
officers. East central can boast
that she has "A worthy Representa-
tive in Second Lieutenant Virgil
r.. Riddle of Ada. Riddle was a
star gridstcr for three years at
East Central and also was a mem
her OF the debating team from
that institution. Southeastern
normal of Durant is represented
by Eddie l.. Battaile, hackfield
star for three years, who has
been granted a second licuten-
anCy.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-14

To Charlie orr OF Ada, Ralph
u. LOvctt Of Blackwell and wal
ter A. Marker Of Orlando goes the
honor Of having been granted the
highest rank accorded any at
these encampmcnts, that of cap
tain. Orr and Lovett have been
made captains Of infantry and
Marker has been granted cap
taincy in the ordnance depart
meut
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-14

Chase. Long Miller IIornsby. pAuicttc ?;
errors. Kopf Paulrttc. two base hits, Mngeo.
hits, Chase. llornsby. bases on ballH of
Reuiher /. or Mitchell /. or Meadows . of
hmrs struck out, by Rcuthcr by Mitchell
Q. by Meadows g by Amrs 2 Umpires.
Il glcr aud Bransncld Time 2:3s.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-14
Sherman Takes Odd Game uskogee Hands aenders DoubeBan

James. two.base hits, Heilman Cobb three
base hits, Bush, Austin; stolen bases Bush,
Ycach, ShOtton: bases on balls, Oft Cove'eskic
/, OFF James ., on Martin 2, OIL sothoron
struck out, by Martin /. UmpiroS, Connolly
and Hldebrand. Time, :55.
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Games Today

Western Association.
Tulsn at Denison
Oklahoma CITY At sherman.
Ardmorc No MrAloster.
Fort Smith 90 Muskogce
National League.
Pittsburgh at Chicago.
Cincinnati az ST. Louis
Brook 800 10 New York
Philadelphia at Boston.
American League.
Chicago at Cleveland.
ST. Louis % Detroit.
New York ~ Washington.
Boston az Philadelphia
American Assoc alton.
indianapolis, at Columbus
Louisville ut Toledo
Kansas city nt Milwaukee.
Minneapolis at ST. Paul
Western League.
Denver at 81 Joseph.
Wichita At Dcs Moiuos.
llutchison at Lincoln.
Joplin at Omaha
Southern League.
Atlanta ut Little Rock
birmingham at Memphis.
Mobile at Nashville
New Orleans nt Chattanooga
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CHICAGO Aug. %. Daring base running
coupled with bunchcd base hits cuahltl chi.
cago 90 make % two straight from Pittsburgh
today. 10 1. Hendrix WIS Doc hard 'uuout
the game hut tehtcucd mp in the pin .p's.
Tho score.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-14

ST. LOUIS Aug. l3.-St Louis beat Gin.
ciunau iu the twelfth inning today to 5.
rsulcttc singled. Baird was safe when kopi
fumhlrd his grouudrr and Snyuer singled
scoring psulrttc Chase drove IN four -, tue
visitors runs and himself scored the other
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-14

Everybody in the southwest knows
rip" and Hap" Johnson-surc-
two wonderful football players, men
whose names and deeds have been
written In southwestern football his
tory for five years. But in looking
over the list of those recently ac-
ccptcd for the second officers train
ing school NJ Leon Springs, Texas, we
did not rcco snikc that n. X. johnson
and VI. 4. johnson were the famous
sooner grid stars. But their names
are there and viii go 10 swell the
rapidly growing list of athletic stars
whom oklahoma Is giving To the new
national army rs of9,ccrs.