The Dermott news., 1918-07-25

a meeting of the road overseers of the
county to be held at the county farm
next Wednesday. July 3lst.
Mrs. W. j. Raborn yesterday re-
ceived word that her son -in-aw. Capt.
p. f. johnson. of the u. S. Medical
Corps, has arrived safely in France.
OLD HOUSES WANTED will buy
old dwellings. churches, or barns to be
torn down, or other old lumber il sound.
and suitable to use in erecting farm
cabins. w. c. Ross,
Office in Dermott Bank.
When you have Backaeke the liver or
kidneys are sure to be out of gear. Try
Sanol il does wonders for the liver.
kidneys and bladder A trial soc bot
lie will convince you. Get it at Bor-
deaux drug store.
Frank Newton of the T. S. Navy.
left last Friday for Brooklyn. \. Y,
after spending couple of weeks here
at the home OF his uncle. e. 2. Stinson.
He was for while on an oil tanker
and has made the overseas trip to
England and France twice. At pres
ent he is stationed in the navy yards at
Brooklyn.
f.. C.. Kessler of the Kessler- Mat
thews Auto Co. went to Little Rock
yesterday to attend demonstration of
the Fordson tractor given at the Gallo
wav stock farm. Arkansas has been
allotted 1000 tractors for this year. to
be distributed over the state through
the various agencies. kessler- Mat
thews have the agency for Chicot and
Ashley counties.
Every body ought to be doing some
thing to help win the war. Especially
should every woman who has any leis-
ure time whatever be helping with the
Red Cross work. There is lot of
sewing and lot of knitting to be done
and the help of every woman in Der
mott is needed and solicited. Are you
doing your part? II not. why not?
Chairman.
Mayor j. A. Bennett is in receipt of
letter from Louis Lock in which he
asks for franchise for gas pipe line
through Dermott for the purpose Of
supplying local trade, the gas to come
from the recently developed field at
Monroe. A natural gas supply would
certainly be big thing for Dermott,
and it is to be hoped it will materialize
at an early date.
County Superintendent D. 7. Hen
derson was in Dermott Monday enroute
to his home at Eudora from Little Rock,
having made the trip in his automobile.
He is the first Chicot county officer to
be put in Class under the selective
draft law. and expects to leave next
month for military service. He has
arranged for Mrs. Henderson to look
after the duties of his Office during his
absence.
MIR. and Mrs. l.. NJ. Belser have
moved into their handsome new brick
bungalow just completed on the corner
of Main and Petticord Streets. The
Kimpel bungalow is nearing completion
and will soon be ready for occupancy.
However in spite of the new residen-
ces, the demand for houses in Dermott
greatly exceeds the supply, and there
ought to be a building campaign to
provide places of residence for those
who are really anxious to make their
homes here.
Governor Brough has issued proc
lamation setting apart Friday, August
End, as Belgium Relief Day" in Ark
ansas. and the entire citizenship of the
state is called upon on that day to con-
tribute money and shoes and winter
clothing for the relief of the oppressed
Belgians. The supplies will be for
warded to Little Rock. and from there
sent to Europe in time to help alleviate
the suffering Of the Belgians before
the severest part of the winter comes.
The extraordinary development Of
the auto and the auto truck are doing
for the roads of our country that which
oil the preachments of good roads ad-
vocates had failed to accomplish. Our
public highways will in the near future
be worthy the name Of roads. and will
at last be credit to this great nation.
This fact il assured because our people
have never yet failed to meet an emer-
gency ~ il has arisen. The develop
ment Of auto service has created an
imperative demand for substantial
roads. and substantial roads will come.
and are coming.