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The Dermott news., 1918-02-14
Four HI Club
 Wants Help

Miss Margaret Callahan, County Home Demonstration Agent for Chicot County, was here last week and organ ized -Four IT. Club among the girls of the High School. Miss Elizabeth Etter was elected president and Miss May Bergman, secretary.
 Miss Callahan has sent the following appeal to the people of Dermott:
 The girls of the Dermott High School have showed their loyalty to their country in this great time of war by pledging themselves to raise more food and learn how to save it from spelling. Food cookery and conserva- tion is no longer matter of light talk but serious subject which we must attend to.
 Some of the girls of the Canning Club, or All Club. are not able to have little garden plot; this would bar them from the foundation club work. Only a tenth acre is necessary for each member. Isn't there a little part of your garden that you would offer to the girls of your town? Every little bit helps, and if every person who has back yard would let us have little bit, we would raise so much food and can and dry and pickle same, that Dermott alone would help save hundreds of sol diers' lives.
 
 This is the first time the girls of the All Club have asked for help but we
The Dermott news., 1918-02-14
Borrow This Money

have just closed negotiations with the Midland Saving and Loan Co.,, and am now prepared to lend you money to help build on that vacant lot. Interest is low and you pay both interest and the principal like paying rent. If you do not need the house to live in, build any way. and let the rent practically pay for the property, and thus turn the liability into an asset.
 This is the plan of home building used in erecting practically all homes in cities and villages
 For further particulars. call
 w. C. ROSS, It Dermott Bank Bldg.
The Dermott news., 1918-02-14
Christian Endeavor

Program for next Sunday: Devotional Service Subject. What My Church is Doing 1 Thess l :2-S Leader. Mrs Helmstetter What my church is doing abroad.
 Chloe Hammett Special music. Henry Duerson. What my church is doing at home,
 Ed Jones' Hymn Benediction
The Dermott news., 1918-02-14
For County Clerk

We are authorized to announce
 GEORGE ELDER as a candidate for re- selection to the of flee of County and Probate Clerk of Chicot County, subject to the action of the Democratic primary.
 We are authorized to announce
 B. l.. HOLMES as a candidate for County and Probate Clerk of Chicot County, subject to the action of the Democratic primary.
The Dermott news., 1918-02-14
For Marshal

We are authorized to announce
 AB PARRISH as a candidate for Marshal of the City of Dermott subject to the action of the city primary February l9 We are authorized to announce
 JIM JOHNSON as a candidate for Marshal of the City of Dermott, subject to the action of the city primary February l9
The Dermott news., 1918-02-14
For Recorder

We are authorized to announce
 J. T. CRENSHAW as a candidate for Recorder of the City of Dermott, subject to the action of the city primary February 19 We are authorized to announce
 A G. CAVANESS as candidate for Recorder of the City of Dermott. subject to the action of the city primary February l9
The Dermott news., 1918-02-14
For Circuit Clerk

We are authorized to announce
 ABNER GAINES as candidate for Circuit Clerk of Chicot county. subject to the action of the Democratic primary, May 2S We are authorized to announce
 WM. YERGER as a candidate for Circuit Clerk of Chicot county. subject to the action of the Democratic primary, May 2s.
The Dermott news., 1918-02-14
Dermott City Council

Mayor ]. A. Bennett
 Recorder. J. T. Crenshaw
 Treasurer W. D Trotter
 Marshal Alb Parrish
 Aldermen Eli Dante. A. McDer mott, ] (. Hoffman. A. Prothro. C. F. Dowden. A. C. Blanks
The Dermott news., 1918-02-14
For Sheriff

We are authorized to announce
 CALMES MERRITT as candidate for the office of Sheriff and Ex-officio Collector of Chicot Coun- ty, subject to the action of the Demo cratic primary.
The Dermott news., 1918-02-14
For Prosecuting Attorney

We are authorized to announce
 JUDGE J. w. KIMBRO of Monticello as a candidate for Prose cutting Attorney of this the Tenth District. subject to the action of the Democratic primary
The Dermott news., 1918-02-14
For Mayor

We are authorized.to announce
 ] A. BENNETT as candidate for Mayor of Dermott, subject to the action of the city primary February l9
The Dermott news., 1918-02-14
We are authorized to announce
For Circuit Judge

We are authorized to announce
 D. A. BRADHAM of Warren as candidate for Judge of the Tenth Judicial District of Arkan- sas. subject to the action of the Demo cratic primary election.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22

Here is group of suits for spring that even the unpraeticed eye-at a glance-will perceive to be quite un- like the suits of yesterday. Their de- signers have wandered into green fields and pastures new, gathering ideas, and are displaying the results of their wanderings now in suits that have many interesting style features. They appear to have centered atten- tion on coats and to have agreed that skirts shall be plain, hang straight. or show a little narrowing toward the bottom, and reach at least to the shoe top.
 In coats the most noticeable inno- vation is the uneven line at the bottom Of the coat skirt. There is only an occasional coat that is even at the bot tom edge. but this variety is good style always. Another new feature in coats is the fitted-in lines at the back, which are achieved by new methods of cutting and shaping, that almost vie with semifitted models in point of num- bers. There are many coats that fail to close at the front, and some whose only closing point is at the Waistline. These open models are worn with light waistcOats ill some cases, or over blouses that are glimpsed to the waist.
 At the left of the picture a very graceful and clever coat has pointed fronts and its skirt is set on to
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22
MAKE PET OF CAPTURED MULE
Allied Soldiers in France Play With Animal That Once Was in the
 Service of the Kaiser.

At the battle of Loos. bomhers cap tured q shivering German mule. which they dubbed Kaiser Bill, says Boys Life, the Boy Scouts Magazine. But the new Kaiser Bill was very intel- ligent and friendly toward his captors, so the men thought that to be fair to the mule, they had better drop the Kaiser and call him just plain Billy.
 Billy earned his rations by towing about the brigade bomb-eart. When off duty the men used to play with him. He would answer to his names and come trotting over when his mas ter called. Billy is still with the bri gade, and the men say that he towss those bombs up to the dump for use against the Germans with the greatest relish.
 It is odd to see a big, rough, hard ended soldier in trench as he fondles a little trench kitten, his features soft ening. Poor little began" he thinks. "so helpless and weak. And it's warm-and living"
 Can anything erase from the char acter of man those traits which make. life worth while-pity, love, and mercy? Ease and luxury may; but trouble, hardship, and danger never.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22
PRESCRIPTION BY WIRELESS
Captain of a Tramp Freghter Is Saved From Death by Ptomane
 Poisoning.

Galveston, Tex.-The captain of tramp steamer in the Gulf of Mexico was lately taken iil with ptomaine poisoning. With death staring him in the face. on account of inadequate medical aid, he decided to call by wire less for assistance from the physicians at naval station ten miles away.
 The message was picked up by Il liner 100 miles away. and the ships surgeon made all haste to reply to this strange "S c s" with a full and de tailed prescription, which WIS without much difficulty made up from the tramp steamers medicine chest. and the captains life was saved.
 fireman on a Canadian-p Pacific liner which carries no surgeon was attacked in midocean with internal hemorrhage Wireless communication was secured with an Alan liner and details of the symptoms transmitted across 1000 miles of ocean. A pre- scription was not only received. but
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22
Fear Teacher Famine

There never was a time when good public school teachers were needed as they are now and as they will be in the immediate future" said Doctor Allen. "The whole problem of Amer icaniZation and training for citizen ship as 1t must be met in the ele- mentary public schools. is fundamen- tai yet from all over the country we hear of the failure of young men and women to register in the training schools. We are approaching crisis"
 From Iowa comes the report that 16O schools have no teachers at all. In Philadelphia as many substitutes are needed in q month this winter as are ordinarily employed in the full school year. Men have gone to the war, and woman teachers are resign ing constantly. Cincinnati reports the fear of teacher famine.
 r. r. Claxton, United States com missioner of education. reports: "The shortage is constantly increasing and is embarrassingly large in some sec tions."
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22

styles. Assortments are so wide in suits that every woman may have the satisfaction of satisfying her own style and preferences when she makes se- lection.
 The dressy, separate silk skirt has made q history for itself that insures it's welcome every season, but its great day is ushered in with spring. It's rival, the sports skirt, has pro- noted it; success for the separate skirt of silk is sure and deserved, and there is no end to the variety in silks and color combinations that make it a thing of beauty this spring.
 Two or three shades of one color in stripes and plaids, or combinations of contrasting colors, or colors with cross bars in black or white. in as many de- signs as we find in ginghams, make the choice unlimited, but so far stripes have been developed into the most at tractive of the new skirts.
 The season is dominated by two styles, each with many variations. One is the skirt laid in plaits about the waistline and the other is the tunic skirt. The plaited skirt is not so new as the tunic, but it is too good look ing, and may be fitted with too much good style for women to leave 1t out Of their reckoning.
 Tunies, like coats, are usually un- even in length. They are ingeniously
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22

draped and here the art of the de signer either shines or fails. In the skirt shown above single piece of silk is so well managed in the draping that the stripes run diagonally across the front and horizontally across the back. 4 feature to be noted is the disposition of most of the fullness in the tunic at the front of the skirt and the sash of silk, like the skirt. tied in a bow of two loops. at the front of the waist. The square end of the silk used for the tunic is cascaded at the left side and nicely finished with row of small, flat buttons set close together. The underskirt is plain and narrow, merely two lengths of goods sewed together and finished with three-ineh hem.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22
100 VETERANS DIE EACH DAY
Approximately 367.oo Union Soldiers of Civil War Are Still
 Living.

Philadelphia.-Vet of the Civil war are dying at the rate of 100 daily, according to Orlando A. Somers, com mander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic.
 Mir. Somers said there were now liv- ing approximately 367. 900 veterans, ac- cording to the pension office at Wash ington. and he added that the country would have suffered q great loss after they had been a commanding factor in keeping patriotism alive in this country.
 We may have 10 send 1oo0o,ooo men across the water before the war crazed maniac of Europe will admit he is crushed and beeten, but in the end there can be but one outeome-our armies will returz victors," MT. Som CTS declared.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22

double-breasted body ending in belt across the front. There is little ripple in the skirt of the coat, which slopes upward from the front and across the back. Some models of this kind are very short at the back. The collar and cuffs are of satin with white polka dots and the skirt narrows to- ward the hem.
 At the right of the picture the suit of serge maintains more mannish lines, but reverses the order of things shown in the other suit. Its coat slopes down In curved line across the back, and is one of the longest models shown. It is worn over low-eut vest of white wash satin and has a satin overcollar. The edges are bound with narrow silk braid and strips of this braid, with two bone buttons finish the cuff. The skirt is plain and hangs almost straight.
 Little sketches elsewhere in the pie ture reveal the diversity of the new
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22

No matter what ails your child, gentle, thorough laxative should al- ways be the first treatment given.
 If your little one is out of sorts, half-sick, isn't resting, eating and act ing naturally-look, Motherl see if tongue is coated. This Is q sure sign that the little stomach, liver and bow els are clogged with waste When cross, irritable, feverish, stomach sour, breath bad or has stomach-ache, diar- rhea, sore throat, full of cold, give teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs" and in few hours all the con- stipated poison, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of the lit tie bowels without gripping. and you have a well, playful child again.
 Mothers can rest easy after giving this harmless fruit laxative" because it never fails to cleanse the little ones liver and bowels and sweeten the stom- ach and they dearly love it's pleasant taste. Full directions for babies, chil- dren of all ages and for grown-ups printed on each bottle.
 Beware of counterfeit fig syrpps. Ask your druggist for bottle of "Cal- ifornia Syrup of Figs" then see that it is made by the "California Fig Syrup Company."-Adv
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22
SCIONS OF RICH MEND SHOES
Wealthy Youths in Exclusive Chicago Suburb Learning Useful Art
 of Cobbler.

Chicago.-Making and mending shoes is the latest job of scions of wealthy families of Winnetka, an ex- elusive North shore suburb. Instead of piloting high-powered racers or tinkering with expensive motorboats, more than score of wealthy youths are learning the useful art of the cob bier.
 H. A. DeWindt Is "backing' the en- terprise by furnishing funds for the renting of q shop and the purchase of initial supplies. Peter Schram, an aged eobbler, is acting as instructor.
 Proceeds of the shop are to be given to the Red Cross and other war charities.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22
FACES DEATH IN
 MOSCOW BATTLE

Red Cross train and are leaving for home just as soon as we possibly can get out. I will try and tell Iit- tie more about our experiences in Moscow.
 The firing began at ten o'clock at night. At first only few shots were fired. There was positively no warn ing any kind, as we knew the gov ernment had been taken over by the bolsheviki (this party is composed of anarchists and socialists, the former in great majority).
 Our rooms were on the corner of the hotel and our windows were rid died with bullets while we were dress ing early in the morning preparatory to leaving.
 ''We were in the very center of the battlefield. The fight was between the bolsheviki and the cadets, the lat ter standing by the government and the former trying to overthrow it. There was very little to eat in the hotel, and again the Red Cross men came to our rescue and we did our own cooking.
 "On Sunday the cadets took possess sion of the hotel. On Monday the bolsheviki began to fire on 1t with rifles only. Nearly all the windows were broken and we lived In the halls. On Tuesday the big guns were turned immediately on us and the two upper stories destroyed. The big gun firing continued for three long and horrible hours.
 "The entire hotel became so filled with smoke and gas 1t was difficult to breathe. and we could scarcely see ten feet away.
 "The firing from the anarchists drove the cadets from our hotel, and on Tuesday night the anarchists took possession.
 The battle continued for four days more, the bolsheviki firing from our hotel and the cadets firing back. On Wednesday the firing was so heavy that the halls were not even safe, and we went 10 the cellar, where we stayed a couple of days and nights.
 Tt was not only the firing-that was expected-but the bolsheviki had demanded the keys to the wine cellar, which had been refused. No one knew when they might use force and get them. You cannot imagine what aw- full looking people these men are. A
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22
PAYS 6 CENTS TO COLLECT 5
Tax Collecting Not Always Profitable Job, According to County
 Treasurer.

Wichita, Kan.-Colecting taxes is not always a profitable job, according to County Treasurer w. R. Hewey The other day q man living out of town wrote to the county treasurer asking the amount of his taxes on a small lot in the outskirts of the town They were five cents, so he was in formed by letter. costing the county treasurer a three-eent stamp.
 In a few days letter was received with the five cents. He had to have a receipt returned to him, costing an- other three cents.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22
Shortage Is Noted in Various
 Parts of Country.
Decreased Enrolment In Normal Schools and designations May
 Bring Crisis.

New York-The United States is facing a famine of public school teach CTS. The schools in various parts of the country are already suffering from a shortage of teachers. Men and women in noticeable numbers, reports from different sections say, are re- signing their positions in the schools to take up other kinds of work. But the worst of the situation, as it is ex plained by Dr William H. Allen, who has been a leading student of school problems for many years, Is the eer- tainty of a greatly increased shortage in the future, as evidenced by the fall ing off in enrolments in teachers training schools
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22
Too Much.

A playwright and an actor were in conversation when the former. who has been none too successful of late exclaimed gloomily:
 People will praise my work after l am dead"
 "Well," said the actor, in eonsol- ing tone, perhaps you are right, but don't you think it's great deal of sacrifice to make for a little praise?" Everybody Magazine,
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22
Always Particular.

He had been the nuttiest of the nuts before he trod the paths of crime; and he was to be hanged on the following day.
 Have you any request to make?' inquired the governor of the prison, according to time-henored tradition.
 Well, if you could let me tie the moose myself" suggested the con demned one. "Never did care for those ready-made ties-don't want to start now"
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22
ABOVE AGE LIMIT YET
 ENllSTS AS U. s. GUARD

Springfield, Ill.-Presentlng a faded honorable discharge from the army written on sheepskin and dated 1886, John B. Landis, aged fifty-eight, has enlisted here in the United States guards. He is veteran of Busters famed Indian command. Although he is eighteen years beyond the ago limit. recruiting officers accepted him because of his splendid physical fitness. Landis has one son in the aviation section in France.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22
Deer Shot Proved Dear.

Colchester. N. Y.-It cost Andrew Delamater $150 to shoot deer from q taxicab. Mrs. Pauline Phillips saw Delamater shoot the deer as it ap- preached some food she had placed near her home for the animal She got the number of the taxicab and later Delamater was arrested. The game warden fined him S150.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22
interest in Millinery.

Since early spring millinery is more interesting than robes and manteaux We shall have to give lastly to the matter of the chapeaux. This year there is bound to be great run of English hats. notes a fashion writer in the Chicago Herald. Plenty of women know little or nothing at all about these plain effects that are smart and stunning, particularly for shopping and sports wear, but those who are famil- jar with the English straws and orna- ments include one or more of these
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22
Walks 100 Miles to Join.

Denver, Colo.-Frank H. Ray, a Ca nadian, twenty-one years old. walked more than one hundred miles that he might reach the British-Canadian re- cruiting station in Denver in time to enlist on his twentyfrst birthday. Ray was in Clayton, N. M., when he learned a recruiting station for Cana dian citizens had been opened in Den yer
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22
Petticoats in Gay CoIors.

For some reason or other pettlcoats in gay colors are in demand this spring. If you cannot afford one of taffeta or messaline, there are very pretty sateens in bright colors, some of them With printed flowers. They are fairly scant and unlike the petti- coats of yore, usually short enough to need no alteration for the average woman.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22
Seattle Woman Tells of Plight of Americans in Russian
 City.
LIVE LIKE RATS EIGHT DAYS
Describes Terrible Experiences During Fight Between the BoIsheviki and Cadets-In Very Center
 of the Battle

Seattle. Wash-How Americans hud- dled for eight days in the basement of hotel in Moscow, Russia, while the battle between the bolsheviki and cadets loyal to the government ragged over their heads, is told in wildly interesting letter received here by relatives of Mrs. Helen Meserve, for merly of this city, who has spent the last three and one-half years with her husband ill Russia.
 Harry Meserve, her husband, is representative of the National City bank of New York in Petrograd and Moscow.
 Living like rats and running from place to place to avoid the bullets of the machine guns and the shells of the larger guns Mrs. Meserye says. was an experience she hopes never to undergo again"
 The first part of her letter is dated November r, 1917. at Moscow. It says:
 Yesterday We were able to leave the hotel in Moscow and are now at the French military headquarters. For eight days we were under bonn bardment and for three hours the guns of the anarchists were turned directly on the Hotel National, where great damage was done. All the windows were broken and the walls torn by the big shells.
 Like Rats in Cellar.
 "The last few days We lived like rats in the cellar, running from place to place to safe shelter. During all the bombardment we did not take our clothes off and sat up two nights"
 Four days later the letter was con tinued at the Hotel d'Europe in Pe- trograd. The letter continues:
 sWe arrived here yesterday in
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22
The Latest Eaa Story.

Springfield, 1ll.-An egg measuring three and one-half inches in length and seven inches in circumference has been laid by hen here belonging to w. w. Wilson. On breaking the shell Wilson found another egg inside with a per feet yolk and white.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22
A TOAST TO THE FLAG
By JOHN JAY DAILY, k 4hn AIiniIanAar


 of the Vigilantes. Here's to the Red of it, There's not a thread of 1t, No, nor a shred of it In all the spread of it
 From foot to head, But heroes bled for 1t. Faced steel and lead for it, Precious blood shea for it. Bathing it Red. Here's to the White of it, Thrilled by the sight of it, Who knows the right of 1t But feels the might of it
 Through day and nightf WOmanhood's care of it Made manhood dare for it, Purity's prayer for it
 Keeps it so White. Here's to the Blue of it, Beauteous view of 1t, Heavenly hue of it, Star-spangled dew of it, Constant and true. States stand supreme for t, Diadems gleam for it, Liberty's beam for it
 Brightens the Blue. Here's to the Whole of it, Stars, stripes and pole of 1t, Body and soul of it; On to the goal of it,
 Carry it through. Home or abroad for 1t, Unsheath the sword for it, Fight in accord for it,
 RED, WHITE AND BLUE! 1!
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22
DON'T EXPERIMENT

with your Liver or your Bowels. Avoid
 strong purgatiyes and calomel. Use the well known genuine Liver Stimu- lants, Bonds Liver Pills. They are Small-Mild- Effective and Reliable. One pill at bedtime-you wake up well. Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-22

large part seemed to be deserters from the army, and they looked as if there was nothing they would stop at.
 Finally the firing seemed to dimin- ish, and on Saturday we learned the cadets had been defeated"