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The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04
PERSONAL.

For the first time in history wom- an-Mrs W. H. Chapman-has been licensed to preach by a Presbyterian body in New York.
 On a recent air raid over Mannheim the kaiser might have been specta- tor, but he took to the nearest cellar.
 Reports come from Amsterdam that General Eon Stein, the German war minister has resigned, and his resig nation accepted.
 Louis ]. Kerth, a Kirkwood, Mo, banker, has disappeared and his books are being audited by state officials.
 Secretary Daniels is making ar engagements to enter Berlin at the head of the marine band when Pershing says the time has come.
 Matthias Erzberger, member of the German reichstag, has drafted con stitutien for league of nations.
 Bert Sprangle has taken a contract to eliminate mosquitoes from the con fines of Claremore, Ok.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04
DOM ESIIC-

The quota for the new loan in the Eighth federal reserve district Is $260. 1000, ,000.
 The Emergency Fleet Corporation Bevo plant in St. Louis of the Busch interests, and pays ss4,00O per year rent.
 Ehe Emergency Fleet Corporation declares that no more men available for military duty will be allowed to work in shipyards after Nov. l.
 It is still doubtful whether the print ing business Is classed as essential but the use of paper must be curtailed
 President Wilson opened the drive for the new loan with stirring speech in New York.
 A new law makes lodging the draft py any means or claiming deferred classification punishable by long terms Of imprisonment.
 congress has passed a law making wire-tapping-telgraph or telephone federal offense punishable with fivs years.
 over sOO.ooo tons of new shipping was completed during August. far ex. ceeolng submarine destruction.
 Nearly 500 soldiers suffering from spanish influenza were landed at an Atlantic port this week
 federal officials are starting q cam paign against plume smugglers as taa much forbidden plumage is in con, mon evidence. N'ii'
 Two champions of Kansas bovo peen united in matrimony-best coot anu so s pes, st dishwasher. The groom I. ~ and the bride 4s. '"
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04
5OO ARKANSAS BOYS
 ENTER S.A.T.C. OCT.l
IMPRESSIVE PROGRAM HELD oH CAMPUS AT ARKANSAS
 STATE UNIVERSITY.
TAKE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG
united States Government Is Deeply Aepreciative of Face That Today t5o,ooo Of |. Sons Are Dedicating
 Their LiVe~, says Major Martin.
Fayetteville

Fayetteville
 Five hundred Arkansas boys, mem bers of the Students Army Training Corps of the University of Arkansas, formally took the path of allegiance and were inducted into the service at an impressive program held on the campus at II o'clock Monday morn ing. At exactly this time 150,0G0 young men in 500 colleges and uniyer- sities were sworn into the service of the country The 900 members of the vocational section of the s. A. T. c. at the University renewed their allegiance to the flag. Speakers at the program were Major George W. Martin, U. s. A, commanding officer of the & A IT c, President ]. t. Futrall of the University of Arkan- sas. and Col. Hugh A Dinsmore.
 "The United States Government is deeply apreciative of the fact that to- day 10000 of it's sons are dedicating their lives to the service" said Ma sor Martin He explained to the men their exact status in the army and emphasized the fact that while they are in the University their most iln- portant object must be to learn their military duties.
 'The horrors of the Spanish Indui- sition have long been held up as the very acme of cruelty visited by hu- man beings upon other human De ings," said President Futrall. But the Spaniards praetieed no cruelties which 1ermany has not equalled time ana again in this war.
 "At the bottom, however, it was not German war methods, but German war aims that brought America ,nuo the conflict The crux of the Ameri- can Declaration of Independence is the declaration that every human being is entitled to life. liberty and the pursuit of happiness. There is no escape from the conclusion that this is the doctrine that Germany aims to crush out of the world. Some of our far seeing American leaders recognized this years ago, but it took the sinking of the Lusitania, with It's thousand innocent lives seIt to the bottom, and the resumption of unre- strlcted submarine warfare, with the sending of still others of our citizens to watery graves, to bring to the re- alization of the masses or our people that the Germans were In earnest when they said, World power or downfall must be our rallying cry. And in the days to come, when wars and rumors of wars have ceased, aud we are again immersed in the pleas ant pursuits of peace. the most prica- less gift which any American citizen can hand down to his descendants will be his badge of service in Per shing's army--the army that turned the scale of battle and drove the Ger mans back across the Rhine and on to Ber''n."
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04
FOREIGN.

A congress Is called to convene in Paris on Oct. Is looking to adinst. ment of conditions sure to arise as,er the war Is over.
 A silght increase in U-boat sinkings IS shown for August. The increase i. nominal. only 3900 tons.
 Australia has sent about 33a. .e0o men to france, and has also made A larps naval contribution.
 A swedish correspondent states that the Germans have ceased houine to VIII the war; they are agitated abut coming defeat
 1iahu Admiral Rooster declares if uefhany Is defeated in the war she VIII be an outcast among the nations Of the world.
 Bulgaria has become sick of her war bargain, and every paper in the country demands immediate peace
 when the city of Baku, Persia fell ln'o the hands of the Turks, they mas sacred most of the inhabitants ?, iiFlng Of the reign of terror the nussiah rulers have decreed an or. uefiy government to be their future aim
 -aVlahd has resumed commercial anu economic relations with the allies Secause Germany is slipping. A
 Fon Hertling, with the kaiser's cok 'ha' mas deeiared Germany is willing 'o accept. Wilson's peace terms in prin- eiple
 word comes from Zurich that the Boishe.ikis are joining Austria in a aeniand for peace.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04
LABOR.

It is reported the government is con sidering the advisability of erecting huge blast furnaces in St. Louis.
 Minimum wages of s per day will be paid all government employees who receive less. It is effective Jan. l. 1919.
 Opening of schools in Memphis. Tenn, was delayed by strike of teachers More money
 The United States Steel Co.,, after opposition of years, has adopted the eight-hour day as basic rule.
 War labor boards of LOGO cities have begun to eliminate men from all non- essential lines, and replace them with women.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

William Estes of Melville has re, ceiyed a letter from his son, Marvin, who was wounded in action on the western front on July g. Marvin asked for the address of his brother, Donnie, not having learned that he was killed in action on July F. Ava, another brother is a machine gunner in France, and two other brothers, Farmer and Charlie, are now working 1n the government Suipyards, one at Portland. Ore, and the other al New ark, N J.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04
A Forsaken Trade.

Automobile thieves have forsaken their trade of swiplng joy wagons for more essential work-that of making prison shoes. Very few cars have been stolen lately. But it being an open in- dustry. women have invaded 1t. At least one woman has. She didn't get very far, but she was busy while In the business. She stole a car, ran down a
 nan in the next street, hopped out of the machine, dragged her victim to the sidewalk, sent in an ambulance call and then, concluding that she didn't really care for the car, walked away and left it.-New York Sun.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

A pure white mineral wool is be- Ing manufactured at Yarraville. sub urb of Melbourne, from basal rock or ''blue. stone"
 It has been estimated that Noah's ark was 547 feet long. 91 feet broad and 54 feet high. Its capacity. ac- cordlng to Bishop Wilkius, was 72,625 tons.
 A rich deposit of asphalt has been discovered in the Philippines located so near the waters edge that no in- land transportation whatever is nee. essary.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04
GATHERED FACTS

Six London (England) firemen arc to be trained In smoke helmets at colliery rescue station.
 British trade unionists demand that standard rates of wages be maintain ed relatively to the cost of living.
 The three street car companies of Washington, D. C.. have established a higher wage rate for their employees.
 Irrigation projects under considera- ton for Indis involved about 10000 mo acres of land.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04
Good for EuQenics.

'The war has put an end to match making"
 Has it really? notice there are as many marriages as ever"
 "Of course, but the young people arrange matters for themselves. It's bound to be that way nowadays when a buck private in khaki stands bet ter chance to win the village belle than bankers son. who couldn't pass the physical examination to enter the army. my."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

Riley C. Bolen. who lives near Huntington. killed huge rattelsnake near the foot of Sugar Loaf mountain recently. The snake measured six feet two inches in length, was lt and one-half inches in diameter in tae largest portion of it's body and had 13 rattles and a button.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04
 ACCIDENTS

J. H. Stokes, a sergeant for three years in the war unhurt, was killed by an automobile in New York on his first trip out
 G. A. Barksdale, colored. stepped of car at Springfield, H., to rescue his cane and another car killed him.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04
BRIEFLY RELATED.

The cotton crop in Arkansas will be very short this year, but some plan ters will not suffer. Those who have seen the crop on T. F. Martins plan tation, near Dell, Mississippi county say it will make a bale 10 the acre. MT. Martin has TOO acres in cotton.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

Lieut. Hall Lipsey of Wynne has received five citations for bravery from French commanders. One was for aiding in sinking submarine and the others for combats in which he destroyed Hun planes. The war cross has been awarded 10 MT Lipsey. He has been in France since 1917.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04
COURT PROCEEDINGS.

Ira Wilson, who killed his wife's mother at Hayney, Ark, was acquitted by jury.
 James A. Wood, formerly assistant food administration in Nevada. was convicted of bribery in a California federal court
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04
PSYCHOLOGICAL

Thoma. Mccarthy, a naval ensign, was killed at Pensacola. Fla, while making plane flight
 Viscount Montono, Japanese foreign minister, is dead at his home in the capital
 have defeated the Balshevist forces at shark. is dead in New York, and left a fortune of s7,000,O00.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

The Arkmo Canning Company of Decatur is buying apples throughout the country to make cider It has on hand 10000 gallons of apple juice, amounting to II carloads. The cider is shipped from here to Paris. Tex. where it is made into vinegar.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04
 Napkins Not Needed

Tillie Ginger says the reason she Is in doubt about her new boarding house Is because the funny boarder said the food Is so plain he doesn't use a napkin once a week.-Galveston News.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

The Citizens Telephone Company of Charleston has served nctIce that hereafter all calls must be made by number. It will no longer be possi- ble for subscribers to say "Give me Jones' grocery, or Give me the de pot" and get it.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04
And the Pins Are .o the po;n.

A doctor says there are fashions in medicines as well as In hats. Maybe. maybe, but we do not wear medicines on our heads and we cannot swallow some hats we seei-Cartoons Mapa. xina
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

At Great Lakes 200 jaekies have died of influenza, and 5000 others h-ye had a touch of the disease.
 All golf and country clubs will be compelled to close for three months this winter by order of the fuel admln- istration.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

Mrs. Alabama Jones died at Perry vile few days ago. After the funer- al her son went to get $500 in gold which his mother had hidden on the premises. He found some one had stolen the money.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

The negro teachers of Independence county closed a successful county in- stitute in Batesville recently. It was decided to take advantage of the H. literacy Committee on Moonlight Schools and use it for the negro popu- lation of this section.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04
FINANCIAL.

At bankers convention in Denver it was declared that the war would have the effect of reducing the inter- est rates on money
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

The Fort Smith public school en- rollment on the opening day of the 1917-1S term reached 3,5S5, or I9 more than last year. The high school has 655 students, the largest number in it's history.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

A call for 8 white men for general military service has just been issued by the Fayetteville board of Washing ton county. The men are to be induc-- ed and entrained for Camp Pike dur ing the five-day period between Octo- Der and II.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

The Banner correspondent of the Heber Springs Headlight says there is q great deal of excitement there over the discovery of manganese. It Is said the metal found assays from $4a to $50 per ton.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

$. A. Mccullough has been succeed ed as editor and publisher of the Calico Rock Progress by A. G. Guth- rie and H. N Smith has been succeed ed by O. L. Cooper as editor and pub fisher of the Mansfield Messenger.
 I. D. Cash has been granted fran chise to operate an electric plant at Hazen. It is thought the plant will be in operation within 90 days.
 Miss Agnes Guthrie of Calico Rock has taken charge of the Calico Rock Progress. The plant recently was leased by s. A. Mccullough.
 On Friday. the 18th of September. a 13-pound boy, the 18th child of Mr. and Mrs Charles B. Robertson Of Blythevilel, was born.
 Work of picking and packing the crop of winter apples at Rogers was started last week on nearly all of the larger orchards.
 The Ola Light and Gin Company ,,as purchased carload of seed wheat and is selling it to the farmers here at coss-
 Arrangements are being completed for a three-day agricultural exhibit 10 be held at Van Buren November 14- IT.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

There are a number of peach trees at Ozark in full bloom, and several have small peaches on them Also there are few apple and pear trees in bloom
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

The cotton and corn crop at Ola will make only about 30 per cent and the farmers are planting rye and barley for winter pasture for their stock.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

The East End Batesyil1e school has been enlarged by the addition of a new sehoolroom, which was required on account of the increased school at tendance.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

F. L. Hodge. representing the M. T.. Raivley Merchandise Company of Memphis, recently took on account a rooster at McNeil, that had been sold for the Red Cross several times bringing a total of $1850.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

The waterworks and sewerage sys- tenn, which had been under construc ton during the past IS months at Walnut Ridge, have teen turned oyer to the city.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

Near Rison the three,ear-old child of MT. and Mrs. John Cummings was playing in some freshly picked cotton. The baby dug a trench in the cotton, fell into it and was suffoeated before it could be rescued.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

A temporary price of s67 ton for eottonseed in carlots, and $64 a ton in wagon lots, for the Fort Smith district, No. ?, was announced by the Food Administration.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

A detachment of Sousas famous Great Lakes Naval Training Station band will be at Ashdown October F, to boost the Fourth Liberty bond cam paign.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

The angelus will be rung hereafter at Siloam Springs. At the sound of the bell the people will pause to pray.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

The acreage of wheat sown in Full ton county in 1918 was 5.240 against 30S3 for 1917, a gain of 2,237 acres.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

The slave mill of the Henry Wrape Company at Paragould, which was de. stroyed by fire three months ago, en- tailing loss of s75,000 has been com pletely rebuilt and has resumed ope. ration.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-04

A threatened epidemic of smallpox has caused the school at Spring Val ley, Madison county, to be closed.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-18
BRUTES THEY WERE WHEN WAR
BEGAN, BRUTEs NOW THEY ARE

London A. J. Baliour. the British
foreign secretary. speaking at a lunch.
con given to party OF American edi.
tors, said:
I'VE have TO make a right peace
and | do not think right peace is a
very easy thing TO make Our enemies
are attempting to change their con
stitution but appear to have no notion
that what we call a change is not
so much change in the formal pur.
pose Of the governmnt as change
of hearts whereby that government is
to be directed and animated"
Mr. Balfour said the Germans had
shown no material Improvement in
their disposition during the four years
81 the war.
"Rrutes they were when hey began
the war As far as can judge brutes
they remain at the present moment
zone would have thought, con.
tinued Mr.. Balfour. that those who
brought in America to their own I'm.
doing by crimes of this sort would
have shrunk a little from repeating
them at the moment when their fate
IS to be decided by America, perhaps
even more than by any other Of The
belligerents
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-18
j. s. TRANSPORT IS
DASHED TO PIECES
TRANSPORT OTRANTO COLLiDES
IN NORTH CHANNEL WITH
THE STEAMER KASHMi3.
A TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIVES
OF 500 Solderis Aboard Doomed Ves.
sci, 372 Believed to Have Been
Swept to Death.

A British POrt,-A large number OF
American troops have been lost as the
result Of the sinking OF the transport
Otranto in the North Channel between
the Scottish and Irish coasts in col
lision with the steamer Kashmir.
The Otranto after the collision was
dashed 10 pieces ON the rocks of the
south Scottish coast with probable
loss of 372 American soldiers.
Three hundred and one men were
taken to Belfast by the British de-
stroyer Mounsey, the only vessel
which made an attempt at rescue in
the terrific gale when the Kashmir.
another vessel In the convoy with the
OWanio, rammed the Otranto amid
ships
OF the coo American soldiers on
board the Otranto 80 were landed.
Seventeen were rescued alive at Islay,
leaving 372 unaccounted for.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-18
FOE STILL FLEEING FROM
TALoNS OF ALLIED HAWKS

On the wings Of necessity the Ger.
mans are flying eastward from their
old battle positions from Doui alto La.
Fere and nor,hward from LaFere to
the Meuse river Their fight Is to-
ward some haven Of safety from the
talons of the allied hawks which
everywhere are menacing them.
Notwithstanding the advantages
that are being achieved over the com.
mon enemy at ths hattie front and
the peace feelers in the air. President
Wilson, Secretary Of State Lansing
Secretary of Treasury McAdoo and in
fact all of the high officials of the
government are warning the American
citizenry that the situation is still
critical and that everyone should raj.
ly to the support Of the fourth loan.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-18
RAPID ADVANCE is MADE
BY GEN. DEBENEY's FORCES

With The French Army in France
The rapid advance OF General Deb
eney's forces in close pursuit O: the
retreatine enemy has brought them to
the Disc where they are meeting with
strong resistance General Mangin's
troops, after encounterng lively oppo-
siton have reached the Chemin-Des-
Danes in the region Of Comtecol and
have crossed the Aiette at Grand.
point Chivy has also been taken.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-18
Fcreion.Born Whites in America.

In 1910 the foreign-born whites by
countries were: England, 76,455 {
Scotland, 2Gl OBI Wales, S2,479; Ire.
land, l,352, lj5; Germany, 2,50l, 1871 !;
Norway. 4O3,S5S; Sweden, G65. 1888 |;
Denmark, 1Sl,G2l; Netherlands, 12O,-
053; Belgium, 1897 Luxembourg,
3,06S; France, 1l7,236: Switzerland.
l24,S34; Portugal 57.623 Spain, 21.-
81; Italy, 1,343,070; Russia, 1902. 752 /;
Finland, 12S,6G0; Austria, 1,17402I;
Hungary, $4,000; Roumanla, 60.o2O;
Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, 21.-
43l; Greece, 101,26i; Turkey In Eu-
rope, pool; Turkey Ia Asia. 80, 7O2:
Canada-French, 3S5,AS3; Canada
other and Newfoundland, Sl6.OG3:
Mexico, 2l0,S02; Cuba and other West
Indies Except Porto Rico), 23, 100: all
other countries, 5G,701.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-18
CITIES ON SOUTHERN RHINE
GROW NERVOUS AND PANtckY

Basel, Observation-Disclosures ar,
irving from Germany assert that they
encountered considerable risks be-
cause the French and American heavy
guns are bombarding with consider
able effect the railways connecting the
southern Rhine cities. Near the Swiss
frontier the railway was struck BY
shells several times.
Panic and state OF nervousness
continue in the southern Rhine cities
'sspite the efforts Of the newspapers
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-18
SOUTH CAROLINA MAN is
IN BocHE STRAFlNG RAID

With the American Army in France
The first American aviation pursuit
squadron completed its one hundred
successive victory, which netted six
machines. OF these Lieut. Hamilton
Coolidge of Boston, Mass, and Will
liam Palmer, of Bennettsville, S. c.,
downed one between them and Lieut..
Reed NJ Chambers. Of Memphis
Tenn and Lieut.. Wilbert w White OF
New York, got one each.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-18
She Knew History.

In one of the large parks there Is n
log cabin, In which people eat their
lunches and make coffee. One dny.
when we happened to be In this park
on n picnic my aunt suggested that
we make coffee in the little. log cabin.
Hazel Immediately piped, rs that the
cabin where Lincoln llyes?-Chlcago
Tribune.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-18

Soldier cops are all the style IN
Washington. They ARE soldiers quail
fed for limited service because of
minor physical disabilities and are
loaned 10 the city by the commanding
officer ut Camp Meade. They are used
mainly to direct traffic. This picture
shows u soldier policeman on duty op,
poSitc The United States treasury.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-18

London According to the latest
estimate, 4S0 persons persisted when
the passenger liner Leinster was tor
pedoed and sunk by German subma.
rine. The vessel carried GS7 passen.
gers and had a crew of about 70 mem
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-18
MORE THAN 100 WOMEN AND
CHILDREN ARE MURDERED

Dublin OF the 50 women and chill
dren aboard the steamship Leinster
when she was destroyed by German
submarine. only Is have been account.
ed for. Several Of these have died
since they were brought to port.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-18
Earliest Mail Servlce

We are told by historians that the
Persians under Cyrus had mail sery.
Ice In the sixth century before
Christ.