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Sharp County record., 1919-02-28
THE AMENDMENTS

Under the constitution but three
amendments to the constitution
can be submitted to the people at
any one general election. lhe
amendments to be voted upon al
the General election in 1920 are as
[ follows:
No. 1910 amend the initiative
\ and referendum act, so as to make
4 il possible to submit any number
! Of amendments to the people at a
Y general election.
No. 14-Granting the right Of
equal suffrage to women. lms
question keeps bobbine up every
where, with a considerable degree
Of success for the advocates OF
equal suffrage. The women, or a
portion of them anyway, are going
10 keep hammering away at this
thing until the matter is settled
d their way. One with half an eye
!. can see that.
No. 15-To increase the number
, and salaries of members of the su-
d preme court. This provision was
voted down in the proposed new
A constitution, and now comes back
. for second death. They say that
the present number of supreme
y court judges is inadequate to DO the
work of the court, yet the judges
are Sticking to their jobs, and 1t is
4 not recorded that any OF them are
I suffering from mental or physical
exhaustion. They say that the sal
|, ary of the supreme court judges is
SO low that members OF the court
: cannot properly support themselves
aud their familles, yet you DO not
hear of any OF them resignine their
I places, and they are all candidates
iur re-electiun when their terms ex-
pire. There is no need 10 start
#, relief iuuu tor our supreme court
judges. lney are not starving 70
Z deatn
Sharp County record., 1919-02-28
ton a myth. When we get to the
legislature, Mr.. Hill is going to have
to come again if he wants 10 be
known as a real refOrmer.

Some folks in Arkansas, espec-
ially state officers, are inclined to
boast that the state is on a cash
basis, but did you notice that a bill
is before the legislature appropria-
ting seventy.odd thousand dollars
to pay interest on the money that
was borrowed to put the state on a
cash basis? You are not getting
out of debt very fast if you only
borrow from one man to pay to
another. The state is in debt just
the same as if it were not paying
cash, and the day of reckoning will
come.
90
The Newark Journal remarks
that the greatest defect of the dem
ocratic form of government is that
it cannot be made fool proof. We
should like to see something on
this earth that is fool proof. That
particular species of humanity is
scattered all along from the cradle
10 the grave and is sticking about
in everything.
90
A girl was born to Esco Moser
and wife last week. Mother and
baby are doing well.-Anderson
correspondent of the Batesville
Guard.
An important part of this item
Was omitted We are left entirely
in the dark as to whether or not
EscO will recover.
90
Good roads are being built all
over Arkansas under the Alexan-
der law. But that splendid law
has had such tragic experience III
Sharn comfy thai we venture the
prediction that a hog trail could not
be started anywhere in this county
under lis provisions.
90
This ready print paper suits US
better than the ready print service.
If our readers are agreed on this
point the thing is unanimous.
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WE CAN BEAT MR..
HILL ALL TO HULL

Poindexter Hill, one of the rep.
e. resentatives in the Legislature from
n Independence county, has intro.
duced bill 10 prohlbll all pubnc
dancing. When the editor OF this
4 paper gets TO the Legislature he is
going 10 SKIN tnat bill more than a
mile The tact is, we shall propose
several better bills than that. We
shall introduce a bill to prohibit
N OLD men from smoking strong pipes
: and the younger generation from
M befuddling their think tanks with
l clSarettes. We shall introduce a
n bill to prohibit our lady friends
y from painting their faces and cam.
! oufheing the hips and other parts
Y Of the anatomy. We shall introduce
q bill declaring the chewing gum
y habit illegal in the last degree. We
y shall introduce a bill creating q
! commssion, composed Of a very
few iolks and to be named later,
whose duty 1t will be to formulete
\ rules for the conduct of all the
people and to see that they are
obeyed, every offender to be put to
death through a slow process of
strangulation. We shall introduce
a bill declaring Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup the national bever.
! ase, the Declaration Of lndepend.
ence a humbue and the constitu.
Sharp County record., 1919-02-28
County Agent MCWiIliams
Addresses The Club Boys

Boys, 1t is time now to beglL
WORK on our task and test for this
year, Record books are being sent
out to you so that you may keep d
record OF what you do this year III
club work,
Pig club boys should weigh then
pigs, set down the age and weight,
and weigh ii at the first of ever,
month until our test is over in o.
toher. Keep a record of expens,
and feed fed to the pig,
Corn, cotton and peanut club boy,
shoulu .ly oll their acre and beglI
preparation. The following table
may be Of help to you; One acr,
contains 100 square rods or 4S4C
square yards or 43,560 square feet.
So you may use any Of the follow
ing dimensions, Rod measure, II
by IS, 8 by 20, s by 80 or 4 by 4O,
Feet measure, 10 by 396, go b.,
728, las by 800 or 100 by 1858.
| will be glad to help you.
l.. g. McWilliams,
County Agent,
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Must Pay For 45O,OOO

One of the bills to be presented
against the German government BY
France Is for the destruction ol
100000 houses, destroyed by the
Germans while occupying French
soil, This does not include factor
lee, It Is said, but 10 only the homes
Of the people laid low by the invad'
ere.
Sharp County record., 1919-02-28

Frank M. Parsons, aged SO, a
leading citizen and business man Of
Swifton, died last week.
Plans are maturing for the erec-
ton of new $4,000 W. O. W.
building at Walnut Ridge,
1t is reported that arrangements
have been made 70 sink we'll near
Newport in the hope Of finding gas
! or oil.
Edmund Brock of Jackson coun-
ty, who was reported killed in ac-
ton in France some time ago, ar
rived home last week.
The Woodmen of the World at
Tuckerman held a rally one night
this week, a which fifty new
members we're initiated.
1t is announced that growers in
the vicinity of Portia have pledged
themselves to plant $50 acres of
cantaloupes this season.
Barney Howard, a splendid young
man of Alicia, was buried there last
week. He died while in military
service at Camp Funston, Kansas,
Five road improvement districts
are already organized in Jackson
county under the Alexander law
and a sixth district is now in pros
peCt
One of the best school buildings
in the state has just been completed
at Tuckerman, at a cost of $4,000
Prof. j. G. Albright is principal Of
tllC bCllOUl tHtlt
Mrs. Marvin Cavitt OF Imboder
received a letter lately stating tina,
her husband had died of pneumonia
aboard a ship, while on his way
home from France.
Walter Griffin, a car repairer al
, Hoxie, was instantly killed severa
days ago when a switch engine
! backed up against car unde
which he was working,
A large acreage of wheat ha'
: been planted in Jackson county anC
the crop is looking good, An un
! usually large number Of farmers In
that county have. .sown oats.
The Gid correspondent OF the
Melbourne Times says; Andy War.
nett and p. A. Coleman are busy
trapping ground hogs, They have
caught two and are scratching for
another"
Edgar Robinson, a negro who has
been a familiar figure in the courts
at Newport for years, was sentenc'
ed last week by the Jackson county
circuit court to two years In the
penitentiary for selling whiskey,
Beginning March lst and con.
tinuine until the 9Th a Bible school,
under the auspices Of the Mountain
Home Baptist College, will be taught
at tnat place. Some of the leading
Bible instructors OF the country will
have charge of the work,
Ed Hopper, who conducts a livery
stable at Newport, pleaded guilty to
a charge of transporting wniskey in
to the state in circuit court at
Newport last week aud was fined
500 and costs, Another similar
charge aeainet Hopper was dismisS.
ed
A deed was filed for record In the
recorders office at BatesviIle a few
lays ago In which the consideration
VAS 100000, involving the sale Of
A 38.acre tract ol manganese land
lear pentefs Bluff The ealo was
made by j, B, Harvey, the purcbas'
.rs being A company Of BateSvllt
citizens.
A large number Of rural teachers
II Baxter county are now receiving
US per month for their 5efviees,
A very short time ago the average
Sharp County record., 1919-02-28

no bounds. We were in a smoke
screen that was very dense, and
through it we could see the great
gray forms of the tanks ambline
forward over logs, through thick un-
derbrush, mud and shell fire, for the
German was getting his wind up
and had begun shelllng.
1t was amusing to watch the
tanks advancing despite all OBJ
stacles, turning to the right and
left and crawling on and on like
gigantic turtles, splitting crimson
Jets of fame and streams of armor
spiercers.-. All this happened in the
deafening din of artillery, for the
night before the Australian infan-
try had moved up to the support
lines, and was belching at the rate
Of 18 or 20 shots minute each. 1t
was not long until our troops had
passed the Hindenburg line, and
were joined by the Australians, and
the enemy was showed back to Es-
tres.
Twill give you an idea of what
the Hindenburg line was. 1t was a
system of trenches that had all tie
advantages that enemy scientists
could give. Some of the dngouts
we're go feet deep, and some Of the
line dugouts would accommodate q
company Of soldiers. The trenches
were protected by well.constructed
barbed wire entanglements, and in
places where the ground was very
soft the trenches were made of con.
crete. Out in No Mans Land sys'
tematically built machine gun
nests, consisting of several machine
guns in a cluster, were established
The tanks soon made short work OF
them, running over them, as we'll al
the barbed wire, as if it were g
patch of weeds. The artillery would
concentrate a few guns on one Ger
tain place and fire a few shots, anC
teere would be nothins left but the
place where something was.
During this time | saw a very
thrilling air battle between foul
Foikers and four British scout
planes, The Folkers were all lost
and one scout plane landed behind
our lines. | also saw an air fight
one night that was made visible by
what appeared to be a thousand
searchhehts, but of this | will lell
you later. After we had accem'
pllshed in a little less than six
hours the job we were given three
days to do, we went out for a rest
On October 9Th we continued the
march north and east 20 kilometers,
and October Goth Fritz tried every
means in his power to stop US. he
put up his famous Prussian Guards
also his stalNart marines, but the
30th Division, U. S. A., composed
principally of Tennessee, North and
South Carolina troops, we're deter
mined to pnsh the enemy back
ward, and nothing but orders from
the commanding officer could stop
them. We suffered but little loss
at the Hindenburg line, while the
enemy's loss was great, both In
killed and prisoners. The prison
ers we're at once set to work re-
building the roads they had de-
strOyed. We soon learned not to
PICK up anything that was left be-
hind by the Getmans, for fear Of
mine explosions. One man in oul
division picked up a bayonet tha,
was sticking up beside the road
and the road was blown up and the
fellow crippled for lie,
There are many things that
would like to tell you, but as 0uI
division Is AWAITING transportation
back home, | nope to see you soon,
Your son,
II, K, Moore.
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NORTH ARKANSAS NEWS

in financing the church at that
place. He is asking that the ladies
OF his church and others who are
friendly to it sell all the eggs they
get on Sunday and donate the pro-
ceeds to the church.
The commissioners of the propos-
ed road from Cotter to Gamaliel, in
Baxter county, have sold the bonds
for the construction OF the road.
The bonds run twenty years and
bear five and a half per cent in
terest. They sold to Gunter & Co.
of Little Rock for 100 cents on the
dollar, the purchaser to pay all costs
Incidental to the issue.
One day last week t h e lizard
county paupers were awarded TOR
the ensuing year to A. F. Cooper of
Knob Creek, the present keeper, his
bid being $765 per month per pau
per. The Melbourne Times remarks
that This is rather low bid, con-
sidering recent quotations on pinto
beans and other articles OF food"
lizard county is caring for eleven
paupers.
Considerable commotion was
created in the MadaliDe theater at
; Newport one night lately when the
picture film caught fire. Some one
yelled Fire" and the crowd began
a wild stampede for the doors, II
cool heads had not guieted the
crowd it is declared children, and
perhaps men and women, would
have been trampled to death in the
mad rush.
A petition IS being circulated in
Independence county asking { h
people to take legal steps to build a
bridge acroas White river close to
Batcsville, connecting with I h 9
county south of the river. The pc.
g titi0n proposes that the bids be let
r to franchise companies for a certain
number Of years, and that a toll be
exaCted until the county becomes
owner of the bridge,
Representative W. M. Thompson
, of independence county has intro
duCed a bill in the house Of repre-.
sentative asking the legislature to
create an honorary commission Con-
sistins Of the governor, attorney
general and secretary of state, for
the purpose OF securing funds to the
extent of 100000 by popular con-
tributioD. for the purpose Of erecting
a.nausolUm in which shall be de.
posted the bodies Of soldiers killed
in the recent world war, when they
shall have been returned from
abroad.
At Cord one night last week Ozell
Rider, a small boy, was seriously in
jured when gun in the hands of a
young man named Haeuewood was
accidentally discharged Hague.
wood was spening the night at the
Rider home to protect the small
sons Of Mr. and Mrs, Rider, who
were spending the night at Bates.
vile, AS the boys we're retiring
Haguewood picked up Gun near
the bed to place II In the rack, Just
at this time the Rider lad raised up
10 bed and the Gun hammer ettuoA
the rack causing the gun to be die.
charged The load entered the boys
side.
Louis CJ3tell9 and Francisco
Martinez, two MeSicans wno srriv.
cd at Swiiton a lew weeks ago to
work on the railroad, engaged IN u
duel with knives one night last
week, with the result that Martinez
was Killed outright Costello died
from hie wounds lew day5 later
10 the jail al Newport wnefe he
was conveyed 5oon altsT the killing
The two men, with 0thst labotets
vunrp IN "A bDatdinu failtnl1 raf
Sharp County record., 1919-02-28
Tells OF FIGHTING
AGAINST GERMANS
@. S. Moore Has Good Letter
From His Son, Corporal
Hal R. Moore.

| ANAA NAAo SSAA, wa PN
Hal R. Moore.
Hal R. Moore, who saw consid.
cradle active service in the world
war, writes the following letter
from LIE Mons, France, to his faith
! er, O. S. Moore, Of Evening Shade:
Dear Father:-Now that I have
plenty of time to write, | will tell.
you of a few things that happened
since l left. On the morning of
May Goth we were told to assemble
our overseas equipment, and were
soon aboard a northbound train, to
where we did not know. May 22nd
we arrived at Camp Mills, N. T.,
and were there five days. May 9th
we sailed for Europe. Several days
out it graw very cold and foggy,
and one morning there was ice on
the deck. learned afterward that
we were then 80 miles off the south
coast of Iceland. The first sight of
land was the north coast of Scot
land, and after IL days of nothing
but water it was a welcome sight
We steamed down the west coast
of Scotland, passing the Isle Of Man
and on through the Irish Channel
into Liverpool harbor on June 7.
We went ashore next morning
and straightway entrained, proceed
ing by rail to London, then to Do
yer, arriving there June s, Next
day we embarked and went across
the English Channel to Calais,
france. There we were attached
to the British forces and moved in.
land, where we rested a month and
learned the British signal system,
We were then equipped and sent to
Walon, Belgium, about 7 miles from
Ypres. 1t was here that we first
saw the firing line,
We marched across the Belgium
boundary line July a. When we
arrived there that front was in a
quiet stage, and was an excellent
place to break IN new troops. 1t
was in the first days of September
when we left there, but the sector
was far from quiet then, for on
August 23d we started to change
the map OF that section and we did
1t, 100, and only used one brigade
The Germans seemed to resent it
Il guess because we deprived them
OF Klmmel Hill, which is the high.
est point in Belgium, and afforded
an excellent view of the country
and was of high military value.
Then they wanted YpreS and a
whole lot more that they we're
showed away from. Ypres was
once the finl st city in Belgium, but
now it is nothing but a pile of
orick dust,
Leaving Belgium we went to St,
Pol, France, for few days, then to
Lanlucourt for short time, then to
tue Somme front In motor trucks
NOW the story begins. On the
ulght OF September 22nd we arrived
d lew thousand yards behind the
lines under heavy shell lire, Here
We first met the Australians, and
lei me say they are an army OF
princes, On the morning Of Sep
tember 10Th we went into the lines
Inc major Of the battalion to which
was attached started up into pO'
slticn with his troops, aud ! shall
never forget that morning, 1t was
Z u. m. when we started up, and
We advanced about 1000 yards and
Matted and waited until zero hour
| About ten minutes before zero hour
| about 5000 machine guns were sud-
lenly turned loose, aud more than
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Personals

Mrs. Rosa South, Milwaukee
Wis. who has been visiting her
brother. Michael w. Flowers. S-5 >.
William ST.. for tie past week. let-
for ner home Wednesday night
Seret. Frank j. Bruggner. SO2nd
aero squadron, has arrived in New
York after 10 months IN France &C
cordmg TO word received by has par
ents
Miss Rridgie GorkoWsk 49,
Birdscl ST. has gone 10 Chicago 10
visit friends and relatives
Rev. and Mrs. J. w. Walker. Ia
coma. Wash. are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel Rich. S15 Leland
as. Rev. Walker was formerly pas
tor OF the Grace Methodist Episco-
pal church of this city
Miss Virginia Tut city librarian
Miss Mable Mixer of the high school
library. and Miss Inez Paul OF the
Washington branch went 10 Crown
Point. Ind. THURSDAY 90 attend the
district library meeting
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Lelohardt
500 clinton ST and Mr.. and Mrs
Allen Troop. $50 r. Keasey ST.. viii
motor TO Chicago Friday where they
viii spend the week end
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Wedel of
Crumstowp have received word of
the safe arrival in the United States
of their SON Pvt. Ralph Wedel OF
the 310th ambulance company. Pvt
Wedel who mas been overseas 70.
the past year. is now ar Camp DIX
Mrs. George r. Bin. 1905 : Mich
iEan ST. has returned from Indian
apolis where she has been the guest
of Miss Jessie a. Valentine
Or William a. Weiser Of Bour-
bon. spent Thursday IN the city as
the guest of friends here
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Red Cross GiUeS
Certificates to
Women Workers

The women of 81. Joseph county
who served 500 hours or more in
Red Cross work. dating from April
g. 1917. are etitled 10 a certificate
which carries with il the right 10
purchase and wear the Red Cross
official general service insignia.
A committee consisting of Mrs.
Frank Warner Mrs. Horace Greene,
Mrs Howard Woolverton. Mrs.
Harry Engman. Miss Geraldine Rob
ertson and Miss Kathryn Carlisle.
who served as heads of departments
and in other capacities at tho Red
Cross work shop for Is months, has
been appointed by the local Red
Cross chapter 10 superintend the is
suance of these certificates.
The committee viii meet AT the
Chamber Of Commerce Monday af-
ternoon. June .. at $50 o'clock and
all women who have worked in the
Red Cross and know that they are
entitled 10 the certificate are asked
TO call there while the committee
is in session
The American Red Cross has au-
thorized the issuance of these Ger
tincates IN recognition of the loyal
service given by the men and women
workers of the Red Cross The
minimum service for which a badge
suspended from blue ribbon can
be given is 500 hours, no recOgni-
tiou being granted for service prior
to April o. 1917. For convenience
the periods of service have been
divided into six months each. For
the first six months with a minimum
of 500 hours each woman should re-
ceive badge with "A plain blue rib
bon. for twelve months blue rib
bon with one white stripe and for
Is months blue ribbon with two
W hite stripes.
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versary Of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Harry Ia borowski. more than 20
relatives and friends surprised them
Wednesday evening at their home.
Indiana av Cut flowers decorated
the rooms Dancing and vicuola
music formed the evenings diver
sions, and refreshments We're served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zaborowski were pre-
scented with pretty gifts from the
guests.
The gymnasium class Of Lady
Falcons NJ Romanowski VIII hold
its exercises Friday evening at
Kosciuszko hail. 5. Chaplin St
TIE Junior and senior classes of
Lady Falcons. ] Balicki, will hold
their exercises Friday evening at 1870
o'clock at 4. Balicki hall w. Divi-
sion ST.
The pupils of the third grade of
st Hedwige's school were entertain
ed at "a delightful May party Wed
nesday afternoon at the class room.
The afternoon was spent socially with
victrola music. program of reel
tations vocal solos and singing was
rendered by the following Reel
ton. Helen Chlebowska. Jeanette
Drejer. HedWige Kimmel. O. Pie
chowicz and A Dobski. vocal solo.
Martha SzymanOwska. Helen Smo-
gor Sophia Hoffman. Norberta
AndrZejewska and Hylaria GOrna
recitation. Hedwige Smogor Helen
Kurdys. Mildred Palka, n. Kowal-
ska Alice Buczkowska Stella No
wax, +. Palka and NJ. Lewandow-
ska, chorus. star Spangled Ban
ner." 10y the pupils. Dainty refresh
ments were served 10y the teacher
Venerable Sister NJ. Nerena. The
room was decorated with profusion
of spring flowers and ferns.
A very delightful dancing party
was given Wednesday night by
members of the gymnasium class OF
Lady Falcons. VI. ROmanOwski, in
the kosciuszko hall. :. Chaplin 81.
More than 200 people we're present,
and G. l.. Luzny's orchestra played
the program of dances. The hall
was 1-.r, ctiVely decorated with
maple leaves and bunting. F.e-
freshments were served during the
evening
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on MAY g. shortly after which he
was brought 20 Missouri and con-
fined at Butler Mo. the authorities
ar that time believing that ha would
not be safe at Lamar because OF the
intense feeling
After his return 10 Butler Lynch
confessed that ne had tramped
through the country surrounding
Lamar after his escape and al one
time Swhile being trailed los the
posse with bloodhoundS had stood
on one OF the street corners of the
town and watched the posse work
While Lynch made no confession a.
10 where he had obtained the wea
pen which he used TO Kill Sheriff
Harlow and his son. his mother and
wife We're supposed 10 have SNUG
gled 10 10 him. They were held i'm
mediatcly after his escape on the
charge of being accessories To the
crime