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The Washington times., 1919-06-18
SOUTH WILL SEND
COTTON BY PLANE

bale OF cotton is to be given an
aerial joy ride in the near future.
The bale. offered by the Chamber of
Commerce Of Americas, Ga. will be
carried. probably, in a De Haviland 4,
with an army aviator as pilot, to the
Merrimac Manufacturing Company at
Lowell. Mass. Here it will be manu-
featured into print cloth Of a specially
prepared design submitted by the Air
Service Pieces of the cloth will be
distributed by airplane as a souvenir
representing aerial progress in the
transportation Of raw material from
the cotton fields OF the South to the
factories of the North TO be manu-
featured and distributed as a finished
product.
Mayor Perry d. Thompson. of
Lowell. has completed arrangements
to give the cotton a warm welcome,
and il is understood that a recep-
ton committee will escort the cotton
through the Merrimac mills.
]. Fl. Hightower, president of the
Americas Chamber of Commerce, has
agreed to arrange for having the cot
ton suitably compressed, so as to save
space in the airplane.
Orders have been issued by the
Army Air Service to the commanding
officer at Souther Field, near Ameri-
Gus. to provide the plane and assign
an officer to make the flight. and to
the Air Service officer of the North
eastern Department at Boston to
designate a suitable landing field at
Lowell.
The airline distance via Washing
ton and New York is about HOO
miles.
The Washington times., 1919-06-18
BEER BAN ILLEGAL,
ROOT TELLS COURT

NEW YORK. June 1S.-Elihu Root
declared Congress exceeded its pow
ers" in enacting the wartime prohi-
bition law and that 1.-The Collector of
Internal Revenue holds the brewers
Of the United States in the hollow OF
his hand" in the course of his aTgu-
ment in the United States circuit
court of appeals here. He spoke
against the Governments appeal to
set aside the temporary injunction
granted a month ago by Federal
Judges Hand and Mayer. The in
junction restraints United States Dis
trict Attorney Caffey and Acting Col
lcCtOr of Internal Revenue McEll.gott
from prosecuting brewers or interior
ing with their production Of 2& per
cent beer.
THE brewers" he said. "are bound
hand and foot under the law, even
though they are engaged in the man
ufacture Of 2% per cent beer. They
are not alone subject to prosecution
under the wartime measure but ID
concerted prosecution under the in
ternal revenue law"
Referring to President wilson's
recommendation on May 20 to lift the
ban on the manufacture and sale of
malt and vinous liquors, he said:
THE recommendation did not speci-
fy distilled liquors, but the President,
as chief of the armies
and the person charged chiefly with
the conduct OF the war, stated that
rehabilitation had so far progressed
that he regarded it safe to resume
the manufacture and sale of wine
and beer"
Assistant Attorney General Fits,
who followed Mr.. Root, denied the
right Of the Federal district court to
enjoin the United States attorney
from enforcing the criminal statutes
of the United States.
The Washington times., 1919-06-18
HEARING IN WOOD CASE
POSTPONED BY COURT

The hearing in the case of Miss
Alice Wood to require the Board OF
Education to show cause why 10
should not be compelled to pay her
one weeks back salary has been post
poned from Saturday until next week,
either Tuesday or "wednesday. JUS
tice Stafford certified the case to Jus
tice Hitz.
The Washington times., 1919-06-18
HOOVER TO RETURN
FOR JULY REPORT

Herbert Hoover will return to the
United States next month TO make
his report to Congress on food admin
istration work, cables to Ad
ministration officials here stated to-
day.
Immediately upon completion OF the
report. which officials say will show
that all of the S10O.Oo0,O00 revolving
fund granted to carry out food re-
striction will in A few years be re-
turned to the Govrnment, Hoover's
resignation will be accepted by the
President. Hoover may return in the
Presidents party, it was stated.
Money means work. Don't labor for
triViaIIties. Save your labor and buy
Stamps.
The Washington times., 1919-06-18
SENATE TO TALK BY
DAY, WORK BY NIGHT

From today on the speechmakers
are to have the days and the law
makers the nights, in the Senate.
With FIVE big appropriation bills
remaining to be passed and only ten
working days until July l. Senate
leaders decided on an overtime pro-
gram as the only hope of Circumvent-
ing the League Of Nations debate.
After the spccchmakers all go
home, the twelve or fifteen of us who
are left will try to do some business"
said Senator Kenyon.
The Washington times., 1919-06-18
HOLDS SALES. VOID UNLESS
STOCKS GET STATES O. K.

LANSING, Mich, June 1S.-In a de
cision said TO be the most far-reach-
ing ever rendered in any State hav-
ing blue sky laws, the Michigan su-
preme court yesterday held the sale
of any stock not approved by the
State securities commission is void
The question came before the court in
the case OF a Sault Ste Marie man.
who refused to pay for stock in an
Arizona company. which had not been
approved by the commission
The Washington times., 1919-06-18
JUICE
FOR FRECKLES
Cars! Make beauty lotion fOC
afew centS-Try it'll

into a bottle containing three
ounces Of orchard white, shake well
and you have q quarter pint OF the
best freclIIe and tan lotion and COM
plexion beautiher. at very, very
small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces Of orchard
white for a few cents. Massage this
sweetly fragrant lotion into the
face, neck, arms and hands each
day and see how freckles and blem-
fishes disappear ana how clear. soft,
and rosy-whits the skin becomes.
Yes! II is harmless and never trrt
tGteG.
The Washington times., 1919-06-18
MAKE MODERN GODTVA
OF PHILADELPHIA YANK

PHILADELPHIA, June 1S.-An
army uniform comprised the entire
wardrobe of George Katzenbacker
and when officers confiscated it, he
was likened unto Ajax in his nudity.
kindly judge presented him with
a suit of clothes, and he jaunted mer-
rily on his way
The Washington times., 1919-06-18

MONTICELLO. Ind, June a.
LemiaI Potts. thirty-fiVs. and his two
sons, Ernest, eleven, and Everett
nine. were found shot to death yes-
terday In their home. Mrs Potts said
she missed her husband, and wban
she started to search for him, found
the bodies. Potts she said recently
had worried about business natter.
The Washington times., 1919-06-18

This action followed several hours
after S. L. Lupton and other members
OF the state assembly had filed with
the governors office q petition re
ouesting the extra session. The mat
ter of Virginia obtaining Federal ap-
preparations for new highways will
be considered.
Governor Davis also announced that
the ten vacancies now existing in the
state assembly would be filled prior
10 the date for the extra session.
Think In IntereEt-your own inter
eGt-saVe and invest.
The Washington times., 1919-06-18
VA. LEGISLATURE TO
.HOLDEXTRASESSION

RICHMOND, Va. June 1s.-Gover-
nor westmoreland Davis has called a
special session of the State leEisla-
tuFe for August Is.
The Washington times., 1919-06-18

Drops Of magic! Apply a little
Freezone on that bothersome corn, in
stantly that corn stops hurting, then
you lift IL off with the fingers. No
pain at all Try il!
Why wait? Your druggist sells a
tiny bottle OF Freezone for a few cents,
sufficient TO rid your feet of every hard
corn. soft corn, or corn between the
toes, and calluSss, without soreness St
all.
The Washington times., 1919-06-18

Z Classified advertising has had tremen-
douS growth because it is "the advertising
of the people for the people" The CLASH
fed pages are daily market-place where
human wants are advertised and exchanged
The Washington times., 1919-06-18

T No matter what you want, you can get
it by becoming an advertiser in the CLASH
fed columns. That is why Want Ad ad-
vertising has grown and is still growing.
1T is A MEDIUM OF PUBLIC SERVICE
THAT is BECOMING MORE AND MORE
APPRECIATED BY THE PUBLIC.
The Washington times., 1919-06-18

FOf course, Classified advertising was
something new in those days. But did you
ever stop to think how tremendously the
volume of such advertising carried by
modern newspapers has increased? Today
the Kansas City Star carries in its daily
issue twenty or more columns of Want
Ads, under goodness knows how many
claSsifcationS
The Washington times., 1919-06-18

4 The first thing looked for was the
Classified or Want Ads The sum total of
Want Ads carried in this first issue of the
Star would make about three-quarerS of
a column in this newspaper. There were
only dozen classifcations-"Bo Boarding."
ITO Rent and Miscellaneous.
The Washington times., 1919-06-18

7 SAW copy of the first edition of the
i Kansas City Evening Star the other
day. dated September 1S, 1880. 1t
was a little four-page newspaper, with six
columns to page, and the page was about
two-thirdS the size of the newspaper
page you are holding.
Sharp County record., 1919-02-07
road fund unexpended.


1t is unnecessary to call the At
tention Of those who are familiar
with the Alexander law to the fact
that no commissioner is entitled to
fees as president of the board or as
secretary of the board. The com.
missioners are entitled to SIS a day
each for each day Of their time
they devote to the business OF the
road. Under the law they are not
entitled to a penny for services as
officials OF the board of commits.
sioners, Under the law the county
court may fix the salary of the
commissioners at any sum not to
exceed SIS per day each for each
day they devote to road business,
and 1t is fair to all concerned to as
sumo that the county court in this
county made provision that the
commissioners should have the last
lingering cent the law would permit.
This article may be continued
next week Again, it may not.
Sharp County record., 1919-02-07

PUBLIC SALE-I will sell at
public auction at my farm, IL
mile east Of Sidney, on Saturday,
February 8, part of my house.
mold GOODS, all Of my farming tools,
some feed, consisting of corn, cotton
seed and rodshness Sale begins at
10 o'clock a. m. Everything offer.
cd must sell to the highest and best
bidder will also offer 8 mules, a
wagon and harness IL not sold be.
lore date Of sale, S. L, Evans.
Barnett Bros, Mere, Co., Bates
vllle' have just unloaded a car of
owensboro wagons.
Sharp County record., 1919-02-07

John r Edwards returned
day from Batesville, Sh'
spent a day or two on b
matters.
STRAYED-Natural muIt
sey heifer from Porter la'
and split in right and hole
ear. Reward for infaI
Elmer Atkinson, Evening Sh
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the supreme court for the defeated
party, which, we believe, is a little
unusual and extraordinary.
This suit is scheduled to be heard
in the supreme court on February
II.
Why the activities of the com.
missioners against themselves?
All along the commissioners have
treated the road proposition as il it
were a matter Of their own private
individual business only, and as il
the taxpayers of the district had nc
r ghts or Interest in it whatever
TIE citizen of the district can come
about as near finding out the pri.
vate affairs of John D. Rockefeller
as he can the public affairs of Road
Improvement District No. l. Just
why the commissioners have stead
lily maintained the strictest secrecy
10 the transaction Of this public
business we are unable to say, but
we make the above statements
without the fear that they will be
successfully contradicted.
However, it is currently reported
and generally believed that the
commissioners have sold the bonds
of the district to N. W. Elkins Of
Sheridan, Arkansas, at SO 1.2 cents
on the dollar.
Such a thing as an interest
bearing road bond selling in Arkan.
sas for less than 100 cents on the
dollar is, we say to you, something
unprecedented. In a great major.
ity of cases road bonds sell at from
| to z cents above par value.
That is not all. Some months
ago the Vim. R. Compton Co. Of
st. Louis wrote the attorney for the
commissioners Offering 100 cents on
the dollar for the bonds Of the dis
trict. This letter was turned over
to the commissioners, who mus,
have never taken up the matter
with this company. We say that
because the Compton Co. has since
written more letters to the attorney
making further inquiries about the
bonds and il their bid might be
considered. This correspondence
would certainly have been don't
with the commissioners If the com
missioners had ever made themsel
YES known to the company,
1t Is up to the commissioners tt
explain why they sold the bonds a,
a less price than they had been Of
fered for them.
But the man to whom the bond,
have been contracted will not &C.
cept the bonds and deliver the
money until the validity Of the dis
trict has been established in the
highest court in the state.
And there you have the reason
for the activities of the commission
ers in a lawsuit they bring against
themselves.
1t Is currently reported and GEN
orally believed that the commits
sions have let a contract for The
construction of the road, aud tha,
this contract gives the contractors
s per cent of The cost of the road
IOf The wcrk Of construction,
Get that, now, The contract
does not give the builder q stipu'
lated sum per mile, but merely iS
per cent Of the entire cost Of the
road, Thus the district takes ev'
cry hazard In the matter.
Thus II the road costs S50,00t
the contractors will make more oul
Of the job than II II should cost
only $25,0O0, II the read should
cost a million dollars, so much the
better for the contractors,
That form Of contract Is an out
rage, We submit that there Is not
a sane business man on the face Of
the earth that Wolld make thnt
Sharp County record., 1919-02-07

ment of a contract like that at the
expense Of the men, women and
children of the district.
II there is ne virtue in tho Law Of
the land; If those who are charged with
the responsibility Of protecting the
people will not do il, then the people
must protect themselves. II any
contractors ever attempt to enter
this district to begin a contract
like the one we have described above
they should be met at the line BY
every honest man in the district and
forbidden to come further on their
mission Of despoIiation.
The day is too damned late for a
revival of carpetbaesery in this
country.
But the contractors will not
strike lick on the road until the
money is available on the bonds.
And there you have another
reason for the activities of the COM
missioners in a lawsuit they bring
against themselves.
AS stated before, this case will
come up in the supreme court on
February II, when it will no doubt
be decided in favor Of the commits.
sioners. No other side is represented
in the court. There will be no con-
test in the matter. The commits
sioners are represented by Rose,
Hemingway. Cantrell 4 LOughbor.
oueh, who are also supposed to be
representing A, W. Cochran, the
feure.head complainant, and who
are also attorneys for the buyer Of
the bonds. If that is not an uRusu.
al situation, please show us some.
thing unusual ..
Here Is the main point we have
been leading to in this article;
If the present commissioners are
commissioners when this case is
decided in the supreme court on the
17th Of February in their favor
they will no doubt Immediately de-
liver the bonds and accept the
money for them. Thus there will
have been forced upon the district
a sale Of bonds at the low price Of
SO l-2 cents on the dollar. They
will no doubt close up the contract
for the construction Of the road at
a price Of Is per cent Of the cost of
the road, Thus there will be fast.
ened upon the district a contract
that Is vicious in its possibilities.
If these commissioners are not
commissioners when this case is
decided In the supreme court In
their favor, then they will be pow
erless to close these two contracts,
and we can safely say they will
never be closed.
In Gods name, will the county
Judge Of this county, who has au-
thority in this matter, when he Is
acquainted with the situation. per.
NIT this thing TO continue until Il 10
too late to apply the remedy, 49,
We wish II understood that We
are not talking about these three
commissioners as individuals. We
have not the slightest thing In the
world to urge against them as men.
We are talking about them as pub.
lie officials, or holders Of a public
trust, as any citizen has a right to
do. No holder Of public trust can
set himself upon pedestal above
the legitimate criticism Of his con.
stituents, and these commissioners
can have no just oaense at what
we say, unless we misrepresent the
facts, II we do misreprcsent the
facts, then we will gladly, and pub.
licly, make any corrections to which
our attention Is called.
Section 80 Of the Alexander law,
under which the commissioners ore
supposed to be working, says that
durind the mAnth NJ Saat.o.k.s ~
Sharp County record., 1919-02-07
SEEN AS THROUGH
A GIL ASS DARKLY
Do We Not Need An Adjust
ment Of Affairs In Road
District No. 1?

payers are interested parties in a
lawsuit before the supreme court Of
the state when they were not aware
that the suit was pending, yet we
think we have an instance of that
kind on hand now.
Last December the commission
ers of Road Improvement District
No. launched a lawsuit against
themselves. The case is styled
A. W. Cochran vs. G. H, Matheny,
T. j. Davidson and NJ. J. Simpson,
Commissioners of Road Improve
ment District No. /.
Mr.. Cochran is a resident of
Evening Shade, and never saw or
signed the complaint against the
commissioners.
The complaint asks that Messrs.
Matheny, Davidson and Simpson
be restrained from acting as COM
misSiOners OF SAID district and that
the organization of the district be
declared void, on the ground that
the commissioners would issue ne
gotiable bonds, which would consti-
tute a cloud upon the. title of Coch-
rams lands
An answer to this complaint says
the commissioners demur, because
the complaint does not state facts
sufficient to constitute cause Of
action.
Now, then, the stage is set, and
we are all ready for the administra-
tion of the law on the subject.
The commissioners, unknown to
the people of the district, have filed
a complaint against themselves
The commissioners, still unknown
to the people of the district, have,
In behalf of themselves, demurred
to the complaint, which they made
against themselves. A diagnosis
Of this proposition is really one Of
the most interesting jobs we have
ever undertaken.
But, before we 60 further, it
ought to be said that the papers in
this case were prepared by a Little
Rock firm of lawyers, Rose, Hem
ingway, Cantrell g. Louehborough,
in spite of the fact that the attor-
ney for the district resides in Even
ing Shade. The attorney for the
district was not consulted about
this proceeding, for fear, probably,
that the affairs of the district might
become too public should this law.
suit be started at home, and that
should the people of the district
know too much about what was
going on, something might be start
ed that would lead into something
else and be nard to stop.
But, we must get back to that
lawsuit
Returning from Little Rock, as
good fortune would have it, one of
the commissioners met with judge
George T. Humphries on the train,
who, quite accommodatinely, con.
vened chancery court in vacation,
Somewhere on the train between
Hoxie and Hardy Judge Humphries
decided the case, ruling against the
Cochran complaint and sustaining
the commissioners
The decree entered of record by
Judge Humphries In this case is 50
interesting TINT we print It below,
without comment, The decree is
dated December %, 1918, and is as
follows;
This cause being submitted to
the Chancellor in vacation, In
pursuance to the stipulation Of
counsel, on the complaint and
answer and exhibits thereto, and
on the demurrer to the com
plant, and the court being suf-
fciently advised In the premises,
il finds that said demurrer should
be sustained, and the plaintiff
declining to plead further, 1t Is con-
Sharp County record., 1919-02-07
Northern District

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day, Feb. II, Ash Flat Tuesday a0' Wv
Fob. 1919. ann. n,
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Feb, 20. Ga.
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North Lebanon Township S''"
Feb, 20, .,. r,,.
South Union Township, Martins W"
House, Monday, Feb, a. .,,0 M, h
North Union Township h', 's o.,UI
Fob. 2b, from s n. M to ~ ,.r W" '
House. Tuesday, Feb, sS' from ,.,,',s WV gs
Upper North Township """'
and Thursday, Feb, 1921 s,,sI
Lower North Township .os ~, a
Friday, Feb. 2O, from lOa M wsr rs,,ssi
jackson Township, Wil'''0'0'
Monday, March l'o' ,.., ,lsVs
Hardy Township, ilardy o0v', A "a An
To 8 inclusive, and from Mafen ~"d Az, d
Given under my hand this ''0 wv
eer' 1913 amn't
Sheriff and Collector o''''
Sharp County record., 1919-02-07


the amount paid out, with proper
vouchers for such payments and
such settlement shall lie over iof
one month from the date OF filing
for examination and, adjustment
The purpose of this section OF the
law is apparent. That section gives
the people of the district an oppor'
tunity to see for themselves how
their business is being transacted
and to protest against the payment
of unjust claims, should any such
claims appear. .
The same section makes it the
duty Of the county court, after a
month has expired from the date OF
the filing Of the settlement, to purge
the settlement Of all unjust charges
and credits, and then the matter is
not finally settled, but the law says
the settlement is subject to a re-
examination by the chancery court
for error, mistake or fraud.
No such settlement as this has
ever been required by the county
court Of the commissioners Of Road
Improvement District No. !, nor
have these commissioners ever
made such a settlement, either in
September or any other month OF
the year.
There is not one scratch of the
pen in the court house to show that
these commissioners have made
any sort Of settlement from the
day they were appointed in August,
1917, to this good day.
The Record is able to reproduce
below a copy Of the expenditures
OF the commissioners up to the
first day Of the present year, and so
far as the vouchers reveal, what
these expenditures were made for,
These vouchers were examined at
the Bank Of Evening Shade, which
institution has violated no rule Of Sc
crecy, because any taxpayer Of the
district would certainly have the
right to examine these vouchers
In fact, the whole financial tran.
sactions Of the commissioners
should be a matter of public record
at the court house, according to the
law, subject to the inspection Of all
interested parties.
Voucher No. l. H, J. Radcliffe,
making record, $50.
! Voucher No. 2, G. H. Matheny,
expenses on board business to Lit.
tie Rock; 1854.
Voucher No. 3. G. H. Matheny,
services at meetings Of the board,
$6S.
Voucher No. 4. NJ. J. Simpson,
services as member Of the board,
$50.
Voucher No. S. T. J. Davidson
expenses as secretary, $60.19.
Voucher No. 6. T. j. Davidson,
services as secretary, $l65.
Voucher No. 7. H. J. Radcliffe,
transcripts, etc., $lO685.
Voucher No. s. W. T. Horn, ex.
penses. $3038
Voucher No. g. Bank Of Even.
ine Shade, note due, Sl04 81,
Voucher No. 10. John Edwards
fees as assessor. $l750.
Voucher No. II. C C. Price,
fees as assessor, $40.
Voucher No. IL. 0. c. Shaver
fees as assessor, Sis.
Voucher No, IS. c. L. Coeer
legal advertising, $3.50,
Voucher No. IA. r. G. Davidson,
making assessment book, $50.
Voucher No. IS. c. L. Coger, le-
Del advertising, $3.50,
Voucher No, l6, T, |, Herrn, at.
torney fees, $500.
Voucher No. II. 7. J. Davidson,
services as secretary, $3.50.
Voucher No, 18. G. H Matheny,
Sharp County record., 1919-02-07
Southern District

piney Fork Township, Evening o.. ~,
Fob. g 10 Feb. 10 inclusive and from ~
April 10.
Sharp County record., 1919-02-07
COLLECTORS M01||

Notice Ia hereby given that Ernest nv
az Collector, will meet the tAxpg" q
lous townships Of Sharp County hn
the places and on the dates mcn'Ionc
the purpose Of collecting the taxes 'a
1918. All persons desiring topay on y
will please brins correct descrip''0" "
order 10 avoid errors and dehy'