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Sharp County record., 1919-03-07
THE INTEREST RATE


A numter of members of the
lower ho-se of the general assem-
bly las. week voted against the bill
to redsce the legal rate Of interest
In this state from 10 to Sper cent
on the ground that the measure
would drive capital out of the
state.
Yet we doubt very much if cap.
ital cares one whit whether the
leeaI rate of interest in Arkansas is
s per cent, or 10 per cent, or IL per
cent.
When we speak of capital we
mean CAPITAL; not the man who
has few hundred dollars to loan,
but the man or company OF men
who have tens Of thousands of dol.
lars TO invest.
Capital demands security, and
the interest rate is second consjd.
GRAFTON. Capital would be tickled
to death to get into state where
it could invest its money at q per
cent. Capital has very little money
loaned in Arkansas, or elsewhere,
at 8 per cent.
No?
Then why do road bonds sold
everywhere draw only five and six
per cent? Because the security is
good, and capital can't beat it for
an investment.
" Why do the large insurance com.
panies offer to loan money at 5 and
6 per cent Because they get gilt
N edged security, and can Get rich at
that rate of interest.
Why are the papers now full OF
offers of concerns Of not 60 far be-
low par for Liberty Bonds, which
bear only a ia per cent interest.
Because the security is the best in
the world, aud capital knows exact
ly how to get rich,
Capital doesn't expect to loan
money at 10 per cent interest, and
Y couldn't if it tried. .-4-s+-.- -.-. -...-
u The man who has $4,000 bor-
rowed is not paying 10 per cent in.
y terest. He has the security or ne
wouldn't get the money, and he
wouldn't think Of paying 10 per
cent.
But capital does not loan the aver
age man money when he wants $50,
$500 or $780, Capital does not do
that small business, and right
here is the exact spot where the
benefits Of a reduction Of the inter-
est rate would begin and end.
Capital will never bulge an inch
4 from Arkansas because of a reduc-
ton of the interest rate to 8 per
cent, simply because that is more
interest than capital is getting now,
Why don't we come clean and
tell the truthY The only man in
Arkansas who Is paying 10 per
cent interest today is the one-horse
fellow who bOrrows small amounts
OF money and who has to rustic for
his security.
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Sharp County record., 1919-03-07
NORTH ARKANSAS NEWS

AhC 0uoAu ouyo oosSoVhsS $4,000
; more houses for rent.
Mrs. Leon Whitner Of Floral was
placed in the state hospital fol
; nervous diseases last week.
There will not be many dogs
around here at tax assessing time,
says the McFadden correspondent
of the Newport Independent.
A good mule, the property oi
, W. D. Wallace Of Lunenbure town
, ship, lizard county, dropped dead
one day last week while hitcheds to
: wagon.
Mrs. J. R. Richardson of the Oak
Hill neishborhood, Independence
county, fell from porch at her
home a few days ago and sustained
a broken arm.
Circuit court will convene at
Mountain Home next Monday.
There are only ten criminal cases
on the docket, and they are all Of
minor importance.
! W. A. Krimminger lately sold
100 acres Of Randolph county land,
located in Cherokee Bay, to Tom
Robinson and P. J. Franklin Of
Springfield, Mo-, for $4,000.
H. B. Aylor Of Mountain Home,
clerk of Baxter county, has made
application to one Of the govern
ment fish hatcheries for 10000
black bass for Northfork river and
10000 for White river.
The fret National Bank Of New
port announces that it will furnish
free to each boy in Jackson county
the seed for their corn club acre.
The seed the bank is furnishing the
boys cost $3.50 a bushel.
The Baxte. county Jail at Noun
tain Home has had but one 0ccu-
pant during the last six Eionths,
That was at Christmas time, and
the unfortunate one was confined
only long enough to sober up.
A movement has been started by
graduates Of Arkansas College at
Batesville to raise $4,000 for q
fund to refurnish the music rooms
of the college and to place five new
pianos in the building next year.
E. A. Anderson OF Larkin. lizard
county, suffered a broken lee one
day last week while riding on the
running gear Of his wagon. One Of
his feet caught on a stump and
broke the leg below the knee in two
places.
Citizens Of Mountain Home have
raised fund OF $500 to aid In
erecting a new dormitory for Noun
tain Home College. The dormitory
is to cost about $4,000. This
colleee is one Of a chain Of schools
maintained by the Baptists.
}. G. Hazelriee a well known citi'
zen Of Salado, exerienced a very
severe attack Of hiccoushs lately
which refused to yield to treatment
for several days. Finally physicians
succeeded in putting the patient to
sleep when the hiccouehine ceased
The members Of the Methodist
: church at Mountain Home have de-
ciied to erect a new church build
) ius. Tue edifce will be put up OF
; concrete, brick or stone, and will
cost $4,000. The Baptists OF
Mountain Home will also build q
new place Of worship.
All last fall and winter an old
! c,w with bell on as biz as Q
candy bucket ran amuck In The
east end OF town, Joe Lewis soit
taal he heard that bell IN hit
dreams until h Q milk that ht
drank jiusled 40 II went down hI'
tnroat.-Batesville Record.
Mrs. Virginia Hobgood Of Newpol,
Sharp County record., 1919-03-07

for either wholesalers or retailers t
make a profit. You will remember
too, that the government kept sucl
a close watch on manufacturers
wholesalers and retailers that pro-
iteering was supposed to be pre-
vented. Now since it is all over
an official inquiry proves that las
year the net profits of the few BIZ
packing companies was only
measley fifteen million dollars
Really, ought not some tender
hearted congressman propose bill
to reimburse the packers from tht
public treasury? They certainl.
ought not to be expected to ruI
their meat plants whole year fol
only fifteen million dollars.
90
The Sharp County Record, one
Of the best county papers in the
state, has entered upon its forty
second year. Editor Coeer has
the faculy of getting more news
ia the same amount Of space
than any other editor we know
of.-Batesville Record.
The reason for that is plain
enough. We are located in com
munity where there are a multi
tude Of interesting happenings, and
we are not put to the necessity ol
printing foolishness and frivolities
That is not saying we print all the
interesting happenings around here
mind you. We have never ceased
to value our hide, and, since one
war is over, we don't care to start
another one
90
DR.. John W. Kennedy, a promi'
nent dentist of Boston, Nastychu.
setts, declares that thousands Of
persons Of both sexes are suffering
from pyhorrea, a disease of the
gums, having become victims Of the
ailment through Kissing. He adds
that the trouble Is more prevalent
among blondes than brunettes. W.
do not expect the publication o1
this article to have a particle Of ef'
feet on those spooners who read it
either blondes or brunettes. The
tact is, we advise them to 90 aheaC
with their business, just as If there
were no pyhorrea and dentists il
Boston.
90
Rev. J. W. Black Is erecting a
new smokehouse on the Method
ist parsonage property here. The
good brother could have saved
this expense by borrowing the
editors smokehouse, for which he
has little need.-Melbourne Times
Of all men on earth who do no
need a smokenouse the newspaper
man undoubtedly comes first, will
the Methodist pastor probably run
ming a close second. These indi'
vidua,s could usually form a part
nership and put their meat away Ii
a cracker box.
90
A French law which requires
American soldiers to present officit
birth certificates before marriage Il
said to have prevented a lare'
number Of Yank soldiers from mar
ryine French maids, We canno
see the necessity for law Of thi
kind. The fact that a soldier i
alive and wanting to marry Is proc
enough that he haa been borI
somewhere, sometime.
90
There are q dleoed sight moi
vaerants In this country than yo'
might think, II you don't belieV
this statement, look at the law booI
and be convinced
Sharp County record., 1919-03-07

Gil that no person be allowed to
, keep hogs within the city limits ex.
: cept from the first day of October
until the first of March, and that
not more than two hogs be kept by
) any one person at one time.
Frank johnson, a negro. who
shot and killed his wife and another
negro woman and wounded two
negro men about a year ago near
Newport, died at the insane asylum
at Little Rock last week. He leap
ed from second-story window at
the. asylum and received Injuries
that caused his death.
Will Davis, charged with the
murder of John Barton near New.
port last November, was found
guilt in circuit court at Newport
last week and sentenced to 81 years
in the penitentiary. There were no
witnesses to the killing. The men
met in the road and quarreled, Dav-
is shooting Barton to death.
Last week Victor King arrived at
his home at Amos, Baxter county,
after an absence Of several years
Mr.. Kings parents did not know
what had become Of him, and had
given him up as dead. He has
been in some Of the western states,
where he located a homestead and
had been making his home.
A small son of E. A. Ellis Of
Salem was bitten several days AGO
by dog. A few days later another
dog belonging to Mr.. Ellis develop.
ed what was thought to be hydro
phobia, after beina bitten by the first
dog, which was sick at the time the
boy was bitten. The dogs we're kill
ed, and the boy was taken to Little
Rock for treatment.
Dan Finley aud Bob Kennedy
were arraisned before a justice Of
the peace at Batesville Friday on Q
charge Of grand larceny, and both
were held to the grand jury. 1t is
alleged that they forcibly opened q
trunk belonging to Mrs. Julia Smith
lin the hope Of securing some
whiskey, and the evidence disclosed
that their hopes were realized.
The keepers of the paupers in
Jackson county receives Sis q
month per pauper for his care Ct
the unfortunates, which the New
port Independent says Is inadequate
to properly care for the charges In
these times of high prices. The
Jackson county grand jury In a re-
cent report depicted conditions at
the county poor farm that are de-
plorable.
At Batesville one day lately Del
bert Lawhorn Of the Cave Creek
neiehborbood was acquitted before
a justice Of the peace on the charge
OF attempt to kill, but was fined $50
for carrying pistol. His arrest
; followed some trouble at the home
Of his father.ip-law, John Reave'
when Lawhorn went there to Induce
his wife, who had lett their home
; to return with him,
J.C, Yancey Of Batesville, wGC
was recently DISCHARGED from the
military service at Camp Pike, pre-
ceeded to dress up in a major {
uniform last week and 60 out OF
dress parade. He was making hin
self quite conspicuous In the Hotc
Marion at Little Rock when he wa
arrested by military authorities ol
} the charge Of impersonating an o.
icer, and bound over to the CRANE
jury
Sheriff Noah Harris Of lndepen,
enee county last week arrested Junt
Perrin Of Cord, who 10 charged witt
being q deserter from the army
| l..,i,a faiiaJ IN f,ii ni,t b,o 1iinotini
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06
plssoLuTIoN MorIcE.

Notice is hereby given that Purity
Oats Company, a corporation herslo-
fore organized and existing uade- The
laws OF the State of Iowa, win its
principal place OF business iu the City
Of heokuk, County Of Lee, in gh-e snio
state, by the unanimous consent of all
its stockholders and by resolution
unanimously adopted at a special
meeting of the stockholders of said
Company, held ON the 4th day of DC
toher, 1919, was dissolved and its
corporate existence terminated on
said day, the same being at a time
prior to that mentioned in It's articles
of incorporation, and the undersigned
officers OF said corporation were di-
rected to give notice OF such dissoiu-
ton.
PURITY OATS COMPANY,
c. NJ RICH, President
]. Fl. NOBLE, Secretary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06
FENCE POST
SAVES AUTO
Car Slipped Down into Mud Near
Sandusky Yesterday and Might
Have Turned Over Elk
cept for Upright

A fence post which caught under
the fender of the car and supported
1t, was all that kept an automobile
said to have been owned and driven
by Ralph Schouten, from tipping over
yesterday near Sandusky. The
Schouten machine turned out to avoid
collision with machine coming down
the river road about forty miles an
hour, witnesses to the accident said.
The accident happened near the
narrow bridge at Sandusky close TO
the general store, there. Schouten
turned out to avoid the other car and
got into the soft mud, and slipped off
into the ditch at the side of the bridge.
A fence post sticking up caught his
car and held it. There were three pas,
sengers in the car with him. No one
was hurt, but the car was slightly
damaged.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06
LIST OF GIFTS
TO PRESIDENT
Did Not Bring Such Valuable Lot
From Europe as some
People Had sup


/ United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON Oct. 6.-secretary
Tumulty at the request of President
and Mrs, Wilson today made public
la list or the gifts received by them
while in Europe.
The list was issued 10 show that
the value of the presents was not
great.
1t follows:
A considerable number of small
gifts such as books, walking sticks,
an old silver dish found in the ruins
OF Louvain. war souvenirs made by
soldiers from war materials. numer-
GUS medals struck off in the presi-
dents hnor
Photographs of the king and queen
lof England
A book relating to Windsor Castle
The freedom OF the city of London,
presented III gold casket.
A water color picture on a bronze
easel, presented by the king of Italy.
A bronze figure presented at the
capitol in Rome.
A figure of Italia Victoria, sent to
the train at Genoa.
A bronze figure presented by stu
dents in France.
A MOSAIC presented by the pope.
The following gifts were received
by Mrs. Wilson.
"A pin on Partisan enamel with tiny
diamond chips. presented by the city
OF Paris
Linen, hand embroidered lunch set.
small cloth and dozen napkins in a
case, presented by the working
women OF Paris.
A small medal presented by Car
dinal Mercier.
A Belgian lace tablecoyer present
ed by the queen of Belgium.
A complete file of the Libre
Belgique, the paper published during
the German occupation of Belgium,
presented by the king In leather
folder.
Reproduction OF the Wolf and
Romulus and Re1nus in gold present
ed by the people OF italy through
popular subscription.
A piece of lace In leather case,
presented by Signor Orlando on be
half of his colleagues.
A small reproduction in silver of
a picture found in the ruins Of
Pompeii.
Tumuity added the president also
received numerous honorary degrees
from nearly all the countries OF
Europe and many resolutions of re-
spect and gratitude"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06
MOVING PICTURES

Charles Ray, INVOLVES of the Night"
Two fine picture programs are on
hand for patrons of the Grand today
and tomorrow The Grand broke
all Sunday night records last night
with Charles Ray in Hay Trot,
Straw Foot" If you were not one
Of fhe big push, you can see this
better-than-usual picture tonight. Be
sides the Charlie Ray feature, the
Grand has new two act Sennets
comedy to keep things lively for its
patrons tonight,
Tomorrow comes a big special fea'
ture. And at no advance in adnfs-
sion prices. It's Wolves of the
Night" in which is starred one o.
Americas finest screen actors, VIII
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06
NOTICE OF AMENDMENT TO
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
| In compliance with Section 1913 Of
tho 1912 Supplement to the Code of
Iowa, and amendments thereto. notice
Is hereby given OF the Amendment of
THE Articles OF Incorporation OF the
Dodge Theatre Company
Z Cd Tho name Oh the corporation
! has been changed from Dodge
Theatre Company to "Baker-Dodge
Theatres" and its principal place of
business will BIO in Keokuk, Lee
County Iowa.
(2) The object for which it is
formed and tho general nature and
business is the transaction Of and
carrying on of the Theatrical bust
ness, renting and leasing OF opera
houses and theatres and other bust
ness pertaining to the theatrical bust
mess and such other business as may
be decided by the Board OF Directors.
(3) The authorized capital stock
has been increased from Two thou
sand $4,000 Dollars to Twelve thou
sand (S12 ,oo0) Dollars which is
divided into one hundred twenty
t120) shares OF tho par value OF One
hundred (S100) Dollars each.
(4) There will be no cnange In
the corporate existence.
Co The corporation shall be man
aged by Board of Directors con
sisting OF three members who are TO
be elected at the annuai meeting of
the stockholders on the first Tuesday
of January of each year. The follow
ing persons are Directors and also
Officers:
C. H Dodge, President and Direc-
tor.
Theodore A Craig, Vice President
and Director.
NJ f. Baker, Secretary, Treasurer,
and Director.
COZ The Indebtedness of the IN.
corporation shah never exceed two
thirds OF its outstanding capital
stock.
(7) The private property of the
stockholders of the corporation shall
be exempt from corporate debts,
For more full and complete word
Ing of the Amendment to the Articles
of Incorporation see Corporate Book
Is, Page 229, of the Lee County, Iowa
Records at Keolxuk and the record Of
filing of said Amendment TO the
Articles of Incorporation In the office
of the Secretary OF State Dss
Moines, Iowa
Dated at Keokuk, Iowa, this 27th
day OF September, 1919.
RAKER-DODGE THEATRES.
Formerly Dodge Theatre Company
BY G. Fl. DODGE, It's President, and
M, f. BAKER, its Secretary
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06
EXCITING TIME
FOR HEPBURN
AN Interesting Place in His Political
4 Career OCCURRED in 1880 When
/ rie Was First Nominated
/ r..
for Congressman.

Perhaps no political struggle in his
career was as exciting to William p
Hepburn as that in which he was
first nominated for congressman, as
far back as 1880 His biographer, in
a volume recently published by the
State Historical society of lows, tells
of the contest that ran through near
ly q week of deadlock and was only
ended when the convention had taken
three hundred and forty-six ballots.
Once during the struggle he with
drew his name, thinking it might laid
in settling the question, but nothing
was accomplished by this means and
his friends returned 10 his support,
and on the final day, refusing to adj
for the dinner nbur, baLloted
their way through TO majority.
Great excitement followed. Accord
ing to newspaper of the time:
.'FIats few to the ceiling, one dele
gate swinging a linen coat from the
vantage ground of a table, another
performed acrobatic feats on chair
that were astonishing, while the
building shook with the wild cheer
ing"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06

Select pictue, 1.-THE Better Wife" at
the Hippodrome theatre tonight and
tomorrow. as the top-liner OF a bill
which promises unusual attraction
for she screen patrons of this city.
Tho Better Wife" rs taken from
Lenore Coffee's recent novel, The
Love Quest" Miss Young is seen in
the role OF CHAIRMAN Page, who is
visiting with her friends, the King
dons at their English country estate.
One afternoon Chairman sees TWO
lovers in a distant field, and the next
afternoon at tea given in her
honor. she learns that the woman
was Lady Beverly, wife of Sir Rich
ard and mother of Little Dick. Char
milan is introduced 10 Lady Beverly.
She also meets the Comte de Chew
eral and Little Dick, She falls In
love with Little Dick and the Comte
falls in love with CHAIRMAN but She
discourages his attentions That
same afternoon Lady Beverly is XIII
ed in a motor accident and Little
Dick is seriously injured
Sir Richard fRNs in love with
Chairman and she makes no secret
of her love for him bat the memory
OF his former wSfe keeps the hSronet
from speaking. Il is not uptA later
that he learns the truth assut the
first Lady Beverly, ar& then be Is
confronted With she praAsega o. de-
Gliding who proala De ihe better wife.
IN is an Interesting story 2ws Nfae ~
the best Miss Young has eFeT eesae-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06
III. C. OF l.. IN
BASEBALLS, TOO
Eighty Dollars is What u Costs &
Furnish Spheres for Satrers
to Maui in Worlds

Series MS TCaT-
Eighty dollars for baseballs for
each game played in the world,s
series.
That sounds big, bur nevertheless,
that is approximately what II costs
to furnish the pincipal item Tor the
baseball classic this year.
AS in other things, the nlgn Cost
has hit baseballs, which now prlns
$50 a dozen. 1t Is estimated TOUR
dozen balls will be used In each
game On this basis n It is decided
to play nine games in the series, ana
ii becomes necessary TO run the >en-
tire string, before thes winner Is de-
cided, il will cost close 10 $1,000 for
balls alone.
The reason that SO many are used
is because balls fouIed into the
stands or crowd are seldom return
ed. During an ordinary. game, how
ever, most of the balls which leave
the field, find their way back.
Manufacturers blame increased
prices paid for materiar and the high
cost OF labor for the present price.
Horsehide used in covering the
basebaIls has inceased in cost dur
ing the past three years about 2oo
percent. The wool yars mas Jumped
200 percent in three years. The Off
cial ball of the National league, is
made with a cork censer. The price
of this cork has doubled and
special thread used has Increased al
most three times. The cork center
hall was patented August 81, 1918.
1T weighs five ounces and is nine
inches in circumference. This ball
will be used in all games played in
the National league bali park during
the series Another ball, similarly
made. and adopted by the American
league. will be used in all contests
in the Junior league park.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06
LOSING SIDE
ARE HOSTESSES
The Girl Scouts Are Planning Party
With Initiation Ceremonies for
New Members Tuesday

The Girl Scouts have closed their
membership drive and the losing side
will be hostesses tomorrow night at
a party given in the club room OF
the Y. w. G. A building at z 80 o'clock.
The evenings entertainment will
partly consist of initiation ceremonies
for the new members, which promise
to be elaborate ones. The girls have
worked hard to enlist scouts for this
movement and they are making plans
to nave some real stunts at the party
Tuesday evening which will regard
them for their work this past three
weeks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06
Fiery Itching and Burning of
Skin Is a Most Cruel Torture

the test Of 50 years as ono OF the
greatest blood cleansers known. It
is guaranteed entirely free from
minerals OF any kind.
The experience of others has
established the unfailing merits OF
S. S, s., and there's no question
about the wisdom OF your giving it
q thorough trial. All reputable
druggists sell II. If in doubt as 10
your case write to Medical Ad-
visor, Swift Specihs CO.. Dept s.
Atlanta. Ga