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The spectator., 1919-12-09
Leonard ChIIdresS
 Unsuitable In Killing

J. D. Benson and Dennis Childress returned from Stigler, Okla. last Sunday evening. They had gone there to be at the ex amining trial of Leonard Childers who killed Clarence Green at Cartersville, Okla. on Friday morning. 5th of this month. Benson has been employed to de- fend Childress and Dennis is a son of Leonard Childress.
 Leonard Childress lived in this country until about three years ago, when he moved to Oklahoma near CalterSville. He had come to this country to attend the funeral of his mother which oc- cured the 1st of the month near Cass. While here he racesved . message to return home that Green had committed a statutor1 offense on his fifteen year ole daughte'. When he returned Green had been arrested ant placed under bond to appear il the court at Stigler on 9th O. this month. Green had beel hunting for Chlldress anO threatening him because of tn, arrest. Childress had gone into the store when Green came into the store through the back door and made an effort to get a gun, when ChildreSs fired and killed him. Green had a fruit jar in his pocket about half full of whiskey at the time he was shot.
The spectator., 1919-12-09
Two Hundred Actors n Metro Court-Room Scene

Two hundred people will te seen in the lig dramatic climax of the Metro production, In Judgement Of. starring Anna Nelson and flankii, Farnum With aa alI-star east headed by Herbert Standing, which will be the feature at the Victory theatre on Dee. 1lth, 1 day eGgaeement.
 This IS the tremendous court room scene where the psych ( powers of May Manners (play- ed by Miss Neil son), are the means of denoun:ing the real culpiit and clearing the name of her lover form the charge ot murder. Franklin Farnum is seen as John O'Neal, the doctor who Is falsely accused, anu splendid work Is done by Herbert Stand ing, the distinguished actor who enacts the powerful role of the judge presiding at the trial but who is himself the slayer.
The spectator., 1919-12-09
To The Road 0verseers
 Of Franklin County

So much complaint has come to me, that overseers are not working the free labor. Some men have stated that they had not worked for years. There appears to be a prevailing opinion among the people that the County Judge can force the oyerseers to work the roads. This is a mistake, but l can and viii refuse to allow the last quarter pay untll the oyerseer shows to the court that he has worked the free labor in his district. And 1 now say, that 1 will not allow any Overaeer auy more money untli he files his final settlement and shows that he has worked al the free labor Tn his district. and will say further, thatitl IS a vio- lation of the law for au overseer not file this iinal settlement and show to the county court that he worked all such free labor. Tne fact that he has spent all his money before the last quarter, and has not worked his fee labor wilInot exease hlm ftom filing this iinai settlement and showing to the court that he has worked all the free labor.
 Please take overseers IS all will be treated just alike in the wind up.
 Very Respecuaily
 Gee. W. Barh3m. County Judge
The spectator., 1919-12-09

Harlan Mcclellan very clearly and plainly told what the boys have organized to do in living right, and playing the game fair He spoke of the importance of education: saying that it is his intention to go through coll ege. He urged the school board an3 parents to visit the scho0 more and to have something tc say when they came. He saiC that Ozark had never had bette teach F. then they have thi ear. He urged the boys to fin ish the fgh school course and g to college.
 lSham Burrow very nodeStl and with trepidation told of th' jokes on the different members of the party on their trip to the city. He ra ther apologized for part If the program: saying that he might he afraid to go home i he told all tnat happened,
 Both men and women who we re at the boys meeting: say they got inspiration and a new vision from the talks they heard, and the spir the boys shown in org. anizing to train for citizenship which means in the heart of the boys the principles of justice, fair play. generosity, composites and the clean 100 per cent otfici' ent fife is what the lily Clut stands for.
 This progam was all prepared by the boys without any assist ance
The spectator., 1919-12-09

Monroe Grissom called oh E k. Stever Wednesday.
 Mrs. Polly Ledgerwood has bought nice new cook stove. Mrs. E. E. Stever called on Mrs. Alec McKinzie one day last week 4 Jim Ledgerwood bought a cow. at Mrs. Spraddiin's sale Tuesday and two heifers from Henry Franklin Wednesday.
 E. E. Staver and wife stopped a few minutes one day last week with MT. and Mrs. J. B. Volen- tine to see their fox skin tha. they had tanned. IL was certainly a fine red fox hide. Mir. Volensine sold two red foxes in aI. He has trapped three.
 John Hutchinson killed hog one day last week. The chimney caught fire while he was taking the hair off the hog. All hands rushed to put 1t out. They were unable to hang the hog and went after Elmer Grissom. Elmer helped hang the hog aud John went work and my! what time they had. understand one mid ding weighed 9 pounds and ole 19 pounds.
 HENRY DUBB.
The spectator., 1919-12-09

W. J. Glenn calls attent ton to his complete line of Christmas candy Tn fancy boxes and also in bulk all the pGrest and best.
 Dr. and Mrs. o NJ. Bourland of Van Buren were called here Saturday b. the serious illness of Mrs. J. T. Donnell.
 The Ozark Millinery Go. nave bargains in suits worth $45 at $50. $50 suits at S23. $22 at SIG. This IS their going out of business sale and are bargains you are looking for.
 By order of mayor l.. M. Guth- Tie all retail stores will open at g a. m. and close at 5 D. m, except on Saturday and Monday, when on those days they will open 3 a. m. and close 9 pm. This in- cludes all retail business houses. Drug stores. restaurants hotels and Movies are not in this order. These restrictions have been been made to conserve fuel during the coal shortage
The spectator., 1919-12-09

You will find various articles suitable for gifts at ". J. Glenn's.
 Geo. Dodson, Mir. Mcdonald and Ben Douglas of Denning and Altus mines were called to Little Rock the first of the week to attend meeting of mine opera tors
 Picture frames, toilet articles, handkerchiefs and dolls of all popular sizes at w. J. Glenn's.
The spectator., 1919-12-09
ETNA HAPPENINGS
J A. Shetterly left for Monti- cello Saturday.


 cello Saturday. Mrs Casey called on Mrs. Shraddlin Sunday morning.
 Miss Fay Franklin called on Mrs. Fanny Tolbert Sunday.
 Mrs. .Shraddlin and sons Jeff for Oklahoma Monday.
 Mrs Fife McElroy visited Mrs, ". l.. McElroy Sunday.
 Mrs. Sam Dewitt visited Mrs. Aisert Allen Sunday. ,eSlrs. James Stever visited Mrs. Allen Sunday.
 There was an apron party at Jeff Gattis one night last week.
 urtis and Elmer Tolbert visit ed Jessie Tolbert Sunday.
 Bro. F. Williams preached a fine sermon at Cemetery Ridge Sunday.
 JF. McElroy helped his father, w. L McElroy, kill hogs We'd nes 'ay.
 The stork left Mr. and Mrs. Alex McKinzie a baby girl Sat urday morning.
 The Stork visited Mir. and Mrs. Albert Allen, leaving a nice baby girl,
 ", O. Mathews had four teeth extracted by an Ozark dentist one day last week.
 Misses Laura and Jewel Shett- efly were shopping in Etna Sat urday,
 Jim and Donald McKlnzie, and Burso went to Oklahoma one day last week
 Rev. H. A. 0neal leaves Mon- day for Texarkana where he will attend the Landmark Baptist Association.
 W l.. McElroy has gone out of the cattle business. Traded his last Searling for fifty cent horse.
 Bro. E A Buckle will conduc t q protracted meeting at the Crossroads beginning December 20th.
 Mrs. Cora Carlisle of Sham- rock. Texas is visiting her father and mother. Uncle Jack Buck ner and wife.
 Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mantooth and Mr and Mrs. w. L. McElroy spent Saturday night and Sun day with Jim McElroy and fam 
 fly.
 Myrtle Huffs retuned to her home, at Ft. Smith Sunday. She had been visiting her father and mother, MT. and Mrs. ] c. Casey.
 Hershel Dewitt and wife, Ess. ie, of Fort Smith are visiting Mir. and Mrs. Sam Dewitt, also Mir. and Mrs. Albert Allen. They will move here shortly.
 Tonis Allen and wife left for their home at~Ft. Smith Sunday morning. They had been visit ing his father and mother, Mir. Mrs Alhorf Allan and fanilv
The spectator., 1919-12-09
Boys Conduct Service
 At M. E. Church.

The fourteen boys who attend ed Older Boys Conference in Little Rock recently had full charge of the service at the Methodist Church in this city Sunday evening. All of the boys were present except one who lives south of the river and was unsbIe to gel to the meeting,
 The auditorium was full to capacity aud the congregation composed of all denominations represented in Ozark, both old and young people. who are sel dom seen at church were present on that occasion. After the re- gular music by the choir Harlan Mcclellan read the scripture les son. and asked the congregration 70 join in saying the Lords Pray CT. Harlan being chairman of the boys organization, introduced each one of the sboys as their time came to tell of their trip to the Capitol City and what they proposed to do. The talks were brief put to the point with plea- ty of Pep, enthusiasm and de- termination.
 r The first .speaker was Guy Pinkerton. He told of their trip down there from leaving Ozark, giving time etc. and told of the trip to Camp Pike. the fine mac dam road out to the camp, and gave an excellent account of the yarip.
 Jim Hugh Arlington followed with a talk on the Double Stand ard"
 Burns Wakefield's part Of the program was to tell of their vis- 1t to the State Penitentiary and the State Capitol.
 Ben Ferd's subject was ''Fair Play" and how the visiting ball team should be treated a3 gueit and not in an unfriendly manner as has been the case sometimes.
 Mark Wooiaey told of the pie s5ldre show they attended Satur- day evening, taught fine less. on m the ideals of fife. We dCubt II any one else couid tell the story any better. Fred Fer susor made a splendid talk sub lect: Character Building. Jt fl Porter was perfectly at ease in carrying out his part of the pro- gram: Giving statistics of the boys anu giilS who enter schoo. and complete the course and ,n. ter college.
 Settles Wii.i4ms made some ,hdnest conf, ssions about cigar cite smoking, saving that he was Ssdone with it; how at one lime t Booked big and ma1ly t. him to smoke an i spi,. bus aa se2' ta3 evil of it nov.
 Gene Walker gave an illustra. tion that he heard showing what . boy with clean record woul ! gain.
 Otis Moore talked of the iln- por,ahce of education He pre- sented some fine ideas
 Monta Nixon talked of tie evils of Cigarette smoking: show ing by illustration the ideal life Is the clean christian life
The spectator., 1919-12-09
DO NOT FEED DRONES

Feed is too expensive to waste. Itls wasted if your hens do sot show results Add little B. A.. THOMAS POULTRY RE AEDY To thenr food and ; op wifi have a full egg basket.
 : The Variety Store.
The spectator., 1919-12-09

when they don't want it, if they would profit penny.
 l think the public should find out these gentlemen and slate them for future reference.
 Caesar.
The spectator., 1919-12-09
High grade syrup made from ribbon cane at w. J. Glenn's.
Pie Supper at
 Pleasant Grove

There will be pie supper at Pleasant Grove Saturday night. December 18th. Proceeds to 20 for the benefit of the church.
 Everybody come and $ bring come one with them.
The spectator., 1919-12-09
Trains Discontinued

In order to conserve fuel, the TWO night trains and the two Din kies were discontinued Monday.
The spectator., 1919-12-09
On Ye Qourum
 C0nrt HOOdIumS!

I have been req ding quite lot of how some of our poor fel- low citizens have suffered, how some are going to suffer and how some are already suffering Quorum Court-my- -tism." That is an awful malady, when some poor little two by four squirt wants to see some of his own beautiful composition in print; so he can admire his own miraculous syntax. He picks up a subject he has been hearing some one else talk about whom he thinks is smart, and sniffs nice, has nice white hands a ] soft voice and smokes q loud hot tamala. He stands awe struck | before this charactef like a Hot tentot before the image of the Goddess Pelee. when he receives his dose he is then ready to re- peat his nominations like the parrot who says Polly wants q cracker after the little girl who feeds her.
 One speaks of seeing the children march down the streets carrying banners and also sever al other old bucks present dress ed in their best beads and feath CTS.
 These rip-snorting chi ldren campaigns remind us of the children crusades in the 10th cen tury, when a few ignoramu ses believed they could re-take The Hoi y Land by such fol-de-rol q, that: the children were all solG as slaves by the Turks. Some good old toothless people an 1 some young squirts who have double rows of back jaw teeth believe in the idea of making grown-ups cut of cblldred anu try ing to make them believe they are smarter than anybody else or anybody elses' children; so they will be prompted to smoke cigarettes and do big cussing, and because he has heard some old soured, barred bellied, pigeon-toed tadpole say Farmers can be made out of kits" he believes 1t and lets the said character use his head like any other ordinary pop gun, only containing one wad and that farm demonstration work.
 Now demonstration work IS done tor for another year as far as the county Is concerned ana you might as we'll goggle your eyes, put dimple in the end of your little b an nose. fold your hands upon your throbbins breast and go to sleep and dream that the Polly Woddles you are serving have ordained you a Hierophant and again next, year you will be able to instruct the levying courts in the elusive mysteries of their duties and wake up with smile on your face like the sound hole on a violin and say Il am democratic fenough to abide bv the decision of the majol ity and will not be used as a sounding board any more.
 In reading this if you do not like it remember it is not you this is intended for the othec fellow.
 l am a Justice of the Peace ai- though l had nothing to do with voting your demonstrator. either up or down. The Justice of the Peaces speak for the county and what is the use of showing your piasticism by bucking az gainst the majority in-s0e,unty where there is a Democratic form of Govern ment. Ofcourse those old mollie cp1IloS opa pnooy fcoto u,hC
The spectator., 1919-12-09

We will have a car of corn on the track last of the week
 c. D. Jacobs & Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-06
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT,

The wholesale market price, this
morning ranged about as follows:
EGGS-Strictly fresh. 50: average re-
ceipts. so; southern, so.
CHEESE-June. whole milk. 35a3s.
BUTTER-Standard creamery, 76a77;
prints, 7Ta7S.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. per sack,
4-56a4.75; do, No. 2, 1.50a2.00; string
LIVE POULTRY-Roosters. per h.,
10; turkeys. per h., 42a44; chickens. per
h.. isaac; hers. per h.. 27a2S; keats.
young. each. 95a1.00.
DRESSED POULTRY - Fresh killed
spring chickens, per h., 32a34; hens, per
h.. 30; ROSTERS. per h.. %; turkeys, per
H.. 4Sa4s.
PORk-Smail and neat, IT; medium,
l5al6; heavy. Halls.
LIVE sToCK-calves, lb.,7a1; lambs,
Is: sheep. 4a6. -
GREEN FRu1rs-Ap,pies. per Dbl,
new. 5.08a10.00; boxes, 3.5Oa4.0 90; Calf
fornia lemons. per box. 3.s0a4.o0; pine
apples. per crate, 5.00a6 90; California
oranges. 5.e0a7.0o Florida oranges, 350a
soc; grapefruit. 3.50a4.25s grapes, per
basket, 30a35: do. Niagara, 25s30; DeIa.
ware. 30a35.
YyEGETABLEs-Potatoes. per sack.
beans, per basket, 2.ooas' 90: eexplant t
4.00a5.00 per crate; cabbage. .3.50a4 zoe
per cwt.; beets, 3a5 per bunch; lettuce,
L00a2.50 per basket; New York celery,
4.08aS. 90 per crate; celery, per dozen, 50a
LOO; romaine lettuce. 1.00a1.25; squash,
3.50a4.0 90 per crate; spring onions. 2.5ba
pound sacks. 4.75a5. IS; sweet potatoes,
3.50a6.eo; spinach. 2.50a3.0o per barrel;
FLORIDA peppers, per crate, 3.50a4 90;
Florida tomatoes. 3.50a5. 90 per crate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-06
EUR0PE'SF|NANCE
AWA|TSu.S.A ACTION
New York Break in Sterling
Linked With Need of
Credits to Nations.

From the n. Y. Evening Post Financial Bureau
LONDON, December S.-The break in
our exchange at New York is disconcert-
ing, but had been expected. Rates will
probably touch their lowest level this
month. The first recovery may come
through modified action at Washington
on the treaty
The basis for this belief is the political
and financial condition OF Europe, which
is threatening and which requires strong
united action on the part of America,
Britain and France. Following the
adoption of the treaty in some form by
>the Senate, it is expected that your
markets will grant moderate credits to
France, Belgium and possibly Germany.
Productive Activity Needed.
This. with the turn of the year,
will possibly cause a rally in the ex-
changes. but there will be no lasting
Improvement until Europe's productive
activity is fully resumed. The credits
poverished countries are entirely bank
ing and commercial transactions. Many
manufacturers have grown SO rich
that they are enabled to extend long
credits on high prices without banking
assistance.
Loans by the banks to the CONNER
cial community for the purpose Of pro-
noting trade with devastated countries
are growing. However.<the public flo
tations of capital, which are numer-
Gus. are not connected with financing
the impoverished 6untries. New
capital creations ting year apart from
government borrowings are approx
mately e0,000.0ee pounds sterling
against 5S,000,000 pounds sterling last
year. The public is absorbing the new
issues we'll, thus far.
Americans nuv S+a.k.
The fall in our exchange at New
York to new low levels has ocosioned
some American buying of stocks here,
especially short-term government
issues. Some Japanese bonds have
also been taken.
Influences affecting the money mar
ket in December were so abnormal
that an explanation is advisable Last
Monday the government borrowed
probably 50.000,0 900 pounds sterling by
ways and means advances to meet in
terest payments. Ordinarily this
would have been quickly absorbed by
fresh purchases of treasury bills.
Owing, however, to the fact that the
banks are holding on to their funds
to bolster their balance sheets, the
effect will be to cause artificial ease
In money during the greater part of
the month, but abnormally weak
Bank of England returns, due to ex-
pansion of the banks liabilities. This
condition will be purely temporary
but it is regrettable especially in4view
of the position of the exchanges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-06

Some species Of insects are in
state Of maturity thirty minutes aftes
birth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-06
Washington Stock Exchange.

Metropolitan r. r. IS. 81 900 At 95.
Potomac Electric LIST 5s, 81. 100 at 06H.
Washington Gas, q at 1914, Is At 49A, 10
at 49,.
National Savings and Trust Company. 10 at
285.
After call:
Capital Traction. 20 at 9Oh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-06

QUOTATIONS FOR SILVER.
NEW YORK, December S.-Bar sill
er, 1.32; Mexican dollars, 1.01h.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-06
MARKET CLOSES FIRM,
DEALINGS ARE LIMITED

NEW YORK, December 6.-Oils,
steels. equipments and motors repre-
scented the heavy issues in today's
brief stock market session. while mo-
tor specialties and food and tobacco
shares represented the firm to strong
stocks.
In the main, however, trading con-
sisted of the usual week end settle
ment of outstanding contracts. in
GLIDING moderate covering Of shorts.
The coal shortage and the Mexican
situation were again factors, to the
extent of reducing dealings to COM
paratively limited proportions.
Investment rails and sugars were
in active demand later.
The closing was firm.
Sales approximated 500. 900 shares.
No Oil Rally in Evidence.
The rally in oils. which featured
yesterdays later operations. was not
resumed at the irregular opening.
Losses of l to 81 points were made
by the leading petroleums. at reac-
tions approximating point each in
equipments. feathers and kindred
specialtiea
Rails moved within contracted linn
it's. excepting Norfolk and Western.
which gained 1 u points.
Oils, notably Mexican Petroleum.
recovered part of their loss within
the first half hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-06
First Trust Notes for Sale

Secured on improved D. 9. real estate. Com
bine good interest with best possible Secuity.
Notes in denomin tons Of from $3.50 to $5.Q00.
Transac tions closed promptly. We collect In.
terest and attend to every detail carefully.
No charge to investors. Certificates of dtls
and insurance policy furnished.
SHANNON & lUCHS,
Inves.ment Dept.
III 1ltb Ut. NV. Aat1 27A&
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-06

WHOLESALE BEEF PRICES.
The following are today's wholesale
market pricesfor beef cuts as quoted
by the Washington market Of Swift
e. Co:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-06
OIL SHARES WEEKS
feature 0NCURb
J ~
Heavy Trading Recorded in
Independent Stocks at New
Hiqh Records.

From the y. Y. Evening Post Financial Bureau.
! NEW YORK. December -6.-The
kkeature of the Broad street curb dur
ng the past week was the strength
6f and heavy trading in many of the
petroleum stocks.
New high records were made in sew
eral of those issues and the develop
ress. especially in the Homer field.
furnished incentives for aggressive
buying of many issues.
Simms petroleum was bought on q
large scale, advancing from SO to
say, and White Oil. which now re-
moved up from IS to 80. both stocks
making new high records. Gilliland
Petroleum, which appeared on the
curb at 40, advanced to IS, but later
lost part Of this gain. Dominion Oil
was another strong feature, moving
At II to As.
Garth Trading Prominent.
Carib Syndicate, one Of the sensa-
shares Of new stock for one share Of
old stock, ranged from A to So. Carib
trading, for which subscriptions at
100 were recently closed, was traded
in at 200 to $40.
Houston Oil ranged from 146 to 152.
II
priced issues, was active, rejecting
an increased demand, as result OF
the announcement of contracts wh1ch
are said to double it's income and pro-
vide for increased dividends from ad-
ditional production. General Asphalt
was the special feature, selling down
to 100 early in the week and then adj
yancing to 124, and the preferred
ranged from $50 to 1856.
Savold Tire became active, with
trading at 3 to Is. Swift 1nterna-
moving up from so to 57Is.
Vanadium Steel developed strength.
selling at 81 to 6l1s.
s'Iie5 Packe-S was weak feature,
falling from IS to s21s. .
ala L,neraia aew stock, is
sued at the rate of SO to l for the old
snaI es. WAS traded in at 14h to 10.
\. T. Securities sold at 591s to 63n
United Safety Razor was strong, with
sales at l7ss to 1879
There was a long list of motor
h,eavy scale at times. including Fish
er Body of Ohio.
Perfection Tire and Selden Truck,
without special change in prices. Nj
pissing was the feature of the mining
group, moving up from l29s to 12H.
Allied OIL Control.
A. 8. Leach & Co. and associated in
terests have taken over the control
and operation of the Allied Oil Cor
poration. A new president and board
of directors. comprising several well
known oil men and bankers, will be
! announced in the near future.
The Grape Ola Products Corpora ton
has made arrangements with several
important interests for the purpose of
marketing it's additional treasury stock.
The proceeds OF the new stock will be
devoted exclusively TO the extension of
plant and merchandising arrangements.