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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28
On The Tip Of
 The Tongue

atives in Columbus, Ohio, is expected home the latter part of this week.
 MRS. MAYBEILE JACKSON of
 New York city will visit her brother, Oliver Smith. of Lafayette street. Over
 the week end they will motoT to Lake George, New York, accompanied by
 Misses Esther and Doris Jackson.
 MIR. AND MRS. B. J. WEINSTE1N of North avenue and MT. and Mrs. David schine of Norman street are at
 present spending a few days at Mi
 agra Falls. MT. and Mrs. Weinstein
 will then proceed to Lansing. Mich
 igan, while MT. and Mrs. Schine will
 go to Mount Clemens. MISS SANNIE BASSETT of Salem street, who has been doing settlement
 work in New York during the month of July. will return to her home in
 this city on the 1st of August Miss Bassett has been very successful in her work and has been stationed at the Church of the Sea and Land. JUDGE AND MRS. CARL FOSTER and family of North avenue, who have for some weeks been touring the West, have started homeward. MRS. MARY sIIEE1HAN of 66s La fayette street left yesterday to visit
 her daughter. Mrs. Charles Wall. of Compo beach.
 MISS BESsIH CALENDAR of Wells
 street and Miss Harriet Bassett of Sa-
 lem street will leave Friday to attend the general conference at Northfield
 Seminary, East Northfield, Mass.
 MIR AND MRS. PETER BURNS and daughter, Miss Katherine Burns,
 of 28s Pembroke street, are in Cam
 bridge, Mass, spending a week with Dr.. Walter P. Burns.
 MRS J. O'DWYER and daughter, Miss Dolly of Federal street, left to- day for Lakevil1e, Conn.,, for several days rest.
 MRS. N. TELHAN of Stratford ave-
 nue, has returned home after two
 months visit in Newark, Della. MISS CAROLINE FAY of stratford,
 has arrived home from Bantam Lake
 where she enjoyed a vacation of 10 days.
 MISS MAY SMITH of North Main | street, has returned from Winches- terfield, Conn.,, after several days so- journ there.
 MRS. J. BROWN and daughter, Miss Clara of Park avenue, left for
 Putnam, Conn.,, to visit relatives for several days.
 MISS JOSEPHINE ROGERS of Clinton avenue and Miss Ellen Hede- garde of Colorado avenue, leave on Saturday for Camp Maqua, Poland Me, for two weeks vacation. MRS. MICHAEL LEE and daugh- ter, Miss Eleanor of Clinton avenue,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

MR. AND MRS. ABRAHAM SCHNEE of 542 Map1ewood avenue announce the arrival of a daughter, Betty Rosalind, on July 25.
 GEORGE T. KELLEY of North av- enue, who has been i'll fo- the past week, is now recovering.
 MRS. JOHN CURRY of 503 Pe- quonnock street gave a miscellaneous
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

2 MISS HELEN LYHINES of Noble
 avenue. who has been visiting rel
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

MISS JOSEPHINE ROGERS o1 Clinton avenue and Miss Ellen Hede garde of Colorado avenue, leave or Saturday for Camp Maqua, Poland Me, for two weeks vacation.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

: REV. AND MRS ARTHUR REEs Of the Kings Highway church are en joying a several days vacation spen in this immediate vicinity visiting friends.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

MRS J. BROWN and daughter Miss Clara of Park avenue, left fol Putnam, Conn.,, to visit relatives fol several days.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

THE LADIES' AUXILIARY of Raymond Harris Post. Veterans of Foreign Wars, will give a whist and entertainment in the club rooms on Thursday evening. The auxiliary will stage an entertainment to be given for the soldiers in the Allingtown hos Dital on .July S1.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

MISS GLADYS KNIGHT of S1a Boston avenue has returned home having spent the past three weeks motoring through Vermont and Can ada.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

MISS BESSIE CALENDAR of Wells street and Miss Harriet Bassett of Sa- lem street will leave Friday to attend the general conference at Northfield Seminary, East Northfield, Mass.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

THE MANY FRIENDS of Mrs. James Knight of Boston avenue will be pleased to hear that she is .recov- ering from a recent serious operation.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

MRS. MARY SHEGHAN of 66s La fayette street left yesterday to visit
 her daughter. Mrs. Charles Wall. of Compo beach.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

MISS MAY SMITH of North Main street, has returned from Winches- terfield, Conn.,, after several days so- journ there.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

s' MIR. AND ADFoS. CILAtFaII2S DAVI Of Sachem road, Brooxlawn, arrive, home today from their summer cam at Harrison, Maine.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

MISS GERTRUDE and Ann Knight of SIS Boston avenue are visiting friends in New Britain.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

shower recently for her sister. Miss Anna Kampf. who will wed Arthur Harris ins the early fall. Miss Kampf received many handsome and useful presents. About 40 guests were pres ent.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

MRS. J. O'DWYER and daughter Miss Dolly of Federal street, left to day for Lakevil1e, Conn.,, for severa days rest.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

MRS. N. TELHAN of Stratford ave nue, has returned home after two months visit in Newark, Della.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

MIR AND MRS. PETER BURNS and daughter, Miss Katherine Burns of 28S Pembroke street, are in Cam bridge, Mass, spending a week with Dr.. Walter P. Burns.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

MISS CAROLINE FAY of Stratford has arrived home from Bantam Lake where she enjoyed a vacation of 1C days.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

MRS. MICHAEL LEE and daugh ter, Miss Eleanor of Clinton avenue,
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avenue announces the engagement of
 her sister. Hattie Rogers Horrocks, to
 William Bal1ou. son of MT. and Mrs. Wallace M. Ballou of Catherine street.
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are leaving soon to visit MT. and Mrs. Joseph Lee of Detroit, Mich,
 for several weeks.
 MISS LOIS CodE of sas Clinton avenue. who Is summer1ng in Kent. Conn.,, Is expected home this week for several days visit
 MISS HELEN ROGERS of Clinton avenue Is spending a fortnight visiting
 in Washington, D. C.
 MIR. AND MRS. CHARIiFS HUN TER and family of Park avenue sailed recently for Sheffield, England, wAere they will visit relatives for the remain der of the summer.
 MISS HELEN SIMONIDs of Nor
 man street is visiting with friends in 1 Windsor. Mass.
 THE O. E. S. SEWING CIRCLE | will meet on Thursday at the home of Mrs. H. J. Dietrich at her cottage at Silver Beach. Members are asked to | meet at Reads corner at 10 o'clock l A pleasant day has been arranged. ] MIR AND MRS F. w. MARSH of l Park avenue are motoring to Kenne- | bunk, Maine, for the remainder of the summer. They had with them as their | guest Walter Bangs of Rusling place. | MISS GLADYS KNIGHT of SIS l Boston avenue has returned home l having Snent the mast three weeks
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

ArR AND MRS. SHERMAN T. COLE of East Eaton sereet will jour- sney this week to Blackstone, Mass,
 where they will be entertained by
 friends for a. fortniisllt.
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are leaving soon to visit MT. and Mrs. Joseph Lee of Detroit, Mich, for several weeks.
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MRS. FRANK LUCAS of 30 Bennett
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MIR AND MRS. JOEL GOLD TBWAITE and son, of Boston, Mass will soon move to Providence, Rhode Island, where they will make their future home. Mrs. Goldthwaite was formerly Miss Henrietta Atwater ot Colorado avenue, this city.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

MISS HELEN ROGERS of Clinton avenue Is spending a fortnight visiting in Washington, D. C.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

2 MISS ELSA CLAIHOER of Pacific street left today for a ten days vaca- ;Hon at Lake Waraman,g accompanied by Mrs. Robert Lee of Franklyn
 street
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

JUDGE AND MRS. CARL FOSTER and family of North avenue, who
 have for some weeks been touring the West, have started homeward.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28
HE ENTIRE FAMILY

One Lot of Canvas Rubber Sole Footwear - Girls, Boys, WOmen's and Mems
 $1.5O to $2.5O Values
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

MISS HELEN SIMONDS of Nor man street is visiting with friends in Windsor, Mass.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

s MIR. AND nl:S. C. P. MORRIS of .101 Chalmers avenue. have left for a
 vacation trip to Enfield, Mass.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

MISS ESTHE1R SNTF-TEGN of Col
 orado avenue has returned from the hospitaE where she re- gently underwent an. .operation having her tonsils removed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

MRS. wILBiJR SMITH of Growers
 avenue, Black Rock, is spending sew seral days in New Canaan visiting .frien6s.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-28

{ OSCAR CIlAUJEtER has~returned to s31is duties at the Newport Naval base
 after sepjoXing a weeks furlough at the home of his parents, MT. and Mrs. A w. Clauder of Pacific street.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
MAKE ALL THE FRIENDS AOt
CAN

My hobby is enlarging my acquaint-
ance For years l have found pleasure
and profit in trying to know as many
people as | can. | am never to let the
sun set without knowing at least one
more person than | did when | started
out in the morning Why? My answer
is: Why not? Life is made mp of hui
man rela lions. As | look at it, the more
real human contact l achieve thhe full
tact, | don't mean just being in crowds,
or places where people are. mean
view. Lots of city folk who have plenty
of daily opportunity to meet and know
people don't get acquainted with as
many as man | know who lives ON a
farm and never comes to town. Meet
ing people is one thing making friends
or getting acquainted with them is
another Inasmncb as human beings
are admittedly the most interesting
things On earth, why not know aS
many of them os possible If there are
men who deprive pleasure from col
lcciing stamps. rare coins, canes. love
let crS, dogs why shouldn't | give a
tile serious thought 10 collecting "a
long list of friends? And If | anu II
more successful business man in con
sequence of having many friends. all
the better for me.
Everybody you know is potentially
help to you. There is no way of tel
ling when the humbleSt person among
your acquaintance may not have
momentary Importance in something
you are trying to do. | once was able
to get information that meant sue
ce,sfui contract through the fact that
l CHANGED to he acquainted with the
fireman in one of the hotels i'll San
Francisco
Now, there are two ways of getting
acquainted with pcople-by introduc-
ton, and by getting into casual CONVEX
sation without introducing. | try to
make the most of both these avenues,
but | regard the former as the more
important Of the two.-Fred c. Kelly
in I,eslie's.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
WAsHINGToN was made of the

TXTASHINGTON was made of the
w same clay as most Americans
who have won high leadership and
like them, he cut his teeth on the
crust OF poverty. Only four or five
of our presidents came from poorer
homes than our first president and he
had less schooling than four-f1fths OF
his successors. He was, in fact, the
only president In the first forty years
who was without college education.
Not starting to school until eight. he
had to leave at fourteen to go to work.
Thenceforth until the Revolution the
woods anG fields were his only school
room and life his only schoolmaster.
We never can truly understand this
man If we start with the mistaken idea
that he was the product of wealth and
ariStocracy. His people really were
only Il plain, though always highly re-
spectacle family, living on the out
skirts Of the cavalier castle which set
up its manOrs III the James river
region. Georges own father, who at
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
THE GASOLINE PROBLEM.

The ante for gallon of gasoline
seems 10 have paused in its upward
flight, but at that ii takes good
many chips to sit in the game with
ones tin Lizzie and make II go of it.
There is a shortage of gasoline, the
oil men say If their statement to that
ctrecs is bluff. no one has been able
70 call IL. For the public has been edu-
Gated to realize thoroughly that where
there is shortage there is bound to
be Il rise in price. 1t all is based on the
good old law of supply and demand
which may be explained simply in
these few words:
The men who supply commodity
arc very apt to demand more money
for il If they can get it.
Gasoline. il has been said, should
now he pronounced with the accent on
the lean II should be conserved with
the greatest care and not used III tor
elicS or to light stoves. Some one might
lie blown up and whole lot of gaso-
line WAS ted /. is an especially heinous
practice o clean the spots from suit
with gasoline. Nowadays many IA mo-
;orist gazes sadly at his old suit and
wonders how mar miles Der spot he
touid have cotton OFT of it.
=. fD In
gasoline out of straw. that may allcYi-
ate the situation to certain extent
OF course, that might lead to a short
age of straw developing in turn. but
some temporary relief would have been
had in the meantime If it is determin-
ed that the OR car can be fed on straw.
rusty pitchforlls will have to he pro-
duced and the haylofts in our g0rages
which once were barns, be put back in.
to action Can't you imagine the old
bus champing in it's stall and neighing
withs its claxon for its supper?
If there should be shortage Of
straw, when once it has come into
general use, old Doblin, already much
wrongcd by the motor car. Will lose
his bedding. We will run for week
on the ''innerds' of some roadside
scarecrow We will tour ON last sum
meI's straw hat Motorists clubs will
urge appropriate leegislatio and take
straw votes on it. For we all will agree
that to have to give up our motor cars
or riding in our friends motor cars
would be the last straw-Kansas City
Times.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25

ham declared never had its superior
anywhere in history.
As he went to the front, he met a
courier on a lathered horse, bearing
the dreadful news of Bunker Hill. did
the militia fght?" was all he wished
to know. "Yes" "Then the liberties
of the country are safe" Although it
is said that Washington never in his
life read but one book on the art of
war, he knew that if the people would
only stand up TO the kings regulars,
they could lose every battle and still
defeat an enemy who was 5000 miles
from his base
The Revolution was not won by the
sword Of Washington, but by his in
domtable character. It was his char
acter. slowly built up by poverty and
struggle, which had given him from
the start the leadership over men
who talked more; yes, and who knew
more
The invincible fortitude of a people.
her0ically embodied In him, overthrow
the kings army and navy and his
Hessians The hnconquerable spirit
of the 5000 hunted, hungering, shiv-
ering, ragged Continentals of Valley
Forge wrested from the British crown
an empire greater than all the con
quests made by Napoieon's grand
army.
At the last, as the Americans leaped
those last hurdles to independence, the
British redoubts at Yorktown, Wash
ington only said '"rhe work is done
and well done. Bring me my horse"
The war was over. but the noblest
victory was yet TO come. Having re-
ceived the surrender sword of Corn.
wallis, Washington surrendered his
own. unstalned by personal ambition,
to the people who had entrusted It to
him and went back to his farm from
which he was called to become the
first president OF the republic.
No president has been more bitterly
abused than the first. His cabinet
quarreled until Jefferson. his secretary
terry. Edmund Randolph. basely be-
trnyed him. His vice president, John
Adams, called him IAN old mutton
head" who had "not been found out
only because he kept his mouth shut"
'Trea cherous In private friendship and
a hypocrite In public life" Thomas
Paine pronounced him. Because he re-
fused to take the side Of revolutionary
France, 10000 persons in the streets
Of Philsdelphia"-then the capital
threatened to drag Washington out
Of his house" John Adams tells us
Notwithstanding the Outbursts OF
psrtisanship, he retained the conf
dence Of the country to the last, when
the people at the inauguration Of his
successor followed the retiring presi-
dent into the street and left the new
president all but deserted. The long
task OF the homesick exile from Mount
Vernon was done. He had found the
Union a theory and ne had left Ii
fact. He had found the United States
paper and he had left 1t rock.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
IN THE CHANCERY
COURT OF NEVADA
COUNTY, ARKANSAS
Ed :. GLADDEN.

Ed :. Gladdenz---z=z--------plain Plaintiff
VS..
y L, NV Il See. q. TIP. Il. s.
K - west, Unknown Heirs Of
Vim. Cravens. decd, and John
Gravens. the heir of Milton
CravcnS, deceased Defendan.
Notice:
Notice is hereby given that there has
been fled in my office az clerk Of the
Chancery Court Of Nevada County
Ark, petition for the confirmation Of
the title to the II y, NV 4. Sec n
TIP. -. s, X. 20 west. and TO quiet the
title to the same in the petitioner Ed
s. GLADDEN.. the defendants. the I'M
known heirs of VIM CravenS and John
Cravens, and all persons claiming said
lands or any interest therein are hereby
warned to appear in Nevada Chancery
Court on the LIST day of the next De
cember term thereof, and show cause
if any. why said title to said LANDS
should not be confirmed in the said I'd
:. GLADDEN.
Witness my hand as clerk OF ue
Nevada Chancery Court, and the sea-
thereof on this the 18th day OF W
tober. 1920.
(SEAL) \. 5. hcGoonh
~ 3f,rc CLERK
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
THE choice Of Washington to be

TINE choice Of Washington to be
luton is one OF the mysterious but
happy accidents Of history. Nothing
In the deeds of this militia colonel.
who had lost every fight that he had
fought, pointed him out az the one
and only man to meet the armies of
the greatest empire In the world. Moth
ing in the words of this farmer,
who never made a speech, inspired
the congress at Philadelphia to turn
to him by unanimous consent as the
leader of the young nation. Yet
Patrick Henry testified that this ST.
lent member was 1.-The greatest man"
i'll an assemblage which Lord Chat
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25

one time had been a sailing captain
in the trade with the mother eoun-
try, left his wife and children at his
death five thousand acres of land,
more or less unproductiye; twenty
two slaves, slender purse and lean
larder.
While at Mt. Vernon, which his old
est brother, Lawrence had inherited,
he learned the simple rudiments Of
surveying, and Lord Fairfax, who lived
nearby employed him 10 survey a
vast estate in the Valley of Virginia.
In his young manhood Washington
found his ordinations strongly bent
to rms" TO softer arms than those
of Mars the young militarist also was
inclined.
Frying posterity finds him at six
teen pining for a mysterious ''lowland
beauty" who would not have the pen
nileSs surveyor. He received also by
his own confession q "cruel sentence
from Miss Betsy" and afterward
was rejected by Miss Phillipse OF New
York At last the oft-disappointed
wOoer came to the White House on
the Pamunkey, and once more he lost
hiS heart. The mistress of the manor,
Airs. Martha Dandrldge Custis was
wise enough TO keep ii, being a widow
Of seven years, the mother of two
fatherless children, the owner of large
estates.
When flying embers from the war
fields OF Europe ignitcd the savage
forests of the New World, Washing
on was militia major, and he was
dispatched on mission to the Ohio.
a peritous journey of ten weeks
through wintry desolation. The
next year he went again with band
Of soldiers, for now the Seven Years
war had spread to America His cam
paign was hardly a glorious failure,
but he reported that he liked TO hear
the bullets whistle.
Now General Braddock came to
scorn the colonial breed while he
showed them how British regulars
fought In proper. soldierly formation.
L nc uiluffiicu Ecu CIiluEen vi inc lot
est stubbornly refusing TO night on the
European plan. Braddock fell amid his
panic-5tricken troops on the Monongs-
hela. At the head Of his grave in the
wilderness the prayers for the dead
were read by Colonel Washington.
Although Washington had won no
battles. he had made a most important
conquest. When the Seven Years war
came he was still an Englishman, and
10 him an island three thousand miles
away stiii was home. In his contact
With British officers ne was shocked
to And them aliens tossim and his New
World and himself emily a colonial In
their eyes. With native condescenslon
they undertook to teach him his place.
but with native independence he OBJ
iected.
BY the time the Seven Years war
was over the colonial colonel no longer
was an Engllshman. That illusion wa.
gone and had left Washington an
American.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25

u West. Nevada County Ark. eo0.
tanning approximately 81 acres : eVil'
And to quiet the title to the same j.
the petitioner, j. L. Purtle Tho a. u
PENDANTS Thos. Orr. Mrs. NoIHe u @
Dirk, Earl Orr, Cleveland Orr " "
Orr, Howard Orr and Willie Orr ~. y,
hereby warned to appear in this eaa,t
within thirty days aad answer fbe
complaint of the plaintiff. J !, pprtla
and show cause if any why the Bfe
to said lands should not bo eonfrmod
in the said J. l.. Purtle.
Oct -. 1920.
tSEAL) A. $. McGOUGH
10-2S-6t clorl
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
A TEXAS W0NDEk

for kidney and bladder troubles sra'',
weak and lame backs, rheumatism aD'
irregularities of the kidneys ana 0hu
der. Regulates bladder troubles +"
children. If not sold by your aie
gist. by mail s1.25. Small botue
two months treatment and often eu's .
Send for sworn testimonials pf' ;,
w. Hall. 1926 Olive street. oI h'
Mo. Sold by druggists.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
Notice and Warning Order.

Notice is hereby given that there has
been filed in my Office as clerk of the
Chancery Court of Nevada County,
Arkansas. petition for the confirma-
ton of the title to the following lands.
tO-wit:
Sc 4 NV y. and u. ne INV =.
and y, 4, ne l., NV Il. and he
ginning a the Sw corner Of the nW u.
no i and run north ; chains, thence
north 221& deg. east g chains and -
links to the Prescott and RosSteR road.
thence south II deg east along said
road 5 chains and Il links. thence
south - deg. west 10 chains and 10
links to the sw corner of the nW u j..
ne u also beginning N the INV corner
Of the NV H. he i and run cast 10
chains and SO links thence south -
chains and % links, to the pubic road.
thence north - deg west chain and
~ links, thence north II deg W with
said road II chains and 37 links. thence
north I chains and Is links to p0int Of
beginning, all in Sec I, TIP. Is S. r.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25

Old papers for sale at this Office.