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Pocahontas star herald., 1925-01-29

The prospects of favorable school
legislation at this session of the Gen
eral Assembly are becoming brighter.
All conditions are conducive to the
enactment of laws that will insure bet
ter schools, by providing longer terms,
more efficient teachers, and more mod
ern administration methods to meet
the needs of advanced methods in other
lines of human endeavOr.
Public sentiment is demanding that
most liberal consideration be given
the public school system. The press
is a unit on the subject. Civic organ
izations throughout the state are de-
manding the most generous support Of
the public schools. Confronted by the
possibility of closing schools for lack
of funds, many communities are resort
ing 10 voluntary contributions and
other subterfuges to keep them going.
Former Gov McRae and Gov. Terral
are emphatic i'm their advocacy of any
measures that will increase the eff
cheney of the public schools. One of
the most remarkable strong education
al addresses ever heard i'm Arkansas
was delivered by former U. $. Com
missioner of Education L. l.. ClaxtOn.
who showed that the people cannot af-
ford not ito tax themselves rich" by
providing adequate funds for the
maintenance of the public schools Two
progressive changes he advocated are
the county unit system and the selec.
tion of the State Superintendent by
the state Board of Education.
Members of the General Assembly
are committed To the policy of better
schools, and their constituents will moi
be content with failure to provide the
best. Among the outstanding measures
that have already appeared are bills
designed to increase school revenues
To provide longer terms, to furnish
free text books for the first six grades
to encourage the consolidation of weak
districts, and the strengthening of the
system from the secondary schools
through the institutions of higher
learning. There are few reactionary
tendencies noticeable, but these are
believed to he more matter of differ
cnce of opinion than antagonism to
ward established principles of popu
lar education. There is no principle
more thoroughly demonstrated than
that of county supervision, and Ar
kansas is one of the last states tC
adopt IT, There remains an occasional
trace of the old prejudice against it
but this is rapidly disappearing.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-01-29

We are especially indebted to few
noopIe in various parts Of the county
for inflammation furnished that assisted
ne in getting proper proof of violations
If law. Some Of these people came to
nc IN person. others sent the infOrma-
finn nv mail. Those who aided us
rrodo if possible for us to do our work
IN loss time and at less expense to the
tax payers.
We find several old indictments on
file charging persons with crimes who
ore residents of the county, and often
seen on the streets of POcahOntas, on
which no arrests have ever been made.
Mr.. Perrin tells us that he is going
back TO these old indictments and do
his best to clean them up, and that
ne will make arrests ON all new charges
as soon as warrants are issued and
plocpd i'm his hands. We commend
him in this.
We wish to extend the thanks of
the grand jury to Your Honor for the
assistance that you have given us; to
the Prosecuting Attorney for the in
formation and services rendered; to
the force Of the Circuit Clerk; to the
Sheriff and all his Deputies, Bailiff in
rIudnd for their lOyal support: and
we now respectfully ask to be dis
charged from further service.
j. ID. Wells, Foreman,
Claude Mock, Clerk.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-01-29

The country town folks may be
awfully busy with the mountains of
work that they pile up for themselves,
hut somehow when Uncle Hiram or
Neighbor Smith is laid up with that
pesky rheumatic, they manage to
squeeze out half Il hay to saw up his
wood or get in his corn.
Many folks who move off to cities
where their next door neighbors don't
know their names, miss that old friend
lness in the icy atmosphere into which
they have dropped.
Modern progress is n fine thing, but
1t should never lead our folks in Poca-
hontas TO drop the fine old neighborly
spirit. And let us give hearty wei
come to every stranger who comes here,
either to settle or TO visit.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-01-29
Cy Adams Says:

Milk is the most important food we
have and the only way to get milk for
commercial purposes is to raise cows.
An eastern preacher says the insti-
tuition of marriage is about at an end.
What does your wife think of that?
Free love is like everything else that
comes easy ii hasn't so very much
value.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-01-29
Fifty Questions To Ask Your
self

In order to make a somewhat com
plete inventory of ourselves as 1925
begins, we should like to suggest that
each man or woman score himself of
herself by the following score card,
which is the joint labor of several emf
nent men, including DIR. Frank Crane.
The plan is for you to ask yourself
each one of the following fifty ques-
tiOns Credit yourself two points for
each question to which you can honest
ly answer Yes" and then see how
much you score out of a maximum
grade of 100 For example, if you an
swer "Yes" to 30 of the fifty questions,
your score is 70-just a passing grade.
If you can answer "Yes" to 45 of them,
your score of 80 is very good. But
We simply suggest, in conclusion, that
each reader see to which of these ques-
tions he must answer NO and resolve
to improve himself or herself at these
points during 1926
/. Are you in good health?
2. Have you been examined within
a year by medical expert to find out
if you are perfectly sound?
3. Do you stand straight and sit
straight?
t. Do you bathe every day?
8. Do you wash your teeth three
times a day?
g. DO your bowels move regularly?
l. DO you chew your food we'll?
s. Do you take regular exercise and
an occasional vacation?
o. Do you sleep with the windows
Of your room open?
TO- DO you know approximately
what kind of food. and how many
caloricS is hest for you, ana do You eat
intelligcntly?
II. Do you abstain from all alcoholic
beverages, tobacco. and drugs, except
under the advice of Il physician?
- DO you speak correct English,
and are YOU trying daily 20 overcome
your mistakes?
13 Have you given yourself the best
possible school advantages?
II. DO you study hard for at least
an hour every day?
10. Are you fond of reading books?
1G, DO you write plainly, so that
you hear no one complain of your IL
legibility?
II. DO you remember names and
faces, or do you practice to improve
yourself in this?
Is. Have you a good memory?
10. Can you concentrate?
20. Are you careful to speak of the
absent only what you would say in
their presence?
p. DO You avoid as far as possible
hurting anyone's feelings?
%. DO you respect other peoples
opinions and refuse to get angry with
them because they do not agree with
you?
%. DO You think twice before you
speak?
"a. Are you neat i'm appearance, and
do you strive to dress so as to be pleas
ing as possible to Tiers.
%. Are you punctual?
26. DO you punctiliously keep your
word?
p. Are You Scrupulously honest?
2S. DO you mind your own business
strictly DO you never read other
peoples letters, listen to what does not
concern you, or give advice when not
asked?
20. Are you polite, tactful and self.
controlled?
30. DO you have system and fol.
low It?
81. Are you ambitious?
~. Are you contented?
33. DO you try to adjust yourself to
circumstances you cannot control?
81. Do you refuse to CriticiSe peoDle
to complain of your diseases or yOur
luck, and TO look gloomy?
30. Are you brave enough 10 say
81 don't know" when you don't know
and to refuse your assent to or belief
in what You do not understand?
30. Are you kind, and do you avoid
loud and ugly words?
81. Can you keep secret so that
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-01-29

When boy runs out of money he
cashes in his pop bottles, when a farm
er cannot buy gasoline he sells accumu-
lated feed sacks to the grain dealer,
when the daughter Of the house needs
extra dimes she turns in the milk bot
ties, when the housewife is broke she
sells an old coat or overdraws the fam
lily account at the bank. but the aver
age husband and father, when his pile
of ready cash is exhausted, merely does
without things until payday, says the
Eldorado Times.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-01-29
CONSOLIDATED NO. 1 SCHOOL

Ia
Our county superintendent spent Fri
day morning with us, and gave us some
idea of the future greatness of Arkan-
sas. We are always glad to have Mr.
Mock with us, for we realize he is do
ing his best to make school conditions
better for us.
The monthly examinations are over
and we are settling down to our third
month of work so that we may be able,
to reach the 80 per cent mark next
month.
Up to this time we have enrolled 81
pupils and our school interest seems
to be growing all the time.
Our teacheres, Mr.. Earl and Clyde
Smith, are doing their best to make our
school one Of the best in the county.
and we are all putting our heads to-
gethcr to help them carry out this aim.
In unity there is strength, and that
is the kind Of work we are doing in
this school.
This is the first year of our consoli-
dation and we are able to see each
day how much better our school con
ditions have been made by consolida
tion. We have two rooms where each
child can be comfortably seated, four
sets Of encyclopedias and a number of
other books, two sets of wall maps.
one hanging globe with double faced
meridian, plenty Of blackboard space
and two acres of playground space.
We also have two teachers and with
this we are able to have double the
time in each recitation period that we
had before consolidation.
Those who make 90 per cent or above.
on the monthly examination are placed
on the honor roll. The pupils that
have that honor this month are as fol
lows: Lottie Walling, Ona Smith.
Gladys l.. Johnson, Tula WeatherfOrd,
Mabel Tharp Coy Linn, Sylvia Timer,
Macie Jones, Helma Jones, Minnie and
Jewel ThaTp, Virgie WeatherfOrd, Ber-
tha Buckley, Beulah Rose, Hite Wealth
erford, Charley Buckley, Beulah and
Theola Leaf, Sitha White, Lois Mon
day, Novella Melvin and Alvin Chas-
tain, Albertis Fielder, Perry Davis,
Marie Crisp, Christine Laster, Fred
Rose, Roy Johnson and Jessie Linn.
Our pie supper was success, our
pies brought $23. We wish to thank
everyone present for the order they
gave us throughout the program. Miss
Lucille Brooms was awarded the cake.
for the most popular girl.
Mrs. Opal Blackshear spent Friday
afternoon with us. We are glad to
have Opal visit us for we all love her
as a classmate.
The Wilson Society rendered a fine
program Friday afternoon. All the
parts were well prepared.
I Miss Erma Bailey, Mrs. viii Smith
and daughter, Merl, Mr.. Claude Rush
and Mr.. Ellie Buckley were all well
come visitors mt our school Friday.
We also had Miss Genendal Holder and
Gus Timer as class work visitors Mon
day.
Miss LOttie Walling spent the week
end with her parents at Glover Bcnd.
We are glad to have Miss Walling with
ms again this year for she is always
one Of the leaders among her classes.
Ben BroOms visited our class work
Tuesday afternoon. The patrons are
always welcome, and we invite you to
visit our class work at any time.
Lila and Henry Walling Of Clover
Bend attended our pie supper Satur-
day night. They are fine youngsters
and we are glad to have them with ms.
The origin of the glass known as
'tumbler' was drinking vessel with
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-01-29

II is announced that there are 25,OOO
poets in this country, which ought to
encourage the makers of wastebaskets.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-01-29

No one cares about your troubles un-
less you do something scandalous. Then
everybody wants all the details.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-01-29

1t isn't always safe to agree with
a woman, especially when she tells
you how homely she is.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-01-29

Some of these home town kiockcrs
should take a real hammer, and do
some knocking with the head thereof
on their buildings that need repairing
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-01-29

The origin of the glass known as
a "tumbler' was drinking vessel with
a bottom so constructed that it would
not stand upon table. The tumbler
was a product of the old days and was
designed to make man take off his
liquor without setting the "tumbler"
aside.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-01-29
The Editors Eye

An era or prosperity~is is one in which
people go in debt for things they don't
need.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-01-29

Piles Cured in 6 to II Days
Drueeists refund money II PAZo OINTMENT fails
70 cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding OF Protrudine
rles. instantly relieves Itching Piles. and you
cah get restful sleep after hrst application 6Oc.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-01-29
POCAHONTAS STAR HERALD
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY

Subscription, S1.5o A Year In Advance.
, 1925-01-01
WELCOME
NEW EXCHANGE

TOXIC. Jan. l-(By Tho Aaso-
clated Pressl-The recent announce.
ment from Washington telling Of
tho approval OF an arrangement
whereby the United States and
Japan will exchange language Of
ncers in their respective armies for
n period OF six months. IS acclaimed
here as a New Years contamination
Of the recent amicabie exchange OF
official utterlnces between tho two
countries.
Lieutenant Colonel Ishel Ugaki,
minister OF war. in an interview to-.
day with the Associated Press said
Il wish to endorse fully the state
ment OF Secretary Weeks regarding
the friendly exchange Of language
officers between the armies OF Japan
and the United States. This ex-
change indicates a friendly feeling
between the two armies.
Rotations between Japan and the
I'm ted States ARE bound to be
friendly by virtue OF the geo.
graphical positions OF the two coun.
tries. Likewise. the political and.
economic ties Of the two countries
assure continued friendly relations.
War talk IS powerlcss in presence
OF the solid facts.
aside from the foregoing con,
celebrations. the deep rooted senti-
, 1925-01-01

H. N~NA w.

back from the big waterfront fire
that he had gotten his first assign
mcnt-murdner n everything, But
at tho Diamond Cafe his enthusiasm
ralmed down. ''Slugger Rourke. the
proprietor, was using any means
necessary to prevent the details OF
the stabblng getting into tho papers!
Charles Ray portrays In "Dyna-
mite Smith" showing today and to-
morrow at the America theater. the
Young newspaper man who knew
life only as it existed between the
covers OF books, until his first as
slgnment dragged him into the cur.
rent and he learned the meaning OF
hatred and vengeance; Of fear and
courage; Of pity and sacrifice: OF
love and passion. q. Gardner 5nlli'
van is the author Of Dynamite
smith" which brings Charles Ray
again under the management OF
Thomas II. Ince Ralph Ince direct
ed. and the cast includes Bessie
Love. Jacqueline Logan and Wallace
Bcery.
, 1925-01-01
WOMAN HERE IS
JUDGED INSANE

Mrs. Eusenia Sheppard, blonde
haired tyrant OF South oak street.
whose activities in the preceding
few days included ch1pping down Il
door with an axe. flooding Il base
ment, buying police officers imugl-
nary ars that ranged in price from
Rolls.Royces 10 cunninghams; Civ
ing Mrs, Ferris, matron at the city
jail, a Job deluxe, and other activ-
tiles was yesterday adjudged Insane
by a jury OF laymen. The trial Of
the lady In question, who had been
freed on u similar charge less than
a week previous, took place at the
courthouse at 5 O'CLOCK.
DR.. T. ]. Riach, mental specials.
associated with tho county hospital,
furnished the testimony yesterday
which convinced a jury beyond
doubt that Mrs. Sheppard was In
the first stages OF violent insanity.
Mrs. sheppard will be held at the
city jail until an attendant from
the state hospital at Evanston a
transport her to the institution for
mental diseases there.
, 1925-01-01
OF HISTORY ARE
USED IN IRIS PICTURE

There arc all sorts of expert tech.
nicians In the motion picture indus.
try-costume. architecture. lighting.
archaeology. arms, etc.-but perhaps
the most unusual of all is that of
"%explofion expert" who was devel-
oped TO fit a need in the filming OF
the Frank Lloyd production. THE
Sea Hawk" from Rafael sabatini's
move, n First National picture. now
playing at the Iris theater.
Part OF the equipment OF four an.
cient ships. dating from the reign
u Queen Elizabeth. which were used
In the film, were 100 brass muzzle
loading property cannon. All could
be loaded with gun.powder and fired.
Sabatlni's romantic tale Of adventure
among the Barbary coast ~corsairs of
the sixteenth century called for a
number Of big battle scenes on the
sea. and every n of the 100 can.
non were fired.
, 1925-01-01
ONE AUTO FOR
EVERY SIX AND
HALF PERSONS
Registrations in u. S.
Hit Record Figure
In Last Year.

NEW YORK, Jan. Motor We.
hicle registrations In the United
States for 1924 show that there is
one passenger al or truck for
every 6.42 persons. based on an es-
tablished population OF ia, 900, 900.
Registrations for the year, exclud.
ing the last ten days OF December,
totaled 1~7,7o0,17s. a gain of. 1898
per cent over the total OF IL ,222, SOS
recorded In 1929.
These statistics, compiled from
official figures obtained from every
ftate, were made public today by
the magazine motor.
Passenger cars increased during
tho ear from 1~3.455.o73 to 1880,
665, a gain OF 2,Oe5,59 or 1886 per
cent
Commercial vehicles jumped from
l.767.5S5 at the end OF 1928 to p
1880. an Increase of 23.3 per cent.
The amount OF money invested in
these vehicles is estimated at s10,-
$780, 400.
New York leads in registrations
with i.4f2, $50, OF which 1.136, 200 are
passenger cars. California is sec.
end with i,S12,4s0 and Is less than
ten thousand behind on passenger
cars, which number 1,l26,o56
, 1925-01-01
TO
FREE BOYS IN
STATE PRISON
Iowa Lads Now Serving
Time for Crime Of
Slain Bandit.

MOBILE, Ala. Jan. 1-willlam
Il. Wright, Identified by authorities
as the man who hold up n New
Orleans bank Christmas eve and
obtained $4,000. is dead. and two
boys in iowa state prison are look
ing forward to the outcome of an
Investigation being launched to set
them free.
Wright was slain by Mobile Of
ficers in the Louisville and Nash
Vile railroad depot and a note
purported- to be a. confession to a
crime for which rhe two boys arc
serving was found on the slain
mans body.
Meanwhile Mrs. George w. Daw-
son. in Des Molncs. Ia. hopefully
was looking forward to the return
OF her 16-yearold daughter. l|ellie.
More than $4,000 was found on
the mans body. The note scrubbed
ona page in a bullet pierced note
book, told of the Killing OF a man
named Thomas Griffin In Des
Moines. Ia. November IS, 1923.
Cecil Mickle and spi8 Gaskil were
convicted OF the crime. Wright yes.
terday also was Identified by Des
, 1925-01-01

that OF Robinson Crusoe. an island
of the South Seas, wave-washed and
Jungle clad
Also a TRIBE OF maniacal savages
lusting for the lvies of cruel over.
seers! an intrepid boy, transformed
in the superstitious Imagination of
the cannibals into n little white god
Of waters; a rescue. almost miracu-
u in its Thickness; a voyage back
to his home town abroad a speeding
destroyer of the United Statos navy
and a welcome at the hands of the
San Francisco police force such as
was never before seen in the city
famed for Its hospitality and enthu.
siasms.
These are some of the elemental
qualities and Incidents of Jackie
Coogan's newest and most active
ana appealing Mctro-G oldwyn pic,
ture as presented yesterday at the
Rialto theater.
, 1925-01-01
REVUE COMES
TO COLUMBIA TOMORROW

There are really times when It is
a pleasure 10 listen to lying That
is the case at the Columbia 'theater
where the Wayne Arlington players
arc appearing for the last times to.
day in AN Lies" This comedy OF
Intentional errors is quito enough
to rouse the disabilities. and having
done SO makes ,excusable the pro-
tracted flood. 81 %falsehoods.
This play will be the last the Ar
ington company will present in Cas-
per, giving way tomorrow to Des'
mond's SeY York Roof Garden re.
vue OF 20 people. The new group OF
fun purveyors has been secured by
the management OF the Columbia at
great expense and promises to more
than please Casper audiences with
fair ladies OF the footlights, vaude-
willie and the like.
, 1925-01-01
Are You Fat?
Just Try This

Thousands OF overfat people have
become slender by following the adj
mola Prescription Tablets. These
little fat ,reducers are made from the
Same formula as the famous Mar
mola Prescription. II too fat, don't
wait-go TO your druggist now and
for one dollar (the same price the
world over procure a box OF these
tablets. II you prefer you may
secure them direct by sending price
to the Marmola Co. General Motors
Bldg. Detroit. Mich. They reduce
steadily and easily. No need for
.tiresome exercise or starvation diet
and no unpleasant efrects.-AdV.
, 1925-01-01

my mail-box. i saw howthe Vege-
table Compound had helped Others SO
I gave it q trial. | had to take about
n dozen bottles before / gained my.
strength but / certainly praise this
medicine. Then ! took Lydia f. Pink
hams Blood medicine for poor blood.
[ was cold all the time. / would be
so cold | could hardly sit still and in
the palms of my hands there would be
drops of sweat. / also used the San
alive Wash and l recommend it also.
You may publish this letter and | will
gladly answer letters from womenand
advise my neighbors about these med
icines. Mrs. HARRY sHcRoFT, 632
Beech Avenue, Covington, Kentucky.
, 1925-01-01
CHARLES RAY AS GREEN
Gets SCOOP
FOR HIS AMERICA FILM

Gladstone Smith occupied n desk
on the san Francisco Morning Ledg-
or and rom his place In the corner
wutched The other fellows so out to
cover the exciting news events,
while he remained behind TO write
book reviews. Occasionally he was
sent to cover n lecture on prehistoric
butterflies. or something equally
dull. Then came the nlght when a
lot OF big news broke loose and the
city editor found himself without a
reporter TO cover a. murder in q low
dive on the Barhary coast.
Assigned TO tho Job. Smiths dc.
light passed beyond control. As he
dashed out Of the building he stop.
ped to tell every reporter rushing
, 1925-01-01
LANDS CANN|BAL
GOD JOB IN LATEST
NOW At R|ALT0

A motherless boy rendered still
more forlorn by the death OF his
father. IA gallant members Of San
.Francisco's police force. an aunt In
far off Australia, bidding the boy
come to her; weeks OF adventure on
a tramp a bound for the An
-tipodes: n frightful typhoon rising
black and swift in the path of the
ship; a wreck in the 'sundering
floods an escape as miraculous as
, 1925-01-01
Liquor Violator
Faces u. S. Charge

CHEYENNE. wyo.. Jan. 1.-The
federal government has taken over
the case OF Brick" Moore. arrested
at Pinedaie, wyo.. a few days ago
on n state charge. and he will be
prosecuted under the United States
, 1925-01-01

Moines authorities as a box a
robter.
Wright left Des Moines. Ia. on
February 10. accompanied by Miss
Nellie Dawson, i6-year-old depart;
mont store clerk. Five days later
the two were reported married in
Kansas CIT yand Wright was sought
on a warrant charging abduction.
, 1925-01-01

mcnt Of sympathy. gratitude and
friendship consistently maintained
by America for seventy years can.
not permit Japan's feeling OF gooi
Will to be fundamentally affected.
, 1925-01-01

work as could not
stand because of
the bearing-down
pains in my back
and abdomen. |
sat down most of
the time anH.did
what l could do in
that ash.
ing dishesssetc.
One day a book de-
scribing Lydia E.
~Pinkharn's medi
cinps WAS nut in
, 1925-01-01
WOMAN so I'LL
WASHED DISHES
Sitting DOWN
Mrs. Ashcrofts Remarkable
Recovery After Taking
Lydia E.
Vegetable Compound /.

Covington, Ky.-eI was so weak and
nervous ! could hardly do my house.
, 1925-01-01
For Colds. Grip or influenza

and as a Preventive, take Laxative
BROMO QUININE Tablets. A Safe
and Proven Remedy. Tho box
bears the signature OF E. W. Grove.
30c.-Adv.