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Volume 30—No. 50
Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas, Friday, April 13, 1917.
Eight Pages.
“Prepare to Feed Yourself
NOW IN CIVIL SERVICE
Recent Order Places Post-Offices ol
This Section in Civil Serv ice—Lo
cal Olhce Affected
On March 31 President Wilson is
sued the following1 order, placing1 all
first, second and thir l class postmas
ters n the Civil Service:
“Hereafter when a vacancy occurs
in the p s tion of postmaster i f any
office of the first, second or third class
as tne result of death, resignation, re
moval, or, on the recommendation of
the First Assistant Postmaster Gener
al, to the effect that the efficiency or
needs of the service requires that a
change shall be made, the Postmaster
General shall certify the fact t > the
Civil S: rv.ee Commission, which shall
forthwith hold an open competitive
examinat >n :<» lest the fitness of ap
plicants to fill such vacancy, and when
such t xamination has been held and
the papers in connection trv rev! is
have been rated, the said eornmis
shall certify the result thereof to the
Postmaster General, who shall submit
to the President the name of the high
est < .lalified eligible for appointment
to fib sucn vacancy, uniess it is es
tabiishe 1 that the character ■ r re.- -
dence of such applicant disqualifies
him for the appointment. No person
who has passed his sixty-fifth birth
day -hall be given the examination
herein provided for.
“(Sipnedi Woodrow Wilson.”
This order has the effect of placing
postmasters of t very jrrade in the
classified service. President Taft hav
ing blanketed fourth class postmasters
into the service during his adminis
tration. Present incumbents of offi
ces are not affected by the recent or
der, but in the future when vacancies
occur as the result of death, resigna
tion or removal, the civil service com
mission will hold open, competitive
examinat ions.
In commenting on the order Post
master General Burleson made this
statement:
"Incumbent p< stmasters rendering
pood ser. v*' and who continue to ad
minister tne affairs of their offices
wth ability will not disturbed in
such offi< es by any recommendation
made by the head of the department
It is du* them, however, at this time
to make •: clear that hereafter super
visory officials of the department will
be more xacting in th< enforcement
of th« -• >• -stiil rule- and r pulat ons
which make for increased efficiency
and postmasters will not only be ex
pected to devote their time during
office hours to a proper administra
tion o' their respective offices but they
will be required to thoroughly ac
quaint themselves with the various
postal activities under their charge
and n the future to occupy such part
of their time not properly ‘riven to
administrative w rk to the perfor
mance of some part of those activi
ties.”
Th< local post-office is affected by
this ruling, als) the offices at Fayette
ville. Ropers. Bentonville, and other
towns n this section. Die1 present
postmasters, aider the r.e’ r dine
will remain in office unless remove’
for inefficiency ,r re-ogn, >r m
“Prepare to Feed 'i our^eii"
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HOME GUARDS *
* A mcetug will be held *
* at the mayor's office in *
* Springdab Fridav night Y
* of this we‘k for the pur- *
* pose of organizing what Y
* is known is the “Home Y
* Guards.” Like organi- *
* zations an in vogue in Y
* various t>wns in this *
* state *
* All men uul boys who
* desire to s)end an hour
* each evering drilling Y
* are requested and urged Y
* to come to the * first :
* meeting Frida}' night. *
* Captain Cwniey and
* Lieut. Brogdm have *
* consented to jive the *
* organization iistruct- *
* ions in the various drill v
* steps and facing! and to 'v'
* detail men from the lo- Y
* cal guard comp ny to *
* handle the squat work *
* as soon as the oraniza- *
* lion is perfected.
* No one is barrd, the *
* Rge limit is 15 U 85.
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1’ushers of pons and p.
Workers of wood and
iliClIs,
Stool,
] »o< tors, lawyers and I. ,s.n<ss n,< n,
Answer the bugle's peal. i
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Harrying throngs of khaki, !
Humble of wagon train,
(’latter of cavalry hoists.
The Guard is called out again. 1
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Ba-k from the sun-baked desert, >
Stalwart, alert and hard, , (
l’rotei ting tin nation's vitals.
Is tlie much-knocked Natkn a!
Guard.
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(live them the pra so that’s due
them,
for toe regular rails ’em "pare." -J.
"Watch out for tie wives and fam i
Hies (if the men of the Nation- 3
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PREPARE TO FEED YOURSELF
War t ri,«i» Will Bring Food hhorta:.
t(» \ try Doers of' "pringdale Peo
ple— Prepare to 1 eed Your
self and Help Feed Others
It to be regretted exceedingly *
that so xery few of the farmers ‘
of Springdale and vicinity heard '
* Judge W. Fi. Hemingway at the ’
Majestic Theatre Wednesday ”
morning. His talk here was un- *
advertised, the arrangement- for *
* his coining here being -o rapidly ■*
* made that few of our farmers *
* were aware of the meeting, and *
many local citizens were not noti
* tied in time to attend. It w a- for
* tunate. however. that a g<K»d
* crowd did hear him. and the mes- *
* sage that he brought. It w as a ’
message that should and must be *
carried to every home in Spring- *
* dale, to every farmer and hi>- *
family in this section. The mes- *
-age concisely stated may be giv- *
* en as follows: "PREPARE TO *
* FEED YOURSELF. \\1> PRE- *
P \RE TO All) IN FEEDING 1
OTHERS, and trie United States *
* will be victorious in the pre-ent *
* war. An army marches on it's *
belly, and the food supply will de- *
* termine the victors.”
Mayor Smith called the ma.-s meet
ing to order at half past nine, and in
a few short words introduced .1udge
W E. Hemingway . of Little Rock. ;
Judm- Hemingway stated that he
came here as a part of his duty in 1
connection with the present war cri
s s. He brought to the people of j
Springdale a message direct from the 1
President of the United States, ur
ging them to raise feed, food, cat
tle and prepare to raise all that could
be raised.
He stated that the United States j
was at war. and the present was no
time for a discussion of the causes j
of the war, nor the “ifs*’ and “anus”
connected therewith, but that war was
at hand, and could not be aw ded.
He came here as a representative \
of the Little Rock Hoard of « rr.rnt.vo
being appointed to briny the mess;,ro
of prepardness to the citizens of
Washington county He : first
r-efore the Rusir.e-s M-Vs > . a* j
Fayetteville Tuesday nil ht. an-' at Trie
rnst'gation of that oryar :zation
to Springdale
One feature alone, «•: tr.e ..!k f
.Judge Hemingway, sh -uld - t->
arouse the people . f AO.a: s; to to
situation. Last year Arkansas im
ports! $65.000,00- • worth of yr; ,n an
meat from the middle west. Th». mid
dle west this year v .11 not have such
a supply to draw fr. m, and Arkansas,
must raise enouph fooil-stuffs to take
up th's $05,000,00 shortage
Judge Hemingway did ?.<■’. -peak j
alont to the farnu rs, but he brought j
in the city man, who should c uteri- ,
sively cultivate the small lots in i
town.
At the close of his a-idriss a com- 1
mittee was appointed t-> take up the j
matter of holding meeting in other!
sections of the county, in conjunction
with the Business Men’s Club of Fay
etteville, and the particulars >f the
work -f that committee will be four J
elsewhere in this issue.
We cannot honor our country
with too deep a reverence;
v.e cannot love her v\ith an
nffcction too pure and fervent;
we cannot serve her with an
energy of purpose or a iaith
fullness of zeal too steadfast
and ardent. — Grimke.
“Prepare to Feed Yourself”
BONE DRY" BLOC K \DE KENNER
( aptured Near Springdale Sunday
Evening NN it h Good Supply of Li
quor aboard—Drew f ine of
S100 and Costs
While rumors have been afloat for
• pas-t month that cars were opera -
• ;:t through Springdale. from Vnncit
to points south, 'he firs' actual cap
ture ,o th s section by local odicers
occurred Sunday evening—and it was
clearly accidental. Hail the driver of
the ill-fated Ford been more fami
liar with the highways of this section,
n»- and cargo would probably be safe
at their stination by this time, and
the t reater part of the cargo disj o
sed of to purchasers.
Sunday even ng. late. Deputy-sher
iff Donaldson arc: Tom Carrel were re
turning from Fayetteville, where they
i.a>' been to place a prisoner in the
county jail, when they noticed a Ford
ur in the road way. They stopped,
and the occupants of the car inquired
the way. The suspicions of the offi
■-•er was aroused, and he proceeded to
investigate the • argo carried by the
south : und car. He found fifty-one
quarts o: “bone dry remover”, in
s'-me localities called whiskey.
The ar, .r*..*, iriver and passen
ger were taiien in charge, and to the
jail at Fayetteville.
The hearing was hel l before Jus
tee Atwood here Wednesday morn
ing at ten o’clock. E. Templeton, who
was driving the “blockade runner”
denies any connect.on with the trans
portation of the hquor, except that
he was hired to drive from Monett to
Jenny Lind, and he did not know what
the car contained, anil it was loaded
without his knowledge.
Frank Curott, who seems to be the
conductor in charge of the car, did
not deny the charge, but plead guilty
and was given a tine of $100 and costs,
amounting to $121.25. He paid the
fine and costs. The liquor was de
str yed. Templeton will have his
hearing Saturday. April 21. Curott
says nis h me * at Jenny Lind, and
Templeon comes from Hackett City,
both towns in Sebastian county, in the
coal mining sect on.
\\ ILL HAVE
Win HEARING
Kcangeli'-t Mountcastle to He Tried
on Insanity (.Large at Fayette
ville cl»on— \rre'-ted Here
Sundae Evening
Rev. V*'. H. Mountcastle, of Tenn
essee, who claims to be an evangelist,
and who has held several revival
meetings near here, was arrested Sun
day evening, and taken to jail at Fay
etteville.
Tin- evangelist s peculiar in that
he has a habit of floating worthless
i apt , Local parties have been vic
tims of some of his bad paper, lie
was here some true ago. and at that
time gave checks on a bank in Tenn
. --■-o fur ,’t.cal automobile hire, ami
the oiti s •**>.»:! < 1 to be worth It -
MouiiUn-'-th .. .tries credentials that
s.-em to be perfect, but since his ac
ta1!-, they are be :< •<•.! to be forger
ies.
While in Springdale Sunday he
str-tc 1 to k • al putt es that he v. as
without funds and < n his talk he was
g vcn ci jrtesi- s it the way of supper
and cigars. Later he hired a local
tax. to takt h m to Huntsville, and
while on his way there he was arres
ted. He has a very pleasant appear
ance and the fact that he has held
several revival meetings in this sec
tion. and was at one time dated to
hold on> in Springdale w:il cans*- his
ase to be interesting to s-veral local
people.
WON FIRST i'KE.Mini
The many Springdale friends of
Miss Irma Pi'truss, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs L I* Petruss, will be please,1
to hear of her splendid success in a
, joking contest conducted in F ort
Worth. Texas, by the Star-Telegram
Miss Irma is visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A Dints, in Fort Worth;
Mrs Dines being better k own to ! >
cal peopl" ;ic Miss 1 >ra Pritchard.
Miss Irma entered the ton •.••si
the layer coke eSvis:on and won the
1 rst premium. a $75 Burk ran e. In
connection she aiso won a barrel of
Bewley’s Pest flour, and a five pi . <1
can of Calumet Bak. ng Powder. There
were 158 entries in the layer cake di
vision, Miss Irma being No 135.
“Prepare to Feed Yourself”
“Prepare to Feed Yourself”
HOAR!) KK-El.Ef TS TKAGHKRS
Board Satisfied With Work of Teach
ers Selects Entire Corps for Next
Year—Slight Advance in Sal
ary for Some
At a meeting of the Board of Direc
tors of the local schools held Tues
day evening, the entire < ■ rp, of
teachers, now serving, were re-elected
for next term. A slight advance in
salary was g ven to teachers in four
grades at the Grammar School.
The teachers elected for next year
are: High School—Supt. F G.
Robb: Prof. J. L. Bond; Miss Helen
McNabb; Mrs. Emily Morrow; Miss
Gussie Gardner. Grarrfmar School- —
Principal, A. L. Woodruff; Miss Min-,
nie Bowers; Miss Ollie Reed; Miss
Lee Davis; Miss Lydia Reed; Miss
Lena Lane; Miss Lora Sanders and
Miss Ola Watson.
The school term proper closes next;
week, nut the High School wdl con
tinue one week longer, in order to
make up for the time lost during the
winter cm account of the furnace, and
for other causes. The Grammar
school will dismiss Friday, of next
week, the High School one week later.
NEVER AGAIN*’ SAYS I'D
Ed Johnson Arrested Tuesdav Night
Had Grip Containing Over Supply
of Liquor—Claimed for Per
sonal and Family l se
“I didn’t know Arkansas had gone
bone dry, or 1 never would have
brought the liquor with me. I won
der why the saloon man didn’t tell me
that Arkansas did not permit whis
key.”
This was the excuse offered by Ed j
Johnson in Justice Atwood’s court
Wednesday morning, when making a i
statement with reference to his grip
containing 20 and a half pints of,
whiskey, brandy and wine. Most of 1
the "wet goods” were packed in half I
pint vials; a “handy way to carry
it”, according to Ed.
Johnson was taken in tow by De
puty sheriff Donaldson Tuesday night
and when his room was searched at
the East Side Hotel the liquor was
found in a locked grip. The officers
here had been tipped off as to the sup
ply carried by Johnson.
Johnson claims to have been in this
section last December before the
"bone dry" law became effective, anti
said that he came here intending to
go to the home of his brother, near
Spring Valley. He purchased the
supply of booze at Monett, and inten
ded to use it for family purposes; his
wife, who is in Georgia, at the pres- j
ent time, not being well.
The story failed to prove effective
with Justice Atwood, and Johnson
was fined $100 and costs—total ?!lk.
yo.
Be ng unable to pay the fine he was
taken to jail at Fayetteville—and the
“family supply” destroyed by order of
Justice Atwood. rflhe breaking of
the bottles created some title xcite
ment, locally, Wednesday morning*
and the local town branch has been
under the wat hfu! eye of some of
the local "dry fans", for fear the lit
tle fishes may become intoxicated and
need help.
B \BY SCALDED TO I»F \TH
Three 't ear Old ( hild T ails Into Tub
Boiling W ater—Dies Few Hours
Later
Ralph Turpen the three year old son
of Mr. and Mrs Clarence Turps n, re
siding a mile and a half southwest of.
Spr.njrdale was scalded to sleuth
Thursday morning of last week. The
little fellow lived until Thursday
nitfht about ten o’clock.
The child was playing around the
house, and the mother who was \vu h
irip placed a tub of boiling water on
the floor. In some manner the i ‘tie
tot fell into the water, and .so
badly burned that he could not sur
v vp. He was badly burn 1 ail ver.
Funeral services \v( re h< Id Friday
at Fluff Ccmen-ry. where :K • Kr
ment tc>ok place, by Rev. v\ . 1. T.l
ledpe, past: r of the Baptist "nttri h.
The family have the sympathy of the
many people of Springdale n their
sad bereavement.
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“Prepare to Feed Yourself”
DO YOU WANT IT?
A number of Springdale people
have expressed the wish the past few
days that The News issue a daily edi
tion so as to afTord the town the lat
est developments in the war situation.
We have ample facilities tor ssuing
a small daily, but before undertaking
the work we must be guaranteed the
support and co-operation of the public.
The publication of a daily newspaper,
however small it may be, is a big un
dertaking, but we are perfectly will
ing to undertake it if we are assured
there is a real demand for it. Dur
ing the Spanish-American war The
News issued a small daily, which ap
parently met with much favor, and
there seems to he more of a demand
for such a publication now than there
was at that time. In order to get at
the matter intelligently a canvass will
be made for subscribers and advertis
ing, and if we can secure sufficient tn
couragement the work will be under
taken. If the paper is issued it will
be printed in the afternoon about the
hour of four o'clock and will contain
sufficient telegraph news to keep the
reader advised right up to the minute
on all the big happening's. This tele
graph news will be furnished by one
of the big press associations which
covers the entire country and supplies'
news to metropolitan newspapers. Do
you want >uch a newspaper in Spring -
dale? If so he ready to sign up when
our sol citor calls. Fayetteville, ling
ers. Bentonville and Siloarn Springs
have such newspapers, and we do not
believe the people of Springdale are
less enterprising than the people of
these neighboring towns.
ODD FELLOWS WM VERSA RA
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W ill Be Held in Springdale Thurs- I
day Night, April 26—Fayette
ville, Springdale, Hilton and
Elm Springs Combine
The ninety-eighth anniversary ce
lebration of the founding of the Inde
pendent Order of Odd Fellows will be
held in Springdale, Thursday even
ing, April 26th. The lodge at this
place has extended an invitation to the
lodges at Fayetteville, Elm Springs,
and Hilton Lodge to join in the anni
versary. and they have accepted, and
will send a delegation. The anniver
sary will be the largest that has been
atempted by any local order here in
some time, and will probably be the
largest attempted in this section of
the state.
The celebration has a double signi
ficance, in view of the present crisis
in national affairs, and the meeting
will be open to all Odd Fellows, their
friends, and their families. A sup
per will be served following the pro
gram.
The following program has been
arranged, the music to be furnished by
a string orchestra:
Welcome Address—). S. Ewalt, of
Springdale Lodge.
Response—To be supplied.
Address, “What Does the D. D. Ad- ;
vocate to Advance the Order in His
District During he Present Year?”—
D. D. G. M. W. L. Tunstill. of Hilton
Lodge.
Address Mr. Wheat, cf Rogers
Lodge.
Address—A. G. Flowers, of Fay
etteville Lodge.
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INSPECTION FRIDA A NIGHT
The Federal inspection of the lo
cal company of Arkansas Guards will
be held Friday night, of fhis week,
according to a telegram received here
Monday. The inspection will be made
by Lieut. Walker, U. S. A. All mem
bers of the company will be at the in
spection, and in uniform, and hurried
messages have been sent to the var
ious members of the company, rela
t:ve to the inspection, who are not in
Springdale.
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WILL ATTEND CHFKCH
Captain Ownbey announced Tues
day that Company A. the local guard
company would attend the morning
services at the M. E. Church, South,
Sunday morning, 'line entire com
pany will attend in uniform, and spec
al services have been prepared.
trir
He who loathes war, and will
do everything in his power to
avert it, hut who will, in the
lust extremity, encounter its
perils, from love of country
and of home— who is willing
to sacrifice himself, and all
that is dear to him in life, to
promote the well-being of his
fellowman, will ever receive
a wcrthy homage. — Abbott.
“Prepare to Feed Yourself”
i TO CANVASS THIS
SECTION
Local Men to Visit Various School
Houses and Churches to Spread
Food Shortage Question
As a result < the visit of Judge W.
E. Hemingway, and the message he
left with Springdale people, the com
mittee appointed by Mayor Smith met
at the Arcade Hotel Wednesday even
ing, and mapped out a campaign to
be carried on in this part of Washing
ton and Benton counties, during the
next week.
The campaign opens Friday night
of this week, when speakers will go
to Hickory ''reek, Monitor and Lo
well, and will continue until Friday
night of next week, when the dop
ing date will be at Zion,
The following dates have been ar
ranged by the local committee, and
three teams will be arranged to vis
it the various places, where talks will
be made along the line of the per
sonal message to the people of the
South from President Wilson, urging
farmers to make special efforts this
year to feed themselves. Arkansas
will undoubtedly go hungry this year
unless the farmers raise their own
food and feed supply. It is a patriotic
duty, and the man in the furrows will
play just as important a part in the
present war as the man in the tren
ches:
Friday night—Hickory Creek, Lo
well and Monitor.
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 a meet
ing will be held in Springdale at
which the principal address will be
given by A. D. McNair, of Little Rock,
connected with the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, and Dr. R. T. Phillips.
Monday night—Mayfield, Sonora
and Spring Valley.
Tuesday night—Elm Springs, Cave
Springs, Tontitown and Harmon.
Wednesday night—Stony Point,
Oak Grove and Johnson.
Thursday night—Spring Creek, Si
lent Grove and Bethel.
Friday night—Zion and possibly
other dates will be arranged.
Speakers have been secured to go
to the different places named, and the
list includes the names of A. D. Mc
Nair, Rev. W. 1 Elledge, Prof. F. G.
Robb, D. E. Either, C. W. Pool. J. H.
Amacker, C. S. Bouton, Wilson Card
well and others.
It ,s expected that at least two au
to loads of passengers from Spring
dale will make arrangements to go to
each of the places named and help in
spreading the serious question of the
food shortage that now confronts
Arkansas. All the meetings are to be
held in the various school and church
houses, and will begin at 7:45. It is
expected that the farmers and their
families residing in and near the sec
tions named will make arrangements
to be present to hear the talks. This
campaign in conjunction with the
campaign by the Business Men’s Lea
gue of Fayetteville, will cover Wash
ington county in it’s entirety next
week.
If conditions warrant dates may
be arranged by the local committee,
and speakers sent to other points.
Carl Yroomun, assistant secretary
of Agriculture, sends the following
personal message;
“The responsihilit> for adequate
food production lie* with the indivi
dual citizen. Any planter or farmer
who in this national crisis fa Is to put
a large precentage of hi- land in food
crops is lacking both in patriotism,
and in common prudence. He cannot
win this war if wo permit the boys
at the front to supply all the self
sacrifice. today th» fir-t duty of the
South and the Nation is to get food.
Every loyal man, woman and child
must -hare in this common burden
and privilege."
KIKE \T I'KISt’O STATION
The tire alarm was sounded Wed
nesday at noon, and the department
was called to the Frisco station. The
roof of the station was on fire in two
places and probably caught from a
passing engine. Very little damage
was done, as the fire had not gained
any headway when first reported.
Mayor Smith assessed a fine of $2.
50 and costs on J. N. Myers Monday,
in a case growing out of language
used by Mr Myers toward P. J. White
manager of the local garage. The
dispute came up over the work 01
cleaning, washing and oiling the car
driven by Mr. Myers, which had been
left at the garage. The warrant
char ed Mr. Myers with using pro
fane and insulting language and
threatening to fight. Fine and costs
amounted to $7.30.
“Prepare to Feed Yourself”