The Ozark spectator., June 23, 1916, Image 1

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OZARK SPECTATOR
Succewor to The Spectator, FormerlJ^Publi*hed Twice • Week.
VOLUME 5.
OZARK, FRANKLIN COUNTY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1916.
NUMBER 99.
Company “K”
National Guard Giv
en Big Reception
Entire City Invited and Many
Participate in Affair in Hon
or of Our “Soldier Boys”
Tuesday Evening.
A grand reception was given
on the courthouse lawn Tuesday
evening from the hours of eight
to eleven in honor of Company
“K” National Guard, which it
was expected would receive
orders Wednesday to entrain for
Fort Logan H. Roots, and prob
ably from that place be sent on
to the sandy shores of the Rio
Grande for patrol duty along the
border.
Beneath a clear sky, serene
save where the slender crescent
of fair Luna hung suspended like
the sword of Damocles; ’neath
the dome of the heavens whose
illimitable canopy was spangled
with countless constellations
that sparkled in the brisk night
atmosphere, did the the many
regale themselves with the ex
cellent repast and momentarily
enjoy themselves amid the bab
bliAg of voices that rang with
musical rhythm upon the quiet
night, making the welkin ring
as of tintinabulations; mingling
with the song and laughter that
awoke the silent echoes of the
beautiful noctur n a 1 reign.
Momentarily—for tomorrow the
boys may depart, but the Ozark
boys are brave soldiers and
while they appreciate the en
couragement we feel sure they
did not need to be encouraged.
Delicious punch and wafers
was served by the young ladies
under direction of Misses Pauline
Clayton and Evangel Galloway.
Prof. H. A. Nickell acted as
master of ceremonies, introduc
ing the speakers. Rev. J. H.
King, Mr. Gamble, a Salvation
Army worker, F. P. Nichols, L.
M. Guthrie and D. L. Ford made
interesting and instructive talks
to the soldiers while Lieutenant
Jake Johnson made a talk to the
people from a soldier's viewpoint,
giving advice as to duty and rev
erence due the Hag of the nation.
Captain M. F. Edwards was
called upon for a speech and
made a brief talk, saying that
he was a worker and not a talk
er. A very martial spirit was
shown.
An Edison phonograph sup
plied by Mullen & Chancey and
f presided over by Mr. Chancey.
4 added considerably to the joys
of the evening.
Much credit is due the two
young ladies—Misses Pauline
Clayton and Evangel Galloway—
who were instrumental in get
ting up the pleasant affair and
due to whose efforts it culminat
ed in the big success it did.
The affair was a big surprise to
the soldiers and many were the
encomiums voted upon those
instrumental in so royally enter
taining.
Robert King Injured.
/ Robert, the 14-year old son of
Rev. and Mrs. J. H. King, in
falling from a tree Friday struck
a paling which was driven deep
ly into the muscle of his leg, just
above the ankle. The boy had
climbed up in a tree after peach
es when a limb broke under his
weight precipitating him on the
paling fence with the above re
sult The wound, while painful,
is not considered serious.
Mrs. Dr. f'uller, of Magazine,
is here visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bill.
Jjt '
Harris-Edward*.
Ross Harris, of Denning, and
Miss Lona Angie Edwards, of
Altus, who had been attending
the teachers’ institute a t this
place were quietly married at the
parsonage of the
Presbyterian church Friday
evening, the Rev. J. H. King
officiating. Mrs. Harris is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J, E.
Edwards, of Altus, and is one of
Franklin county’s popular young
teachers, Mr. Harris is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Harris, of
Denning, and a brother of Mrs
Edward McElroy of this place.
They will make their home after
June 25th at Denning.
Pedagogues Rec
ommend Contest and
Promotion Day
Committee on Recommenda
tions Has Excellent Plan to
Stimulate Interest in Frank
lin Schools.
Friday marked the closing of one
of the most successful teachers’
meetings ever held in Franklin
county when the North Franklin
C o u n ty Teachers’ Institute
which convened here Monday
morning came to a close. There
was a total of 145 teachers in
attendance and the program ren
dered was long, varied, and
brim full of interest and instruc
tion. About fifteen applicants
took the examination Thursday
and Friday. The proceedings of
the institute were published in
last week's Spectator up till
Wednesday afternoon.
Religious services Thursday
morning were in charge of Rev.
M. G. Jobe, of the Nazarene
church while W. W. Ram bo was
first on the program for the day
and gave a talk on the subject
of civil government. This was
followed by a forceful and in
teresting to a high degree talk
on the 12 mill amendment clause
by T. A. Trusty, member Fort
Smith school board. John Holt,
of LeFlore county, Oklahoma,
but formerly of Charleston, then
took up the subject of English
grammar at the beginning of the
afternoon services.
Rev. A. M. Harral, of the
Christian church, had charge of
the religious services Friday
morning after which he favored
the institute with an excellent
talk. the remainder ot tne
morning was given over to busi
ness meetings, the principal act
deserving special mention was
the organization of a 12-Mill
Amendment Association. The
institute adjourned about eleven
o’clock.
Committees on Recommenda
tion and Resolutions both report
ed, the following being the pro
ceedings of meetings of respect
ive committees:
Recommendations
We, your committee on recom
mendations, beg leave to submit
the following report.
First, in order to awaken and
arouse more interest in our
schools and education in Frank
lin county we heartily recom
mend a county contest and pro
motion day. To carry out the
above recommendation we sug
gest that county examiner ap
point a committee to divide the
county into districts and that he
appoint a leader for each district
whose duty it shall be to organ
ize the schools of his district for
contests.
Second, that a committee of
| |ive, the county examiner being
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LOCAL COMPANY NAT L
GUARD ORDERED TO MOBO
LIZE AT FORT ROOTS
Dark War Cloud Hanging Over Mexican Line Causes
President Wilson to Call Out National Guard of
Every State—Local Company Await
ing Orders to Move.
-X—
Paris, 7:30 a. m., June 19.1
Captaki Edwards,
Ozark, Arkansas.
Mobolize sixty-five minimum,
move on order.
STRQUPE,
Colonel 2nd Infantry.
The above order, received
Monday morning by M. F. Ed
wards, commander of Company
K, Arkansas National Guard,
stationed at Ozark was the first
official notice received here of
the President’s call for the mi
litia of every state.
Later in the day orders were ;
telegraphed to Company K as
follows:
“Capt. Edwards,
Ozark, Arkansas
“By order of the governor, in
accordance with the proclama
tion of the President, the Nation
al Guard is ordered to mobolize
a t Fort Roots. You will a t
once assemble your company at
armory and begin recruiting
same to 141 enlisted
men consisting of one
first sergeant, one company
quartermaster sergeant, five
sergeants, nine corporals, two!
cooks, one artificer, two musi
cians, 120 privates. Report each
day by wire number of men re
cruiting and total strength at
time of report New oath of
enlistment to be administed to
all old members of company.
All men to have physical exam
ination prescribed for regular
army before being accepted.
Company commanders will pro
vide subsistence for the enlisted i
men of their company at the
rate of 25 cents per meal per
man. Voucher to cover subsist
ence will be rendered to Major
Eugene B. Jett, U. S. A. dis
bursing officer, every five days.
Every five days upon receipt of
same by the disbursing officer
check to cover will be forwarded.
General order being mailed to
day.
Lloyd England. Adj. Gen.”
Orders to practically all the
National Guard units of the Uni
on to be prepared for border ser
vice, backed by the dispatch to
Mexican waters of more fighting
ships and transports constitute
the threat. It is the adminis
tration’s* last trump to quiet a
troublesome situation. If this
last trump does not take the
trick officials fear that war will
follow.
Not since the Spanish-Ameri
can war has the Nation seen
such military activity as today.
More than one hundred thousand
guardsmen in 45 states are un
der orders to mobolize for Mex
ican service. Only drilling and
mobolization will be ordered
among the militia for the pres
ent. Later, after being mus
tered into the Federal service,
they will be sent to the border
for patrol duty thus releasing
30,000 regulars for service in
Mexico if war actually developes.
Additional war ships are get
ting ready to start south and
stand by Mexican ports to pro
tect Americans.
With about one hundred thous
and militiamen under mobiliza
tion and about fifty thousand
troops already on the border,
the United States’ reply to Car
ranza’s last note demanding the
withdrawal of American troops
is already to go forward. It is
announced that refusal to with
draw until Mexico curbs its own
bandits will be made.
When asked Wednesday af
ternoon about when his company
would depart for Fort Roots,
Captain Edwards replied that
according to latest information
the expected date of departure
had been placed for Saturday.
It was at first expected they
would entrain Wednesday but
owing to the crowded condition
McIIroy to Warren.
Robert McIIroy departed Sun
day night for Warren where he
has been engaged to play with
the Warren baseball team for
the season. “Dago” was one of
our most excellent players and
we feel no hesitancy in making
the assertion that he will make
good as outfielder for the Warren
team.
Will Elect Chairman.
Announcement has been made
that the Republican Central
Committee will meet in Ozark
Saturday, June 24th, for the
purpose of electing a chairman
to succeed the late L. H. Moore.
Ozark Plans t o
H o I d Big Fair
Coining Fall
Proposition is Turned Over
to Fair Committee Who
Will Work Out Details of
Celebration.
At a meeting of a number of
the Ozark business men on the
east side courthouse lawn Fri
day afternoon for the purpose of
discussing plans for some kind
of celebration to be held in
Ozark on Independence Dav, it
was decided, owing to the fact
that Alix is to have a two days
picnic July 4th and 5th, a July
4th celebration to be held at
Marble Hill, at Charleston and
other sister towns and commu
nities, that it would not be prac
tical, neither just to the other
places to hold a big celebration
at Ozark. A suggestion was
made that the matter of holding
a picnic be laid aside and that
instead, Ozark plan to hold a
lair this fall, exact date to be
decided upon later. This was
the plan hit upon by John E.
Bryan, cashier of • the Ark
ansas Valley Bank, who made
the motion which carried unani
mously.
For some time the matter of
holding a picnic on the 4th has
been agitated. Friday it being
decided to call a meeting to
settle the mattter. Sam Mullen
! was selected to notify all the
business men of the meeting
which was called for at four
o’clock. Mayor J. S. Turner
acted as chairman.
Let’s all boost for the FAIR.
Clarke Buy* Agency.
Alvin Clark has purchased the
agency from Robert Mcllroy for
the Fort Smith laundry and will
henceforth conduct the business
in connection with his cleaning
and pressing establishment.
Read his ads elsewhere in this
issue.
Attended Endeavor Convention.
Roy Bell and Miss Alma
Roach returned Monday night
from Little Rock where they had
been in attendance at the State
Christian Endeavor Convention
which convened at that place
last week. They report a suc
cessful convention. “A Model
Christian Endeavor Prayermeet
ing” led by Miss Roach, assisted
by Harry Schmuck, of Little
Rock, was one of the features of
the program. Miss Mary Bul
lock, of Russellville, and well
known here, was chosen state
president of the Endeavor So
ciety. .
existing at Fort Roots it was
necessary to wait until arrange
ments could be made for the
various companies’ care.
Lightning Kills
Cecil Baber Near
Lavaca Last Week
Caught in Shower While Go
ing to Neighbor’s House
Electrocuted While in Act
of Jumping Fence.
Cecil, the sixteen-year-old son
of Mrs. John N. Baber, residing
on Route 1, Lavaca, was instant
ly killed Sunday morning. He,
accompanied by £ brother, and a
neighbor boy, were going to a
neighbor’s house to get an ice
cream freezer. A shower came
upon them and they started for
another neighbor’s house and
had to pass through a wire fence.
The other two children crawled
under the fence while Cecil pla
ced his hands on the top wire
and jumped. He had gotten ov
er the fence but still had his
hands on the wire when light
ning struck the fence. The la
dy of the house to which the boys
were running saw Cecil fall and
ran to him, picked him up and
carried him to the house. She
says he breathed only twice af
ter she got to him.
Interment was made in the
Southard Chapel cemetery Sun
day afternoon at 4 o'clock, Gro
ver Hudson conducting the ser
vices. --Charleston Express.
Odd Fellows Pic
tures at the Gem
Moving Pictures, showing the
everyday life of children of the
Orphan’s Home of the Interna
tional Order of Odd Fellows are
to be shown in Ozark Monday
night according t o announce
ment of F. A. Scheffer, manager
of the Gem. These pictures will
be shown in connection with the
regular three-reel program and
arrangements have been made
to enable those who reside at a
distance from the city to see the
pictures. As announced else
where in The Spectator the first
show will begin propmptly at 6
p. m. (doors open 16 minutes
earlier), the second show will
start at 7:30 and the last show
will start at 9 p. m. A certain
percentage of the receipts from
this show' go to the benefit of
the Home which is located at
Batesville and is one of our most
worthy institutions and should
receive the encouragement and
assistance of every person in the
state. Twenty slides will also
be shown. The children are
shown just as they go about
their work and play and those
who have seen the pictures state
that it is like a personal visit to
the home.
Epworth League.
Subject-What is the Purpose
of Our Life on*Earth?
Song.
Scripture reading, Eph. 2:1-10.
Prayer.
Song.
Seeing is Believing, Miss Syd*
nie May Thompson.
The Gospel the Power of God
Unto Salvation, Miss Pauline
Clayton.
Duet, Vera Thompson and Ola
Mae Pendergrass.
Need of the Gospel at Home,
Vivian Clarke.
Taking Stocks, Mrs. Arthur
Dupreast,
What Christ Said, Paul Gallo
way.
Benediction.
Mrs. Warner, Leader.
Leo Paul left Saturday night
for a week's visit in Oklahoma.