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BORDER SERVICE OF
MILITIA A FAILURE
If Mexicans Had an Organized
Army, Militia Would Have
Been Wiped Out
Washington, bee. 18.—The
mobilization of the National
Guard for border service was
described as a military failure,
emphasizing the urgent neces
sity of abandoning the volun
teer system as the nation’s re
(liance for defense,in statements
/ today by Major General Hugh
' L. Scott, chief of staff of the
army, and Major General Leon
ard Wood, commanding the
Eastern Department,before the
Senate subcommittee, consid
ering the Chamberlain univer
sal military training bill.
Both of the generals advoca
ted universal training. General
Wood said that the country
now is utterly defenseless
against a well organized foe;
that the mobilization was a
’ tragedy and that if the guards
men had met good troops they
“would never have known what
hit them.” General Scott told
the committee that lessons
drawn from the present war
proved that in case of war with
a first class power the United
States would immediately need
a trained force of 1,500,000
men, with another 1,500,000
available within 90 days.
On the other side of the
question the committee heard
Walter L. Fisher of Chicago,
former secretary of the interior
who opposed universal service,
though he stood for adequate
defense measures and suggest
ed a regular army of half a
million. He thought if the pay
of privates were raised to $30
a month the service would be
more attractive to recruits.
General Wood, from whose
department went 85,000 of the
guardsmen sent to the border,
said of the men enrolled when
the call came, an average of
30 per cent of each company
had to be dropped for physical
defects and the organizations
went to the border filled up
with green men.
“It‘s been a tragedy,” he
said, "but worth all it cost if
we only profit by it. It was not
the fault of the officers or men,
but of a defective system. If we
had been compelled to meet
good troops down there, it
would have been a scene of
carnage. The guardsmen would
never have known what hit
them.”
H Christmas Carmen
John Gmnkaf Olbittier
Sound oner ail waters, reach mm from
all lands,
Che chorus of pokes, the clasping of
bands;
Sing hymns that were sung hy the
stars of the mom.
Sing songs of the angels when Jesus
was horn!
With glad jubilations
Bring hope to the nations!
Che dark night is ending and dawn
has begun;
Rise, hope of the ages, arise, like
the sun,
jRl! speech flow to music, all hearts
beat as one!
Blow, bugles of battle, the marches of
peace;
£a$t, west, north and south, let the
long quarrel cease:
Sing the song of great joy that the
angels began,
Sing of glory to 6od and of good will
to man!
Bark, joining in chorus
Che heaoens bend o’er us!
Che dark night is ending and dawn
has begun;
Rise, hope of the ages, arise like
the sun,
All speech flow to music, all hearts
beat as one!
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THE GIFTS FOR MOTHER
The glftddest hour of Christmas day.
The time the heart* are lightest
An’ every care Is chased away
An’ all the smiles are brightest.
Is when the family, young an’ old.
From dad to little brother.
With all the love that hearts can hold
Come bringing gifts to mother.
We keep her presents till the last
An’ then when she sits rocking,
An’ all the other gifts are passed.
We go an’ get her stocking.
We gather round her easy chair.
First one an’ then the other
Steps up an’ says: ’’Well, I declare!
Here's something else for mother!"
An’ with each present goes a kiss.
An’ all is still an’ quiet
When mother murmurs: ’’What is this?"
An’ hastens to untie It.
Then everybody wildly cheers
An’ shouts for perfect gladness.
An’ mother’s eyes are moist with tear*.
But not the tears of sadness.
Oh. here’s a scene that gold can’t buy.
Or stage in imitation.
The smiling face, the glistening eye
Of love's own celebration.
And with each Jolly Christmas day
We pray to know another
When we shall meet the self-same way
And bring our gifts to mother.
—Detroit Free Pres.
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Back of the ancient customs,
sacred memories and benevo
lent impulses, Christmas has a
significance profoundly impres
sive. Above, beneath and be
yond the poetry, the melody
and the effulgence of the an
cient day is the revelation that
God may be imminent in us
men of His world; that He is
the light that illuminates all
men and women who are being
ushered into this world.
Christmas means that at the
heart of things there is a spirit
of the same nature as Jesus, a
spirit with an unceasing urge,
undiscouraged and unchecked
by the accidents of history or
the wrath of animalism, in
whom and with whom it works.
The presence of this spirit
gives recurring seasons their
perennial joy and hope, not on
ly for the measure of achieve
ment which has been already
wrought, but for the assurance
that its march is ever forward
and its ultimate triumph is cer
tain. “Peace on earth” may
seem to be a mockery to those
who are watching the distress
ed conditions of Europe; to
those who have followed the
tragic strife and have witness
ed men thirsting for blood, but
such people do not fully under
stand this invisible force which
works on unceasingly through
the centuries . Rebellion in
Mexico and war in Europe,each
so sworn to resist the other to
the death; Jews persecuted in
Russia, the people of once neu
tral lands being trampled on to
the death, make the celestial
proclamation of good will
among men seem a vain wish.
The coming Christmas will
bring with it a message of
peace for our country, at least,
and behind it may lurk the pos
sibility of peace for the world.
I Christmas Day will be but a
mark of this world’s progress
and our city and state the scene
of the operation of this eternal
principle. Purblind officials
and their coherts may pitch
the tests of their purposes up
on the sands of habit and cus
tom, but the tide of ages will
overwhelm them, inevitably.
The regret is that so many do
not know what disturbs our
tranquility. Our Christmas joy
and hope is that nothing can
resist the power that is work
ing in them.
All cannot be happy on this
glad festival of the year, but
the greatest of life’svicissitudes
cannot kill the hope “that
burns eternal in the human
breast.”
We alwas seem to feel that
there is some potent influence
behind (Christmas that is work
ing for the uplift and benefit
of the human race.—Commer
cial Appeal.
NOTICE TRUSTEE’
SALE OF LANDS
Whereas, Sallie Bounds,Hen
ry Sims, John A. Sims, Mary E.
Sims, his wife, Jennie Duren,
Albert Sims, Annie W. Sims,his
wife, Effie Goodwin, Mary
Sims, Esther Robinson, D. O.
Sims, and F. J. Sims, all the
heirs at law of R. C. Sims, de
ceased, and Sarah F. Sims,
widow of the said R, C. Sims,
deceased, did execute their cer
tain deed of trust to Samuel M.
Casey, trustee, on the 12th day
of May, A. D. 1915 to secure
an indebtedness of $1600.00,
bearing interest at the rate of
eight (8) per cent per annum
from date until paid, said deed
of trust being now of record in
Book T 2, at pages 345 to 349
inclusive of the Records of
Deeds of Trusts and Mortgages
of Independence County, Ark.,
conveying the following lands
to-wit:
The WTest-half of the South
West Quarter of the North
West Quarter of Section One
(1), and the South-East Quar
ter of the North-East Quarter
of Section Two (2) Township
Twelve (12),North Range Sev
en (7) West, containing 60 ac
res of land more or less.
Whereas said indebtedness
is now past due and default
having been made in the pay
ment of the same, and having
been requested by the legal
holder thereof, to foreclose
thereon,
Now therefore, notice is
hereby given by the undersign
ed trustee that I will offer for
sale the above described lands,
to the highest bidder for cash
in hand at the Main Street
Door of the CountyCourtHouse
in the city of Batesville, Ark.,
on
FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1917
between the hours prescribed
by law for judicial sales, for
the purpose of paying the said
indebtedness above mention
ed, interests and costs of sale.
Given under my hand as
such trustee this December 12,
1916. SAMUEL M. CASEY,
Trustee.
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ZINC PRODUCTION
MAKES BiG GAIN
Total Output in Rush District
Expected to Double That
of Year 1915
Rush, Dec. 19.—One of the
leading ore buyers of the North
Arkansas zinc field forecasts
that this year’s zinc ore pro
duction will be between 30,
000,000 and 40,000,00 pounds
or twice that of 1915, which
showed a gain of 500 per cent
over 1914. This is the greatest
year the zinc mining industry
has ever had in the field. The
! increased production is a result
of the operation of many new
concentrating plants during the
year, and of the opening of
new mines. Twenty-five new
mills wrere constructed. Five
new plants are under construc
! tion.
Only a little lead was min
ed. Owing to the fact that the
mines are nearly all working
on the upper ore stratas and
have no w'ater to contend with,
the cost of production was low7,
the majority of the ore that
was milled costing approxima
tely $25 per ton in the bin.
Some of the free ore was pro
duced as low as $10 per ton.
—-o
The merchant who advertises
never counts the flies on the
I wall. “There’s a reason.”
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