'KING HAS LONG PEDIGREE
British Monarch Can Trace His An
cestors Back for More Than Eight
Hundred Years,
The father of the present king
was Edward VII, the oldest son of
the late Queen Victoria, who was
the niece of William IV, who was
the brother of George IV, who was
the son of George III, who was the
grandson of George II, who was the
son of George I, who was the cousiD
of Queen Anne, who was the sister
in-law of William II, who was the
son-in-law of James II, who-was the
brother of Charles II, who was the
son of Charles I, who was the son of
James 1, who wTas the cousin ot
Elizabeth, who was the sister of
Mary, who was the sister of Edward
VI, who was the son of Henry VIII,
wrho was the son of Henry VII, who
was the cousin of Richard IIP, who
was the u^c-le of Edward V, who was
the cousin of Richard II, who was
the grandson of Edward II, who was
the son of Edward I, who was the
son of Henry III, who was the son
of John, who was the brother of
Richard I, who was the son of Henry
II, who was the cousin of Stephen,
who was the cousin of Henry I, who
was the brother of William Rufus,
who was the son of William the Con
queror.
Thus, says the Philadelphia Press,
King George can trace his ancestors
back for more than 800 vears.
“OFF HIS NUT!”
I
J
BOON FOR “NIGHT HAWKS.”
The police commissioner has a soft
spot in his Ilea# for the night work
ers and for those who do not go to
bed until the milkman comes around.
He proved it by issuing a special or
der, writes the New York corre
spondent of the Pittsburgh Dis
patch, to compel cops to see that
there will in future be no unneces
sary shouting by street hawkers and
“old clothes” men; no unnecessary
shouting or yelling by anyone on the
streets; no use of horns, bugles or
bells by scissors grinders; no unmuf
fled exhausts on automobiles or mo
torcycles; no unnecessary noises by
milkmen, icemen and bakery boys;
no unnecessary noises by janitors in
putting out ash cans; no unnecessary
blowing of factory whistles and no
barking dogs or yowling cats. And,
further, the cops will report to the
public service commission faulty car
tracks, flat wheels on cars, faulty
brakes on cars and unnecessary
clanging of car gongs. If all these
things are enforced New Yorkers
will never wake un.
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
Ralph Peters
On Railway Mail Pay
A controversy has been raging in the columns of the
press between the railroads and the Federal Post Office
Department over the question of proper compensation
for handling the United States mails. Mr. Ralph Peters,
Chairman of the Railway Mail Committee, when asked
to state the railroad side of the controversy to the
American farmer, said in part:
“The railway mail pay question will be settled—and
settled permanently and with justice to all concerned—
as soon as the American people realize that the whole
subject, while seemingly complicated and technical, boils
down to a few simple points of fair business dealing
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“The first is that the Post Office Department weighs the mails, and re
adjusts the pay of the railroads, only once in four years. This compels the
railroads to carry the increase in the mail-tonnage during the intervening
years without pay—manifestly an injustice in the case of a rapidly growing
business. One consequence has been that last year the railroads carried fully
half the parcel post for nothing.
“A second point is this: In addition to carrying the mails, the rail
roads are required to operate many traveling post offices for sorting and
distributing the mails while in transit. But the Post Office Department pays
for such post offices only where they occupy whole cars, and pays nothing
in the many cases in which it merely requires the use of post office apart
ments in combination cars, although such apartments differ from the j!ull
railway post office cars only in size. More than 4,200 apartments of this
character have been fitted up, and are maintained for the exclusive use of
the Post Office Department. Failure to pay for them has been an especial
hardship to the smaller roads on which the Department does not find it
necessary to utilize whole cars.
“One last point: In thousands of instances (though not in all) the Post
Office Department requires the railroads to carry the mails back and forth
between railroad stations and post offices, but pays them nothing for this
extra service beyond the rates covering the rail transportation. The rail
roads have no choice but to perform this additional service gratis, or refuse
to carry the mails at all.
“Now for the remedies the railroads ask: They do not ask to have the
mails weighed daily, or to have each shipment weighed and paid for sep
arately, as is done in the case of private shippers. They merely ask to
have the mails weighed, and the pay of the railroads adjusted, at least once
a year, instead of once in four years. They also ask that apartment post
office cars be paid for, at reasonable rates, according to size. Lastly, they
ask that the Post Office Department cease to require of them free messenger
service between stations and post offices, and either relieve them of this
service or pay fairly for it. These are the reforms-the railroads ask of Con
gress. They gladly lay these reforms before the public, confident that they
will appeal to the common sense and ,fairness of American voters.”
Glenn Harris left Thursday for
a few days’ stay in Little Rock.
G. T. Pettibone of Detroit,
Minn., arrived Thursday for a
few davs’ visit, the guest of L.
C. Baxter.
Bill McCain was in Memphis
Sunday and saw “The Birth
of a Nation.” He says it was
some picture show.
Lost: Gold medal with “T. J.
Fakes” engraved on back of
same. Finder please return to
T. J. Fakes and receive reward.
, A.dv
Mrs. J. E. Barringer and son,
Joseph Erie, Jr., returned today,
Friday, to her home in Memphis
after a week’s visit to her uncle
and aunt, W. B. Dougherty and
wife.
E. W. and Herbert Chaney,
and six-years old son, Roy, went
to Little Rock last week where
the boy was placed in the Deaf
Mute Institute. Mr. Chaney was
favorably impressed with the
school for the deaf and although
it was hard for him to give up
his son, he is assured that he
will be well cared for and given
a good education.
Cullum’s Barber Shop
Everything to be found at
a First-class Tonsorial
Parlor
Bring us Your Laundry
WARNING ORDER.
Woodruff Chancery Court, Nor
thern District:
Mary Burt, Plaintiff,
vs'
John Burt, Defendant.
The above defendant, John
Burt, is hereby warned to appear
in this court within thirty days
and answer the complaint of the
plaintiff, Mary Burt. 1-25 Adv
L. W. Winfree, Clerk.
Hutchins & Hutchins, Attorneys
for Plaintiff. Jan. 8, 1916.
J. H. Simmons returned Sat
urday from a visit to old time
relatives and friends at Jasper,
Ala. He was accompanied home
by his '•half-brother, C. Sparks
and wife who will probably move
here.
i V
R. J. Kibler of Hickory Ridge,
F. W. Beede of Beedeville and
J. F. Shue of Pumpkin Bend,
commissioners of Bayou DeView
Drainage District No. 1, held a
meeting at their headquarters in
this city Wednesday.
Died: Today, Friday, Jan. 21,
1916, at 9:15 a. m., of pneumonia,
i McKinley, age 18 /ears and ten
days, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Harp of near Tip; The deceased
was one of the largest young men
in the county, his weight being
269. He was a good boy and
well liked by all who knew him.
The remains will be laid to rest
| in the Beards Cemetery tomor
row, Saturday.
GENERAL DIRECTORY
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
J. M. Jackson, Helena... .Circuit Judge
J. N. Rachels, Searcy.
.Prosecuting- Attorney
E. M. Carl-Lee, Augusta.
.Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
J. T. Angelo, McCrory. .Representative
Sam Vann, Vanndale.
.State Senator, Seventh District
A. L. Hutchins, Augusta.County Judge
E. TK Robertson, Wynne.
.Chancery Judge
R. E. L. (Bob) Spradlin, Augusta....
. Sheriff
L. W. Winfree, Augusta.Circuit Clerk
Wm. Moorman. Augusta. .County Clerk
Walter Jimerson, Augusta... Treasurer
Edgar Miller, McCrory.Assessor
Alex Beilis, Augusta.Surveyor
T. W. Woodbury, McCrory.. .Examiner
Dr. R. Q. Patterson, Augusta. .Coroner
Dr. R. N. Smith, Augusta. Health Officer
CITY OFFICIALS.
G. W. Barber.Mayor
Walter W. Raney.Recorder
J. G. Pulley.Day Marshal
O. K. Porter.Night Marshal
Dr. H. P. Hargis.Health Officer
Aldermen: G. L. Carson, C. Crutzer,
J. F. Morgan, H. D. Swayze and E, T.
Wherry.
Council meets first Monday night of
each month in the Council Chamber in
the Farmers & Merchants .Bank Bldg.
TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS.
AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP.—Justices of
the Peace: C. L. Jackson, Augusta, H.
L. Byrd, R. F. D. No. 2, Grays, and A.
H. Hamilton, Augusta; Constable: Sam
Anderson, Augusta; Road Overseer:
Ben Simmons, Augusta.
CANEY TOWNSHIP.—Justices of the
Peace: C. J. Harding, Hunter; Con
stable; -; Road Overseer: W, S.
Hunt, Hunter.
WHITE RIVER TOWNSHIP_Jus
tices of the Peace: Rube Dunn and
W. D. Overstreet, Fitzhugh; Constable:
Roy Hight, Fitzhugh; Road Overseer:
Chas. Peebles, Fitzhugh.
DeVIEW TOWNSHIP.—Justices of
the Peace: L. B. Wipfree, McCrory,
and A. J. Stapp, R. F. D. No. 2, Mc
Crory; Constable: Neal McCue, Mc
Crory; Road Overseer: J. L. Bronte, R.
F. D. No. 2, McCrory.
COTTON PLANT TOWNSHIP.—Jus
tices of the Peace: R. E. Mills and B.
A. Trice, Cotton Plant; Constable: Chas.
W. Brooks, Cotton Plant; Road Over
seer: I. R. Phillips, Cotton Plant.
BARNES TOWNSHIP-Justice of
the Peace: A. E. Ridgeway, McCrory;
Constable: -; Road Overseer: T.
W. Roberts, McCrory.
FRANKS TOWNSHIP.—Justices of
the Peace: F. H. Cole and D. H. Fow
ler, Hillemann; Constable: A. L. Doss,
Hillemann; Road Overseer: Geo. Smith,
Hillemann.
POINT TOWNSHIP.—Justices of the
Peace: Lee Presley and T. B. Stegall
(col.), Gregory; Constable> Ed Holler,
Gregory; Road Overseer: J. D. El
dridge, Gregory.
DENT TOWNSHIP.—Justice of the
Peace: M. A. Sparks, Morton; Consta
ble: Jack Whittinghall, Penrose; Road
Overseer: A. Materna, Morton.
CACHE TOWNSHIP. — Justices of
the Peace:’'E. L. Joyner, Wiville, and
N. H. Chaney, R. F. D. No. 2, McCrory;
Constable: Gid Capshaw, R. F. D. No.
2, McCrory; Road Overseer; Wes Re
neau, Howell.
FREEMAN TOWNSHIP.—Justices of
the Peace: L. Spears and T. E. Trice,
Cotton Plant; Constable: Jesse Spears,
Cotton Plant; Road Overseer: G. N.
Cochran, Cotton Plant.
GARDEN TOWNSHIP.—Justice of
the Peace: D. L. Nelson, McClelland;
Constable: H. E. Miller, McClelland;
Road Overseer: J. F. Buchanan, Mc
Clelland.
PUMPKIN BEND TOWNSHIP.—Jus
tice of the Peace: John W. Browning,
McCrory; Constable: -; Road
Overseer: Ed Gibson, McCrory.
UUUKTS,
NORTHERN DISTRICT
CIRCUIT COURT—Third Monday in
February and August.
CHANCERY COURT—Second Mon
day in January, May and December.
COUNTY COURT—First Monday in
January, April, July and October.
PROBATE COURT—Fourth Monday
in January, April, July and October.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT
CIRCUIT COURT—First Monday in
March and September.
CHANCERY COURT—Third Monday
in January, May and December.
COUNTY COURT—Second Monday in
January, April, July and October.
PROBATE COURT—First Monday
following that of the Northern Dis
trict.