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WALTER W RANEY, Editor.
Entered tit the Post-Office at McOrory
Arkansas, as Second-Class mall,matter.
June 11th. 1902.
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COUNTY
Representative—
E. M. CARL-LEE.
Judge—
J. F. SUMMERS.
Sheriff—
W. R. CAIN.
Circuit. Clerk—
YV,u. MOORMAN.
County Clerk —
ED B. CARL-LEE.
Treasurer—
C. L. JACKSON.
Assessor—
W. E. FAKES.
MISS JOHNSON “SWEET SIXTFEN”
The birthday supper given in the
beautiful grove west of town by
Mis* Mary Johnson last Friday
evening in boner of her 16th.
birthday proved quite an enjoy
able affair. About 40 of Miss
Johnson’s friends were present;
and all engaged in merry talk
and laughter and various games
until 6:00 when supper was spread,
and of course every good edible
imaginable was there in plenty.
May the hostess see many many
more happy birthdays is the wish
of each and every guest.
Never suspect a friend of doing
you wrong until the proof of it is ;
as plain and as clear as the sun at;
noon on a cloud ness day, and then,!
yes, even then do not accuse oi
censure until you have heard
from h i s own lips; his ver
sion of the supposed wrong. II
you were ever a friend *o him hf
is certainly entitled to that much
forbearance and consideration. II
this rule was practised, many a
misunderstanding would be' avert
ed, and many a heartache spared.
C. L. ADAflSON,
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MRS. JOHN C. VEAZIZY, Prop.
ifffflttr Witrm i
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What Dr. John D. Quackenbos Has to
Say of Absinths and Whisky.
There 1b something In the worm
i wood from which absinthe Is made
I r that has strange
p r o p e r t ies. It
causes braiu de
generation; causes
the victim to com
I init fantastic
crimes. Thore is
a case on record
of a man who
was an absinthe
* fiend and his
, mania was to
shoot any woman
he saw wearing a
blue dress. He at
tacked 87 women
before he was
caught.
Drinking la a great provocative of
brain degeneration. It makes crime
more possible. It is not that the pas
sions are Inflamed or the sense of re
straint is dulled—it is rather that the
person under the influence Is absolute
ly insane for the time being. Sobered
up, the murderer is perfectly sane, but
Is he so when he loses his sense of
identity, his memory, his self-eon
Kciousness? I do not think so. For
the time being he has awful hallucina
tions. He is possessed with (ho desire
to kill.
It is hard to believe it, but the fact
is nevertheless true, so-called whisky
cannot be told by the average person
from the genuine distillation. We have
tried it and know it to be so. Coun
terfeit whisky is so cleverly mode now
that a man does not know real whisky
from the vilest poison.
There was the case the other day of
those seven foreigners who were cele
brating the departure of one of their
friends for Europe. They went into
a saloon, drank heavily of what they
thought was whisky—it was, in reality,
deadly poison. Five of them are dead,
one is totally blind.
Dr. Lederle, formerly health commis
sioner, and I made experiments with
clubmen who Chink they know good
whisky. We placed before them the
best pure whisky obtainable at Del
rnonlco’s and Sherry’s together with
some of the so-called whisky. They
could not teil the difference.
INTEMPERANCE AND DISEASE.
Severe Indictment of Alcohol by an
English Medical Man.
Additional testimony from the med
ical profession as to the responsibility
of alcohol In causing disease was fur
nished In an important address deliv
ered reoently by Dr. J. J. Fitzgerald,
resident medical superintendent of Eg
llngton asylum in Great Britain, at a
meeting held under the auspices of the
branch society of the C. E. Temper
ance organization.
If aloohol were unknown, he said,
half the sin and a large part of the
poverty and unhappiness of the world
would disappear. Alcohol taken in
to the stomach was, unlike most other
substances, absorbed unchanged Into
the blood; consequently one could
understand its powerful effects on
brain and nerve—these delicate tis
sues being bathed In poison, to the
effects of which they are most sus
ceptible. Referring to the connection
of alcohol with mental diseases. Dr.
Fitzgerald said 20 per cent, of cases
of Insanity were the direct result of
alcohol. Alcohol was the most com
mon cause of mental disease. Every
form of mental disease resulted from
It. More suicides and homicides re
sult from alcoholism than from all
other causes. He was safe in saying
that no man iinlulged for ten years
continuously in more alcohol than was
good for him, even though he was
never drunk all that time, without be
ing psychologically changed for the
worse.
ALCOHOLISM FATAL.
Children of Drunkards Are Constitu
tionally Weak.
Alcoholism, which Is the root of so
much misery, has been proved to be
the cause of great Infant mortality,
for 50 per cent, of drunkards’ children
are doomed to death before they are
three years old, while of those that
survive a great percentage Increase
the ranks of the Insane, the criminal
and the otherwise degenerate. Still,
as was pointed out by one of the
speakers at the congress, alcoholism
Itself Is not a primary cause, but Is
Itself an efTect of bad social condi
tions, squalid homes, poor food and
continuous overstrain from too long
hours of labor. Tuberculosis, which
comes next on the list as the cause
of infant mortality, can be traced to
the same causes as alcoholism and is
itself in most instances caused directly
by the alcoholism of the parents or
progenitors. The Inability of many
womeu to feed their own children has
also been laid partly at the door of al
coholism. It has been statistically
proved that the daughter of an alco
hoiist father generally misses this '
faculty altogether. Since the sixteenth
century', when artificial feeding was
first introduced Into Europe, natural
alimentation has been gradually dig- ’
carded, so that now there are about 66
per cent, of artificially-fed children
against 35 per cent, fed in the natural
way.
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i Farmers Educational
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Co - Operative Union
Of America
The Rosy Road.
I.
[ take the rosy roadway to Hallelula
Town:
There is where the sunlight’s in the
rain a-comin’ down;
The rummer is a song
An’ the winter’s not for long—
Rosy is the bright road to Hallaluia
Town!
! ii.
You pack up all your troubles in Halle
luia Town,
An’ fling ’em to the Four Winds as
they fly the world around;
From the windows in the blue
Angels wave their hands to you,
For Heaven is not a heart-beat from
Halleluia Town!
III.
Life’s losses an’ its crosses—they
make your brightest crown
Where the bells ring sweetest welcome
to Hailelulia Town;
No thorn to wound the breast;
It’s there the travelers rest
In the lilies of the love of God and
Halleluia Town!
—F. L. Stanton In Atlanta Constitu
tion.
Make the Most of Picknics.
The long summer days are again
here and the season suggests picnics.
There is no more pleasant way of
spending an afternoon than at a pic
nic. This affords an easy and agree
able way of being sociable. With par
ties or sociables the work of enter
taining fails upon one or two, while
in the picnic each person contributes
to the dinner and each person Is re
sponsible for his or her entertain
ment.
Anything in the way of refreshments
may be taken to the picnic but some
things are more appropriate than oth
ers. Cold tea, salad dressings, olives,
pickles, etc., are nearly always includ
ed in picnic lunches because they can
be carried in sealed cans. Doviled
eggs, canned meats, etc., also form a
part of the usual picnic lunch. We
think of the things that are easily
carried and that can be served with
the fewest dishes.
Informality is the keynote to the
pleasure derived from a picnic. Peo
ple are always ready for a good time
and go to picnics for that purpose.
Anyone who feels that his food must
be served in order and who does not
feel able to come dowD to usual pic
nic style, had better absent himself
from same as he will not enjoy himself
or add any merriment to the party.
Picnic style has its own attraction
and to rob it of its individuality would
be to spoil It entirely. We should en
courage picnics; it is good for people
to meet in this informal way and to
eat out in the open air. Many seem to
think that one must necessarily go for
some distance—to a lake or to a park,
or some resort. It Is always pleasant
when this can be done but it is not
necessary; there are always many
pretty places near at hand. It Is un
necessary for anyone to do a lot of
extra work for a picnic; plain, whole
some things that will satisfy good
healthy appetites are all that are need
ed. Make the most of picnics, enjoy
the summer months, enjoy your
friends and get together. That is
what makes life worth living.
Care of Colts.
You’re been too busy this summer
to pay much attention to the colts.
Then make up for lost time now.
Teach the colt to lead and drive. Do
It wisely and patiently. It's easy to
make him Jerk up the head every
time you raise your hand or speak
cross. A Jerking colt has a Jerking
trainer.
Handle the feet. Pick them up and
tap them. Get him so he can be shod
without fear. See that the feet are
properly trimmed to promote and di
rect proper growth of hoof. Don’t let
any fool hoof butcher do It, either.
Make the colts fearless by showing
them strange sightB.
It wouldn’t be a bad investment If
several farmers would get their colts
together and introduce them to an au
tomobile. Do it gradually at first.
Hire the automoblllst so you can have
him do as you want him to. Colts
must be taught that the auto, the
street cars, trains, threshing engines
and all such scary things will not hurt
them. A fearless colt 1b worth more
to any owner, city or country, than
one that has to be turned around and
flee when such a thing approaches.
But In teaehing the colts to be fear
less don’t use brute force. Use good \
sense, patience, kindness.
—
Sometimes It seems like a good deal i
of trouble to dip hogs or even to spray
them. I’ll tell you a simple plan that l
I have found to work splendidly. When
the pigs are all eating at the trough,
take your diluted coal tar dip in a
sprinkling can and run over them. In
warm weather they soon get accus-1
tomed to it and rather like it, and It is
scarcely any trouble at all to do it1
two or three times a week. It will
contribute to their health wonderfully
by keeping their skin in ideal condi
tion
Turkey*.
I wonder how the farmers’ wives are
! getting along with their turkey rale
, lug this summer. I say wives because
! I am afraid if those who eat Thanks
| giving and Xmas turkey dinners
I would use something else if the men
on the farm had to raise the turks.
By the way, turkey culture is quite
interesting when one begins to get
down to the bottom of it. When we
go back to the beginning of our re
public and read how the early settlers
feasted on the ever abundant wild
turkey, it is no wonder we eat turkey.
Our present turkey is the wild bird
domesticated, and I am afraid their
health has been Injured, some by too
much inbreeding. I think that herein
will be found the cause for most of
the prevalent Iosb that so many ex
perience. There is a common prac
tice in all localities for farmers to ex
change birds with their neighbors,
year in and year out, and in a short
time the whole community is Inbred.
1 suppose this is an oversight, as it
may be, because some breeder who
has an extra good Tom, and thinks
$6 to $10 is about the right price
for him. Would it not be better to pay
$10 for a great big, stout, vigorous
Tom and raise a good flock of poults
that will live and grow Into fine spe
cimens and weigh from five to ten
pounds more than they usually do,
than to keep trading and carrying out
the weak and dying poults? Of course,
these conditions do not exist in all lo
calities, but they do in many. Mr. Ro
bert Lee Blanton of Richmond, Va.,
in a very instructive article, states
that in his opinion inbreeding is the
worst enemy to strong and healthy
stock. Mr. Blanton lives in a country
where the wild bird abounds, and has
made a careful study of them in their
wild state, and has captured wild
birds and is breeding them, and In
an illustration shows a wild Tom that
weighs 38 pounds. Mr. Blanton states
positively that he does not inbreed
but secures new blood each year, and
has comparatively little loss. I believe
that most young turkeys are like many
Incubators—they are fooled with too
much. I think that If one will follow
nature In this matter, the results will
be better. How well I remember how
I used to hunt the hedge fences back
in Iowa to find hidden nests that Miss
Turk had stole away. We used to rob
the hens of their first lot of eggs and
set them under common hens, and us
ually done very well, but when we let
the turkey hen set on her eggs just
where she chose to she always beat
us a block—relieved us of a lot of
trouble and fussing with the young,
tender turkeys. There was no feed
bill, either, for the mother turk would
never bring her brood home until (hey
were large enough to fly into the trees,
all strong, healthy birds. If 1 were
raising turkeys ! would let the turkey
hen to do the job.
Agricultural Colleges.
When the great agricultural, manu
facturing and housekeeping masses get
together in earnest, and with an in
telligent purpose to improve their con
dition, they will receive the hearty co
operation and assistance of the learn
ed professions, because what is good
for one Is good for all.
"Agricultural colleges are a rather
recent innovation. Fifty years ago the
first one In this country was establish
ed at Lansing, Michigan, and one week
ago its semi-centennial was celebrat
ed in that city, and was considered an
event worthy of the presence of Presi
dent Roosevelt, who made an address
which should be read and studied by
all. A frtend of mine recently said,
"Of all the money the State spends,
there is none which begins to yield the
returns of that spent on its agricul
tural college.’
"It. Is Impossible to estimate the
work that has been done by colleges
—the light that has been shed by
them on the important matters in
charge. We only know that It has
been great as it has been it is but
little more than a drop in the bucket
to what is needed.”—From address by
Mr. Wm. Londen of Iowa.
Horse Sense Reminders.
Don't leave me hitched in my stall
at night with a big con right where I
must lie down. I am tired and can't
select a smooth place.
Don’t compel me to eat more salt
than I want by mixing it with my oats.
I know better than any other animal
how much I need.
Don’t think because 1 go tree un
der the whip I don’t get tired. You
would move, too, it under the whip.
Don't think because I am a horse
that weeds and briars won’t hurt my
hay.
Don’t whip me when I get frightened
along the road, or I will expect it next
time and maybe make trouble.
Don't trot me uphill, for I have to
carry you and the buggy and myself,
too. Try it yourself sometime. Run
uphill with a big load.
“I takes de weather des ez Provi
dence sends it,” said Brother Wil
liams; “ef I whirled in en prayed fer
rain dar’d come a dry speel. En if I
prayed for dry, dar'd come rain ;
enough ter drown me—en de Lawd i
knows I can’t swim!”
If in milking a part of the cow's
milk is bloody or stringy, the whole 1
mess should go to the hogs. The
farmer who will knowingly supply the
creamery with cream from unhealthy
milk should be prosecuted.
THE MINISTER’S QUEST.
Hs Came In Hate; He Remained a
Convert of Love.
The city was passing through a pe
riod of so-called reform. The minis
ter had conducted an Investigation,
and preached a sermon In which he de
nounced the alliance of the officers of
the law with the breakers of the law.
There was protest, ridicule, charge of
notoriety-hunting, a demand that he
prove his statements, and then a fee
ble and spectacular attempt at refor
mation.
The minister's friends were divided
In sentiment. Some said he had acted
unwisely, others commended him for
his courage. A law-and-order league
rallied to his support; money was con
tributed for the expenses of courts
and publicity; some bad men were
fined; a few notorious places were
closed; the police aseutned a tempor
ary and reluctant vigilance; and the
world moved on in Its accustomed and
Indifferent way.
While the matter was at Its height,
the minister was advised to keep his
study door locked, and to be sure that
the Janitor or some other person was
within call whenever he was In his
study, either alone or with an un
known caller; and the advice was not
unreasonable, as two or three experi
ences proved. Yet the minister was
unaccustomed to precautions of this
“Hold On, Joel You’re Not doing!"
character, and the waj to his study
from the street was well known and j
often traveled, both by good men and
bad.
One day there came a knock at his
door and he called: “Come!” Thera
entered a heavy and determined-look
ing man, much the worse for drink,
whose menacing advance at once re
vealed the purpose of hts call. The
minister looked about for something
to use In his defense, and saw noth
ing better than the ruler on his table,
and that was neither heavy nnr strong.
‘“'It down,” he said; but the man
did not sit.
“I’ve come to see the man that has
been telling those Ues,” said the vis
itor.
“Sit down," again said the min later. !
“What is your name?”
Tho visitor answered with an oath.
But in that instant there came to
the minister a recollection so swift it
seemed a revelation, and he said: "I
know your name. You are my colters
classmate, Joe Bailey.”
The visitor stopped us if struck, and
then asked: “Are you Billy Powell?"
“Certainly, I am,” said the minis
ter. “Didn't you know my name?"
“I knew the name, but it never oc
curred to me that Billy Powell had be
come a preacher. They'd sooner have
thought it of me 20 years ago.”
“So they would, Joe. Where have
you been? They have asked after
you at class reunions. They lost
sight of you altogether. 1 didn’t know
what had become of you.
Joe’s answer was a groan.
“I’d better go, Billy. I didn’t know
It was you. We don’t have mneh In
common.”
“Yes, we have! We have memories
In common, many of them. And that
lan't all. Hold on, Joe! You're not
going! We’re going to get acquainted
again!”
It was a sad story of a man whose
brilliant life prospects had been
wrecked by his bad habits, and who
had dropped utterly out of the knowl
edge of his old friends, and become a '
fugitive from borne and love and re
straint. His life was not worth sav
ing now, he said. He might as well
finish It up in the way he had been
going. But the old friend stood with
his back against the door and would
not let him go.
“Never, Joe!” he said. “I’ll never
consent to let you go to the bad. If
you go, you shall not go friendless!”
A week later Joe, clothed and in his
right mind, sat down to dinner In the
parsonage with the minister’s family.
And then he set forth to win back Ills
lost character by hard work and faith
in God and the help of his old time
friend.
Natural Increase In Germany.
Germany’s population increaaee at
the rate of about a year, the
result of excess of births over deaths,
JURY LIST.
Following i8 a list of the gmnd
and petit jurors selected to 8erye
at the August term, 1908, of the
Woodruff county Circuit court
Northern district, which convenes
at Augusta, Monday, August 17
1908. ’ ’
GRAND JURORS.
Jno. G. Haralson, A. L. Crit
tenden, Fred W. Shoop, fj \t
Byrd Steven Davis, Lee’ Miller
R. T. Jett, R. T. Harville, I g
Airhart, W. P. Yarbrough, Clay
ton Hailey. E. T. Wherry, W. M
Keating, Matt Taylor, W. H. MC
Murtry.
alternates
A. S. Thompson, W. O. Scales
T. O. Griffin, J. N. Chaney, H. C
Blakely, Z. T. Woodward.
petit jurors
W. M. Sale. J. H. Dale, Arthur
Rushing, A. Wiener, George
Haralson Sam C. Bailey, Doug
lass Berry, Hugh Sowles, Fred
Watson, E. L. Kittrell, T. E.
Stanley, H. B. Carter, M. V
O’Neal. R. E. Dent, J. W. Har
lr0r-' LC' M‘ Crossett, Charley
Knight. Ed Hardin, N. j. Hayes,
E. L Hamilton, George Barber^
John Atkinson Jr., Strother
Taylor.
alternates
Chas. Anderson, James Tay
lor, Berry Holder, R. E. L.
Spradlin, Harry Amerine, Wal
ter Stephenson.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
Notice is hereby given that un
der and iu pursuance of an order
made by the Woodruff Probate
Court at its July term, 1908, I
will, as administrator of the es
tate of O. W. Sturdivant, deceased,
s*dl, at public auction, at the front
door of the Bank of McCrory, Mc
Crory, Ark., at 2 p. m. ou the 10
day of Sept., 1908, the following
real estate belonging to said es
tate : Lots 1,2, 3, 4, & 6 of Sturdi
vant's Addition to the town of
McCrory, said land being in the
town of McCrory and in the North
west i of Section Ten 10 Town
ship Seven 7 North, Range Two
2 West; said sale will be made
to satisfy the debts owing by said
estate.
Terms of Sale : Each lot will
be offered separately and then all
of said property will be offered in
one lot: the administrator will ac
cept as final the bid which will be
the highest in the aggregate; said
sale will be on a credit of three (3)
months, and notes with approved
personal security will be required
for the purchase money.
Signed
J. H. Beidelman.
Adms. of the estate of C. W.
Sturdivant.
Dated: August, 1, 1908.
11. Jl. Woons, Atty. for Adms.
NOTICE OF SALE.
Notice hi hereby given that we. the under
signed Commissioners. by virtue of the au
thority contained in an order of the Woodruff
County Court, mailo at its July term, 1908- will
on the 15 day of August. 1908, at the West door
of the Court house in Augusta, Arkansas offer
for sule and soil at public outcry to the highest
and best bidder, the East half (EH) of Section
Sixteen (!8>. Township Eight (8>, North.
Range Three (3) West
Terms Said sale is made for the purpose o
procuring other quarters for the poor o
Woodruff County and the purchase price w U
be as follows:
$3000.00 cash 10 days after date of sa .
$3000 00 cash January 1st.. 1909, anil the re.
due of the price may be paid in W oodro
County Warrants or cash at the option of t
purchaser on or before April tst.. 1909.
No bid will be received, unless propose^
purchaser ugrees to comply with the term
herein set forth and the right to reject
and all bids is reserved.
J. G. HABXtAOK
E. T. WHBRRY
Commissioners.
GENERAL DIRECTORY.
Court Sessions.
Circuit Court, Northern District. "M**‘
Third Monday in February and August. ^
them District first Monday in M
September. H. N. Hutton. Judge.
Moorman. Cterk. .
Chancery Court. Northern District.
First Monday in May and December _ ^
eru District-Second Monday m re" J |)on
September. Ed rv Robertson Oh»n<
VViU Moorman Clerk. , oa_
County Court. Meets First «°“d ^melS.
ary April. July and October. J r. -
Judge; T. E. Simpson. Clerk. «
Frohute Court Meets fourth k ,.r.
January. April July and October,
meis Judge T F. Simpson. Clerk