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WOODRUFF CO. NEWS.
PUBLISHED TH C RSPAT OV »ACB WEII AT
McCRORY, ARKANSAS.
WALTER W RANEY, Editor.
Entered at the PoBt-Offloe at McCrory
Arkansas, as Second-Class mail.matt.er.
June 11th, 1902.
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TH* Nbws.
SENATOR PATTERSON
GETS BUSY. ?
We note in a special from Little
Rock to the Commercial Appeal
that our Senator, M. H. Patterson,
favors the “Libel Bill” for news
papers. He states that all papers
run by party or parties not poss
essing sufficient amount of “this
world’s goods” that damages
might not be collected in case of a
judgement, be required to give a
gilt edge bond. Now the Senator
knows that the average country
newspaper man is lucky if he is
able to get his weekly edition out
of the express office much less
make a bond to the “would-be
politician” of the state, that he
will keep his mouth shut when the
peoples rights are being tampered
with. We think the Senator could
find measures of more interest to
the people.—Cotton Plant,
Woodruff County, Arkansan.
Senator Patterson, of Woodruff
county, fovors a libel bill opera
tive against newspapers, and
where the newspapers have not
sufficient property to recover dam
ages that they give bond that they
will publish nothing detrimental
to politicians or candidates for
office, or words to that effect.. Sen
ator Patterson is a “burd.” The
best guarantee politicians and
office holders can have against
criticism and being libeled
is to be honest, deal square
ly with the people who elect them
to office. We hardly think the
Senator will get his bill passed.
—Monroe County Citizen.
Senator, M. H. Patterson, of
Woodruff county, announces he
will introduce a bill, requiring all
papers to file a libel bond. This
bill will probably find support in
the senate, many of whose mem
bers are aggrieved over the influ
ence the papers of the state have
had in creating a public sentiment
that has resulted in the expose of
boodling. If the people of Ark
ansas want a fearless and inde
pendent press, courageous in the
exposition of crime and fearless to
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PAINTER» p/
Will be pleased to quote yo
you Samples of the Latest
a chance. My prices are righ
Yours
! do duty, they ought to retire in
j short order a senator or represent
ative who is always crying for
protection from libel.—Newport
Independent.
We are with you brother Van
dyke. It looks a little strange
that a man who has been placed in
as houorable position as the Senate
(or as honorable as it should be),
would be making a kick for a
“thing” of that nature. It natur
ally causes one to suspicion him
of either having done something
or is going to do something crook
ed, but there are lots of freaks of
! nature to be discovered yet.—
Woodruff County Free Press.
In conversation today Senator
Patterson spoke of a bill he hopes
to see passed the general assembly,
which will provide protection for
the public from newspapers which
have no standing. He declared
that when a reputable newspaper
libels a person there is a recourse
at law, but that in other cases
black mail can be levied with no
way to get back. He recalled in
stances in which irresponsible
parties start a newspaper with no
capital and no standing, and slan
der people with impunity. He fa
vors a bill which will provide for
a bond to be filed with the state
treasurer, as a guarantee against
libel, when the publisher of a pa
per can not show a reasonable cap
ital. He expects to see this law
placed on the statute books. He
thinks that in this way a great
deal of most unsatisfactory news
paper notoriety can be avoided.—
Little Rock Democrat.
We suppose the instances to
which he referred to was when not
long since the Woodruff County
News published by a former editor,
“went after” Mr. Patterson dur
ing his late service as sheriff of
Woodruff County, in which the
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To Serve,
J. M. CANDLISH.
; Nows told some very plain truths
asto some of his official work.
Now, Mr- Patterson has the idea
of “play even” with such little
sheets as the News and we sup
pose he thinks by passing a bill of
this kind that a little country ed
itor of sniall means, after having
filed a heavy bond with the treas
urer, would be “sceered” to tell
the people of any crookedness
that might take place with the
officials, etc. Or perhaps the Sen
ator thinks the little country pa
pers could not make a bond
of a large amount, which, of
course a fellow that might get
slandered and who wasn’t worth
thirty cents would want.
Why this libel bill? Here’s
why. As stated before, Mr. Pat
terson, during a former editor’s
domiuancy of the News, received
some unsatisfactory newspaper no
toriety. And now, not being sat
isfied with the “brave” manner in
which he showed his “innocence”
he now is in favor of a libel bill.
Mr. Patterson’s bill, we are sure,
will never be placed upon the
statute books and we print the fol
lowing as a gentle reminder to
those who are playing or intend to
play the part of a wrong-doer.
TheNews has been “talked about”
for printing several items of news
about people who live here, or
have lived here that “brought dis
grace upon other members of the
family.” We did not bring the
disgrace. If the father, mother,
sister or brother had conducted
themselves in the proper manner
we would not have been able to
print those “disagreeable articles.”
Do not blame us for the misdeeds
of j our friends or relatives. We
are here to print the news and we
are going to do it. You and your
friends should keep your fingers
where they belong if you do not
want them pinched. If you think
what we publish is not true we in
vite you to make us prove it, but
if you don’t want us to publish
your misdeeds, quit your meau
uess. It is the duty of every de
cent paper to make an effort to im
prove the morals of the community
in which it is published. Some
have one way of doing this and
some another. We believe in pub
j licity.
JURY LIST.
Following is a list of the jurors
selected to serve at the February
term 1907, of the Woodruff county
circuit court, Northern District.
GRAND JURORS.
W. C. Berry Sr., T. E. Bonner,
J. A. Jelks, J. L. Conner, R. B.
McKnight, Andrew Comer, W. V.
Angelo, H. B. Angus, T. J. Clif
ton, N. J. Hayes, R. N. James, J.
0. Raymond, F. M. Rhodes, R. L.
Wright, Z. T. Woodward and J.
W. Pace.
ALTERNATES.
S. H. Hill, W. J. Penrose, J.
ML Brook, A. L. Crittenden, J. G.
Haralson and J. A. Quiett.
PETIT JURORS.
B. F. Jones, J. H. Dale, Ed
Woods, T.C. Green, E. L. Kittrell,
J. S. Nicholson, W. J. Patient, H.
G. Sowles, J. E. Atkinson, C. O.
Dye, J. C. McCrory, Hamp Riggs
Jr., A. D. Stafford, E. T. Wherry,
J. E. Comer, W. E. Jelks, Ben
Taylor, I. N. Yanlandingham, J.
W. Lee, A. L. Simms, J. A. Bish
op, W. A. Chapman, J. A. G.
Spradlin, J. H. Snapp.
Alternates.
J. W. Ashe, J. L. Byrd, J. H.
Clayton, Robt. Dent, L. B. Chap
pell, J. D. Harris, H. H. Holder,
Gid Starks, J. W. Ball.
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future keep a COMPLETE And UP-TO
DATE Line of Groceries. We respect
fully invite you to call and see us.
I take pleasure in inviting you to
call at our store when in need of
anything usually found in a com
plete Up-To-Date Drug Store.
I have a fresh, clean stock of
Drugs,Medicines,Druggists’ Sun
dries, Cigars and Toilett Arti
cles.
I am anxious to serve you. Give
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my ability to satisfy you and I
believe you will become my per
manent customer. I realize the
value of a satisfied customer, my
experience teaches me that a satis
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In this manner I hope to, year
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business.
Our Motto : Pure and Reliable
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City Drug Store,
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SATISFY.
WENT TO STAY.
Ten years ago a farmer put his
initials on a dollar, went to town
and spent it with a merehant. Be
fore the year was out he got the
dollar back. Four times in six
years the dollar came b*ek to him
for produce and three times he
heard of it in the pockets of his
neighbors.
The last time he got it four
years ago, he sent it to a mail or
der house. He has not seen that
dollars since and never will. That
dollar will never pay any more
school or road tax for him, will
never build up any or bright
en the homes of the community.
He sent it entirely out of the cir
cle of usefulness to himself.—Ex.
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Mary had a little lamb, its fleect
was white as snow; it strayed
i away one day, where lambs should
never go. And Mary sat hei
quickly down and tears streamed
from her eyes; she never found
the lamb, because she did not ad
vertise. And Mary had a brothei
John who kept a village store; he
sat down and smoked a pipe, and
watched the open door. And as
the people passed along and did
not stop to buy, John still sat and
smoked his pipe and blinked his
sleepy eyes. And so the sherifl
closed him out, but still he linger
ed near, and Mary came to drop
with him a sympathetic tear. How
is it, sister, can you tell, why
other merchants here, sell all their
goods so readily and thrive from
year to year. Remembering her
own bad luck, the little maid re
plies: “These other fellows get
there, John, because they adver
tise.—Exchange
The weekly country paper has as
definite an excuse for being in the
world as can be furnished by the
city dailies. Such a publication is
not only a business guide, but is a
pulpit of morals : it is a kind of a
public rostrum where the affairs oi
the state are considered: it is a
supervisor of streets and roads: it
is a social friend, a promoter oi
friendship and good will. Edited
by a broad and just man, such s
publication so treats the different
sects that they realize their brother
hood and become in reality what
they are pictured in print. The
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town weekly dare not be Presbyter
ian, or Methodist, or Baptist, but
it must select the valuable in’ each
church, and thus it becomes the
harmonizer of discord. It binds
those whom theology would often
separate. Even the so-called small
matters of a village or incorporate
town are small only to those whose
hearts are too full of personal in.
terest. It is very important if
some school boy reads a good es
say, or recites well a piece or
sings well a song, or stands high
in the class room, that kind of
mention should be made publicly
of such success, for more young
minds are injured by the want of
cheering words than are made vain
by an excess of such praise.
Many of our exchanges are pub
j lishmg etiquette rules for ’phone
; use- We would like to add one.
i y°« happen to hear something
! over the ’phone that is not meant
, for you, it is not best to repeat it.
We Do The Best
Of Job Work And
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