VOL. VII.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY,'AUGUST <i, 1908.
NO. 38.
' NEWS OF
ARKANSAS
Woman Bound to Bed With Wire.
Mrs. Newton Pettit, wife of a
respected workman employed by a
Hot Springs lumbering concern had
a terrifying experience at her home
Wednesday and that she is now alive
is no fault of an unknown assailant,
who, after beating her almost into
insensibility, thrust a rag saturated
with a solution of poison into her
mouth, bound her securely to her hed
with wire and then placed a number
of matches in her mouth so that they
would become ignited if she moved
her head. Two hours after Mrs.
Pettit had been bound and gagged
her husband returned home from
work and released her. On being re
leased she fell into a faint, and is now
in a dangerous condition from ner
vous exhaustion.
Mrs. Pettit's experience is con
sidered by the police to furnish one
of the most remarkable examples of
bold criminality that has ever been
shown in Hot Springs. After she had
been beaten terribly the man at
tempted to force her to swallow a
greenish liquid which she thought, to
be poison. He then bound her to the
bed, put a rag saturated with some
liquid in her mouth, and, after plac
ing the matches in her mouth, hur
riedly left the house.
Mrs. Pettit' was unable to furnish
a description of her assailant except
as to size. She is certain the man
wore a false mustache and beard as
he constantly pressed these dis
guises against his face, in order to
keep them in place.
With no clue to work on, the police
began a search for Hank McDaniels,
former husband of Mrs. Pettit, who
it is said, has caused her trouble in
the past. McDaniels was arrested
some time after Mrs. Pettit was dis
covered tied to the bed, but was
later released, after he had been
brought face to face with the woman.
She failed to identify him as her as
sailant and he proved an alibi.
An examination of the cloth thrust
into Mrs. Pettit’s mouth was made
by City Chemist Cook and after two
tests he stated that it had been satur
ated with arsenic before being
placed in her mouth.
Mad Dog Bites N. B. Dunnam.
Norman 15. Dunnam, a salesman em
ployed by the Hoffman Hardware
Company, Texarkana, was bitten by
a mad dog Saturday. The dog, which
weighed about 75 pounds, attacked
him unexpectedly while it was being
pursued by a crowd of men and boys
who were endeavoring to kill it. Mr.
Dunnam kicked the dog away, but it
returned to the attack and sank its
teeth into the calf of his leg. The
wound was cauterized by a physician
a few minutes later, and Mr. Dunnam
left on a train Saturday afternoon for
the Pasteur Institute at Austin, Tex.
Oscar Odom Kills Himself.
The body of Oscar Odom, aged
about 30 years, who died at Poplar
Bluff. Mo., from the effects of an
overdose of morphine, self-administer
ed, was brought to Pocahontas for
interment Thursday. Despondency
over lack of work and family trou
bles are said to have caused Odom
to take his life.
Odom lived at Hardy and leaves his
wife and three small children.
Accidentally Shot by Chum.
While Ralph Sampson, 17 years old,
was showing his chum, Dick Orahood,
Low a .32 automatic pistol “worked”
Wednesday afternoon at Mammoth
Spring, the revolver was discharged,
the ball entering Orahood's abdomen
and passing through his body.
While the surgeons in charge have
little hope for his recovery, the boy
is resting comfortably.
Tom Winfrey Is Killed.
While riding a mule and leading
another one at Mulberry, Wednesday,
Tom Winfrey, 28 years of age, and
a member of a prominent family, was
thrown by or fell from the animal
he was riding and sustained injuries
which caused his death. He was un
conscious when found and never re
gained consciousness. He leaves a
wife and one child.
War On Mosquitoes.
War has been declared by the Rock
Island against the mosquitoes, and
for the first time in the history of lo
cal railroading, the Pullman sleep
ers of that road between Little Rock
find Memphis will be provided with
screens at the windows and doors.
One of the coaches is now being tit
led with the mosquito barriers in the
St. Louis Pullman shops, and the oth
ers will follow. Henceforth the berth
occupant can snore in perfect peace
unaccompanied by the maddening
zi-n-n-u-n-n-g—sip of Amos Quito.
Changes In Union Offices Likely.
The fifth annual meeting of the Ar
kansas Farmers’ Union will convene
in Little Rock next week. The meet
ing promises to be one of the most
interesting and important ever held
in the history of the organization, as
some questions of unusual interest
are to come before the farmers. R.
M. McCulloch of Beebe, chairman of
the Executive Committee of the un
ion, who has been attempting to se
cure the auditorium, has been noti
fied by Mayor Duley that the hall
was at his disposal.
It is thought that 250 or 300 mem
bers of the union, representing various
locals throught the state, will attend
the annual meeting, which will prob
ably last three days.
One of the important actions to be
taken will be the election of officers
for the ensuing year. Many believe
that there will be some important
changes among the present office hold
ers. It is generally understood that
the name of Ben L. Griffin of Con
way, present secretary of the union,
will go before the meeting when it
becomes time to elect a president,
whether the name of J. B. Lewis,
president of the union, will again go
before the convention for re-election,
is not known. It is also understood
that the friends of Alec Davis of Bee
be, secretary to Mr. McCulloch, will
push him as a candidate for secretary
to succeed Ben Griffin. It is believ
ed that R. If. McCulloch will be re
elected.
Delegates to the national conven
tion, which will convene September
8 at Fort Worth, Tex., will also be
elected at the state meeting. Ten
or twelve delegates will be elected.
Among the matters to be taken up
at the state meeting will be the pro
ject of systematizing union warehouse
business in Arkansas. One or two
plans are under consideration and
these will be taken up and a decision
will probably be reached. Several
constitutional changes, which may In
volve the remodeling of the constitu
tion of the union, will probably be
considered. They were taken up at
the last meeting, but no action was
taken. Prominent union officials state
that the contemplated changes are of
minor importance. The problem of
cotton acreage and union cotton price
will also probably cause a spirited dis
cussion.
Some of the locals in the state
have instructed their delegates to take
up the investigation of charges against
union officials to the effect that they
dabbled in politics in the recent state
Democratic primary election. Wheth
er this investigation will be made is
only a matter of conjecture. One
prominent union official has stated that
any one who attempted to bring up
the political controversy would "have
his head clipped off in a minute,” de
claring that the convention would
without doubt refuse to take up the
matter.
The Executive Committee of the un
ion will meet Monday in Little Rock to
take up any preliminary matters per
taining to the state meeting. The
annual Farmers’ Union campaign,
which has been waged throughout the
state, will close Friday night with a
big barbecue at Conway. Union offi
cers believe the campaign will result
in much good for the union.
Gov. Little Goes to St. Joseph, Mo.
Governor John S. Little, accom
panied by Dr. Hesterly, left Green
wood Saturday morning for St.
Joseph, Mo., where Governor Little
will be treated in a private hospital.
During the past several months sev
eral prominent specialists have been
in Greenwood for the purpose of
examining Governor Little and all
have made the same diagnosis, that
he is suffering from melancholia
and that there is every indication
that he will recover. None of the
physicians were able to say how soon
the governor would recover, but all
were emphatic in their opinion that
his untimate recovery is certain.
About three weeks ago an eminent
specialist from St. Louis went to
Greenwood at the request of the Lit
tle family, and, after spending a week
at the Little residence, advised that
the governor be sent to a private
sanitarium. After an investigation,
the physician suggested the sani
tarium in St. Joseph and the governor
left for that city Saturday morning.
Dr. Hesterly, who has been with
Governor Little almost constantly,
says the governor's general health
is excellent, but that he is still
nervous.
Amputate Colt's Leg.
A. J. Lawler, residing near Buena
Vista, took a 7-day old cold to Cam
den Saturday that had five well de
veloped feet. The left front leg was
normal to the knee. There two legs
were formed, both of even size with
hoofs touching the ground. In every
other way the colt is a fine specimen.
A local veterinarian amputated the
1 extra fore leg at the knee, and t.he
j animal was able to travel to its home
nine miles from Camden, after the
operation.
Dared Death to Escape Negroei.
To escape two negroes whose de
meanor and insulting remarks indi
cated their intention, Miss Beryl Sha
dle of England, who teaches school
near Plum Bayou postoffice, Monday
morning dared death in a runaway
and narrowly escaped it.
Miss Shadle was driving from Eng
land to her school. When near Chey
enne, better known as “Wild Cat,” she
was halted by Samuel Williams and
Charles Mulligan, who were standing
in a field near the roadway. When
the young lady stopped her horse the
negroes jumped over the fence anti
advanced toward her, one of them
saying, "Let us ride with you, hon
ey.” The insolent remark and the de
meanor of the men alarmed Miss Sha
dle and she struck her horse a sharp
blow with the whip, causing it to holt
and run away. Some distance from
the negroes she was thrown from her
buggy. Her clothing caught as she
fell, and she was dragged some dis
tance, hut when she disentangled her
self she ran to the home of a farmer
named Hughes and gave tUe alarm.
Hughes caught her horse, drove
back to the place where the negroes
had halted Miss Shadle, but they had
gone. The news spread quickly in
the neighborhood, and a number of
farmers organized a posse, which
trailed the negroes to the Arkansas
river, where they were captured. They
were taken to England and put in
the calaboose.
The offense of the negroes caused
angry mutterings in England, and Jus
tice of the Peace Morris, in order to
be prepared for emergencies, ordered
Constable Dickie to take the prisoners
into the country and guard them dur
ing the night. Tuesday morning it
was deemed best to hurry the negroes
away, and they waived examination
and were taken to Lonoke, where
they were placed in jail to await the
action of the Grand Jury.
Boy Accidentally Shot.
Ollie Rosser, 19 years of age, son
of W. B. Rosser, who lives at Bec
ton, lour miles north of Cotton Plant,
was dangerously hurt Tuesday after
noon by the accidental discharge of
a pistol. The ball, which was of 11
caliber, penetrated the wall of the ab
domen and came out at a point ou
the shoulder.
The accident occurred about 3
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. At the
time Rosser was riding a mule, and,
in attempting to remove his coat,
the lining caught the trigger of the
pistol and caused the weapon to tire.
After being taken to his home, it was
decided to send the boy to Little Rock
for treatment in a hospital.
At the hospital, an examination of
the wound was made and it was stat
ed that the stomach had not been per
forated by the bullet. There is an
injury to one lung which may prove
serious and while the wounds are not
necessarily fatal, his condition is re
garded as grave.
Lightning Kills Will Roper.
Lightning struck a blacksmith shop
at Buckville, in Garland county, kill
ing Will Roper, a well-known young
farmer, instantly and burning Walter
Pool severely. Will Mehaffey, Dr.
Pool and Eli Robbins were slightly
burned by the electricity.
The lightning melted large nails in
the shoes of the victim. Will Roper,
and melted three large chisels, near
where he stood when killed. Young
Pool’s clothing was set on fire by the
flame and he was injured from burns
before he was removed from them.
The party were congratulating each
other on the coming of rain to th<
drouth-stricken section, when the
lightning entered the shop.
Charged With Bootlegging.
Fred Chamberlain and G. C. Jarvis,
both white men of Kosston, Nevada
county, were given a preliminary
hearing before United States Com
missioner Sommerville at Texarkana
Thursday morning on a charge of
selling whiskey in Nevada county
without a federal license. Both meii
were held for the next grand jury in
a bond of $250 each, which was given.
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Baby Kills Self With Poison.
While his mother was cooking sup
per Wednesday night, little James,
the 18-months-old baby of H. G.
Erwin, a prominent merchant of
Mammoth Spring, found some mor
ph.ne in a basket with which it was
playing and ate a large quantity.
Physicians were called, but the tot
rapidly sank, dying a few hours later.
An Arkansan Incorrigible.
Fred Locke, aged 13, was taken to
the Reform School at Mayfield, Ky.
He is said to hold the record for
horse stealing, having gotten away, it
is alleged, with five animals and one
buggy within the past several weeks.
His home is near Jonesboro, Ark.,
and the horses are alleged to have
been stolen from this state, Missouri
and Kentucky. The last theft was
near East Prairie, Mo. His parents
are dead and he has been tramping
over the country for two years.
I
State Capital Notes
I
Pension Increase Likely.
From present, indication there will
be an increase in pensions to be
granted by the state pension board at
its meeting this year. There are now
more than 8,000 pensioners on the
books, more than 100 from each of the
75 counties,, and there are few who
will be disqualified, and there are
others who, for some reason, failed
to make the proper showing in their
last application, who are this year
filing corrected papers.
At the last session of the legisla
ture an increase of a fourth of a mill
was made in the pension levy, and it
was hoped at the time that the in
crease was made that, it would pay
dollar for dollar upon the pensions
allowed by the board, but this will
scarcely by the case, according to
those who are interested in the mat
ter. The increase in the number of
petitioners will offset considerable of
the increase in the amount received
from the levy, and it is estimated that
there will be a considerable increase
in the apportionment this year, but
that it will not reach par.
The clerks of the various counties
are no,\v forwarding to the office of
State Auditor Moore the certificates of
old pensioners, showing the pension
ers are living and not able to support
themselves, and Earle W. Hodges,
state printing clerk, is engaged in pre
paring these for revision by the State
Pension Board, which will meet in
September.
Hettiger Again Arrested.
Not long after \V. V. Hettiger, man
ager of the Lyric moving picture show
at Ninth and Arch streets, w'as re
leased from jail, Tuesday having se
cured bond pending payment of the
$1,000 fine imposed on him by Jus
tice E. H. Sanders Monday, he was
rearrested on the same charge of ob
scenity, and on furnishing $500 bond
ho was allowed to go free until his
hearing on the second charge takes
place before Justice Sanders next
Friday morning at 10 o'clock. The
bond in the first case was $2,000,
which was signed by T. E. Helm, who
also signed he bond for the $500.
The manager of the show was seen
Tuesday night and expressed confi
dence that the higher court would not
sustain the charge of obscenity for
having displayed the lithograph of a
negro and a mulatto show girl cake
walking together. He admitted that
the display of the pictures was per
haps indiscreet, because of the fact
that persons passing on the car might
think the mulatto to be a white wom
an, but he thought that few would
come to such a conclusion on closer
examination.
Sues Weigel for $2,220.
Alleging she was whipped under
the instructions of E. N. Weigel, con
tractor for the Pulaski county con
victs, Lorena Hicks, a negro minor,
by her grandmother, Kachel Duck
rey, as next friend, filed a $2,220
damage suit Thursday in the circuit
court against Weigel.
She alleges she was convicted of
petit larceny in May last, and sent
to the Pulaski county jail. The first
day she was there she claimed her
clothing caught fire and she was
burned about the hips. She alleges
that the next day she was taken to
the convict camp and was whipped
without cause. Since leaving the
convict camp, she claims she has
spent $200 for medical attention, $20
for medicines and that the alleged
pain and anguish are worth $2,000 in
addition.
Arrested a Deserter.
Harry D. Stevens, who served in
the infantry service in the United
States army in the Philippines and
was honorably discharged, and who
then enlisted in the cavalry service
and was stationed at Fort Sant Hous
ton, was taken in custody Thursday
at Fort Logan H. Hoots as a deserter.
Stevens surrendered himself at Fort
Smith. He left Fort Sam Houston
about four months ago on leave from
the fort. He did not return and made
his way, mostly by wagon road, to
Fort Smith. Is is said Stevens did
not like life in the saddle.
Revenue Cases Tried.
John Curtis, Dutch Crouch and G.
N. Davis, all of Pope county, were
arraigned Thursday before W. S. Al
len, United States commissioner, on
charges of selling liquor at retail
without paying the special tax. Cur
tis and Davis were held to the federal
grand jury on bonds of $250 each and
Crouch was discharged.
$7,500 Paid Into Fund.
Former Prosecuting Attorney Lewis
Rhoton has paid $7,500 into the com
mon school fund. The money was a
part of the $10,000 paid by the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company in the
compromise of the anti-trust suits.
Boll Weevil Found Near Little Rock.
What is believed to be one of the
largest boll weevils that has come
under the observation of the state
agricultural department was left at
that office Saturday by G. W. Turbe
ville of No. 2824 Izard street. The
weevil was found in an orchard not
far from his place.
The two sons of Mr. Turbeville dis
covered the insect in a basket of
plums they had gathered in a field
on Fourche about a quarter of a mile
from their residence. It is believed
the weevil had been feeding on the
plums in the Fourche orchard. It is
nearly twice the size of the ordinary
cotton boll weevil, and for this reason
it was suspected at first that it must
be of another species, but closely re
lated to the dreaded cotton weevil.
Its actions and movements were in
every respect similar to those of the
weevil. The wings and sharp-pointed
bill correspond exactly to those of the
other, and in addition to this there
was a tiny gray streak down its back
similar to ihe one found on the backs
, cf the cotton boll weevil.
At first William Stoddard, deputy
commissioner of agriculture and Joe
M. Moore, fertilizer inspector of the
department, had their doubts as to its
being a genuine boll weevil. It was
the size of ihe insect that caused the
two officials to hesitate in pronounc
ing it a cotton boll weevil. Placing
it under a magnifying glass, these
doubts were removed and both de
clared it to be a boll weevil and the
largest they had ever seen.
State Normal School Expenses $66,500
Slate Superintendent George B.
Cook has completed his estimates of
the approximate cost of the building
and equipment of the State Normal
School at Conway and of its running
expenses for the first year of its
operation, all of which will come with
in the amount of the appropriation
and the donations, leaving a margin,
unexpended, of about $1,700.
There were two donations to the
school, one from Conway amounting
to $51,753, and one of $1,500 from the
Peabody Board which, vvith the legis
lative appropriation, makes a total of
$66,753. The Peabody donation of
$1,500 is for the payment of the salary
of teacher of agriculture.
Superintendent Cook estimates the
aggregate expenses will be as follows:
Building, $50,802.80; expense of facul
ty, $11,010; general expenses, $4,087.
20; expenses of board meetings for
year, $600. The total expense, $66,500,
leaving an approximate balance of
about $1,700.
Franchise Tax Total $57,175.
State Corporation Clerk Rufe Mc
Daniel has announced the total
amount of money that was received
this year from corporations operat
ing in Arkansas in payment of state
franchise tax, giving the total as $57,
175. Last year $51,945 was received
from the same source. Mr. McDan
iel has not completed the list of com
panies that failed to pay their fran
chise tax this year. The list is be
ing compiled, however, and compan
ies are being requested to give ex
planation of their failure to pay.
Tax Settlement.
That Pulaski county cuts a big fig
ure in the state’s finances was dem
onstrated Tuesday when Sheriff C. C.
Kavanaugh paid $152,S93.53 state tax
money into the general revenue fund
in advance, when money was badly
needed in the fund. He has also paid
in $23,200 liquor tax money and
$S03.82 to the Sixteenth Section fund.
I In all, the county has paid over to
the state in the past few months a
total of $191,897.35.
Lee Frank.
Lee Frank, one of the best-known
butchers in Little Rock, died Tues
day afternoon at 5 o’clock at the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, af
ter an illness of more than two weeks.
For more than 20 years Mr. Frank
has conducted a meat market on West
Fifth street, fend in that time has
not changed the location of his place
of business. He was a man familiar
to practically every citizen of Little
Rock.
Pardon Granted.
Acting Governor X. O. Pindall Tues
day granted a pardon to Henry D.
Bertran, who was convicted at the
June term (190S) of the Lawrence
County Circuit Court of receiving
stolen property, and sentenced to one
year in the penitentiary.
Requisition Granted.
Acting Governor X. O. Pindall grant
ed a requisition issued by Gov. Jo
seph \V. Folk of Missouri for W. F.
Yarbrough, who is wanted in Mis
souri on the charge of embezzlement
and who is thought to be in Arkansas.
ALL RUN DOWN.
Miss Della Stroebe, who had Com>
fletely Lost Her Health, Found
Relief from Pe-ru-na at Once.
Read What She Says:
MISS DELLA STROEBE, 710 Rich
mond St., Appleton, Wis., writes:
“For several years I was in a run
down condition, and I could find no re
lief from doctors and medicines. I
could not enjoy my meals, and could
not sleep at night. I had heavy, dark
circles about the eyes.
“My friends were much alarmed. I
was advised to give Peruna a trial, and
to my joy I began to improve with the
first bottle. After taking six bottles I
felt completely cured. I cannot say too
much for Peruna as a medicine for
women in a run-down condition.”
Pe-ru-na Did Wonders.
Mrs. Judge J. F. Boyer, 1121 Sherman
Ave., Evanston, 111., says that she be
came run down, could neither eat nor
sleep well, and lost flesh and spirit. Pe
runadid wonders for her, and she thanks
Peruna for new life and strength.
LEAP-YEAR LAUGH.
'
“You look worried, old man!’’
“Yes. Had three proposals last
night and I don’t know which one I
ought to accept!”
Critical Eye for Babies.
The five-year-old daughter of a
Brooklyn man has had such a large
experience of dolls that she feels her
self. to be something of a connoisseur
in children.
Recently there came a real live ba
by into the house.
When it was put into her arms the
five-year-old surveyed it with a criti
cal eye.
"Isn’t it a nice baby?” asked the
nurse.
"Yes, it’s nice,” answered the young
ster. hesitatingly. “It’s nice, but its
head's loose.”—Lippincott’s.
The Sort of Thing He Liked.
In an early day in Stone county,
Missouri, a farmer’s boy rushed into
:he office of Dr. T. J. McCord of Ga
ena and urged the doctor to come
juickly to see his father, who seemed
o be dying. Said the doctor. “What
ails him, and what has he eaten?”
The boy said: "Oh, nothing much
out 14 roastin' ears for supper.”
"Well,” said the doctor, “just go
oack and throw him a couple of
. oundles of oats and tell him I will be
up there in about 30 minutes.”—
From Judge's Library.
The Leisure Class.
“Does youah leisure clawss in this
country follow the hounds at all, Miss
Pepprey?” asked the visiting British
nobleman.
''No," replied Miss Peppery, "the
hounds usually follow the leisure class
here. We always try to keep the
hoboes on the move.”
WONDERED WHY
Found the Answer Was “Coffee.”
Many pale, sickly persons wonder
for years why they have to suffer so,
and eventually discover that the drug
—caffeine—in coffee is the main cause
of the trouble.
"I was always very fond of coffee
and drank it every day. I never had
much flesh and often wondered why
I was always so pale, thin and weak.
"About five years ago my health
completely broke down and I was con
fined to my bed. My stomach was
in such condition that I could hardly
take sufficient nourishment to sustain
life.
"During this time I was drinking
coffee, didn’t think I could do with
out it.
“After awhile I came to the con
clusion that coffee was hurting me,
and decided to give it up and try
Postum. I didn’t like the taste of it
j at first, but when it was made right
1 —boiled until dark and rich—I soon
became very fond of it.
"In one week I began to feel better.
I could eat more and sleep better. My
sick headaches were less frequent, and
S within five months I looked and felt
1 like a new being, headache spells en
tirely gone.
"My health continued to improve
' and today I am well and strong, weigh
14S lbs. I attribute my present health
to the life-giving qualities of Postum.”
"There’s a Reason.”
Xante given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read,“The Road to Well
ville,” in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
i one appears from time to time. They
are genume, true, and full of human
•terest.