VOL. VII.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1908.
NO.' 23.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
the latest news of the
WORLD briefly told
north, east, south, west
Foreign Lands. Throughout the Na.
tion, and Particulaly From the
Great Southwest.
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Bartholdt peace bill was favor
ably reported Thursday by the house
committee on labor. It so amends the
act to establish the foundation for the
promotion of industrial peace that
there is created an industrial peace
committee to consist of seven trus
tees and nine other persons to be se
lected by trustees, three to be repre
sentatives of labor, three of capital,
“each chosen for distinguished service
In the industrial world in promoting
righteous industrial peace," and three
members to represent the general
public.
The trustees are required “to invest
and reinvest the principal of this
foundation and all moneys contribut
ed and to pay the income to the com
mittee of 10." The committee by the
terms of the bill shall arrange for
meetings and conferences in Washing
ton of representatives of labor and
capital "for the purpose of discussing
industrial problems with a view of ar
riving at a better understanding be
tween employers and employes. It
shall call such conferences in case of
great industrial crises and shall take
such other steps as in their discre
tion will promote the general purpose
of the foundation.
A hearing was given Thursday by
the house library committee on the
bill introduced by Mr. Madden (111.),
authorizing the expenditure of $100,
000 toward the building on the farm
in Kentucky, where Abraham Lincoln
was born, of a “national patriotic
shrine,” which shall consist of a me
morial hall covering not more than
$'.>30,000, of which $130,000 shall he
supplied by the Lincoln Farm asso
ciation of New York.
The long existing controversy as to
whether the United States navy
should have submarine torpedo boats
of the Holland type, as recommended
by the committee on naval affairs,
was settled in the house of representa
tives Thursday, when, after a lengthy
and lively debate, the proviso limit
ing the secretary of the navy to pur
chase only boats of the Holland type
was stricken out. The effect of this
action was to give the secretary a free
hand in the selection of submarine
boats.
The members haggled over almost
every line of the three pages of the
bill remaining to be disposed of. when
the house met, but the principal ac
tion was that with regard to the sub
marines. A humorous speech by Mr.
Williams, in which he had several
friendly clashes with Mr. Hobson
(Ala.) over warships and balloons,
commanded the attention of the house
for some time.
Provision for an enlarged homestead
in semi-arid states was made by the
passage of the Smoot bill in the sen
ate Wednesday. The amendments
were adopted by which the bill applies
only to Colorado, Montana, Nevada,
North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Wash
ington, Wyoming, Arizona and New
Mexico. It authorizes the taking of
homesteads of 320 acres of "arid"
non-mineral, non-irrigable lands.
By a vote of 199 to S3, the house
of representatives Wednesday decid
ed against the president’s program for
four battleships and adhered to the
recommendation of its committee on
naval affairs for two vessels of that
type. This result was reached after a
debate which lasted for four hours,
and was received with applause.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Executive traffic officials of all the
railroads east of the Mississippi river
and north of the Ohio river and ex
tending to the seaboard have recom
mended to their presidents an increase
in all class freight rates in that terri
tory.
Hal Woodside. private secretary to
Gov. Folk, is busy arranging the itin
erary for the governor for his first
round of speeches in his campaign for
the United Stales senate. The start
"ill be made at St. Joseph, April 24.
unless there is a change of program.
A plan for the destruction of the
town of Murray, Ky.t which was to be
raided by a band of night riders, set
°n fire and reduced to ashes, has
been reevaled by a confession of an
other of the alleged band of Calloway
county riders.
Fifteen-year-old William Stulkey of
Brooklyn shot and fatally wounded
bis father, John, 31, who was quar
reling with his mother. Immediate
ly after the shooting the boy ran away
and has not been seen since. Stulkey
is dying.
The full horror of the Chelsea fire
Is only gradually developing as evi
dence is accumulating to show that
the amazingly rapid spread of the
Haines was aided by incendiaries, who
fired their own property to recover the
insurance.
Frank Monaco, arrested in Hunting
ton, Ind., charged with the murder of
the aged millionaire, Julius T. Rosen-,
lieimer, at the latter’s country home
in New York last June, still insists
that he is the innocent victim of his
wife's jealousy and desire to get him
out of the way.
As the resalt of ill feeling over the
tobacco situation, Joe Gerhart and
Ben Rinehart fought a street duel at.
Clarksville, Tenn. Gerhart was
wounded slightly, as were also Tom
Williams and Dub Smith, bystanders.
Rev. B. H. Fulkerson, pastor of the
Huntland (Tenn.) Methodist church,
is under $10,000 bond at Winchester
on charges of bigamy and abduction.
It is charged that he deserted his fam
ily and eloped with an unmarried
woman. He was arrested in Riverside,
Cal.
According to dispatches from Ko
rea, the Japanese and the natives are
in desperate conflict, the Japanese
storming villages and killing native
men, women and children. The
southeastern interior is held by Ko
rean rebels and Japan is rushing
troops into the country.
Four alleged night riders are re
ported to have been captured by the
sheriff of Harrison county. Ky., after
they had attacked a Bracken county
grower and had held up a party of
farmers. One of the men is said to
have been caught with his mask on.
Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas,
in temporary charge of the battleship
fleet during the absence of Rear Ad
miral Evans, has applied to Washing
ton to relieve him from duty and the
command of the fleet early in May
It is proposed to hold a na’tional
spelling contest in connection with
the annual session of the National
Educational association, to be held in
Cleveland, beginning June 29.
As a means of reimbursing the Mer
chants' National bank of Carlisle, Pa.,
from which he is accused of stealing
$45,000, John Y. Harris, former teller,
wants to commit suicide so the bank
can recover his insurance. Harris
holds several large policies which, he
thinks, will cover his defalcation.
Five persons were seriously injured
when a limited traction car on the
Shelbyville line of the Indiana Trac
tion Co. was wrecked at the junction
of Prospect and Michigan streets, in
the suburbs of Indianapolis.
Sorority girls of the University of
Wooster threaten to strike because of
an order of the faculty which practi
cally abolishes the local chapters of
their organizations.
Korean rebels control most ot the
Southeastern Korean interior, accord
ing to private advices from Seoul and
Tokyo. .Most of the Japanese settlers
have been driven from the district
and those who remain are in the great
est danger. Several colonies are re
ported to have been completely
wiped out.
If the Injunction suit instituted by
Attorney General West to compel Ok
lahoma newspapers to cease publish
ing whisky advertisements proves suc
cessful. it is the intention of the state
officials to attempt to shut off the sale
in the stae of newspaper?, magazines
and publications of all kinds that car
ry whisky advertisements.
Because ho is a Republican before
he is a tariff reformer, President
Roosevelt has asked that his name be
stricken from the rolls of the Reform
eiub in New York.
The Memphis police department is
mystified over the disappearance of
G. Lawson, a wealthy Englishman,
who, it was learned, has been missing
since March 2S, when he dropped from
sight while going to the depot. He
carried a large sum of money with
him.
Senator .1. B. Foraker of Ohio again
hurls denunciation at the head ol'
President Roosevelt because the chief
executive had dismissed three regi
ments of negro soldiers as a result of
the Brownsville riot.
After two weeks of probing by the
federal grand jury, assisted by Spe
cial Agent II. S. Smith of the inter
state commerce commission, indict
ments were returned against the St.
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
Railway Co., against a former traffic
manager of that line and against E.
H. Bunch, a prominent commission
nm of Little Rock, Ark.
The supreme court of Missouri, in a
decision handed down Tuesday morn
ing, upheld the constitutionality of the
state primary law enacted at the last
session of the general assembly.
Declaring that "this is a measure of
peace, and not of war," President
Roosevelt Tuesday appealed to con
gress in a special message for appro
priations for four new battleships.
Two thousand persons are reported
dtad in disastrous floods which havt
occurred in the province of Hu Peh
China. Most of the victims were ccc«
pants of junks.
Personnel of the New Senate.
Following are the Democratic candt
fladtes for the Stale Senate, nominated
In the districts named at the primary,
held March 25:
First District—Composed of the ;
Counties of Greene, Clay and Craig
head—Arthur Turner of Jonesboro.
Second District—Randolph, Law
rence and Sharp—C. H. Henderson of
Pocahontas.
Fifth District—Washington—J. S.
Dill of Prairie Grove.
Ninth District—Saline, Hot Spring
and Grant—R. D. Glover of Prattsville.
Toney of Pine Bluff.
Thirteenth District—Arkansas and
Monroe—R. D. Roscoe of DeWitt.
Fourteenth District—Lee and Phil
lips—James Robertson of Marianna.
Sixteenth District—Lincoln, Cleve
land and Dallas—Arthur Johnson of
Star City.
Eighteenth District—Bradley and
Union—John H. Green of El Dorado.
Twenty-third District—Fulton, Izard
and Baxter-—J. A. Watson of Salem.
Twenty-fifth District—Crawford and
Franklin—William Fletcher of Charles
ton.
Twenty-eighth District—Sebastian—
John H. Holland of Greenwood.
Twenty-ninth D i s t r i c t—Poinsett,
Jackson and Mississippi—John H. Keel
of Ingleside.
Thirty-first District—Garland and
Montgomery—O. H. Sumpter of Hot
Springs.
Thirty-third District—Scott and Polk
—John P. Logan of Granniss.
Hold-Over Senators.
Following is a list of the hold-over
senators whose terms expire in 1910:
Third District—Composed of the
counties of Marion, Boone and New
ton—J. Sam Rowland of Harrison.
Fourth District—Johnson and Pope
—Jesse M. Martin of Russellville.
Sixth District—Independence and
Stone—William W. Edmondson of Cal
ico Rock.
Seventh District—Cross and Wood
ruff— Marshall M. Patterson of Augus
ta.
Eighth District—Pulaski and Perry
—John H. Hamiter and Kie Oldham of
Little Rock.
Twelfth District—Ashley and Chi
cot—J. G. B. Simms of Lake Village.
Seventeenth District—Drew and De
sha—X. O. Pindall of Arkansas City.
Nineteenth District—Calhoun and
Ouachita—William ,F. McKnight of
Rolyat.
Twentieth District—Hempstead and
Nevada—Henry B. McKenzie of Pres
cott.
Twenty-first District—Columbia, La
fayette and Miller—R. Lee Montgom
ery of Lewisville.
Twenty-second District—Little Riv
er, Sevier and Howard—Otis T. Wingo
of DeQueen.
Twenty fourth District—M a d i s o n
and Carroll—Nelson J. Carloek of
Huntsville.
Twenty-sixth District—Searcy, Cle
burne, Van Buren and Conway—
Frank P. Greenhaw of Leslie.
Twenty-seventh District—White and
Faulkner—Charles E. Bush of El Paso.
Thirtieth District—Clark and Pike
-Edgar R. Arnold of Arkadelphia.
Thirty-second District—Crittenden
and St. Francis—Frank W. DeRosltt
of Forrest City.
Thirty-fourth District—B e u t o n—
Richard L. Nance of Rogers.
Lewis Held for Manslaughter.
After three days deliberation in pre
liminary examination at Fort Smith.
Justice Danner Tuesday night held
the defendant, Lewis, to the Grand
Jury under $2,500 bond upon the
charge of manslaughter on the shoot
ing of Frank Burns. In a quarrel on
the platform of a street car last wetfk.
Burns slapped Lewis, and Lewis drew
a revolver and shot Burns, killing him
instantly.
Crippled For Life; Commits Suicide.
Samuel Watson, a young man who
lived near Mountain Home, was found
dead near his home Saturday. The
entire top of his head had been
blown away as the result of a dis
charge of a gun. and there is no doubt
but that he killed himself, as when
found, his left hand clutched his shot
gun, while the right hand held a stick.
Watson had been a cripple from rheu
matism nearly all his life, and it is
believed that his condition caused in
sanity, resulting in his committing
suicide.
Butchers Will Pay License.
Helena butchers who some days
ago declared they would fight the new
ordinance compelling them to pay a
monthly license, have decided to sub
mit and Thursday so announced their
intention before the Police Court.
Maimed In Sawmill.
George Weyman, a negro, was
caught in the live rolls at the sawmill
of the Win. Farrel Lumber Company
at Hensley Thursday, and his hand
so badly crushed that amputation was
necessary.
SUFFER BY TEXAS FLOODS.
Feople Flee Frcm Homes in Fort
Worth and Waco—Crops are
Ruined and Livestock
Drowned.
Fort Worth, Tex.—After causing a
property loss of more than 12,000,000,
rendering 3,000 people homeless in
this city alone, and completely ty
ing up railroad traffic on many of the
most important lines of Texas, the
worst Hood in the history of north
Texas is receding at this point. Furth
er damage is expected at points below
Fort Worth, however, which have not
yet been reached by the crest of the
flood.
In addition to the enormous dam
age suffered by the railroads, the loss
to farmers and stockmen will be im
mense. Hundreds Of head of stock
have been drowned and thousands of
acres of land inundated.
The suspension' of traffic has tied
up hundreds of travelers in this city.
Many of them are on the way to the
bedside of sick or dying relatives and
pitiful scenes are witnessed at the
Texas and Pacific depot here.
In Fort Worth the situation was
most serious between noon and 2 p. m.
Saturday, when the crest of the flood
reached here. The water at that time
was nearly 10 feet deep in City park
and was running over the boulevard
leading to Arlington heights in a per
fect miilrace. The track of the street
railway was washed out for a Quar
ter of a mile, and all communication
with that suburb was abandoned. The
water between Fort Worth and North
Fort Worth, where the packing
houses are located, is 6, to 7 feet deep,
and communication was practically
suspended. The monetary damage,
however, was slight, as the bottoms
lying between the two towns contain
only the homes of the poorest of the
population. These lost no time in
scrambling to the hills, leaving their
posessions behind.
While the loss was not much in act
ual dollars, it was great to 'he suf
i ferees because they could so ill-af
I ford to lose the little they possessed.
It is estimated that 3,000 people were
; driven from their homes in the viein
i ity of Fort Worth, and Saturday 1,000
| people were fed by the United Chari
i ties at the expense of the city. The
Salvation Army also fed hundreds
more.
Negro Brings Down Maniac.
Warrensburg, Mo.—Three men are
; dead and another probably is fa
tally wounded as the result of an at
tempt of local peace officers to arrest
Byron Hall here Saturday night. The
j dead:
.’AMES RYAN*, city marshal.
NIGHT WATCHMAN BASBAHAN.
| BYRON HALL.
The wounded:
Night Watchman I?. W. Pollick.
Hall, who was 22 years old. the son
of a Boston county farmer, was re
! turning to his home on a Missouri Pa
: cific train from a trip to a neigh
1 boring town, when it is believed he
; suddenly lost his mind. His actions
were noticed by the other passengers.
' and the officers here were notified.
When the train arrived at 8:30
o’clock City Marshal Ryan and the
two night watchman of the town were
| at the station.
Hall got off the train, and as he did
so the officers attempted to make the
arrest.
Hall drew a revolver and began
shooting. At the first shot Marshal
Ryan fell dead, shot through the head.
Other shots followed and Basbahan
! fell dead, shot through the lungs.
Pollock was the last one shot and he
: received what is believed to be a mor
! tal wound in the abdomen.
Hall started to run from the scene,
but was shot and killed by the negro
porter of a local hotel.
Dies To Save Woman.
Waco. Tex.—At 5 o'clock Saturday
morning the plant of the Independent
Telephone Company was completely
destroyed by lire, the origin of which
is unknown. R. M. Goode, night
watchman, lost his life by suffocation.
He had assisted the operators to safe
ty, but he was informed there was
still another in the building. He went
for her and lost his life. Miss Gor
dan, operator, suffered a sprained an
kle by jumping. The loss is $40,000.
Negro Is Lynched.
Atlanta, Tex.—Jasper Douglass, a
negro, aged 20 years, was found Sat
urday morning near an old road,
hanging by the neck, by a well rope
tied to the limb of a tree. The ver
dict of the coroner’s jury was:
“Came to liis death by the hands of
unknown parties.”
No signs were left except the
tracks of a horse immediately under
the dead negro.
Admiral Evans Better.
Paso Robles, Hot Springs, Cal.—The
seventeenth day of Rear Admiral
Robley D. Evans’ stay at Paso Robles
shows the old warrior to be much im
proved and it is evident that the treat
ment is proving successful.
42 Mayors Commissioned.
The commissioning of new mayors is
taking up about ail the spare time of
clerks in the office of Secretary of
State O. C. Ludwig at this time. Thir
teen commissions were issued Mon
day, and the number was more than
doubled Tuesday, a total of 29 being
issued during the day. The rush for
mayor’s commissions is occasioned by
the fact that city elections were held
throughout the state April 7. The
commissions issued Tuesday were for
the following:
J. J. Barrett of Magazine, John T.
Maloney of Cubanola, L. P. Arnold of
Carlisle, W. A. McMullen of Cotton
Plant; Ed Kendrick of Denning, W.
M. Boham of Cushman, C. H. Farr
of Chldester, O. W. Morris of Benton
ville, R. W. Wintker of DeVall’s Bluff.
W. F. Culbreast of Warren, J. H. H.
Xiehuss of Wesson, E. W. Howman
of Rogers, S. M. Roberts of Berryville,
E. H. Carson of Camden, H. S. Loden
of Hartford, George Elder of Lake Vil
lage, Charles J. Parker of Stephens,
S. D. Hodge of Austin, R. F. Cross
of Hackett, J. G. Probst of Weiner, W.
M. Bynum of Charleston, W. J. Har
rington of Lewisville, ,M Strickland,
Jr., of Beebe, B. Carraway of Alma,
Ed Doran of Arkansas City, P. X. Tat
ton of Morrilton, J. W. Yarbrough of
Augusta, C. A. Berry of Huttig and
R. J. Izard of Forrest City.
The commissions issued Monday
were as follows:
H. C. Hardy of Casa, F. W. Jackson
of Clarendon, A. Haves of Van Buren,
J. W. Kirkham of Marshall, L. C. Grif
fith of Harrisburg, W. R. Stidham of
Ravenden Springs, S. A. McDaniel of
Russell, W. T. Blount of Ola. B. S.
Carleton of Hunter, G. L. Wirt of Dar
danelle, G. W. Benton of Zinc. T. B.
Rogers of Searcy and W. M. Gatling
of Bearden.
Boll Weevil Found In Stalks.
Commissioner of Agriculture Guy B.
Tucker has received a package con
taining several boll weevils that have
been found in the cotton stalks in
Drew county. The boll weevil, which
is very destructive to cotton crops,
is found almost entirely In the boll of
the cotton plant, but according to the
letter which accompanied the package
containing the boll weevils, the latter
are found in Drew county in the stalk
and not in the boll.
The letter follows:
“Mr. Guy B. Tucker, Little Bock. Ark.:
“Dear Sir—I am sending you by
mail, under separate cover, two speci
mens of a weevil we have here. Will
you kindly advise us if you know this
to be a cotton boll weevil, or is it a
less harmful weevil?
“This gentleman is here in abun
dance and we are, of course, a little
curious to know his specie.
"The ones mailed you were taken
from the roots of a cotton plant at or
near the top of the ground. In every
instance we find him In the pith or
center of the stalk.
"Awaiting your reply and thanking
you in advance, I am,
Yours truly,
“A. L. WOOTEN.”
Special Agent A. V. Swaty of the
farmers’ experimental work, who has
his headquarters in the office of Mr.
Tucker states that the boll weevils
from Drew county are the regular cot
ton-destroying boll weevil, which is
found in certain portions of Arkansas,
and which cotton growers of the state
are putting forth every effort to exter
minate.
Davis Men to the Levee Board.
Governor Pindall has announced the
appointment of five well-known East
ern Arkansas men to the office of di
rector on the St. Francis Levee Board.
He announced that he had reappoint
ed four of the present members of the
board and appointed one new man. .1.
R. Bush of Helena, representing Phil
ips county. A. H. Hammett of Wynne,
representing Cross county, Tom A. Bu
ford of Forrest City, representing Lee
county, were the four present mem
bers of the board who were reappoint
ed. Will Eberhart, who will represent
Mississippi county, was the new mem
ber appointed.
Company Incorporates.
Articles of incorporation and agree
ment have been been filed with the
secretary of state by the Hot Springs
District Farmers’ Union Co-operative
Commission House Company, which
will engage in a general warehouse
and commission business at Hot
Springs. The incorporators are: C.
T. Glenn. B. F. Grant, Charles Kasti
ner. T. J. Carpenter, J. M. Crawford,
J. S. Johnson, Joe Weston, J. .T. Moore,
J. M. Reynolds, J. M. Faskitt, Atlas
Bain. J. H. Meek. J. A. Brown, George
Stricklin. C. L. Brown and eight oth
ers. The company incorporates with
a capital stock of 52,500, of which
$1,4"5 has been subscribed.
Germany To Learn of Arkansas.
Commissioner of Agriculture Guy B.
Tucker Thursday announced fnat a
book or pamphlet describing the min
eral, agricultural and Industrial
wealth of Arkansas would be published
shortly in the German language for
distribution in Germany.
Rev. Father Lawrence Hoyt of
Clarksville, a Catholic priest, has
conferred with Mr. Tucker on the mat
ter, and he will write the book in the
German language.
Mr. Tucker will gather together the
data for the book and present it to
father Hoyt for translation. As soon
as the entire book is translated into
German it will be sent to the printer
and after translation will be scattered
throughout Germany.
It is firmly believed by those inter
ested in the project that the book will
be the means of inducing hundreds
and possibly thousands of people to
move to Arkansas tnd settle. Fathar
Hoyt is very much interested in get
ting the natives of the old country
over here, believing that this state of*
fers more inducements than any other
to the people of that country. At pres
ent the Germans know practically
nothing concerning the state or its re
sources and wealth. It is thought,
however, that a book describing its
inducements, written in German—
'something unusual in that country in
the line of advertisement of a foreign
state—will be effective.
The book will be issued by the
state, and all of the data will be au
thentic.
An Industrial Directory of State.
Commissioner of Agriculture Guy B.
Tucker is now preparing to issue an
industrial directory of Arkansas. Tlie
directory will be the first of its kind
in the history of the stale.
Assisted by his deputy, Major Wil
liam Stoddard, Mr. Tucker intends
to ascertain the name of every in
dustry within the borders of the state
and all the particulars of each indus
try. All mines and manufacturing
industries will be given in the direc
tory, together with the number of men
employed in each Industry and the
pay roll of each. Letters are being
circulated over the state by Mr.
Tucker in an attempt to secure the
proper information. As soon as the
information is all in the directory
will be compiled.
It is thought that the directory will
be made up of about 75 pages. When
completed if will be distributed free
of cost by the state.
It is thought that the state can be
better advertised by the means of
this directory than by any other plan
Few people outside the state know
the commercial wealth of Arkansas,
and the directory sent out broadcast
over the United States will aid great
ly in informing the people of the coun
try of the industrial inducements of
the* state.
Experiment Men To Meet Here.
Commissioner of Agriculture Guy B.
Tucker was notified Thursday that a
meeting of the farmers’ co-operative
experimental workers of Arkansas
would be held in the House of Rep
resentatives at the state house April
25. It will be for the purpose of dis
icussing experimental work in agri
culture in Arkansas.
The meeting will be presided over
by Dr. S. A. Knapp, president of the
Bureau of Plant Industry of the south
western district, whose offices are at
Lake Charles, La. Mr. Knapp's terri
tory covers Louisiana, Texas and Ar
kansas. Matters pertaining to the ad
vancement of agricultural interests in
this state will be taken up.
All of the experimental supervis
ors and assistants throughout the
state who are under Dr. Knapp will
he present at the meeting.
A special invitation has been ex
tended to Commissioner Tucker to be
present at the meeting in order that
he may advise concerning agricultural
work in Arkansas.
Opium Smoking Outfit.
In the detective's rooms at the Po
lice Department in the city hall Thurs
day. visitors were shown a Chinese
opium smoking outfit, which was tak
en by the police in raiding an opium
den in Little Rock. Two long opium
pipes, a Chinese lamp, a bowl of
opium, the tongs for handling the
opium and needles for putting the
drug into the pipe comprised the
smoking outfit. A few Chinese rugs
on which the smokers recline and a
Chinese gambling game were also
shown. The outfit was being used by
negroes.
The transcript In the case of the
State against Dr. Sam Snyder, on ap
peal from the Pope Circuit Court, was
filed with the Supreme Court Tuesday.
The case is one in which Snyder was
charged with an unmentionable crime,
and. upon conviction, sentenced to a
term of five years in the penitentiary.