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GENERAL DIRECTORY.
Court Sessions.
Circuit Court, Northern District.—Meet
Third Monday in February and August. Sou
them District—First Monday in March and
September. H. N. Hutton. Judge; Will
Moorman, Clerk.
Chancery Court, Northern District,—Meets
First Monday in May and December. South
ern District—Second Monday in February and
September. Ed. D. Robertson. Chancellor;
Will Moorman Clerk.
County Court.—Meets First Monday in Janu
ary. April, July and October. J. F. Sommers.
Judge; T. E. Simpson, Clerk.
Probate Court.—Meets Fourth Monday in
January, April July and October. J. F. Som
mers, Judge: T. E. Simpson. Clerk.
Public Examinations.
Teachers' Public Examinations—Third Thurs
day and Friday in March. June, September
and December.
WOODRUFF CO. NEWS.
POBLIiHKD THCBSDAY OF BACH WEBK AT
MCCROBY. ARKANSAS.
WALTER W RANEY, Editor.
Entered at the Post-Office at McCrory
Arkansas, as Second-Class mail.matter.
June 11th, 1902.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
One Year. In advance. tl.00
JURY LIST
Foilwing is the list of grand
jurors selected to serve at the
February term 1909 of the Wood
ruff County, Arkansas Circuit
Court.
M. D. Campbell, Wade Garten,
A. S. Fitzhugh, J. H. Dale, Minor
Giegory, R. J. Carter, W. P.
Yarbrough, L. J. Crocker, Noah
Taylor, J. E. Comer, J. C.
McCrory, J. O Raymond, Fletcher
Lewis, W. V. Angello, Al Cain,
W- F. Simmons.
ALTERNATES
Wade Sale, Ben Albritton,
Luther H. Bali, R. K. Fitzhugh,
Herman Wood, S. R. Griffin.
PETTY JURY
Luther Wilson, T, C. Griffin,
L. M. Reynolds, S. E- Dent, G. W
Gordon, E. R. Woodson, T. O.
Dickinson, A. Wiener, Swift Davis
J. E. Stephenson, W. H. Lacy, Ira
Stoker, E. A. Ridgeway, Ed E.
Jefferies, Thad Hartiu, John
Lewis, J. H. Beidelman. N. J.
Hays, Porter Best, John Benson,
Dave Burkett, E. L. Kittrell, Ben
Anderson, Sterling Knight.
ALTERNATES
F. W- Shoup, Norton Jones,
Clint Lee, Henry Miller, T. C.
Bull, R.H. Ward, J. A. Jelks.
MORTQAGE SALE.
Notice is hereby given that we will
sell at public auction on Saturday,
Febuary the 6th 1909 at 10 o’clock
a m., at the front door of our store
in the town of McCrory, Arkansas
county of Woodruff, for cash, to
the highest and best bidder the fol
lowing described personal property.
One black horse mule.
One bay horse.
One Jersey cow.
One top buggy and harness
One wagon and harness.
35 bushels of corn.
Said sale being a forcloseure of
a chattle mortgage given by Mrs.
S. E. Vaughn dated April the 11th
1908 at McCrory, Arkansas and re
corded in chattle mortage record
book No. U. U., page 154, June, 2
1908 in the Circuit clerks office of
Woodruff County, Arkansas.
Fakes Mercantile Company.
Signed:January, 201909.
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THERE’S NOTHING LIKE
PLAYING POOL
OR BOWLING. SEE US. H. T. MILLER
TAKING OUT MOB INSURANCE
London Property Owners Apparently
Fear Violence of the Hungry
Unemployed.
A genuine novelty in the way of
insurance has just been introduced
in London, called “mob insurance.”
It is taken out by merchants against
possible losses through rioting or
looting by mobs. This does not
mean that merchants fear the suf
fragettes are about to burst all
bounds and inaugurate a reign of
terror. Protection is rather sought
against the violence of the unem
ployed, who are unusually numerous
in London this fall, and are likely
to become more so as the winter ap
proaches. The most active demand
for this queer insurance is in the vi
cinity of the parliament buildings,
which would naturally be the ob
jective point of a mob incited to
make a demonstraation against the
authorities. Nothing may occur to
justify the fears of the merchants
who are seeking this form of protec
tion, but it is significant of condi
tions in the world’s metropolis.
BORNEO PARASITE.
A famous rarity in the vegetable
world of Borneo is the Raffiesia, the
buah pakman of Malays. The plant
is one of the most degraded of para
sites, and so completely does it sub
merge itself in the tissues of its host
that the only part which ever shows
itself to the external world is the
enormous flower. The diameter of
the flower measures about two feet;
the odor is repulsive and there is not
one feature of beauty to recommend
it to man. It appears, however, to
hold an important place in the phar
macopoeia of the natives, who per
haps imagine that the plant to which
nature has given so uninviting an
exterior must possess some hidden
virtue in the way of compensation.
Various species of Raffiesia are
known in Boreo, and oddly enough
their hosts are invariably species of
vine (cissus).
SWAM BEFORE HIM.
Banks—I had a new experience
yesterday, one you might call unac
countable. I ate a hearty dinner,
finishing up with a Welsh rabbit, a
mince pie, and some lobster a la
Newburg. Then I went to a place
of amusement. I had hardly en
tered the building before everything
swam before me.
Binks—The Welsh rabbit did it.
Bunks—No; it was the lobster.
Binks—I think it was the mince
pie.
Banks—No; I have a simpler ex
planation than that. I never felt
better in my life; I was at the
aquarium.—J udge.
THE MODERN KID.
\i*4*r /
Father (called upon to deliver a
parental lecture)—Upon my word, you
children are getting too dainty for any
thing! Jam and butter on the same
piece of bread. Indeed! Why, when I
was your age I was very glad to get
enough dry bread to eat!
Bobble—You have a much better
time of it living with us, don’t you,
father?
A SAD PESSIMIST.
“Do you believe in telepathy?”
“What do you mean by that ?” in
quired Mr. Sirius Barker.
“Why, thought transfer. Do you
believe that one person can tell what
another is thinking about ?”
“Of course. When I see a party of
men I know they are thinking about
money, and when I see a party of
women I know they are thinking
about clothes.”
MASSIVE MENTALITY.
| “Don’t you think that witness’
memory is sadly deficient ?” said one
! lawyer.
“Not a bit of it,” answered the
other. “Sometimes it takes a fine
memory to remember what to for
get.”
PERTINENT QUERRY.
“My husband,” said Mrs. Bostem,
proudly, “is a man who is much
sought after.”
“Indeed!” rejoined Mrs. Knox.
“Is he a fugitive from justice?”
Farmers Educational
—AND—
Co-Operative Union
Of America
Get Into the Game.
Gamblers play about as much for
the excitement of the game as for the
winnings. Even good men like to
put up a quarter or half a dollar on a
game or horse race "just to make It
more interesting.” We are all gam
blers. Life Is a game of chance and
skill combined. We are either win
ning or losing a stake. Some put up
moey (speculators), some put up am
bition (politicians), some put up their
time and energy along wiah financial
outlay (farmers). They all take
chances on winning or losing. The
speculator must play the game as
stock gamblers play it. The politi
cian must play the game as politi
cians play it The "sports” must be
"sporty" or get out of the game. The
farmer must stake his all on the
weather and insects and all that
makes farming a chance, and play
the game as the best farmers play it.
Every business man takes his chances
in competition with others in the same
line. Farmers, see here, you are too
absorbed in playing your own game
to watch the others play theirs, but
you are contributing to the jackpot
in many another game and have no
band In the game that settles who is
to pocket the winnings. Directly the
situation is thus: You raise the grain
and stock, the tobacco, cotton and
wool for the other fellow to gamble
over in boards of trade, they take
your stuff at what figure they please
and play with it,as a cat plays with a
mouse. You have some needs that
cannot be home-grown or home-made.
Nearly every one of these is controlled
by a trust and you pay what they
please to charge. You all know this.
So you are demanding a remedy. Dif
ferent societies of farmers are seek
ing to remedy the marketing end. Co
operation is the key. Why do you
pay more than things are worth? Be
cause the other fellows are bound to
gether Into associations that protect
the trade. Why can’t you sell at a
profit too? Because you are not
bound together. Follow natural laws.
Backfire as when a prairie fire or
forest fire is sweeping down on you.
Fight fire with fire. Fight organiza
tion With organization. Let producers
is the middlemen that are the key
to the problem. When they quit fight
ing each other they have the situa
tion cinched. You need coal. Your
local dealers belong to the coal deal
ers’ association. He is a slave of the
coal trust, hence you pay $1 to $2 per
ton more than coal is worth. “Co
operate.” You need dry gooda, shoes,
etc. Your local dealer belongs to the
mercantile association, hence you
pay from 20 to 200 per cent more than
goods are worth. "Co-operate.” You
need hardware, buggies, wagons, farm
ing tools. Your local dealer is in the
merchantile association, hence you pay
form 10 to 50 per cent more than hard
ware is worth. “Co-operate.” You
need flour, meat, lard, sugar, coffee,
etc. Your dealer is in the grocers’
association, hence you pay from 10 to
40 per cent more than they are worth.
“Co-operate."
“Well,” says one, “it’s easy to say
that local dealers are robbing and
getting more than goods are worth,
but the whole shebang is operated by
one trust and we can’t get them from
anyone not in the trust.” Yes, you
can. There is an independent dealer
for all your needs. “Hunt them up.”
If you approach one of these “Can’t
help yourselves” fellows, I say to him
I am making up a carload of coal,
feedstuff, flour, salt, or a carload of
coffee, barrel of sugar or syrup and
can save you on coal $1 to $2 per
ton or 25 cents per 100 pounds in
feedstuff, 50 cents per 100 in flour,
60 cents per barrel on salt, 20 cents
per gallon on syrup, etc. He will say
I am “afraid” it is not good. Then
tell him that it is guaranteed by the
manufacturer to you and he will say,
“Yes, Mr. Jones (local dealer) guaran
tees his stuff and I havn’t got the
money now." Then tell him it doe3
not take any money until the goods
arrive and he will gay, “I guess I’ll
not order any today.” I do not need
any just now. I bought some yester
day, etc. There is no competition in
local dealers’ associations and their
game is a winning game. Let us get
into the game of fighting “Are with
fire" and it will revive the old adage
“Competition is the life of trade.”
Get into the game and co-operate and
the mortage will be a sure thing of
the past in an alarmingly short time.
Get into the game and win.—H. A.
Collins, in National Co-Operator.
Don’t forget to gather in road dust
or sifted coal ashes, so that the hens
will have something to wallow in this
winter.
The Farmers’ Union plan of hand
ling cotton at Galveston is the most
feasible that has been offered the
farmers for years. Try it and leave
the little street heeler alone.
It is reported that two-thirds of the
Russian winter wheat is ruined and a
sad famine is expected next year.
Two and one-half million acres were
not seeded.
The farmer used to work and not
think, but lo! now, be mixes his brain
and muscle.
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Eupion Oil
Sold by Waters Pierce Oil Co.
L. E. POLLETT Agent.
COMMISSIONER’S SALE.
Notice is hereby given that, un
der and pursuant to a decree ren-,
deredin the Woodruff Chancery!
Court for the Northern District of J
Woodruff County, Arkansas, at its j
December Term, 1908, in a cause
therein pending, in whieh J. Wal
ter Mason, by his next Friend
Blanche Mason, and Blanche Ma
son in her own right were Plain
tiffs, and Mamie Wilkes, Eva
Moore and Sallie Moore and Min
or Gregory were Defendants, I
will sell at Public Outcry, to the
highest and best bidder, at the
West Door of the Court Douse, at
Augusta, Arkansas, at 2 o’clock p.
m., on Friday February, 19th.,
1909, the following described
Real Property, situated in the
County of Woodruff and State of
Arkansas, to wit:
An estate tor the life of Duke
Revel in the half interest of fhe
N. W. £ of Section 6, Township 6
North, Range 3 West, and the
South Fractional Part of the N. E.
i of Section 1, Township 6 North,
Range 4 West; the Fee Simple
interest in the S. | of the S. W.
£ of Section 20, Township 7 North,
Range 3 West; the W. 4 of the S.
W. fourth and the S. W. fourth
of the N. W. ^ of Section 22,
Township 7 North, Range 3 West,
except 6 acres off the West side of
the S. W. i of the S. W. fourth,
and including 6 acres off the east
side of the N. E. fourth of the S.
E. fourth in Section 21 Township
7, North Range 3. W- the N. E. ^
of theS.W. £aml W. £ of the S. E.
fourth of Section 23, Township 7
North, Range 3 W; the N. £ of
Section 31, Township 7 North,
Range 3 West; also Lot 10 in
Block 3, in Augusta, Ark., the N.
Fractional 4 of the N. W. Frac
tional fourth and the S. W. fourth
of the N. W. fourth of Section 1,
Township 6 North, Range 4 West.
The south-east quarter of the
south-west quarter of sectiou 23
township seven north, range three
west.
Terms Op Sale: This sale will
be on a credit of 4 mouths. The
purchaser will be required to ex
ecute a Bond with sureties thereon,
to be approved by the Com
missioner, and a lien upon said
property will be retained to secure
the payment of the Bond thus giv
en for the purchase money so bid
at such a sale.
Will Moorman,
Commissioner in Chancery.
conmssiONERS sale.
Notice is hereby given that, un
der and pursuant to a decree ren
dered in the Woodruff Chancery
Court for the Northern District of
Woodruff County, Arkansas at its
December term, 1908, in a cause i
therein pending in which R. T.
Harville and J. D. Eldridge are
Plaintiffs, and Sara Crutcher, Hut
Crutcher, Andrew Calicott, Felix
Crutcher, Lurine Cottrell, Clio
Wheeler, raiuor, Chas. Wheeler,
Mildred Crutcher, raiuor, Lee
Crutcher, Eliza Cole, Sam Simons,
Ermerilla Jeffries, Mattie May, al
so known as Mattie Crutcher, Steve
Crutcher, Sam Simons, Minor
Bledsoe, Martha Crutcher, Ander
son Jones, and Annie Jones, min
ors, and A. H. Campbell are De
fendants, I will sell at publie out
cry to the highest and best bidder,
at the West Door of the Court
House, at Augusta, Ark., at 2
o’clock p. m. on Friday February,
5tli., 1909, the following described
Real Property, situated in the
County of Woodruff and State of
Arkansas, towit:
S. W. i of the S. W. i of Sec
tion 35, Township 7 North, Range
3 West also the N. E. Fractional
Fractional S. £ of the N. W.
the N. | of the S. E. £, except 25
acres off the South side, all in Sec
tion 3, in Township 6 North,
Range 3 West.
Terms Op Sale : This sale will
be on a credit of four months.
The purchaser will be required to
execute a bond with sureties there
on to be approved by the Com
missioner, and a lien upon said
property will bo retained to secure
the payment of the Bond thus
given for the purchase money, so
bid at such a sale.
Will Moorman,
Commissioner in Chancery.
After February, 1st., I will he
prepared to do all kinds of cabinet
work, furniture repairing and ren
ovating silver or gold lettering and
sign work. Diawings and estimates
for store or office fixtures furnished
Leave orders at my restaurant.
Geo. H. Proulx.
STOP
Psving bills twice because
you have uo record of your
first payment.
Come In and
See Us
Aud we will explain how, by
keeping a checking account
iu this bank
You wilt always have the rli ht change
You will have a receipt for bills paid
You will have no cause to tear the hold
up man
And finally how a bank ac
count helps you save
And Build up an Ac
count for a Rainy Day
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