- » Woodmkk County News.
VOL. V.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1906.
NO. 32.
An Epitome of the Most Impor
tant Events at Home and
Abroad the Past Week.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH.
A Glimpse »* WUat Corner*** la Uo
,ng Together With a Carefully
Digested and Condensed Compila
tion of Current New* Items, Both
Domestic and Foreign.
CONGRESSIONAL. NOTES.
By an unanimous vote the house
adopted a joint resolution, previously
adopted by the senate, expressing the
lympathy of the people of the United
States with the Hebrews on account
of the massacres of their brethren
in Russia.
The senate passed the house bill
appropriating $25,000 a year for the
traveling expenses of the president by
a vote of 42 to 20.
The sundry civil bill as passed by
the senate contains the following:
Hereafter there shall not be main
tained at any branch home of the na
tional home for volunteer soldiers,
any bar or canteen for the sale of
beer or wine or other liquors of intoxi
cating quality.”
The senate, following the lead of
the house, adopted the lock type for
the Panama canal, thus ending the
dispute between the advocates of the
lea canal and the lock type.
In opening the discussion on the
pure food bill in the house, Mr. Mann,
of Illinois, with an array of samples
of various edibles and drinkables,
pcales and measures, gave a practical
demonstration of how the people are
defrauded and their health tampered
Pith by short weights and measures
ind adulterants.
The senate passed the St. Louis
free bridge bill with an amendment
granting the right of eminent domain
in Missouri and Illinos. The bill went
back to the house for concurrence in
the amendment, which was promptly
lone, and the bill now only needs ex
ecutive sanction to became a law'.
The house passed, 176 to 68, the bill
appropriating $25,000 for the travel
ing expenses of the president for the
next fiscal year, 18 democrats voting
with the majority.
The joint resolution increasing the
terms of representatives in congress
to four years failed to receive the nec
essary two-thirds vote, under suspen
sion of the rules, and is dead for this
session,
The house passed a bill, under sus
pension of the rules, requiring com
mon carriers to check passengers'
baggage through to destination where
transportation, when regular through
ticket, or part mileage over connect
ing lines is presented.
The house passed the agricultural
appropriation bill with the amended
substitute for the Beveridge meat in
spection amendment. The matter will
now be threshed out in conference.
The senate passed the Lake Erie
and Ohio river canal bill with only
11 votes in the negative.
GENlill AL HEWI ITEM!.
Richard Ivend was hanged iu the
Cook county jail, in Chicago, for the
murder of Mrs. Bessie Hollister. He
was on the verge of collapse when
the trap was sprung.'
Att'y-Gen. Moody- has announced
his intention of proceeding criminally
against the Standard Oil Co., for vio
lation of the Elldns law, and will
probably follow It up with proceedings
under the Sherman anti-trust law..
Judge Smith McPherson, in the
United States district court at Kansas
City, Mo., assessed fines of $15,000
each against the Swift, Cudahy, Ar
mour and Nelson Morris packing
companies and the Chicago, Burling
ton & Quincy Railroad Co., jrecently
convicted of rebating. George L.
Thomas wa3 fined $6,000, with four
months’ imprisonment and L. B. Tag
gart $1,000 and three months' impris
onment in the same connection.
Gov. Folk, of Missouri, has granted
a respite to Mrs. Aggie Myers and
Frank Hottman, under sentence of
death for the murder of the Myers
woman’s husband in Kansas City,
until Monday, September 3.
Joseph Crow, of Omaha, was found
guilty in the federal court at Omaha
of attempting to impede Justice, while
foreman of the federal grand jury, by
means of gifts of railroad passes.
"Cut loose; let the dirt fly; dig,
dig!” That is the substance of the
president’s admonition now that con
gress has settledupon the type of
canal to ba constructed.
The special federal grand Jury at
Cape Girardeau, Mo., returned two
true bills In the New Madrid county
peonage cases, including Charles M.
Smith, James E. Smith, Benjamin
Fields, Charles M. Smith, Jr., Rex
Smith, William Woods, Floyd Woods,
Bsnjamta Stone and W. Lee Rodgers
The main building of the Casino
at Santa Cruz, Cal., was destroyed
by fire, at a loss o[ $144,000. The
pleasure pier, power plant, the tent
city and many other attractions along
the water front were saved.
Gov. Pardee, of California, says that
300 Grand Army veterans lost
their homes in the San Francisco
fire, and that it will require some gen
erous contributions to provide for
their future.
With noble ceremony King Haakon
VII. and Queen Maud were invested
with the crowns of Norway in the
ancient cathedral at Trondhjem, the
first independent sovereigns of the
Norsemen in 600 years. A brilliant
company witnessed the coronation.
James Locke and John Wallace,
prominent farmers, were held up and
murdered on the road between Foss
and Arapahoe, Okla., by a stranger,
thought to be insane, who had hired
Locke to drive him across the coun
try. the murderer was arrested at
Foss.
Rev. Charles Ferguson, pastor of
All Souls’ Unitarian church of Kansas
City, Mo., has been formally un
frocked as a priest of the Episcopal
church by Bishop E. R. Atwill of that
city.
Joseph E. Dyas, of Paris, 111., was
jiected general high priest at the tri
cnnual convocation of the general
grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons
if the United States in Boston.
Mrs. Pettie Arnold, a former act
ress, has confessed that she shot and
tilled Frank L. Phelps at her home,
n St. Louis who, she declares, en
leavored to force her to carry out a
suicide pact with her.
C. A. McCartney, a Pasadena (Cal.)
contractor, has just passed through
:he experience of having his heart
:aken out and particles of sand, which
jecame lodged on it through a wound,
washed from it, and still survives.
Walter Sealaszhiciez, a P*le, testi
fied in an assault and battery case at
Portland, Ore., that, about a month
ago, a plot was laid in that city,
which fell through for lack of funds,
to send an emissary to Washington
to assassinate President Roosevelt.
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt
were caught out riding in a severe
electrical storm and were thoroughly
Jrenched when they returned to the
White House. —
The Burlington Railway Co. an
nounces the completion of the positive
block system over all of its main
lines, approximating 4,000 miles, thus
making collisions almost impossible.
A number of society women of
3ioux Falls, S. D., met and deter
mined that if Mrs. Kaufmann, charged
with causing the death of her servant,
Agnes Polreis, was allowed to occupy
her home while in the custody of the
sheriff awaiting trial in November
next, t¥ey would dynamite the Kauf
mann home. Mrs. Kaufmann was
placed in jail.
Clarence Osborn, aged four years,
is the proud possessor of the bronze
medal of the Massachusetts Humane
society, awarded him for saving from
drowning his cousin, Josie Mullen, six
months younger than himself, at Win
chester, Mass.
The state of Nebraska lost its last
chance of recovering $500,000, the
amount of the defalcation of former
State Treasurer Bartley, by the state's
bill of exceptions in the case being
improperly certified to the state su
preme court.
President Roosevelt sent a message
of sympathy to a mass meeting of
Jews in New York to protest against
the recent massacres in Russia, but
pointed out how futile, in fact harm
ful, , would be any official interference
an his part.
Gen., Dessimo, a noted Russian mil
ftary offirer who is making a tour of
the United. States before returning
home from- the far east, says another
Chinese outbreak may be expected be
fore long—a patriotic movement to free
China from foreign restrictions.
The Dreyfus case is again on the
carpet in Paris. The former captain
I of artillery is seeking the vindication
of his honor as an officer and the offi
cial restoration of his name to the list
of officers of the army.
The famous Iron Mountain mine, in
Missouri, after giving up $7,000,000
net to its stockholders, has ceased to
be productive and the land will be
used as a stock farm.
Dr. Elmer E. Brown, of the Univer
sity of California, has been named
by President Roosevelt for commis
sioner of education, vice Dr. W. T.
Harris, resigned.
Gov. John M. Pattison, of Ohio, died
at his home in Milford, a suburb of
Cincinnati, on the evening of May 18,
rather suddenly, as reports had been
favorable during the day. He is suc
ceeded by Lieut.-Gov. Andrew L. Har
ris, who took the oath of office before
Judge Fisher, of the common pleaa
bench, at Eaton, O., his home.
Freddie Muth, the seven-year-old
Philadelphia boy, who was kidnaped
from the Muhlenburg school, has been
found and restored to his parents. His
abductor, John Joseph Kean, who ad
mitted that his object was to extort
money to meet his needs, was arrest
ed. The boy had been kept in vacant
houses In West Philadelphia.
AR
RKANSAS
STATE NEWS
Comitted Suicide.
Harry Bottoms of Delight, 63 years
of age, took 60 grains of morphine
with supposed suicidal intent. Bot
toms arrived at Lockesburg only a
short time ago. He was without
money, and borrowed 50 cents from a
Mr. Grady, a newly-made acquaint
ance, and purchased a bottle of mor
phine. When called in the morning
he was found unconscious, and an
empty morphine bottle was discov
ered on a chair by the side of his
bed. Every effort was made to re
vive the man, but from last accounts
he was still unconscious. Bottoms
went to Lockesburg from Browns
town, where he had been working
for Rev. S. T. Lewis. He left two
notes in his room, one to Mr. Grady
and one to Mr. Lewis. He asked
Mr. Grady to forward his mail to J.
W. Bottoms, Delight, and turn his
effects over to him. His note to Mr.
Lewis was a request to pay ?10 due
him to a man named Wisdom.. Bot
toms had been consulting a lawyer
aboft getting a divorce, and it Is
supposed that domestic troubles
caused him to try to end his life.
Fourth Annual Contest.
The fourth annual contest for the
Johnson loving cup too place at the
State University at Fayetteville.
Dr. Johnson acted as master of cer
emonies, and Dan K. Saddler of the
Garland and Otha Wolf of the Perl
clean Literary Societies were speak
ers. Although the contest was open
to all literary societies the Mathetian
was not represented. Mr. Wolf's
subject was “Stonewall Jackson,”
and Mr. Saddler’s “The French Rev
olution.” The judges were Col. Van
deventer, Judge Humphreys and Mr.
Palmer, who decided in favor of Mr.
Saddler, of the Garland. The win
ning contestant has his name and
the year engraved on the cup, and
it is kept by his society until the
next year and then contested for
again. The Pericleans have held it
two years, and this is the sec
ond time for the Garlands.
New Depot at Paragould.
Superintendent of Bridge and
Building J. S. Berry and Vice Super
intendent C. J. Moore of the Cotton
Belt Route were at Paragould recent
ly with the blue prints of the pro
posed handsome new passenger sta
tion for Paragould. They have em
ployed local labor to unload twenty
cars of brick, six cars of crushed
rock and other building material
which is now on the road. The new
depot will be of brick, with a stone
floor and concrete foundation, and
will consist of a ladies’ retiring room,
gents’ smoking room, ladies’ and
gents’ waiting rooms, express, tele
graph and othe roffices. It will be
one of the most modern structures In
the state. Actual work will be started
just as soon as the building material
is received.
Remarkable Cherry Tree.
Wilson Coghill, who resides two
miles southwest of Rogers, has a re
markable cherry tree. It measures
four feet in circumference, is 50
years old, and has been bearing fruit
over forty years. It is what is known
as a May cherry and seldom fails to
bear. This year Mr. Coghill gathered
twelve crates from the old tree and
sold them for ?1.75 per crate. The
limbs of the tree are very large and
extremely long, and in order to gath
er all of the fruit this year a large
platform was built in the branches of
the tree, which aided the gatherers
in reaching the fruit.
Charged With Moonshining.
Robert Denny, Bill Denny, James
Denny and Sam Smith were arrested
at their homes near Mount Pleasant,
Titus county, Texas, and brought to
Texarkana on warrants based on In
dictments found by the Federal Grand
Jury, charging them with running a
wildcat still in Titus county. All
were taken before United States
Commissioner W. H. Ward, where
they were admitted to bail in the
sum of |1,500 each, which was fur
nished. They will be tried at the
next term of the Federal court. The
Dennys are related to some of the
best people in Texas.
Fourth Bridge Completed.
The Pulaski County officials were
recently notified that the new steel
bridge over Little Maumelle on the
Perryville road has been completed.
The bridge is the last of the four
steel bridges completed within the
last few months. The other bridges
are on the Jacksonville road over Ink
bayou, on the Mabelvale road, near
Four Mile Grocery over Fourche and
on the Burns place, fourteen miles
southwest of Little Rock near Alex
ander, over the Fourche.
Calhoun County Site Contest.
Calhoun county Is soon to be in
the throes of a county site contest.
E. L. Bryant, who is agent, for the
Rock Island Townsite Company at
Tinsman, says about 600 names have
been signed to a petition asking the
county judge to order an election with
a view to removing the county site
from Hampton to Tinsman, the new
town laid off at the junction of the
Rock Island railway 14 miles south
of Fordyce, where one branch of the
road goes to Crossett and the other
to El Dorado and thence to New
Orleans. There are less than 1,800
legal voters in Calhoun county, and
if 600 of these have signed the peti
tion they have more than the required
one-third necessary to secure the
election.
Home Telephone Company.
The business men of Jonesboro
have organized what is known as the
Automatic Home Telephone Company,
having as a nucleus a small telephone
company, the service of which does
not meet the growing demands of
Jonesboro public. Solicitors are .out
securing the names of applicants for
stock, a considerable amount being
raised for the new concern, which
promises to be one of the most up-to
date telephone plants in the state.
Confederate Reunion.
The annual reunion of the S. W. U.
C. V. Association wil lbe held at Mc
Neil July 11, 12 and 13. The Sons and
Daughters of the Confederacy will par
ticipate in the event. Among the
prominent speakers who will be pres
ent are: W. J. Nisbet, Judge H. G.
Bunn, Capt. A. C. Jones, Dr. Junius
Jordan, Hon. Oliver Jones, Hon. M.
M. Duffle and others.
Preparing for the Encampment.
Company C, First Regiment, Arkan
sas State Guard, stationed at Harri
son, is preparing for the Fort Riley
(Kans.) encampment. The company
has begun drilling in preparation for
the great event. Capt. Fred Green has
announced that those absenting them
selves from the rolls will not be al
lowed to attend the encampment.
Officers Make a Raid.
Sheriff Logan, Deputy Fuller and
Constable Mark Phillips, armed with
search warrants, visited the alleged
blind tigers and gambling houses a few
days ago in Jonesboro.
At several places the officers found
a small quantity of beer and whiskey,
which they put in jail. Two crap
tables were taken to the middle of the
street and burned.
Purchased a Gin.
The Farmers’ Union of Lafayette
county has purchased the Herrel gin
nery, in the southern part of Lewis
-ville, and are preparing to gin their
own cotton next fall. They are also
contemplating installing a canning
factory in Lewisville.
Struck By Lightning.
The residence of Judge H. N. Baker
at Nashville, was struck by lightning
during the recent storm, and the resi
dence was set on fire. Members of
the family were asleep when the
house was struck, and it was some
time before it was discovered that the
building was on lire. A valuable
mule and a hog belonging to W. H.
Norwood were also killed by light
ning at Doyle.
Site for Mill Secured.
The citizens of Nashville have se
cured an option from Frank Jones on a
piece of property in the sautheast por
tion of the city for a site for the mill of
the Brown-Henderson Improvement
and Timber Company which will be
put up here in connection with the
new railroad.
Will Gay at Pine Bluff.
Will Gay, the negro who is under
arrest on a charge of killing Mrs.
Charlotte Leetham, a white woman in
Little Rock early this month, is now
confined in the Jefferson county jail,
having been brought there from
Texarkana. From there he will be
taken to Little Rock for a hearing.
Gift to Mammoth Springs.
Charles E. Mare of St. Louis, who
owns large property interests at Mam
moth Springs, has told the citizens of
that town to select a site for the new
school house on any portion of his
land and he would make them a
deed to the property.
New $30,000 Depot.
Material is being received at Para
gould for the new union depot, which
is to be erected on the site of the one
destroyed by fire. The new structure
will cost $30,000.
Companies Consolidate.
The Harrisburg Light and Power
Company has been merged with the
Royal Handle Manufacturing Company,
and it is proposed to consolidate the
two plants in the near future.
Charged With Blind Tigering.
W. R. Fausel and Nathan Kinman
were arrested at Newark by Deputy
U. S. Marshal Brown and arrainged
before Commissioner Parse at Bates
ville on a charge of selling whiskey
without license. They were bound
over to the Federal Grand Jury in the
sum of $200 each.
ARKANSAS BRI£FS
A two-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs.
Will Martin, who live near Thorns
berry, was drowned in Orange creek
under peculiarly distressing circum
stances. The family had gone to the
creek for a day's Ashing. The child
fell asleep and the parents laid him
down in a cool place on the grass on
the creek bank and continued their
Ashing. They moved along the bank
of the creek and in a little while found
themselves some distance from where
the little child was sleeping. Another
child was sent back to look after the.
little sleeper, but it wras not where the
mother had left it. Tracks were soon
found on the creek bank that led dow-n
to the water’s edge and the parents
were hurridly notiAed. The father
plunged into the creek and a little way
down from where the tracks entered
the water the lifeless body of the lit
tle child was found lodged against a
log.
The Warm Springs school house,
near Pocahontas, was burned recently,
supposed to be the work of an incendi
ary. J. N. Carroll was sitting on his
front porch with a friend, when he
saw the blaze as it Aashed up. The
two men hastened to the scene and
found the side of the house had been
coal oiled, and a sack saturated with
oil was against ttfe house, being held
there by pieces of w'ood. When the
sack was removed oil was still dripping
from it, but the whole side of the bouse
wa^enveloped in Aames before they
could do anything toward extinguish
ing it. The entire community is ter
ribly incensed over the affair, and no
effort will be spared in locating the
guilty person or persons.
John Fortune of Cherry Valley was
struck by the north-bound cannon ball
train the other night and seriously in
jured. One of his legs was broken just
below the knee, his hip was badly
bruised and the skin and a portion of
the Aesh on his neck beneath his chin
was completely torn off. The wo«n4 in
the neck is so close to the juglar vein
that fatal results are feared. It is re
ported that he was asleep near the
track when the train struck him. Mr.
Fortune shorin cmrdlu mfwyp mfwypy
ren, and has two grown sisters, who
are keeping house for him.
Steps are about to be taken in Bates
ville to get rid of the town loafer
There seems to be a dozen or more
in that city. They congregate upon
the corners, decorate the concrete
walks with tobacco juice, which is
swept by the skirts of feminine pedes
Srains. The authorities intend to make
provision soon for the employment of
all the Batesville town loafers.
The Pelly brothers of Oil Trough
have leased for a period of five years
500 acres of the Yancey farm, known
as the upper Dunnington farm, to
gether with gin and store, which repre
sents a transaction of something like
$20,000. The Dunnington farm is one
of the best equipped of any in Inde
pendence t»unty. It is provided with
every convenience, including a water
works system.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
weather has been unfavorable the
greater part of the time this spring, the
construction of concrete sidewalks is
moving along at a very satisfactory
rate in Batesville. Within the past
two or three months over 54,000 square
feet of walks have been laid. These
walks are not confined to the business
portion of the city, but most all that
have been constructed are in the resi
dence portion.
The shipment of local Irish potatoes
has been called off, temporarily, by the
Texarkana Fruit and Truck Growers'
Association, as the abnormal slump in
prices has taken out much of the pro
fit obtained at earlier market prices
The market now is down to 65 cents,
whereas it began at a dollar. This is
due, of course, to the glutted condition
of the markets North and East, by the
liberal and continued shipments from
other sections.
The foundation for the Renisch brick
block at Stuttgart is being made. The
bunding will be 50 by 140 feet and
will take the place formerly occupied
by the old wooden buildings which
were burned on the Main street about
three months ago.
The fourth district meeting of the
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative
Union of America of Hempstead coun
ty will be held’ at Yancey July 6, a
good program has been arranged.
The company operating the Claren
don Shoe Last Factory has decided to
enlarge the plant and increase its
manufacturing facilities. The work
will begin within thirty days and will
be completed by the time of the open
ing of the next season for making
lasts. This factory cannot operate ex
cept during certain months, because
of the tendency of the timber to check
if the weather is not just right.
The Batesville Building and Savings
Association hak been organized, with
a capital stock of $100,000, and expect*
to begin business July 1.
TO CLEAN A DRESS-SKIRT,
Brush and Shake, Binse Well in Am*
monia Water, Iron on Wrong
Side While Damp.
Borax dissolved in warm water will
remove grease stains; another method
is to put the stained article between
two pieces of thin manila paper and
press it with a warm iron. French
chalk, if rubbed on at once will usu
ally dissolve grease spots. It must be
left on for some hours and then
brushed off.
The following simple method of x
cleaning a dress skirt has been thor
oujlily tested. The fact was first
learned from a cook who accidentally
spilled a cup of melted butter over a
black skirt. I have tried the rule on
many less hopeless cases and always
with satisfactory results:
Take three-fourths of a pail of cold
water, and add one teacup of ammonia.
Thoroughly brush and shake the arti
cle, then rinse up and down repeated
ly in the ammonia water. After sous
ing it up and down, then take it out,
squeezing the water from it but not
wringing it. Put up two lines so they
will cross each othjr and hang the
skirt upon them, pinning the bottom
to crossed lines so that the skirt shall
be spread well apart. While the skirt
is quite damp, iron it on the wrong
side. This treatment to a rusty,
soiled skirt will work wonders. Try
It.
I have just renovated some old
black lace later on will bo made into
a summer hat. It was brown and
limp and apparently had lived its full
life of usefulness; but I washed it in
a suds made of tar soap and dried it
without rinsing. The tar soap iim
parted a slight stiffness about the
same as new lace and you would never
believe it to be the same lace, so
great was the changt. Hunt up your
old black lace and try it for your
selves.—Prairie Farmer.
THE MEANEST TELEPHONER
Is the Man Who Calls You Up When.
Not at Home and Won’t
*;■ Give His Name.
“I think that the meanest man in
the world is the fellow who calls you
up by telphone when you’re not at
home and won’t leave his name.”
“What’s mean about it?”
"Well,” said Westside, according to
the New York World, “many things.
For instance, I’m down town during
the day at my office. Some man finds
my home telephone address in the
book and calls me up on it. My wife
answers. ‘Who's this?’ she asks, and
the voice comes: ‘Is Mr. Westside at
home?’ ‘No, but I’m Mrs. Westside.
and any message you may have for
him—.’ ‘N—no, never mind. I’ll call
him up later. “Well, won’t you give mo
your name so that I—.’ No. I guess
not. No, I’ll just call him up later.
Good-by.’
“Well, I get home in the evening,
and my wife tells me that some mys
terious man called me up, wouldn’t
give his name, number or business,
and then I start guessing. Naturally
I imagine that it’s some one who
doesn't want my wife to know that he
called me up. So I imagine all sorts
of things.
“My dinner is an uncomfortable
meal for thinking of the wretch who
called me up. I go through the en
tire list of the people I know who
wouldn’t be apt to know my office ad
dress. I think of every one I ever
had any trouble with. I think—
heaven only knows what I don’t
think.
“And then the 'phone bell rings, and
the maid says its for Mr. Westside.
I go with fear and trembling. And
who is it? Oh, just some idiot who
wants to know if my wife and I
can’t come over to-morrow evening, or
something just as inconsequential.”
Spartan Courage.
Gentleman (getting into the car
riage)—That tooth must come out
to-day under any circumstances.
Drive me to the nearest dentist—but
go slow!—Fliegende Blaetter.
Johnny Cake.
One-half cup of butter.
One-half cup of sugar.
Two eggs.
One and one-half cups of sweet
milk.
Two cups of Indian meal.
One cup of wheat flour.
Two teaspoonfuls cf baking powder.
One-half teaspoonful of salt.
Cream the butter and augar together,
add the eggs well beaten, then the
milk. Mix the Indian meal and flour
together, putting in the salt; and bak
ing powder, and mix all well together.
Tomato Soup.
One pint of tomatoes, boiled soft in
one pint of water, strain, then add
one quart of milk, one-half teaspoon of
soda, butter the size of an egg and salt
to taste. Let all come to a boil and
serve with crackers.
Boston Brown Bread.
Two pints of corn meal, one pint of
graham flour, one-half teacup of sirup,
one teaspoon of soda, buttermilk to
make a stiff batter, steam three hours
and brown in the oven,
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