Wandran
Eounty
News.
VOL. VII
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1909.
NO. 20.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
Items of Interest From Everywhere
With Especial Attention to the
Happenings of the Great
Southwest.
French exporters are protesting
against the American tariff bill.
A plot to start an uprising in the
Eussian Caucasus was frustrated.
During the sixtieth Congress
8,597 special pension acts were
passed.
“Battling” Nelson and Little
Welsh will tight June 15 at Juarez,
Mexico.
H. A. Griswold, a prominent citi
zen of Washington, D. C., commit
ted suicide.
The Honduran government lisa
effected a settlement with its for
eign bondholders.
The report that an attempt was
made to assassinate ex-President
Boosevelt is denied.
Gotch and Haekenschmidt have
signed articles to wrestle at Mel
bourne in January.
The Venezuelan government is
closely watching the movements of
ex-Prcsident Castro.
J. J. Hill, the railroad magnate,
is said to be opposing a reduction
of the duty on lumber.
John H. Getterman was drowned
while on fishing trip across the
river from New Orleans.
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near New Orleans, anil exhibited in
tent at head of Canal street.
American troops have evacuated
Cuba and turned the barracks and
if rts over to the Cuban army.
I)r. William Jones, a famous sci
entist of Chicago, was killed by na
tives in the Philippine islands.
President Taft is working on a
plan to economize by consolidating
several of the government bureaus.
President Taft declares himself
in favor of a tariff bureau, to be
created at this session of Congress.
Servia has formally accepted the
formula prepared by the powers for
the settlement of the Balkans dis
pute.
Philip Werlein struck gas while
digging well in New Orleans, and
analysis will determine value of dis
covery.
President Taft has accepted an
invitation to attend the Union
League Club dinner at Philadelphia
April 27.
Joe Cans is giving nightly exhi
bitions at Petersburg, Va., and de
nies the report that he is dying from
tuberculosis.
Japan has refused to accept the
proposition of China to refer the
Manchurian controversy to The
Hague arbitration court.
Congressman A. P. Pujo of Louis
iana delivered a speech in Congress
on the lumber and rice schedules in
the tariff bill.
The premiers of New South
Wales and Victoria have decided to
offer one dreadnought to the Brit
ish government on behalf of their
people.
M 1111(1111 nail, a M'll-MIUWU
brewer, committed suicide at Chica
go. It is believed worry over the
possible passage of the county op
tion bill by Wisconsin was the cause
of the act.
President Taft stated to callers
that he did not consider the ap
pointment of judges to be a part of
the patronage of United States sen
ators. He thinks judicial appoint
ments should be free from political
influences.
“Any employe of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Hail way Compa
ny who in the future has his pay
• cljeck cashed in a saloon will be
dn-charged.” The foregoing is the
substance of a general circular is
sued by Superintendent N. J. Fin
ney at Sedalia, Mo.
The town of Ija Maya, 20 miles
north of Santiago, Cuba, was prac
tically destroyed by fire. The loss
is placed at over $500,000.
A posse found George lloopfef
hiding in the woods near his home
in the vicinity of Grand ltapids,
Mich. He was placed under arrest
and confessed that he killed his
wife and child. Hoopfer claims his
wife wished to die.
Crazy Snake, the Indian chieftan,
leader of the clan of negroes, half
breeds and Creek Indians that have
been terrorizing Oklahoma, is a
prisoner under a heavy guard. He
was captured by state officers and
was found to be badly wounded in
the hip. He surrendered without a
fight near Thompson, west of Che
cotah.
A detachment of militant suffra
gists, 21 strong, made another at
tempt to raid the House of Com
mons' in search of Premier Asquith
in London, but were quickly scat
tered by a detachment of mounted
policemen. About a dozen of the
women were taken into custody.
They will be charged with beating
the policemen as they resisted ar
rest.
A general order for vaccination
of engineers and firemen operating
on railroads runnig west of Chciago
was issued by Dr. Herman Spald
ing, chief of the contagious disease
department. This action was due
to the discovery that recent cases
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tion of the department have been
confined exclusively to railroad men
on Western lines.
Thirty-live American employes of
the Bogle mine near Jacksonville,
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work by 75 Hungarian miners.
They had been warned against try
ing to go to work and -shots were
fired into a number of their homes.
The Hungarians purchased revolv
ers and ammunition and paraded
the streets. The Americans have
sent to neighboring towns l’or help.
Hiss Zella Clark, a pretty young
domestic of Washington, Ind., was
shot while in the act of picking rip
a box supposed to contain $30,000
deposited in a secluded place by N.
Cr. Reid, president of the First Na
tional Bank, after he had been
threatened with death in a letter.
A man who was with the young wo
man when she was shot escaped.
The girl maintains he is a stranger
to her.
Senator Money of Mississippi
would have the validity of the four
teenth amendment to the constitu
tion tested. This amendment regu
lates the franchise, and has been
construed to authorize the reduction
by Congress of the congressional
representation of states which deny
voting privileges to some of the citi
zens. It has been frequently in
voked by authors of bills reducing
the representation of Southern
states because negroes are not per
mitted to vote. Mr. Money lias in
troduced a resolution directing the
attorney general to submit to the
court all information available as
to the method of adopting the
amendment, so the court may de
termine whether the amendment is
valid and binding.
The Southern Child Labor Con
ference at its session at New Or
leans, adopted resolutions embody
mg a nuinner or important recom
mendations for legislation on the
subject of child labor in the South.
The principal features were: The
employment in factories of no child
under the ago of 14 years; the em
ployment in a mine or quarry of no
child under the age of lli years; the
employment of no child under the
age of Id years in any gainful occu
pation, except agricultural and do
mestic service, unless such child can
read and write simple sentences in
the English language; that no boy
under the age of 16, or girl under
the age of IS years, except in agri
cultural or domestic service, be em
ployed between the hours of 7 p. m.
and (3 a. m.; an eight-hour day law
for children under 1(3 years of age
and for all women; employment un
der the certificate plan; the em
ployment by the state of proper of
ficials for the inspection of all mines
and factories with the power to
prosecute violations; thorough sani
tary and safety regulations; making
the conference a permanent organi
zation.
The insurrection in Korea is
spreading.
Anti-government riots occurred
at Malaga, Spain.
Servia has surrendered to the de
mands of the European powers.
Ex-President Roosevelt made a
short stop in the Azores Islands.
The British House of Commons
sustained the government’s naval
policy.
It is reported that King Peter of
Servie is preparing to abdicate his
throne.
Rear Admiral Converse, U. S. N.,
retired, died at Washington of urae
mic poisoning.
One man was killed and property
valued at $25,000 d<%troyed in a fire
at Rochester, N. Y.
Chancellor von Buclow outlined
the foreign policy of Germany in a
speech in the Reichstag.
A man on hoard the steamer Ham
burg made an attempt to assassi
nate ex-President Roosevelt.
Congressman Bonnet of New
York introduced a bill in the House
to reduce Southern representation
in Congress.
St. Petersburg newspapers con
tinue to attack Russian Foreign
Minister Iswolsky, terming him a
“diplomatic Kuropatkin.
Dr. William Ader, a dentist, was
shot four times by Harriet Pace, a
full-blooded Chickasaw Indian, at
Madill, Okla., and died from the
wounds.
A clash between the criminal
court of Cook county and the Uni
ted States circuit court of vast im
portance in the criminal prosecu
tions growing out. of the failure of
A. Booth & Co. took place at Chi
cago.
A delegation of negroes from Mis
sissippi, comprising bankers, busi
ness men, lawyers and educators,
called at the White House to tender
to President Taft whatever assist
ance they could in helping him to
work out the so-called negro prob
lem in the South.
A daring mail pouch robbery, in
which the thieves secured probably
more than $50,000 in currency and
checks, was made public at George
town, Ky., when the iron and char
red leather of two pouches were
found bv a boy near the crane, from
which they had been taken.
There was a double funeral at
the home of Airs. Charlotte Yan
derlip of Chicago, the mother of
Frank A. Yanderlip, president of
the National City Bank of New
York. Her mother, Mrs. Sarah
Woodworth, who was 85 years old,
died 24 hours after her daughter.
A tie-up in building operations,
which were struck a first blow by
the walkout of the tilelayers and
glaziers March 1, was made more
complete when about 1,000 union
steamfitters and electricians went
out on strike, as a result of refusal
of their demands for increased
wages at Chicago.
Attorney General Wiekersham
gave a hearing to the governor and
other officials of Kansas on the ques
tion of the right of national banks
to participate in the benefits and
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fund created by a recent law of that
state upon the same terms and con
ditions as apply to state banks.
After they had dynamited safes
in two stores in Spiekard, Mo., and
shot and seriously wounded Mar
shal George Caraway of Jamesport
when he attempted to arrest them,
three robbers were surrounded near
Jamesport, Mo., and in the pitched
battle that followed one of the yegg
men was probably fatally shot. An
other was captured and the third
escaped.
The national legislators can now
mine out of their stormhouse. They
ire safe, at least for a time, from a
concerted attack from the indignant
women of the United States. The
nereased tariff on stockings, as well
is other articj.es of women’s apparel,
which is provided for in the Payne
:ariff hill, can remain so far as any
iction by the National Council Fed
eration of Women's Clubs is con
cerned. This decision was reached
it their San Antonio meeting.
COTTON SHIPPERS WIN.
Little Rock.—According to ad
vices received from the general
freight offices of the Iron Mountain
at St. Louis, that road has surren
dered in the fight being waged with
with the cotton shippers in Arkan
sas concerning the railroad’s right
to select the compress to which cot
ton in transit is to be delivered. No
tices have been sent to all ivpn
Mountain agents in the interior of
the state to advise shippers that
hereafter they will be permitted to
select the compress at which they
desire their cotton to be handled,
instructions to this effect to be
shown in the bills of lading at the
time of issuance. The railroad still
reserves the right to deliver (the!
cotton to any compress, should no
particular cotton compress; be speci
fied in the bills of lading. This con
troversy is several years old.
BANK GETS RECEIVER.
Dumas.—A meeting of the board
of directors of the Bank of Dumas
has been held to consider the affairs
of the institution. It was decided
to request the chancellor of the
district to appoint G. A. Warner re
ceiver to take charge and liquidate
the business, which has become
somewhat involved. It is expected
that all depositors will lie paid in
full. A new organization is being
perfected with Henry Thane at the
head, and it is proposed that this
company will continue in the bank
ing business here. It is understood
that arrangements will be made to
meet all immediate demands.
WILL PAY CASH INTEREST.
Huntsville.—The First National
Bank of Huntsville will continue as
the official depository of Madison
county for the next two years. The
First National was the only bank to
make a bid for the custody of the
public funds of the county. Its bid
was 3 per cent per annum on daily
balance, but Judge Ivie refused to
accept the bid. and a contract was
later made with the bank for 3 1-2
per cent interest to be paid in cash.
WANT AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Hope.—At a mass meeting of cit
izens at Hope a movement was start
ed to secure for Hope one of the
four agricultural colleges proposed.
It was decided to appoint a commit
tee of five to confer with Governor
Donaghey as to the appointment of
a trustee from Hempstead county.
TO BUILD WATER WORKS.
DeQueen.—Assessments on the
property in DeQueen for the pur
pose of raising funds for the estab
lishment of a waterworks system
have been completed by the assess
ment board. The first year's tax
has been fixed at 7 per cent. The
assessments will cover a period of
15 years and will yield a revenue of
about $32,000.
NEW MAIL ROUTE OPENED.
Forrest City.—Preparations haves
been completed for opening a new
rural free delivery mail route out
of here, service upon which will be
started at once. The roads have
been put in good shape and mail
boxes provided. The route lies
southwest of this; city and is 22
miles in length.
EARLY MATURING COTTON.
Little Hock.—State officials have
forwarded to the state farm 50
bushels of Triumph cotton seed for
planting purposes. The seed is of
the early-maturing variety, which
makes the cotton in advance of the
season, when the boll weevil begins
its ravages upon the plant.
ERECT SUMMER COTTAGES.
Van '.iuren.—The Mount Vista
Improvement Company is preparing
to erect a number of new cottages
on their holdings on the mountain.
They will be summer cottages and
will be rented to the summer board
ers by the company.
OLD-TIME CLOCK.
Clarendon.—Charles Arnold of
Clarendon has in his possession a
Seth Thomas clock of ancient make
that has been running, without hav
ing undergone any repairs, for 75
years. The clock still keeps good
time.
DENES THE
BOLL WEEVIL
Little Rock.—Dr. S. A. Knapp,
who has charge of the farm demon
stration work in the South, was here
last week. In regard to the boll
weevil Dr. Knapp avers that he is
no enemy to the boll weevil. He
absolutely defies it and insists that
where the boll weevil has appeared
in the South its appearance has been
a benefit rather than a detriment
where the proper course has been
pursued by the farmer to check its
ravages.
“The worst harm,” said Dr.
Knapp, “that the boll weevil has
done was in the vicinity of Mar
shall, Tex., and the farmers there
are now as prosperous, if not more
so, than those in any other portion
of Texas. The boll weevil is not
such a dread pest as most people
seem to imagine. I find that in the
boll weevl-inflieted districts the
farmers are still growing a great
deal of cotton by planting seed that
brings an early crop. The crop
from this seed matures so early that
it fools the weevil. The time for
harvesting it begins about the time
when the weevil commences to de
stroy it. When the cotton is pick
ed the weevil has nothing to work
on.”
Dr. Knapp stated that he was
very much pleased with the demon
stration work in Arkansas, the in
terest that the agents were taking
in it and the knowledge they dis
played in the duties they are re
quired to perform.
Dr. Knapp addressed the legisla
ture on his work during his visit to
the city.
DEATH OF TREES FEARED.
Fort Smith.—Fruit growers in
this locality are very much exercis
ed over the danger which threatens
the fruit trees by the San Jose scale,
which, it is claimed, is attacking
every tree of all kinds in this city
and vicinity. One grower has been
assured by the director of the ex
periment station at Fayetteville that
the specimen sent for examination
is the genuine San Jose scale, and
that unless something is done to ex
terminate the pest there will be
great destruction of fruit and shade
trees within the next two years.
There is some talk of memorial
izing the legislature to make an
appropriation to pay experts in
treating affected trees. In one or
two instances owners of ornamental
trees have cut down those affected
with the scale to prevent it spread
ing to the unaffected trees.
SON SUED BY FATHER
Fort Smith.—There is on trial in
the circuit court here a ease of pa
thetic interest in which the plain
tiff is George Scruggs, aged Fi, and
defendant. X. F. Scruggs, a son,
aged 49. The father sues the son for
$'">.000 damages for the alienation
of the affections of the step-mother.
The old man charges the son is har
boring the step-mother and prevents
her from returning to her aged hus
band.
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Van Buren—The Crawford Coun
ty Levee District has been organiz
ed. The employment of an engineer
to make the necessary surveys and
estimates of the cost has been au
thorized, and this work will be done
at once, as the commissioners are
anxious to push the matter ns rapid
ly as possible, with a view of fur
nishing at least some protection
against the high water that may
reasonably be expected thi, season.
CF. 5ANI2E AN ASSOCIATION.
Conway.—A Young Men's Chris
tian Association has just been or
ganize! at the State Normal School
with a large majority of the male
students of the institution as char
ter members.
TOWN IS BUILDING.
Ber.tonville.—Bentonville is en
joying a boom as a result of the
construction of the interurban and
the building of $50,000 worth of
new structures.
FALLS DEAD AT SUPPER.
Little Rock.—Mrs. H. M. White
fell lifeless while eating supper at
the home of her nephew, R. R. Car
lisle. Laughing and talking with
the family she felt a sudden shock
of pain at her heart, gasped and
sank down in her chair. Death fol
lowed in a few minutes. She had
been in good spirits all day, despite
a premonition of danger in the form
of heart pains, of which she had
complained shortly before the even
ing meal.
Mrs. White was 77 years of age
and was born in Fairfax county,
Virginia. Her maiden name was
Helen Grimes. She was educated
in Washington. She came to Ar
kansas and was married to Dr. A.
P. White, who was later a promi
nent planter at Woodson. Her hus
band died in 1877. No children
were born to them. For the past
20 years Mrs. White made her home
with her nephew, Mr. Carlisle.
BUILDING ROBBED AND FIRED.
Warren.—The two-story building
of the Warren and Ouachita Valley
railroad was robbed and burned sev
eral days ago. The building con
tained the depot, express and freight
rooms and offices of the general
manager and auditor of the road.
From all indications the building
was robbed, then fired. The doors
of the large safe are torn from their
hinges and are out of shape. Sever
al persons heard an explosion be
fore the fire was discovered. The
loss is estimated at from $12,000
to $15,000 and is covered by insur
ance.
TO IRRIGATE 100,000 ACRES.
Little Hock.—The Grand Prairie
Irrigation and Milling Company,
one of the largest companies organ
ized in the state for irrigation pur
poses, has tiled articles of incorpor
ation with the secretary of state.
The capital stock of the company
is placed at $350,000. The compa
ny proposes to irrigate about 100,
000 acres of prairie land in Prairie
county lying west of White river
and to cultivate, buy, mill and sell
rice and the products of rice and
rice straw.
HOMICIDE HELD JUSTIFIABLE.
Pine Bluff.—Stating that he be
lieved John Day was justified in
killing D. Henry Duncan, million
aire vice president and secretary of
the Bluff City Lumber Company,
whom Day shot and killed in Day's
room at Clio, Justice of the Peace
Charles Roebuck at Bison has dis
charged the defendant. As soon as
the announcement was made in the
half-filled court room friends of Day
rushed to him and shook his hand
heartily.
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LOCAL BANK IS ORGANIZED.
Chide.-tor.—A bank has been or
ganized here with a capital stock
of $10,000. The stockholders are
all local men. The safe and fixtures
have been purchased and they ex
pect the bank to be open and ready
for business within the next sixty
days. The business men here have
felt the necessity for such an enter
prise for several years, but have been
unable to effect an organization un
til this time.
WILL PAY $1 PER DAY.
Little Rock.—The penitentiary
board has adopted a resolution per
mitting W. L. Reaves, a railroad
contractor, to use the labor of 200
convicts, more or less, for one year
without the privilege of renewal, the
price to be paid for the labor of the
convicts being $1 per day per con
vict.
TO BRIDGE WHITE RIVER.
Springdale.—At a meeting of the
Commercial Club of Springdale it
was decided to raise bv subscription
$4.f)00 to build a bridge across
'.Vhite river.
ASSAULT ON TRAIN.
Big Bay.—Dr. L. W. Copeland
entered a plea of guilty before a
justice of the peace at Big Bay on
the charge of assaulting Harry
Spencer on a train recently and was
CLned $10.