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WOODRUFF CO. NEWS.
PUBLISHED THURSDAY OP BACH WEEK AT
MCCROBY. ARKANSAS.
WALTER W RANEY, Editor.
Entered at the Post-Office at MoCrory
Arkansas, as Second-Class mail.matter.
June 11th, 190!.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
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DEflOCRATIC TICKET.
COUNTY
Representative—
E. M. CARL-LEE.
Judge—
.J. F. SUMMERS.
Sheriff—
W. R. CAIN.
Circuit Clerk—
Wm. MOORMAN.
County Clerk—
“ED B. CARL-LEE.
Assessor—
W. B. FAKES.
OUR NEW SUBSCRIBERS.
Below is a list of those who
paid us in advance for the News
since our last issue.
W. B. Simmons, R. 1, and C.
S. Taylor, McCrory, Ark. Mrs. S.
E. Vaughn, DeView, Ark.
Monday night a number of Mc
Crory’s patriotic and enterprising
young men met at the opera house
and organized a brass band which
will be known as the McCrory
Concert Band. There is no ques
tion asto a band being a great
help in the building up of any
town and our citizens should give
the band boys every encourage
ment possible. They have not or
ganized as a thing of charity and
do not ask one penny from the
citizen ship, but any boost or
words of encouragement will be
highly appreciated by every mem
ber and for the man who would
rather hand them a lemon and
knock on the new enterprise, in
stead of encouraging the same, he
can feel assured that not one of
the patriots will have a good feel
ing toward him. So, if you
would see our town grow faster,
and a spirit of local enthusiasm and
progressiveuess prevail, give the
band a word of praise and not one
of discouragement.
A leading citizen of this neigh
borhood sent a dollar for a“potato
bug killer” he recieved two blocks
of wood with the following direc
tions : Take the block which is No. 1
in the right, place the bug on No 2
and press them together. Remove
the unfortunate and proceed as
before.
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HIGH LISENSE.
High license has proven a flat
failure the world over. There is
not a saloon keeper who would pay
$1000 a year for selling liquor if
he did not get it back again. Does
he pay for the license! No, it is
the consumer. The rich men do
not pay the police court lines, but
it is the poor men. The rich men
can get gloriously drunk but he
has the money to back him. He
is not taken to the cell or jail; but
let a poor man fill upon teutonic
fluid called beer, and he is gather
ed up by the policemen and arraign
ed before the judge and fined or
sent to jail. Isn’t it a beautiful
thing to license men to sell liquor
and then arrest those who drink
it? You had as well give a man
the itch and then arrest him for
scratching. Your boy goes out
some night and gazes into the ves
tibules of hell. He sees the Brus
sels carpet, silver decorated cuspi
dores and marble bar, and sees
there some of the lead
ing citizens, and without meaning
any wrong sows the seed for fu
ture misery. Of all the infamous
doctrines that ever lodged in the
brains of people, the idea that
high license is a remedy for the
rum evil is the most pernicious.
You may say that high license pre
vents the rotten dives. Would
your son go in and drink with a
lot of sots? No, it is in the saloon
provided for the moderate drinker
that he takes the first step. Let
the world know that you will stop
moderate drinking and then this
evil will be supressed.
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A bad temper is one of
the worst things with which a man
or a woman can be afflicted. It is
a curse to the possessor, and those
who are obliged to live in the same
house with the possessor of the
complaining temper a s martyrs.
It is often said that we should not
let the bad temper of others influ
ence us, but it would be as unreas
onable to spread a blister of Span
ish flies on the skin and not expect
it to draw, as to think of a family
not suffering on account of the
bad temper of one of its members.
It is like the sting of a scorpion,
or of several scorpions, a perpetu
al source of irritation, destroying
your peace and rendering life a
burden. To hear one’s everlasting
complaint and growl proceeding
from what is aptly called a “chron
ic kicker,” to have every agreeable
thought chased away by this evil
spirit of disputatiousness, is more
than flesh and blood can stand.
This would be a better world if the
people who lose their tempers
would never find them again.
E. L. HAMILTON
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THE DOLLAR AND THE PESO
Mexican Authorities Have Decided
That There la a Definite Dis
tinction Between Them.
The question in Mexico of what a
“dollar” means has recently been
authoritatively settled. The depart
ment of finance has decided that the
word “dollar” shall mean the Ameri
can gold dollar, and that when the
Mexican silver dollar is meant the
word “peso” shall be employed.
Some time ago an American resi
dent at Tampico wrote “dollars” on
a check, and the Tampico bank
cashier to whom the check was pre
sented paid the amount in gold
values. The drawer of the check
claimed that it was his intention to
have silver paid. Litigation was
threatened, but upon investigation
the authorities decided against the
drawer of the check. The Mexican
ruling applies to all documents—
notes, drafts, etc.—Mining World.
HANGING PICTURES DANGEROUS.
“Railroad casualties receive such
wide publicity,” said an insurance
man, “that there is a common belief
on the part of the public that one is
more liable to accidents while travel
ing than when living the simple life
in the confines of his home.
“As a matter of cold fact, statis
tics show that accident insurance
companies pay more losses to people
who get injured in their own homes
or on their premises than they do to
people hurt in railway accidents. In
surance companies pay more money
to people who get hurt hanging pic
tures or taking stoves apart than
they do to the victims of head-on
collisions. It sounds strange, but it’s
the truth.”
ONE ON THE G008E.
The hen was crossing the turn
pike.
“Why does the hen cross the
road?” bantered the smart goose.
“Because I have a nest at the bot
tom of yon well,” retorted the hen.
“Nest at the bottom of the well?
Gracious! What ever induced you
to have a nest at the bottom of an
old dried-up well?”
“Why, I was advised to lay low.
Anything else you would like to
know?”
But the smart goose flapped her
wings and vanished.
DARWIN JUBILEE IN 1909.
A movement is on foot to cele
brate the fiftieth anniversary of the
promulgation of the Darwinian
theory. The Linnean society, to
which Darwin first communicated
his thesis, will have charge of the
initial steps. A committee, com
posed of the officers of the society
and Profs. Poulten and Oliver, has
been appointed to take preliminary
steps. Much interest is evinced in
the eelebration in scientific circles
in London.-*-London Standard.
INJURED PRIDE.
The battleship roared with indig
nation to the full capacity of its
siren.
“What’s ailing you?” asked the
collier, trembling at its own pre
sumption.
“Why, the critics say I wear my
belt too low, and me the smartest
craft of the line.”
“Well, your turret’s on straight,
anyhow,” replied the collier.
POSSIBLY.
"Ton say that after the auto
knocked you down and ran oyer you
the chauffeur turned the machine
and ran back toward you ?”
“Yes, your honor.”
“Why should he have done this
if, as you claim, he had run over you
purposely ?”
“I s’pose he wanted to run over
me again, your honor.”
GOING BACKWARD.
“You say your fine new suit cost
two dollars?” said the boy to his
bragging companion. “Well my new
suit cost only one dollar less than
yours!”
“Gee,” returned the other boy,
contemptuously, “if you’d ’ve paid
one dollar less ’n you did for your’s
they wouldn’t ’ve cost nothin’!”—
Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
EXCELLENT REASON.
Friend—Why do you want to put
out another musical comedy ? Won’t
it interfere with the one you have
on the road already?
Manager—Not at all. This one
advertises the Punko cigar, while th*
other advertises a breakfast food.
CAPTAIN WAS A DIPLOMAT
Alto a Good Sailor If Ha Knew Hla
Business as Well as He Knew
Women.
The wife of one of the directors
of the line was a passenger. She was
an imperious woman, accustomed to
having her own way, and when the
ship began to roll she sent forthwith
for the captain. A steward came in
stead. She scorned the steward and
demanded the captain’s presence im
mediately. The purser was the next
sacrifice, and after he, the third of
ficer, and the first officer had all re
tired discomfited, with a flea in the
ear, as the Baying is, the captain
came. By this time the rolling had
increased, and the lady’s voice was
beginning to sound far away.
“I wish yon to stop this rolling at
once,” she said to the captain.
“Madam,” said the captain, “a
ship, as you know, is feminine, and
if she wants to roll, I fear that I
can no more stop her than I could
help coming here when you wished
to see me.”
It was a naive bit of flattery di
rected at her weakest point, and de
spite the green tinge of her com
plexion that foretold an immediate
attack of mal de mer, the woman
smiled.
“Very well, sir,” she faintly mur
mured, closing her eyes, “let—let
her roll.”
EAST AND WE8T OF FIJI.
East of Fiji life is one long, lotus
eating dream, stirred only hy occa
sional parties of pleasure, feasting,
love making, dancing and a very lit
tle gardening work. Music is the
soul of the people, beauty of face
and movement is more the rule than
the exception, and friendliness to
strangers is carried almost to excess.
Westward of the Fijis lie the dark,
wicked, cannibal groups of the Solo
mons, Banks and New Hebrides,
where life is more like a nightmare
than a dream; murder stalks openly
in broad daylight, people are nearer
to monkeys than human beings in
aspect, and music and dancing are
little practiced and in the rudest
possible state.—National Geographic
Magazine.
80 FAR AWAY.
“I have seen some queer fossiliza
tions of the human race in my time,”
said the sunburned man, “but I ran
across a bunch down in Florida that
just about tops the list. It was at
Port Orange, sleepy little town that
was settled a couple of hundred
years ago by the Minorcans. A lot
of the old inhabitants have never
been 25 miles away from the houses
in which they were bom. One of
them asked me where I was from.
‘New York/ I said. ‘New York/ he
repeated, as though he had a dim
recollection of having heard of the
place before. Then he added: ‘I
should think yo’ would find it
mighty onhandy livin’ bo fur
away 1’ ”
SIMILARITY.
"The new bookkeeper is a regular
encyclopedia."
"Smart, then?"
"No, very thick." — Philadelphia
Preea
JEWS MASTERS OF CHE8S.
The chess championship has been
retained in Jewish hands for the last
42 years. Steinitz held it for 28
years till 1894, and Lasker has been
champion ever since. Dr. Lasker at
tributes this predominance of the
Jewish genius in chess to the fact
that its rules are entirely based upon
those of self-defense in the struggle
of life, and the Jews are adepts in
this art.—Jewish Chronicle.
MATTRE8S BALD, TOO.
Mrs. Benham—What are you. go
ing to do with that hair restorer?
Benham—I’m going to use a little
on my head and the rest on that hair
mattress of ours.
The
Farmer
Is
upon whom we must all depend.
Our object is to make it worth
while for the farming class of people
as well as others, to beeome our cus
tomers.
To do this, we have been very care
ful of our buying, and have some
prices which are consistent with the
hard times of which you hear so
many merchants speak, but as yet
we have not felt.
Our prices are right; Our goods
are right, or we’ll make them so;
And we are not ashamed to say, our
trade is growing every day.
If you want to have money for
Christmas, better trade now with
WOOD & SON.
HcCRORY BOY WINS.
Following ig wbat a Brownwood
(Tex) paper has to say about a
former McCrory lad who was born
and reared in this city and who is
now making a great success in one
of the leading schools of Texas.
THE CLIPPING.
In the annual inter-collegiate de
bate Saturday night between How
ard Payne and Simmons colleges,
the Brownwood institution had the
best debaters and won the decision
of the judges. The question de
bated was “Resolved that the
United States has reached her Ze
nith.” Leslie Sturdivant and Al
vin Richmond represented Howard
Payne with the negative side of
the question and affirmative was
represented by Revs. Dick and
Maddox, of Simmons.
The judges were Judge Calhoun,
of Cisco, Judge Robinson, of Com
anche, and Judge Colloway of,
Comanche. Howard Payne won
the decision by scoring a total of
516 points against Simmons’ 492.
The speech of Leslie Sturdivant
was a telling argument and played
a major part in winning for How
ard Payne. On his rejoinder he
literally tore to shreads the argu
ments of his opponents.
The victory for Howard Payne
is more appreciated on account of
the fact that the speakers for Sim
mons were experienced having oc
cupied many pulpits, while the
Howard Payne boys were new at
the business.
SWASTIKA
The Swastika club was royally
entertained at the home of the
amiable president, Mrs. Carson,
Saturday, May 23rd. After a
short business session a pleasant
social hour was enjoyed, and all
had a merry time in a guessing
contest; Mrs. Jos. Crossett being
the lucky winner.
Mi-s. Will Dilliard was appoint
ed Editor of the Club cook book.
Dainty refreshments of ices and
cake were served in the dining
room; the table being beautifully
decorated in the Club colors, green
and white, and lighted with can
dles in handsome silver candle
sticks.
The Club guests were Miss
Dovie Hartin, of Conway and
Mrs. Hance Burrow, of Morriltoo.
At a late hour all bade their
smiling hostess adieu, and de
parted with pleasant memories of
a very happy afternoon.
“If the liquor traffic is legiti
mate it should not be burdened
with any more taxation than is
borne by any other legitimate bus
iness. If it is illegitimate or
wrongful, it should be wiped out
altogether.
The question now openly stands
shall the United States conquer the
saloons, or the saloon conquer the
United States! The battle is to
come; there is no escape from the
contest; it is life for life, death for
death; the saloon must die, or the
nation goes like Babylon to a
quick, dishonorable and debaucned
death.
DEVIEW.
By Our Regular Correspondent.
Miss Ruth Best is the guest of
Little Nora King this week.
Joe Miller was a Wynne visitor
Saturday, returning Sunday.
Henry Harris Sr; was in Wynne,
Saturday having dental work done.
Mrs. Rose McCauley, arrived
Sunday, from Judsoeia, for a vis
it to friends.
Mr.-Head, of Wynne, was
here last week, visiting his sister
Mrs. Ed King
E. Smith, of near Tip, was ra
Bald Knob the latter part of last
week, on business.
Mr. McElroy, and family, and
family, and Mrs. Hooper, of near
Tip, visited Ed King, Sunday
A. S. Thompson, wife and childr
ren, were in Searcy last week,
guests of Mrs.Thompson’s mother.
' The past ten days have been
extra fine for farm work, and the
farmers have made good use of
them.
Last Sunday evening, while
playing with a loaded pistol, Lit
tle Jeff Simmons, the four year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Sim
mons, of near town, accidentally
and probably fatally wounded a
playmate named Jack Toddy,
about five years old. The bullet
struck the little boy’s head on the
left side and passed out through
the top of the skull. Not-with
standing the ball passed through
a small portion of the brain, some
hopes are ascertained for his re
covery.
Miss Fannie Spivy, after several
week’s stay with relatives, here, J
returned Saturday to her home in
(iadsen, Tennessee.
E.L. Hamilton, Woodruff Coun
ty’s leading furniture dealer, wae
a business visitor at Magazine,
last week, at which place he has a*
branch store.
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