Good Things
To Eat
i
Are tu be found at our
store. We are here for bus
iness, and if you will give us
your trade you can live cheap
and well.
Our stock has been enlarg
ed and will be added to as
the demands justify. Good
Goods, Lowest Prices, Prom
pt Service and Courteous
Treatment are all we can
promise. Price our goods
and we will prove all that
we claim.
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WOODRUFF CO. NEWS.
PGBLISHElt TUOHSDAT OB' BACH WEEK AT
McCKORY, ARKANSAS.
WALTER W RANEY, Editor.
Entered at the Post-Office at McCrory
Arkansas, as Second-Ciass mail.matter.
June 11th, 1903.
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Judge—
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Circuit Clerk—
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County Clerk—
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Treasurer—
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Assessor—
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THE CHRONIC INEBRIATE.
He Should Be Put Under Reatraint by
the State.
Chronic inebriety is evolved usually
through the cultivation of the habit
of drinking intoxicants, and like other
habits, grows until suspension of self
control or will-power takes place. In
the late stages the phenomenon of
alcohol craving and its attendant con
ditions Is really a disease, but not so,
earlier—when It amounts to a volun
tary selfish indulgence. The appetite
becomes after a time really predomi
nant and the individual loses judg
ment, self-pride, conscious dignity, con
science affection, moral responsibil
ity, and all ethical restraints. Ho be
comes practically dehumanized—por
traying the basic instincts with an in
tellection compatible only with them,
aud under the diction of this supremo
desire for alcohol, the will-power be
comes suspended and then annihilated,
and he Is absolutely governed In his
actions by its substitute—impulse.
He Is now diseased and all ethical
lines are broken so that he has re
verted to a stale of primal savagery—
plus the acquired intellection incident,
to civilization. Hi3 brutality in one
way or another is rampant, all tho
finer attributes of human nature are
in abeyance.
Fie is now a veritable Atreus—hat
ing kith and kin or anyone wbo seeks
to restrain him; feelings of severe re
venge for slight offenses become a
pleasure to him; crime, brutality,
cruelty, now mark his career. His
home is the field of passion. Innocent
woman and children, and loving
friends, are likely to suffer at his
hands, while flitting clouds of remorse
subject the poor wretch during his few
conscious or semi-sober moments to
the machinations cf a hell, and there
is no relief for him except alcohol.
Why should communities continue
in a passive way of dealing with these
poor humans, and with the evils which
they produce? The chronic inebriate
is really a menace to himself, his fam
ily, and his neighbors. He is a breed
er of suffering and as dangerous as
any insane man. The daily press Is
constantly furnishing the details of
crime and suffering wrought by the
chronic Inebriate, yet the courts, al
though willing enough, can do but lit
tle toward mitigating the evil, or pro
tecting the innocent, terrified family
and friends from brutal personal as
saults, or the squalor, terror and
hunger which he causes.
Manifestly, then, the chronic in
ebriate should be taken charge of by
the state. His family and the com
munity be protected In the same man
ner as are the families of the insane.
This, it seems, is clearly a proper
function of the state. Besides, there
would be undoubtedly many cases of
recovery, If legal restraint were ap
plied to these cases—such as is ap
plied to dipsomaniac law, enabling
such chronic inebriates to be cited and
committed by the probate court to an
institution for a given time—the evi
dence of such personal condition be
ing presented by relatives or friends
a-s in the case of the insane, or by the
attested personal acts of the indi
i vidual.
It appears obvious, therefore, that
in view of the crime, squalor, and
wretchedness evolved from inebrity,
i that society generally should cease to
condone drunkenness, and should re
strain the individual liberty of the
chronic inebriate, both for his own
sake, for the sake of his family, and
for the sake of the community at large.
E. L. SHURLEY, M. D. A.
HAS FEW SALOONS.
I -
Reduction of Liquor Licenses In the
Province of Ontario.
i The annual report of the liquor 11
1 cense department in Ontario, recently
issued, states that during the last li
cense year the number of tavern, shop,
i and wholesale liquor licenses within
| the province was reduced by 198. The
report states that the employment of
! a special staff of officers to enforce the
| act throughout the province has re
| suited in the more strict observance of
the law by licenses, and as a conse
quence fewer prosecutions were neces
sary. In local option municipalities,
' the report claims, the law was vigor
ously enforced.
Under the requirements of Increased
; license fees provided in the act of la: t
; session, the revenue from the license
j branch for the financial year was
$587,126.60. The total amount collect
ed on account of licenses and fines, in
cluding the sum imposed by munici
pal by-laws, was $991,652.86—an in
i crease, compared with the previous
j year, of $333,839.42. Of the total
amount collected, $411,916.71 went to
; the municipalities.
During the yea«r 4,774 persons were
I committed for drunkenness, as com
pared with 4,216 in the previous year.
Since 1876 the number of convictions
for this class of ofTense has increased
i by practically a thousand. Temperance
workers throughout the province are
directing their efforts toward increas
ing the prohibition area by means of
local option, which system has been
operated with remarkable success in
I most of the southern states, which
have lately adopted state prohibition.
The notable temperance activity which
j continues in all parts of the province,
i undoubtedly indicates material gains
1 tor the cause within the not distant
I future.
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Farmers Educational
—ANO—
Co-Operative Union |
I Of America |
The World as It Is.
It’s a gay old world when you’re gay
And a glad old world when you’re
glad;
But whether you play
Or go toiling away
It’s a sad old world when you’re sad.
It’s a grand old world If you’re great
And a mean old world If you’re
small;
It’s a world full of hate
For the foolish wrho prate
Of the uselessness of it all.
It’s a beautiful world to see
Or it’s dismal in every zone;
The thing it must be
In its gloom or its glee
Depends on yourself alone.
—S. E. Kizer, in Success.
Marketing Spot Cotton.
Discussing the question of market
ing cotton the Cotton Journal says:
After passing through the terrible
hardships of forty years and submit
ting to the dominating control of out
side influences in pricing the cottop
crop of the south, the growers are at
last exercising the rights of American
freemen to have a voice in pricing the
products of their labor. The recogni
tion of this inherent right has been a
long time coming, but it has at last
made its presence felt, and within the
past few years positive and deiinite
results have been secured. Now that
something tangible is to be developed
in the future marketing of American
cotton by the growers, it is well to sit
down and calmly and dispassionately
consider the best methods to be pur
sued to get the best and most satis
factory results.
That the south intends to place a
price on its cotton crop each year in
the future there is no use to argue.
That the south has passed the period
in its history when arbitrary influ
ences on the otuside will be permitted
to fix and regulate the price of this
great staple crop, there is hardly any
need to waste time in discussing. If
the growers expect to do well their
part they must recognize and conform
to the rules of sound business princi
ples and the regulations of the de
mands cf trade. The price of spot
cotton cannot be regulated and main
tained at profitable figures to the
growers by artiflicial means or spas
modic attempts through the medium
of force from time to time. There
must be some well defined system of
marketing adopted which will give
permanent relief and which at the
same time will not tend to restrict
or harass the business of the spin
ners.
There is but one way to get rid of
the artificial influences which affect
the price of spot cotton, and that is
to remove the power and influence
of the speculative trader. To do this
the marketing of spot cotton must be
regulated in such a way as to meet
only the legitimate demands of con
sumption. If the mills of the world
only require one million bales of Amer
ican cotton each month to meet their
demands then we must keep the sup
ply of the raw material well within
the limits of that demand.
Did You Ever Think About it?
Did you ever happen to think that
the flour purchased in barrels costs
about 20 cents more than the same ar
ticle put up in sacks?
Thousands upon thousands of bar
rels of this flour are purchased in the
South every year—many of them by
cotton growers.
Two points are important in this
connection. First, if these thousands
of barrels of flour were packed in cot
ton sacks there would be an increased
demand for our cotton.
Second, if those barrels were not
called for, some of the great causes
for devastation of our forests would
be prevented. These are worth think
ing on.
Separate Sick From Well.
Whenever a fowl shows symptoms
of disease separate it at once from
the balance of the flock. It seldom
pays to doctor them. At any rate,
whatever you do, get them away from
the well ones. At the same time re
move all straw from the nests, all
droppings from the boards, all scratch
ing material from the floor, and emp
ty all watering vessels, and clean and
disinfect them thoroughly before wat
er is put In them again. The trouble
will more than likely end here, where
as if this is not done others may con
tract the disease and you have trouble
on your hands sure enough.
The wise farmer buys an account
book at the beginning of the year and
keeps close tab on all expenses as well
as receipts. Only In this way can one
tell whether he is making or losing
by his operations.
Pledge your c"-";ressional candi
dates, before you agree to vote for
them, to sustain the policy of im
proving the waterways, enlarging the
forest reserves and helping on all
j legislation for the benefit of agrlcul
I ture.
VISIONS OF A DRUNKARD.
Manifestation* of Delirium Tremens
from Doctor’s Standpoint.
Good old Burton made of his "An
atomy of Melancholy” one of the
roost remarkable books ever produced
by human , mind, but he fought shy of
the anatomy of delirium tremens. No
scientist has ever exactly diagnosed
the physical condition which induces
the victim of excessive alcoholism to
rave, to shout, and cringe, and exhibit
all the phases of the most abject and
horrific terror in the imagined presence
of something more than a whole zoolog
ical garden; for the victim of extreme
defirium ebrius sees creatures that
are not known to air, earth or sea. I
inquired of a number’ of learned phy
sicians to know the physical, the
nerve, the brain condition which could
produce these Imaginary animals, rep
tiles, dragons and devils, making them
as corporeal as though they were a
tangible fact. They were agroed (di
vesting their diagnosis of technicali
ties), that the illusions are due to an
overstrain of the visual nerve cen
ters.
“Tust what it i6 that pn^duces the
horrible and grotesque spectacles wit
nessed by the victim of alcoholic de
lirium,” said Dr. Robert W. McClel
UUiHiHY.
Horribf* Visions.
land, “Is probably as Impossible as to
explain the mysteries of nightmare.
That It is due to the effect of poison
in drugs or stimulants acting on tho
nervous system can be readily stated.
That this poison acting upon the nerve
centers, and especially the nerves
which actuate the visual organs. Is
obviously in evidence. But just what
it is In the mental condition which
makes the object take the form of a
rat, a snake, a devil, a dragon, or
creature unknown to natural history,
Is a more occult question. The victim
has been In a condition of extreme
mental stress. He feels that the world
is against him. Ho is a lost creature
to this life and Is the creature of an
other world. His Imagination Is over
wrought and distorted, and automatic
ally brings Into existence impossible
visions which seem to him absolutely
real. They might be said to be men
tal impressions erroneously inter
preted by the perceptive faculties.
How these strange creations are pro
duced and why they assume particu
lar forms would be as difficult to ex
plain as to diagnose the conditions
that induce an ugly dream, with the
exception that in the case of the al
coholist we know that the exact
source of the illusion, even though we
cannot describe the mental process
by which it is produced. We cannot
say why Insane persons are pursued
by fiends, or why they imagine they
are kings, queens or deities; and the
delirium of alcoholism is a species of
insanity.”
REFORM GAINS HEADWAY.
Progress of the Total Abstinence In
Sweden.
The movement in favor of total ab
stinence is at present making a marked
i advance throughout the Scandinavian
provinces, and notably in Sweden,
where Intemperance had for many
years proved one of the greatest hin
drances to national progress. A recent
report of the Good Templar order of
Sweden shows largely increased gains
in the membership of the order and
states that total abstinence sentiment
1 is spreading rapidly In all parts of the
etate. The grand lodge of the order
was Instituted in 1880, and has now
2,872 subordinate societies, with a
total membership of 190,676 enrolled
as active supporters of the total ab
stinence cause. The grand lodge car
ries on organized educational work,
having numerous courses of study, lec
ture bureau* and study circles, which
are largely instrumental In promoting
the interests of temperance. A progres
sive tomnerance publication issued by
the order has been greatly successful
lu shaping temperance sentiment and
in furthering the catiBe of temperance
i reform in that country.
Plant Louse Remedies.
The habits of all plant lice are very i
similar, and the remedies best adapted
for their destruction are practleally
the same, being varied according to
the conditions regarding size and form
of the plants, vines or trees to be
treated, and depending somewhat on
the facilities for obtaining and apply- ,
ing the various mixtures. The green
aphis which affects the apple, plum,
prune and other fruit trees, Is numer
ous at this time of the year, and can |
only be treated with a spray that will ;
not injure the foliage of tho trees and
which kills the insects by coming In
contact with their bodies. A stFong
spray is required to force the min- i
tures into the depths of the foliage and \
to cover the lice properly. It may |
also be necessary to spray more than
once to rid the trees of the pest.
Black Leaf Dip, a tobacco prepara
tion gotten up primarily for the pur- '
pose of killing parasites on cattle,
sheep and hogs, has been found a most '
excellent remedy for the green aphis
and other plant lice. The dip i6 used
in the proportion of one gallon to 70 j
gallons of water.
Kerosene emulsion made in the pro
portions of one gallon of kerosene to
fifteen gallons of water and one-fourth
pound of soap to this amount of the :
liquids, is an old and tried remedy.
Whale oil soap or fish oil soaps In
the proportion of one pound of soap
to eight gallons of water, Is a good
remedy. This is easily prepared sim
ply requiring to dissolve the soap In
the water and apply tho same as the
kerosene emulsion.
A tobacco decoction made by boiling
whole leaf tobacco, one pound to four
gallons of water, or two pounds of to
bacco stems dr dust to four gallons
of water, is said to be as effective as
the black leaf dip though perhaps
more expensive and more difficult to
prepare.
No lime should be used In any of
these preparations. The lime and sul
phur preparation heretofore described
and advocated for the green aphis and
the woolly aphis is not to be used dur
ing the growing season. It will In
jure the foliage, so is used only as a
winter wash or as a spray just be
fore the buds open in spring.
When Cows Should Dry.
As to when cows should be dried
from milking, a dairyman giving his
own experience says that this depends
to some extent on (he quality and vig
or of the cow, and that a cow in poor
condition may be allowed two months
in which to recruit her strength, with
advantage to herself and her prospec
tive calf, but this is to some extent
a matter of keep, for the poor cow
generally belongs to the poor feed
er, and, if the feeding is generous, the
animal healthy, and the quantity of
milk produced pays expenses there la
no reason why the period of rest
should not be further reduced. In
the case of the average cow, the milk
ing can he continued until within a
month of calving. If a cow is in low
condition, It is better, in our opinion,
to resort to higher feeding than to dry
off. We have known cows treated thus
for many years, sometimes being
milked to within a month of calving,
that have carried as good an appear
ance, and produced equally good
calves, as those which run dry nearly
I'.roo limes as long. Six weeks may
he considered the average period dur
ing which a cow should be dry, unlesa
the circumstances are exceptional.
Great Dairy Industry.
The clean milk problem is a vital
'me, affecting the production and con-,
sumption of over 9,000,000,000 gallons
in the United States per year, beiug
an annual supply or over one hundred
gallons for every man, woman and
child in the country. This amount af
fords 1.1* quart a day for every in
dividual, which includes the milk used
in making butter and cheese. The act
ual amount of whole milk consumed
each day averages about .65 of a pint
for every Individual. The value of this
product for a year at retail is the
startling sum of 2,500,000,000 of dol
lars. This is about one-flftieth of the
entire weafth of the nation, five times
the wholesale value of last year’s
wheat crop, nearly twice the value of
the com crop, and over one-third of
the entire value of farm products for
1907, which is estimated at $7,400,
000,000. The wholesale value of dairy
products last year was estimated at
$600,000,000, which would allow a price
of less than ten cents a gallon for
milk at the dairy. An average retail
price of seven cents a quart was as
sumed, which is probably a little be
low the average price.—Conn. Station
Bulletin. v
The farmer usually puts the crow in
the undesirable citizen class, mainly
on account of his thieving habits.
Kggs, little chicks, and even little pigs
are carried awray or killed by this rob
ber, while neither his song uor his
beauty help make him desirable.
When you are In town with your
wife and youngsters these hot days do
not shy off when the ice cream place
heaves in sight. Go right in and stand
treat all around. Ice cream in proper
doses cools the blood and warms the
heart.
What has become of the good old
cider apple butler that mother used to
make? The government experts show
that 90 per cent of the stuff now
| sold for apple butter is so badly adul
I lerated as to make It unfit for food.
Subsmhe now fur the News
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JURY LIST.
Following is a list of the grand
and petit jurors selected to serve
at the August term, 1908, 0f th
Woodruff eouuty Circuit court"
Northern district, which convenes
at Augusta, Monday, August 17
1908. ‘ ’
GRAND JURORS.
Jno. G. Haralson, A. L. Crit
tenden, Fred W. Shoup, H. U
Byrd Steven Davis, Lee Miller*
R. r. Jett, R. T. Harvilfe, I. jj
Aii hart, W. P. Yarbrough, Clay
ton Hailey. E. T. Wherry, W. M
Keating, Matt Taylor, W. H. MC
Murtry.
ALTERNATES
A. S. Thompson, W. O. Seales,
T. C. Griffin, J. N. Chaney, R c
Blakely, Z. T. Woodward.
PETIT JURORS
w. M. Sale, J. H. Dale, Arthur
Rushing, A. Wiener, George
Haralson Sam C. Bailey, Doug
lass Berry, Hugh Sowles, Fred
Watson, E. L. Kittrell, T. E.
Stanley, H. B. Carter, M. m"
O’Neal. R. R. Dent, J. W. Har
bor, C. M. Crossett, Charley
Knight, Ed Hardin, N. J. Hayes,
E. L. Hamilton, George Barber',
John Atkinson Jr., Strother
Taylor.
ALTERNATES
Chas. Anderson, James Tay
lor, Berry Holder, R. E. L.
Spradlin, Harry Amerine, Wal
ter Stephenson.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
Notice is hereby given that un
der and in pursuance of an order
made by the Woodruff Probate
Court at its July term, 1908, I
will, as administrator of the es
tate of 0. W. Sturdivant, deceased,
s«ll, at public auction, at the front
door of the Bank of McCrorv, Mc
Crory, Ark., at 2 p. m. on the 10
day of Sept., 1908, the following
real estate belonging to said es
tate : Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, & 6 of Sturdi
vant’s Addition to the town of
McCrory, said land being in the
town of McCrory and in the North
west | of Section Ten (10) Town
ship Seven (7) North, Range Two
(2) West; said sale will be made
to satisfy the debts owing hv said
estate.
Terms of Sale: Each lot will
be offered separately and then all
of said property will be offered in
one lot: the administrator will ac
cept as final the bid which will be
the highest in the aggregate; said
sale will be on a credit of three (3)
months, and. notes with approved
personal security will be required
for the purchase money.
(Signed)
J. B. Beidelman.
Adms. of the estate of C. W.
Sturdivaul.
Dated : August, 1, 1908.
H. M. Woods, Atty. for Adms.
NOTl^l- OF SALE.
Notice is herebv given that we, the u«der
signed Commissioners. by virtue of the au
thoiity contained in an order of the Woodruff
County Court, made at its July term. 1908. will
on the 15 day of August, 1908. at the West door
of the Court house in Augusta. Arkansas offer
for sale and soil at public outcry to the highest
and best bidder, the East half (EW) of Section
Sixteen (18), Township Eight 18), North.
Range Three (3) West
Tempt: Said '■ ale is made for the purpose of
procuring other quarters for the poor of
Wooflri,fT County and the purchase price will
be payable as follows:
83000.00 cash 10 days after date of sale:
$3000 00 cash January 1st.. 1909, and the r
due of the price may be paid In V\ oodru
County Warrants or cash at the option of te
purchaser on or before April 1st.. 1909.
No bid will be received, unless proposed
purchaser agrees to comply with the terms
herein sdt forth und the right to reject an
and all bids is reserved.
J. G. Habapson.
E. T. WHKBBY,
Commissioners.
GENERAL DIRECTORY.
Court Sessions.
liivuit Court. Northern District. ‘
ird Monday in February and Augus .
srn District First Monday in Marc
ptember. U. N. Hutton. Judge,
lorman. Clerk.
jhaneery Court. Northern District. '
•st Monday in May and December. - ,
r District-Second Monday in FebruaJ
ptember. Ed. D. Kobertson. Chance.
[11 Moorman Clerk. .
’ounty Court-Meets First “°“da* oBjmeIJi.
April, July and October. J. *•
age: T. E. Simpson. Clerk. m
’robate Court. Meets Fourth SolB.
nuary, April July and October. J.
irs. Judge: T. E. Simpson. Clerk.