VOL. VII.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1908.
NO. 21.
' NEWS OF
ARKANSAS
$3,000,000 Compress Merger.
A New Orleans comnainy, which
controls the Luce system-of compress
ing cotton, and a Little Rock concern
which controls another system, will
be merged into a $3,000,000 corpora
tion with headquarters in New Orleans
and then a campaign will be started
to introduce the system into every
cotton gin in the south. The two
systems are somewhat similar, but
each had some advantage over the
other; and, by combining, it is claim
ed, the best of the two will be in
cluded in one device. The new system
will permit of 100 bales of cotton be
ing placed on one car, and this means
enormous saving in local and ocean
freights. It is claimed that this pro
cess will solve the question which
seemed to be uppermost in the minds
of the English spinners on their re
cent visit to the souh—that of im
proper packing of the cotton. W. G.
Wilmot, of New Orleans, is now in
Chicago perfecting details of the new
corporation.
The Little Rock Company is the
Thomas Gin Compress Company. Dr.
A. D. Thomas, who lives at 1118 Cum
berland street, Little Rock, is the in
ventor of g machine to compress the
bales at the gin. Some time ago the
Luce company in New Orleans was
sued by the Little Rock company for
alleged infringements of the Thomas
patents.
Recently overtures were made look
ing toward the consolidation of the
two companies, and the details of the
consolidation have been arranged, so
it is stated by Dr. A. D. Thomas. The
new company will be known as the
Southern Gin Compress Company.
The consolidation or the two inter
ests will not affect Little Rock. It
means simply that the new company
will use the patents of the Little
Rock company. The Thomas Gin
Compress Company will not be moved
from Little Rock. Dr. Thomas con
firmed the statement in the New Or
leans special to the effect that a cam
paign to place the compress in com
mon nse throughout the south will be
commenced at once.
Intend To Build Interurban Line.
W. F. Campbell of Redeld announces
that the Pine Bluff-Little Rock Tran
sit Company, a company which intends
to build an interurban line from Pine
Bluff to Litle Rock, has already been
formed, and that the company is now
preparing to receive its charter. Ac
cording to the statements of Mr.
Campbell, who is president of the
company, it is the intention to begin
work on the line as soon as all of the
right-of-way is secured.
The officers of the new company
are as follow's: President, W. R.
Campbell; vice president, Ben F.
Foreman of Texarkana; secretary and
treasurer, Mrs. F. A. Gibson of North
Carolina, now residing at Redfield;
board of directors, J. A. Woodson of
Little Rock, C. W. Turner of Casa,
111, and J. W. Corber of Pine Bluff.
It is said that the company has al
ready secured a portion of the right
of-way between Pine Bluff and Little
Rock, and that the remainder will be
secured at once.
The line is to be built along the
south side of the river and is to be
40 miles long.
Annual Assembly Meets at Prescott.
The Epworth League of the Little
Rook Methodist Conference will meet
in their annual assembly at Prescott
April 14 to ig. J. M. Workman of
Crossett will preside at all the ses
sions of the assembly, and a very ac
ceptable program has been provided
for the meeting. It is believed that
every league in the conference will
*cnd a representative to the meeting
At Prescott.
Horatio Has No Newspaper.
R E- Scarbrough has sold the Hora
fio News-Record to persons in New
Mexico, and Horatio is now without
a newspaper. As this is a good field
for a local weekly, it is expected that
some enterprising man of journalistic
torn of mind will soon install aother
plant.
Cotton Shipments to Memphis.
More than 300 bales of cotton have
been shipped from the Farmers’ Union
'warehouse at Cabot to Memphis firms,
who advanced money on the cotton.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the Hot Springs City Council Thurs
night an ordinance was adopted
'cvyiug a lax of one-fourth of a mill
en all real and persosal property, the
fund derived thereby to be used in
furnishing and maintaining a free
public library. The Woman's Chris
tian National Library Asosciation of
fbe city ha-s secured an offer from
M*’- Andrew Carnegte of $15,000 for
•he erection of a building on lots owned
by the association, provided the city
wi'1 8‘ve assurances that the library
*111 be maintained as contemplated.
Sheriff Overpowered by Mississlppians,
Who Kill the Slayer of 12-Year
Old Boy.
Mobile, Ala.—Walter Clayton, a ne
gro, who was serving at the stockafle
of the Hand Lumber Company for
manslaughter, late Saturday afternoon
criminally assaulted Mrs. Joseph
White, aged 20 years, and was lynch
ed Saturday night by a mob of 75 men
outside the limits of Bay Minette.
The assault occurred at the woman’s
home, six miles below Loxley. Clay
ton entered the house, it is said,
choked Mrs. White, and accomplish
ed his purpose. The negro returned
to the convict camp, where he was ar
rested Saturday night. He told the
officers not to take him back to the
scene of his crime, as he committed
it, and it was not necessary to have
him identified.
The officers hurried him to Bay
Minette, county seat of Baldwin coun
ty. As they approached the front gate
of the jail, 75 men arose from behind
a fence and took charge of the negro,
dragging him and the deputy yards
before it was discovered the men were
handcuffed together. The deputy was
then released and the negro carried
away.
Late Sunday afternoon the sheriff
was still looking for the body of the
negro.
Clayton was given a 15 years’ sen
tence in the Mobile courts last sum
mer on a charge of manslaughter, it
being charged that he robbed and mur
dered John McKenzie, an old white
man, in this city on Christmas eve,
1906. He was a model prisoner at the
stockdale and was made a trusty.
Lynching Near Wesson, Miss.
Wesson, Miss.—John Bitrr, a young
negro, was lynched near here Sunday
by about 30 men for the murder of a
12-year-old white boy.
Friday night about dark, according
to Burr’s confession and the story of
an eye-witness, Burr was fishing in a
mill pond, when Earl Smith, the 12
year-old son of J. W. Smith, a prosper
ous planter, approached and began a
conversation. Burr was an employe
of Smith’s father and he said to the
boy:
“Look up! Look at the bird!”
As young Smith gazed skyward the
negro shot him in the back of the
head with a shotgun. Burr admitted
the shooting, but said it was an acci
dent. He threw the boy’s body into
the mill pond and started to escape.
During the night he was captured by
officers of the sheriff and was on his
way to jail when, just as the Sabbath
morning dawned, a party mob appear
ed and took the prisoner away from
the officers. The capture was made
on a county road and the negro was
quickly hanged from a tree. Several
shots were fired to hasten his death.
The body was then taken down and
turned over to the proper authorities
for burial. Good order was preserved
throughout the lynching.
Naval Rendezvous in Mediterranean.
Berlin.—The plan of arranging a
meeting between a squadron of the
German navy and the American battle
ship squadron now in the Pacific has
met with strong approval. It had been
hoped that at least some of Admiral
Evans’ vessels might visit some Ger
man port, when the squadron returns
via the Suez Canal, but as this appears
to be out of the question the idea of
having a squadron of Germany's most
up-to-date battleships and cruisers
meet the American naval circum-navi
gators somewhere in the Mediterran
ean, greatly pleases the German peo
ple and press.
Woman Slays Negro.
Montgomery, Ala.—Mrfs. Edward
Jones, a prominent white woman of
this city, shot and killed a negro bur
glar at her home at 3 o'clock Satur
day morning.
At the time the shot was fired the
burglar was engaged in a hand-to
hand struggle with her aged father,
Barney Rhody, and was attempting to
pull him through a window, where,
it is said, a negro confederate stood
ready to aid the burglar.
Conductor, Spare My Waist.
Atlanta, Ga.—Many women of At
lanta have petitioned the street car
company to order conductors not to as
sist women on and off the cars. The
women give as a reason that when
ever the hands of a conductor touch
a shirt waist the waist is ruined. The
petition has been numerously signed
and the orders, likely, will be issued
to the conductors to “hands off the
women.”
Woman Accused of Murder.
Chicago.—Grace St. Clair, alias Grace
Young, aged 26, formerly of 2116 Dear
born street, is under arrest, charged
with having robbed and murdered
George Porter, a rich real estate brok
er, who died In the resort March 21,
1907. The arrest was made at 2129
Dearborn street
HIS WHEAT WENT 22
BUSHELS TO THE ACRE.
HE REALIZED $18 PER ACRE FROM
IT, WHILE OATS GAVE HIM
$17 AN ACRE.
Moose Jaw, Sasic., Nov. ISth, 1907.
Writing from Moose Jaw, Saskatche
wan, Mr. S. K. Rath wall says:
"I have much pleasure in saying
that on my farm this year I had 500
acres in wheat, and 120 acres ih oats.
My wheat, averaged about 22 bushels
per acre, and I had 200 acres cut be
fore the frost, which I sold at 85
cents per bushel, thus realizing on
that wheat $18.00 per acre, not count
ing cost of twine, seed and labor. With
regard to the other 300 acres of wheat,
it got touched with frost but is worth
60 cents per bushel. It will net me
$13.00 per acre, but I do not intend
to sell it at that price, as I can make
more money bv feeding it to hogs.
“My oats turned out about 50 bushels
to the acre, and at 35 cents per bushel
will give me $17.00 to the acre, not
counting seed, twine and labor.
“On account of the late spring, a
percentage of the grain was touched
with frost, but on account of good
prices, farmers will realize a fair
profit on their farms even this year.
We are as usual up against a short
age of cars to get our grain removed."
Candied Popcorn.
Candied popcorn is wholesome for
children and very easily prepared. Put
a quantity of granulated sugar in a
large-sized kettle just moistened with
water and add a large tablespoonful
of butter. Cook until crisp in water if
dropped in; remove from fire for the
moment as you pour in as much
popped corn as you think your amount
of sugar will take. Put back on the
very slow fire and stir briskly until
sugar is all taken up and dried and
each particle of corn is again separate.
Leads Them All.
An instructor in the Military Acad
emy at West Point was once assigned
to conduct about the place the visit
ing parents of a certain cadet.
After a tour of the post, the proud
and happy parents joined the crowd
assembled to witness evening parade,
a most imposing spectacle. The
march past aroused the father of the
cadet to a high pitch of enthusiasm.
“There!” he exclaimed, turning to
his spouse. “Isn’t that fine? But,” he
added, respectively, “I shall not be
happy till my boy attains the proud
position that leads ’em all.” And he
pointed in rapt admiration to the
drum-major. — Illustrated Sunday
Magazine.
Ate Sausages to Win Wife.
When Heinrich was courting Mary
he had a rival, one Johann Biermaun.
The two met one evening at her home
and got into a dispute as to their ca
pacity for frankfurters.
In the demonstration which followed
both ate 47 links, when Johann be
came ill and had to retire hors de com
bat. Johann will act as best man at
the wedding.—Exchange
THEY GROW.
Good Humor and Cheerfulness from
Right Food.
Cheerfulness is like sunlight. It dis
pels the clouds from the mind as sun
light chases away the shadows of
night.
The good humored man can pick
up and carry off a load that the man
with a grouch wouldn’t attempt to
lift.
Anything that interferes with good
health is apt to keep cheerfulness and
good humor in the background. A
Washington lady found that letting
coffee alone made things bright for
her. She writes:
“Four years ago I was practically
given up by my doctor and was not
expected to live long. My nervous
system was in a bad condition.
“But I was young rnd did not want
to die so I began to look about for the
cause of my chronic trouble. I used
to have nervous spells which would
exhaust me and after each spell it
would take me days before I could sit
up in a chair.
“I became convinced my trouble
was caused by coffee. I decided to
stop it and bought some Posturn.
“The first cup, which I made ac
cording to directions, had a soothing
effect on my nerves and I liked the
taste. For a time I nearly lived on
Posturn and ate little food besides. 1
am today a healthy woman.
“My family and relatives wonder
if I am the same person I was four
years ago, when I could do no work on
account of nervousness. Now I am do
ing my own housework, take care of
two babies—one twenty, the other two
months old. I am so busy that I hard
ly get time to write a letter, yet I do
it all with the cheerfulness and good
humor that comes from enjoying good
health.
“I tell my friends it is to Posturn
I owe my life today.’’
' Name given by Posturn Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to Well
ville,” In pkgs. “There’s a Reason.”
LITTLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL WINS
Takes Both Boys’ and Girls’ Declamatory Contests—Eu
gene Brady and Alice Morton Winners of Firsts.
THE WINNERS.
Frst Prize, Boys’ Declaration—
Eugene Brady, Little Rock High
School.
First Prize, Girls’ Recitation—Miss
Alice Morton, Little Rock High
School.
Second Prize, Boys’ Declamation—
Christopher Otto, Hot Springs High
School.
Second Prize, Girls’ Recitation—
Miss Florence Smith, Arkansas Con
ference College, Preparatory, Siloam
Springs.
Third Prize, Boys’ Declamation—
Ernest T. Hays, Amity High School.
Third Prize, Girls’ Recitation—Miss
Lillian Fortune, Clary Training School,
Fordyce.
Fourth Prize, Boys’ Declamation—
Ellis Butcher, Prescott High School.
Fourth Prize, Girls’ Recitation—
Virginia Buxton, Nashville High
School.
The Auditorium rink on West Mark
ham street, Little Rock, where the
contests were held, was elaborately
decorated. From every beam and
rafter in the huge building streamers
and festoons of bunting, lavish dis
plays of the national colors and gar
lands of colored crepe paper appeared.
In the center of the east side of the
building an elevated platform was
erected, and this was banked about
with dozens of large palms. The cups
contested for were displayed on pedes
tals.
The elimination contests held at
the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium Friday
morning resulted in the selection of
ten young women who had part in the
final contest Friday night. These
girls, the schools which they repre
sent and their subjects were:
Mary Louise Hammersley, Fort
Smith High School, “Mark Anthony's
Oration.-’
Marie Bennett, Hope High School,
“How the LaRue Stakes Were Lost.”
Clare Curry, Texarkana High School,
“As the Moon Rose.-’
Violette Park, Pine Bluff High
School, “The Battle of Ivry.”
Lillian Fortune, Clary Training
School, Fordyce, “Come Here.”
Virginia Buxton, Nashville High
School, “Zingarella.”
Florence Smith, Arkansas Confer
ence College, “Hagar.”
Hazel Davis, Stuttgart Training
School, “The Soul of the Violin.”
Sallie Bain, Portland High School,
“A Morning’s Mail.”
Alice Morton, Little Rock High
School, "Chariot Race From Ben Hur.”
The program for the afternoon be
gan promptly at 2:30, State Superin
tendent J. J. Doyne presiding and in
troducing the various speakers. The
Hendrix (Conway) male quartet were
first on the program. The first con
testant to appear on the platform was
Ellis Butcher, representing the Pres
cott High School, and he was followej
by Woodlief Thomas of El Dorado,
Christopher Otto of Hot Springs,
Charlie Smith of Wynne, Will O'Shea
of Fort Smith, Ernest T. Hays of Am
ity, Robert W. Freeland of Malvern,
Edward McFadden of Hope, and Ben
Cartor of Teaxrkana.
By winning first place Mr. Brady
secures for his school the silver loving
cup, valued at $20, which was donated
by the Bates Catering Company. For
himself he wins a prize of $25 in gold.
The second prize, won by Christo
pher Otto, was $10 in gold; the .hird
prize, awarded to E. T. Hays. $5 in
gold, and the fourth prize, awarded
to Ellis Butcher, consisted of ten vol
umes of Bryan's World Famous Ora
tions. All the young men were called
to the platform after the decision had
been announced and given their prizes
by J. J. Doyne, state superintendent of
public instruction. As Eugene Brady,
who carried of first honors for him
self and Little Rock, descended from
the stage bearing the silver loving cup
he was seized by his classmates and
carried in triumph from the hall up
on their shoulders.
When the judges turned in their
figures showing the grades made by
the young women who participated in
the state girls’ recitation contest Fri
day night, and chairman J. J. Doyne
announced that Miss Alice Morton,
representing the Little Rock Hlgn
School, had been awarded the first
prize, making the second first prize
carried off by the Little Rock school
during the day, pandemonium broke
loose, and for five minutes the cheers
of her schoolmates presented the fur
ther announcement of the awards.
Miss Morton had chosen for her sub
ject “The Chariot Race.” from Ben
Hur, and she presented this extreme
ly difficult subject in a masterly man
ner. Her efforts last night showed a
natural ability, supplemented by much
careful training and a determination
to win, for the honor that might fall
not only to her, but to the school she
represented.
Eugene Brady, winner in the after
noon contest, is a member of the sen
ior class, and a student of excep
tional ability. He is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Brady, and lives at 714
West Tenth street.
Miss Morton, who carried of the
first honors in the girls’ contest, i9
a daughter of Mrs. S. C. Mofton, who
lives at 1505 Broadway. She is also
a member of the senior class of the
High School, and has shown decided
talents as an elocutionist.
After announcing the winner of the j
first prize in Friday night’s contest, J
the chairman proceeded to announce
the winners of the second, third and
fourth prizes, who were Miss Florence.’
Smith of Arkansas Conference Col
lege Preparatory School, Stloami
Spring; Miss Lillian Fortune, Clary
Training School, Fordyce, and Miss
Virginia Buxton, Nashville High
School.
The prizes awarded Friday night
consisted of a silver loving cup, valued -
at $20, to go to the school from which
the first-prize winner was registered,
and a first prize to the contestant of
$25 in gold. Second prize was $10
in gold, third prize was $5 In gold
and the fourth prize was a $10 artist's
proof photograph donated by Harris.
An additional prize of a pair of shoes
was donated by the winner by Sirat
man & Son.
The program Friday evening was !
supplemented by a solo by Mrs. D.
R. Fones and a selection by the chorus
of 40 voices from the Ladies’ Musical
Coterie.
In deciding the contests, three
judges were selected, whose names
are to be kept secret. Each was pro
vided with a score card, upon which
he gave each candidate three ratings.
Sixty-five per cent might be awarded
for effectiveness of delivery, twenty
five per cent for the difficulty of selec
tion chosen by the contestants, and
ten per cent for stage presence or ap
pearance of the candidate. The to
tal that could be scored by any one
candidate was 100 per cent. After the
contestants had finished their efforts,
these three cards were turned over
to an auditing committee, which footed
the total of each contestant and then
awarded the honors to the candidate
having the highest grand average. In
this way the utmost fairness prevailed.
The judges were seated at widely sep
arated sections of the auditorium,
and there was absolutely no chance
of collusion or unfairness. In fact,
the universal sentiment seems to be
that the judges were very fair in their
grades.
Will Roll Winner in Barrow.
A unique election bet will be paid at
Prescott next Saturday when Otis
Moncrif, an ardent supporter of Attor
ney General Kirby, will roll J. B. Stone,
a strong Donaghey man, down Front
street in a wheelbarrow. A large crowd
will witness the sight.
Tammany Man In the Valley.
W. A. Watson, a big Thmmany chief,
who usually represents thq organiza
tion at Washington during t'he session
of Congress, is a visitor at Hot
Springs.
Mrs. Emma J. Martin.
Mrs. Emma J. Martin, wife of A. M.
Martin, instructor at the Deaf-Mute
Institute, Little Rock, ried at 5 o'clock
Friday afternoon. She had been a
matron at the Deaf-Mute Institute for
a unmber of years. She had been ill
for some time. She was 46 years old.
Physician’s Big Fee.
Sir William Henry Broadbent, phy
sician-in-ordinary to King Edward,
whose death was recently announced,
received $5,000 a year from Lord
Rothschild for a visit once a w’eek.
Asks $20,000 for Fingers.
R. R. Wood, a hotel clerk, at Hot
Springs Tuesday brought suit against
the Street Railway Company for $20,
000 damages for personal injuries al
leged to have been sustained by him
last December as the result of alleged
negligence upon the part of the com
pany. At the time of the accident,
complained of, Wood declares, he was
leaving one of defendant’s cars when
it was started suddenly, throwing him
under the wheels and crushing severa'
fingers.
Negro Disturber Gets 2 Years.
The negro, McClehan, who gave the
officers so much trouble at Arkadelphia
last Wednesday night, and wounded
Marshal Hawkins and Night Watch
man Mackey, was tried and fined, the
fine and costs amounting to $214. Be
sides this he was fined $5 and costs
in the mayor’s court for being drunk
and disturbing the peace. He has
been confined to the work farm, and
it will take him about two years to
serve out his sentence.
In Wrong.
"Your husband is greatly in need ol
exercise,” said the doctor. "He’s in
doors too much. He'll have to get out
more.”
“Out more!” exclaimed the wife.
"He’s been out every night this week.
That’s what's the matter with him.”
Realizing that he was in the wrong,
the doctor left a prescription and
promised to call later.
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"I’ve just been done in oil by P.
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"Now isn’t that too bad!” exclaimed
Mrs. Justgotit. “One of them smooth
fellows tried to sell me a bunch of
oil stock a spell back and I turned him
down hard.”
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