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WOODRUFF CO. NEWS.
PUBLISHED THUItSDAf OP BACH WEEK AT
MCCRORY. ARKANSAS.
WALTER W RANEY, Editor.
Entered at the Post-Office at McCrory
Arkansas, as Second-Class mall.matter.
June Uth, 1902.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
One Year. In advance. 11.00
DEHOCRATIC 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. T. Harris, R. 1, and Dr. G.
B. Fakes, McCrory, Ark.
PAID FOR FARM IN FIVR YEARS.
It seems like a nervy thing for a
man who is $1,000 in debt and no
money in hand to buy a farm, but
that is what was done by C. M.
Fleming, of Saline County, Ark.,
and he succeeded in paying for his
farm out of crop proceeds in the
space of five years.
It was in 1895 that Mr. Fleming
bought the 96 acre sandv hill
farm on which he has since lived.
At that time he was not only $1,
000 in debt, but had no money and
had to be furnished with team,
tools, implements and supplies.
It was an unpromising beginning
yet by reason of hard work, intel
ligent planning, and good man
agement he paid for this farm in
five years.
Mr. Fleming is not an all-cotton
farmer, but believes in diversifica
tion. He had 65 acres in cultiva
tion divided usually about as fol
lows :
Ten acres are in cotton, 12 acres
in corn, 25 acres in peas for pea
hay, followed by oats which is ctit
for hay, 2 acres in water-melons.
2 acres in cantaloupes, 2 acres in
Irish potatoes, 2 acres in sweet po
tatoes, and the rest or about 1C
acres, in peas, part of which are in
drills and part broadcast. This Iasi
ten acres furnishes some hay and
all the seed for the next year.
Peas are also planted betweeu the
corn rows at the last cultivation
and are hogged down.
It is Mr. Fleming’s practice to
raise all his supplies of hay, corn,
and meat, and he usually has a
surplus of $150 worth of hay to
sell every year. The average yield
of pea hay is about one ton per
acre; and of oat hay nearly as
much, and the price received is
usually about $15 per ton.
Mr. Fleming’s land is mostly
quite sandy and rolling, or slight
ly hilly. Its fertility is naturally
inferoi'.and it washes badly if giv
en a chance. The washing, how
ever, is checked by deep plowing
(breaking) and by crops of hay
which bind the soil particles. He
uses all the manure made on the
farm and buys some commercial
fertilizers, particularly for his
vegetables. He breaks his lands
flat and practices shallow cultiva
tion.
Mr. Fleming is a reading farm
er and a man who studies his busi
ness. He does not believe that
success in farming depends entire
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ly or mainly on “main strength
and awkwardness,’' but there is
such a thing as scientific farming.
He believes in and practices diver
sification. He also plans his crops
so that his work will be distribut
ed throughout the year.
Mr. Fleming has a wife and two
small children. He says that his
success would have been greater if
he had not been troubled much
with ill health.
DEVIEW.
Ry Our Regular Correspondent.
Porter Best left Sunday for
Judsonia to visit relatives.
The last few days of pretty
weather put the farmers to plant
ing cotton.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Woodward
(spent last week at Black Rock,
visiting relatives.
Mrs. Ola Bryant, of Searcy,
j visited old friends east of DeView,
Saturday. She returned home
' Monday.
Mr. Miers, of Hearn, Texas,
came in Sunday to attend the
funeral of his mother-in-law, Mrs.
jE. 0. Grigsby.
On last Sunday (Easter) quite
! a crowd (say some 30 or 40) of
i Mr. and Mrs. Ben Anderson’s
friends gathered at their home
east of DeView. The forenoon
was spent very pleasantly. And
when the noon hour came all the
guests were invited to the dining
room where they enjoyed the
many good things prepared for
them. After dinner was over, an
egg hunt was begun, which lasted
until late in the afternoon. ’Twas
a day long to be remembered by
those who were present.
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E. L. HAMILTON
FURNITURE AND STOVES.
BUY A NEW ROYAL SEWING MACHINE
FAILED TO IMPRESS "'SQUIRE.1
Country Justice Had His Opinion *f
Supreme Court Decision.
Speaking of the perversity of ooun
try “ ’Squires,” State Senator John S.
Fisher, chairman of the Pennsylvania
capltol Investigation commission, told
this story recently:
“We have one old oodger out In
Indiana county who fears neither law
yer nor court. Not long ago Dick
Wilson had a case before the ‘ ’Squire,’
and knowing his man, he went to the
office fortified with a dosen or more
supreme court decisions.
“Wilson argued his case, cited sev*
er&l opinions, and finally remarked:
‘ ’Squire, I have here some decisions
by the supreme court of Pennsylvania,
which I shall read.’
“Wilson finished one decision when
the justice interrupted, saying:
“ ‘Mr. Wilson, I reckon you’ve read
enough. Those supreme court de
cisions are all right so far they go,
but if the supreme court has not al
ready reversed Itself I have no doubt
that It will do so In the near future.
Judgment Is, therefore, given against
your client.’ ”
WOULD ESCAPE THE MCNDINQ.
On* of the Two Reasons Why Mr*.
Bllltops Would Like to Be Rloh.
“Hardly a day of my life, Sundays In
cluded, that I don’t have to mend
something,” said the gentle Mrs. BIU
tops, not complainingly, but stlH It
must be confessed a little wearily, as
she caught up a little rip in some
thing before doing K up In the bundle
for the laundry.
And Mrs. Bllltops wouldn't want
to be very rich, she has never wanted
to be that, but she would Ilk* to be
rich enough so that she wouldn’t have
to worry over anything, and so that
she wouldn't have to be always mend,
mend, mending. Why, It takes half
her time now keeping things In re
pair, and she would like to be able to
throw things away when they got
worn, not wear out her fingers and
waste her time mending them, but
simply buy new.
Mr. Bllltops thinks that even If they
had wealth she would still continue to
mend things just the eame, for there
are, he observes, at least two ways
In which she seems to be somewhat
strongly set; Bhe hates to throw away
anything and she likes to keep every
thing In order. But while she is will
ing to concede the force of this argu
ment yet Mrs. Bllltops thinks, as she
discovers something else that has to
be mended before she sends It to the
wash, that if they were rich she could
got over the habit of mending.
Mlcrosoopic Sensations.
The Joys and sorrows of life to a
baneful bacterium are said to be as
real as the pains and pleasures of
an elephant, for example: Why do the
bacteria choose certain conditions and
reject others? This selection of the
favorable condition and rejeotion of
the unfavorable is perhaps the funda
mental point, although other elements
of their existence point to the fact
that they have sensations. It often is
maintained that this selection Is per
sonal or conscious choice. Prof. Jen
nings is convinced that If the amoeba
were a large animal, so as to come
within the every day experience of
human beings, its behavior at once
would call forth the attribution to it
of states of pleasure and pain, of
hunger, desire, and the like. If words
have meaning it is correct, he argues,
to say that the bacteria enjoy life.
They struggle for existence. The
struggle Implies all the victories and
all the defeats attendant upon the
struggle for existence among the high
est organisms. The bacteria of an or
ganic disease should be as capable of
sensations as a monkey.
Protecting Stage Children.
The society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children In New York for
the convenience of theatrical man
agers, makes out the requests when
children are to be put upon the stage,
and this request is sent to the mayor.
He then gives the order that enables
the child to take part in the perform
ances. It goes without saying that
the society does not make out the
order unless convinced that the child
will not come to harm, morally or
physically. It is worthy of note that
the New York society in 1887 Insisted
that the child Josef Hoffman be with
drawn from the stage because of his
health. This was done, and that is,
no doubt, why he is now the master
that he Is.
Living with People.
Life’s best school is living with peo
ple. It is there we learn our best les
sons. Some one says: It is better to
live with others even at the cost of
considerable jarring and Motion than
to live In undisturbed quiet alone. It
Is not Ideally the easy way. It means
ofttime8 hurts, wrongs, lnjustloes,
many a wounding, many a heartache,
many a pang. It requires self-forget
fulness, self-restraint, the giving up of
one's rights many times, the over
looking of unkindnessee and thought
lessnesses the quiet enduring of things
that It would seem no one should be
required to endure from another. But
it Is best.—Forward.
Ths Usual Bluff.
"Fa, there’s a reporter at the front
door who wants to put your plctwe
in the paper.”
“Tell him I would not stand for any
Such nonsense, but be sure to give Mm
that picture on the parlor mantle. It’s
the best one I ever had."—Oetrull
fnw PreM.
FAVORS REVIVAL OF PRUNELLA.
Young Woman Criticises Material of
tha Present Day Shoe.
The young woman looked at her
feet thoughtfully. "I with,” she said,
"that some new material for making
shoes could be Invented or discov
ered. I should not like to have it
made of wood pulp, because our for
ests are already too nearly wiped off
the earth, but I wish it could be some
thing besides the skins of animals. I
don’t like to think about all that kill
ing. Besides, shoes are not satisfac
tory any more. The old French kid
that I wore when I was a child can
scarcely be found nowadays. Dealers
assure you that they are giving you
French kid, but it proves to be some
thing greatly inferior. Calfskin—which
is now usually called ‘matt kid’ or
'gun metal kid,’ wears well and looks
well, but it is so porous that It makes
the feet cold in winter and hot in
summer—lets In the atmosphere,
whatever its temperature may be, and
makes the feet sufTer from it. The ma
terial that is called vid kid is stiff,
loses its shape quickly and cracks and
peels in a very short time. I believe
some kind of cloth could be Invented
which might serve. Our grandmoth
ers used prunella. They had smaller
and more shapely feet than we have,
too.”
RUSSIAN’S “PRESENCE OP MIND.”
Anecdote Illustrates Callousness of the
Osar’s Officials.
A grimly humorous anecdote la told
by the distinguished patriot. Prince
8erge Dmltriyevich Urossov, in his
hook entitled “Memoirs at a Russian
Governor,” a translation of which has
just been Introduced over here by the
Harpers. Prince Urussov writes:
"One of my nearest collaborators in
Bessarabia, von R-n, the oldest
councillor of the provincial adminis
tration, and a very kindly man, liked
to tail sometimes of his presence of
mind. Twenty years before he was
called upon to be present at the execu
tion of a Jewish criminal. The con
demned man hung the required num
ber of minutes and was taken down
from the gallows, when the physician
was supposed to confirm kls death.
But it appeared that they had forgot
ten to cut off his long, thick heard, so
the noose did not kill.
" ‘Imagine yourself in my position,’
said Rohren; ‘the doctor told ms the
Jew would come back to Ilfs In five
minutes. What was I to do? To hang
him a second time I held to be Impos
sible, and yet I had to execute the
death sentence.’
" ‘But what did you do, then?’ I
asked, and received the memorable
answer:
“ T had him buried quickly before he
regained consciousness.’"
Advice to Qirla.
This bit of advice from an older
woman may sound hard-headed, but
most girls need It. "Never put any
thing in a letter that couldn't be pub
lished In a newspaper. No newspaper
Is going to publish your letters, of
course, but that is a good rule to fol
low, nevertheless. A love missive
that has grown cold la about the most
foolish thing ever beheld by the eyes
of man. One’s first young love af
fairs seldom amount to much, any
way, and it’s just as well to treat
them as a joke. Of course, it’s more
fun when you are serious, but it’s an
excellent idea to show as much intel
ligence aB possible. If it is vitally
necessary to your heart’s happiness to
write dearie letters every day, let
them be without beginning or signa
ture so that if by chance they fall out
of the young man’s pocket your sen
timents won’t be advertised publicly.’
Erin’s Shamrock Grows In 8eattle.
Among the many natural resources
of the state of Washington new
things are coming to light every day.
No less wonderful than amusing is the
fact that the botanical growth of the
state is enriched with one more spe
cially valuable acquisition, for lo
and behold, the shamrock, the real
thing, has been discovered within the
limits of the city of Seattle.
Poor Pat, your claim and mine of re
lationship to the plant and monopoly
of its nativity to our dearly beloved
land, has been lost forever! But in
surrendering our title of exclusive
right to this brave little patriotic em
blem of Ireland there still remains the
one consolation that it was discovered
growing here by a son of the sail who
hails from near the beautiful Lakes
of Killarney.—Seattle Tlmea.
Rabbit That Could Swim.
William Zimmerman, a telegraph
messenger of Dubois, Pa., reoently
demonstrated that a rabbit eaa swim
when it must.
Zimmerman caught a rabbit on the
island north of the Boulevard and
brought it to the Pennsylvania freight
depot. Br’er Rabbit made an espe
cially lusty kick and escaped from
Bill’s enfolding arme, fleeing among
the freight cars with Bill and several
other youths In chase. Headed oft on
all sides the little creature dived be
tween the wheels of a moving loco
motive and with a flirt of hie short
tail jumped into Sandy creek, whloh
he swam like a duck, and qulekly dis
appeared toward his heme In the
rushes.
In the Present.
"And before I accepted him,” Mlee
Passay was saying, "I naked hhn if he
wov:ld love me when I wee old.”
"The Idea!" exclaimed Mlee Bright
“why, if he propoeed to you he hMdl
ready proves that, heda’t kef*
f NEW LINE OF^
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PINS and ORNA
MENTS. VEILS,
NECKWEAR, ETC.
HISS JENNIE
THOMPSON
A SERMON TO HUSBANDS.
We are not a minister but a son
of a minister and if we make a dis
mal failure in our first attempt to
write(not preach) a sermon, you
will please pardon us. You will
find our text in the bible. It is
not neccesary to give the chapter
aud verse, but look for it. In
brief it is this: Spend some of
your evenings at home with your
wife and children. If you have an
anible, gentle wife, surely your
home must be a pleasant one, but
if, from increasing cares or other
reasons, she has grown fretful or
sullen, who knows but a little
more attention or kindness on
your part might do a great deal to
wards the return of the amiability
you so much admired in her girl
hood. If you would stay at home
oftener evenings, treating her with
something of the old tenderness,
making her believe, at least, that
you are not whollv indifferent to
her happiness, you would soon see
a change for the better in your
house hold.She hasn’t forgotten the
time, if you have, (not very long
ago, perhaps) when her society
was all you asked for to make the
long evenings pass delightfully
away. Loving you as she did, she
would have gone on through life in
the same quiet way, contented and
happy. But, alas, you soon grew
tired of the same room evening af
ter evening, the same easy chair,
and the saddest of all, weary of
the society of your wife— impa
tient of the restraints of home,
longing for a change. So you
spend your evenings away, meet
ing many gay, campionable fellows
who entertain you with wit, song
and wine, and you fancy yourself
delighted and charmed. Perhaps
there are moments of reflection,
when conscience seems whispering
to you of the pure, holy influences
of home which you have so reck
lessly and unfellingly cast away
from you. Your lonely wife sits
by the fireside, watching and wait
ing for your return through the
hours that drag slowly along, liste
ning eagerly to every footfall, start
at every sound, fearing, she knows
not what, yet conscious always of
weary heartache that seems wearing
her life away.
Evening after evening she watch
es your preparations for departure,
hoping, meanwhile, you will relent
and stay at home with her. But
you hastily don your hat and coat,
turning your back resolutely tow
ards her, fearing to encounter that'
?aze of wistful entreaty, for you
know she is watching y0U)
tears 81lently rolling down W
pale cheeks. You know it 8tin
^ou dont think best to noticed for
rou dislike a scene. Tears annoy
^ou exceedingly, 80 yOU clo8e the
ioor, with a bang, trying hard to
to feel very indignant towards her
for daring to weep, even behind
^ur back. So the lonely wife
brushes away her tears, and sits
iown with bitterness in her heart
to compare with the last years of
her married life to those of her
first ones, made so bright and hap
py her husband’s love and presence'
Sometimes softer fellings fill her
heart, and she dreams of that dear
old home she left for this one-the
home that sheltered her childhood
and youth; and she thinks of her
beloved parents her brothers and
sisters, the light, the warmth and
love in the old homestead no won
der she bows her head and weeps
by her lonely fireside, like a griev
ed homesick child. Of course no
husbands in this community act in
this manner; if they did we would
suggest that their wives read to
them this sermon as so near the be
ginning of the new year is a good
time to begin a change.
McCrory
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NOTICE.
Notloe is hereby Riven that, as Ruardlan ot
Robert Sorrels. I have hied my Anal settle
ment with my said ward and that I will apply
to the Probate Court at Its July term. 1908.
for a discharge from my ohliRatlons to my
said ward. SlRned; W. £. Jklks, .
Guardian of Robert Sorrels.
WARNINQ ORDER.
In the "Woodruff Chancery Court Northern
District, May term 1908. State of Arkan
sas. County of Woodruff.
H. F. He nhel. Plaintiff
VS
AuRusta Henkel. Defendant.
The defendant, AuRusta Henkel. Is hereby
warned to appear in this court within thirty
days hereafter and answer this complaint
of the plaintiff. H. F. Henkel.
Witness my hand and the seal of the Wood
ruff Chancery court on this the 4th.. daT of
April, 1908. Wmiluam Moobman.
Circuit Court Clerk.
E. M. CiHirLas, Atty. for Plaintiff.
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