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WOODRUFF CO. NEWS
FTlilt II ED THURSDAY OF EACH WEEK AT
MCCRORY, ARKANSAS.
O. W. KRAHER, Editor.
Entered at the Post-Office at McCrory.
Arkansas, as Second-Class mail matter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
One Year, in advance. $1.00
All Apology.
In inference to the article in
the Woodruff County News of
last week entitled. “Heard
from” we noted same and accept
the explanation and apology.
And now it seems that the
Cottou Plant Arkansian actually
found in the hidden recesses of
our previous issue headed “Heard
From” not only an explanation
but he has actually found an
“apology.” Where in the world
the apology that our.friend Pol
lard speaks of conies in we can’t
for the life of us fathom. How
ever, lie must have carefully
weighed the article and found it.
Does the Arkansian mean to
say that we apology-zed to it
for the appearance of the recent
article in the News? That, is the
only construction we can place
ou his article.
We explained our position in
regard to the article hut no such
thought of apology zing to the
Arkansian for its appearance
ever entered our mind. Still the
Arkansian claims weapologyzed.
He’s as innocent of his state
ment as a Mexican lice dog is of
feathers.
The Arkansian is alright. If it
wasn’t for nine or ten things he
would be really promising. As
it is he is painfully deficient. If
the editor of the Arkansian
would read a few almanacs his
endowments for recognizing the
truth would be greatly enhanced.
We are sorry for the Arkansian
that he can’t tell an apology
when he sees one. In the mean
time we shall not change our
course in regard to the manner
of riming the paper which our
worthy contemporary so un
mercifully maligned. Conserva
tism may be virtue in the eyes of
the majority, vet conservatism
has ever been the foe of human
progress. VY henever we find a
man too conservative our svm
pathies at once go out to him.
\Y herever advancement has been
made; wherever t.vrany has been j
crushed and liberty exalted it
lias been done in the name of the
nonconservator. How greatly
America has been blessed with
the nouconservative men and
she needs them now.
Dined With a Nigger
President Roosevelt is receiv
leg much just criticism at the
hands of the southern press con
cerning the most damnable out
rage that has ever been perpe
trated bv any citizen of the Unit
ed States. He has put himself
further from 11s than any man
who has ever been in the White
House.
Mr, Roosevelt claims that he
| has a perfect right to follow the
social lines that suit him and ex
pressed himself as being amused
at the indignation expressed bv
the southern press concerning
the faux pas recently indulged in
by enviting a negro to dine with
him.
The fact that the president
went out of his way to extend an
in vital ion to u negro to dine
with him announces to the entire
world that any negro who has
a little more than the average
intelligence allowed him, cash
enough to bu.v good clothes, and
perfume enough to kill the nat
ural negro scent has a perfect
right to mingle among the other
guests in the parlors of a white
man’s house.
He has by his act manifested a
vulgar disregard for the feelings
of the people of the south who
prior to this nauseating act re
spected and admired him.
His amusement at the feelings
of the south in regard to this
misalliance is singualar in the
extreme. No good can come of
such disregard for the ethical
conception of the people of the
country.
Washington is a great negro.
The southern people are doing
every thing possible towards the
betterment of the negro’s condi
tion, but, the line is drawn at so
cial equality.
This is the one point in Wash
ington’s life where he allowed his
vanity to get the better of his
reason and all respect for him
heretofore entertained has been
shattered. In the place of furth
ering the interests of his race he
has put water on the tire.
The negro will never be the so
cial or intellectual equal of the
white man, and a thousand years
of education would not change
his place, a thousand years of
education would not raise him to
the intellectual level of the white
man.
True there are some negroes
like Washington with sugges
tions of intellect, but they are
negroes in name only for through I
their veins flows the blood of'
some depraved Caucasian spawn, j
If t here ever were any pure blood :
Africans who reached any degree j
of intellectual prominence they
were very few- and far between.
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PREPAIRED
t
to do your ginning and wrapping
at 50 cents per hundred. Good
service, and prompt attention
are given to my customers.
I am also prepaired to do
your grinding. I ask you to
come and investigate my work
for yourself. I have one of the
best and cleanest tins in the
county. It gives excellent sat
isfaction,
I solicit a share of your pat
ronage, and think it will pay
you to see me when wanting
anything in this line.
^ Yours for business.
I '.l D JOHNSON,
t McCrory, Ark.
A Religious Debate.
I A “religious debate” is an
nounced in tlie Randolph Herald,
to be between W..I. Johns, Chris
tian and M. 1). Ellis, Methodist
at Ravenden springs, Oct. 28.
and will continue some lour or
six days. In commenting on it
the Herald says:
“A religious debate!” Great gods
what a profanation! Will the time
never come when the ignorant will
cease calling these doctrinal harangu s
“Christian debates.” The true gospel
preacher preaches Christ and His word,
and if they preach it not to this word
it is because thereis no light in them.
The chief trouble with those so called
religious debaters is, they have never
learned how to study the word and are
utterly ignorant of their ignorance, and
to see such gospel butchers engaged in
those so-called religious discussions is a
thing to make angels weep. Just so
long as preachers, men calling them
selves godly and perfect, engage in all
sorts of wrangling with their neighbors
who have the same religious feeling,
acknowledge the same God, and hold
the same cardinal opinions in regard to
sacred things hut differ in a manner,
just so long the devil will hold sway.
We would advise those two heligerent
hible bangers not to he loo self-right
eous. We are taught to be distrustful
of self, to acknowledge that we are but
sinful dust, to lay down our ideas and
conceits at the feet of Jesus, to see to
it that our zeal for God is according to
knowledge, “For he that exalte th him
self shall be abased; and he that hum
bletli himself shall he exalted.” Come,
gentlemen, stop your wrangling over
isms.quit your sinful proselyting bus
iness, and preach for the salvation of
sinful man.
Well Answered.
Is there a voter in Arkansas
who would be willing to retire
Senator Jones and Senator Berry
and putex-Gov. Clarke and Gov.
Jeff Davis in their places?—Mon
roe County Sun.
“Yes, sir, just lots of eui. The
editor oft be Solphone is one and
there are more than a thousand
like him in Green county. Look
around you and see if you doirl
find several hundred in Monroe
county. The people of Arkansas
waul new blood in the senate
and will profit by having it.—
lJa ration Id Soli phone.
Our friend of the Sun has been
answered, and it would be alto
gether to ids benefit if lie accept
the situation as it is, and not
insist upon imagining a state of
affairs he would like to see
brought about. The ostrich
never really fooled anybody by
burying its head in the sand.—
Helena World.
The suit of Searcy college
against W. H. Langford et al was
decided this week in the White
county chancery court by Chan
celor Cantrell. By his verdict
the searcy college will receive
$17,500 of Speers & Langford,
the amount of insurance they
had received when college burn
ed. The chancellor deserves to
be complimented for his discreet
opinion and decree.
TIP.
By Our Regular Correspondent.
Little Walter Candle is on’ the
sick list this week.
Mrs. G. R. "White has been
quite ill for sometime.
Will Balden was visiting
among our fair folks Sunday.
If in need of “block makers”
call on Caudle & Clayton Jr.
Rev. Barrentine preached an
excellent sermon for us Sunday.
J. W. Wilder was in our little •
burg Saturday attending to some
business.
L. A. Ellis recently purchased
all the timber our people had on
the railroad and the timber
workers are making the forest
ring.
It was Rev. Knight that per
formed the ceremony of marri
age between Fred Swanson and
Miss Mollie Record, instead of
Rev. Wright.
Our public school will begin
soon. As everybody is about
through gathering crops, it is
expected that every child in the
district will begin the first day.
Mr. Hatcher of near DeView
was in our community the first
of the week looking at some of
our good farming land. He will
probably reside in our neighbor
hood next year.
It would be hard to find a man
that is more intrusted over the
senatorial race than is our repre
senative (?) W. D. Tucker. You
can’t speak about anything to
him without his winding up the
conversation with singing prais
es to James P. Clarke. [You are
right Bro., go ahead. Ed.]
Fon Caudle has become famous
as a trapper. He said he caught
a coon in a trap but he got away,
Mr. Caudle could easily‘"see the
coon had not taken his'departure
but a few minutes, so he put his
dogs on the trail. These dogs
have the very best dame as trail
ers but upon this "occasion, they
and Mr. Caudle •did not agree.
They followed the trail all right
until they reached an old black
gum tree, and there they disa
greed. The dogs followed right
on what they thought was the
coon trail, but Mr. Caudle knew
by his acute scenter that the
dogs were wrong so he tried to
call the dogs back. We see him
now standing by that black gum
calling his industinous dogs, but
they would not. ' Finally, the
dogs had something treed and
when Mr. Caudle got there what
do you suppose it was? It was a
squirrel. The dogs think it was
a squirrel story anyway in place
of a coon story.
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GRAYS,
By Our Regular Correspondent
Cheatham Bull who lives near
Wheatley sold cotton in Grays
Friday.
Col. Gray and Grover Angus
attended the Lewis-Angus wed
ding Thursday night.
The price of cotton has declin
ed this week arid the poor farmer
will look sad and mournful when
he learns the price.
Mr. Ola Scales will be in Grays
permanently. Mrs. Scales is at
present in Riverside but as soon
as a house can be had, will be
come a citizen of our burg.
Col. W. T. Echols of Cotton
Plant visited our town last Tues
day and called on our business
men in the interest of the insur
ance company he represents.
. Bud Angelo has withdrawn
from the firm of Angelo & Win
ters ahd Will Winters who lately
returned from Tenn., is wedding
the knife for his father. If Bud’s
next commercial venture takes
him far from Grays some folks
around here will be sorry.
The party at Mr. Strickland’s
Thursday of last week was a
success in every respect. About
thirty young people were pre
sent. The entertainment took
the form of a phantom party. At
eleven o’clock supper, consisting
of four courses, was served.
Some of those present were:
Misses Thompson, Shelton,
Grantham, Miller, Burkett, Ty-1
rone, Knowlton, Moore, Black-J
well, Eva Blackwell and Mrs.!
Darling. Messrs. Cotney, Mel-1
ton, Gray, Shelton, Tyrone, !
Gowans, Angelo, Woodward, l
Lewis, Jeffries, Angus and ■ Wal
drop.
Mrs. W. V. Angelo entertained
Mrs. Delia Darling and Miss
Alice Moore at dipner Thursday
of last week.
MARTIN
By Our Regular Correspondent.
H. H. Blackstone is on the sick
list this week.
Miss Maud Blaskstone made a
pleasant visit to Grays Monday.
J. B. Blackstone is studying
telegraphy. We hope him suc
cess in his undertaking.
Miss Bessie Lunn and Miss
Ora Thompson were pleasant
visitors here last Sunday.
The young people enjoyed
quite a nice ride to Riverside last
Sunday evening. Among them
were Misses Nannie Stoker,
Lena Blackstone, Fannie Saw
yers, Maude Blackstone. Messrs.
Albert Wallace, R. S. Blackstone,
Robert Stoker, Clyde Shelton,
June Blackstone and Oliver
Raney.
HARD LUCK IN THE WEST.
The cowboy sat down on the
ground, fingered a roll of bills
and looked sadly at his pard.
“Bill, ” he said, “it’s no use. I
can’t go to town with you today.”
“Why?” asked Bill.'
“I’ve only got $25 to my name. ”
“Bigger it up ag’in,” said Bill.
“No use, I’ve figgered it up a
dozen times, and it always comes
out the same. It’ll take $20 fer
the drunk, dollar an’ a half fer
bed an’ breakfast, three an’ a
half fer ca’tridges, an’ that won’t
leave a cussed cent to jiay the
fine.’’—Indianapolis Sun.
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A Typical South African Store.
0. R. Larson, of Bay Villa,
Sundays River, Cape Colony,
conducts a store typical of South
Africa, at which can be purchas
ed anything from the proverbial
“needle to an anchor.” This
store is situated in a valley nine
miles from the nearest railway
station and about twenty-five
miles from the nearest town.
Mr. Larson says: “I am favored
with the custom of farmers with
in a radius of thirty miles, to
many of whom I have supplied
Chamberlain’s remedies. All
testify to their value in a house
hold where a doctor’s advice is
almost out of the question. With
in one mile of my store the pop
ulation is perhaps sixty. Of
these, within the past twelve
months, no less than fourteen
have been absolutely cui’ed by
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy.
This must surely be a record.”
For sale by Dr. J. B. Neal of Mc
Crory and A. S. Thompson of
DeView.
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And points in Arkansas and
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Elegant Day Coaches, Re
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Puilraan Buffet Sleepers on
all Through Trains.
H. C. Townsend,
Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.,
St. Louis, Mo.
E. Edwards, Local Agent,
McCrory, Ark.