SNORE AND
SAWMILL
How the Fat Engineer Was Fooled
by the Unmusical Flagman
"I was asleep in the bunk shanty
over In Delray,” said the fat engi- >
neer, ‘‘when I awoke suddenly with :
a start. 1 could hear a sawmill goin ;
to beat the band.
“ ‘Now that’s a fine layout,' I says
to Hank Simms in the next bunk.
‘How under the canopy do they ex
pect a man to sleep, buildin a bunk
shanty risht near a sawmill?'
‘“Sawmill nothin'!’ says Hank.
‘That's Jerry Day, the new flagman
for Archie Dunn, snorin’ over in the
trainmen’s bunk room. Ain't he a
pippin?’ *
’’ If that anti-noise society gets next
to him.’ i says, they’ll hotfoot him out
of this community instanter.’
“There was no more sleep for us
that afternoon,, so we got up and sat
In a hot game of pinochle.
“Jerry Day was first out with Archie
Dunn that evenin' on the first 79 n' I
was second out on second 79, freight
runnin’ so heavy them days that they i
were runnin’ the fast freights in two
or three sections.
“When it came time for us to leave
the freight yards the fog was so thick
you couldn't shoot holes into it with a
machine gun. 1 tell you I was mighty .
cautious, movin’ along on only about
notches of steam on the throttle.
"Pretty soon on the heavy air I
heard a sawmill goin' full blast.
“ ‘Strange,’ 1 says to myself, ‘that
they're running a sawmill m these
parts this time of the night.’
“There was a peculiar sound to that
sawmill that I'd heard before. All of a
sudden it came over me like a flash
what it was. ‘That’s that green flag
man of Archie Dunn's,’ it came to me;
‘he's just hidin' his red lantern under
a bushel of snores while his train is
stalled on the main track.’
“So quicker'n a deaf ’n’ dumb man
can say Jack Robinson I got my engine
in back motion. 1 couldn't see a thing,
hut from the sound of that foghorn
ahead we’d stopped about a caboose
length this side of that warnin' snore.
“The fog shifted for a minute ’n’
there was the tail lights of Archie
Dunn's caboose almost restin’ on the
rignr oi my cow'catcner. It was a
lucky thing for me that I had recog
nised the deep snore of that flagman.
“Mebbe I didn't climb onto that ca
boose 'n' give that new hand a brief
*n’ pointed speech on the rules 'n' regu
lations of sleepin' on duty, especially
dwellin' on the necessity of the flag
man totin' his red 'n' white lights 17
telegraph poles back when his train
stopped on the main track.
“A week or so after that I was
second out again behind Archie Dunn.
An’ it was just such a foggy night as
the one I was speakin' of before. She
rock Holmes himself couldn't pene
trate the density of that mist.
“I was movin' along again under two
speeds forward, keepin’ my weather j
goggles trimmed for trouble ahead, j
Just as sure as you're horn there
came to me again that 40-sawmill-pow
er snore of Archie Dunn's rear guard.
"So I says to myself: ‘My little heart
to-heart talk with that flagman bore no
frnit, eh? Well. I’ll just give him a lit- j
tie bump this time n' see what a little
*o*re will do him.’
“You can just imagine I was pretty I
•worm under the collar, cornin' up on ]
that feller snoozin' on the breastworks
twice in two weeks. 1 kept getting
closer 'n' closer to the snore, but
there didn't come along any hind end
for me to bump into.
“I got a little scared myself, then,
thinkin’ mebbe I might hit ’em too hard,
so 1 sot up in the air n' we swung
under the lee of that warnin’ snore.
Well, nowr, mebbe I hadn't made up
my mind to write up a round robin on
that careless flagman of Archie
Dunn's.
“Yon bet what I would say in my
report would end his usefulness to the
railroad. I hadn’t reported him the
•first time, thinkin' he was young ’n’
new' to the business, reivin' on my lit
itl* talk to reform him. But it was all
•off now. Discipline required that I
must make a written report.
“We laid there a few minutes, with
that feller snorin', me jawin’ to myself
’n’ mebbe envyln’ him just a little of
his sound sice)), when all at once the
fog cleared away as if it had been sent
for. You could have bowMed me over
with a toothpick! Scan that track
ahead of me as far as I could see, I
could detect no tail lights of a train
ahead. But olT to the right in the
fields was a really truly sawmill, prob
ably workin' overtime on some little
extra job.
“Now. say, mebbe I didn’t feel as
cheap as a pair of ice skates in the
summer time. I nearly got laid off
for ten days myself for delayin' that
fast freight.’’
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Roofing tiles made of concrete were
Introduced f%mie time ago. and while
It was evident that their use was to
be attended with beneficial results in
some directions, their progress into
favor was slow, for the reason that
there had not Deen ample opportunity
for the demonstration of their merits
and demerits. It has been shown,
however, that they are very durable
and especially suited for use on fac
tories and other buildings where the
roof Is subjected to the deterioration
from the action of steam, smoke and
acid fumes, and at present they are
in great demand for such purposes.
This style of roofing Is being made
use of to a great extent on the larger
structures of the new plant of the
United States Steel company at Gary,
Ind., where an order was given for
211,000 squares.
ASSESSOR’S NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that I will
attend in jierson. or by deputy, at the
usual voting places in the various
townships of Independence county,
Arkansas, for the purpose of taking a
list of the personal property of each
resident of said township and the per
capita tax of such as are liable to pay
tiie same for the year 1908, on the days
and dates specified below:
Salado township, at Salado, Friday,
June 12.
Washington township, at ( alaway’s
Store, Monday and Tuesday, June 15
and 1*1.
Cushman township, at Cushman,
Wednesday and Thursday, June 1"
and 18.
Jefferson township, at J. P. Mont
gomery’s Store, Friday, June 19.
Ashley township, at Brewer’s School
House, Saturday, June 20.
Barren township, at Gray's Store,
Monday, June 22.
Barren township, at Curia, Tuesday
June 23.
Black River township, at Charlotte,
Wednesday, June 24.
Black River township, at Walnut
Grove, Thursday, June 25.
Black River township, at Cord,
Friday, June 2*4.
Logan township, at Logan School
House, Saturday, June 27.
Gainsboro township, at Moorefield,
Monday, June 20.
Gainsboro township, at Ham’s
1 School House, Tuesday, June 30.
Gainsboro townsip. at Sharp, Wed- j
nesday, July 1.
Big Bottom township, at Paroquet, |
j Thursday, July 2.
Big Bottom township, at Newark, :
Friday and Saturday, July 3 and 4.
Magness township, at Magness,
Monday and Tuesday, July *> and 7.
White River township, at Sulphur
Rock, Wednesday and Thursday. July
8 a nd !».
Ruddell township, at Batesville.
Friday, Saturday and Monday, July
It), 11 and 13.
At my office in the Court House at
Batesville, July 14 to 24, after which
which time all persons failing to assess
will l>e subject to penalty.
You must assess in person. Each
person will have to swear to his or her
assessment, and each person will l>e
required to give number of school dis
trict. School directors will please
furnish list of tax-payers at precinct
on first day of assessment.
J. J. Caldwell, Assessor,
Independence County, Arkansas.
DISTRICT CONFERENCE
The Batesville District Conference
will be held at Mountain View June
2.'i to 20. Bishop Hendrix is to lx.- with
us and preach the opening sermon Tues
day night the 2Jrd and addess the lay
men of the district on Weadnesdy. As
it has been 2o years since one of our
bishops held the Batesville District
Conference, it will be a great treat to
us all. Let not a single pastor, local
preacher, or delegate fail to la* on
hand, unless providentially hindered.
We are expectin'* a great time.
Mountain View will provide enter
tainment for all, and will furnish con
veyance from Sylamore for those who
go by rail. A. F. Skinner, P. E.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
The following persons have been
licensed to wed by County Clerk Burt
Sims since the 1st of June:
S. E. Hinkle. 21, to Miss Ruth Ford,
1!*; S. M. Haggard to Miss Dorothea
.Brown, both over 21: F. P. Helms, 55,
to Mrs. L. L. Weaver, 40: Alfred
Garner, 20. to Miss Josephine Mullins,
.50: Otis ( limer, 21, to Miss Martha
Tuttle, 18. Batesville Guard.
LENGTH OF A MILE
The English and American mile is
1,700 yards, or .>,2*0 feet. In France,
Holland and Belgium it is 1,000 meters,
or 1,094 yards. In Spain it is 1,522
yards: in Russia, 1,107 yards; in China,
009 yards; in Germany it eqauls three
English miles: in Italy, 2.025 yards;
in Portugal, 2,250 yards: in Austria,
8,2 o yards, and in Denmark. 8,2.19
yards.
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CHARLOTTE CHRONICLES
Charlotte, June h.—Winfield .Terni
gan, Sam Moore, Owen Walden and
Misses Josie Moore and Lena Brown
are attending the Teachers' Institute
at Batesville this week.
Messrs. Moore and Babcock of
Batesville visited G. J. Lindsey Sun
day and attended the Woodmen un
veiling at this place.
Mrs. Watson and daughter, Miss
Cora, and son. Little, of Gainsboro
vitsited Mrs. Bettie Williamson and
family Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufe Bullington and
daughter, Rena, of Dota visited re
latives here Saturday night and Sun
day.
Misses Ollie and Grade Kent of
Gainsboro sj>ent Sunday night here
with their sister, Mrs. Mollie Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Walden of
Hazel Grove visited relatives here
Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Buck Crigler of New
ark have l>een visiting relatives here
for the last few days.
Several from here attended Chil
drens’ Day at Sulphur Rock Sunday.
Rev. Moncie Lawrence preached at
this place Sunday and Sunday night.
STORM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
A heavy rain accompanied by con
siderable wind and hail passed over
this section of the county Wednesday
afternoon, doing considerable damage
to growing crops. A house on Pad
gett Island was blown off the founda
tion and A. H. Saylors’ hay shed was
wreeced. T. H. Bearing’s hay shed
was struck by lightning and Hugh
Barnett who was under the shed at the
time, was knocked down. Beyond
receiving a severe shock he was not
injured. Thehay shed was not material
ly damaged. The hail did consider
able damage to cotton and corn.
TO VOTE ON PROHIBITION
The Texas state Democratic commit
tee lias decided to submit the question :
of state-wide prohibition and local
option to a vote of the party in a state
primary election, to beheld July 25th.
The voters will have their choice of
voting for prohibition or local option.
STUDIES IN SENSE.
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Wifey—A man is the most sensible
of all animate, is he not?
Hubby—Certainly.
Wifey—Then I wonder why he
doesn't wear a loose, comfortable
collar like a dog's.
FALLS TO DEATH
Pocahontas, .Tune It. A 2-year-old
child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles I’asch
fell from a second-story window in the
Pringle drug’ store building here today
to the ccmerete sidewalk below, crush
ing its skull, from the effects of which
it died six hours later.
Mr. Pasch is an engineer, w ith head
quarters at Chaffee', Mo., and he and
his family were here on a visit when
tiie^ acc ident occurred.
MRS. BERTHA ADAMS DEAD
Mrs. Bertha Adams died at the
home of her parents, Rev. and Mrs.
G. L. Fink, in the Dota neighborhood
Monday evening from typhoid fever.
Site was a member of the Baptist
church and was an excellent Christian
lady. She leaves a husband and one
small child.
The remains were buried at Blue
Springs cemetery Tuesday afternoon.
CHILDRENS’ DAY AT
PLEASANT HILL
Childrens’ Day services will l»e held
at Pleasant Hill the third Sunday in
June, according to a report ftfftiished
The Journal by the Committee in
charge, W. J. ivie, Alice Sandifer
and Maurice Holcombe.
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