VOL. VII.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1908.
NO. 8.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
the latest news of the
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
north, east, west, south
Foreign Lands Throughout the Na
tion and Particularly From the
Great Southwest.
There will be no teamsters to move
the goods of the striking tenants on
New York’s east side if notices are
served on them, according to an
nouncement from the strikers’ head
quarters. It was said that one branch
of the Teamsters’ union had already
passed a resolution to refuse all dls
possess business and that others
would soon follow.
The fate of the Canadian Pacific
steamer Mount Royal, now 23 days
out from Antwerp, with Capt. Purcell
and nearly 400 persons on board, is
causing great anxiety. Not one ves
sel arriving in the last three weeks
has reported the missing steamer.
Her mind unbalanced by religious
fanaticism, Mrs. Elizabeth Mosher de
liberately burned herself to death at
her home in Lincoln, Neb., praying
fervently and singing while her body
was being consumed by flames.
Lamar Jackson, a full-blooded Choc
taw Indian at Otoka, Okla., has been
appointed to a cadetship in the United
States military academy of West
Point by Congressman Charles D. Car
ter.
The production of gold in the United
States fell off $4,753,401 in 1907, as
against 1900, whereas the amount of
silver produced was increased by over
one million fine ounces.
Philip F. Kramer of Portland, Ore.,
a locomotive engineer in the employ
of the isthmian canal commission, was
murdered at Paraiso during the night
of Dec. 16, according to information
received at Washington.
The supreme court of the District
of Columbia dismissed a petition
which sought to restrain the erecting
of a statue of Gen. Grant In the United
States Botanical gardens upon the plea
that certain historic trees would be
destroyed.
After falling 150 feet from the
Blackwell’s Island bridge into the
East river, Henry Smith swam ashore,
not seriously harmed by a fall, which
ordinarily would have been fatal.
As he was entering his office, W. R.
Reauier, editor of the Hallettsville
(Tex.l Herald, was shot and killed by
his wife. She was arrested and placed
under $2,000 bail. Domestic troubles
are said to have led to the killing.
Ramon Portas, second officer of the
steamer Ibero, has arrived at Ver
Cruz, reporting that the vessel sank
in a storm on the night of Dec. 2 and
all on board were lost except three.
Probably the first lynching of 1908
occurred at Brookhaven, Miss., when
a mob in broad daylight took a negro
away from police officers and shot
him. The negro, whose name was not
known, was accused of killing a police
man at Oakvale, Miss.
Robbers wrecked the safe In the
Bank of Fairmount, at Fairmount,
Okla., a village 10 miles from Enid,
and escaped with $1,200 in currency.
David B. Ellis of St. Louis was found
dead near Mt. Vernon, 111., with a bul
let hole in his temple and another
through his chest, below the heart. He
Is thought to have committed suicide.
An explosion of 240 quarts of nitro
glycerine at the plant of the Eastern
Torpedo Co. at Sapulpa, Okla., shook
the town and caused much damage.
No one was hurt.
The sale of liquors, It Is under
stood, is to be discontinued on the
dining cars of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad, while
their trains are passing through Con
necticut, because there Is no law in
that state under which the railroad
company could obtain a license to le
galize such sales.
The will of Leopold Vilsack, late
head of the Pittsburg Brewing Co.,
disposes of an estate estimated at be
tween $5,000,000 and $6,000,000.
The Alabama 9 o'clock closing law
or cities of over 16,000 will be given
test hearing in the courts and will
e carr*ed to the state supreme court.
B.v order of the acting secretary of
^ar' General Bell, chief of staff, has
directed the establishment at Manila
d‘ a board of officers to be known as
■ ,e fortification board, whose duty it
shall be to consider the question of the
oration of the defensive works and
r>v^i*)08*:s l)ei'taining thereto for the
Philippine Islands.
county (Ky.) farmer charged
, ’!th n'Sht riding. Released on $2,000
bond.
Missouri farmer struck with an ax
.les' nnd wife and employe are
charged with murder at Poplar Bluff.
hpleted treasury balance may
Uhe Cortelyou to ask bankers to
I)ay up deposits they hold.
1pi )|SCovcry of antimony in army bul
in a. Boiuts to guilt of negro soldiers
m Townsville raid.
Col. Robert H. Thomas, civil war
veteran and founder of several agri
cultural papers, died at Mechanics
burb, Pa., aged 64.
Prof. Jaksch of Vienna has discov
ered a method.to prevent the burning
ef the skin during the use of X-rays.
He covers the part of the body to be
examined with a silver plate two-hun
dredths of a millimeter (one milli
meter equals .0394 inch) thick in
closed in a cellulose covering.
The president has signed proclama
tion creating the Verde National For
est in Arizona, with an area of 721,
780 acres, located in Maricopa and
Yavapai counties.
During the year 1907 the total num
ber of vessels arriving at the port of
New York, according to the books of
the government at the barge office,
was 11,122, of which 6,624 were steam
ers and 4,498 sailing vessels. This
shows a decrease of 584 vessels, com
pared with the year 1906. There was
an increase of 212 in the number of
steamers and a decrease of 790 sail
ing vessels.
An evidence of the country’s pros
perity and remarkable purchasing
power is to be found in the annual
report of the appraiser of the port of
New York. The value of merchandise
imported in 1907 in excess of imports
in 1906 was $67,000,000.
George H. Reynolds, formerly one
of the leading mechanical engineers
and authorities on gun construction
In the country, died in Mansfield,
Conn., aged 79 years.
The administrator of the late King
Oscar’s estate says it is expected that
it tvill amount to 25,000,000 crowns.
Exports from Japan last year
amounted to more than 435,500,000
yen ($217,750,000) and the imports to
almost 494,200,000 yen ($247,100,000).
The grand total of the foreign trade
in 1907 exceeds that of 1906 by more
than 82,000,000 yen ($41,000,000).
Mrs. Nannie G. Hoagland, aged 92
years, widow of the late millionaire
philanthropist, George T. Hoagland, is
dead. She was prominent in church
work and was a member of the Meth
odist church in St. Joseph, Mo., for 55
years. She was a native ef Haverhill,
Mass.
In a letter received at Y'.ncoln, Neb.,
Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland
declines an invitation to the democrat
ic dollar dinner of Jan. 15 for the
reason that the 3c fare is to go into
effect on street car lines of Cleveland
the same date. In a letter expressing
his regret over inability to attend tht
Nebraska feast, Mayor Johnson says
he does not want to be absent from
Cleveland Jnst at the culmination of
liis long fight.
A car on the Suburban dovision of
the Memphis street railway system
turned turtle shortly before noon Fri
day, and 12 persons were injured, two
fatally. The car left the track while
moving rapidly down grade in the out
skirts of the city.
President Koosevelt wired Governor
Sparks of Nevada that unless Govern
or Sparks issues a call within five
days for a special session of the leg
islature, the troops sent to. Goldfield
on account of the fear of miners’ riots
there will be withdrawn. He ordered
Gen. Funston to disregard his previous
instructions to withdraw the troops,
and to leave them in Goldfield five
days longer.
Sorrowing over his sou's disgrace,
Ira C. Hoops, 60 years old, a wealthy
attorney of Kokomo, lnd., committed
suicide at his home in West Taylor
street. Unobserved by members of
his family, Mr. Hoops quietly entered
the parlor, made a pillow of his over
coat, lay down before the grate and
fired a shot from a revolver into his
right temple. The bullet killed him
instantly.
Women stenoographers and type
writers are not wanted for the gov
ernment service on the Panama canal
or in the Philippine Islands. This
announcement is made in black type
in a circular of the civil service com
mission, announcing a general exam
ination for stenographer and typewrit
er to be held Jan. 27 In various parts
of the country. .
While the 3-year-old son of Alfred
Thomas of West Scranton was play
ing at the home of a neighbor, he
blew off the head of Annie McNally,
his C-year-old little friend, with a shot
gun. The gun was left within reach
of the children, and the boy could not
lift it from the floor, but in some man
ner he managed to pull the trigger,
with the tragic result related.
The old battleship Hero, of the
British navy, has been battered into
scrap iron by modern shell fire rained
into her by two of the newrest men
o’-war in King Edward's fleet. The
twenty year-old warship, long since
useless as a fighting machine, has
shared the late of the veteran Bellisle,
which two or three years ago sacri
ficed to modern gunnery.
By an order entered in circuit court,
all claims for damages against the
Illinois Traction Co. as a result of the
interurban wreck of Aug. 30, in which
18 were killed and 50 injured, are j
settled on a basis of $41,000, and |
prosecution is dropped. This is about i
17 per cent of the claims.
First Train on the G. & F. S. Ry.
Regular train service was inaugur
ated January 1, over the new Gurdon
and Fort Smith line, whoch extends
from Gurdon 60 miles northwest to
the new town of Womble, seven miles
west of Caddo Gap and two and one
half miles east of Black Springs, in
Montgomery county. Notwithstanding
rain and mud, the new route was lined
with enthusiastic people, many of
whom came miles to see for the first
time in their lives a railway train.
The train carried more than 1,000
people, among them many prominent
capitalists, merchants, promoters and
others. Traveling salesmen for Little
Rock houses were there in numbers
and all were busy. Among the prom
inent passengers were: William Gray
son, president G. & F. S. Ry., J. J.
Kress, general manager, and wife;
George Grayson, secretary, and wife;
J. S. Cargile, R. B. F. Key, E. M. Hall,
Capt. Bert R. Roastler of Arkadelphla,
John Purcell of Commercial hotel, and
Scott Harris, editor of the Gurdon
Times. At Womble the ladies spread
an elegant lunch at the new depot.
Anvils, cannons and bombs were fired,
and there was great rejoicing over
what is considered the most notable
event in the history of Montgomery
county.
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$10,000 Fire at Russellville.
Property at Russellville valued at
$16,000 was destroyed by a fire which
originated at 3:30 o’clock Wednesday
morning in the rear of the first floor
Of the Central hotel, a two-story
frame structure, and a score of occu
pants had narrow escapes in getting
out of the burning building. Several
were compelled to jump from windows.
The losses are estimated as follows:
Central hotel, owned by T. M. Neal
and conducted by N. C. Hull; totally
destroyed, together with contents; loss
$3,000; Dr. J. W. Pruitt, two-story
frame residence, totally destroyed,
part of contents saved; loss $3,000;
Presbyterian church, handsome brick
structure; total wreck; loss $10,000,
with insurance of $4,000 on building
and $1,000 on interior furnishings.
These were the only buildings in the
block, but had there been any breeze
other buildings would have been en
dangered.
Some Ancient Fodder.
J. M. Floyd of Texarkana, returned
Monday from a visit to his old home
at Mineral Springs, and brought with
him a bundle of fodder that was
pulled by negro slaves in 1857, just
50 years ago. The fodder has been
all these years in the barn of Mr.
Floyd's grandfather, S. P. Dillard, long
since deceased. It is as well pre
served and looks just as sound as if it
had heen of the last season’s crop,
but it has no longer any odor, and it is
supposed all nutritive properties have
evaporated and gone from it with the
passing of the years.
Death of Senator Amis.
Senator Waltetr S. Amis, well known
as the author of the anti-racing bill,
which killed horse racing in Arkansas,
died at his home near Rison Tuesday,
after an illness of a few hours from
acute tonsilitis. He was in Pine Bluff
Sunday and returned home apparently
w’ell. A few hours later he was
stricken, and his death followed about
12 hours afterward. Senator Amis
was about 53 years of age. He leaves
his wife, but no children. Mr. Amis
was made famous by his anti-racing
bill, .which prohibited horse racing in
Arkansas.
Hope Rocked New Year’s.
Unknown celebrants of the advent
of the new year caused an explosion
which was plainly felt throughout
Hope a few minutes after midnight
New Year’s morning, and which re
sulted in damage approximating $100.
Charges of dynamite were buried 12
inches in the ground and when fired
wrecked the plate glass front of the
Catlan building on Elm street, inflict
ing $25 damage, and partially
destroyed the front of the Thornburg
huilding, which it will cost $50 to
repair
Jumped Under Moving Train.
Hezekiah Chambers, son of a farmer
who lives near Corning, jumped from
a moving train at Paragould Wednes
day, and falling under the trucks of
a car, was severely injured, one leg
being cut off and his shoulder crushed.
He was also internally injured.
Much Cotton at Morrilton.
More than $9,000 bales of cotton
are being held here for higher prices.
The Fanners’ Union has more than
4,000 bales, aud the remainder is held
by the local buyers. The cotton is
insured every week and a night watch
man makes regular rounds to see that
the cotton is cared for.
Mother Restrains Spendthrift.
Chancellor Bourland has made an
order authorizing the American Na
tional bank to turn over to Mrs. Louisa
Hall of Paris, Logan county, $850
belonging to Harry Earhart, her eon.
The boy was employed on some of
the railroads and lost one of his feet.
He was paid something like $1,200
insurance by the Order of Railroad
Trainmen on an accident policy car
ried in the order by the boy. He
deposited the money in the American
National bank and was making the
dollars fly, when his mother obtained
a letter from the Chancery Court re
straining the bank from honoring his
checks. The mother was then
appointed the boy’s guardian and the
two came to an understanding to the
effect that the mother was to have the
money turned over to her for his bene
fit to prevent his squandering it.
Killed By Brother-in-Law.
Henry Bryant, a boy of 15 yearn of
age, shot and instantly killed his
brother-in-law, Oscar McCord, near
Vilonia, and immediately after the
shooting, John Bryant, father of the
boy, fell dead from heart failure,
brought on by excitement. McCord,
who was married Christmas day to
Bryant’s daughter, had gone with bis
bride to visit her parents, intending to
spend the day. Mrs. Bryant and her
new son-in-law were not on the best
of terms and engaged in a quarrel,
during which McCord is said to have
struck her. At this the elder Bryant
procured a gun and would have shot
McCord, but was finally induced by
members of the family to give up the
gun. The boy then secured the gun
and shot his brother-in-law.
Message Found In Bottle.
A rescuing party was sent out from
Memphis recently, to an island in the
Mississippi river just south of Osceola,
in response to a message found in a
bottle floating in the water, and tell
ing the story of two women and a
child on this island in need of help.
A boy loafing at the wharf saw the
bottle and with the aid of a pole drew
it to the shore, and when broken the
following note was found inside:
“For God’s sake send us help. We are
on Island 40 without anything to eat,
and a little cripple boy with us. We
are starving to death. Dora and Sara
Brown.”
Organizng Slate' Company.
The American Slate Company, with
a capital stock of $200,000, is being
organized to quarry slate in Polk
county. The officers of the company
are: W. K. Hardy, Rosedale, Kan.,
president; F. S. Glidden, of the East
Side, Kansas City, Mo., vice presi
dent; B. M. Barnett, Rosedale, Kan.,
treasurer, and M. J. Harring of the
East Side, Kansas City, Mo., secretary.
Will Establish Distillery.
Mr. Buckner of Tennessee is arrang
ing to establish a distillery at Fort
Smith. He has been operating a dis
tillery in Tennessee, but is compelled
to move his plant on account of the
law enacted by the recent legislature
of that state. The Tennessee plant,
which has a daily capacity of 50 gal
lons, has been dismantled and is ready
for shipment to Fort Smith.
Has Taken Up Bonds.
The county treasurer of Phillips
county has taken up $5,000 of the re
funding bonds issued May 1, 1898, to
take the place of outstanding bonds
issued during reconstruction times
during the years 1871-72 for the build
ing of the Iron Mountain and Midland
railroads. The existing bonds run 20
years from May 1, 1898, and bear 5
per cent interest.
Body Found In Creek.
Alfred McGill of Okmulgee, Okla.,
was found in a creek at Black Springs
recently. He was on his way to visit
relatives at Caddo Gap, when he met
his death. It was at first thought that
he fell from a foot-log, but his hat and
valise were found on the bank of the
stream, which lends an air of mystery
to the tragedy.
Negress Makes Rich Haul.
Once again a negress has made a
rich haul in Hot Springs, and this, too,
following the robbery of a farmer a
short time ago of $1,300. A few
nights ago a negress robbed a vis
itor here of $230 and only failed to
take $500 which he had with him be
cause the bills were in their original
package and she did not recognize
their value.
Officers Find Liquor,
Sheriff W. A. Jackson and a number
of deputies raided four alleged blind
tigers at Pocahontas, capturing sev
eral quarts of liquor, beer and other
intoxicants in storage in Seaman
Adair's pool room and W. M. Amos’
bowling alley.
Principal Resigns.
Miss Jennie Jordan, who has been
principal of the Garland school at Hot
Spirngs for the jjast five years, has
resigned her position to accept a more
lucrative one in the public schools at
IjOs Angeles, Cal. Miss Prescott was
, formerly of Prescott.
State Capital Notes
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Will Not Make Appointment.
Acting Governor X. O. Pindall
Thursday gave out the statement that
he might not appoint a successor to
the late Senator Amis, who represent- j
ed Lincoln, Dalias and Cleveland |
counties in the Arkansas Senate. Gov
ernor Pindall stated that he under
stood there were two candidates,
Arthur Johnson and Cal Newton, both
of Lincoln county, for the office of
senator, and that, as Senator Amis’
term will expire soon, he likely would
not appoint a successor, but would
leave the office vacant until after the
primary, when one of the two candi
dates will be elected to the office.
Governor Pindall made the statement
with the proviso that no special ses
sion of the legislature be called. In
case a special session is called before
the primary it will be necessary for
him to appoint a successor to Senator
Ami3 to fill the unexpired term.
State Guards In Annual Session.
The Arkansas State Guard Associa
tion met Thursday in annual session
in the Senate chamber of the state
house. The association remained in
session the entire day, adjourning
about 5 o’clock. The principal action
taken during the meeting was the elec
tion of new officers for the ensuing
year and the adoption of a recom
mendation made by the retiring presi
dent to the effect that the $2,000 given
the two colonels of the Arkansas regi
ments in camp a Hot Springs last
summer, be divided among the cap
tains of the two regiments, to be used
as company money. The latter action
was taken as a solution of the contro
versy as to what would be done with
the $2,000, which was given by the
business men of Hot Springs to Col
onels Stroup and Surridge for bring
ing the state encampment to Hot
Srplngs.
State Asked to Aid Association.
Acting Governor Pindall has receiv
ed a letter from the Southern Cotton
Association asking that the State give
the association five cents for every
bale of cotton that the State owns
each season, for the purpose of help
ing support the association and pay its
expenses. The request has been re
ferred to the attorney general, who will
' look up the legality and advisability
of taking such action. Some contend
that the State could not legally decide
to turn over the money requested. The
board will take no further action on
the matter, states Governor Pindall,
until the attorney general gives an
opinion in the matter.
Diamond Mining Company.
The Arkansas Diamond Mining
Company has filed its articles of in
corporation with the secretary of
state, placing its capital at $100,000,
one-fourth of which is paid in. The
incorporators are Sam W. Reyburn,
president; Charles S. Stifft, vice presi
dent; A. D. Cohn, secretary; C. W.
Perrie, John C. Peay. Little Rock
is named as the home office of the
company, and the mining operations,
while not limited to any particular
portion of the State, so far as charter
is concerned, will be carried on chiefly
in the Pike county "diamond fields,”
where extensive operations have been
under way for some time.
Many Companies Formed.
Secretary of State Ludwig has just
compiled figures which show that a
total of 935 companies incorporated
under the laws of Arkansas the past
year. Of the entire number only 29
were incorporated before the passage
of the Wingo act. Of the entire num
ber 456 were domestic incorporations
and 479 were foreign corporations,
the foreign companies being in the
majority.
Company Incorporators.
Articles of agreement and incor
poration were filed Thursday with the
secretary of state by the Hazel
Hawkes Lumber Company. The in
corporators are: H. Hazen, R. Hawkes
and A. R. Powers. The company will
operate at Witherspoon. The capital
stock is $7,500, all of which has been
subscribed. The company will deal
in lumber.
S3d Arkansas Reports.
The eighty-third volume of the re
ports of the Arknasas Supreme'Court
has been issued and is now ready for
distribution. In accordance with the
demand heretofore prevailing there
will doubtless be a very liberal de
mand for the new volume of reports
Pardon Granted.
Acting Governor X. O. Pindall
Thursday granted a pardon to Sam
Jones, a negro, convicted at the May
1905, term of the Phillips County Cir
cuit Court of the charge of murder in
the second degree and sentenced to
15 years in the state penitentiary.
The petition for his release was signed
by the officials of Phillips county.
New Laws For 1908.
Seven acts passed by the recent
legislature will become effective dur
ing the coming year and one the year
after. The one that takes effect Janu
ary 1, 1909, is a local law affecting
the question of making legal a four
wire fence in Arkansas and Pralri*
counties. The question is left to the
counties interested.
The other acts which go into effect
January 1, 1908, are the pure food
law, the anti-cigarette law, and the act
regulating the operation of locomotive
headlights.
The law requiring the county court*
of each county to receive propositions
from banks which desire to be the
depositories of the county’s funds,
takes effect October 31, 1908.
The act providing for a county de
pository for Randolph county takes
effect from and after October 31,
1908.
The act fixing the salary of tha
treasurer of Washington county at
$1,200 per annum, goes into effect
from and after October 30, 1808.
One of the most important special
acts passed by the recent legislature
is the one which separates the office
of- collector from that of sheriff of
Garland county. This act takes effect
October 31, 1908. In view of the
recent contest in that county over the
sheriff’s office, which carried with it
the colleetorship, the plan of separa
ting the offices will be watched with a
great deal of interest. The object of
separating the two offices, as stated
when the bill was discussed in the
legislautre, was to eliminate the office
of collector from the politics of Gar
land county.
An act which becomes a law on the
first of the year, and one in which
every merchant in the State is inter
ested, is that which is known as the
pure food act. It is an act to pre
vent the manufacture or sale of adul
terated or misbranded or poisonous or
deleterious foods, drugs, medicines
and liquors.
The anti-cigarette act also becomes
effective January 1. This act makes it
unlawful for any person, firm or cor
poration, acting either as principal or
agent, to sell, give away or offer for
sale or to give away or to have in
possession on or about the premises
for the purpose of selling or giving
away, or to make or manufacture, or
to attempt to make or manufacture,
or in any way assist in making or
manufacturing for the purpose of sell
ing or giving away any cigarette,
cigarettes, or cigarette wrappers or
papers, to any person or persons. Tha
penalty is a fine of not less tnan $10,
nor more than $15 0.
Land Office Business Better.
The quarterly report of the United
States Land Office in the Federal
building, Little Rock, shows a large
| increase in business over that of the
last quarter of 1906. The receipts
of the office during that last quarter
were $22,7 44. The last quarter of
1906 the receipts amounted to only
$5,280. There were 59 entries made
under the stone and timber act during
the past quarter, involving 8,903
acres; 178 homestead entries, involv
ing 15,781 acres, and 81 final proofs,
involving 9,992 acres.
Pardon Denied.
Acting Governor X. O. Pindall has
denied the application of Hensley
Crofton, a negro, for a pardon. Crofton
was convicted not long ago in the How
ard county Circuit Court on the charge
of manslaughter, and was sentenced
to three years in the penitentiary.
The case was appealed, and the
Supreme Court recently affirmed the
judgment of the lower court and
Crofton was placed in prison. The
negro has many friends in Nashville,
all of whom signed his petition for
pardon, which was delivered to the
governor by Sheriff W. P. Williams;
but the executive failed to see his way
clear to grant the prayer of the peti
tioners.
First Day a Dull One.
The first day of the new year was
a dull one at the state capitol build
ing. Several of the offices were the
same as closed, as no business what
ever was transacted. In the other
offices there was little activity and
practically no business. Not a com
mission was issued, not a pardon
granted and not a transcript in a
single case taken on th<- first day of
the year 1908.
Requisition Honored,
Governor Pindall honored a requi
sition from Gov. Tom Campbell of,
Texas for the return of Sank Williams,
charged with the theft of $50 in the
state of Texas. J. V. Cunningham
was the official bearing the requisition
papers. Williams is now held by the
authorities at Fort Smith, and will be
turned over at once to the Texas offi
cer.
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