Wondrukik County News.
VOL. V.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 190<>.
NO. 42.
ARKANSAS
J\ STATE NEWS
About the Deaf-Mute Institute.
The Arkansas Deaf-Mute Institute
will open for the year October 3. Su
perintendent A. G. Mashburn has is
Led a circular calling attention to the
advantages of the institution and urg
ing the parents of all deaf children
to place them in the institution. It
i8 pointed out that everything is free
to the deaf except clothing and rail
road expenses, and even railroad fare
is provided for those who are too poor
to pay it. The institution now has 21
teachers in the school proper and
eighl instructors in the trades. Last
year 273 pupils attended the school.
A physician, aurist dentist and two
nurses are paid regular salaries to
look after the children. There are
three women who are constantly with
the girls when they are not busy and
a man and woman are with the boys,
the woman with the little boys. Be
sides the common school branches, the
girls are taught dressmaking, tailor
ing, cooking, housework, fancy needle
work. basket weaving and art. The
boys are taught printing, binding, cabi
net making, turning, carpentry, pa
perhanging, plastering, tailoring, har
uessmaking, shoemaking and other
trades. There is a separate department
for negroes, located about 300 yards
from the white school. Industrial train
ing is the principal feature of this de
partment.
Of Interest to Everybody.
The Hepburn bill, which has be
come effective, makes necessary some
radical changes on the part of the rail
roads in the manner of conducting
business with the public. Following
are the changes tinder the strict letter
of the law:
No more stop-over tickets issued.
No extension of time granted on
tickets. I?
No theatrical or party rates.
No tickets sold to any town unless
printed rates are quoted to that point.
No passes issued except to em
ployes of the roads and certain army
and navy officials and a few other gov
ernment employes in discharge oi
their official duties.
No reduced rates except to the cler
gy and to objects of public charity,
ity.
No excursion rates under any condi
tions unless thirty days’ notice has
been given to the Washington offi
cials.
No changes in frieght rates until
notice has been filed in Washington
thirty days and the revised rates post
ed as provided for by the Hepburn act.
A Strange, Sad Death.
Miss Margaret Stanton, the pretty
and accomplished daughter of Mr. L.
I>. Stanton, a prominent farmer of
Saratoga, died recently, after three
days' illness of septicemia, superin
duced by a spider’s hlte. The funer
al was conducted by Rev. Walter
Fricks, and a large number of friends
aad relatives attended . Mr. and Mrs.
James Atkinson of that place are the
happy parents of (wins, a boy and girl,
and a strange coincidence is that Miss
Maggie Stanton rjamed them Ray and
Fay just a few hours before she was
bitten by the spider which caused her
death. This is the third time Mrs.
Atkinson has become the mother of
twins.
Little Rock Wants Hoo Hoo.
An effort may be made at the na
tional meeting of Hoo Hoo, to be
held at Oklahoma City early in Sep
tember, to secure the next annual
meeting for Little Rock. No organiz
ed movement has yet been started,
hut the matter lias been discussed,
and It is likely that some steps will
be taken along that line within a
short time.
Big Deal Closed.
The Brown-Henderson Improvement
and Timber Company of Nashville
has closed a deal with the Dierks
Lumber and Coal Company ffor all
the houliugs of that company of
the Sal'ne river and south of the
Center Point and Lockesburg road,
consisting of the timber on 5,000
acres of land and the timber thereon,
the consideration being $37,000. The
purchasers will establish a large lum
KT Ptont at Nashville in connection
*!th the Memphis, Paris and Gulf
Railroad.
Isaac Clarke, a farmer living ten
miles south of Carlisle recently had an
< xeiting encounter with a gray wolf
^ hie hunting .He was severely bitten
on the right forearm, but succeeded in
'i Imp the wolf by cutting its throat.
■ arko’t; dog attacked the wolf and
"us getting the worst of it until
arte ran to its assistance. The wolf
Piomptly turned the dog loose and
sprang on the man, burying its fangs
a Us arm. The tight was at too close
'liMrters for Clarke to use his gun, but
10 n,ar-aged to draw his knife and
used it effectively.
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An Insane Woman’s Deed.
A double, perhaps a quadruple,
tragedy, occurred recently in Clay
county. Mrs. Nellie Polsgrove killed her
husband, Frank, and her 4-year-old
daughter, then set fire to the house,
and their bodies were incinerated, on
ly dust and a few charred bones re
maining. In addition she attacked
her two older children, Hubbard, a
boy, aged 13 and Lexie, a girl of 10.
Both wil probably die. She apparent
ly used an axe on her victims, judging
from the character of the wounds on
the two found alive. It is supposed
that the woman killed her husband
and baby as they lay asleep, and that
the other childreti, awakened by the
noise, ran out of the house and were
overtaken and struck down where
they were found. Sudden homicidal
mania is the only explanation of the
affair. Mrs. Polsgrove has shown
sign* of insanity for several years,
but was not regarded as dangerous.
She has been placed in confinement.
Getting in Tangible Shape.
The total amount subscribed at
Batesville for the Masonic Home for
Widows and Orphans is $6,867. To
this sum is to be added $1,500 from
the Masonic bodies of the city, the
blue lodge, chapter and commandery
each paying $500. Some of the lodges
in the county will also contribute
something. The Board of Trade has
an option on the Butler property, near
Batesville, 225 acres, for $6,500. Of
this, 100 acres, including the residence,
goes to the home, at a valuation of
$5,000, and the estimated cost of mak
ing water, light and sewer extensions
is $3,800, making a total cost to the
Board of Trade of $8,800, with a se
cured subscription list of $8,367.50
and 125 acres of land to meet it.
Something Worth Preserving.
During a visit to Lonoke, Major S.
H. Nowlin secured a valuable Con
federate relic from Congressman Joe
T. Robinson. It is the original mus
ter roll of Company H, Twenty-fourth
Arkansas Infantry, known as Col. E.
B. Portlock's regiment. The roll con
sists of a piece of paper about a yard
square, and is yellowed with age. It
was taken from the pocket of a dead
Confederate on the field of battle by
a Union soldier, who took it to his
home in Maryland, and afterward
gave it to Dr. Robinson, father of Con
gressman Robinson. The muster roll
was made at St. Charles, Arkansas
county, and contains 82 names, all of
which are as legible as when first
written. Nearly all the members en
listed from Polk county. The officers
were Capt. E. B. Portlock, afterward
made colonel; First Lieutenant J. H.
Sullivan, Second Lieutenant R. A.
Barber, Third Lieutenant H. M. Law
rence.
Spraying Demonstrations.
The United States Department of
Agriculture is conducting spraying
demonstrations and experiments in
the orchards of W. H. Gipple and
Capt. Geo. T. Lincoln, near Benton
ville. Ark. This work is intended to
show the fruit growers how apple
scab, coddling moth, bitter rot and
the Philosticta fruit spot may be con
trolled by application of Bordeaux
mixture. The work was begun in
early spring, certain blocks of trees
being sprayed white others were left
unsprayed for comparison. The dif
ference between the sprayed and un
sprayed trees in both orchards is very
striking.
Rice in Scott County.
W. P. Dortch has a field of rice on
his plantation, which proves the
adaptability of Arkansas’ soil and
climate tB.the growing of rice. Some
of it is now five feet high with heads
tw'elve and one-half inches long.
A ‘'Knotty" Problem Solved.
This year growers are finding a
market for knotty apples that have
heretofore been absolutely worthless.
They are being bought for the vinegar
factory at Rogers and are bringing
7 1-2 cents per bushel.
An Echo of the “Lake” Failure.
Suit was filed recently in the Fed
eral District Court at Texarkana by
R. E. Douglas as trustee of the Alphin
& Lake Cotton Company, of Little
Rock, bankrupts, against A. L. Alphin,
E. H. Lake and J. S. Alphin, an a claim
of $200,000. It is alleged in the com
plaint that the defendants, prior to
their goidg into bankruptcy, diverted
from their business, to their own pri
vate use, amounts agregatiug the sum
sued for, $200,000.
Sensible Way to Settle It.
By mutual agreement between all
parties, the Casebeer Mills aud all
their interests in Nevada county were
turned over to O. R. McDaniel, who
will proceed at once to dispose of the
property and pay the debts. 11*'
affair is one entirely without the
courts, and this procedure was taken
to save costs apd expenses.
The More the Better.
The Mansfield. American, by Brooks
& Edsall, is the latest addition to the
Sebastian county press.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
AN EPITOME OF THE MOST IM
PORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
A Carefully Digested and Condensed
Compilation of Current News
Items, Domestic and Foreign.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Edward Rosewater, proprietor and
editor of the Omaha (Neb.) Bee, was
found dead in a court roojn in the Bee
building, having passed away, it is
presumed, from heart disease, Mr.
Rosewater had been prominently iden
tified with the political, financial and
business affairs of Omaha and Ne
braska for forty years. He was born
in Bohemia, in 1841, came to America
inl854, and during the civil war was
a trusted telegrapher under Gen.
Grant.
The Constancia Sugar Plantation
Co., in Cuba, has asked for American
government protection for their prop
erty against raiding parties of insur
gents.
Kentucky democrats have started a
movement to secure the national dem
ocratic convention of 1908 in Louis
ville.
The interior department promises
to establish agents with data about
the lands in Oklahoma at various cen
ters; the sealed bid plan is un
changed.
Oklahoma may be able to formally;
enter the union of the United States
by July 4. 1907, but it has many de
tails to work out before entering.
Texas Cattle Raisers' . association
and others seek to reopen the cases of
rate complaints before the interstate
commerce commission.
The last day of August broke all
beat records in England. The official
instruments at 2 p. registered 91
degrees in the shade and 129 in the
sun, a degree of heat the average
Englishman is not used to.
James Van Peyma. aged 50, a well
known politician of Kansas City, Kas.,
and formerly president of a large
hardware company that failed recent
ly, committed suicide at his home by
shooting. He had been despondent
over financial losses.
The wedding ceremony of Thomas
E. McClure and Miss Pearl Miligan
had just been completed at the home
of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. C. Miligan, a few miles north of
Kingman, Kas., and the wedding party
had seated themselves to partake of
tefreshments, when a terrible bolt of
lightning struck the house, badly
wrecking *he building. Rev. Davis C.
McClure and Ernest Johnson and sev
eral others were badly stunned.
Word has reached Washington that
many members of the two houses, and
particularly the senate, do not take
kindly to the Roosevelt method of
spelling. These public men have inti
mated that as long as the control of
the government printing office re
mains with congress, as it undoubted
ly does now, they will oppose radical
spelling departures.
i we caj/i cco vuiii|;auivn ua»c uuuurvt
the officials of the various railroads
that the express company and the car
rying- road expose themselves equally
to the penalties of the Hepburn act
(the rate bill) by carrying tlie prop
erty of one load over the lines of
another, and as a consequence this
practice will be discontinued at once.
The closing of the two weeks' grand
circuit meeting at the New England
breeders’ track in Readville. Mass.,
saw two world's records established by
Ecstatic, who paced the second heat
of the final free-for-all In 2:0194, and
the thi/d In 2:02%. The first is the
fastest by a second ever made by a
pacing mare in a race, while the com
bined time of the two heats average
faster than any previous time by a
pacing mare in competition.
Wm. Jennings Bryan received an
ovation at Madison Square garden,
fuUv twenty thousand people being
present. Mr. Bryan declared the trusts
would be the important question in
the next presidential campaign. He
favored an income tax, arbitration be
twen capital and labor, government
ownership of railway trunk lines, and
independence for the Philippines.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson in
sists on plain labels, stating that pack
ers must place tags on packages stat
ing ingredients.
Turkey and Bulgaria believed to be
on the verge of actual hostilities.
The public will reap no benefit in
express rates under the new rate law.
The rates of every company will be
identical with those of every other.
The Japanese have opened Dalny as
a free port.
The son of Crown Prince Frederick
William of Germany was baptized at
Pottsdam. After the ceremony Prin
cess Sophie, the mother held a levee,
seated beside the cradle. A dinner
followed, at which Emperor William
toasted his first grandson, who some
day may be kaiser.
The coroner admits that President
Hippie of the failed Philadelphia Real
Estate Trust Co. committed suicide
by shooting.
George Gould and D. Cady Herrick
have resigned from the board of the
Mutual Life Insurance Co., and Fred
erick Cromwell and Adrian Iselln
have quit the finance committee of
the Equitable.
The western trunk lines denied the
petition of the Chicago Commercial
association for lower rates to Mis
souri river points and the southwest.
Several batteries of rapid-fire guns,
manned by Americans, are at Havana,
aud will be used against the insur
gents. The guns were secured in the
United States.
It is stated that the southwestern
railways will increase their grain traf
fic this year fully 20 per cent, over
last year.
During the week end,ed August 31
the geographical institute of Geot
tingen university, in Germany, re
corded eight earthquakes and 20 the
week previous. This is the heaviest
record ever made at the institute.
Mr. Sleeper, the American charge
at Havana, has warned the Cuban
government that It must protect Amer
ican interests in the tobacco belt.
Several plantations owned by Amer
icans have been raided by insurgents.
Gen. H. C. Childs, former attorney
general of Minnesota, died from ap
pendicitis.
For the fourteenth time the execu
tive council of Victoria, Australia, has
rejected the proposal to confer the
right of suffrage on women.
William Jennings Bryan arrived at
New York from his tour around the
world. He was accorded a hearty re
ception, and delivered an address at
Madison Square garden.
It is stated that the Hepburn rate
bill will put the private car lines out
of business. They are made common
carriers, subject to all provisions of
the act.
The wrecked Philadelphia Real Es
ate Trust Co. may be able to resume
business. The funds of the Presbyte
rian church and other institutions
seem to be intact.
Eastern and western railways com
plain of a car shortage to transport
crops.
The extraordinary demand for gold
in Europe has stopped imports of gold
to the United States. This has no$
caused any flurry in money centers,
bankers reporting they have sufficient
to meet all demands.
Recently a report was sent from
Havana that the loyal troops met and
defeated a band of revolutionists, and
killed 17. Later reports are that only
one revolutionist suffeied death in
that "battle.”
The state department has made pub
lic a proclamation by President Roose
velt declaring and putting into effect
on September 1 the new agreement as
to reciprocal tariff concessions be
tween this government and Spain.
The Chinese are talking parlia
ment. The dowager empre.s; has ap
pointed a committee to consider the
report of the Chinese commissioners
who recently returned from studying
foreign governments.
Standard Oil Co., denounces as absurd
the report that the Standard had taken
steps to acquire all of the principal
distilleries in the United States.
The Real Estate Trust Co., of Phil
adelphia, organized in 1S85, and re
garded as one of the strong financial
institutions of that city, is in the
hands of a receiver. Its president.
Frank K. Hippie, who was responsible
for the condition of the institution,
committed suicide a few days before.
Hippie was treasurer of the general
assembly of the Presbyter an church
In the Uniited States, and almost $1,
000,000 of the funds of the church are
in the institution. The failure was
caused by Hippie loaning funds to a
promoter. The liabilities are placed
at $10,000,000. with quick assets of
$3,;i00,000 and doubtful collateral of
$8,000,000.
In the South Carolina democratic
primaries M. F. Ansell, whom Sen
ator Tillman opposed, was elected
governor. The dispensary law, which
Senator Tillman championed, was
given a severe blow.
In an intervielw Wm. R. Hearst de
clared that he would not run on the
democratic ticket in New York for
governor, but will be the nominee o!
the Independence League.
Walter Wellman, arctic explorer,
sends information from Spitzbergen,
Norway, that he has decided not to
attempt a voyage northward this year
on account of mechanical Refects in
the equipment of his airship.
As an act of courtesy. President
Roosevelt ordered the quarantine
rules suspended for Mr. Rryan and
family when they arrived in New
York harbor.
Reports have been circulated alleg
ing defective workmanship on British
battleships. It was asserted that in
salvaging the Montagu, which went
on the rocks off Lundy island, in .Tune
last, grave defects in her riveting
were discovered. The Daily Mail's
correspondent now makes a simiiai
otatement about the monster baUI»
ship Dreadnougb
ARKANSAS BRIEFS
A subpoena has been issued by the
Howard Circuit Court directing Cor
delia Gordon to bring into court at
Nashville a certain dog belonging to
her deceased husband at the time of
his death, the subpoena being issued
in the case of The State vs. Lee Ollie
Lackey, who is charged with the
murder of Will Gordon in the north
end of Howard county in August, 1905.
Prosecuting Attorney Lake says that
he has ordered that the dog be
brought into court as a part of the
chain of circumstances upon which
the state bases its hopes of convic
tion. He says that Lackey lived with
Gordon prior to the killing, and that
the dog was as familiar with Lackey
as with its master; that subsequent
to the finding of the dead body of Will
Gordon the dog accompanied the fath
er of the murdered man to the scene
of ihe killing; that a short time after
the arrival of the party at the scene
of the killing, the dog was found a
mile and a half away, in a field with a
man where Lackey had stopped and
talked, and was subsequently found
with Lackey. It is the theory of the
prosecution that the dog trailed Lack
ey from the scene of the killing to the
place where he had stopped in the
field to talk with the man, and after
ward followed the trail from that point
until Lackey was found. By the act
ions of the dog in court Prosecuting
Attorney Lake expects to supply a
link in the chain of evidence against
Lackey.
A Scotch terrier belonging to Geo
Leiper Jr., deliberately ended its life
recently by jumping off the free bridge
at Little Rock, into the waters of the
Arkansas river. The dog took up with
young Leiper and made its abode
around the lime and cement store ol
Leiper & Mill:'. It was an affection
ate little creature, but there was nc
place for it about. the store, and the
young man \va> informed by his fath
or that it would be well to give the
dog away. A few days ago young
Leiper started to Argenta, and a?
usual the dog started to go with him
Mr. Leiper again told his son that
it would be well for him to give the
dog away, and asked him not to bring
it back to the store. When about
half way across the bridge the dog
suddenly stopped, squeezed itsell
through the space between the (loot
of the bridge and the iron railing ajffi
jumped into the water about sixty
feet below. It made no effort to swim
out and drowned almost immediately
The dog may have understood that it
was not wanted about the store, anr
may have decided that death was pref
treble to separation from the masters
of its choice.
Heavey tains at Fort Smith recent
ly effectually stopped the building op
erations in that city. No stone or bricl
work could be done, and only on build
i ings where the sides and roof were fin
ished, so that inside work could bf
■ done, was there any work. All th*
j work downtown where rebuilding wa:
in progress was delayed and contract
! ors had idle men on their hands. Ont
! contractor said that he knew of 10(
| brick and stonemasons who had beer
! idle practically a week. Where ex
! cavations were made an founda
! tions commenced, it was necessary tc
keep men at work bailing out watei
; to prevent settling and the ruin o
work already under way.
The work of computing the tota
pension allowance for each county o
i the state has been completed by clerks
in the office of State Auditor Moore
and by September lo. it is expectei
the various pension vouchers will b*
in the hands of the county clerks o
the state, ready for distribution. Tin
; total allowance for the state has no
yet been figured, but it is estimate*
it will reach about $-100,Out). Tlu
; pension fund this year will be $289
| 000, so that the board will probabl;
: be able to pay about 65 to 70 per ceu
of each of the pensions allowed. Thi
' is the largest per cent paid by th<
! state board in many years.
A a mass meeting held at Siloan
Springs the sum of $2,354 was sub
' scribed toward the bonus for th<
r Rogers Southwestern railroad. Th
total subscription tq date is $13,70':
Much enthusiasm was displayed at th
Siloam Springs meeting and the sen
i timent in that city is apparenily unan
i imous for the proposed line. Busi
; ness men were the leaders in th
movement toward subscribing a bonu
for the road. Other meetings are t
be held shortly and efforts put fort!
to increase the amount already dc
j nated.
The contract t'or ttie constructio
of tho foundation of the New Unio:
Depot at Little Rock has been let t
the Westinghouse-Church-Kerr Con
panv of New York, and work on th
excavation will begin at once. No fi:
ures have been given out by the rai
road officials, but it is estimated tha
he foundation work will cost ahoti
522,000.
The new city directory for Toxa
>;ana is out, and is now being clrct
ated. The book contains 1524 page:
ltd is believed to contain the name
■f every resident in the city.
FOR ENTERTAINING CHILDREN
Some Games That Will Afford Amuse*
merit to the Little Folks.
It is net a difficult matter to give
children a happy time, because of
their responsiveness. To them "a
splendid time” means merely a few
folly games, some bright music, per
haps a little dance, a light supper and
a tiny souvenir.
Their childish wishes are then more
gratified and they go home happy as
larks.
For children .from five to 12 years
of age, four to ©ght o'clock is the best
time for the party, supper being at
about half after six.
For tiny tots, from three to six
o'clock is a more suitable time, with
supper served at five o'clock.
When a boy or girl 'an write his
or her own invitations they are much
more appreciated by their little
friends.
But, for the wee tots, mother must,
of course, send out the invitations.
At these parties the little host or
hostess must welcome each guest as
he or she arrives.
Mother, or some older person should
stand in the background and cordially
second the welcome first extended by
the little host or hostess.
Half an hour may be allowed for as
sembling and then the games should
begin.
A very amusing form of entertain
ment is to request each little 8*rl to
bring her best doll, and each little boy
his finest toy dog.
Then have a “baby show” and a
“dog show.”
Let each little girl show her baby
doll and let the judges decide which
is the “cutest," which is the “fattest,
which is the "prettiest," and which is
the “best dressed." Award the prizes
to each little mother.
After this have the “dog show." Let
each little man show his dog in the
ring, and have some grown men to de
cide the various points of the dogs
shown, and then award the prizes.
A lawn hunt is very nice for chil
dren's parties.
Souvenirs of various kinds, wrapped
in paper are hidden here and there
over the lawn and the little one who
finA^, the most of these packages re
ceives a prize.
Peanuts or f u*ts may be substituted
for the packages.
Centerpiece Holders.
Some one has invented a pretty
treatment of the broomstick or the
pasteboard mailing tube which so
many women have found the most
satisfactory thing to w'ind center
pieces and doilies around when they
have just been done up.
A 25 inch square of flowered dimity
Is edged with narrow lace or bound
with wash ribbon or with one of the
many pretty wash braids and attached
to the tube, which has been covered
with cotton batting in which sachet
powder has been freely sprinkled, and
then with the material.
The doilies are laid flat upon the
square as soon as they have thorough
ly aired after ironing and are loosely
rolled around the tube, both doilies
and outer covering kept .from unroll
ing by inch-wide ribbons attached, one
In the middle of the roll and one on
each side near the end.
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To Clean Frames.
Don't attempt to clean picture
frames covered with goldleaf, as the
finest and most beautiful of all gold
! frames are. You can tell them by the
way the gold, as you look at it closely,
1 seems laid on, here and there curling
1 ever so slightly away from the frame.
| Any sort of cleaning, except the most
; casual dusting, is bound to make the
gold scale off in an unsightly fashion.
Select Brush Carefully.
' ; The hair brush should have long,
“ ! soft bristles that will go quite
' I through the hair and remove every
' ' particle of dust, and must, above all
things, be immaculately clean. A
’ comb is rarely necessary, if the hair
! is w-ell brushed, but, when used,
should be a coarse one.
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Far-Seeing Government.
* Bluejackets from the ships of the
> Australian squadrons are permitted to
; travel free on the New Zealand rail
, ways, as the government considers
that their talk of the country when
i they return home will attract imrni
_ grants.
Use for Worn-Out Bucket.
A pan or bucket in which holes have
been worn may be made available for
carrying -water for flowers if small
pieces of cloth are pulled through the
holes as far as they will go.
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Weak Hearts in British Army.
Nearly 500 men fall out from- the
ranks of the British army every year,
owing to weak hearts and other de
fects brought about by the illogical
system of physical training in the
army, said Sir Frederick Treves re
cently. This system is now under re
view.
“A boy assassin hanged,” read Mr*,
i- Bascom from the newspaper. “Well,"
i, she remarked, "a sassin' boy is a
s great trial, but I don't think he ought
to be banged for it.”