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VOL. VII.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1908.
MO. 4«
NEWS OF THE WEEK
the latest news of the
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
north, eastTsouth, west
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Na
tion. and Particularly from the
Great Southwest.
Turning suddenly from un inoffen
sive lunatic to a howling maniac,
thirsty for human blood, and armed
with a short crow bar, Andrew Ldght
fo'ot. :l powerful mulatto inmate of the
Government Hospital for Insane at
Washington, ran amuck, killing two
persons and breaking the arm of a
third before he was shot and over
powered.
The British government lias lifted
the ban which was placed on American
beef following Upton Sinclair's agita
tion and the revelations resulting
from if.
In a remarkable telegram to the
President of the United States, calling
on him to prove the charges lie in
dorses against Gov. Haskell or else
admit their falsity, William .1. Bryan
Tuesday offers to submit Gov. Has
kell's alleged connection with the
Standard Ail Co. as a bribery agent to
President Roosevelt as a judge, and if
he finds Gov. Haskell guilty, to dis
miss the governor from his position as
chairman of the Democratic Finance
Committee.
William J. Bryan. Jr., lias the habit,
too. The scion of the house of
Nebraska's threetime candidate for
president entered the race for the
presidency of the sophomore class at
the University ot .NeDrasKa. i-iko ms
distinguished father, young Bryan al
so has a redhot - ght on his liaiuls, ana
he purposes getting a little practice
in practical politics by making a re
gular "whirlwind campaign.”
Marl; L. Demotte, former congress
man from the Tenth Indiana District,
and dean of law for many years
in the Valparaiso University, died at
Valparaiso, Ind., Wednesday, at the
age of 77.
Interstate Commerce Commission
at the Southwestern rate hearing in
Atlanta calls for production of all
letters relating to advances in freight
rates.
A. Russell Peabody, counsel of re
cord for Harry K. Thaw, in his two
trials for the killing of Stanford White,
died suddenly at his home in Babylon,
L. 1., Wednesday.
Orville Wright, the aviator, who has
been at the Fort Myer Hospital since
the aeroplane accident in which he
was injured and Lieut. Selfridge was
hilled, continues to improve.
Reports are coming in of the de
struction wrought by a typhoon that
swept through the central portion of
tin' group Philippine, including a part
of Samah. northern Leyte, southwest
ern Luzon, northern Panay, Xasbate
and a part of Romblon.
A Hoc.in paper publishes the dis
closure i f an alleged filibustering ex
pedition which intended to start from
Boston on October 1, composed of 200
men fully armed and equipped for the
overthrow of the United States of
Colombia.
The president has decided not to
give permission for the establishment
of a wireless telegraph station on the
Washington monument.
The commissioner of the general
bind office has ordered the with
drawal of 203,000 acres of public land
hi Modoc county. Cal.
A race war between whites and
Creeks, who have made this city
their home, is waging here, with pro
BPccts of serious trouble. Citizens de
clare they will drive the Greeks out
of town.
While playing with a goat, 6-year
"Id Hal Kerr, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Will Kerr of .Jonesboro. Ark., was
butted. Appendicits resulted and an
ODftrntinn w-'xc* ...i
's not expected to live.
An unidentified young man killed
himself at Jonesboro, Ark., by jump
lnK in front of a Frisco passenger
I rain. He was found to have been
suffering with smallpox and was
hurled immediately.
Desertion is the charge upon which
Nat Goodwin, the actor, is basing the
stiit for divorce which he has brought
against his wife, Mavine Elliott, in
h«no. Xev.
hbur states are endangered by
forest (ires, owing to the continued
drought, and everywhere in the wood
holts of Wisconsin. Michigan. Min
nesota and Western New York farni
<‘rs’ ami inhabitants of towns foorder
'"d by forests, are praying for rain,
"bile they light back the flames, or.
exhausted, flee for their lives to some
nearby village.
'•‘Uffenholtz, Cal., a town of several
"ndred prisons, hasj been destroyed
•> forest fires, which are sweeping
'1 ’ mountain ranges in the vicinity,
a,l<* 'he inhabitants barely escaped
"Jh their lives after running for
hiilcs through a burning forest.
The Republican campaign in New
York county was formally opened Fri
day night with an enthusiastic mass
meeting held at Carnegie Hall at which
Senator Albert J. Beverdige of Indiana
and former Mayor Seth Cow were the
principal speakers.
The cholera epidemic in St. Peters
burg, in the opinion of experts, now
has reached its maximum and hence
forth the number of new cases daily
is expected to remain about stationary
for a week or ten days.
Regarding the cholera at Manlia
shows that for the twenty-four hours
ending at 8 o'clock Friday morning
there were 40 cases against 36 the day
before.
The funeral of Lieutenant Selfridge,
who was killed in the fall of the
Wright areoplane at Fort Myer a few
days ago, was held at Arlington Na
tional Cemetery, Friday.
On account of a high wind which
prevailed Friday, Lieut. Lahm made
no flight in dirigible balloon No. 1 of
the war department which experi
ments are being made in St. Joseph
Mo., this week.
The call for the twenty-eighth an
nual convention of the American Fed
eration of Labor has been issued. The
convention will assemble in Denver,
Monday, November 9.
Mrs. Aliza Bragg, widow of Major
General Braxton Bragg, of the Confed
erate army, died in New Orleans Fri
day.
At the Chicago Association of Com
merce banquet in Chicago October 7.
at which W. .1. Bryan and W. H. Taft
will meet, there will also be present
the leaders of other political parties,
if invitations dispatched Friday are
accepted. The invitations were sent.
to tne president ana vice-presiaenuai
candidates o£ the1 prohibition and the
independence parties.
With a view to bringing about a
better understanding and closer rela
tions between the commercial organi
zations of Japan and this country,
forty of the leading merchants and
manufacturers of the Pacific coast,
sailed Friday on the Japanese liner
Tenyou Maru for an extended lour of
Japan.
Following many rumors on the sub
ject Chairman Hitchcock of the Re
publican National Committee, Friday
announced , that Gen. T. Coleman
Dupont of Delaware, head of the
Bureau of Campaign Speakers of the
National Committee, had resigned as
head of that bureau and also as a
member of the executive committee of
the National Committee and that his
resignation had been accepted.
Governor Haskell at midnight Fri
day resigned as treasurer of the Demo
cratic National Committee. His resig
nation was announced bj* himself
three hours after his arrival in Chi
cago from Guthrie, Okla.. and after he
had conferred with ofiicials of the
Democratic National headquarters
here. In giving out his decision, Mr.
Haskell, in response to a question de
clared he did not desire to be respon
sible for any embarrassment which
might result to the Democratic party
by his retaining the office of treasurer.
Before a crowd of curious spectators
which taxed the capacity of the court
room, the preliminary hearing of
Charles Kdward Davis on the charge
of having murdered Dr. Frederick
Rusin was begun at Omaha, Neb.,
Thursday morning.
Twelve speeches to enormous
crowds, marked the second entry of
William .1. Bryan, Democratic candi
date for president, into Ohio during
tlie present campaign.
Easthound Frisco flyer No. 304. for
St. Louis, plunged 50 feet dewn an em
bankment into Spriug River Thursday
near Webb City., Mo., Thursday morn
ing. killing two and injuring 29 per
sons.
A crowd which blocked the passage
ways of the Lake Shore station which
u-avt-il Mu*. tlaes with the candidates
picture on them and which fairly
drowned the music of a band with its
cheers, greeted Judge Taft upon his
arrival at Chicago, Wednesday after
noon.
President Roosevelt replies to the
demand of Bryan for proof of charges
against Haskell, with a dismissal of
the Ohio bribery charges as being of
common notoriety, and makes a vigor
ous assault upon the Oklahoma gov
ernor for alleged improper conduct in
the Prairie Oil case in Oklahoma, for
his veto of the child labor law, for his
dealings in Indian lands, and for gen
eral unfitness. Haskell replies to the
President's-assault by challenging his
i veracity, declaring he is a member of
the Ananias Club of high standing, de
fending his record and promising to
go into Ohio and make warm campaign
speeches on the controversy.
Denver's historic old pavilian, the
Coliseum, has been destroyed by tire.
The building and grounds were re
cently purchased from “Reddy" Gal
lagher for more than $82,000. to be
used as the new postoffice site.
N'ot only has the number of cases
of AsiaTio cholera Increased, but the
disease Is invading the aristocratic!
precincts of St. Petersburg.
W. L. Greer Kills James W. Reneau.
Stabbed at ten different places in
liis body, .lames \V. Reneau, a brake
man on the Iron Mountain, who lived
at 102 North Pulaski street, Little
Rock, died between 2:30 and 3
J'clock Thursday afternoon from the
wounds which were inflicted by a
steel paper cutter in the hands of
VV. L. Greer, a well-known collector
af Little Rock, in Greer’s office, room
No. 12, Fulk building, just a short
Lime prior to his death. Blood poured
profusely from every one of the ten
wounds, and Reneau lived but a short
time after the cutting, which termi
nated an encounter between the two
men, caused by trouble between them
over the collection of
Greer was arrested shortly after
the cutting, making no attempt to
escape, and is now in the Pulaski
county jail, held on the charge of
murder, pursuant to the recommenda
tions of a coroner’s jury, which, after
listening for two hours late Thurs
day afternoon to evidence in the in- J
quest, over Reneau's body, returned
the following verdict:
“We, the jury, find that J. W.
Reneau came to his death from knife
wounds at the hands of \\ L. Greer,
while being held by Miss Cora David
son. We, the jut:,1, find the killing
unjustifiable, and recommend that
\V. I,. Greer be held to the grand jury
n-irlimt f lin 51 ”
.Miss Davidson is the stenographer
for Mr. Greer, and, according to her
ora testimony, struggled with Re
neau while he and Greer were down
together on the floor of the office,
and with both hands held one of Re
neau's hands, which she and W
Tucker, attorney in room No. 11 of
the Fulk building, swore held a gun. ,
She testified that Reneau started
the trouble in the office by knocking
greet- to his knees, and further testi
fied that Reneau then seized a gun
belonging to Greer, which was lying
on the fable. She told the coroner’s
jury that immediately after Reneau
seized the gun, she grabbed the hand
holding the. weapon and struggled to
keep him from using it. She swore
that she did not see Greer stab
Reneau; that she did not see the
knife in the conflict, and that, in fact,
she did not see it until after the trou
ble was over, and it was in the hands
of another person who had come into
the room; that she saw blood during
the conflict, but did not know where
it was coming from, and that Greer
did not touch the revolver. She was
the only witness to the encounter
from the start.
Tucker, who testified that he enter
ed the room from his apartment af
ter hearing a crash, swore that he
did not see the knife in the hands of
Greer. He testified, however, that J
Miss Davidson was struggling with i
Reneau, holding with both hands the |
hand which held the revolver.
According to the testimony at the
inquest, Greer had made several at
tempts to collect money, amounting
to $16.10, from Reneau, the latter
claimed that ho did not owe the
money. Reneau called at the office
of Mr. Tucker Tuesday, and the two
had trouble then over the matter.
That Greer and Reneau would have
serious trouble has been feared by
friends of both parties for some time.
\V. M. Ballard, 2021 Ringo street,
testified at the inquest that Reneau,
in conversation with him Thursday
morning said that Greer ’ hail it in
for him.” and that “We might as
well have it out.” He also testified
to having talked with Greer after
ward and warned him, and that Greer
said:
von t niumu*\ aiuuuu me, * i
will kill him.”
Greer garnished Reneau’s wages at j
two different times.
Thursday afternoon, between 2 and
2:30 o’clock. Reneau walked into
Greer’s office. The testimony at the i
inquest was to the effect that Reneau
refused to sit down when invited to
do so by Greer, but that instead he
immediately asked Greer if he in
tended to keep on trying to collect
(he money in question and how much
lie wanted.
Greer, according to the testimony,
■said that he wanted $16.40.
“You are going to demand $16.40, :
ire you?” asked Reneau. Greer re- j
plied that he was, whereupon. Miss |
Davidson testified, Reneau knocked
Greer down on his knees. The crash
was heard by Tucker, who rushed
nto the room.
About the same time a revolver
came flying through the glass in one
if the office windows and dropped to
he sidewalk below, where Judge
Grown was standing. He rushed up
stairs. followed by Mr. Wells. They
bund Reneau cut in a number of
daces ai d bleeding freely. He died
within a few minutes. A physician
was called, but he could do not good.
Reneau never uttered a word after
hey reached the room.
1
State Sanitation Society Proposed.
The organization of an Arkansas
Sanitation Society, to he composed of
the members of Boards of Health
hroughout tin* state, property owners,
loctors, lawyers and business men and
o have for its purpose the prevention
if disease by sanitation, is now being
a Iked by many physicians through
jut the state.
Definite steps toward the organiza
tion of such a society will probably
be taken soon.
Already Dr. J. C. Minor of Hot
Springs, major surgeon of the Arkan
sas Xatonal Guard, whose methods
in keeping the Arkansas encampment
in perfect sanitary condition at Boon
Springs, Tex., brought forth many
compliments front regular army offi
cers. has taken tip tlie project and is
pushing it as rapid'., as possible. He
has announced that lie will attempt to
interest state and municipal officers
in the movement.
Concerning the project and the com
ing tuberculosis congress at Wash
ington, D. C., which Dr. Minor will at
tend as one of the delegates from Ar
kansas. Dr. Minor has the following
to say:
"Itt accepting the commission to rep
resent the state of Arkansas at. the
International Congress on Tuberculo
sis in Washington now assembled I
desire to say that the subjects to be
considered there are necessarily so
wide in scope, both scientiffically and
practical, that 1 will he unable to take
interest in any but the practical pa
pers, believing that such attention can
be better transmitted to the people
of our state and give more satisfactory
returns in the way of preventing dis
ease. I presume the other delegates
it.
“To assist in the practical part of
the great work. I ant going to ask the
press to advise all stale and munici
pal officials to become interested in a
State Sanitation Society, the society to
be composed of the members of Boards
of Health throughout the state, togeth
er with property holders, doctors,
lawyers and business men. The or
ganization should meet in general con
vention once a year, and discuss the
points of interest presented by local
or municipal boards.
“The state organization should be
encouraged by the legislature. All
practical work done by the organi
zation will be appreciated by the in
dividual citizens; all scientific work
will be recognized and valued by the
national association.
“The real work of prevention of dis
ease is to be done first, last and all
the time by the local boards of sani
tation; the scientific bodies only poin
the way.
"Is the preservation of health worth
the trouble? Talk is cheap; then
talk!”
Bad Negro in the Toils.
John Hayden, alias John Johnson,
who is reputed to be a dangerous crim
inal, was fined $100 and setnenced to
one minute in jail in the Saline Coun
ty Circuit Court Tuesday after being
convicted of assault with intent to kill
another negro. Present at the time he
was sentenced were officers from Lin
coln county, where Hayden is wanted
on charges of felony and arson and
also to finish a jail sentence, and Jef
ferson county, where he is wanted on
two other indictments. As soon as his
present sentence expires Hayden will
be rearrested on the other charges.
Hayden shot twice at Deputy Sher
iff P. A. Byrd of Saline county and
several other white men and a couple
of negroes about two months ago
when they attempted to capture him
on the bank of a creek. The party
caught him unawares, but he sudden
ly jerked a gun from a pocket and
drove the party waist deep into the
creek, from which place they success
fully dodged two shot from Hayden’s
He was fined $1,000 iii Lincoln coun
ty some time ago, but escaped from
jail oefore completing his sentence.
When he escaped he is alleged to have
torn out nearly all of one end of the
jail.
Propose a New Orphanage.
The Executive Committee of the Ar
kansas Methodist Orphanage met in
[he office of George H. Thornburgh at
[he Masonic Temple, Little Rock,
Tuesday, and decided to arrange for
a big meeting of laymen of the Meth
odist church, South, in Little Rock
October 1 for the purpose of consider
ing the project of erecting a modern
orphanage in Little Rock to take the
place of the present orphanage at
Fifteenth and Commerce streets. It
Is proposed to build a home that will
cost about $25,000 or $20,000. The
present orphanage is said to be too
nnall and not equipped with modern
conveniences.
Burglary at Magazine.
The A. M. Leftwich drug store in
Magazine was burglarized Saturday
night, and considerable jewelry and
many watches were taken. The
jfflcers have discovered no clew that
will lead to the arrest of the robbers.
“Night Riding’’ Fake Is Exploded.
Reports to the effect .that night,
riders have appeared recently near
Lake City were exploded Saturday
when it was learned from a number
of reliable sources that no night
riders have appeared anywhere and
that the reports to ihat effect were
the result of a joke played on William
Craddock of Lake City.
.Mr. Craddock owns a horse, which
is alleged to have created a disturb
ance in Lake City and which, it is
said, caused some of the residents of
that place to remark, in a joking man
ner, that they intended to have an
ordinance passed in the city council
prohibiting the animal from appear
ing on the streets. Shortly after
ward. according to information se
cured, the switches were found by
Mr. Craddock pinned on the door of
his barn in which the horse was kept.
Investigation has brought to light
the facl that the joke on Mr. Craddock
resulted in the scattering of rumors
to the effect that night riders had
appeared in that section and that the
one instance, which was intended as
a joke, was i^e sole and only basis
for all of l he reports which gained in
magnitude as thfey were spread, until
it has been flashed across the entire
continent that night riders, supposed
to be members of the Arkansas Farm
ers’ Union, have appeared in Craig
head county and made many dire
t hreats.
The reports have caused general
consternation among officers of the
Farmers’ Union, who have started an
investigation. According to the re
ports the band - of night riders who
were alleged to have appeared last
week were members of the union and
made threats which were directly con
nected with the Farmers' Union in
terests. It was alleged that they
warned a number of farmers to hold
their cotton for the minimum price
set by the union and that they also
warned planters not to charge more
than .$4 rent for land which they had
been renting for ?5.
Negroes Held for Old Murder.
Five negroes are in jail at Newport
charged with the murder of .Joe Cort
nev, a prominent farmer and mill
man, who was found dead upon the
road near Shoffner, his home, on the
night of October 2, 1905. It is alleged
that one of the negroes, when he
thought he was on his death bed, ad
mitted that he and his brother had
murdered Mr. Cortney because of a
grudge which they bore him for whip
ping them when they were boys. The
two negroes implicated others in the
murder of Courtney and all have been
arrested.
The negroes arrested are: Levi
Bordens and Wes Barher of Lincoln
county, Asa Borders, Chapman Hen
drison and Arthur Morris of Jackson
county. Jeff Morris, father of Arthur
Morris, is also in prison on the charge
of perjury in attempting to shield his
son.
When the body of Mr. Cortney was
found it was presumed that he had
met his death in a runaway. How
ever, two girls who were in the road
at the time declaring that the., had
seen a band of negra.es rush upon and
assault Mr. Cortney.
All five negroes are .held on the
charge of murder in the first degre
Lads Rigging Phone Are Horribly
Burned.
Clarence Turner, son of Q. O. Tur
ner. anfl his cousin. Lawrence Turner,
son of James L. Turner, were the
victims of a frightful acident at Tex
arekana Saturday afternoon. The
lads, who are about 10 years of age.
concluded to rig up a telephone in an
alley near their homes, and, getting
some wire, were in the act of throw
ing it over and across an electric
light wire which was heavily charged,
when the entire voltage was thrown
into their bodies. Clarence had the
wire wrapped about his wrist and his
arm was Durnea aimosi enureiy on.
They were given prompt medical at
tention, but both are still in a pre
carious condition and may die.
The fathers of the boys are old
time citizens and prominent whole
sale merchants.
Kills Huge Rattlesnake.
A rattlesnake 16 feet long with 1-1
rattles, was killed near Jacksonville
Tuesday by L. P. Montgomery a well
known planter., Mr. Montgomery wa
picking cotton when he saw the snak
Calling others to his aid he manag
to pin the snake down with a forked
stick and kill it.
The body of the snake will be sent
to Hot Springs to be displayed at the
state fair.
Much Whiskey Destroyed.
The most important feature of the
present session of the Circuit Court
being held at Mountain Home, was the
destroying publicly of 125 gallons of
whiskey, which was captured a few
months ago in a raid on a blind tiger
at Cotter. The whiskey was ordered
destroyed by Judge J. W. Meeks and a
large crowd was present to see the
order carried out.
AWFUL GRAVEL ATTACKS,
Cured by Doan's Kidney Pills After
Years of Suffering.
F. A. Rippy, Depot Ave., Gallatin,
Tenn., says: “Fifteen years ago kid
ney disease attacked
me. The pain in my
back was so agoniz
ing I finally had to
give up work. Then
came terrible attacks
of gravel Vith acute
pain and passages of
blood. In all I py.ssed
25 stones, some as
large as a bean.
Nine years of this ran me down to a
state of continual weakness and I
thought I never would be better until
I began using Doan's Kidney Pills.
The improvement was rapid, and since
using four boxes I am cured and have
never had any return of the trouble.”
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
A REASONABLE REQUEST.
been thrown from horse into pond)—
Hi, mister, as you 'appens to be in the
rater, would you mind looking for
tSVillie s whistle?
PRESCRIBED CUTICURA
After Other Treatment Failed—Raw
Eczema on Baby’s Face Had
Lasted Three Months—At Last
Doctor Found Cure.
“Our baby boy broke out with ec
zema on his face when one month old.
One place on the side of his face the
size of a nickel was raw like beefsteak
for three months, and he would cry
out when I bathed the parts that weTe
sore and broken out. I gave him
three months’ treatment from a good
doctor, but at the end of that time the
child was no better. Then my doctor
recommended Cuticura. After using
a cake of Cuticura Soap, a third of a
box of Cuticura Ointment, and half a
bottle of Cuticura Resolvent he was
well and his face was as smooth as any
baby’s. He is now two years and a
half old and no eczema has reappeared.
Mrs. M. L. Harris, Alton, Kan., May
14 and June 12, 1907.” i
He Could Not Read It.
While visiting in a small town in
Connecticut, seven miles from the rail
read station. I received occasionally
a postal caid from my fiance, written
in a kind of shorthand of our own.
One day when a cousin was going to
the post office I asked her to inquire
if there was anything for me. She re
turned, saying there was nothing. The
next day she made the same inquiry,
when the postmaster showed her a
postal card addressed to me and said:
“'Em, can you read this?” She said
‘'No.” Thereupon he said: “Neither
can I, and I have been trying ever
since yesterday.” This illustrates the
fact that curiosity is not confined to
the fair sex.
Man and Beast Alike.
Only those who have suffered the
agony of eye afflictions can appreciate
the blessing to humanity in Dr. Mitch
ell's famous Eye Salve. Introduced in
this region as far back as 1849 it is
found to-day in all well regulated
homes hereabouts. Not alone the eyes
of man but those of .he dumb animals
have enjoyed its comforts. Mitchell's
Eve Salve. Sold everywhere. Price 25c.
Actual Facts.
For upwards of fifteen years Hunt’s
Cure has been sold under a strict guar
antee to cure any form of itching skin
troubles known. No matter the name
—less than one per cent, of the pur
chasers have requested their money
back. Why? It simply does the work.
In Eden Days.
Eve—Abel, for goodness sake, what
Is your father fussing about now?
Abel—Oh, he says you’ve taken his
best Sunday suit to make the salad.—
Bohemian.
TO DRIVE OliT MALARIA
AND BUILD IP TTIE STSTEM.
Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS
CHILL TONIC. You know what you are taking
The formula is plainly printed on every bottle,
showing it Is simply Quinine and Iron in a tasteless
form, and the most effectual form. B’or grown
people and children. 60c.
A Different Young Man.
Gerald—There is a good deal of
power in my arm.
Geraldine—I have never had occa
sion to notice it.
Hicks' Capudine Cures Headache,
Whether from colds, heat, stomach or
nervous troubles. No Acetanllid or dan
gerous drugs. It's liquid and acts ^Imme
diately. Trial bottle 10c. Regular 25c and
50c a* all durggists.
If you don’t get the best of it, make
the best of it.