VOL. VII.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1908.
NO. 13.
NEWS OF
ARKANSAS
A. Youngblood Is Under Arrest.
A dispatch from East St. Louis, 111.,
cava. The Federal Department of Jus
tice forced the arrest Thursday of
R. A. Youngblood, until recently presi
dent of the Coal Belt bank of Benton,
HI and the Salem State bank of Sa
lem, Ark. Bank Examiner Weir dis
covered a mis appropriation of $17,000,
said to have been used in coal stock
speculation, when he examined the
Benton bank last November, and
forced tbe resignation of Youngblood.
The suspension of the bank at Salem,
Ark., followed. The $17,000 was made
good by the other stockholders and
criminal proceedings were not contem
plated until the report of the exami
nation was submitted to the Depart
ment of Justice. Youngblood came
here, accompanied by his aged mother
and his wife’s father, George T. Hub
bard. who gave a $5,000 bond for him.
Youngblood's troubles are said to have
hastened the death of Judge Marion
Youngblood, his father.
Another Madstone Is Discovered.
What has been pronounced by Hot
Springs physicians to be a genuine
madstone was brought to that city by
Boss Golden, a hunter from Perry
county. It was taken from the stom
ach of a white doe, or female deer,
killed on a recent hunting trip. The
stone is one of very few in this coun
try. it is an unusual and inexplain
able growth found in the stomach of
the doe, and then only from those
whose color is white, or very light, in
stead of the usual brown. The stone
is applied to the wound inflicted by a
rabid animal, and is supposed to ab
sorb all the poison, though medical
science does not give credence to the
belief. There is one stone in New Or
leans. another in St. Louis and one m
Now York, each of which is used fre
quently in the heated summer months
by persons who have been bitten by
animals supposed to be suffering from
rabies.
Bride K. led By Father.
Mrs. Isaiah Wood, a bride of only a
few days, was shot and almost instant
ly killed by her father, Andrew Brad
shaw, at his home near Smackover.
The deadly bullet was intended for her
husband. Bradshaw's daughter recent
ly married Wood aeainst her father’s
consent. He was greatly displeased
and Wednesday when the young cou
ple were at the girl's former home,
he got into a quarrel with his son-in
law. He drew a pistol and, seeing'Tiis
purpose, his daughter rushed between
her father and husband to prevenTTITe
impending tragedy. As she did so
Bradshaw fired and the young wife re
ceived the bullet. She died in a few
moments at her father’s feet, who was
horrified at the result of his anger. He
is under arrest on a charge of invol
untary manslaughter.
Cotton Raised in Benton.
*T W. Clack, who resides six miles
east of Rogers, on White river, gave
cotton planting a test last year and
as a result the first shipment of Cot
ton from Benton county has been
made. The shipment went to Van Bur
en over the Frisco and had to be sent
out in the seed, as there are no gins
In this county. The quality was pro
nounced as high grade by competent
judges at Van Buren. Mr. Clack says
If the season had been more favorable
he could have produced something like
half a bale to the acre on his farm
last year. Quite a number of farmers
living along White river in this coun
ty are becoming interested in cotton
growing and later it may become a
regular and valuable crop on the low
lands there.
Peoples’ Bank of Memphis Reopens.
The Peoples’ bank of Benton, which
was placed in the hands of a receiver
January 28, 1908, upon the application
°f J. W. Westbrook, has resumed
business, a decision, rendered Mon
hay by Chancellor Curl In vacation.
Places the bank absolutely above sus
picion, the chancellor declaring the
assets to be amply in excess of the
liabilities. The withdrawal of deposits
by J. K. Bell & Co., was assigned as
the prime cause for the difficulty. A
complete reorganization of officers and
directors and a change of location will
he made very soon.
Fruit Prospect |8 Good.
A. A. Wardlow, Lon Kesler and oth
pr experienced and reliable fruit men
In the vicinity of Rogers, state that
'he prospects for a big apple and peach
orop were never more favorable Than
now. The apple trees are laden with
h'uit spurs and the peach trees are
^en with live buds. Mr. Kesler says
0 P|-es®nt outlook for a fruit <;rop Is
e he has ever seen in Benton
count}. ne has ijve(j here more than
*4 years. *
Board of Trade to Make Protest.
At a meeting of cotton merchants
and bankers of Little Rock held Mon
day the Board of Trade, pursuant to a
call issued by M. H. Williamson, chair
man of the Cotton Committee of Little
Rock Board of Trade, it jvas decided
to draft a letter of protest against the
action of a sales agent of the Farmers’
Union of Arkansas, who recently pa
raded loads of cotton through Little
Rock bearing banners which pro
claimed that the cotton would be sold
in Memphis. The letter of protest
will be forwarded to the president of
the Farmers’ Union, and an effort will
be made to rectify the recent action
of the agent, whom the local cotton
men and merchants believe is attempt
ing to divert cotton and send it to
points outside the state, instead of to
the Little Rock market.
Awards To Arkansas Banks.
The report sent to the Senate by
Secretary Cortelyou showing the
amount of Panama bonds issued dur
ing the recent panic gives the follow
ing award to Arkansas banks:
Citizens’ National Bank of El Dora
od, $10,000, in bonds at 102.50, on
which $10,000 of circulation was is
sued; $10,000 at 103, on which $10,
000 circulation was issued; $25,000 at
104, on which no circulation was is
sued.
First National Bank of Mena, which
got $25,000 at 104, issuing no circula
tion.
Arkansas National Bank, Fayette
ville, which got $25,000 at 104.50, is
suing $25,000 of circulation; $25,000
at 103.50, and $25,000 at 103.
Poor of City Want Work, Not Charity.
“The demand among the poor peo
ple of Little Rock this winter for as
sistance is different from what it has
been in past years,” said Adjutant J.
Howard of the Salvation Army. “The
people whose homes we have visited
merely want employment—not charity
offerings.- They would be offended if
they were included in the list of char
ity subjects, and instead of asking
for alms, they ask for employment.
While the number of unemployed will
reach several hundred, I don’t believe
that as few as 5 per cent of this num
ber are really unable to work. Fully
95 per cent are able to work and not
only able to work, but anxious for em
ployment.
Aged Man Dies From Exposure.
Judge J. J. Sams, who was nearly
100 years old, and probably the oldest
ex-county judge in Arkansas, died
Tuesday from exposure, following his
rescue from the burning house of his
son, S. S. Sams, near Oxford, Izard
county. Judge Sams, who was very
feeble and practically helpless, had
a narrow escape from being burned to
death in the house. He was rescued
with the greatest difficulty, but the
efforts of his rescuers proved fruitless
as the exposure in the rain and cold
resulted in his death a few hours later.
Judge Sams was county judge of Izard
county from 1852 to 1854.
Mabelvale Schools Reopen.
The schools at Mabelvale have re
opened after having been closed a
month on account of an epidemic of
measels. While it was detrimental
to the school’s interest to close for
that length of time, the teachers hope
to have the schools progressing nicely
soon. This has been the most severe
epidemic that has ever been known at
that place.
Bar Minors From Pool Halls.
An ordinance is being prepared for
presentation to the City Council of
Fayetteville, prohibiting all students
or minors from frequenting the pool
halls. The university already has
such a rule and it is rigidly enforced,
the new law would affect only minors
in the city not attending the univer
sity.
Hot Springs Store Is Bankrupt.
With creditors scattered from New
York to San Francisco, whose claims
range from $S.75 to $1,556.40, the
Model Clothing Company of Hot
Springs was Tuesday thrown into
bankruptcy in the Federal Court there
by a petition of six wholesale cloth
ing companies of New York, creditors
of the Hot Springs company.
To Build New School.
The Fayetteville city School Board
has adopted the plans submitted by H.
L. Hewitt of Peoria, 111., for a new
school building and has entered into
a contract with him for the prepara
tion of the Anal plans.
Gone To Face Trial.
L. R. Sexton, a young man wanted
at Staunton, Va., on a charge of as
sault to murder, and who voluntarily
surrendered to Chief of Police Tow
ney of Texarkana on Saturday, Janu
ary 25, has been taken back to Vir
ginia by the sheriff of the county in
which Staunton is situated.
Several cars of rice and hay were
shipped from Carlisle Saturday and
the producers received a fairly good
price. But little rice remains unsold
in that section.
Schools Enter for Big Cantest.
Thus far the following schools have
notified Rees P. Horrocks, business
manager of the Arkansas State Ora
torical and Musical Contest Society,
of their intention to have representa
tives in the contest to take place in
Little Rock on the 3rd and 4th of
April: Henderson College of Arkadel
phia; Ouachita College of Arkadel
phia; Hendrix College of Con why, Si
loam Conference College of Siloam
Springs, Galloway College of Searcy,
Hot Springs high school. Pine Bluff
high school, Texarkana high school,
Malvern high school, Booneville high
school, Bismarck high school, Little
Rock high school, Choctaw high
school Arkansas Military Academy of
Little Rock, Crossett high school, Fort
Smith high school, Siloam Sprigs
high school, Presbyterial Training
School of Warren, Central College of
Conway, Clary Training School of For
dyce, Stuttgart Training School. All
schools are given until March 25th to
make their entries and in the mean
time many preliminary contests to de
cide ihe representatives of the differ
ent schools will be held throughout
the state.
Safe Blowers Make Haul.
The store of Harrison. Tucker &
Co., general merchants, at Bolding,
Arlc., a small town, four miles west of
Felsenthal, on the E. & B railroad,
was entered Saturday night and the
safe blown open and completely looted.
At least $150 in currency was secured.
The safe and surrounding stock and
fixtures were damaged to the extent
of probably $300 more. There is no
positive clue to the perpetrators, but
a party of six or seven well-dressed
strangers, evidently not of the common
tramp variety, were noticed cooking
their dinner out in the woods only a
short distance from the town. There
is some reason for suspecting that this
was the party of crooks that did the
work. They scattered apparently, and
have not been seen since in that vicin
ity. The work was done in a man
ner that stamps it as a job of expert
“yeggmen.” Nitro-glycerin was prob
ably used, as particles of soap were
blown all over the office.
Conduct Farmers’ Institute.
A Farmers' Institute, consisting of
a series of lectures, illustrated with
stereopticon views, was given under
the auspices of the Agricultural De
partment of the University of Arkan
sas at Dardanelle Monday. Col. W. G.
Vincenheller, dean of that department,
and director of the government ex
periment station, was accompanied
arfd assisted by Prof. Nogord and Prof.
Jacobs, the heads of the departments
of plant industry and animal industry.
The specialty of Prof Jacob’s is poul
try, while Col. Vincenheller spoke on
the subject of fruit growing.
Go to Italy to Wed.
Guiseppi Massanelli and Ellen Al
fredo Spanini, two Italians who are in
the colony on John M. Gracie's place
at New Gasonv, will leave Tuesday
for Italy, where they go to be married
to two young women, companions dur
ing their childhood days. Spadini will
return to this country with his bride
immediately, but Massanelli will re
main in his native land for several
months visiting relatives. They will
sail from New York on the steamship
Koenig Albert on February 8.
Died From Poison.
A. B. Davis, a well known and prom
inent citizen and ex-merchant of Corn
ing, died Sunday morning at 10 o’clock
from the effects of morphine or other
poison taken with suicidal intent. A cor
oner’s inquest was held over the body
and a verdict was rendered in accord
ance with the above. This was his third
attempt to kill himself. No cause is
assigned.
$2,500 Fire at Salado.
The two-story residence belonging
to J. A. Kineaster and occupied by
George E. Hogan, Salado, was de
stroyed by fire, together with all its
contents except a piano and a few
pieces of furniture Friday night. The
building was a two-story frame struc
ture having about 12 rooms. The loss
was $2,500, upon which there was $1,
000 insurance.
Fire at Hot Springs.
The handsome residence of D. J.
Smith, a prominent business man of
Hot Springs was burned to the ground
at an early hour Sunday morning. The
fire started front a furnace in the base
ment. The loss, which is total, is
estimated at $10,000, with insurance
of about half that amount.
Box Factory Has Big Contract.
Messrs. Conlee and Walker are mov
ing their planing mill plant to their
new location near the hardwood mills
at the depot at Dardanelle, and to this
plant they are adding a box factory.
They have recently contracted for the
sale of $50,000 worth of boxes to a
packing house.
Fined For “Drumming.”
Jo Pepper, a Hot Springs hotel man,
was tried in Police Court Thursday
morning and convicted on the charge
of ‘’drumming’’ and fined $50.
State Capital Notes
Companies Incorporate.
Articles of incorporation and agree
ment were filed Wednesday with the
secretary of state by the Elder & biev
ens Co., which will engage in a general
mercantile business at Jonesboro. The
incorporators are: H. A. Edler, R. 15.
Stevens, Lottie Edler and R. E. Stev
ens. The company incorporates with
a capital stock of $10,000, all of which
has been subscribed.
Articles of incorporation and agree
ment were filed with the secretary of
state Tuesday by the Burke Brick
Company, which will engage in the
manufacture and sale of brick at Fort
Smith. The incorporators are: M.
C. Burke, Frank A. Handlin and John
H. Vaughn. The company incorpor
ates with a capiLal stock of $150,000,
all of which has been subscribed.
Articles of incorporation and agree
ment were filed with the secretary of
state Tuesday by the Fort Smith Well
Drill Manufacturing Company, which
will engage in the manufacture and
sale of well drills and other well drill
ing supplies at Fort Smith. The incor
porators are: S. L. Johnson, S. T.
Rowe, J. R. Johnson and F. Edwin
Gilmore.
Articles of incorporation and agree
ment were filed with the secretary of
state Friday by the Tonti Lime Com
pany. The company will engage in
the manufacture of lime at Tonitown.
It incorporates with a capital stock of
$25,000, of which $5,250 has been sub
scribed.
State Boards in Quiet Session.
Quiet and uneventful were the regu
lar monthly meetings of the State
Penitentiary Board and the State
Board of Charitable Institutions, held
in Little Rock Monday. But little
other than routine business was trans
acted by either board. The two days’
session of the State Board of Chari
table Institutions proved very quiet.
Little other than routine business was
transacted. The board adjourned
Tuesday night, after allowing con
tracts for supplies.
The Penitentiary Board convened
at 10 o’clock Monday in the office of
the secretary in the state house, with
all members present but Attorney Gen
eral Kirby, who was out of the city.
All accounts and payrolls were al
lowed. Governor Pindall then intro
duced a resolution regarding the pur
chase of more mules for the state farm
and improvement of conditions there.
The committee appointed by the
Penitentiary Board to purchase a
number of mules for the state farm
has as yet taken no definite action in
the matter. Commissioner Guy Tucker,
a member of the committee, stated
Tuesday that the committee was con
sidering purchasing the mules from F.
P. Galbraith of Benton,
Commutes Death Penalty of Negro.
Governor Findall Monday commuted
to life imprisonment, the sentence of
death of Colonel Jones, a negro sen
tenced to be hanged February 14,
in Miller county, after having been
convicted of murder. The governor
took this action at the close of a hear
ing which he conducted in the execu
tive chambers at which attorneys both
for and against the negro presented
their case. The sentence was com
muted after the Supreme Court had
refused an appeal to that court. The
governor based his decision on two
grounds; first, on the statement of
the jurors who convicted the negro;
secondly, on the ground that the ne
gress whom Jones killed was alleged
to have been of low character and, ac
cording to the reasoning of the exe
cutive, not entitled to as much pro
tection from society as one who is of
higher moral stamp and who aids in
maintaining the welfare of society by
a conformity with moral requirements.
In that connection the governor took
up one of the social questions of the
day. His proclamation commuting
the negro’s sentence is one of the
most lengthy ever written by any gov
ernor of Arkansas.
Company a Heavy Taxpayer.
The New York Life Insurance Com
pany has paid $7,717.70 taxes into the
treasury of Arkansas. The amount is
one of the largest ever paid into Che
state treasury as taxes by any insur
ance company. The company's re
port shows that it paid $458,800.40 :n
premiums during the past year and a
total of $21,744.86 in commissions. The
report also shows that the company
paid $128,355.45 on losses. The Fed
eral Union Surety Company of New
York has also filed its annual report
with the state auditor. The company
shows a loss on its business in Ar
kansas during the past year. Its re
port shows that it paid out in commis
sions in this state during the past year
$1,370.35, and on losses, $7,133.05. The
report shows that the total receipts
were $4,648.80, a loss for the year of
$3,854.64.
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Pardons Issued.
Governor Pindall Saturday granted
three pardons. One was granted to
Elmer D. Price, convicted at the Sep
tember, 1907 term of the Sebastian
County Circuit Court of the charge
of aggravated assault and fined $100.
The second was issued to Will Haines,
convicted at. the September, 1907,
term of the Union County Circuit
Court of the charge of grand larceny
and sentenced to one year in the peni
tentiary. The third was issued to Lee
Green, convicted at the September,
1907, term of the Union County Cir
cuit Court of the charge of grand lar
ceny and sentenced to one year in
the penitentiary.
Governor Pindall Tuesday issued
pardons to the following:
Ellis Warren, convicted at the De
cember term, 1894, of the Miller Coun
ty Circuit Court of the charge of grand
larceny and sentenced to the peniten
tiary for one year. The pardon was
granted to restore citizenship.
Bob Dean, convicted at the May
term, 1905, of the Mississippi County
Circuit Court of the charge of grand
larceny and sentenced to one year
in the penitentiary. This pardon was
also granted in order to restore citi
zenship. Both pardons -were granted
in order that the men could testify in
a trial.
Chandler Dunn, convicted at the
June term, 1903, of the Jefferson Coun
ty Circuit Court of the charge of mur
der in the second degree and sen
tenced to 15 years in the penitentiary.
Commissions Issued.
The following commissions were is
sued Wednesday by the secretary of
state: Notary public, R. C. Thompson
of Pine Bluff, W. D. Brouse of Benton,
H. Cost of Swifton. Ben S. Smith of
Auvergne, C. A. Albraven of Russell
ville and J. E. Hawkins of Magnolia;
clerk, R. A. Harper of Greenwood.
Two notary public commissions were
issued Thursday by the secretary of
state. They were for H. B. Wheatley
of Hazen and W. A. Kirk of Cerro
Gordo.
The following commissions were is
sued Friday by the secretary of state:
Notary public, E. H. Sanders of Little
Rock; Rudolph Abramson Jr., Holly
Grove. J. T. Fartenberry of Smith
ville, and J. C. Reid of Union county.
The following were issued notary
public commissions yesterday by the
secretary of state: Cortez I. Brewer
of Ben Lomond, R. M. Franks of De
Queen and John C. Hughes of Rich
mond.
The secretary of state Saturday is
sued a notary public commission to J.
I. Matthews of Holly Grove.
Journals Soon.
The secretary of state and toe state
auditor are being besieged with let
ters and requests from all sections of
the state for printed copies of fhe
journal of the last House of Represen
tatives, which should have been ready
for distribution long ago. An investi
gation reveals the fact that neither
office is to blame for the delay. The
copy for the house journal was turned
over to the printing clerk in the audi
tor’s office on September 4 and was
forwarded to the printer at Hot
Springs the next day. Exactly five
months have elapsed and no journal
is in sight yet, but the printer who
has the contract states that he will
deliver some of the journals this weet-.
He claims he was delayed by some or
the proofs of the index not being re
turned to him promptly by the clerx
to whom it was mailed, while the clerk
claims that there was no unusual de
lay at his end of the line. Just as soon
as the printed journals are received
they will be mailed to all parties who
have written for them.
Estimate Completed.
Maj. E. B. Jett has completed the
estimate of the cost of moving and
maintaining a regiment of the Arkan
sas National Guard at Fort Riley,
Kan. His estimate shows that it
would cost $4,000 less money to take
the regiment to Fort Riley, where the
regiment will be in camp with regi
ments from other states.
Commissions Filed.
The following commissions were
granted Tuesday by the secretary of
state: R. L. Calhoun of Carry, Tom
Younts of Little Rock, R. M. S. Butner
of Little Rock, P. F. Davidson of Fay
etteville, G. K. OUphant of Little Rock,
and W. 11. Tebbs of Hamburg, Justice
of the Peace John Frazier of Alicia.
Send After Prisoners.
Governor Pindall Thursday signed
requisition papers for Clyde Dunman,
who is wanted by the authorities of
Garland county. He is said to be in
Tennessee and the papers signed by
Governor Pindall were carried into i
that state by John L. Smith, who will *
arrest Dunman.
Satan Terrified.
There is as great genius displayed
in advertising as in the higher
branches of literature. No problem
daunts the modern advertising man.
In the window of a little bookstore ia
Eighth avenue, New York, was re
cently heaped a great pile of Bibles,
marked very low—never before were
Bibles offered at such a bargain; and
above them all, in big letters, was the
inscription: “Satan trembles when he
sees Bibles sold as low as these.”—*
Woman’s Home Companion.
PURE FOOD.
No Food Commissioner of Any State
Has Ever Attacked the Absolute
Purity of Grape-Nuts.
Every analysis undertaken shows
this food to be mads strictly of Wheat
and Barley, treated by our processes
to partially transform the starch
parts into a form of Sugar, and there
fore much easier to digest.
Our claim that it is a “Food for
Brain and Nerve Centres" is based
upon the fact that certain parts of
Wheat and Barley (which we use) con
tain Nature's brain and nerve-building
Ingredients, viz.: Phosphate of Pot
ash. and the way we prepare the food
makes it easy to digest and assimilate.
Dr. Geo. W. Carey in his book on
“The Biochemic System of Medicine”
says:
“When the medical profession fully
understands the nature and range of
the phosphate of potassium, insane
asylums will no longer be needed.
“The gray matter of the brain is
controlled entirely by the inorganic
cell-salt, potassium phosphate.
“This salt unites with albumen, and
by the addition of oxygen creates nerve
fluid, or the gray matter of the brain.
“Of course, there is a trace of other
salts and other organic matter in
nerve-fluid, but potassium phosphate
is the chief factor, and has the power
within itself to attract, by its own law
of affinity, all things needed to manu
facture the elixir of life. Therefore,
when nervous symptoms arise, due to
the fact that the nerve-fluid has been
exhausted from any cause, the phos
phate of potassium is the only true
remedy, because nothing else can
possibly supply the deficiency.
“The ills arising from too rapidly
consuming the gray matter of the
brain cannot be overestimated.
"Phosphate of Potash, is to my
mind, the most wonderful curative
agent ever discovered by man, and
the blessings it has already conferred
on the race are many. But ‘what
shall the harvest be’ when physicians
everywhere fully understand the part
this wonderful salt plays in the
processes of life? It will do as much
as can be done through physiology to
make a heaven on earth.
“Let the overworked business man
take it and go home good-tempered.
Let the weary wife, nerves unstrung
from attending to sick children or en
tertaining company, take it and note
how quickly the equilibrium will be
restored and calm and reason assert
her throne. No ’provings’ are required
here. We find this potassium salt
largely predominates in nerve-fluid,
and that a deficiency produces well
defined symptoms. The beginning and
end of the matter is to supply the
lacking principle, and in molecular
form, exactly as nature furnishes it in
vegetables, fruits and grain. To sup
ply deficiencies—this is the only law
of cure.”
Please observe that Phosphate of
Potash is not properly of the drug
shop variety but is best prepared by
“Old Mother Nature” and stored in
the grains ready for use by mankind.
Those who have been helped to better
health by the use of Grape-Nuts are
legion.
“There’s a Reason.”
BRAIN POWER
Increased by Proper Feeding.
A lady writer who not only has done
good literary work, but reared a fam
ily, found in Grape-Nuts the ideal food
for brain work and to develop healthy
children. She writes:
“I am an enthusiastic proclaimer of
Grape-Nuts as a regular diet. I for
merly had no appetite in the morning
and for 8 years while nursing my four
children, had insufficient nourishment
for them.
“Unable to eat breakfast I felt faint
later, and would go to the pantry and
eat cold chops, sausage, cookies,
doughnuts or anything I happened to
find. Being a writer, at times my
head felt heavy and my brain asleep.
“When I read of Grape-Nuts I began
eating it every morning, also gave it
to the children, including my 10
months old baby, who soon grew as
fat as a little pig, good natured and
contented.
"I wrote evenings and feeling the
need of sustained brain power, began
eating a small saucer of Grape-Nuts
with milk, instead of my usual indi
gestible hot pudding, pie, or cake for
dessert at night.
“1 grew plump, nerves strong, and
when I wrote my brain was active and
clear; indeed, the dull head pain never
returned.”
POSTUM CEREAL CO., Ltd.
Battle Creek, Mich.