VOL. VII.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1908.
NO. 41
OPEN DEALING IN PAINT.
Buying paint used to be like the
proverbial buying of a “pig in a
poke." Mixtures in which chalk,
ground rock, etc., predominated were
marked and sold as “Pure White
Lead,” the deception not being ap
parent until the paint and the paint
ing were paid for. This deception is
still practiced, but we have learned to
expose it easily.
National Lead Company, the larg
est makers of genuine Pure White
Lead, realizing the injustice that was
being done to both proifferty owners
and honest paint manufacturers, set
about to make paint buying safe.
They first adopted a trade mark, the
now famous “Dutch-Boy Painter," and
put this trademark, as a guaranty of
purity, on every package of their
White Lead. They then set about
familiarizing the public with the
blowpipe test by which the purity
and genuineness of White Lead may
be determined, and furnished a blow
pipe free to every one who would
write them for it. This action was in
itself a guaranty of the purity of Na
tional Lead Company’s White Lead.
As the result of this open dealing
the paint buyer to-day has only him
self to blame if he is defrauded. For
test outfit and valuable booklet on
painting, address National Lead Com
pany, Woodbridge Bldg., New York.
QUITE SAFE WITH HER.
One Secret “Tootsie" Surely Never
Would Pass Along.
“John, love,” said the young wife,
“you oughtn't to have any secrets from
me.”
"Well, Tootsie?”
"You go to lodge meetings, and you
never tell me anything about them.”
“They wouldn’t interest you, dear.
1 don't mind giving you the password,
though, if you'll promise never to dis
close it to a living soul."
"I’ll promise never to tell it to any
body.”
"Remember it’s to be repeated only
once and very rapidly."
"I'll remember. What is it?"
“Aldaborontiphosciphorniosticos.”
"What? Please say it again, a lit
tle slower.”
“Have you forgotten the conditions
already? I said ‘only once and very
rapidly.’ ’’
(Tearful pause.)
"0, dear! I wish you hadn’t told
me!”
FOOLISH QUESTION.
"Oh, Willie, wot yer goin' ter
shoot?”
"Indians, of course! You didn't sup
pose I was goin’ out to hunt sparrows,
did you?”
The more cause one has for loss of
patience the more reason there is for
holding it.—Sinclair.
FRIENDLY TIP
Restored Hope and Confidence.
After several years of indigestion
and its attendant evil influence on the
mind, it is not very surprising that
one finally loses faith in things gen
erally.
A N. Y. woman writes an Interesting
mtter. She says:
Three years ago I suffered from
an attack of peritonitis which left me
in a most miserable condition. For
over two years I suffered from nerv
ousness, weak heart, shortness of
breath, could not sleep, etc.
My appetite was ravenous, but I
felt starved all the time. I had plenty
of food but it did not nourish me
because of intestinal indigestion. Med
ical treatment did not seem to help,
got discouraged, stopped medicine
and did not care much whether 1 lived
or died.
One day a friend asked me why I
idn t try Grape-Nuts, stop drinking
ooffee, and use Postum. I had lost
faith in everything, but to please my
fiends I began to use both and soon
became very fond of them.
It wasn’t long before I got some
strength, felt a decided change in my
Astern, hope sprang up In- my heart
and slowly but surely I got better. I
could sleep very well, the constant
craving for food ceased and I have
etter health now than before the at
tack of peritonitis.
My husband and I are still using
tape-Nuts and Postum.” "There’s a
Reason.”
Name given by Postum Co., Rattle
‘ reek, Mich. Read, "The Road to
M ellvilie,” in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
°ne appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
THE TOPICS
OF A WEEK
Ten indictments against two of
the alleged mob leaders there were
returned late Thursday by the spe
cial Grand Jury of Sangamon coun
ty, Illinois. Six of these are against
Abraham Raymor and four are
against Kate Howard, Raymor is
charged with murder, four cases of
malicious mischief and one of riot.
The charges against the Howard
woman are for malicious mischief
and are identical with those against
Raymor on three counts. The mur
der charges against Raymor is based
upon his alleged participation in the
lynching of William Donigan, the
80-year-old negro, who fell a victim
to the mob's fury at Springfield, 111.,
Saturday night. Much of the evi
dence upon which this was voted was
secured by a military court of
inquiry, which has been sitting un
der the direction of Lieut. Col. Chip
pci-field, of the First Cavalry, and
which Thursday turned over to the
state's attorney the result of its in
vestigation. “We secured enough evi
dence to indict 40 or 50 participants
in last week’s rioting,” said Col.
Chippedfield tonight. “We have prac
tically a complete confession from
Raymor, and we have also discover
ed convincing evidence of arson on
the part of a former police officer of
Springfield. The veidenco is not
only available for Grand Jury work,
hut it is also of such a character that
convictions are almost bound to fol
low its presentation in court. I will
stand sponsor for that statement.”
The deal by which the Farmers’
Union of Mississippi hoped to secure
two million yards of cotton bagging
for this year's crop has fallen
through, the mills having declined to
make the goods unless the union
posted a heavy forfeit. Three
months ago Business Agent Welch
announced he had closed this deal,
and called on unions of other states
to help him use it. which was prom
ised. Since then the Mississippi
penitentiary gave the scheme a black
eye by placing an order for jute bag
ging. The Union Advocate, the offi
cial organ of the union, makes this
announcement, but predicts the time
will come when cotton bagging and
gin compresses will go hand in hand.
Capt. William J. Hodge, govern
ment inspector of hulls for the Mem
phis district, is under fire, accused
of acting as master of the Kate
Adams and receiving salary for his
services, and of riding on the Kate
Adams four trips without paying
fare, both in direct violation of gov
ernment laws. Capt. Dorsey of
Louisville, chief inspector, is in
Memphis investigating the charges,
which, if substantiated, may result
in Hodge’s dismissal, it is claimed.
Capt. Hodge Thursday said he did
not care to discuss the charges made
against him, but declared they were
animated by personal motives, he
believed.
John red man Reid, said to be a
weathy American, was found dead in
his apartmtnes at Bournemouth, En
gland, Thursday, lie had shot him
self with a revolver, which was
found at his side. An inquest has
been held, the verdict of which was
“self-destruction during temporary
insanity.”
Governor Hoke Smith Thursday
issued a proclamation convening the
Georgia legislature in extra session
August 2.'). The end 1 Sdts forth
broadly that the convict lease system
is the matter to be considered.
In the country between Sardis and
Pipkin, in the southeastern uart of
Henderson county, Tenn., Mrs.
Charles Presley was instantly killed
bv lightning while banging clothes
on the gallery of her home.
Patrolman Bashaw was shot and
dangerously wounded at an early
hour Thursday morning in the
South Nashville terminal yards at
Nashville, Tenn., by Joe Thompson,
a railroad switchman
Ira D. Sankey, known as an evan
gelist throughout the Christian
world, died Thursday nigh of last
week at his home in Brooklyn, N.
Y., but the news of his passing away
did not become generally known for
twenty-four hours. Mr. Sankey was
08 years old. For the last five years
he bad been blind and had suffered
from a complication of diseases
brought on by overwork. But al
most to the very last he worked at
hymn writing. His tours through
out this country and Europe with
Dwight L. Moody, the evangelist,
brought him into wide prominence.
Sankey, it might be said, wrote the
gospel hymns of the world. In
China, Egypt, India, Japan, in al
most every language known to man,
Sankey’s hymns are sung. He re
ceived a large income from his pub
lications and leaves a considerable
estate. Among Mr. Sankey's most
familiar compositions are “The
Ninety and Nine” and “When the
Mists Have Rolled Away.” His songs
are said to have had a circulation of
more than 50,000,000 copies. He
was a rapid composer and wrote book
after book of gospel hymns. At the
same time he saved his wonderful
voice for posterity by singing into
phonographs.
l'he cruiser Colorado, which went
on the rocks at Double Blufl', Puget
sound, Saturday afternoon last, was
more seriousluv damaged than at
first was supposed. An examination
at the Bremerton navy yard showed
that her forward plates were badly
dented in several places and that the
plates were sprung. It will be nec
essary to put the vessel in dry dock
for perhaps thirty days to make re
pairs. Tlie Colorado will be unable
to join the Pacific coast fleet on
its cruise to the Samoan islands,
but it is expected that she will join
it probably on the return trip from
the Samoan islands to Honolulu.
A special from Cranbrook says
a Canadian Pacific railway fire
ranger, just in from Kimberly, says
the fire is in a worse condition than
ever, if the wind changes. The Sul
livan buildings are in danger and
Kimberly by no means is out of it.
Heavy clouds of smoke from that di
rection can be seen from Crane
brook. The ranger is trying to get
fifty men to go out to fight the fire.
Contributions to the Fernie relief
fund continue to come in. Tlio
total to date is $90,000. The Cana
dian Pacific railway wired $10,000.
Twenty-five cavalrymen and fif
teen foot soldiers were sent out from
Nogales, Ariz., Saturday by the
Mexican authorities upon receipt of
news of a Yaqui raid at the old
Montezuma copper camp in Sonora.
An American named Rucker was
taken prisoner hv the Indians, but
escaped. Two rurales who returned
to the camp from Montezuma,
where they had gone with civil
prisoners, were also killed by the
Indians. A detachment of soldiers
has also been sent to the Montezuma
camp from Xacozari, Sonora.
If Judge Taft should be elected,
six native Ohioans will have occu
pied the White House, coming with
in one of equaling Virginia, the
“mother of presidents,"’ and in adi
tion one adopted son, William Hen
ry Harrison, was sent from the
Buckeye state, equaling the record
of Yiiginia in the total number of
presidents sent from that state. The
presidents who were natives of Ohio
were Grant, Hayes, Garfield. Ben
jamin Harrison and McKinley.
Ed Spivey, a young negro, driv
ing a horse and buggy in the south
ern part of Hattiesburg. Miss., Sat
urday, was thrown out of the buggy
when the horse ran away and the
buggy struck a tree at the roadside.
He was tossed up in the air, came
down on the sharp spikes of an iron
fence and was spitted on the palings.
Persons who saw the accident rush
ed to his help and had to cut away
the flesh before they could release
him. He will survive.
William J. Bryan, Democrat can
didate for the presidency, has receiv
ed from the Minnesota State Agri
cultural Society the long expected
trick mule which is to be the mas
cot of the party this fall.
The redemption division of the
office of the comptroller of the cur
rency has just succeeded in identi
fying about -$9,000 worth of nation
al bank notes in a box of fragments
delivered to it several day ago bv 0.
D. Earle, a citizen of Morrilton,
Ark. Earle buried $10,000 worth of
bank notes in the eartli in 190-1 for
safekeeping because he had lost faith
in banks. When he dug up the tin
box in which he had deposited the
notes before covering them with
earth lie discovered the box had rust
ed and the bills decayed until it was
impossible for him to identify them,
lie then appealed to a Morrilton
banker to help him. Accompanied
by the cashier of the bank at Morril
ton. Lloyd Rainwater, and with a
letter of introduction from his mem
ber of Congress, Charles C. Reid,
Earle went to the Treasury Depart
ment and handed in the box of
mouldy paper. .Mrs, A. E. Brown,
the expert in the redemption divi
sion. was put on the work of identi
fication. At 11 o’clock Thursday,
after working three days, she had
identified all but $1,000 of the hills,
and the treasurer paid Earle the
money for their redumption. It is
not unlikely, Mrs. Brown thinks,
that she will ultimately recover most
of the other $1,000 from the frag
ments.
A record breaking trial. as to the
time involved and the unusual hour
of the hearing, took place at New
port Thursday morning. Ralph
Young, the negro who recently at
tempted criminal assault upon Miss
Ida Edwards, a young lady belong,
ing to one of the most highly re
spected families of that section, was
captured Wednesday and spirited
that night to Newport. With un
usual dispatch the court was con
vened for the hearing and at 2
o'clock Thursday morning the negro
was brought in for trial, lie plead
ed guilty and was given a 21-vears
sentence in the state penitentiary.
As quietly as he was taken to town
he was again swiftly spirited away
from Newport, practically before any
knowledge of his presence in the
town had had an oportunity to be
noted. It is presumed he will be
taken at once to the penitentiary at
Little Rock.
John Williams, a negro mail hu-t
ler, and Hurbert H. Mitchell, a
white car gaser at the Union depot
at Texarkana had a fight Wednes
day morning, in which Mitchell
got the worst of it and had to be
carried home in an ambulance, while
the negro had to be locked up in the
mail room at the depot until the
officers arrived to prevent the crowd
from doing him violence. The
negro pulled his mail trucks over
the gas hose and broke it and after
a few words the negro knocked
Mitchell down. Williams is now out
on a $150 bond awaiting his pre
liminarv trial.
A proclamation calling for a >pc
cial election to elect- a successor to
succeed ,T. E. Riddick, associate jus
tice of the Supreme Court, deceased,
issued by Governor Pindall and <fut
ed August 13, was placed on the
proclamation book in the secretary
of state’s office Thursday. The date
set for the election in the proclama
tion is September 14, when the
general election will be held. Tl*c
candidate to succeed the late Justice
J. E. Riddick is Jesse Hart, who was
appointed to the position upon the
death of Justice Riddick.
The contract for the funiture for
the new $105,000 high school build
ing at 1’ine Bluff was awarded to
Tomlinson & Knox, their bid being
$1,500. The contract provides for
120 school desks, SO recitation
benches. 5*21 opera chairs for the
auditorium and 20 desks for the use
of pupils taking the commercial
course.
Using a wagon spoke with tolling
effect on Luther Hurst, his 200
pound opponent, Otto Teasley with
one blow felled Hurst, causing con
cussion, from which he never recov
ered consciousness, death ensuing
eight hours afterward. The fight
between the men took place shortly
after they left the young lady’s
house at Rionzi, to whom both were
suitors. A heated discussion as to
remarks passed by one and the other
in the young woman’s presence pre
cipitated a fight, and Teasley claims
he acted in sclf-defenc when he saw
Hurst go to his hip pocket. Teasley
weighs HO pounds. Negroes took
Hurst in care at Teasley’s solicita
tion. and the first he knew of the
.death was his arrest, 24 hours later.
Old settlers of Randolph county
will hold a meeting at Riggers
Thursday, September 24. It has
been decided that men over 60 and
women over 50, who have lived in
the county not less than 25 years,
shall be regarded as old settlers. It
is the intention of the promoters of
the meeting to make a complete list
of all the old settlers in Randolph
county, effect a permanent organiza
tion and hold annual meetings. The
following citizens signed the call for
the first meeting: I). W'. Reynolds,
Steve McCrary, R. F. Rilev, B. F.
Bowden. Berrv Wright. J. B. Tottv.
R. 0. Kidd, Albert Hatley, Frol
Hill and W. W. Waddel.
Eston Pierson was shot in the side
with a shotgun Monday by Hale
Frost, a former friend and boon com
panion. The shooting took place
at Brita, a small village near
Havana. After being wounded,
Pierson attacked Frost with a whis
key bottle, beating his head and face
almost to a pulp and rendering him
helpless. He then walked half a mile
to the home of Lee Fulcher, where
his wounds were treated by physi
cians, who say that he will likely re
cover. Frost was also placed under
a doctor’s care and as soon as able
will be given a preliminary hearing
on a charge of assualt to kill.
H. X. Smith of Waldron was re
cently indicted by the Scott county
grand jury on the charge of libel
again.-t T. M. Evatt, treasurer of
Scott county. The indictment
charges the defendant with mali
ciously slandering Mr. Evatt in re
gard to his official conduct as treas
urer of the county. Mr. Smith was
arrested and at once furnished bond
for his appearance at the next term
of the Scott county circuit court.
J. H. Avery, one of the most suc
cessful fruit growers in Craw
ford county, is cultivating a
new cantaloupe to be known
as the Fordhood Gem. It is
said that it will prove superior
to the Kooky Ford. The new melon
is different in shape from the Kooky
Ford and about one-third larger and
more heavily netted. On account of
its size a new crate will have to be
made for its shipment.
John Kelley, 1-1 years of age, who
lives near Hamlin, was accidentally
shot and killed Saturday while
hunting squirrels in the L'Anguille
swamp. Sam Xation, a boy of the
same age. was with him. Kelley
was smoking a pipe and tried to
blow smoke down the barrel of Sam’s
gun. The latter jerked the gun back
and the weapon discharged, the en
tire load passing through Kelley’s
head, killing him instantly.
Governor I’indall granted two
perdons Monday, each pardon being
to restore citizenship. The pardons
were for Homer Reed, convicted in
the Benton county circuit court at
the March, 1908, term, of the charge
of receiving stolen property, and
sentenced to one year in the peniten
tiary; and for J. W. Crawford, fined
for petit larceny in a justice of the
peace court in Yell county ten years
ago..
The Lonoke county grand jury,
in its recent report, stated that the
building at the county farm is over
run by bed bugs and recommended
their extermination. It also pro
tested against the use of the house
as a storage for potatoes. There are
six inmates of the farm, all of whom
arc insane.
ONE EXCEPTION
Easy Edmund—It's one uv de frail
ties uv our poor human nature dat no
matter how much a man gits he wants
more.
Drather Sitdown (thoughtfully) —
Oh, I duano 'bout dat. Not in a polic#
court he don’t.
ECZEMA FOR 55 YEARS.
Suffered Torments from Birth—In
Frightful Condition—Got No Help
Until Cuticura Cured Him.
“I had an itching, tormenting ecze
ma ever since I came into the world,
and T am now- a man 55 years old.
I tried all kinds of medicines I heard
of but found no relief. I was truly
in a frightful condition. At last I
broke out all over with red and white
boils, which kept growing until they
were as big as walnuts, causing great
pain and misery, but I kept from
scratching as well as I could. I was
so run down that 1 could hardly do
my work. I used Cuticura Soap, Oint
ment, Resolvent, and Pills for about
eight months, and I can truthfully say
I am cured. Hale Bordwell, Tipton,
la., Aug. 17, 1907.”
“I cheerfully endorse the above tes
timonial. It is the truth. I know Mr.
Bordwell and know the condition he
was in. Nelson R. Burnett, Tipton, la.”
A Westernized Proverb.
Out in Nevada it is said that they
change the old adage "Death loves a
shining mark" to "Death loves a min
ing shark."—Western Christian Advo
cate.
Never Fails.
"There is one remedy, and only one
I have ever found, to cure without fail
such troubles in my family as eczema,
ringworm and all others of an itching
character. That remedy is Hunt’s
Cure. We always use it and it never
fails." W. M. CHRISTIAN.
50c per box. Rutherford, Tenn.
A Double Miss.
Citiman—Now that you're living in
the country don't you miss the early
morning noise and bustle of the city?
Suburbs—I do if I miss the 6.54
train.—New York Press.
“It Finds the Spot.”
The Oil we struck is the Oil that
has stuck while others have passed
away, simply because it cures your
Pains, Aches, Bruises, Sprains, Cuts
and Burns quicker than any other
known remedy. Hunt’s Lightning Oil
It's line for Chigger bites also.
The Long Climb
It is said that a man begins to go
down hill at 40, but a good many peo
ple find that the up-hill climb begins
at that age.
TO DRIVE Ol T MALARIA
AM) lit ILD l r THE SYSTEM.
Take the Ol.l 3t.in.iart (iKOV K'S TASTKLKS3
CHILL TONIC. Von know w hat you are taking.
The formula is plainly printed on every bntt.lp,
showing it is simply Quinine* and Iron in a tasteless
form, and the most <» factual form. For grown
people and children. i>0 •.
Only when a girl has a man where
he must face the parson with her or
pose as the defendant in a breach-of
promise suit will she admit that she
has corns.
Capudine Cures Indigestion Pains,
Sour stomach and heartburn no matter
from what cause. Gives immediate relief.
Prescribed by physicians because it is
pure and effective Trial bottle 10c. Regu
lar size 25c and 50c at all druggists.
Occasionally.
And sometimes a man gets married
in order to have some one believe his
talk.
§>y rup sffigs
^OixirtfSenna
Cloanses tile System Effect
ua I ly; Dispels Lolds and Head
acnes duo to Constipation;
Acts naturally, acts truly as
a Laxative.
Best jinrMen\Vonum and Child*
ren-youngand Old.
To get its Beneficial E||ects
Always uuy the Genuine which
nasine Jull name oj' the Com
pany
CALIFORNIA
Fio Sxrup Co.
by whom it is manufactured, printed on the
front of eve™ package.
SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS.
one size only, regular price 50?pm-bottle.