Woodrukk Countx News.
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VOL. VII.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1908.
MO. 47.
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.
Patrick Shea, vice-president of
the Amalgamated Association of
gtre,,. and Electric Railway Employes
0f America; President W. V. Lock
hart of the Chester t Pa.) union, and 12
strikers of the Chester 'fraction Com
pany. were indicted by a grand jury
for alleged conspiracy and dynamiting
20 ears of the company.
Ohio is going after the saloons with
a vengeance. Already H; counties
have held elections under the Rose
local option law, and all the 10 coun
ties have gone "dry," driving several
hundred saloons out of business.
One fireman killed and four injuied,
one seriously, with a property loss ot
between $100,000 and $200,000, was
the result of a fire which raged in
Dallas. Tex.
The American Battleship fleet,
which passed Perth, Australia, last
week, is due off Manila Friday or Sat
urday. Because of the cholera out
break in Manila all arrangements for
ihc reception and entertainment ot
the officers and men except the water
parade upon the fleets arrival, have
been postponed. The fleet will in
dulge in target practice as previously
arranged and then depart for Japan.
The St. Petersburg correspondent ol
the London Times says that Russia
and (Treat Britain have demanded a
clearer reply from the shah to their
representations on the subject of the
elections.
Hit' proceedings ol MU' opening ses
sion of tli - Sixteenth National Irriga
tion Congress which met in conven
tion haU at Albuquerque, N. M-, Tues
day, wot impressive, and the specta
tors who crowded the galleries were
moved to repeated demonstrations ot
approval. Two letters and a telegram
were read to the congress from Presi
dent Roosevelt.
Conducting one day's campaign in
South Dakota Monday William J
Uryan poured volleys of criticism inti:
the Republican platform, Mr. Taft and
Presidei. Roosevelt. He covered a
good deal of ground in the state and
Monday night stopped in Sioux City,
Iowa, and left Tuesday morning for
ltoek island, 111.
There were fourteen new cases and
three deaths reported for the twenty
four hours ending at 8 o'clock Monday
morning in Manila. Practically the
entire staffs of the bureau of sciences
and it - local schools have been draft
ed into he service to fight the dis
ease. The staifs of medical schools
arc ailing as nurses and attendants
at tin various hospitals, for cholera
patients.
That the suit for civil damages
which Gm. Charles N. Haskell prom
ises to bring against President Rouse
v<di in connection with the Hears!
charges against Haskell, that the
President took up as his own. may
delay Roosevelt's proposed hunting
,nl> ia i ediately upon his retirement
as <1: < f executive, is the declaration
made a 'it-saay by several of Haskell's
friends.
Witn characteristic aggressiveness
Pi’1 sub Roosevelt made reply Sun
'lay nk ia t0 William J. Bryan’s recent
in which m
iniii: (i (hf- Democratic party and plat
lotnt were not. getting a square deal
*" ,*1< campaign. The president sets
faith ’it detail what has been accom
plished by the Republican party since
,*ll‘ *asl Democratic administration.
ani1 ‘oritpares it with the work accom
plish* (] under Democratic rule. The
Piesidcnt says that under tlie last
emu* ratio administration not a
ship!' indictment was returned
against shippers lor receiving secret
tebates Under Republican manage
iin i t forty-nine indictments have been
'chimed for secret rebates, with
'•Shirtn convictions. In only four
l asi'£ have the indictments tailed. The
0!h'1 'wenty-seven cases are still
Pending.
Reports to the Washington Weather
nrt'au from the West indicate that
e drouth is broken in practically all
•'fritorv lying cast of the Mississippi
in.. Forest fires arc extinguished
8111 which had reached a low
"a"i mark heretofore uukuown will
*"011 at normal. The sudden drop
" 'i mPcrature will do no damage to
Props.
Americans and two Italians
[ ^*°w'n to pieces in an explosion
dynamite while working at Cross
v‘s it on the Delaware, Lncka
ntni.i # Western railroad near Toby
hatina. pa.
p( l I'* h'itish ship Loch Finlas, from
, Plnp- South Australia, for Callao,
8 . "1 whed off Foster island, Tas
„ 8111,1 ■ a{ day-light Sunday morning
v< twenty of the crew of twenty-four
Wen '‘lowno<I- The other four men
I’.ckcd up by a passing steamer.
Two children of J. F. Thompson
were burned to death in fire caused
by a lamp explosion which destroyed
the family home at Moselle, just north
of Hattiesburg, Miss. The mother ot
the children met death in a cyclone
last April.
Judge De Lacey, in the United
States Supreme Court, lias rendered a
decision maintaining the constitution
ality of the net to regulate child labor
in the District of Columbia, and de
cided that newspapers, in the sense in
which they are named in the act, are
not merchandise.
The largest German steamship ever
built, which will typify the greatness
and power of the German nation, now
is being constructed, and when it is
launched, Oct, 31, it will bo named
George Washington.
In the hope of prolonging the life
of Marquis Inouyo. who is seriously ill
at Okitsu. Fukumora Takoiio, a girl
of 17. and an orphan, stabbed hersen
to death and gave her blood to the
fast sinking nobleman, according to
advices received from Japan. The girl
died in the belief that her blood could
bo used to help the marquis to re
covery.
Following a ('• :g visit to the Paci
fic coast cities President A. J. Carling
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
railroad, is on his way east. He stated
before leaving that he expected the
extension of the St. Paul to Seattle
and Tacoma. Wash., to be finished by
July 1.
"Locomotor ataxia." hitherto con
sidered incurable, has at last surrend
ered to the advance of science, accord
ing to claims made before the New
York Academy of Medicine by Dr.
Legrand N. Denslow, which arc oc
casioning wide comment.
A special dispatch from Rome says
that the Duke de Abruzzi and Miss
Katherine Likins danerhter of Senator
Stephen H. Elkins of West Virginia,
will he married on or about Dec. 10.
Official notification of the wedding
will be given out in November.
That a repetition of the fatal Hub
hard expedition into Labrador barely
was averted in the Arctic regions bor
dering the mouth of the Mackenzie
River. Alaska, last month, became
known when three letters front Vilh
jahlm Stefansson and Dr. R. M. An
derson, leaders of the Alaskan-Arctic
Ethnological expedition of the Ameri
can Museum of Natural History, were
received by the museum authorities.
Three million persons are shelter
less. facing starvation and threatened
with a fever pestilence, as the result
of the Hood that has devastated the
city of Haldarabad and the entire
Musi River Valley in Indian.
President Roosevelt will give all the
trophies collected in his African hunt
next spring to the National Museum.
This was the official announcement
made together with a few other details
regarding the president's forthcoming
i rip.
The Aero Club of France sent Wil
bur Wright its check for $1000 as the
winner of its prize for the longest
flight over a prescribed course, his
official flight of 1 hour 7 minutes, and
11 % seconds, made Sept. 8. not having
been approached by any other con
testant.
Chicago was chosen as the place for
next year's meeting by the American
Bankers' association.
A gang of masked men held up the
postoffice at Slater, la., and escaped
with $000 worth of stamps and money.
One man lias been arrested as a sus
pect .
Henceforth a one ounce letter to
England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales
will need only a 2-cent postage stamp,
IlKSlfilll Ul U. iJ-VLlU UIH\ IU iUDUlD Cl'
livery. This remarkable reduction in
rales has been agreed upon between
the two governments as the best
means of promoting commercial and
friendly relations between the United
States and Great Britain.
At the Children's Hospital in Wash
ington. 10 little patients have been in
oculated in the interests of science
and humanity with the deadly germs
of both human and bovine tubercu
losis. The experiment, which is to de
termine the value of a new method of
diagnosis advanced by Dr. Baszios De
tec, professor of bacteriology at the
University of Budapest. Hungary, is
being watched with keenest interest
by the delegates to the International
Congress of Tuberculosis.
Thousands have been drowned,
towns wiped cut, an area many miles
in extent turned into an inland sea,
and the bodies of flood victims found
lodged in the branches of trees and
lining the banks of the terribly swol
len streams as the result of a ttood
that is now ravaging the Deccan region
in Hast India.
Forest and meadow fires are raging
in Ohio. West of Cleveland hundreds
of acres of wood and meadow land
are afire and are traveling rapidly
toward Kooky River, a few miles from
the city square. Hundreds are fight
lng, apparently in vain, to check the
progress of the flames The country
Is dry as tinder as there has been no
rain here iu over eight weeks.
To Raise Fund for Orphanage.
A handsome brick orphanage, capa
ble of accommodating 100 homeless
children, will be erected by the Metho
dist Episcopal church, South, at the
corner of Fifteenth and Commerce |
streets, Little Rock, at a cost of
$30,000.
At a meeting of the laymen from
all portions of the state, held Thurs
day at the Masonic Temple in Little
Rock, this decision was reached, and
plans were perfected for raising the
fund, which is to be collected by
subscription within a period of 90
days.
Rev. M. B. Umsted of Beebe was ap
pointed to have charge of the cam
paign for raising the funds, but it was
decided that one layman in each of the
21 districts in the state would lie ap
pointed to have charge of the work
in his particular district. The church
has had the plan of rebuilding the
orphanage under consideration for
some time, and those who attended
the meeting Thursday were enthu
siastic in their support of the project.
The church now owns three lots at
Fifteenth and Commerce streets, upon
which is a large wooden structure used
for the home. The orphanage is in
charge of the matron and one assistant
and they are aided in caring for the
inmates by the older girl in the home.
Hope to Effect a Compromise.
There will be a lull in the agitation
for lower frieght rates until the rail
roads and the shippers of Little Rock
confer with each other on October 6
and 7. Un tties® days, representatives
from the Iron Mountain, the Kook
Island and the Cotton Belt, will dis
cuss the reasonableness of the 2:J per
cent advance in rates, with the Execu
tive Committee of the Merchants’
Freight Bureau. The shippers, who
are willing to give in somewhat, be
lieve that a compromise will be effect
ed.
Arbitration worked in Memphis, and
Manager Bragg believes that it will
in Little Rock. At all events, all legal J
action against the roads will be dropped
until the results of the conference are i
Shown. As one of the most prominent
shippers said: "We are going to do
everything to allow the railroads to
come to terms. We dislike rousing
enmity between the two sides through
a legal tight, when all differences may
be adjusted amicably, in conference.
A Limited Dollar Wage.
Cotton pickers are receiving $1 per
100 pounds in the vicinity of England.
Lonoke county, according to Postmas
ter Schooley of that place, but it is
only in the lowlands northeast of Eng
land, where it is necessary to gather
the crop at once lest heavy rains
should come and inundate the fields.
The cotton, too. Mr. Schooley says,
is of a rather poor grade and a picker
cannot gather as many pounds as in
a first-class crop.
The tempting price is having its
effect on the negroes, and the other
plantation owners of that district find
it necessary to raise their price in
order to secure help. As high as 80
cents is being offered on plantations
where the growth is heavy and easy
to pick, but in all other portions of
the county and in Pulaski. • u cents
remains the ruling rate.
P.ant ArmstaiH Pr.'i'itr.itftd,
Capt. Carroll F. Armstaid, command
ant of cadets at the University of ,
Arkansas, suffered a nervous break
down at Fayetteville Wednesday after
noon. Capt. Armstaid is completely |
prostrated and will have to be removed
to a hospital for treatment. It is
probable that a successor to Capt.
Armstaid will be detailed by the War
Department. At the last meeting of j
the Board of Trustees of the univer
sity, Capt. Armstaid’s department was
especially commended.
Postoffice is Robbed.
The postoffice at Baxter was bur
glarized Tuesday night. Eleven dollars
in cash belonging to .1. W. Crook, the
postmaster, were stolen. Nothing in
the way of stamps or money belonging
to the government was taken. The .
office was robbed about IS months
ago when 50 cents in money, a few
stamps and some groceries were
stolen. Baxter is only four miles
from Dermott, where the postoffice
was robbed about two weeks ago.
Tom Reed on Trial for Life.
The trial of Tom Reed, charged with
murdering Henry Pullen near Antonia
March IS, opened Thursday morning
in the Pike County Circuit Court at
Murfreesboro. The court room was
crowded with people, as the case is
a celebrated one there. Pullen was
found dead in Ms house, where he
lived alone.
May Grow Rice On State Farm.
The question of getting rid of the
Johnson grass on the state convict
farm in Lincoln county will probably
be discussed at the next meeting of
the Hoard of Commissioners of the
state penitentiary, which will be held
Monday.
It has been suggested that a large
tract of the land where the Johnson
glass grows to such an extent as to
make it unprofitable to raise corn or
cotton be converted into a rice field.
The soil is well adapted to the pro
duction of tice. being the same as
that in Jefferson county below Pine
Bluff, where Judge James Gould and
John F. Rutherford have made a suc
cess of its cultivation. One of the
advantages in establishing a rice field
on the state farm is that it can be
done at little expense and be operated
at less expense than those on the
prairies in Arkansas, Lonoke and Prai
rie counties.
Growers of rice in the latter coun
ties, in order to secure water, must
sink wells and erect tanks at consider
able financial outlay which would not
be incurred at the stale farm, as na
ture furnishes all the water needed
and the land is located so as to enable
the convicts to Hood the rice tields at
any time with little labor and trouble
and at comparatively small expense.
Flooding the fields where the rice is
cultivated would destroy the Johnson
grass in a single season. This year the
sipe water from the Arkansas river
ruined about 800 acres of cotton. The
river at the farm was at the overflow
stage last spring for 27 days, and the
presence of all this water on the land
suggested the idea of utilizing 1,000
o: more acres for the production of
lice. It just so happens that the por
tion of the farm most available for ,
I 103 LIIMUIC i8
grass grows the thickesi.
Last year the state farm produced
between 1,300 and 1,400 bales of cot
ton, but this year the yield will not
be much in excess of 1.000 bales. Two j
hundred convicts now employed in .
picking cotton, and tip t-o Tuesday had ,
gathered between 300 and 400 bales.
None of the cotton picked this season
has been placed on the market.
Only Frost at Bentonville.
As a result of the cool wave, the
only heavy frost, occurring in Ar
kansas. according to Weather Bureau |
reports, was at Bentonville on Mon- |
day and Tuesday mornings. The frost
at that station was heavy, but was
not a killing one. Cotton planters
said Tuesday the cotton had received
a chill that will doubtless affect it
some, but as far as is known uo meas
ureable damage resulted.
H. F. Alciatore, section director,
explained the cool wave was an “o*'
thodox” one from a weather man’s
standpoint. When the area of high
pressure appeared in the northwest, j
there was an area of low pressure
south and east. This permitted the ^
high, with its attendant cold, to swing
to the south and east with rapidity.
Similar conditions in winter result in
cold waves throughout the country.
Tuesday morning the wave had
crossed the Mississippi river, and At
lanta. Ga.. Chattanooga, Tenn., Jack- :
sonville, Fla., Mobile, Ala., Montgom
ery, Ala., New York, Washington, and
other cities south and east, showed !
morning temperatures from 12 to 22
degrees under the morning before.
West of the Mississippi river (he tem
peratures were rising..
Took Poison By Accident.
Mistaking morphine for quinine,
Lillian, the 14-year-old daughter of
Tom Moody, who lives four miles
north of Keo, filled a capsule with the
poison and took it. Seeing her sud
den illness the family thought she
was lawiug a tiiiu auu -
other capsule containing morphine,
which they thought contained quinine.
The girl died just about the time a
physician reached her.
Infant Overturns Hot Water.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
I". C. t’obbs of Keo, was painfully
burned about the legs Tuesday by
overturning a bucket of hot water
which had been prepartd for its bath.
The bucket was left on the floor near
the babe while the mother went to
another part of the house after cool
water.
Deny Night Rider Reports.
Reports to the effect that night
riders have appeared near El Paso
are denied by Beebe citizens w'ho
have just visited El Paso. It is re
ported that there has been some trou
ble between farmers in that locality,
but. according to all reports, the trou
ble has been settled.
May Get Electric Plant.
An effort is now being made to
establish an electric light plant at
Heber. A corporation will be organ
ized soon for the purpose of establish
ing and operating such a plant under
the franchise granted W. H. Horton
by the City Council several months
ago.
Plurality for Donaghey 66,069.
Secretary of Stale O. C. Ludwig has
the official returns of the recent elec
tion from alj the counties in the state
of the vote for the five constitutional
officers—Governor, secretary of state,
attorney general, auditor and treas
urer.
Mr. Donaghey received a smaller
vote than any of the other candi
daes for the constitutional officers,
and notwithstanding he had two can
didates opposing him, while each of
the others had only one, his plurality
over his Republican opponent is
greater than the majorities received
by Ludwig. Norwood, Yates or Jobe
over their respective Republican op
ponents.
The largest vote. 116,790, was polled
by Hal L. Norwood, the Demo
cratic candidate for attorney general,
but his majority was 278 less than
Donaghey’s plurality over Worthing
ton, his Republican opponent for
governor.
James L. Yates, for treasurer, re
ceived the next highest number of
votes, being 1,533 less than was re
turned for Norwood and 5,295 more
than was polled by Donaghey.
Jobe, for auditor, received 3,679
more votes than Donaghey and 1,633
less than Norwood, and Ludwig, for
secretary of state, received 1,766
more votes than Donaghey and 3,546
less than Norwood.
The returns show that the total
vote polled tor governor in the 75
counties was 163.674. of which George
W. Donaghey, the Democratic nomi
nee, received 111,4*78; John I. Worth
ington, Republican nominee, 45,409;
J. Sam Jones, Socialist nominee, 6,787.
Donaghev's* majority is 59,282 and his
plurality ever Worthington is 66.069.
The vote for secretary of state is
as follows: O. i'. Ludwig, Democrat,
ii.i. u. r nzpamoK, ite|juuiK'au,
50.675. Ludwig's majority, 62,569.
For attorney general—Hal L. Nor
wood, Democrat, 116,790; T. O.
Youmans, Republican, 50,999. Nor
wood's majority, 65,791.
State auditor—.1. R. Jobe, Demo
crat, 115.157; A. A. Keller, Repub
lican. 51,404. .lobe's majority, 63,
753.
State treasurer—James L. Yates,
Democrat, 116,573; W. B. Burrow,
Republican, 50.950. Yates’ majority,
65,623.
Reynolds Held to Grand Jury.
Conductor L. Reynolds, charged
with being responsible for the death
of Clint Ruff, by throwing him from
the door of an Iron Mountain caboose
into Walnut lake on the night, ot
September 12, was given a preliminary
hearing at Dumas Friday before Jus
tice Norman Moore. Reynolds was
held to the Grand Jury on a charge
cl murder in the second degree and
his attorneys at once announced that
they would appeal to Judge Grace, at
Pine Bluff, for bail. Justice Moore
declared there was not sufficient evi
dence against Reynolds to warrant
his being held on the charge of first
degree murder.
A Far-Reaching Fight.
Herbert Mitchell, a young white
man, was arrested at Texarkana Fri
day morning by Deputy United States
Marshal L.‘ E. Rowe on a warrant
charging him with interfering with
and retarding the United Sates mails
while in transit. The prisoner was
later held to the federal grand jury
under bond of $250. which he gave.
The charge grew out of an alterca
tion at the Union station last August
between Mitchell and a negro em
ploye at the baggage room, a part of
whose duties was (o truck the mail
between file trains and mail transfer
office
Governor Little Slowiy Recovering.
Governor John S. Little, who is in
a private sanitarium in St. Joseph.
Mo., is reported to be slowly recover
ing. mentally and physically, but
physicians at the sanitarium do not
believe he will be able to resume his
official duties before his successor.
George \V. Donaghey, elected Mon
day, is inaugurated the first of the
year.
Central Arkansas Fair.
Great preparations are being made
at Carlisle for the annual Central Ar
kansas Fair, which opens in October.
The fair will be held .iust after the
State Fair at Hot Springs. A large
horticultural building is being erected
and tlie fair promises to be much bet
ter this year than last. There will He
great competition among the farmers.
Negroes Scared From Field.
Some excitement has been caused
by the operations of whitcappers in
the neighborhood of Genoa, 10 miles
southeast of Texarkana. As a result
of posted warnings to leave the
county nearly all the negroes have
quit the cotton fields; and are seeking
asylum elsewhere.
59 Bales of Cotton Burn.
The cotton warehouse belonging to
Richardson & May, at Rob Roy. a few
miles east of Pine Bluff, was burned
Wednesday. It contained 59 bales ot
cotton at the time of the Jire and
these were also burned.
HE REMEMBERED,
in his will?”
“Well, he remembered me, all right,
but that was why he didn’t mention
me in it."
SKIN TROUBLES CURED.
First Had Itching Rash—Threatened
Later With Blood-Poison in Leg—
Relied on Cuticura Remedies.
-$
“About twelve or fifteen years ago
I had a breaking-out, and it itched,
and stung so badly that I could not
have any peace because of it. Three
doctors did not help me. Then I used
some Cuticnra Soap, Cuticura Oint
ment, and Cuticura Resolvent and
began to get better right away. They
cured me and I have not been bothered
with the itching since, to amount to
anything. About two years ago 1
had la grippe and pneumonia which
left me with a pain in my side. Treat
ment, ran it into my leg, which then
swelled and began to break out. The
doctor was afraid it would turn to
hln/tfJ.nnicon T ncorl liic
but it did no good, then I used the
Cuticura Remedies three times and
cured the breaking-out on my leg. J. F.
Hennen, Milan, Mo., May 13,1907.”
A Kind Heart.
Head of Firm (to old bookkeeper)—
Henry, you've worked for us for 30
years, and during that time you have
been faithful and your work has been
satisfactory. But you are now so old
that we must replace you with a
younger man. We are very grateful
to you, Henry, and, of course, will do
the right thing. Have you saved?
Henry—I wouldn't, sir, with my large
family.
"As I thought! Then 1 want to say
to you that we shall be only too glad
to keep you on for a month or so at a
reduced salary until you can place
yourself elsewhere."—Judge.
How It Felt.
An Irish maid in the'service of a
Washington family recently sought
permission of her mistress to take
an afternoon off for the purpose, of
consulting a dentist.
Upon her return, the mistress said:
“Well, Rosalie, did you have the
t. O’h filled?"
"1 did, mum."
"And what did the dentist fill it
with—gold or amalgam?"
"I don’t, know just what it was,
mum; but from the way 1 feel, I
should think it was with thunder and
loightning mum."
Browned Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Press three good-sized hot-boiled
;weet potatoes through a ricer and
heat into them salt and pepper to sea
son and a heaping tablespoon of but
ter. Add enough milk to make quite
ni' ist and put into a baking dish.
Dot w ith bits of butter and bake until
browned on top. Serve in the same
NO GUSHER
But Tells Facts About Postum.
“We have used Postum for the past
eight years,” writes a Wis. lady, “and
drink it three times a day. We never
tire of it.
“For several years I could scarcely
eat anything on account of dyspepsia,
bloating after meals, palpitation, sick
headache—in fact was in such misery
and distress 1 tried living on hot water
and toast for nearly a year.
“I had Quit coffee, the cause of my
trouble, and was using hot water, but
this was not nourishing.
“Hearing of Postum I began drink
ing it and my ailments disappeared,
and now I can eat anything I want
without trouble.
“My parents and husband had about
the same experience. Mother would
ofteu suffer after eating, while yet
drinking coffee. My husband was a
great coffee drinker and suffered from
indigestion and headache.
“After he stopped coffee and began
Postum both ailments left him. He
will not drink anything else' now and
we have it three times a day. I could
write more but anatmio gusher—only
state plain facts.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to
Wellville,” inpkgs. “There’s a Reason.”
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
Interest.