THE BEST
COUNTY
IN THE STATE
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McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1901.
NO. 23.
-T \IL DELIVERY.
Last Monday evening about 9
o’clock two prisoners made their
escape from the county jail. Jail
or Short went in the jail to carry
John Jones (col.) some small arti
cles which he had asked to be
purchased for him, and was open
ing the cage door so Jones could
get the articles which had been
placed on the floor beyond the
door, when Jones jerked the
door from the jailers hands be
fore he had gotten it far enough
back to latch into the wall, and
made a break for liberty. Jailor
Short kept his presence of mind
and dealt Jones several blows on
the head with a lock weighing
about five pounds, but which bad
no other affect than to bruise
Jones up a little. While Short
was scuffling with Jones Frank
Wiley, a white man, also made
his escape. Al Short’s timely
arrival on the scene prevented
the escape of other prisoners.
Wiley was captured that night
about five miles below town, at
Dennis ’ Store on his way home.
Up to the time of going to press
Jones has not been apprehended.
—Augusta Vidette.
TllUE OF EVERY TOWN.
What do you think of having a
neat, breezy paper in Bald Knob?
It seems to us that the time
has come. No town worth any
thing can hope to get along with
out the help of the press. It is
one of the necessities of a mod
ern civilization. Let every one
advertise his business; let people
know who you are and what you
are doing; build up yourself and
don’t forget that you live in the
town of Bald Knob. Keep in
mind, what helps the town helps
you. Put up your mite to help
the paper, and thus show by
your action that you have faith
in the town and its enterprise.
Keep in mind the fact that you
are a part and parsel of the peo
ple, and show it by helping the
paper. If you have any business
to advertise, advertise it. Sub
scribe for the paper and pay in
advance. Keep in mind that it
takes doe to run a paper as well
as brains.—By a Citizen in the
Bald Knob Herald.
YOU ARE LOPSIDED.
The editor of an exchange has
been spending his spare time
delving into tilings hitherto un
known aad after so long a time
has come to theconclusionamong
other things that the twTo sides
of a person’s face are never
alike; the eyes are out of line in
two cases out of five, and one eye
is stronger than the other in
seven persons out of ten. The
right ear is also, as a rule, high
er than the left.
Only one person in fifteen has
perfect eyes, the largest per
centage of defects prevailing
among fair-haired people. Short
sight is more common iu town
than among country folk, and of
all people the Germans have the
largest proportion of short-sight
ed persons.
The shortest interval of sound
can be better distinguished with
one ear than with both, The
nails of two fingers never grow
with the same rapidity, that of
the middle finger growing the
fastest, while that of the thumb
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We sell and guarantee Brown Shoe Co’s St. Louis f
Shoes for men, women and children, also Wolf Bros’ f
Shoes for women and children which cannot be excelled f
for the price, These afe not the only good things we f
have. We carry a general line of Merchandise and |
try to give you the best in every line. |
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grows the slowest. In 54 cases
out of 100 the left leg is the
shortest.
FOR CONGRESS.
Hon. Eugene Parrish announc
es in the Jonesboro papers that
he is a candidate for congress
and that he will submit his
claims to the democratic prima
ries or any other method that
che party may adopt for select
ing its nominee.
M r. Parrish is a brillant man
of versatile attainments and is
widely known in this portion of
the state. He formerly practised
law in this county and was a
partner of Hon. B. H. Crowley.
His is the first formal announce
ment for congressional honors
that we have seen, though sever
al others have been spoken of.
Judge Taylor, it is understood,
will again be a candidate and it
is said that Hon. R. B. Macon of
Phillips will be in the race, while
Senator Ferguson of Woodruff
county, is regarded as a strong
probability. Hon. W. W. Bandy
of ftvppnp is still a.Tra.i finer rlpvpl
opments and may conclude to
shy his castor. If he does he
will wake things up.
To say the least of it the con
gressional race promises to be a
lively one.—Paragould Solo
phone.
WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
If there is anything that will
stimulate and encourage a per
son in doing anything in life it is
the appreciation and words of
praise of the public. It is the
praise and encouragement of a
commander to his soldiers in
the midst of a battle that causes
the latter to rush madly forward
with renewed vigor to the front.
Everyone is subject to praise.
Tell a man his efforts are appre
ciated and he will strive the
harder for a continuation of the
appreciation. On the other
i hand, if you tell a man that all
i his efforts are wasted on the
desert air, that his work is not
! appreciated, in nine cases
out of ten he will tell you that he
doesn’t care, which we believe is
the first step backwards. Edit
ors are not a little bit above
praise. When an editor endeav
ors to give the people a good,
readable paper and he sees that
his efforts are appreciated, he
goes to work with stronger as
pirations, a lighter heart and a
feeling of “try-to-do-better-in
the-futui'e-than-in-the-past. ” We
are continually receiving compli
ments from our readers which
we certainly appreciate, and they
have much to do with making our
labors lighter. Among others
received recently, the one fol
lowing, taken from the last
issue of the Courier-Democrat
which is published in our old
home Russellville, and which by
i the way, is one of the best if not
the best country paper published
in this state, is appreciated just
a little more than others and we
modestly give space to it:
“The C-D’s exchange list con
tains a number of excellently
printed and ably edited papers,
prominently among which is the
Woodruff County News. This is
especially gratifying to us from
me iaci mat it is eaiteu oy a
Russellville boy, Gus W. Kramer,
and the additional fact that he
served his apprenticeship in this
oflic o Gus is not only a good
printer but he knows how to edit
and successfully operate a paper.
The News is justly entitled to a
very liberal patronage at the
hands of the business men of
McCrory.
In speaking of Wm. J. Bryan,
the Bryan of to-day, an old-time
friend of his, who is and has
been his next door neighbor for
years, at Lincoln, Nebraska,
their home, says that the Bryan
of to day is a sadder but wiser
i man than the former. “The
Bryan of yestejj$lay, ” said the
friend, “was 04presidential pos
sibility with all its attendant
1 characteristics. He was a hail
i fellow well-met with everybody.
I To-day it is another story. He
is becoming reserved and is as
'suming the general air of the
money maker. Years) ago when
I first knew Br’ I he was an
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obscure attorney in an obscure1
town; $1,200 a year was wealth
to him then. To-day, Bryan is
worth $150,000 and is rapidly ad
ding to the pile. He made $50,000
last year lecturing and with his
| pen, which is itself a White
House salary. He is having plans
drawn for a rather pretentious
mansion on his farm just out of
Lincoln. He acknowledged the
other day that his only future
ambition politically is to council
j the party irrespective of his ever
1 becoming its presidential candi
date again.—New Madrid Rec
ord.
According to the late estimates j
j of the census bureau there are!
' said to be in the United States
1,410,769 negro heads of families, j
Of these 264,288 own their own .
homes and 1,146,481 are renters, i
Prof. Du Bois of Atlanta in a
bulletin of the United Stafes De-'
partment of Labor tells a curious 1
story of negro progress in;
Georgia. When the war ended j
the blacks had not a foot of
ground. Nowr they own more
than 1,000,000 acres. When lios
tilities ceased the negroes in that
n4-o4-rt n ■» v» y~v /I 01 / \ v-\ f ,
j some swamp land. Little by lit
| tie, in the face of obstacles aad
discouragement, they extended
their holdings, and are ambitious
apparently to continue in this
course. Perhaps, if the people
who think, talk and write about
the negro problem will “give it
up” and let the black man alone,
i he will solve it himself. It is a
question of thrift, which itself is
a question of education of char
acter as well as of intellect. Giv
en this education the black man
will have to work out his own
salvation. The whites should.
content themselves with wish-ng
him well and carefully abstaining
; from ill-advised helpful efforts
: which do not help.
WEATHER FORECASTS.
For those interested in the
weather forecasts the News pub
| lishes the following which are !
DeVoe’s forecasts for Septem
ber: ‘Hot and sultry weather
this month will prevail generally
)ver the sonthern part of the
United States, until the equinox,
when the usual storms are likely
x) occur and bring needed rain.
1st to 3d, hot and sultry. On the
1th a storm will form west of the
Mississippi river, but the hot
wave will continue over the
southern states from the 5tli to
3th. 9th to 12th, violent local
thunder storms followed by cool
er weather. On the 13th a cy
clone will appear over the east
ern part of the Gulf of Mexico
which is likely to travel west
ward to Texas, and may cause
heavy rains over the gulf states
from the 14th to 15. 16th to 19th
hot and sultry, followed by local
showers. On the 20th a storm
will form over the lower Missis
sipi valley and move northward,
causing rain over the Missouri
valley. 21st to 24th, hot and
sultry. 25th to 29th, a great
storm will appear over the Gulf
of Mexico and move northward
into the Ohio Valley, causing
heavy rains in its path. The
month will close with cool weath
er generally throughout the
United States.
There are two distinct kinds of
advertising, indifferent and wide
awake. The former is always a
failure and the latter never. The
wide awake advertiser studies
advertising and ahvays says
something to the point. The
reading public, winch includes
80 per cent of the whole, learn to
read that kind of advertising.
The truly prosperous merchant
is the one who advertises, and
hard times does not affect him
until all others have been affect
ed.
Essex Peppin, the negro rapist
}f Cross county, an account of
svhose crime appeared recently
n the News, was tried in the
Gross county circuit court the
irst of last week, the jury re
turning with a verdict of guilty,
which for rape cases means
leath. The court pronounced
the death sentence and fixed
Friday, October 11th as the day
for the hanging, which will take
place at Vaudale, and it will be
public. This will be the first
legal execution in Cross county
since 1878, and that was for the
same crime, while Judge Mack
was on the bench and Foster
Brown prosecuting attorney.
The negro was taken to the
Green county jail for safe keep
ing until the day of hisexecution.
A Certain Cure lor Dysentery and Diarrhoea.
“Some years ago I was one of
a party that intended making a
long bicycle trip,” says P. L.
Taylor, of New Albany, Bradford
County, Pa. “I was taken sud
denly with diarrhoea, and was
about to give up the trip, when
editor Ward, of the Laceyville
Messenger, suggested that I take
a dose of Chamberlain’s Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
T purchased a bottle and took
two doses, one before starting
and one on the route. I made the
trip successfully and never felt
any ill effect. Again last sum
mer I was almost completely run
down with an attack of dysen
tery. I bought a bottle of this
same remedy and this time one
dose cured me.” Sold by Dr. J.
B. Neal of McCrory and A. S
Thompson of DeView.
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