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VOL. VII.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1907.
NO. 4,
NEWS OF
ARKANSAS
Senator Davis’ Bill Among First.
Senator Jett Davis has introduced
an anti trust bill in the Senate follow
ing very closely the lines of that now
In force in Arkansas, and has given
notice that he will address the Senate
In support of the same on December
11. This is a breaking of all senator
ial records, for never in the history
of the body has a new Senator address
ed the Senate nine days after his en
trance upon the office. His bill pro
vides a fine of $5,000 for each offense
in fixing the price of manufactured
articles by combination, also forfeit
ure of charter and imprisonment from
five to twenty years.
Demented Negro Shot.
“Wash” Shears, a demented negro
who became insane thirteen years ago
upon being abandoned by his wife,
became violent one day recently and
shot seven persons, one of whom may
die, upon the streets of Augusta. He
was finally brought to bay and shot to
death by a crowd of citizens who had
rushed to arms. His body was then
dumped into a hastily dug grave.
Camden Boy Wins Prize.
W. K. Ramsey, Jr., of Camden, who
Is a student at Washington Lee Uni
versity, Virginia, won a prize of $500,
offered by a clothing firm of Chicago
for the best essay on finance and poli
tical economy written by an under
graduate. The judges were three pro
fessors of the Chicago University.
A Minister Expelled.
Rev. B. J. Matthews, pastor of the
Bark Avenue Baptist church at Hot
Springs, has been expelled from the
church as a result of charges brought
against him. Twelve members of his
flock who steadfastly refused to be
lieve him guilty, shared the same
fate.
New School At Booneville.
The new school building, one of the
best equipped in wrest central Arkan
sas, has been opened at Booneville.
It is of brick, provided with a modern
steam-heating plant, physical and
chemical laboratories and the courses
offered embrace a thorough high school
curriculum.
Switchman Is Hurt.
J. H. Emory of Argenta, a switch
man employed by the Iron Mountain
was injured recently, while helping
switch a freight train. He was on
top of one of the cars when his car left
the track, throwing him into a ditch.
His injuries are not considered seri
ous.
New Steel Bridges.
Three steel bridges, one over Caney
creek on the Washington and Hope
road, one over a stream three miles
from Washington on the Washington
and Little Rock road and the third
on the Washington and Fulton road
have been placed by Hempstead coun
ty.
153 Federal Employes.
Government reports show that there
are 153 lederal employes from Arkan
sas employed in the government de
partments in Washington, and that
they receive an annual compensation
«f ?16S,38L
Property Valuation.
The valuation of personal property
hi Dallas county, as assessed is about
51.PPP.OOO, and real property about $2,
000,000, the largest assessment in the
history of the county.
To Establish Plant.
Kansas City capitalists are contem
t> ai ing the establishment of a cement
mm a.1 Fort Smlth at a cost of $150,
' bonus will be asked by the
Proprietors.
Arkansas Delegation.
Arkansas will be entitled to nine
e egi.tes to the National Prohibition
convention which will be held at Co
lumbus, O.
State Teachers Meet.
n ° ‘^kaasas Teachers’ Association
"*‘l meet in Little Rock, December 26
1,1 a three-days’ session.
Child Drowned In Creek.
\vm- t"'°'>'ear-old son of Thomas B.
o, !ams- who Kves near Evening
ade, was drowned recently in a
1 ‘eam near the house. The little fel
ad tried to cross the creek, which
deptp6 SPOt "as only 12 ia^68 iu
Cleaned Stovepipe with Powder.
hn™ V'1? o£ Texarkana was severely
i_ ,c !1 JOUt the face while attempt
ni v Cicdn the soot out of a stove
in »h 1 throwing a handful of powder
ln the stove.
Peculiar Marital Mix-Up.
A bigamy charge brought by a de
serted husband is puzzling a local jus
tice of the peace at Hot Springs. Clay
Douglas, half-breed Indian and negro,
13 years ago married a half-breed wo
man in the Indian Territory. Two
weeks ago the woman came to Hot
Springs and married a full-blooded ne
gro. Then the husband appeared and
caused her arrest. She alleges that
while she was married to Douglas by
a minister, no license was ever se
cured, and authorities are being con
sulted bearing on the unusual dilemma.
Struck By a Train.
Rufus Lewis and wife, a colored cou
ple who were driving across the Val
ley tracks at Little Rock, were struck
by a passing train, and one of the
horses was killed outright, the other
badly injured, buggy smashed and the
couple thrown out. Beyond being
considerably bruised, they were not
hurt.
Ordered to Investigate Banks.
At the meeting of the Circuit Court
at Fort Smith recently, the judge, in
his instructions to the Grand Jury,
instructed them to investigate the local
banks and ascertain as to the amount
of cash they had on hand relative to
the present financial flurry existing
over the country.
Work In Diamond Field.
Preparations to develop the diamond
fields located at Murfreesboro, are pro
gressing rapidly, and indications are
that the operators will he amply re
paid for their trouble and expense.
More than 175 diamonds have been
taken from the field thus far.
Prisoner Escapes and Drowns.
J. C. Cow8n, a negro who had been
arrested at Pine Bluff on a charge of
drunkenness, fined and put to work
with the chain gang on the public
streets, made his escape and while
trying to swim across the Arkansas
river was drowned.
Negro Killed At Texarkana.
Jerry Alcorn Nichols, a negro liv
ing at Texarkana was found dead re
cently with a bullet wound in his head.
George Washington, a negro barber,
has been arrested, charged with the
murder..
Coal Discovered Near Fayetteville.
A ten-inch vein of coal has been dis
covered on East Mountain near Fay
etteville. The vein crops out in a wash
about ten feet deep. Arrangements are
being made to develop the property
at once.
Fruit Shipments.
Lowell has shipped during the past
season 4(5 cars of green apples, three
cars of evaporated apples, 3,000 crates
of berries and 8,000 boxes of green
apples, making a total of 75 cars.
Negro Run Over.
Henry Smith, a negro, was run over
by an Iron Mountain freight engine
at the Fort Smith crossing and both
legs were cut off. It is thought that
the injuries will prove fatal.
A Mile of Cotton.
Forty-two wagon loads of cotton, the
procession extending a mile in length,
was the unusual scene upon the streets
of Searcy recently. The cotton was
stored in the Union warehouse.
Postoffice Robbed.
The postofflce at Kakoka, a small
town in Stone county was entered by
burglars recently who stole all the
stamps and several dollars in silver.
Salem Bank Failed.
Harvey Piclcren has been appointed
receiver of the bank at Salem. The
assets of the bank are $10,000 and the
liabilities are reported to be $12,000.
New Town In Stone County.
A new town to be known as Denton
Ford, has been laid off in the south
western part of Stone county. The
streets are from 50 to 100 feet in width.
Woman Seriously Burned.
Mrs. Earl Ward of Van Buren was
seriously burned recently, her cloth
ing coming in contact wii.'' the flames
in. an open grate.
In Cold Storage.
There are in cold storage in the town
of Gentry 300,000 pounds of dried fruit,
60,000 gallons of vinegar and 1,600
barrels of apples.
Burned to Death.
Mrs. William Reece of Goodman was
burned to death recently. Her cloth
ing became ignited while she was en
gaged in ironing.
Girl Burned to Death.
The 16-year-old daughter of M. Mal
loy, living at Dodd City, was burned
Jo death recently, while the family was
away from home.
New Postoffice.
A postofflce has been established at
Chase, Hot Spring county.
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LITTLE ROCK CONFERENCE
Bishop Seth Ward Assigns Appoint
ments for 1908.
The Little Rock Conference of the
M. E. church, South, which has been
in session at Malvern, adjourned with
the reading of the list of appointments
by Bishop Seth Ward. Previous to the
adjournment a vote-of thanks was ex
tended by the conference to the peo
ple of Malvern for generous hospital
ity and numerous courtesies.
Appointments:
Little Rock District, A. C. Miller,
presiding elder, Little Rock.
Little Rock, First Church, T. E.
Sharp; Winfield Memorial. S. H. Wer
lein; Hunter Memorial, Forney
Hutchinson, H. F. Buhlar; Asbury
Memorial, W. A. Swift; Henderson
and Highland Mission, R. G. Rowland;
Caiptol Hill and Pulaski Heights, to
be supplied.
Lonoke Station, Barnett Wright.
Benton Station, J. L. Cannon.
Bryant Circuit, J. H. McKelvey.
Oak Hill Circuit, G. L. Galloway, sup
plied.
Maumelle Mission, G. M. Gentry, sup
plied.
England Station, M. K. Irwin.
Austin Circuit, W. A. Lewis.
Hickory Plains Circuit, H. C. Mc
Guire, supplied.
Cai lisle and Hazen, F. N. Brewrer.
Carlisle Mission, D. P. Forsythe,
supplied.
Duvall's Bluff and Des Arc, J. C.
Hooks.
Tomlierliji Circuit, to be supplied.
Mabelville Circuit, J. N. Cannon.
President Hendrix College, Stone
wall Anderson.
Chaplain Arkansas Penitentiary. J
F. Taylor.
Pine Eluff District, W. W. Christie,
presiding elder.
Pine Bluff First Church, T. Y. Ram
sey.
Pine Bluff Lakeside, T. O. Owen.
Pine Bluff Hawley Memorial, J. D.
May.
Pine Bluff Carr Memorial, R. A.
McCHntock.
Altheimer, W. H. Hardin.
Swan Lake, T. M. Armstrong.
Stuttgart Station, W. R. Harrison.
DeWitt Station, W. W. Nelson.
DeWitt Circuit, to be supplied.
Roe and St. Charles, J. T. Rodgers.
Gillette Circuit, W. F. Lassiter.
Sheridan Circuit, B. F. Scott.
Kingsland Circuit, C. W. Drake.
Rowell Circuit, J. E. Waddell.
Star City and Dumas, W. T. Men
ard.
Macon Circuit, M. O. Barnett.
Douglass and Brady, J. H. Brad
ford.
Sherrill Circuit, E. J. Slaughter.
Redfleld Circuit, W. J. Rogers.
Rison Circuit, D. G. Hollman.
Stuttgart Training School, Claude
O’Rear, principal.
Camden District, R. W. McKay, pre
siding elder.
Camden Station, W. C. W atson.
Bearden Circuit, A. M. Shaw.
Camden Circuit, Wilson Moore.
Stamps Station, W. M. Hayes.
Lewisville Circuit, W. C. Hilliard.
Thornton Circuit, C. C. Green.
Hampton Circuit, J. C. Williams.
Junction City, J. B. Sanders.
El Dorado Station, B. A. Few.
El Dorado Circuit, J. J. Menefee.
Magnolia Circuit, to be supplied.
Strong Circuit, F. W. Harvey, sup
ply.
Waldo Circuit, J. J. Colson.
Stephens Station, C. O. Steele.
Magnolia Station, J. H. Riggan.
Fordyce Station, J. A. Sage.
Atlanta Circuit, David Bolls.
Professor in Hendrix College, C. J.
Green.
Monticello District, J. W. Harrell,
presiding elder.
Monticello Station, R. R. Moore.
Collins Circuit, R. R. Rudder, sup
ply.
Wilmer Circuit, F. F. Harrell.
Lacey Circuit, J. J. Beardon, sup
ply.
Warren Station, W. F. Evans.
New Edinburg Station, M. K. Rog
ers.
Jersey Circuit, J. J. McKinnon.
Dermott and Arkansas City, J. \V ■
Keithley.
Tillar Circuit, J. W. White.
Watson Circuit, H. A. Stoiy, supply.
Lake Village and Portland, H. H.
Watson.
Hamburg Circuit, to be supplied.
Eudora Circuit, A. C. Graham.
Hamburg Station, F. P. Doak.
Crossett Station and Mission, J. M.
Workman and J- D. Hammons.
Wilmot and Parkdale, W. C. Toombs.
Snyder Circuit, M. P. Timberlake,
supply. , ...
Warren Mission, to be supplied.
Selam Circuit, T. H. Crowder.
Student iu Vanderbilt University, J.
R. Dickerson.
Conference secretary of missions,
W F. Evans.
Prescott District, T. H. Ware, pre
siding elder.
Prescott Station, T. D. Scott.
Okolona Circuit, J. W. Berry.
Emmett Circuit, L. W. Ridling, C.
D. McSwaln, superintendents.
Hope Station, W. P. Whaley.
Washington Station, E. D. Lindsey.
Mineral Springs Circuit, H. E. Van
^Center Point Circuit, L. E. N. Hund
y.
Nashville Station, A. F. Few.
Bingen Circuit, A. D. Jenkins.
Blevins Circuit, J. J. Mellard.
Murfreesboro Circuit, P. S. Herron.
Chidester Circuit, J. L. Johnston.
Fulton and McNabb, to be supplied.
Spring H1U Circuit, F. R. Canfield.
Pike City, D. D. Warlick.
Guidon Station, W. A. Steele.
Harmony Circuit, to be supplied.
Nathan Circuit, C. F. Messer supply.
Professor in Hendrix College, J. E.
Conference secretary of education,
T. D. Scott.
Texarkana District, B. B. Thomas,
presiding elder.
Texarkana First Church, Frank Bar
rett.
Texarkana Fairview, S. C. Dean.
Texarkana College Hill, L. W.
Evans.
Texarkana Circuit, Frank Hopkins.
Bright Star Circuit, H. L. Simpson.
Ashdown Circuit, A. M. Robertson.
Foreman Circuit, A. Turrentine.
Wilton Circuit, W. W. Mills.
Horatio Circuit, J. B. Williams.
De Queen Station, T. P. Clark.
Lockesburg Circuit, J. A. Parker.
Dierks Circuit, Edgar Seay, supply.
Gillham Circuit, G. W. Forrest, sup
ply.
Janssen Circuit, J. A. Baker, supply.
Mena Station, J. A. Henderson.
Cherry Hill Circuit, W. E. Justice,
supply.
Mount Ida Circuit, Hugh Reveley.
Student in Hendrix College, E. P.
Sew'ell.
Arkadelphia District, H. M. Bruce,
presiding elder.
Arkadelphia Station, A. O. Evans.
Arkadelphia Circuit, S. W. Rainey.
Amity Circuit, J. L. Leonard.
Dalark Circuit, S. K. Burnett.
Hot Springs, Central Avenue, M. B.
Corrigan; Third Street, J. H. Cum
mins; Malvern Avenue, M. W. Mann
ville. Park Avenue, J. R. Rushing; Ti
gert Memorial. F. E. Dodson; Circuit
| to be supplied.
Ussery Circuit, Isaac Webb, supply.
Holly Springs Circuit, J. D. Dunn.
Princeton Circuit, E. F. Wilson.
Malvern Circuit, G. W. Logan.
Social Hill Circuit, to be supplied.
Malvern Station, Thomas J. Nors
■ worthy.
Lono Circuit, L. M. Powell.
Perla and Waco, to be supplied.
Field Agent, Western Methodist, J.
C. Rhodes.
Student Vanderbilt University, Mof
fatt J. Rhodes.
DAIRY DOTS.
In salting butter the butter should
be weighed, and about one ounce of
the best fine salt added for every
pound of butter. It is not safe to guess
at it.
The question as to whether women
shall do the milking has never been
fully settled. It v» III be simplified
very much if the men will provide
clean, comfortable places in which the
milking may be done.
Cows which calved in the spring and
have been giving milk all summer, are
seldom cows which will pay to be fed
for milk during winter. It is the cow
which became fresh in the fall that
makes the profitable winter milker.
In comparing the yield of milk by
hand and machine milking, there is a
very slight difference in favor of the
machines. Where machines are used
there are less germs, but cows need
to be finished by hand.
The fewer cows to be milked, the
better. Some cows will give four
times as much milk as others, and
while they will consume more feed
than others giving less milk, they will
not consume four times as much.
No work is distasteful if congenial.
Some look forward to the milking
hour with pleasure. They love their
cows; every one is a pet, and their
affection is cultivated. The stable is
the cow’s home and the master keeps
it neat and clean.
Of all the makes of churns, the best
butter is produced by an ordinary box
churn, without any dash or paddles.
The simple dashing of the cream
against the sides in itself produces the
best grains. If the temperature is 60
to 65 degrees it will take about 25 to
30 minutes to bring the butter.
The farmer who can milk ten cows,
giving as much milk as twenty or
thirty cows, can do the work alone,
and is almost independent of the help
problem. Of course, this will take
some time out of the field mornings
and evenings, but if the cows are good
ones the time is well spent.
While every farm should not be an
exclusive dairy farm, a number of
cows may be so kept that they may be
a source of revenue. As many cows
as can be well taken care of should be
kept. The farm well managed will
produce the feed, and what is raised
cannot possibly be turned into a more
profitable channel.
The cow which comes fresh in the
fall came in at a time when pastures
are short. This will not make much
difference if green corn, alfalfa or
sorghum can be fed. If she can be
kept in good flow till spring, the fresh
pastures and the mild weather will
enable her to have a longer full flow
of milk than if she comes fresh in the
spring.
Cottonseed-meal contains about 37
per cent of its total weight of protein
and is on this account the cheapest
cow feed on the market. If it was not
for the fact that a variety is better
than a single feed it would be advis
able to feed meal exclusively, but, a
this can not be safely done the next
best thing to do is to feed as much a3
possible, taking the cows relish as a
guide in determining the amount.
The influence of the meal on the qual
ity of the product should also be con
sidered.
State Capital Notes
Important Matters Before Board.
Two important matters will come up
for discussion and probable action at
the next meeting of the State Board
of Charitable Institutions, to be held
in this city. A member of the board
stated Sunday that the most important
matter will be the opening of the bids
for the construction of the new hospi
tal to be built at the State Blind
School and possibly the letting of the
contract, providing the bids are accept
able. It is also the intention to take
up the matter of covering the wing con
nections at the Deaf Mute Institute
and drawing up specifications for that
improvement. The sum of $4,000
was appropriated by the last legisla
ture to the board for use in building
an additional hospital building at the
blind school. This appropriation is
also to equip the building. The board
will build a brick one-story building
to cost $3,200, while the other $800
will be expended in equipment. The
built.mg is to be erected south and
southeast of the present hospital build
ing and will be used for contagious
cases only. It is to have two wards,
accommodating about six i>ersons in
each ward. The present hospital ac
commodates 12 persons in each of its
two wards. The bids on the building
vrere received by the board Saturday.
The sum of $2,500 is to be expended
by the board in covering the wing con
nections at the Deaf Mute Institute.
The connections are to be walled and
roofed. The board will consider spec
ifications for that improvement.
Board Approves Watkins’ Action.
The Confederate Home Board met
Thursday in regular monthly business.
Besides transacting business of routine
nature, the board approved the action
of the Executive Committee in dis
missing from the Confederate Home
James N. Ferguson. The board also
sustained W. M. Watkins, superinten
dent of the home, in his dealings with
Ferguson. The latter was alleged to
have been insubordinate and to have
aroused Watkins to such an extent that
the latter struck him, with the result
that the superintendent was fined in
court for striking Ferguson, the lat
ter having taken the case into court.
Ferguson was afterward dismissed
from the home, wrhere ho had been an
inmate for two years. It was report
ed to the board that the home was
in the best of shape, with a member
ship of about 80 or 100. It was also
reported that the new steam heating,
hot water and electric lighting plant,
which cost about $9,000 had been put
into operation. All of the members of
the hoard were present, the members
being as follows: Dan W. Jones, pres
ident, Little Rock; Jonathan Kellog,
secretary, Little Rock: Dr. ,T. H. Le
now. Little Rock; Dr. J. M. Keller. Hot
Springs, Rt. Rev. J. M. I.ucey, Pine
Bluff.
Williamson Receive; Salary.
By order of the State Board of Chari
table Institutions the state treasurer’s
office has paid Thomas J. Williamson
the salary due him for the past two
months and the coming month of De
cember. There has been a contention
over Mr. William’s seat on the Chari
table Board, as an effort has been
made to dislodge him and substitute E.
C. Parsons Governor Pindall’s appoint
tee to that place. The squabble over
the matter has been on for some time
and during the past couple of months
Mr. Williamson’s salary has not been
paid him. It was paid in full, however,
after the board had so ordered. Mr.
Parsons, though he has attended the
meeting of the board, has not yet been
recognized by the president of the
board and has not received any salary.
Island No. 76 Belongs to Desha.
Finally settling the dispute over Is
land 70 in the Mississippi River, which
has been in litigation since early in
1899, Judge Jacob Trieber of the Uni
ted States Circuit Court of this dis
trict has entered a decree holding the
island to be a portion of Desha county,
Arkansas, and forever enjoining the
Mississippi claimants from interferring
with the peaceful possession of the
Arkansas occupants. This island con
tains in the neighborhood of 700 acres
of extremely fertile land, which was at
one time a part of Mississippi. The
river cutting through made it an is
land, and the main channel of the
river being on the Mississippi side, it
was temporarily abandoned by the
former holders. After a number of
years people from the Arkansas side
took possession of the island, which
threw the matter into the courts.
Amazon Stone in Demand.
The Amazon stone lound in small
quantities near Colorado Springs. Col.,
is greatly in demand. A firm in Ger
many ordered "all that could be pro
cured. The stone is green in color
and hard as flint
State Charity Board.
Much business has been transacted
by the State Board of Charitable In
stitutions since it went into session
Monday morning. The contract for
the erection of the contagious ward
at the State Blind School was let to
Doniican Krah for $2,625, with the un
derstanding the contractor file a bond
for a similar amount to satisfactorily
do the work. The heating contract
was let to the Pump and Pipe Company
’or $453. The pay roll for the month
t' November was a.iowed, with tho ex
i eption of $125, the salary of Profes
sor Futrall, which is being held in
abeyance. After being held up for a
month, on the grounds the bill was ex
horbitant, the state penitentiary bill
for electricity furnished the insane asy
lum was ordered paid. Allowing a
week of holiday at the Deaf Mute In
stitute and the State School for the
Blind, a resolution was passed, also
one appropriating 25 cents per capita
to be expended for Christmas presents
for the inmates of the Deaf Mute In
stitute, the superintendent of the
school to purchase the presents.
To Remove Penitentiary.
That the State penitentiary should
be removed to the State farm was the
attitude taken by Governor Pindall
at the recent meeting of the board,
and is the unqualified opinion of the
State executive as to the proper loca
tion of the State penal institution. In
discussing the matter Governor Pin
dall expresses the belief that with the
establishing of the various enterprises
now on foot, the location of an experi
ment station and the development of
an experiment farm, the erecting and
maintaining of a bagging plant, and
the introduction of kindred enterprises,
the question of What shall be done
with the convict? will solve itself.
There will then be use for all the con
victs at the farm, and of course the
penitentiary should then be located at
that point, for convenience in handling
the prisoners. In fact, there would,
if all conivcts could be given employ
ment at the farm, be no occasion for
having the penal institution at the
State Capital.
For School Improvement.
That Arkansas is to keep abreast of
the educational movement is indicated
in the newest feature in the develop
ment of the general prograhi for edu
cational betterment being worked out
under the direction of the department
of education. This feature is the es
tablishment of school improvement as
sociations. As is well known, the
school improvement association and its
auxiliaries in this city, as well as in
other cities, have proven one of the
most efficient stimulators in school
progress. Perhaps no single element
of organized effort has been more
beneficial. Realizing 4-\. ' A.ct, the de
partment has undertaken the spread
of the school improvement association
endeavor, and the results are begin
ning to be seen. Already several of
I the towns throughout the State have
i organized asociations, and others are
( to be organized at an early date.
Must Observe Schedule.
The State Railway Commission, af
ter a meeting and consultation Thurs
day issued two orders bearing upon the
passenger service furnished by rail
roads operating in Arkansas. The first
of these orders states that all passen
ger trains shall run on time, with cer
tain designated exceptions. The second
relates to accomodations at depots
and on passenger trains. An important
section of the second order is that
conductors of passenger trains shall
furnish every passenger with a seat.
State Was Wrongly Rated.
Guy Tucker, commissioner of mines,
manufactures and agriculture, has giv
en out a statement in which he cor
rected the rating given the State or
Arkansas at the recent meeting of the
Southern Commissioners of Agricul
ture held at Birmingham, Ala., in re
gard to the amount of cotton that
was produced by Arkansas during the
past year. Mr. Tucker states that
this State was rated at the convention
as having raised 950,000 bales of cot
ton. Instead of that amount, he says
that it is his belief that the amount
can not possibly'exceed 700,000 bales,
and he does not believe that it will
exceed 650,000 bales. Mr. Tucker stat
ed that he did not give any such sta
tistics to the commissioners and does
not want it understood that he gave
out those figures. The State of Ark
ansas last year raised 890,000 bales
of cotton.
A Height to £e Attained.
Balloon racing will never rise to the
height of a popular sport until one of
the machines breaks through a feuoa
and kills a few spectators.