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WOODRUFF CO. NEWS.
POBDISHBD THURSDAY OS' BACH WEEK AT
McCROBY. ARKANSAS.
WALTER W RANEV, Editor.
Entered at the Post-Office at McCrory
Arkansas, as Second-Class mallimatter.
June 11th. 1803.
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Representative—
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Judge—
J. F. SUMMERS.
Sheriff—
W. R. CAIN.
Circuit Clerk—
Wm. MOORMAN.
Comity Clerk—
ED B. CARL-LEE.
Treasurer—
C. L. JACKSON.
Assessor—
W. B. FAKES.
FARHERS’ UNION PICNIC.
Tuesday was a day of celebra
tion at Tip. About 800 people
gathered there to hear a Farmer’s
Union speaking and to partake of
a big barbecued dinner prepared
by the good people of that neigh
borhood. The speaker of the day
failed to arrive but the dinner was
there in full force. State Secre
tary-Treasurer, Ben L. Griffin
was present however, and made
quite an extensive address in be
half of that grand order, the F. E.
& 0. U. of A.
The people of Tip are famous
throughout this section for their
picnics and as time passes they
improve their reputation. Once
each season, the people of all the
surrounding country can look for
ward to a hearty feast at Tip, and
they are never disappointed.
Subscribe now for the News,
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HOW DIPHTHERIA IS SPREAD
Bacillus Conveyed by Poultry Into the
Cattle Yards and Stables of
the Farms.
The enormous mortality from
diphtheria among wood pigeons of
late years has formed the subject of
! investigation by medical men for
' some time past, and as a result of
! their labors we have been assured
that the bacterium which caused this
mortality was not communicable
i either to man or to other animals.
' But Dr. W. L.. Sambon of the Lon
don School of Tropical Medicine,
has just contributed a long account
of the disease to the Lancet, wherein
i he contends that in supposing the
: virulence of this disease to be con
fined to the wood pigeons we are
! probably laboring under a grave mis
i take. He has at any rate shown, if
he has not actually proved, that the
wood pigeon bacillus is equally de
structive to the domesticated pigeons,
and that these in turn infect game
birds and domesticated fowls. The
latter carry the disease into the cat
tle yards and stables of farms, vic
timizing the horses on the one hand
and cows on the other. Thence the
teamster and the milkman among
i the farm hands become infected, the
latter distributing the genus with
the milk sent to town!
EXPOSITIONS PLANNED.
Prague, in Bohemia, is now hold
ing a great exposition, to last from
May until November, having put up
21 large exposition halls and 100
smaller edifices, housing 2,300 ex
hibitors. The Experiment and Edu
cational Institute for Brewing of
Berlin, Germany, intends to hold the
international barley and hop exposi
tion at Berlin from October 10 to 18.
Warsaw, Russia, intends soon to have
a permanent exposition of all articles
and goods manufactured beyond the
limits of Russia “for the purpose of
getting better acquainted with for
eign trade.” China is preparing to
demonstrate to the world the value
»nd variety of its productions by an
exposition at Nankin. The Mexican
national exposition is to be held in
Puebla in the spring of 1910.
BOTH GUILTY.
The man who prided himself on
his keen perceptions watched the wit
ness on the stand with intensity,
and nodded his head vigorously at
the closing words of the bewildered
witness.
“That man’s concerned in it,” said
the keen observer to his friend.
“Didn’t you notice how his eyes
shifted around?”
“How about this next one?” in
quired the friend.
“He’s guilty of something,” as
serted the keen observer. “No man
stares at people in that bold, defiant
way if he has a clear conscience.”—
! Youth’s Companion.
IMPUDENCE.
"Now, boy, thi3 is important. It’8
an invitation to dinner!”
Messenger—Thanks, lady. But I
don’t think I kin accept. Me dress
suit's in hock!
WILLING TO OBLIGE.
“Look here,” roared the angry
■ man who had bought a lot of su
j burban real Estate, “that ground you
! sold me is under water and there are
: actually little fish swimming about.”
“Oh, I’ll fix that all right,” as
sured the oily-tongued agent.
! “Then you’ll give me another lot
or return my money?”
“Not exactly that, but I’ll send
you out some fishing tackle to catch
the fish.”
THAT INDEFINABLE AIR.
“There’s no use talkin’,” said
Farmer Corntossel, as he knocked
the ashes out of his corn-cob and laid
it on the mantel-piece, “there’s
something about a colleg educa
tion that does give a young feller
polish.” •
“Do you think that our boy Josh
is improved?”
“Yep. He kin smoke a pipe in a
way that makes it look real stylish.”
Farmers Educational
—AND
Co-Operative Union
Of America
Meaning of Co-operation.
At the signing of the Declaration of
Independence in 17T6, one of the mem
bers of the Continental Congress ex
claimed, “We must all hang together!"
‘‘Yee,’’ said another member, “or we
will all hang separately.”
This truth so forcibly stated is ap
plicable to the members of the Farm
ers* Union today. I have stated time
and again, and I challenge contradic
tion, that nothing can withstand the
onward march of the Farmers’ Union
as an order so long as it presents a
united front to the outside world.
So long as we “hang together ’
the order is invincible. But when
ever bickering, and strife, and dis
sentaiions, divide and disintegate the
membership, then shall we assuredly
“all hang separately.”
But what is the meaning of the word
"cooperation?” To “operate” means
to act, to work, to exert power,
strength, and to “cooperate” means to
work jointly with others, to “pull to
gether” to accomplish definite results.
It is a simple matter—just to blend
our energies with those of our neigh
bors. It is making a single human
machine out of many individual brains
and hands. We need not and ought
not to lose our individuality, but our
aims and the objects we wish to ac
complish must be in common with
those of our neighbors. It may spring
from the most selfish motives, or from
perfect altruism, but whatever be the
motives that inspires it, cooperation
multiplies individual effort and pro
duces results, far beyond what could
be accomplished through the same
Individuals acting separately or inde
pendently, and not in harmony.
This Is emphatically an age of or
ganization. The church is organized;
merchants are organized, bankers are
organized—and why not the farmers?
It is right to organize for legitimate
purposes, so long as no effort is made
to trample upon the rights of others.
But when organized greed tries to stifle
competition and to crush out the other
fellow—there is where the harm comes
in. But organization has its prop
er uses, and the farmers ought to
avail themselves of it.
Organization is a community of in
terest; it is a machine made out of
indiviluals; it s another name for
cooperation. The founders of the
Farmers’ Union Builded wisely
when they added the word "coopera
tive” to its name.
But what is to be gained by the
farmers cooperating through the
Farmers’ Union? Let us see.
1. To a certain extent they can con
trol the prices of their products. They
may not do it in one year, or two
years, but in time they Will succeed,
provided they act wisely and will pull
together and stick together. It is said
that farmers will not stick together.
Now is the golden opportunity to prove
the contrary. Diversify your crops
and live at home so that you will be
independent, and then stand together
for fair prices.
2. By cooperation in buying you
can purchase supplies much cheaper
than when you act singly and alone.
8. It will enable you to resist those
who try to oppress you; it will aid you
in doing away with the mortgage sys
tem, which is the curse of farmers; it
will aid you in improving your neigh
borhood, in securing good roads and
good schools for your children In a
word, it will enable you to so Improve
your condition that life will be worth
living, thus bringing joy and peace
and gladness to the hearts of your
wives and children.
An old man lay dying, so the story
goes, and gathered his seven sons
around him. He bade them bring him
a bundle of seven sticks tied together,
and each son In turn ried to break
the bundle, but could not. Untying
the bundle, even the youngest child
broke each stick easily. What a lesson
in cooperation! Members of the Farm
ers’ Union, let the motto, “United we
stand, divided we fall,” sink deep into
your hearts. In no other way can we
“garner the tears of the distressed and
bring laughter to the cheeks of inno
cent childhood.”—Mississippi Union
Advocate.
In the days of the razor-back hog,
grass alone was supposed to make his
keeping profitable for at least half of
the year—the other six months he was
supposed to trust for flesh and spirit
for life.
The market problem is again to the
fore and, as in years past, the growers
in many communities have failed to
organize for proper distribution of pro
ducts. Glutted markets mean low
prices.
The refrigerator transportation sys
tem is making it possible to ship
American poultry to England and Eng
lish game to America. The demand
there is for chickens weighing from 33
to 45 pounds to the dozen and packed
twelve in the box. Tho rate from New
York to Liverpool in refrigerators is
40c per one hundred pounds.
The enemy is too strong and too
well organized now for any time to be
lost in fighting among ourselves over
pet hobbies or imaginary differences.
—National Cooperator.
Seme Questions Answered.
The most common ofcgeotor rape the
Farmers' Union will not stick. Farm
er* are the greatest orgattizera and
stickers in the world and they will
stick when there la something to stick
for. Show the farmers benefits In the
way of profitable prices for their
crops and no power on earth can draw
them apart.
The farmers have got enough sense
to appreciate a profitable business
and they will stick to the thing that
makes them money and elevates their
calling.
But still another says farmers are
too numerous to co-operate. This Is a
great fallacy. If great numbers was
an element of weakness, then indeed
our cause would be hopeless. Would
you think a nation weak because it had
millldns of able-bodied men? No;
but you would say, “Organize them
Into armies and equip them with up
to-date arms and they will be invin
cible before any invasion.” So with
the farmers. The greater the union,
the greater the strength, provided you
have up-to-date methods and plana
to co-operate on.
A union without a plan and a pro
gram Is no union at all. Unity of
prices and controlled marketing is the
up-to-date gun and even farmers can
use it.
And now another objector comes
along and says, "Suppose the farmer
should produce a surplus?” Are farm
ars expected to be foolish enough to
throw In their surplus for good meas
ure? Surely not. Controlled market
ing will take care of the surplus if
any exists, and if farmers are co-oper
ating they can easily hold the surplus
of good seasons over to the short
years, thus equalizing supply and
prices and benefiting both producers
and consumers.
I appeal to you farmers, brothers, In
behalf of the tired wives and mothers
of your homes, and if you are not will
ing to stand up for the freedom and
glory of such high and exalted devo
tion, you are unworthy to be called
a husband and father and to bear the
name of an American citizen. What
must be the quality of the courage of
the farmer who stands back and re
fuses to assist In throwing off the
cowardly curs of commercialism who
have fastened their rabid mouths upon
the throats of helpless women and
children on the farm and threaten the
Industrial life of the nation? The
farmer who falters is a. coward. Then
let’s be up and doing, brother farm
ers. Place a standard upon our busi
ness like the commercial Interests have
done and then conform to the stand
ard; that is, a minimum price below
which we will not allow our produce
to come.—Correspondence National Co
operator.
Advertise the Union.
If outsiders do not know what good
we are doing, it is mainly because we
do not tell them.
Traveling through a still unorgan
ized country, I was unable to find one
single farmer who knew anything
about our Union. I heard later that
efforts had been made to organize that
county, but that they had failed, It was
said on account of lack of interest.
On investigation, I found though that
none of the local papers had ever
received one single communication
from the Union, and that the meetings
had not been advertised. That same
story can probably be told In many
other counties. A publicity campaign,
made in advance and well advertised
meetings, would very probably have
given quite different results.
I have found that local and even
daily papers willingly reproduce all of
the Union news they can get, providing
they be of general interest. Every
local should, if a suitable man can
be found, appoint a Union correspond
end for the local papers and particu
larly the organizers should avail
themselves of all what the newspapers
are willing to do for them and for us.
Of course, the maximum of results
can be obtained only by systematic
work. A regular service of Union pub
licity should begin below, with the lo
cals and the caunty Unions. Arrange
ments can be made with most of the
local papers, whereby a certain amount
of spaoe would be reserved for the
Union and edited under its responsi
bility (similarly to the temperance
and W. C. T. U. columns). Whatever
a local or a county will have to pay
to its union editor, will prove a good
investment and result In an increase
of interest in the Union and its mem
bership.
The State, as well as the National
Union, ought to organize their bureau
of publicity, which should keep in con
stant touch with the dally papers and
the news agencies. At comparatively
little expense a complete system of ad
vertising the Union coqld and should
be established. It would not only help
dispel many misunderstandings and
false reports circulating in the press,
but gain many new friends and mem
bers for our great organization.
C. Grandplerre.
Poplar Bluff. Mo.
Evanishing.
Yet, the rose is beautiful, and Time
he withers it; and fair is the violet la
spring, ahd swiftly it waxes old; white
is the lily, it fadeth when it falleth;
and snow Is white, and melteth after
I it hath been frozen. And the beauty
of youth is fair, but lives only for a
little season.—Theocrsltus.
No matter how proud a man is of
being able to do things around the
house it never takes any useful form
like chopping wood.
PROBLEM FOR THE MOTHERS
Inconsistencies Always Detrimental to
the Proper Training of the
Little Ones.
Many mothers find it difficult to
train a child on certain points, and
often these difficulties arise from
the inconsistencies of the parents.
A child cannot be expected to be
perfectly truthful if the parents tell
falsehoods about little things, which
children notice quickly.
If you do not respect a child’s
rights, you cannot be surprised if he
is inconsiderate of you in an at
tempt to look out for himself. If
you take something away from a
child which is rightfully his own,
saying “I want it,” he probably will
take away something from the baby,
saying, “But I want it.” Do not
ever teach a child that “might is
right.”
If you are not polite to your child
you will have difficulty in teaching
him politeness to others. Efforts to
teach a boy to beg pardon when he
bumps into anyone will pit>ve fruit
less if you do not say “pardon me”
when you bump into him. Most
children will feel it wrong that they
have to say “thank you” for some
thing handed them when no one says
it to them.
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE.
'Tve got to make a speech at the
club to-night. Can you give me a
hint?”
“Yes; Just say ‘Fillemupagainl’"
MASCOTS UNIVERSAL.
Mascots have had their place in
the world for many generations.
Cats, as with the ancient Egyptians;
grasshoppers, as in Italy, and vari
ous other specimens of animal life
have in their time been counted as
sacred or lucky by different peoples.
So it is only a continuance of old
customs that has caused baseball
teams to take along an animal or a
small boy when they go upon the
diamond to try their skill with other
players. The custom has spread to
such an extent that to-day there is
not a vessel in the navy of the Uni
ted States that has not some kind of
a mascot. This assertion will apply
with almost equal force to the other
navies of the world.
WHY HE WEPT.
—
During a fashionable wedding
ceremony one of the old family
servants was observed to be weeping
as though his heart would break.
“Well! Well!” exclaimed a by
stander. “It is so picturesque to see
old servants weeping at a grand
wedding. I suppose you are weep
ing because you hate to see the bride
leave the old mansion ?”
The old servant brushed his eyes
with his sleeve. “’Taint that, sir,”
he sobbed, “b-but the blooming duko
that’s won her borrowed 50 cents
from me to get some clean collars
and when I asked for it all I got
was a good booting. ’Nough to
make anybody cry.”
COINCIDENCE.
A lady one day remarked to the
English novelist, Bulwer Lytton,
how odd it was that a dove (colom
be) should have been sent out to find
the old world, and Columbus (Co
lombe) should have found the new.
Sir Henry Drummond Wolff says in
his recent book, “Random Recollec
tions,” that Bulwer Lytton immedi
ately replied:
“Yes; and the one came fromj
Noah; the other from Genoa.”—
Youth’s Companion.
8TRICTLY BU8INE88.
“What do you think voung Hard
fast did?”
“What?”
“He asked Miss Flirt for the re
fusal of her hand, and when she told i
him he could have it, and then ac
cepted Surething, he sued lier for
breach of contract.”
JURY LIST.
i Following is a list of the grand
and petit jurors selected to serve
at the August term, 1908, of the
Woodruff county Circuit court
Northern district, which convenes
at Augusta, Monday, August 17
1908. ’ ’
GRAND JURORS.
Jno. 6. Haralson, A. L. Crit
tenden, Fred W. Shoap, H. L
Byrd Steven Davis, Lee Miller
R. T. Jett, R. T. Harville, I g'
I Airhart, W. P. Yarbrough, Clay
ton Hailey. E. T. Wherry, W. M
Keating, Matt Taylor, w'. H. mc'
Murtry.
ALTERNATES
A. S. Thompson, W. O. Scales
T. C. Griffin, J. N. Chaney, R. c
Blakely, Z. T. Woodward.
PETIT JURORS
w. M. Sale, J. H. Dale, Arthur
Rushing, A. Wiener, George
Haralson. Sam C. Bailey, Doug
lass Berry, Hugh Sowles, Fred
Watson, E. L. Kittrell, T. E.
Stanley, H. B. Carter, M. m!
O’Neal, R. E. Dent, J. W. Har
bor, C. M. Crossett, Charley
Knight, Ed Hardin, N. J. Hayes,
E. L. Hamilton, George Barber,
John Atkinson Jr., Strother
Taylor.
ALTERNATES
Chas. Anderson, James Tay
lor, Berry Holder, R. E. L.
Spradlin, Harry Amerine, Wal
ter Stephenson.
NOTICE.
Notice Is hereby given that I will, as ad
ministrator of the estate of Chas. Sturdivant,
deceased make application to the Woodruff
Probate Court at its July term, for an order
to sell the following real estate belonging to
said estate, for the purpose of paying debts of
said estate.
Lots 1, 2. 3, 4, and 6 Block l. In Sturdivant
Edition to Town of McCrory.
(Signed) J. H. Beidleman.
Administrator of the estate of Chas. Sturdi
vant.
NOTICE OF FILING PETITION.
Notice Is hereby given that James T. Mc
Cleery, and others, will file a petition In the
Woodruff County Court at its July term 1908
praying that a road be established in Wood
ruff Countv as follows:
Commencing at the South East Corner of
Section twenty five. 35. Township, seven, 7.
North Harure. one, 1 West, running thence
West on Section line between Sections, twen
ty five, 25, and thirty six, 36, and twenty six. 26,
and thirty five. 35 and twenty seven, 27, and
thirty four, 34. to the North East corner of the
North West Quarter of Section thirty three,
33, Township, seven, 7, North Range one, 1*
West and running between Sections thirty
three, 33, and thirty four. 34, Intersecting with
the Hunter road; also commencing near the
South West corner of the South East Quarter
of Section twenty five, 25. Township seven. 7,
North Range one. 1, West running north cross
ing the Cotton Belt Railroad on half Section
twenty five, 25, intersecting Bayou Road.
Jas. T. McCleery, et al.
NOTICE OF SALE.
Notice is hereby given that we, the under
signed Commissioners, by virtue of the au
thority contained in an order of the Woodruff
County Court, made at its July term. 1908, will
on the 15 day of August, 1908, at the West door
of the Court house in Augusta. Arkansas offer
for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest
and best bidder, the East half (EH) of Section
Sixteen (16), Township Eight (8), North,
Range Three (8) West.
Terms: Said sale is made for the purpose of
procuring other quarters for the poor of
Woodruff County and the purchase price will
be payable as follows:
$2000.00 cash 10 days after date of sale:
$3000 00 cash January 1st., 1909, and the resi
due of the price may be paid in Woodruff
County Warrants or cash at the option of the
purchaser on or before April 1st.. 1909.
No bid will be received, unless proposed
purchaser agrees to comply with the terms
herein set forth and the right to reject any
and all bids is reserved.
J. Q, HABALSOU.
E. T. WMBHT,
Commissioners.
$5
GENERAL DIRECTORY.
County Officials.
Senator
Represeuative
County and Probate Judge
Circuit Clerk
County Clerk
Sheriff
Treasurer
Coroner
Surveyor
Assessor
Examiner
M. H. Patterson.
E. M. Carl-Lee.
J. F. Sommers.
Will Moorman.
T. E. Simpson.
W. R. Cain.
C. B. Mill*.
Steve Davis.
E. L. Billengsles.
W. B. Fakes.
A. L. Hutchins.
Court Session*.
Circuit Court, Northern District.-Meet
Third Monday in February and August. Sou
them District—First Monday in March and
September. H. N. Hutton. Judge; Will
Moorman. Clerk.
Chancery Court, Northern District,—Meets
First Monday in May and December. South
ern District—Second Monday In February an
September. Ed. D. Robertson. Chancellor;
Will Moorman C.’erk.
County Court.—Meets First Monday In Janu
ary. April. July and October. J. F. Sommers.
Judge: T. E. Simpson. Clerk.
Probate Court.—Meets Fourth Monday "
January. April July and October. J. F. Sliro
mers, Judge: T. E. Simpson. Clerk.
Public Examinations.
Teachers' Public Examinations—Third l hu «
day and Friday in March. June. Septeni
and December.