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The Osceola times., 1881-09-03

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APPERsoN, marshal of Forrest city,
while drinking, shot and instantly
killed Wallace, quiet, inoifensive
man, in the employ of the NJ. & l..
r. r. APperson is in Jail and the
insanity dodge should not save his
neck. There was not a shadow of
an excuse or trace of mitigating
circumstance to palliate his crime;
The two were standing at bar
room counter, Wallace treating to
the cigars, when Apperson remarked,
" Wallace, Cd d-m your soul, |
believe I'll shoot you" Wallace,
with smile, and no doubt thinking
him in fun, replied, "All right, Mar
shall, shoot away" and cooking his
hip-pockct artillery, shot him down
ike dog. How long shall we have
drinking, whisky guzzling men for
officers; authorized to carry pistols
and liable to shoot down our best and
most useful citizens,
The Osceola times., 1881-09-03
What We Want.

We are in receipt Of the Free Trade
Bulletin, devoted to the "Study and
discussion of questions in Political
economy" and especially to "the
laws regulating Trade" Under the
above caption, it lays down the fol-
lowing as its platform Of principles
in relation to the subject of tariff:
"We issue this first number of the
Free Trade Bulletin in the hope that
it may set in motion a wave of pub
lie sentiment that shall sweep away
the present vicious system of taxing
the many for the benefit of a few.
We call on all persons Interested in
a revision of the tariff to Join us in
the good work.
Friends, if you ask us what we
mean by Free Trade, and what we
want to accomplish, we reply:
We do not expect or intend the
immediate abolition of Custom -hous-
es or Custom duties. Some of us
think that will become desirable,
Others among us do not. But we
are all agreed that thorough revis-
ion of the present tariff is called for
by every consideration of justice, and
by every motive Of public interest.
We want law that will benefit
all-both consumers and manufactu-
rers-by admitting raw materials
substantially free Of duty, and by
making a corresponding reduction in
the duties on articles manufactured
from these raw materials.
We want tariff which shall no
longer tax all the people in America
who work in brass or copper, and the
still larger number who use the pro-
ducts of their work, to enlarge the
gains of few rich men who own the
copper mines of Michigan. We
would admit copper ore free of duty.
We want tariff which shall not
tax every carpenter and builder in
America, and consequently every
man who lives in a house, for the
benefit of the owners of the forests
The Osceola times., 1881-09-03
A Witness.

We copy the following from the
Lewishurg, w, Va. Independent, OF
Aug. 10Th, and commend its careful
perusal to all who have ro faith in
local prohibition:
"West Virginia has, we think, the
best law that can be devised on this
| subject, and we would be sorry to
see it changed. Under its provisions
the people have the matter in their
own hands. If they desire to have
liquor sold within the precincts of
their respective counties it can be
done; if they are opposed to its sale
they need not have it. What more
do the advocates of the prohibition
measure desire? 1t is within their
power to stop the sale of intoxicating
drinks in every county in the State.
DO they want to force prohibition on
counties that do not desire it and
contrary to their wishes? Do they
not know that any law to be effective
has to be backed bya healthy public
sentiment in its favor? How do they
expect to enforce law in county
where public opinion is against II
and ma jority of the people are OPP
posed to it? 1t has never been done.
1t will never be done. If public
opinion is in favor Of prohibition,
what better law can they get than
the-one we already have? The peo.
pie of any county in the State have
it in their power to prohibit the sale
of intoxicating drinks within its pre-
cincts. Thirty-nine counties of the
State do prohibit its sale.
"Here in Greenbrjer, there have
"been no bar-rooms, with two excep-
"tions, for nearly ten years. Public
sentiment is opposed to them. and
"the result has been satisfactory.
:" No prohibitory law that could be
"passed would better the condition
"of affairs. For years II has been the
"pride ofoar peoph to point 10 the ben.
"efcial effect of The lar as wroagM in
"h1 county.
At every election, where the issue
has been license and anti-license. we
have uniformly voted the anti-license
ticket. We would be sorry, very
sorry, to see bar-rooms again opened
in our town--it would be a calamity.
1t is for that very reason that we are
opposed to having the present law
meddled with"
No bar-rooms in Greenbrier, etc.
for nearly ten years; the result salts
factory, and for years the beneficial
effects of the law, the pride of the
people Of that county. This is very
strong and conclusive testimony on
the point. Back the law by heal
thy public sentiment, and an anti
whisky law can be made as effective
ss any law. If officers fail to exc
cute it, the law viii be executed up
on them.
The Osceola times., 1881-09-03
OsCEOLA ARKANSAS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER B. 1881


which cover the hills of Maine, Yer
mont, Michigan and Northern Wis
consin. We would admit timber
free of duty.
We want a tariff which shall not
tax every man who has child's car
riage or plated spoon, or a bycicle,
for the benefit of the owners of one
or two nickel mines. We would ad-
nit nickel free of duty.
We want a tariff which shall not
tax every man who lives in a house,
or builds one, for the benefit of the
monopolists who make Ameri'
can screws and realize enormous
profits by the exclusion of foreign
screws. We would reduce the duty
on screws,
We want tariff which shall not
tax every man who rides ON rail
road, for the benefit of few men
who monopolize the manufacture OF
rails in this country. We would re-
duce the duty on steel rails.
We want tariff which shall not
tax every man whose child goes to
school and writes on slate, for the
benefit of few owners of the slate
quarries of Vermont. We weuld re.
peal the duty on manufactured slate.
We want tariff which shall not
tax every man who reads newspa-
per, OF a book, or writes letter for
the benefit of few who monopolize
the manufacture of wood pulp. We
would admit rags, paper stock, BIZ
chromate of potash, free of duty.
The list is endless. The present
tariff is bundle of jobs, conceived
in sin and brought fourth in iniquity.
To revise it, to simplify it, to make
it fair and just, is what, here and
now, we mean by Free Trade.
Our cause is the cause of the peo-
pie against monopoly,--th only mo-
nopoly which, in America, is created
and sanctioned by law.
We do not war against domestic
industry; we do not propose violent
ly to sweep away vested rights. We
do propose to break the bonds that
shack!e our industry and prevent il
from competing fairly in the markets
Of the world.
We have no wealthy corporations,
no enormous fortunes gained by un-
just and partial taxation, behind us.
We rely for success on the justice Of
our cause, the intelligence of the
American People, and the blessing
which the great Ruler of Nations
never fails to bestow an sincere
and earnest endcavor to do right.
Who will come and help us?
Newspapers can help us by Civ
ing publicity and support to our pur-
poses and arguments. Every man
who reads this appeal can hel ? us by
sending 10 our Secretary for docu-
ments, by discussing our plans with
his neighbor. by contributing any
sums, however small, for the publ
cation of circulars and pamphlets,
which will enlighten the popular
mind as to the evils of the present
tariff and the way to correct them.
Let every one lend a hand, and
keen the ball rollinp.
The Osceola times., 1881-09-03

THEY kick like two-mule power
engines out about Fort Smith: "A
few DAYS ago, a man named Fouler
was kicked to death by another one
named Brimagc. 1t doesn't make
much difference whether we have a
pistol law or not, when such fellows
are allowed to roam around loose
with a No. 10 cow-hide boot on his
pedals. We believe we'd rather risk
being missed by little bullet, than
to take our chances from the uncrring
aim of one of those stogas.
The Osceola times., 1881-09-03

THERE has been 22 murders with
in the past six months in Chicago;
st. Louis has fifteen murderers in
Jail; Memphis has Jail full Of mur-
derers and thieves, while her station
houses are nightly filed with loafers
bummers and dead-beats; and yet
the papers of these model cities con-
tinually lament the prevalence of
crime in Arkansas.
The Osceola times., 1881-09-03

Brick Pomeroy holds the follow
ing exalted opinion of Uncle Sams's
Government:
"The Government of the United
States is ostensibly Government
of the people, but in reality a scheme
for the enrichment of a few-the
railroads, the bondholder and the
National Bank combinations working
as do three boys at deer, one holds
while two according to con-
tract"
The Osceola times., 1881-09-03


ments to but one source, viz: An
egotistical tendency among many
persons to appear knowing. They
think to dispute generally y received
fact and to argue against its truths
is to give them name for abilities
they do not possess, and add to their
notoriety and importance. The pa
pers are daily filed with records of
crimes committed, and some are pub
lished that may not have occurred,
to panper to the depraved taste of
our youth, and to make sensational
items. But when we remember that
often report of the same crime is
published in different papers, and
that the facilities for transmission OF
news is SO far in advance of what it
was a few years ago.-Fifty years
ago forty murders might have been
committed in this county and not
ten of them be known in any one
community, whereas, to-day, if there
is only one murder. it is telegraphed
with all its attendant horrors, to the
leading dailies, and the next day
known by the citizens Of nearly ev-
cry village and hamlet.-This fact
loses its weight as an argument that
there is an increase of crime.
Prof. Harris, in the current num-
Der of the North American Review,
in II foot note, gives the statistics
showing the percentage of illiterate
criminals, and that among those who
were orphans in childhood is very
greatly in excess Of those who were
not. The evidence is so overwhelm-
ingly in favor of the proposition that
intelligence decreases crime that it
would be waste of time and space
to go further into details so far as
prison statistics are concerned. Soc
rates has the credit of being . close
observer of men, and it was his opin-
ion that morality was a necessary
part of intelligence, and that virtue
was wisdom. His theory was that
the clearer the human understanding,
the more easily can be discerned the
great truth that vice or criminality
does not pay. and that IL is n bad IN
vestment from worldly point of
of view. An intelligence which does
not include some morality is abnor-
NAL and defective. 1t is relatively
scarce, though it is liable to charac-
terizc the worlds greatest rascals.
Intelligence is powerful engine of
destruction as well as construction;
it can accomplish more harm than
ignorance can. But it is not so
often turned in that direction, be-
cause it sees its way to better results
in the other, whereas ignorance does
not see this better way so clearly,
Governor Crittenden says: Crime
as inevitably gives way before the
march of education as the Indian,
the wolf and buffalo do before the
tread of civilization" ."-Ex.
The Osceola times., 1881-09-03

H.MMETT, the desperate of Gross
county, captured recently in St,
Francis county and placed in Jail at
Marion, Crittenden county, for safe
keeping, few days since knocked
the jailor down and escaped. He is
still at large; two hundred dollars
reward is offered by the governor,
and fifty by the sheriff of Cross, for
his capture.
The Osceola times., 1881-09-03

NATURE never makes a mistake.
Crops in the state are short, railroads
are being projected in every direc-
ton, laborers scarce; what then?
why, gather your little dab of crop.
then start all hands on the place to
help build up some branch or other
of the numerous roads. What you
loose on short crops, you make up
III railroading; you see?
The Osceola times., 1881-09-03


From the amount of mail received
by Guiteau. one would suppose he
was doing a land Office business, or
engaged in patent medicine specu-
lation. Among the numerous postal
cards addressed to him, the following
Is fair specimen of the rest:
Birthstone Quarrics, August Is,
1881. Comradc Guitcaa:-My heart
swcils with emotion when | witness
the persecution you are compelled
to endure. You did my bidding no.
bly,, and verify you shall have your
reward, such only AS am accustom.
ed TO bestow upon my faithful agents.
Should you need anything further to
render your present condition more
endurable, will send seven legions
of little black angels armed with red
hot pincers to make it pleasant for
YOU. Yours until death, when we
will have a happy reunion,
SATAN"
The Osceola times., 1881-09-03
Education and Crime, VS..
Ignorance and Morality.

We have often heard the assertion
that "Education is the cause of crime.
that the people are making more ra-
pid advancement in crime than in
morals, and that the cause is, they
are becoming educated" We can
The Osceola times., 1881-09-03
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small White shark, caught In the Yellow Sea I.
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storative oi hearing were discovered by bud
dhist Priest about the year iil0 Its cures were
so numerous and many so seemingly miraculous
that the remedy was officially proclaimed over
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Only Imported by HhYLOCK n CO., Sole
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Its virtaes are nnque stionabe and Its curative
character absolute, as the wriier can personally
testify. both ON experience and observation.
Among the many readers OF the Review In one
part and ano hes OF the county, II Is probable
that numbers are AFFLICTED with deafness, and to
such Il maybe said: write at once To Hay
lock a Co !, Z Dcy Street, New York, enclosing
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The Osceola times., 1881-09-03

Prospects not Aattering, eh? Won't
be half as much demand the coming
season as there was last, by half, eh: :
Stock cattle have got to drinking
water instead of whiskey, eh? Well,
that's some encouragement. Breth-
ren, let us pray, and LEI every breath
be a prayer,
The Osceola times., 1881-09-03

ARKANSAS city had 100000
fire-work display last week, while
Jacksonport put on airs with one on
something less than $4,000.
The Osceola times., 1881-09-03
CHURCH DIRECTORY,

oSCEOLA CIRCUIT, NJ. T.. G. :.
osccola--lst. sunday, at II m. and 8 p. m g.,
Carson's Lake-2nd. sunday, at II am
Williams School house--3rd sunday, at II a
"a and at Lynch's Sohool. house ut 3 p. N.
Mil Bayou 18th Sunday, at II a m
X. ID. MOON, r c.
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Professionals.

Will attend strictly to all lcgiu
mate business pertaining to the pro
tesssion. n2lll.
The Osceola times., 1881-09-03

The Gainesville Press has enter
ed upon its third volume.
The Osceola times., 1881-09-03
SAW MILL.
EDWARD M. AYERS,
PROPRIETOR,
OscEOLA, Arkansas,

am prepared 10 fnynish all kinds and size
Lumber, Shingles. Laths, Posts. Fencing &c !,
at short notice.
viii take contracts to furnish material an A
build In good workmanlike manner. any cIass
OF buildings.
Bills Tor lumber allied on short notice. Special
ills sawed on application.
Horses, mules, cattle, hogs and prodsce tax sn
in exchange for lumber.
Highest cash prices paid for stocks delivered,
at the Mi send your orders to
N b. Will also Gin Cotton. and ,eliv.v tho
baled cotton NJ the Steamboat landing free OF
charge viii guaIantee To turn out ss good
samples vs. any other Gin In the county
EN- AYERS,
5-lo-ff. OsckoLA, ARK,
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n NJ. McyEIGH. S. s. sEMMES.
McVeigh g. semmes.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
s. s. SEMMES
~ OT.lR YP u u Il &c.
ONCEOL.4.

MISSISSIPPI County Ark.
Will practice IN all the Counties OF
this (2dl judicial Circuit, the Su-
promo Court of the State, and Ia
the adjoining counties of Tennes-
see and Missouri. Special and
prompt attention given to col
iections, to the payment oftaxes,
examining and abstracting titles,
and to whatever may apportain
10 u general Land Agency.
Jan. 16 If.
The Osceola times., 1881-09-03
VOLUME XIII.
The OOCEOLA TIMES.
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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-07-15
The 4 sSa ssin

The would be assassin, Guiteau, is still
confined in the Jail at Washington. He
is kept in close confinement in his cell,
and not allowed to read the newspapers
or to have any communication whatever
from without. Only the law officers OF
the District of Columbia, and the officers
of the Jail, are allowed to see him. He is
said to be much chagrinned by the denial OF
the newspapers, and his contemptibls van
ity and passion for notorie'y appears to
be severely punished thereby. He doe.
not know positively whether or not the
President still lives, but ilfers from the
state of affairs that he does. He has ex-
pressed regrets that he did not fire another
shot and make sure of his work. He is
very garrulous with those who go about
him, and does not attempt to make any
of his crime or his murder
Gus intent His reading is confined to
the Bible. The opinion of the prosecu-
ting officers of the District, as formed
from the interviews with the prisoner,
and exchanges of views with his past &C
quaintances, is that, while he is cratic
and unbalanced, he is not insane in con-
of law, so as to escape respon-
sibility for his criminal act. If the Pres
ident die from his wound, it is to be
hoped this opinion of the law officers may
obtain; but, should he recover, then we
hope that committee of physicians will
adjudge this dangerous creature fit sub
ject for the lunatic asylum for life. 1t is
mertifying to contemplate the turning
loose of such depraved person upon So
ciety after a few years of Imprisonment. In
the name of justice and common sense
and public safety. it is to be hoped that
Guiteau will not be again allowed to go
at large
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-07-15
Another Faster.
large.

A man named Griscom has just accom-
plished, in Chicago, the extraordinary feat
of fasting for forty-fv days. This, it
will be remembered, is five days in excess
of the widely adververtised self starvation
imposed upon himself by one Tanner, in
New York last year. 1t is painful to note
the many freaks which insanity is assum-
in this age. Tanners health was pretty
we'll wrecked by his exlravagant conduct,
and his constitution so bad v shocked as
to cause all his teeth to fall out. Tanner,
however, surprised everybody by the
prompt manner in which he recuperated
from his weakened condition. 1t re-
mains yet to be seen what success Girls
com will have in restoring his wasted
frame If there were any substantial and
valuable physiological facts
to be demonstrated by such practice, it
might be justified, but as scientific men
do not seem to recognize its importance,
such insane practices onght to be dis
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-07-15
Basil Again.

We publish elsewhere Mr.. Mullen's
communication in reply to what the TIMES
said last week upon the subject of the
rights of the colored people under the
constitution OF Maryland. 1t is unneces-
sary for US to enter into any controversy
with our colored friend upon this question:
although he thinks we have perverted the
track" We have already expressed the
unqualified opinion that colored men,
otherwise qualified, are not incapacitated
under the constitution and law of Mary
land from holding civil offices under the
State government, by reason of their race
or color. We gave the reasons upon which
our opinion is based, very clearly and
plainly, we think; sufficiently so, we feel
sure, for such an accomplished statesman
as Mr.. Mullen to understand, if he wished
to. 1t is wholly unnecessary for us to say
anything further on the subject There
being nothing to accomplish by such an
amendment, it was not to be expected that
Democratic Legislature would concur
in wholly useless amendment of the con-
stitution, merely to crafty Mr.. S. T. Suit,
and fix him up some political capital to
carry back to his colored constituents.
You know not whereof you speak, Basil,
when you undertake to repreach the Dem
ocratic party in this State with discrimi-
mating against the negro race, otherwise
we feel sure that you would not be found
giving utterance to such sentiments of in
gratitude. The fact am, Basil, that the
conduct of the Democratic party of this
State toward the colored population of
the State, has been most magnanimous.-I
Look at the liberal appropriations by the
State for the education of colored youth,
and the careful provision that every cent