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THE TEMPLE CHOIR. Miss Blanche altheimer Elected
 Musical Director

The accomplished musician and magnificent soprano soloist. Miss Blanche Althcimer, has been elected Musical Director of the TempleChoir. The Temple is exceedingly fortunate in securing Miss Althelmer as diree- tor of the music and the interest in the meetings will be greatly enhane- ed thereby
 The rich soprano voice possessed bg her is Il gift from God and that it will De regularly heard singing Hispraise x q fitting tribute from its possessor. Our people used frequent ly To enjoy the treats of listening to Miss Altheimer rare singing The several years she spent ia Cincinnati in the famous conservatory of music Ut that place while for time rob hing Pine BlutIians ol such n sweet singer, were enhancing the exquisit pleasure to be derived by her return Mr Louis Althelmee has generously spared no means in having his daughters marvellous voice cultivat- el, and now he has ths joy oi hsten- ing to some of the sweetest singing ever heard Miss Althebuers voice is sweet in tone pure and of wonder ful range The music at Ihe Temple will be q source of great pleasure to all lovers of classic and operatic singing who attend there. The Jewish congregation is to be con graduated upon this accession of Miss Altheimer's services as musical director. The position is Il compli- ment worthily bestowed upouu Miss Atheimers talents as a musician.
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F0RDYC NOTES.

From tho Fordyee Chronicle Enterprise.
 B. ]. Hardman has sold his mill and cotton gin to Alvin Fielder.
 Eugene Ramsey, who had an ankle broken last spring, is now able to get about with only one stick and would not need that if he had not grown so fat during his enforced idleness.
 Mir. l. $. Peterson was over from Holly Springs Saturday figuring on embarking in journalism Ne did not learn what conclusion hereaehed but the journalistic fever when it strikes a man, rarely ever quits him until he makes spoon or spells horn.
 Harry Iolderness has been at his fathers home very sick for several days, but IS now able to be up. About two weeks ago he took up and embalmed tho body of q young man who had died on tho convict farm, of swamp fever, and shipped the remains to friends In Massachu- setts. Since then Mir. Holderness has been suffering from malarial poison, and came near having ease of swamp fever himself.
 MT Ernest Hummer, of Pine Blnfi, formerly connected with the GRAPH iC, of that place, spent Sunday in Fordyee. He k contemplating start ing a paper In the Bluff City, and came down to see about securing the Forum plant of thls place Mir. Hummer is q thorough newspaper man, and should he embark In husl- ness for himself, we bespeak for him a liberal share of Mir. Billie MclSin- ley's prosperity nowen route South.
 W. T. Graham and Bruce Jones are known far and wide for their re- semblance to the little George Wash ington-in their mouths. Hut in- stead of little hatchett they each carry big knife, with which they have had many Il whiting match, and snndry sharp arguments about the cutting qualities of said knives. Afew days since farmer drove into town with bale of cotton to sam pie and each of the owners of these shnrp knives volunteered to cut the bale. Graham got on one side of the wagon and Jones on the other and each gave the bale swipe simultaneously. The blades met in tho middle of the bale and knocked all the edge off of each other. This Is no newspaper yarn. for we tell it just as Bruce Jones told it to us.
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nrumIninm wire.

Aluminium wire is made of various sizes and used for q variety of purposes. Among it's newer nses is the mannfac- ture of door and window screens. When exposed to the weather, such screens do not rust. Aluminium wire is used in the manufacture of hairpins In few cases in this city aluminium wire has been sold to be put up on roofs for use as clotheslines. The wire sold for this purpose was No. ( gauge, which costs 60 cents pound, and 1000 feet of which weighs 24 pounds.
 Aluminium pigs sell now at about AZ cepts a pound, which is about half the price of a year ago The sale of manu. factured articles of aluminium isall the time increasing and things in great ya siety are made from it, New York Sun
 Rice is the most important of all Japanese crops. Tho cultivation takes up more than half of the country's total surface of arable land.
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X Rad Coon.

lame Halloway was before Police Judge Brown this morning cn two charges, violating ordinance No. 2O4 and assaulting an officer. Halloway has been up twice before on the first charge. but the city could not make out it's case. When arrested again last night he made an attack upon the officer and struck hin across the head. Halliday plead guilty to the two charges and was fined $lO in each case.
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 The Brownies.

Several Pine BlufIlaus witnessed the Brownies at the Capital Theater in Little Rock Inst night, and all who attended were delighted and felt well repaid for their time and trouble This ls undoubtedly the finest spectacular production on the road. The scenery is profuse and gorgeous, the costumes brilliant and electrltnl effects startling. Ali the wonders of fairy land and the infer nal regions are exhibited on the stagein most pleasing manner, and the audience is rapt in admiration and amazement throughout the per formance. There is something to please everyone and there Is no
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MOVED TO TYLER
Cotton Belt Officials Ordered to
 Change Their Headquarters.

TEXAENANA, Nov. l0.-About 9 o'clock this moruiag circular issu- ed by General Superintendent ] A. Edson, of the St Louis Southwest. ern railway, was received at Tex. arkana, which reads as follows:
 To all Concerned On and after November 10. the offices of chief engineer, superintendent of car ser vice, superintendent of telegraph, chief special agent and the tie and timber agent will be Ut Tyler, Tex.
 As q result, the fixtures of the above named offices were loaded in cars today, and tonight, together with all clerks. were sent to Tyler, and the Cotton Belt general offices at Texarkana are now thing of the past
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NM HACE NV OADI1t
Caso Against Roy Campbell Nollo
 Prossed by the Prosecuting
Attorney.

The case of tke State vs. Roy Campbell, charged with involuntary manslaughter, was before the Circuit Court today. Roy Campbell is a white boy who lives at RedGeld. Sometime ago he became involved in q quarrel with negro at Redfeld, while in the rear of one of the stores there. He ran from the store through an alley and was starting across a street when some one in a store near by shot the negro who was pursuing the boy.
 After hearing the testimony the case was nolle pressed on motion of the Prosecuting Attorney
 Roy Campbell was represented by Mai. N. T. White, and the State by Prosecuting Attorney Martin,
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wonder that "The Brownies meet with such unprecedented success. The play has just enough plot in it to introduce all the gorgeous scenery wbich abound throughout delight fnl entertainment Palmer Cox, the originator of the famous Brown ies, aeeompanis the company and draws big brownie in the presence of the audience and is always reeeiy- ed with applause.
 It is q great loss to Pine Bluff theater goers that the Brownies did not include this city in their intlner- ancy.
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COTTON GIN BURNED
". B. Greenfield Loses Hia aln and
 Six Bales of Cotton.

About 3:30 o'clock Tuesday afte"- noon news was brought to this city of the damage by fire to the gin on the Taylor place, several miles from town. The fire originated from the gin stand and caught pile of lint cotton. From this it reached three bins of seed cotton and spread over the entire gin. By strenuous efforts the fire was extingnished. There were 60 bales in the building, besides the loose cotton, all but six bales of which were saved.
 The cotton belonged to Mir. ". B. Greenfield. The loss, about $300, is covered by insurance.
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HARDEN BARTLETT AND CON- vror GUARDS ASSAULT AN
 4NoFFENslvE CITIZEN.
The Fact That the Warden, and His Companions Were on a Drunken Spree is the Only Way in Which to Account for
 the Outrage.

AS Joe Wyatt entered the office of Prosecuting Attorney Martin, Tues dav afternoon, he presented most woe.begone spectacle, and one, see inc him, would have supposed that he had been run through thresh- jng machine or been knocked down and run over by freight train. His face and head was a mass of cuts and bruises.
 4 GRAPHIC reporter Interviewed Mr. Wyatt, who is white man. about 27 years of age, for the pur- pose of ascertaining how he came by his numerous wounds, when he told the following story:
 My name is Joe Wyatt. 1 live two and one. quarter miles from the State convict farm at Noble Lake. Monday afternoon I was standing in my yard near the front gate when four men rode up and stopped at my gate. One of the men was ]. B. Bartlett, warden of the convict farm; the other three were convict guards. The men were considera- bly, under the influence of liquor. One of them-a man named Lock hart-pointing at me, said: There is d-n who has six sbooterr With this he seized me and began to beat me. Mir Bartlett than ran up and began to beat me over the head and face with his six shooter. After they had clubbed me alm9stt to insensensibiiity the men rode off laughing
 Had you ever had a row or dis agreement with either Of the men?"
 No, sir; I had never spoken to them
 Did you have pistol at the time the men attacked you?'
 No, sir; did not. Even if l did have, was in my own yard at the time, and molesting no one.
 Can you account for the assault on you29
 No, sir; further than that the men were on a drunken spree.
 MT. Wyatt was accompanied by a young man by the name of R. T. Pool, who informed the GRAPHIC reporter that he witnessed the as sault upon Wyatt, and he corrobo- rates Wyatt's statements of the outrage in every particular.
 Wyatt and Pool came to the city to prefer charges for assault against Bartlett, I4ockhart and their com panions.
 If there is d semblanee of truth in tha stories told by Messrs. Wyatt and Pool, and there is no cause to dsbelieve them, these desperadoes who assaulted an inoffensive citizen on his own premises should be placed in stripes, with just sucE hrutes as they are to guard them.
 If Warden Bartlett is guilty of tbis outrage, tho penitentiary authorities should at once remove him from his office and the law should deal severely with him.
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They Have Skinned .

Bartlett, Hargrove and the other two nen who assaulted Joe Wyatt at his home near Nob.e Lake, Mon- day, could not be found by the officers who went to arrest them. They evidently do not care to take the consequences of their brutal treatment of an inoffensiye man.
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...a.s hn1or.n , ~ ls.. s,.sa.

The latest invention in the dress re- form for babies, which is rapidly be- coming more popular is that all tho garments can be put on at once The first garment is princess slip of fine flannel or crepcline, made with high neck and long sleeves. The next is , sleeveless garment of neaslg the same shape and material, aud las. comes the nainsoolS dress All three fasten to- gether at tho back with three buttons The abdominal band is sheer and not tight, and the feet are left bare.
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An Inters stlng Mee1ing.

The Pine Bluff 0ratorieal Assoel- ation held it regular weekly meeting at the court house last night to Q large audience. Tho subject selected for the occasion was: Resolved that woman should have the right of sui fage. Messrs. II. K. Toney, Albt. Rowell and Beno Altheimer in their masterly style, represented the at- drmative side of the question, while Ben J. Atheimer and Q. K, Womoct by their stalwart defence of their side acquitted themselves with glory.
 After spirited fight the decision was awarded to the negative. The programe was concluded with dec iama,ion entitled, College Oil Cans by Edwin J. Kerwin, who en- tertained his hearers in manner that reflected great credit upon himself.
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LIFE BEF0 DE WAR, DEPICT.
 ED IN STORY AND SONG.
Polk Miller, Assisted by Oscar P Sisson and Miss Ester Wallace at the Opera House Last
 Night.

The entertainment given by Polk Miller, tho inimitable dialect story teller, and his assistants. It the opera house Tuesday night was one Of the most enjoyable attractions at the opera house this season. The entertainment was unique and orig inal throughout. Mir. Miller is without q peer in mimicing the negro. II has been said of him that to hear him talk, and not see him, one would think that it was an old darkey talking, and to hear an old darkey talking and not see him, one would be convinced thatit was Polk Miller telling his stories.
 It was readily perceived at the entertainment last night that Mr. Miller had not acquired his art in the el0cution schools of New Eng- land. as many would-be dialect readers do, but by living among the negroes on the plantations and ob. serving theis manners and conversa- tions he has absorbed m ability TO reproduce on the stage their very lines.
 Mir. Miller said that the limitations of the negro by ninstrels was q farce, and when compared with his mimmicinG, 1t is 80.
 The entertainment was instructive and valuable from m historical standpoint. A "beio' de war" ne- gro Is something rare. and to many Mr. Miller's entertainment affords an opportunity not otherwise pos sible of realizing what the life of the slave negro was and of the fond re- latl0nship existing between servant and master. Taking his banjo, MT. Miller would sing a soag of the dar- key youth that would convulse the audience with laughter. And, again, he would sing of some touching scene of separation of slave from hla master and companion, or of some incident of fidelity that would bring tears to the eyes of his listeners. His song of the 4Huckle- berry Pickin and others, and his description of an old slave negro showing free issue" youths how to ride mule. were excelleatiy illus tratf0ro Df t,a4rrD lifa
 In the gallery were two old negroes whose actions furnished almost as much amusement us did Mir. Miller. They noded to each other their ap- proval and appreciation, and evi- dently were amused as recollections of old times were brought back to them.
 Mir. Miller wns assisted by Oscar P. Sisson and Miss Ester Wallace, and their comedy acts afforded variety to the entertainment. Thr sv eet, girlish graces of Miss Wallace and her pure and beautiful voice charmed the audience. In the third "Old Times Down South, they ren- dered excellent assistenee to Mir. Mil fer by appearing as New England family. Mr. Miller appeared as an old negro attired in ragged clothes, and gave them incidents of his life down South.
 The ntertainment is entirely orig inal and it was greatly enjoyed and especially by the veterans of the Civil war and ex-slaye owners pres ent.
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4 Statenent.

Mr. W. II. Lockhart, auditor ot the convict farm at Noble Lake, called at the GRAPHIC office this morning and stated that he was not the Lockhart who helped abuse a white man at Noble Lake Monday after noon, an account of which was pub hshed exclusively in Wednesday s GnApnIc Mr. Lockhart was at Wabbaseka at the time of the out rage, and was in no way connected with it. We gladly make this state ment, as some of our readers had wrongly imagined the Lockhart mentioned in the article to be Mr. W. H. Iockhart, auditor Of the con viet farm.
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Mir. A. Brewster will leave for Gin cinnati and northern cities in few days for the purpose of contracting for the manufacture of n patent faucet. the invention of Mir. Ben F. Beard, of this city. It is a valuable mechanism, and will doubtless prove q bonanza for it's owners.
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IIls Pertinent Question.

He had taken his punishment like q little man and for s0mo time afterward had been buried in thought
 Mamma, he said finally
 We'll. Willieg
 Do you really spankne because you love me SD muchf
 That's tho reason I punish you, Willie
 And don | you bye papa at all?'' Chicago Post
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The ladies are taking advantage of the fair weather to do their shop ping. Many visiting ladies from neighboring towns are patronizing our merchants this week.
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Not Chilly.

Wiber Brown was on trinl in the Circuit Court Tuesday. charged with marking hog with the intention of stealing same The jury returned n verdict of not guilty.
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Irwin Moore, colored, was arrested today for carrying pistol. He gave bond for his appearance before'squire Niyen in the morning.
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For Sale.

One set Of parlor furniture. Not or scratched. Owner ex- poets to leave town. Apply to 7Os South Main. II lld5t
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No fewer than ,633 patentso on kitch gn utensils have been taken ont at Washington
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In London paper young married woman of title asks z ,0Q0 for the dis, charge of the duties Of a chaperon for the space of three months
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From the Advertising World. Constant pushing makes better business
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Truthful adyestislng wli sell honest goods.
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Only the best advertising will give the best results.
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Too few men study Inc question of advertising.
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Eli oterg was fined s5 this morn ing by Judge Brown for maln'alh- ing a nuisance.
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Don't waste good money in adyer Using poor goods.
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Advertising Hints.

From the Advertising World
 Constant pushing makes better business.
 Truthful advestising wni sell honest goods.
 Too few men study the question of advertising.
 Only the best advertising will give the best results.
 Don't waste good money in adyer- Using poor goods.
 If you want profitable advertising have good advertising
 No man who uses advertising space foollshly useses it profitably. Some men advertise as though it were recreation. It's business
 Every experienee should help you to greater success as an advertiser A single article. well described, is better than a dozen merely spoken of.
 Cutenoss is not bad thing to posses, but don't let it get into your business.
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If you want profitable advertising have good advertising.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-15
The Difference.

According to the New York World,
J. D. Rockefeller has an annual income
of $8,60Oo0J That is just $23,562 day,
or not quite $1,000 an hour. On the
basis of eight hours day, he makes
just $40 a minute,
According to the United States cen,
sus report the averages wages of the
workngman of the country is $22 a
month.
Rockefeller gets $49 a minute, afdthe
laborer gets 500 month. Rockefeller
has a good time; the laborer has hell
of a time Rockefeller lives like a
prince in a palace; the laborer lives in
a hovel, which is not even his own.
Fate (?) assigns to one man less than
dollar day, while working, while an
other has an income of fifty dollars a
minute without working. Is that JUS
tice?
Rockefeller gets as much in one day
as 25,000 workingmen. Is be worth as
much? Do bis services to mankind en-
title him to such reward? Does he Gre
ate 25000 times as much or does he
work 25,000 times as hard as $4,000 la
borers?-Repre
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-15

jail. The Mexican attacked Jailor
Meador. and while they were scufling
Parker and Miller went into the Sher-
ifs office and secured a shotgun and
si&-shooter Lee Norris, brother Of
the Hon. L. G. Norris, hearing the cries
of Meador started to his assistance and
was balf way down the steps leading
from the court house 10 tie jail, as
Parker and Miller emerged from the
Sherif's Office. Parker without a"word
shot Norfis,1the charge from the gun
taking effect jnst below the ribs aid
ranging upward, from the effects Of
which be died that night at 1l:t5. The
three prisoIieTs then made their way to
the livery stable on tho northeast cor
ner of the plaza, where they secured
two horses, Parker taking Sheriff Rlff-
ne;'s favorite saddle horse, which hap
pened to b3 saGaied, while Miller and
the Mexican mounted another without
Il saddle, and started out OF town. Ia
II Oai3 III GG1 SiSlOICG Oi u. ". Ii gTilQC0
the horse carrying double began buck
ing and threw his riders, bat they i'm
mediately mounted again and contin-
ued on their way. Deputy sheriff
Munds and Horace Yeoznans were the
first to start in pursuit, and succeeded
in overtaking the prisoners at Lynx
Greek. The Mexican had deserted his
American friends before they we're
overtaieen. in fight that took place
MiIier's Horse was shot from under him
end he WAS wounded, and threw up his
hands as a signal of surrender, but
Parker pulled him up on the horse he
was riding and succeeded in getting
away ii1' the darkness which had come
on Uy this time. It is thought impos-
sible for them to escape recapture, as
officers are out in every direction to
intercept them aud bloodhounds are on
their trail.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-15

the county. From 1873 up to 1886
times were flush in this neck OF the
woods. Money was circulating freely
and there was plenty of it. There were
more cattle In the country then than at
the present time, by at least five to one
Wages for all classes of labor were
higher end promptly paid. From 1885
to 1888 this section of the territory was
about holding its own. From 1888 it
began to go back. Times began to get
harder, and money scarcer, and it has
been getting a little worse each year
from that time up to the present. Bear
in mind that I am speaking generally,
and not of exceptional or isolated in
stances. There are many in the coun.
ty who have perhaps succeeded in ac-
cumulating something, but where one
has succeeded, dozen have failed.
Now. as to population. If my mem
ory does not fail me, the registration
law was enacted in 1882, and the first
great register was printed in 1884 lam
not positive on this point. however, but
as an illustration it makes no differ
ence as to when the law was enacted or
went into effect The number of voters
on the great register in 1854 was 1,565
In 1896, when the county was divided,
it was less than 300. do not remem-
Der the exact number. In 1884 the vot-
ing, or permanent male population of
your town was about 100, my recollec-
tion is that it was less. In 1896 there
was registered from your town some $50
out of a total registration of 1872 in the
entire county. In the division of the
county Navajo got little mole than
half the population of Apache county.
i saw in your paper few weeks since
that according to census taken al the
same time of the school census that
your male population, over p years of
age, had run up to 415. These figures
demonstrate beyond doubt that the
statement in my former communica-
tion was correct.
Z The editor of The Argua should re-
member that aid not cay sny Of my
suggestions or "calamity howls," were
inevitable and sure to come to pass, but
that these things might happen under
certain conditions and circumstances,
and still contend that the deductions
are within the bounds or possibility.
few words more and have done
with this subject forever. Iwish to as
sure the editor of The Argus that had
not the remotest idea of being able to
Influence the action Of the Board in the
leasfsl3y my "ealamity how'll under
stand too well that in body Of three.
two conStitdte majority. Bat, { felt,
aud still feel, as wrote, that they are
treading on dangerous ground, and that
it was my duty as citizen to lift my
voice in warning. TAXPAYER.
Holbrook, May II, 1897.