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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1898-04-18
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1898-04-18

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melt, ipeeiell Der terauii6en. ouftpeiF.
gfiemanb follte berfeblen. benielben 3tt
bef6ti9en. Sie gr6Bte Itiraftion, Bic
San Mntonio auf3uweiien bot.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-10
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

1
B. F. Glegg to Dora Mcclellan,
warranty deed, lot l, block 6, Glib
sons addition, consideration 5000.
Elizabeth Blaloek to Mary E.
Craig. warranty deed, 40 acres in
35, 6, 10; consideration $50.
F. w. Clafin to Ben Tuttle, war
ranty deed, 40 acres in 3, 5, 10; con
sideration $50
NJ. W. Lee to Joe Bearden, war
ranty deed, so fee off of lot 4, block
3, Trulock's addition, consideration
500.
]. J. ". Smith to ". C. Mitchell,
commissioners deed, 100 acres in
20, 6, 8; consideration $11O.
:. H. Holllns to Alvah Collier,
warranty deed, one half IN
terest in lot 6, block C, town Of Al
theimer; consideration 1902 50.
Albert S. Caldwell to United Trust
Limited, warranty deed, $50 acres
in 5, Z, O. consideration $40.
S. G. Martin ct al to NJ. T. Per
due, warranty deed, lot l, block 3,
Paul divers addition, cons:deya-
ton 5000.
P. N. Kuley to Clara A. Strong,
| warranty deed, 31x60 feet in lot 4
block 10, Doris addition; consider
alton $90.
Clarah A. Strong to Nathan
Walker, warranty deed, 31x6O feet
in lot 4, block I3, Doris addition;
consideration $65.
Simmons Hardware Co. to C. O.
Hatton, warranty deed, part of lots
l and 2 Morris addition; considera-
ton $1,000.
St. James Lodge No. q of the In
dependent order of the Sons and
Daughters of America to the United
Brothers of Friendship aud Sisters
of the Mysterious Ten, warranty
deed, 40x108 feet in %, 6, 8; consid-
Grafton $40.
D. L. Trimble to M. Alexander,
warranty deed, WI lot /, block 8,
Doris addition; considera ton 500.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-10

Cotton buyers are much alarmed
over the rumors of war. 1t is i'm
possible to secure insurance On cot
ton for export trade from either
New Orleans or Galveston. A Span
ish ship recently in Galveston
loading with cotton for Liverpool,
was refused insurance for fear OF
seizure on the high seas. Foreign
firms have instructed their buyers
in this country to ship only it Brit
ish bottoms, which are regarded as
the only safe vessels to ship cotton
or merchandise in in case of war
And this brings up the question
of cotton raising for this year. If
there should be war between Spain
and the United States for any pro-
tracted period, the price of cotton
will still further decline and the
feecy staple will be almost worth
| ess next fall. Farmers in planting
this spring should take this matter
in to consideration and govern them
selves accordingly, In all events
the provision crop will prove the
most valuable. Let them raise
plenty of peas, corn, potatoes, wheat
and meat, and they will be practi-
cally independent. whether we have
war or peace. That farmer will al
ways be the most prosperous and
independent who raises his own
''hog and hominy" and lives at home
throughout the year entirely indie
pendent of the credit merchant and
supply houses. A one.crop farmer,
we care not what his single crop
may be, can never be really pros
porous. The secret of the farmers
success lies in diversified agri-
culture.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-10

The New York Journal. the vel.
Lowest of yellow journals, declares
that war IS benefit, and advances
these arguments:
Were we to have war with Spain
it would be a heaIthful exercise, and
sow q harvest of popular good.
1t would for one matter cipflize
Spain.
Her barbarism and her ignorance
would fall from her limbs like a gar
ment laid off.
We would fog her out of the six
teenth and into the twentieth CEN
fury.
For ourselves war would be a
stimulus and an inspiration.
1t would be a fagot thrown on cur
fires of patriotism, trade dulled and
dollar dea dened for fully thirty
years.
It would wipe out Mason and Dix
on's line and burn away the division
fences between the sections,
It would destroy the bloody shirt.
We would emerge from this bap-
tism of battle with no north, no
south, no east, no west; we would be
one people of one country.
And we would spend billion dol
lars.
And we would borrow it, yes.
But we would spend it and work
for it, and spend it again, and wear
it, and eat it, and drink it and leave
posterity to pay and have the head
ache.
Why not?
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-10

DEAL. MERlT is the characters.
- istic of Hoods Sarsaparilla. It
cures even after other preparations fail.
Set Hoods and ONLY HOOPS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-10

AT a meeting of candidates fer
county offices held one evening last
week resolution was unanimously
passed to permit one representative
of each candidate to be present at
the counting of the ballots when the
primaries are held. This resolution
met with the endorsement of every
candidate, which Is an indication of
the fact tlat each candidate wants
only his due and is not seeking to
take on Unfair advantage of his op-
ponent. There can certainly be no
objection on the part of any fair
minded man TO the counting of the
ballots being witnessed by the yari-
pus candidates or their friends. To
oppose it would indicate a disposi-
|elon to unfairness, not to say dis
Haonesty. And a Democratic prim a
by, Ike Caesars wife, should
sc above SUSPICION. Men who de-
Sire to deal fairly with their fellow
men should not object to the search
81 ght being thrown upon their every
etion. A Democratic primary is
70 honorable contest between hon.
:srabe men, and the votes cast
kfaerein should be honestly counted
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-10
The Day We Celebrate.

Easter, the day of joy and glad
ness; the day when the sombre ha-
biliments of sacred sorrow and
fasting are laid aside; the day when
tree, shrub and flower breaks its
garb of winter and bursts into the
verdaut and gaudy attire of Spring;
the day when birdr seek their mates
and build their nests; when the fair
maiden bedecks herself in gay attire
and bright millinery, and when the
religiously inclined turn their
thoughts to the resurrection of the
Savior who redeemed a sin-cursed
world for the salvation of humanity
Easter, the most sacred day IN the
religious calendar, is here.
The Easter festival is named from
a Teutonic goddess of Spring, who
was also the patroness oflight. Eas-
ter is the principal festival of the
Christian year and is observed in
commemoration Of the resurrection
of our blessed Savior.
The resurrection took place just
after the Jewish feast OF the Pass
over. The Christians of Jerusalem,
and after them the Asiatic churches
generally, held the feast Of Easter
on the same day, simultaneous with
the Passover. The usage was unac-
ceptable to the Gentle churches in
Italy and the West, which preferred
to celebrate Easter on the Sunday
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-10
SUMMER COTTAGE

The Young Mems Christian Associ-
alton are again planning to secure
their summer home at Sulphur
Springs. This cottage will prove a
valuable piece of property to the AS
ISOLATION. 1t is expected that a two
story building will be erected. On
the first floor will be the social
rooms, audience room and bicycle
room. The second floor will be used
for sleeping purposes, where men,
bers OF the Association will put their
cots. 1t is expected that a wide gal
lery above and below will extend
around the whole building.
The bicycle path is being put in ex-
cellent condition for the summer
riding, and probably larger numbers
of young men will visit the Springs
this season than ever before. Such
a club house will prove invaluable
for a pleasant rest and rendezvous
for the young men. During the hot
months the mems meeting will be
held at the Springs, and probably a
summer bible institute will be held
for a week or more for the special
benefit of Association men of this
State. Moreover, the social features
will not be forgot ten. At least once
a week the boys will be at home to
all friends, when the ladies will be in
vited to visit them and spend an
evening at music and merry good
pleasure.
But the foregoing will only be an
air castle unless enough money is
secured to build the house. A good
start was made in the fall OF 81, but
it was thought best to postpone
completion of the plans until April.
The committee has to show for
starter the best vacant lot at the
Springs. donated by the Springs
Company, and $500 in subscriptions.
The question now is, ''Can enough
be secured to build the home?n
Messrs. W. H. Langford, E. D, Rus
sci, A. W. Mills and the General Sec
tary will have the matter in hand as
the committee appointed by the
Board of Directors. It is hoped
that the building will be ready for
occupancy by June.
QEAL. MERIT is the character
- istic of Hoods Sarsaparilla. It
cures even after other preparations fail.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-10

The most critical period in woman's
lie may be properly called Blossoming
Time. :" It is the period when she blossoms
from gtrlhood into womanhood.
AT this mofnentous time the best tuedi-
cine for a woman to take is DR.. Pierce,s
Faverite Prescription. It acts directly M
on the delicate and important organs that
are to bear the burdens of wifehood and
motherhood. It makes them strong
healthy and vigorous. It eorrects ali
Irregularities and displacements and stons
exhausting drains. Taken during the be.
nod OF expectant maternity, it banishes
the usual annoyances and makes baby's
coming easy and almost painless. It in
sures the newcomers health and an ample
supply of nourishment. It transforms
weak, sickly, nervous, complaining wo+
men into happy, healthy wives. Thou
sands of women have told over their own
signatures, the story of the marvellous
merits OF this great medicine. An hon.
est dealer viii not try to persuade you
TO take something different from what Won
deo profit '''es ~
Mrs. Anna Ulrich, of Elm Creek, Buffalo
Co., Neb. writes ~ was under docforss "a -
for two years with uterine disease. / was :,
weak that could sit up in bed only few mo-
ments | commenced taking Or. Pierce's Pa
vor1tss Prescription and WHOM / had taken one
half dozen boftles.I was up aud going wherever
ipieaseds and have been very strong ever since
that was two years and half ago.
The only constipation-cu1s that never
causes discomfort = DR.. pierce's Pleasant
feHers. At ~ edicine stores
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-10

following the 18th day o. the moon,
and the difference of practice led to
dissentions between the East and
the West, which were at last pacif-
ed by an agreement reached at the
council of Nieae A. D. 325, which
accepted the Western idea and made
the custom universal It is the day
we celebrate today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-10
EASTER HUNTS.
Why not?

The children of the Baptist Sunday
school enjoyed an Easter hunt at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. s. NJ.
Taylor, on West Fifth avenue, Fri
day afternoon.
The children of the Lakeside Sun
day school enjoyed an Easter hunt
Saturday afternoon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-10

The flag on the state house was
hung at half mast Friday, as mark
of respect to Judge F. NJ. Goar,
candidate for Attorney General,
whose funeral took place Friday at-
tsrnoon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-10
Spanish Cavalry for Uncle Sam

SANTA FE, N. M, April 9,-Gov
ortero wired the Secretary of War
offering regular Spanish speaking
cavalry for service in the event of
war.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-10
!Spr ring

Is the season for new life in nature,
new vigor in our physical systems.
AS the fresh sap carries life into the
trees, SO our blood should give US
renewed strength and yigor. In
its impure state it cannot do this,
and the aid of Hoods Sarsaparilla
is imperatively needed.
1t will purify, vitalize and enrich the
blood, and with this solid, correct
foundation, it will build up good
health, create good appetite, tone
your stomach and digestive organs,
strengthen your nerves and over
come or prevent that tired feeling.
This has been the experience of thou
sands. It will be yours if you take
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-10
MIN Frs STORE,
" NEU GODS, CHEAP PRICES y

Fancy Prints &c; Figured Dress Round thread
cotton checks I2pson Hamilton Pacific and all STANDARD
brands calico Hwy yard wide domestic &C. inch real organ
ae I2c Cordedmis up Plaid dress goods up Fruit u
the Loom domestic Hope domestic I-2c Good domestic A.
spoolS Cars had Elegant line Ducks white lawns grass
Hnens etc. very CHIP Embroderes up; Laces up Whe m
coofed quilts Below samples and jobs for less w
manufacturers cos Mems fur and hats Latest style defDy
pest goods 81 7dozen Linen Towels Ladies sample Shoes -
Piles and jobs are bod goods and a. price This stock IS
al new goods bogh for spot cash. will accept less proh @
any one Wanyour trade Give call. Goods DELIVERED
any part fhcty
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-10
PINE BLUFF. ARK. APRIL. 1898.

Entered at the Post-office at Bine
Bluff. Ark. AS ecoad- class mail matter
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-10
AS TO CIRCULATION.

circulation of any other Pine Bluff daily
newspaper. and the Daily and Semi-Weekly
GRaPHIc have combined circulation larger
tnan that of any other Pine Bluff daily or
weekly newspaper Advertisements accept
ed on this guarantee.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-04-23
just to Hold the Franch ise.

A small cold storage warehouse on
Michigan street, built for anonymous
owners turns out to be the gas plant of
the holders of the Prindle franchise,
now controlled by Mr.. Dunn ofSt. Paul,
who is also an intimate of the Hartman
brothers. This franchise was granted
as measure to help bring the gas and
water company to terms by some STRAIT
egy which the people did not clearly
understand, Now the city administra-
ton is opposed to the exercise OF the
franchise, as we'll it may be, and an or"
dinance has been introduced excluding
gas plant from the fire limits, on the
ground that it would be menace to
property. Furthermore it is said that
the half pint structure is only bluff,
not designed for the manufacture of gas
on any adequate scale but just enough
to hold the franchise. Mr.. Dunn insists
that it is an undertaking in good faith
to give the people Illuminating gas for
s1.25 and fuel gas for dollar, a figure,
by the way, anywhere from one hundred
to one hundred and fifty par cent. higher
than it ought to be.
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can do to remedy the situation
| One thing is certain, we Cal
do nothing by voting for a re
publican capitalism, or demo
cratic capitalism, gold capt.
alism or a silver capitalism
for they are but so many
branches of the same capitals
tic tree.
It is useless to expect per.
manently beneficial results to
accrue to the laboring class
from Legislation by a govern
ment controlled and operated
by the money power and it's
paid satellites. Their interests
are diametrically opposed to
the interests of the wage
working class, and laws osten-
sibly made to benefit the work
ing class, are either not en-
forced, or are declared uncon-
stitutiona1.
My friend, we stand on the
decayed round of capitalism in
the ladder of social evolution.
It remains for you to say
whether we will advance to
the next round which is social
ism, or whether we will allow
ourselves to be precipitated
into the abyss of degeneration,
back into a stage from which
it has taken us ages to emerge.
Oh friends, do not longer al
low yourselves to be deceived
by the honeyed words of the
hirelings of capitalism. Strike
out for freedom. Strike off the
CALLING fetters that are binding
you and your children to life:
of slavery. Vote not the old
capitalistic parties, for in so
doing you are but adding to
the weight of your chains and
riveting yonr fetters the
frmer.
Eradicate the system that in
it's mad rush for individual pro-
fit tramples underfoot human
bodies and human souls. A
system that has for it's highest
ideal the accumulation of gold.
AS the children of Israel
made themselves an idol in the
form of a golden calf and wor-
shipped it as their god, so has
man of the present day made
himself an idol in the form of
golden dollar and wor-
ships it.
To ourselves comrades, may
we apply the command God
gave to Moses, "Go get thee
down, thy people have cor
rupted themselves" "They
have made them a molten calf
and have worshipped it and
have sacrificed thereunto." "
And as Moses destroyed the
golden calf idol and ground it
to ashes, 50 must we destroy
the golden dollar idol and grind
it to ashes; and on those ashes
will rear itself a glorious civil
ization-a civilization where
peace and justice will reign
supreme; and a true Chris
tianity-a Christianity even
such as Christ taught; and
then will disappear forever
more nHard Times"
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HARD TIMES.
An Interesting Address Deliv-
cred by j. n. Opper.
manu.
Before the Socialist Labor
Party Meeting in Nor
mama Hall,

Hard Times! How familiar
sound the words. For years
past have they greeted our
ears. From every side comes
the cry "Hard Times" Only
two words; but what tale OF
misery and woe and anguish
they enfold. Oh What a pic
ture would meet our eye, if the
portals of human misery were
thrown open to our gaze. What
poverty, distress, bleeding
hearts and shattered hopes
would we behold. Many are
faint and weak with cold and
hunger tonight; yea, many are
closing their eyes in their last
long eternal sleep, for the want
of crust of bread. .... -
My friends, do you realize
that for this each and every
one of us is accountable to a
certain degree? We are, and
with us lies the remedy. But,
you will ask, what can we do
to prevent hard times? What
can we do to alleviate the suf-
ferings of humanity? We have
no more than we need our
selves. :
To answer this question let
us first determine the cause of
hard times and then we can in
telligently apply the remedy.
First, what is. the cause Of
hard times? We say it is the
"private ownership of the
means of production and dis
tribution"- short, the. capi-
talist system, augmented by the
general use of 1aboring-saving g
machinery.
If we receive as wages only
about one-fourth of what we
produce there must necessarily
be an overproduction as com
pared to our purchasing power.
If only about one-half of the
wage-working class is able to
secure employment, and the
other half is in enforced idle
ness and strenuously endeavor-
ing to secure work at almost
any wage so it will but serve to
keep body and soul together, so
long will wages grow steadily
less, all efforts of pure and sim
pie trades unions to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
To illustrate the evils result
ing to the wage working class
from the private ownership of
labor-saving machinery, let us
take a factory of anykind, en-
tirely without machinery, and
employing one hundred men
and keeping them employed
from 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. to make
the amount of goods required
in the community. Then if we
add a modern 1abor-saving ma
chine, what do we find to be
the result? We find that we
can dispense with the services
of from one to ten or more men
and they are accordingly dis
charged. AS we add more ma
chinery, more men are dis
charged, until finally, when we
have our factory fully equipped
with modern labor-saving ma
chinery, we have perhaps ten
or twenty men left. Now what
is to become of the other eighty
or ninety men? They do not
want to starve, but in order not
to starve they must have work
or manage somehow to gel
money wherewith to buy food
Their first impulse will natur
ally be to enter into competi
ton with each other to secure
the positions of the men still II
employment; with starvatio;
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or fifteen per cent. per day less
than the man that has the jot
is getting, and so No. is dis.
charged and No. 2 takes his
place, until someone else is
hungry enough to underbid
him when he in turn is dis
charged; and so on in an end
less chain fashion until wages
are down so low, that they will
practically starve anyway,
whether they work or not.
In the meantime, however,
some grow discouraged and fill
a suicides grave. Others also
discouraged, but with a tenn
permanent differently consti-
tuted, enter on a life of crime
of one kind or another.
I do not wonder at the alarm
ing tendency of man to commit
crime; it is but the natural out
come of our present anarchica1
and planless system of econo-
mics. Nor can crime be re-
moved by punishment. Grim
inals do not fear punishment;
kill them if you wish,-they
have little to live for; inprison
them if you wish,-they will
have good wholesome food and
shelter which is more than they
oft-times have as so-called "free
and sovereign citizens of a glor-
ious republic" But remove
misery, poverty and ignorance
and you remove the stepping
stones to crime and then crime
will disappear, and not until
then.
Another great curse to the
proletarian class is the profit
system. Let us review it brief
ly: r.. .-5 .
By. referring to the last
" S. census taken in 1890, we
find that the wages of labor as
compared to the products of
labor, after cost of material has
been deducted, represents 46
per cent of the new value
to the material by it's trans
formation into a product. In
other words for every dollars
worth of goods the 1aboring
class produces, it receives 46
cents, estimating the goods at
factory prices or valuations;
but the laboring people cannot
buy from the factory at factory
prices, but must buy from the
retailer. Between the time
the goods leave the factory and
the time they reach the shelf
of the retailer, they increase
considerably in price owing to
their passing through the
hands of number of middle
men, who all want a profit, and
each accordingly adds to the
price such an amount as he
may deem proper for his profit.
The retailer also adds to the
price to secure a profit, and
now we find that the purchas-
ing power of our original 46
cents has been reduced to %
cents. In other words, of every
dollars worth of goods the
laboring class produces it can
buy back only % cents worth.
So you can readily see, that the
inevitable result will be an
overproduction as compared to
the purchasing power of the
consumers, and consequently
the periodical recurrence, at
ever shorter intervals, of pan
les and their attendant evils,
and consequently lizard
Times
That our capitalists recog-
nize this fact i'll plainly to be
seen by their frantic endeavors
to secure foreign markets for
their goods, peaceably if pos
sible, but forcibly if necessary,
as poor China has found to it's
1911 L. L1.ok =, kl,o crrx,, o~o1
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