The Mena star., 1898-03-09

l y afternoon for Kansas City where he will buy a car load of Missouri mules to bring to this place. Pine Bluff Graphic
 Every man should take sis home pa per Foreign papers may contain more foreign news, butit does nothing toward building up and sustaining local enterprises. The pulse of the home pa CT beats for you and the com murity in which it is published TT Hot Springs News.
 The bankruptcy law which passed the house is an improvement upon previous laws on the same subject The law is more lenient. 1t prevents honest debtors from being forced into voluntary bankruptcy No excessive fees can be charged, and the minimum amount of debt for which involuntary bankruptcy may be enforced is fixed at Sl, 000 Little Rock Gazette.
 
 The two amendments to the state constitution, to be voted on in the Sep tember election are important, and should be looked into and duly consld- cred by every voter. Amendment No. 1 if adopted will permit the regulation of freight and passenger rates on all railroads in the state, through a rall- road commission; every voter should endorse this. Amendment No. per mits road work by means of taxation, which would force nonresident owners of realty to help build and maintain good roads; at the same tune if adopt ed it leaves each county the option as to whether or not such tax shall be levied. By all means it should be adopted The Texarkanian.
 Clinton is now producing q set of opium eaters through the cigarette habit by the very small boy slipping out from under his papa's thumb Bows just large enough to wear pants will puff that opium-fumed smoke into your face as grand as a monarch Why parents allow their young boys to con- tract such a pernicious and harmful habit we can't descry. We hope to see their sale in any way prohibited by the next legislature to minors or giv- ing away as well. In the not distant future America will be as completely swayed as China is at present unless something IS done to check its prog ress. Something needs to be done to eradicate this octopus from the coun- try. Legislation only offers the pro- posed relief. Clinton Democrat
 One of the most picturesque scenes afforded in Little Rock in many years was furnished Saturday morning when thirty-seven Cleburne county citizens charged with ''moonshining" were O'Hair All surrendered to Deputies Hozie, Savage and Akers at Hiram Thursday last in accordance with a prearranged plan. Prominent in the group was one mountaineer six feet in height with broad shoulders and mas sive frame and face from which es- capes look fierce enough to send shivers down the vertebral column oi the average observer. He wore a staw hat with an immense brim In the crowd were farmers, merchants and mill men, ranging in age from the awkward youth bordering on mans estate to the pioneer with tottering walk. One of the party was J. c Davis, postmaster at Gin. So faG as they were heard to express them selves, not one denied having either directly or indirectly been concerned in the illicit manufacture of whiskey up in the mountains or down in the ravines Sufficient evidence of guilt was implied from the surrender They became impressed with the fact that Uncle Sam means to suppress illicit