The Mena star. (Mena, Ark.) 1898-1904, 1898-09-07

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equal to pound of cotton for ever~
man, woman and child on earth N.
Ida Herald.
When you improve the appearan..
of your homes and farms, you incre,..
the value of them. When you increasa
the value of your farm, you increase
the value of property in the county
De Queen Bee.
The low, sweet hum of the cot,on
gin now gladdens the heart of ira
farmer and the merchant, the capit.,.
list and the roustabout. 1t means
little money in the pocket, ETC., etc
England Courier.
The news to-day received an adver.
tisement from Montgomery county
bachelor who wants a wife The
attention of eligible widows and old
maids is called to it in this issue. This
is no gag, the old mans in dead earn.
est. and if any of you old girls believe
it, just try him. Hot Springs News.
| John Brown of Gentry. who was
druggist there and skipped an indict-
ment for selling whiskey, returned last
Thursday, accompanied by Attorney T
G. Williams. They waited on judge
Rogers at Fort Smith placing himself
at the mercy of the court. The judre
suspended with orders for Mir. Brown
| TO return home and sin no more -Si-
loan Springs Republican.
Gov. Jones has turned tail on the
consolidation of elections, and now
declares himself opposed to it. The
governors reasons for dong so is dam
ger of negro supremacy in few coun-
ties. This cry has always been brought
into play to defeat consolidation, but
will fail of its purpose at the next SEES
sion of the legislature. 1t is very evil
dent that the great majority Of the
people of the state are now in favor of
the consolidation of elections Mt
Ida Herald.
Some bandy-shanked knock kneed,
hump backed. red headed, snaggle-
toothed, cross-eyed. pigeon-toed SON.
ot.a- gun Cf there is anything else, he
is that broke into house near the
standpipe belonging to the L. u. r.
A., and stole lot of nails, which the
ladies had bought to be used in repair
ing the place. A man who would steal
from the poor is too mean to be al
lowed to live in this country, and if he
could be found, he should be given
hours in which to get out-Eureka
Springs Flashlight.
The large crop Of cotton now prom
ised with the consequent low price has
again turned the attention of our agri-
culturalists to the production of some
thing more remunerative. With our
climate and soil this should not be
difficult problem to solve. For many
| years with the exception of the past
few cotton has been the most profit
able crop that could De grown, as it
was marketable at all times with little
or no detriment from storage or other
wise. In those days it was the crop OF
the South and our people became so
welded to its culture that they are now
strangers to many other products that
we can grow which are of more value
both to the agriculturist and the coun-
try. few years ago VIM. b. Mont
gomery OF Starlxville, Miss, started
herd of Jersey cattle, crossing the Jer-
sey with the native cow, which made
good cross, and Starkville soon be-
came noted for this breed. His neigh
bors, seeing his success, followed his
example and at the present time the
trade amounts to over A. 600 animals
per annum. They are shipped to Mex
leo and as far north as Ohio. The cost
of raising a three-year- old animal IS
much less than at the north--clover,
COW peas and sorghum furnish the
roughage they need, and cotton seed
hull and meal provide the grain. In
the same region superior class OF
beef cattle are produced by crossing
the natives with Herefords, Short
/ horns or Galloways. What is being