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amendment.

In the County Democratic Pri.
mary election held in this county
on April Z, 1000, there were 1919
votes cast in nominating the can
didates for state, county and ju-
diciaI off ces. Every man who
took part in this election pledged
himself to support the nominees OF
the Democratic party at the gen.
eral election. The general election
will be held on Monday, Septem.
Der 3. 1900, and every voter in
the county who affiliated in the
spring primary is placed upon his
honor and veracity as q gentleman
to support the ticket. To evade,
neglect or shirk this responsible
pledge of faith and loyalty will
amount to perjury, pure and
simple, and no true Democrat will
be guilty OF such criminal neglect.
The TINES is very persistent in
urging the voters to perform their
duty as liberty loving citizens, be.
cause we realize how important il
is that the full strength of democ-
racy be known in the face of the
bold advancements of the Repub-
licans. Let every Democrat guard
the interests of his homo, his coun.
try and his party, by doing every
thing in his power to overtime
the influences and encroachments
of the apostles of Imperialism,
greed and oppression, by exercis-
ing the right of suffrage in the
general election next Monday
week, September 3, 1900. Vote
conscientiously and conservatively
and in the interest Of civilization,
freedom and morality.
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The State Democratic Platform

sallawIng j. the Platform in full as
adopted At the democratic conventions:
The democratic party of Arkansas III
eauvemsinn assembled. renews Its a'legl-
ance to The time-honored principles OF the
party and declare, as follows.
We ,ntiorse the national platform OF the
democratic party adopted at Chicago, IN
It's NATIONAL cor yrntion OF 1896 and re-
Sf.arm the principles therein ennnciated.
We recognize the Monroe doctrine as a
cardinal tenet of the democratic party and
prior To the present republican admins
iratou was a part of the public policy OF
the national government and We favor It's
strict observance. and we are opposed to
any agreement. secret or Otherwise. with
ANY foreign power. by which the princi-
pies OF this doctrine might be surrendered
or abridged.
We are in favor of the United States
government building and constructing the
Nicarauguan cana, and that 1t own, con-
irol and manage the same.
Regarding with pride and satisfaction
the successful development of our public
school system, We pledge the democratic
party to lis perpetual support and main
teuauce. and we recommend that the
state continue To provide for the payment
of the interest ON the state bonds now be
longing TO the school funds.
We are opposed to the donation of thu
public lands of the United States or of tht
state of Arkansas to private corporations
We denounce the trusts and all illega
combinations in restraint OF trade: or tina
have for their purpose the control OF tn,
markets OF products OF the country. anl
we endorse the actions of the last legisla
ture in passing laws for the purpose of re
siraining their operations in this state
and pledge the democratic party to til,
passage OF such laws as will effectuall,
prohibit the operations of all such comb
nations in the state of Arkansas.
We charge that inherent rights unde
our constitutions have been assailed by th
president ut the United States by his de
NAL at self-government 10 the Filipino
and his refusal TO treat with them.
We maintains that governments deriy
their Just powers from the consent OF tn
governed, We therefor insist that tn
sshjugaiion of any people is crime an,
rantrmpiuous disioyalty to the distnctiy
principles OF our government.
Liberty is common heritage IN all me-
in All lands and we therefore res0lutel
eeadeMn the death dealing policy u th
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head by knowing individuals, and
the public generally regarded him
as presumptive, long-haired sor.
cerer seeking notoriety. The fac,
that dissention and strife now ex.
lists between these great powers
leads us TO conclude that events
were aptly forcshadowed by this
man. The armies and navies of
these countries are being strength
ened, and his prediction that an
epoch Of carnage and bloodshcd
would begin With the year 1900,
looks like certainty. Wars of
conquest are creating a jealous
and envious spirit between the
great nations Of the land and the
fight for supremacy will cost many
lives, much riot, bloc dshed and
despoilation and the expenditure
Of money beyond computation.
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Administrators and Executors
Elements
STATE oE ARKANsAs.

County of 81, Francis. -. ,.u,x,s
NOTICE is hereby given that ihe i wy. I
administrators and executors setl l.as 4
have been filed In the Prnhate eou .ha Il "A,
Francis county for confiri.stloi ~ NV
Der. 1900. term OF said court to-~l'. ..,s,s
NJ T. llambleton, as admit. OF tne s s',sl 4
q. Il. iIamblcton. deceased. nrst an"a' 1
tlemeut. -,
c. 70, Nash, as aG.mr. of the estate !" ,is@s1
Nash. de ceased. second and innl sr s,a,s II
+. II. Scott. as executor OF the sess,,, a,qsl
T. Scott. deceased first and MAJ s,a,e 4.
John Calling. "a admir-. oil ths ss,a seliA
II. Pearce. deceased, SECOND a''N's
ment aofN
;. Z. Eeel as admir-. OF tue e>sa'
Cssteel first annual settlement. .so es,aie
". Il. HOW ell. as adn'r. OF Wv ,,d dusl Il
OF VIM. Howell, deceased, frs' a"'
tlement. .o,,leu,eala
All persons interested IA me sss,e,rsunari II
said estates. are notified 10 come ~ hon uaa
fife their exceptions thereto.i W. W. aext ri
on or before the second day oi IN l,e flrels
lar term of said courf. or thes "ta',,,la,ueaIl
barred from excepting 10 saiu
10 any item thereof. ,or sailee43
Witness my hand and the sew ss', -
this, the 2ist day Of August ls ',,v cleri
RyT q MERwIN ID. T..
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Some time ago the Democrat as
seyted that largo amounts had been
lost to the state through shortages
and defalcations Of public officers,
state and county, which would not
have been sustained had there
been q law on the statutes provid-
ing that bonds be made by public
officials with surety companies. In
order to verify this statement we
have gone to the trouble of having
compiled list of distress warrants
issued by the state since 1898. The
list gives the name Of the officers
under whose administration the
shortage occurred, the county, the
date and the amount. While we
do not care to give the names OF
1.-THE parties, some Of whom are
now dead, and others not now re.
siding IN the state, it is q fact
nevertheless which we may make
prominent that the total amount
aggregates s92,963.44. Of this
amount only 81 ,647.74 was paid.
This does not include shortages by
state officers within the period
mentioned. BY reference to acts
of the general assembly since lS7E
it is found that no less than seven.
teen relief acts have been passed
for the benefit of officers who were
short or bondsmen thereof in va.
rious counties of tho state, and the
total amount lost 10 the state
through these relief acts aggre
gates ss4, 20l.5l. Now, if the state
had required surety bonds of its
office-holders she would not have
lost this ss4, 2el.5l, nor would the
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The Republicans arc striving by
reputation of Democratic candi.
dates and by treach erous UNDER
hand dealings to gain foothold in
this state. The masses of oul
southland will not subject them
selves to the despotic and tyrani.
cal methods of Republicanism and
the domination of an inferior ele.
ment in politics. All true Demo.
Gratis should consider these facts
and throw damper upon the as.
pirations and Announcements of this
gigantic enemy of free government,
by polling full Democratic vote
at the general election to be held
on Monday the Sd day of Septem
Der, 1900.
The Forrest City times., 1900-08-24

No doubt many of our readers
remember about five years ago an
American predicted that IN the
year 1900 the nations of the earth
would be involved in war; that
the powers would be divided, with
America, England and Japan on
one side and Russia, France and
Germany on the other. When this
prophecy was made its author was
subjected to rdicule and the press
referred to him as q fanatic, q
crank, and it was suggested that
he be confined in the asylum for
the insane. Sarcasm and vituper.
alton was freely poured upon his
The Forrest City times., 1900-08-24

A man in serving his country
should do so according to the die
tates of his own conscience. One
of the greatest and most whole
some principles Of Democracy is
freedom of speech and action.
Measures Of social and political re.
form arc before the people, and
the fate of these issues must be de.
cided at the general election to be
held on Monday, September 3,
1900. Let every Democrat in st.
Francis county go to the polls and
redeem the pledge made at the pri'
mary election. The nominees OF
the party have a right to expect
your endorsement of their candi.
dacy By reason of your participa
ton in the primaries, and if it is
not accorded them you arc guilty
of perjury. No true Democra,
will remain away from the polls
on September 3.
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Road Notice.

NJ OTICEIs HEREBY CIV IN ,';,a, Met !
~ Monday. the ;ird day o. ~ ,he Casss
u petition will he presehieu sizing III
Court OF 81. Francis couh! Wv and 81 I
ap public road N IN Biacki.h township Y
ACROSS Frencnman BAYOU in l h,sGS'dlrei ,
ship. running thence in an easles, seto II
along the South hank OF Nll,oM va ). 10 ~
ton line between sections @bahH =
saip north, range east .t snd0lxs
Da,ea his 1-th day of Aug. lV'' -
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Excursion to Hot Springs.

Special Excursion Ia Hot Springs
Via Iron Mountain Route, Sunday
Aug. 26th. So 80 for the round trip.
Train leaves Helena at 10 a. M. sun
day, Aug. 26th, returning Wednes-
day, Aug. 20. Only s. 30 for round
trip. For particulars apply to ticket
agent
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School Directors Take Notice.

have sent out the blanks for the emu,
meration and enrolment OF pupils. At
tend to this mattea al once. and get full
aud correct report Of all the children sub
iect to enrolment
Full objections in blank report.
W IL. PAsI.Ay, Co. EA
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.

FINE SIDE y / IAL ELEO OHOs
ELECTION Tuesday. Nov. 9Th.
AL arge sam NJ. Taylor, of jefferson
u. Is. Illid gins of Boone.
First D.strici-E. T. Morris. of Clay.
Second Distrlct-W. j. Goodwin, of
Bradley.
Third Dlstrict-J. NJ. Carter. of Miller.
Fourth Disirict-As Y. Coyingtoa, of
johnson.
Fifth Distfiei-John y. Tillman, of
Washington.
sixth District-Joe Il. Robinson, of
Lenoke.
Fcr Congressman. iSt District,
lion. L. u. McCULLOCU.
OF Lee County
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We now have the scent size Staff /.
ords Commercial Ink. 1t is undoubt-
edly the finest black ink on the mar
ket. Newsstand.
Program Pencils just received at the
Newsstand.
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STATE TICKET.

EleCCfCp MONDAY. sept. so.
For United States Senator.
HON. JAMES II. BERRY,
OF Beaton County.
For Governor,
JEFF DAVIS, of Pope County.
For Secretary of slate.
JOHN w. CROCKETT,
ofArkansas County.
For Auditor
T G. MONROE of Columbia county
For ATTORNEY General.
GEORGE w. MURPHY of Pulaski
: For State Treasurer.
THOMAS Il. LITTLE of Sebastian
Fer Commissioner of Lands,
j. w. COLQUIFr of Pulaski county.
For State Superintendent Public In
struc,iou.
J. j DOi y + of Ionoke county.
For Commissioner of Mines. Manu-
factmefs and Agriculture,
FRANK HILL of Washington county.
For Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court,
c. ID. WOOD of Drew county.
For Railroad Commissioners.
L. VI. HANLEY, of Lard County.
ABNER GAINES, of Chicot County.
j. G.. WALLACE. of Pope County.
For Prosecuting Attorney. rs. Circuit,
HON. y. y. MACON,
OF Phib tips County.
For Repr, sentative.
- NJ RI LOCK
For County and III obate Judge.
GEO. Z. TAYLOR.
For Clerk of the Circl vt Court.
GEORGE Il. MALLORY.
For Clerk of County ard Probate Court
re MERWIN.
For ShcriG and Collector.
w. T. WILLIAMS.
For Assessor.
GEO. ". ROWLAND.
For County Treasurer.
L. L H-ASkINS.
Fer Snryayor.
r, l.. .STOCEAnp.
For Coroner.
J.. IL. ALLEY.
Fol- Justice Of the Peace Madison Up.
]. b. SANDERS,
WALTER GORMAN.
For Constable. Madison Township.
TIIAD. SELLERS.
Propositions.
For License
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ploposltious:

Propositions:
For License.
Against License.
Foo Constitutional Anne rdnent.
Against Constitutional A nae1dment.
For Road Tax.
Against Road Tax.
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For President.
WIN. J. BRYAN, of Nebraska.
For Vice. President.
ADLAI +. STEVENSON, Of Ills.
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MoDday, October |,

hetvee, the hours or II o'eio ,ss bplrhe.l
o'cloek o. M offer Tor sale 10 ihp n sa,easrl
be-. . I,idier for cash. the NV o ,sassaa.hip
section sixieen 40 in SAID = VA" ,ae s.xi's.'
range the same being. 40 ser,r.r Il MILAN
Section school land. .ln,,icin Ceilr''
For rest City, ARK, Aug -
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Sale Of Balance or
ton of school Lah'

A-oTIcE il hereby givea that s,a a,a5s :
fMn ,ee 'e sx % north d range ,oi' s
having petitioned me, ihers' n the io's
trout of the Courthouse door, :"
Forrest Civ. ON mn
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FM Justice Of the Peace, Madison TIP.
j. 3. SANDERS,
WALTER GORMAN.
For Constable. Madison Township.
pHAD. SELLERS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-13
THE GREAT DEAL
OF A GREAT MAN.
How N. C. u. Ford the "Cal CO
KING" .surh. 10000 va ds
0. Lvt,O4 dad oayeu city.

Matthew c. D. Borden, the head OF
the largest cotton manufacturing bust
ness in the world, has again proved
himself the friend of labor
By pure hasing 500, 600 pieces of cotton
goods at IS cents he has foiled con-
spiracy to reduce wages, averted
strike and saved an entire community
from undesarved disaster
This IS not the first time that 1.-The
Calico King" has appeared as the
champion of the toilers against his
fellow manufacturers.
In 1881 he cleared out a glutted mar
ket and saved $4,000 mill hands from
idleness and famine by buying $4,000
pieces of cotton goods.
In February, 1897. he repeated the OPP
Grafton. This time he took the entire
stock held by the Fall River mills
$50, 900 pieces-an1 paid $1,G00,000 for it.
The effect on the market was an active
demand at advanced prices. What APP
peaIed most to Mr.. Borden was the eff
feet on labor-3. 500 900 spindles working
full time instead of half time
In November, 1889, Mr.. Borden again
startled New England by compelling
his manufacturers to advance
wages 10 per cent. He had tried his
usual remedy of buying q. large block
of goods. but his rivals had baked him
by delaying the completion of the deal
earners should suffer no longer, and
that all talk of a strike should cease,
he voluntarily granted the advance of
10 per cent. to the 1000 hands employed
in his own enterprises-the Fail River
Iron Works and Cotton Mills, and the
American Print Company's works.
Only month passed before the other
manufacturers of cotton goods, much
to their disgust. were compelled to fol-
low suit.
Fail River alone gained $4,000 a week
in wages by Mr.. Borden's action. and
throughout New England rot less than
1907 600 operatives were made prosperous
and happy.
And now. in 1890. the Calico King
has won another victory for labor
Again the cotton goods market was in
a perilous condition Again the mill
owners were threatening to cut wages,
and the hands were preparing to strike
New England seemed on the eve of an
industrial cataclysn.
Mr.. Borden's purchase Of 100000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-13
ALASKA'S WEALTH NOT HALF TOLD.
Wonderful Climate Prevails SOUTH Possibilities
For the Sportsman and

Reindeer have made themselves thor
oughiy at home in Alaska-that mar
Vellous country whose richness in ami
NAL life and agricultural possibilities is
not yet half suspected by the majority
of Americans.
The pilgrim fathers of the family
were imported from Lapland in the
early stages of the Klondike craze to
be worked and eaten by the starving
miners. They luckily escaped being
eaten, and were later reinforced by zoo
reindeer doe imported by the Govern
ment from Siberia
From the mixed herd of 1000 head, or
a little more. they have multiplied to
5000, and under Uncle Sans protec-
ton they promise to play an important
part in the future Of Alaska and add
greatly to its wealth. The twenty-five
Laplanders who came over with the
first consignment are on their way
home with about $500 each, saved out
of their earnings as reindeer drivers
and mail carriers.
But Alaska needed no importations to
add to its destinations. Gold? OF
course-everybody knows about that.
but everybody doesn't know that gold
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set out in quest of this only link yet
missing to complete the wonderful
chain in the theory of mans descent.
beginning with the monera, or organ
lsms without organs; advancing to the
amaeba, thence by seven stages to the
skuu-leSs Vertebrates-
THE MISSING LINK
The specimen of the Pithecanthropi,
or ape-like men, that Mr. Vanderbilt
hopes to find, marks the twenty-first
stage of advancement from the single
celled monera or protoplasmic germ. 1t
is the one link that must be found,
alive or in the fossil state, to COM
pletely demonstrate the new, wonderful
and startling philosophy of human ex-
lstence that eliminates a God, and to
clinch what must be admitted to be
the most brilliant product of the hui
man brain-the theory of development.
Whether it is called Darwinism or
Haeckelism is of little Importance. The
doctrine of evolution owes it's own de-
velopment to several stages, but to La
marck, Goethe. Huxley and Darwin in
particular. It has divided the Christian
church, it has made a warfare of
science, and has commanded more. Sc
riOus thought by the brightest minds
than any theme of the nineteenth cen
fury.
Into this arena, in which the death
grapple between religion and advanced
science viii be fought out, Mr.. George
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-13

pieces of cotton goods at a total price
Of S720 600 relieves the mills OF over
produced goods and stimulates the mo-
ribund market into activity.
AS each piece viii run from forty-slX
to fifty yards, he has become the owner
of 25,0O0O00 yards of cotton-enough to
carpet a footpath from New York to
San Francisco five times over. But this
is not such vast quantity to the man
whose own mills in a single year pro-
duce enough calico to make bandage
round The middle of the earth. with
5000 miles to spare
The story of Mr. Borden's life makes
interesting reading. He comes origi-
nally of French stock, and can trace
his ancestry back to Bourdonny, an
ancient village in Normandy. The first
member of his family to land on Brit
ish soil entered England with William
the Conqueror and having served HIS
Majesty faithfully was rewarded with
vast estates in the County of Kent al
ter the overthrow of King Harold.
From that time until the middle of the
seventeenth century the original Bor-
dens lived in England steadily increas-
ing in wealth and number of family.
In 1865, however, Richard Borden,
who then was the lord of the estate,
came to America and settled in Rhode
Island. With his emigration to THIS
country the family fortune was confis-
Gated by the English and he was left to
share the privations of the early colo
nists Finally he married and the
union was blessed with a son, Matthew,
the first child of English parents to be
born in Rhode Island From this point
the family descent is automatically re-
corded up to the present time
In spite of his illustrious ancestry
and the fortune that smiled upon his
forefathers, the present Mr.. Borden
was born in 1912 amidst humble sur
roundings. endowed only with the love
Of devoted mother and father and good
health. When he was quite boy his
father removed to Fall River and there
became a leader in all that contributed
to the success of the thriving village.
Later the elder Mr. Borden went to the
war and came out, decorated with the
regalia. of a colonel.
Young Matthew was sent to Phillips
Academy at Andover. Mass. to be tit
ted for a course of higher education,
and when his term was completed there
he went to Yale, graduating with hon
ors in the class of 1854
As soon as he had graduated he was
offered a position in the stock depart
ment of a New York dry goods store,
which he accepted and held for three
years, until he became a partner in one
of the leading commission houses of
the metropolis. He continued a mem
Der of this firm until 1879. when it
failed.
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w. Vanderbilt casts his wealth and
American enthusiasm with a prompti-
tude that is characteristic of his grand
father. the old Commodore" The
finding of the North Pole, the deter
mination of the Nile basin, the genesis
Of the polyglotic languages of the Sar-
gasso Sea, are as nothing compared to
a final determination regarding the
truth of the Biblical theory of crea-
ton. Upon the result Of a successful
hunt for the Pithecanthropus depends
the faith of $50. 600. 900 Christian people
who cling to the beliefs of their ances-
tors.
Mr.. Vanderbilt is a believer. He i'm
bibed a devout reverence for the Chris
tan faith from his devoted mother,
and, however great his respect for
science, he never has wavered in his
acceptance of the Adamic theory Of
creation.
Mr. George W Vanderbilt wants the
truth He is like the editor of news
paper in quest of facts. He has adopted
the practical and natural method of do
ing what Prof. Haeckel wants done
He has sent out a party himself. Mr..
David j. Walters is now on his way to
Japan, where a special steamer will be
hired and properly equipped for this
expedition to the island of Java. 1t is
hoped to render the projected voyage
of Prof. Haeckel unnecessary Mr.
Vanderbilt expects to find the Pithe
canthropus at once if he be where Dr.
Haeckel believes him
If the ape-like man is not in Java,
Mr.. Vanderbilt's agent will search the
forests and the swampy savannas until
he is convinced of that fact. The Pith-
ecanthropus must be found or dismiss
ed from the field of contemporaneous
existence.
Although it is possible to discourse
with a great deal of chimpanzinity re-
garding the subject of apes and man
like apes, Mr.. Vanderbi1t's agent will
readily distinguish the Pithecanthropus
from all other mem bers of the siTnian
race He cannot be deceived, because
he is looking for the ape-Hke man; not
the man-like apel The difference is
radical, as a little thought will make
clear
Man began to be a foreshadowed
possibility when the primary form of
ape appeared Our semi-ape ancestors,
If Darwin and Haeckel be right, pos
sessed only a faint resemblance to the
still living short-footed apes The ter
tiary period probably produced them.
They Originated perhaps out of mar
supials, or pouched animals (of which
the kangaroo remains)- THE certain
proof that genuine apes are the direct
descendants of semi-apes is found in
their comparative anatomy" declares
Haeckel.