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any money for celebration, as II
had been q very bad financial year,
and for the same reason our own
pocket money was In very limited
sums, and our fathers were loud In
the praise Of the selectmen for not
increasing the taxes for what they
felt was Il useless waste of money.
Had the times been good we knew our
parents would have given us u gen
crous supply of pocket money, and
that they would have prevailed ON the
selectmen to give us some kind Of
celebration.
Thus the matter stood on the sec.
ond of July, when we boys met in the
acorn field TO talk the matter over
None OF MS We're disposed to take the
same view Of the matter as our pa.
rents, and we were open to any plan
which would celebrate the day In q
fitting manner. Plan after plan was
proposed, only 90 be dropped for want
Of funds to carry II out, Finally one
OF the boys suggested that II would
be u good idea TO set fire TO the old
sawmill, That would make u splendid
blaze, and us II was isolated from any
other building, there would not be
any danger of the fire spreading. The
building was very old, and had not
been used for many years, although
the machinery was stlll In place,
am sorry TO say that the idea was Il
catchy one, and was adopted by u
unanimous vote, and four Of us boys
were elected n committee TO put the
natter through. When the committee
met to talk the subject over, II was
found that was the only one who
was thoroughly familiar with the
building, and who therefore knew just
where the best places were to fire the
old ark, ns II was commonly called.
called the boys attention to The
fact that II we were caught setting
fire TO the building we would be put
in Jail, and that II I had anything 20
do with the thing, all the boys must
be bound by cast.lron oath never 10
brenthe d word OF the matter, This
was agreed to, and the following
"onth" was written out and signed BY
oil the boys who were In the secret,
ten In numbers "We, the undersigned
members OF the Celebration club, do
hereby swear and affirm that we will
never reveal any OF the dolngs of this
club. or of its various committees un.
der penalty of having our shoes filled
with boiling OIL our enrs cut off and
our eyes burned out with red hot
wire" This was signed by every
member OF the club, and was certainly
very binding. and horrible enough tt
suit the fnncy ~ i4.year.old boys
After this was signed the committed
appointed me chief OF the four, and
arranged 10 explore the building tha,
night alone, and make my report the
next day M to the best places 10 star,
~ Rse. We then planned TO set Ia,
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fire In four places, each of the com
mittee to apply the match just as the
clock struck 10 on the night before
the Fourth / was to prepare my
plans, and we were to meet at the
acorn field at three o'clock on the
afternoon of the third and hear my
report of the whole plan.
At the age of IA think | must have
been absolutely without trace of fear
in my makeup, for never was known
to hesitate to go into old buildings or
on board old, deserted ships even when
they were said to be haunted, in the
middle of the night or at any time, and
| had never seen anything to cause me
to be afraid.
So it was arranged that | should
make my plans that night, and fully
determined to do so. About one O'Clock
the next morning ! stole out of the
house and made my way to the old
sawmill. 1t was a very dark night,
not q star to be seen, and the whole
sky hung with black clouds, while oc-
casionally distant roll of thunder
could be heard. / reached the mill
without meeting anyone and crawled
into window. In the cellar where
the boiler-room was situated, was an
old lantern that had used many times
to explore the dark rooms in the mill,
and finding this ! was just about to
light it when l heard a noise that
sounded like some one trying to force
open the door where the logs used to
be run in to the saw Putting down my
lantern | ran into the room where the
door was situated, and sure enough
there was light shining through the
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not TO sleep till ! had thought out
plan of action. After l had made up
my mind what to do | went to sleep.
did not wake up the next morning
till mother called me at nine o'clock,
and then | made off as if / was mad
to think l had slept so long. | tried
to eat my breakfast as though moth
ing had happened, but l was so ex-
cited that | could swallow hardly any
thing. Then l put up lunch and
told mother / would not be back till
night. This was nothing new for me,
as / was often off all day fishing and
cunning. Then | wrote this note to
the committee of four:
Dear Boys: Do not go near the mill II
YOU want to keep out of trouble. The
whole thing is off, and am going to keep
out of the way all day. Don't go to my
house, and I'd advise you boys not to be
seen about the streets. You won't see me
till sometime during the day of the Fourth.
Don't hold any meeting in the acorn field,
See all the boys privately. one by one, and
tell them not TO be seen together"
/ did not sign this, as ! meant to
give it to one of the boys. Leaving
home / soon met one of the committee
and | handed him the note, telling
him not to read it till he was some
where where no one could see him.
Then / started for the woods. Going
through the acorn field crossed the
railroad and went through the woods,
coming to the river a mile below the
town. Here | found a fellow just 60
ing over to the city in a row boat and
gave him five cents to carry me over.
Once in the city / proceeded to
carry out my plan. i went to the
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Planter Robbsd and Murdered.

A dispatch from Texarkana gives an
account of the murder of Col. Gardner,
a Red river planter. Gardner had been
to Texarkana, and upon returning to
his Red River home entered the feed
lot. A negro named Nose Williams
was there when Gardner returned, and
when the planter entered the lot the
negro entered the house, where he Sc
cured the planters shotgun. lie then
went to the lot, held up the planter
and robbed him of his money and valu-
ables, then retired few steps and
fired the contents of the gun into Gard
ner's body, killing him instantly. AT
ter the killing the negro fed.
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thini about il for fear the townspeo-
pie would find out why | went to the
mill, so to this day no one, not even
the police, know how | knew about
the robbery. We did not have our
celebration, but we spent the whole
day in the acorn field, talking over
the robbery and the fact that cap
tured the robbers.
One thing more want to say, and
that is that from that time till now
am the greatest coward that ever
lived, aud no money would ever hire
me again to go into any dark place
alone. | can't say why. but such is
the fact.-Jennie jameson, in Farm
and Home.
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Proved to he "a Handy Man.

The inside doors 10 The cash and
bond boxes in thc state treasurer's
vault cell, at Frankfort, kyp the com
bination Of which was lost when the
new state treasurer took charge Of the
Office, were opened tie other day.
Frankfort machiuists had been at work
ON the doors for three days and made
40 progress, \ message was sent 70
the penitentiary for the loan Ct n con-
vict that could blow open safe.
Frank Simons, who was sent up from
Floyd county for safe-blowing, was Sc
1ccted by the prison authorities, and
he opened the safe in 30 minutes.
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Changes Suggested.

w. A. Eisele, superintendent OF the
Hot Springs reservation, called on Sec
retary of the Interior Hitchcock while
in Washington last week and discussed
the conduct and management OF the
reservation. He asked for instructions
on several matters, and suggested 70
the secretary the advisability of chang
ing the regulations for the use Of hot
water at the springs. 1t is possible
some of the things suggested by him
will be taken up by the secretary and
an announcement made relative to
them.
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Accidentally Killed.

Near DeVall's Bluff the young son OF
John Smith, farmer, lost his life
through an accident George Cross,
who was carrying shotgun, stumbled
and fell and the gun was discharged,
the load tearing young Smiths arm
completely away, The little fellow
died from loss OF blood before assist.
unce arrived.
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Army Property 10 lie Sold.

An official order has been issued from
the governors Office authorizing First
Lieutenant Kenneth II. Hanger, OF the
Arkansas state guard, TO gather to-
gether and inventory all the property
purchased by the state OF Arkansas In
the mobilization Of the First and Sec.
ond regiments for the Spanish.
can war and sell the same at auction.
The property consists mainly Of tents
and bedding.
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Could Not Get the License,

A negro giving the name OF Erastus
johnson, accompanied by good look
ing white girl, went to the Office OF the
clerk Of Garland county and asked for
license to wed. When informed that
it was against the laws Of Arkansas for
the two races to wed, johnson became
very indignant The woman was
threatened with arrest il she persisted
in her intention to marry Johnson, and
the couple departed.
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Heavy RerrY Shipmentk.

The Fruit Growers Association OF
Benton county shipped from Gentry
during the season just closed 1897
crates of strawberries, or twenty car
loads, which netted 93 cents per crate,
bringing ell, 1921 into the community.
The growers outside of the association
shipped three carloads-ls0O crates
making the total twenty-three cars
shipped from Gentry and the total sum
received for same tl2, ,s8LgL
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Manager Taylor continues to furnish
the patrons Of Glcnwood with high.
class attractions, Harvey, the won.
derful acrobat; Mr.. and Mrs. Bentley,
In high.class comedy; John Ammons
and Daisy White, In burlesque opera,
aud Myrtle Reina and Dan Mccarthy,
black face comedy, are the attractions
for this week
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Newspaper Onioes Durue cd.

Fire at Conway on the 10th destroye
the offices Of the Democrat and Log
Cabin, together with their contents,
also the A. j. witt wagon yard and
Muse a. Sons butcher shop. The total
loss will amount TO probably $1,000,
with 5000 insurance. The fire started
In the Log Cabin Office.
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IH%TMN born here-that
w" ri IL settles the mat
Not quite; perhaps much as the marching
and noise,
The burning of powder, the din and the
clatter
On Fourth of July makes soldiera OF
boys.
You see. the American standard was set
Quite high at the first, ana II $ RISING sui'
higher;
Mo American boy is allowed to forget
That he cannot be great through the
fame Of his sire.
The men who are great on our history'
page
That speaks of our work for our first nun
dred years,
Whose fame is increasing as age after age
Rolls backward, to drown In the gull OF
the years,
Are great from the fact that they stood for
the right,
Regardless OF person, OF place, or OF pei,
They battled each evil that rose INTO sish.
For the good of their fellows, forgetful OF
self.
This is what is expected. You may have
been born
In the slums Of city, or far In the West
'Mongst the shmmering plumes OF the
rpening corn;
Or first saw the light where KING goio-
en- crest
Oyershadowed the land; where the poor
turned their eyes
From their hoys,s, far out over mountain
and wave, 49,.
To the sunset Republic, where hpertys
skies
Smiled down on the homes of the free and
the brave.
Being born an American. can't be de-
MED,
Gives man fair start on the highway
OF fame.
Or Of wealth, or whatever else he may de-
To deserve to achieve and attach to his
name
But whoever would win must be ready to
work;
He must earn and secure before he may
enjoy;
In all the wide field there's no sheaf for the
shirks--
II means this to be an American boy.
You may not be selected for perlous trips
over mountains and glaciers, or sail In
the van
OF the fleet for entrapping an enemy's
ships.
Then take to the waves on catamaran.
But you must be ready, and stand by your
guns,
Wherever you find them as Arm as the
earth,
II you would be proved one of Uncle Sans
sons
BY lawful adoption or fortunate birth.
Then hold your head high your eyes on the
stars
And stripes of our banner, your hand firm
and sure;
You will win, though you carry an enemy's
scars
Like Galahad strong because you are
pure.
Stand fast for the right. Look we'll to
your ways,
Build your life Of pure gold with no
grain OF alloy;
Do your best II you'd win yourself loftiest
praise,
And deserve to be called an American
boy.
Margaret Holmes Bates, In 8. s. Times.
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Ctenal,NW ItpsipOett,

DR., j. G. Crenshaw has resigned as
first assistant physician at the state In
sane ASYLUM, and DR.. X. H. White has
been appointed his successor. DR.. j.,
H. Buckley, OF Fort Smith, has been
appointed second assistant, the position
formerly held by DR.. White.
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Remembers M. child wife.

Versailles tKyJ item; Gen. Cassins
NJ. Clay. of White Hall, has purchased
from j. II. larnell, of rinkard, and
decided TO his former chIld.WifC, now
Mrs Riley Brock, n house and three
acres Of land adjoining Mrs, Rrocks
pr ecnt home. This is the third pur'
chase OF land that Gen. Clay hes made
lor her since her marriage to Riley
Brock.
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An Unseliish Nature.

when get to be n man." said the
boy, who has good memory for
phrases, "rm going TO strive to culti.
vnte nm unselfsh nature"
"That's right" replied his father.
"llow are you going about it?"
swell, In the first place, " have any
little boys, III let them shoot their
own fireworks, instead Of telling them
they must let me do Il, for fear they
will hurt themselves."-Golden Days.
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Railroad Tickets In Georgia.

Justice Little, Of the supreme court
Of Gcorgia, has handed down deci'
sion which will he OF great benefit 10
the railroads. II covers the right OF
railroads TO fix u time limit upon tick
cts and holds thaj after the expiration
Of the limit the roads have right TO
refuse TO honor II, Should the conduc'
tor 90 so far Ms TO eject from the train
the person Offering II no suit for dam
ages will lic
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Growth of III, Inst Decade.

The Pittsburgh Dispatch says
"From Richmond, Va, 10 Atlanta, Gap
along the line Of the principal rail-
ways, /, seems as II II were Impossible
TO get on, of sight Of new cotton mills
either In operation or ir' course OF con-
HructIon These mills are principally
the growth Of the last decade"
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Arrested for False Prc,su,ss,

Geo. Il, Bissell and man named
Norville were arrested IN Little Rock
on n charge Of obtaining moley under
false pretenses. The men were en-.
gagged In running nm employment
agency, and were charged with victim.
izing their clients.
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Negro Klllrd by Lightning.

During n thunder storm near Arkun.
sos City lightning struck II tree under
which two negroes, Charley Garrett
and Ran Tillman, had gone for shelter.
Garrett was instantly killed aud TIL.
man budly injured.
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AQaii Cnnnln WAd.

August Schonberger, aged 10 years,
and Miss Emily Burkett, aged ~, were
married by Hot Springs justice OF the
peace. They were visitors in that city
from Indiana and became acquainted
with each other on the train while
coming South.
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An AppeHl Tnksn,

John King, colored, the youthful
murderer OF VIM. Davenport blind
farmer Of Pulaski county, has been
sentenced to be hanged August 10th.
The case has been appealed to the su.
prpmp court
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A difficulty occurred near Mammoth
Spring between Dewitt Bell and Jack.
son Whltcslde, In which both men
were shot, Whitcslde being mortally
wounded,
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Ended Ills nnr,hiy Cnrr.r.

dock Thomas. n negro, who attempt
ed I'M assault on II widow living IN
Suwnnee county, Fla, was taken from
the sheriff hy mob near Live OAK,
hanged TO a tree and riddlcd with bull
lots
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bSt rU'
'RRlicisori n
kOpr he Owned b, Farmers.

e cotton milling company, TO be
owned and controlled entirely by North
Carolina farmers, has been organized
The new mills located NJ China Grove
and will be known as the Linn mills
The capital stock has been subscribed
by the farmers who live in the neigh
borhood to the amount of $4,000, AS
soon ms the mills are in successful OPP
Grafton it is the purpose Of the cor
poration TO increase the capital stock
to 5000 900,
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wrecked ny u storm.

At Euinw, Aln.. during n storm, the
BAPTIST church was demolished, ana
the Presbyterian church and the Fee
iunlc academy were badly wrecked,
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A Desperate right.

y. Il, Drnn u grocerymnn, ana DAVIS
II. Sanders, n suloonkeepcr, had des
pcrnte fight nt Huntsville, Ala. Ms
result both reported fatally wounded
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Body shippers Fined.

The Thompson brothers, Of Mem
rhis, Tenn.' who We're convicted Of
shipping corpscs out Of The state, viii
have 70 serve term in the workhouse
and pay n fine Of 500 One of The
brothers was arrested in ST. Louis, and
bis baggage consisted OF several trunks
flied with dead bodies. He was re-
TUNED to Memphis. and he and his
brother tried and convicted, The two
, E.urarc engaged in the business Of
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Amuse menta.

GLENwoop PARK, LITTLE Rock - High.
class vaudeville every night and Saturday
matinee, Prices 10 and 20 cents.
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How We
,DIDN'T~T
CELEBRATE.

OURTlI OF JULY
bade fair TO be q
dull day. The Sc
lectmen OF our
town had refused
IN annroDr 1 N q
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In u dispute over Crops.

joel Hunt, his wife, and william
Barnes, negro fnrm tenants, were
killed, near Corsicanu, TeXo in n dis
pute over II division Of the crops.
rhc scnntor knows the difference
The dispatch recently sent out to 'ho
effect lhut senator Bacon, OF Georgia.
lud been made III by eating toNdsloolN
for mushrooms, war mistake,
Florida sponge Catch
This year the cntch of spongcs ~
Florida waters promises TO be even
larger than In 1890 when spongcs var
ued at $500 600 were found.
SWAN Echo River.
Rev. W. =. Jacobs, OF Nashville, nnu
Rev. &. w. hull. of Atlanta, are salu
to hc the only men that ever swa"
l,cloilyer, Mammoth cave.
A LcRWi HOLIDAY i.
Florida, Gcorpia, South Carolina nn"
Virginia have made Jefferson Da'Sl
slr,hdoy, June 3, n legal holiday
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calling for 1880 tons of steel out of total of $1,000
tons have already been approved.
Inc following permits have been issued since the
last meeting of the Board:
July demonstrating sewer along Elm-st. from
NOrth-St. to Duane-St., in Duane-st. from Elm
Centre TO Park-st., in Park-st to Pearl-st.. in
edrlst to City Hall Place. and in Centre-st. from
F4rk-st. 10 Chambers-st.
July DEMONSTRATING subway in Lafayette Place
Astor Place and Fourth-ave-. from the centre of
Great Jones-st to the centre of Thirty third-st.
July demonstrating sewer in One-hundred-
-twenty-fourth-st.. between LenOX and Seventh
ayes.
July constructing subway and reconstructing
sewers in IsenOX-aVe. between the north of
the ltre Of ne-hundred- nd TWEEN ty-fifth-st.
July demonstrating from the easterly
side Of Broadway and One-hundred- and fifty-sev-
enth-st-, along Northumberland fifty seventh-st
and Boulevard Lafayette to One-hundred- land fifty
;ath-st.
August demonstrating sewers at One hundred
the sewer on the east side of Broadway from One
hundred-andnnth-s to One tenth-st.,
and on the west side of e-hundred-and- tenth and
One-hundred- and-eleyenth
August demonstrating subway in Broadway be-
tween Ninetieth and One-hundred- and-fourth SITS.
August E-Constructing subway in Broadway
from Sixteth-st, TO Eighty-second-st.
September 4COnstruCting subway, hundred
and fourth-st. TO One-hundred- nd-siXteenth-st
September 6-Constructing subway in Fourth and
Park ayes, between Thirty-third and Fortyfirst
SITS.
September 1AConstructing subway in Broadway
from centre Of Forty-seventh-st to the centre Of
Sixtieth-st.
September demonstrating subway from portal Of
tunnel One-hundred- and-third-st and Broadway. 10
centre Of -tenth-st and LenoX-aVe.
The staff has been well organized. but Will
have TO be increased in the lower grades. as the
work further develops 1t is pleasure to report all
the members of the staff rendering most eft-
cient service and discharge their duties cheerfully
and regardless of hours and personal comfort
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FALLS THIRTEEN STORIES.
CARPENTER PLUNGES THROUGH ELE-
VATOR SHAFT AT THE HOTEL
MANHATTAN

Thomas Seaton. thirty-eight years old. a car
penter Of Hackensack. y. J.. fell thirteen sto-
ries through the elevator shaft of the Hotel
Manhattan, at Forty-second-st. and Madison
ave, late yesterday afternoon He lived two
hours. dying in Flower Hospital from injuries.
including two broken legs. broken ribs and many
other fractured bones and bruises.
SeatOn was employed in the annex OF the
hotel the Forty-thrd-st- side He had
something to do the thirteenth floor late IN
the afternoon and after getting through wanted
to descend. There is a freight elevator in the
annex which is used sometimes by men at
work about the place
SeatOn found the car was at the seventeenth
floor. and he seized the rope to make IL come
down to him He leaned out TO see If the car
started and lost his balance. AS he felt him
self topping over he tried TO recover, but
slipped. He could not hold the rope. and
plunged down. The mans head struck the side
OF the narrow shaft a little way below the thir-
teenth floor, and his body then turned this way
and that. striking here and there as it went
down SeatOn landed at the bottom OF the
shaft in the basement. feet first This broke
his legs in several places.
workman in the building who had seen
Seaton fall rushed out to the street and called
Policeman COyne. of the East Fifty-frst-st sta
ton. who sent a hurry call TO Flower Hospital
for ambulance DR.. Beeser. the surgeon,
said he wondered that the was alive when
the ambulance arrived.
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guards against lesser evils are as complete as
wise or practicable to make them
Professor Samuel T. Sparkling Of Madison. WIS
secretarv Of the Wisconsin League of Munlclpali-
ties read a paper on THE Model Charter and SInaii
cities" John A. Butler. president OF the Municipal
Aocta ZION Of Milwaukee followed. A paper by
George McAneny. of New-York City. entitled An
Essential Safeguard 10 Executive Responsipilty'
wound Nd the forenoon session. The Importance Ok
the efficient rules for the administration OF ClEIi
service provisions was the topic discussed IN 'ne
paper which read by the secretary IN Inc a."
sence OF its author.
A feature Of the afternoon session was a paper
an 1.-The Influence of Public Service Companies on
civ Government" by the Rev. DR.. washington
GLADDEN. Of Columbus, Ohio, who is member Oh
&C columbus City Council. He urged the principle
- ,,,,blfo ownership Of municipal monopoles say
"a .'IVhat are the urged against PupiIc
ms They all reduce TO this: 1t is dlflcult
~ rerha ps dangerous. So II is, but II II IS our
an we had better do IL. and not shirk IT, nor
~. oarr of il Public ownership Is no phnacea, 1t
aIH Pave us battles fight and obstacles TO over
VIZ ,ut the line of least resistance TO righteous
cohoi ties through the resumption by the people Oh
IulS functions of sovereignty when they haVe
Lii,,DTTendered 10 private corporations