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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-28
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graph operator at Monticello. Col.
Woodson was also an operator. One
day in an experimental spirit. While
Col. Woodson was at Pine Bluff, talk
ing to Halliburton over the ticker
they decided to try the effect of CON
meeting their phones to the telegraph
wire. Forthwith they each clipped
the telephone, and telegraph wires and
united them. Then. for probably the
ll13i st time west of the Mi. sssippi river.
away. mans voice Yves heard for a
Ii tance of loo miles. Toe connection
u,as of course weak, but Col. Wood
a5,n saws they We're able to carry on
a conversation for several minutes
and understand most Of what was
said.
The first electric light in Arkansas
was also crude affair. While Col.
Woodson was superintendent OF the
same railroad. there was constructed a
freight elevator at Pine Bluff. It was
a great. rambling structure and Mr..
Woodson determined TO light it with
electricity. He purchased dynamo,
which was then much like the appara-
tus NOW in use though far more costly,
which was run by steam. The en-
gino which ran the elevator in the
building also ran the dynamo. Pre-
yious to that time the only lighting
had been done by smoky oil lamps as
much danger as they were a nuis-
ance. The style Of globe, etc. was
similar to those now i'll Use in some
cities for street lighting purposes.
Two sticks of carbon We're brought i'll
contact and the opposite currents
forced through The friction of the
currents in meeting caused the light.
The carhons had To be replaced every
few hours. The light itself, while SUI
peror to the oil lamp. was very un-
| satisfactory. 1t had an annoying hab-
it of dumping" going out at uneN-
pected and undesirable moments. and
other capcrs equally unpleasant.
The first asphalt paving in the state
| is in Col. Woodson's front yard in Lit.
tie Pock. . walk 2l feet lon.c 1922
State street. The material is the first
I eyer produced from Arkansas. The
bed is in Pike county. two and half
miles from Pike City. Col. Woodson
was the first promoter of the mine.
organized the first asphalt company,
which will lay the first street. West
Markham in little lto,.s, the material
being the first brought from the iirst
mine in the state.
Col. Woodson evidently has a corn
er on the market Of 'frsts.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-28
MORGAN is PRESIDENT.
PopuIsts Organize Interstate Land
and Improvement Company

Memphis. Tenn, Sept. 26. The in
ter-State Land and Improvement COM
pany was formed here today and
among its organizers are men promin-
ent in the councils of the Populist
party. \ secret meeting of the lead
ers was held last night, but the ma
ture Of the business transacted was
not made public. Those present We're
10 A. Parker of Kentucky. Frank
Burkitt of Mississippi, Thos. C. Ed
wards of Illinois. S. A. Wight of
Missouri. and w. S. Morgan Of Ar
kansas Today Mr. Burkett made
the following announcement:
s;faised tAe. >n.erstato t.aaa
and Improvement company to 90. a
general land and Improvement bust
ness in the states of Mississippi. Ar
kansas. Missouri Kentucky and Hi
nois. We. propose to sell farm lands
Of MissisaiHni and Arkansas BY in
dteiag healthy immiefatioif. The.
SentlemeA Interested in the enterprise
have known each other for many
years in political way. and We con-
uluded to try business venture. Mr..
Edwards of Illinois is in position to
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-28

Col. J A. Woodson. of this city,
president of the Arkansas AsphaIl
company. has the unique distinction
of having been the father OF the ilfst
telephone. short and long distance. the
first electric light and the first asphalt
paving in the state Of Arkansas, says
the Arkansas Gazette.
Col. Woodson is an old railroad
man, having risen from the position
of station master at Pine Bluff to gen
eral superintendent of the old Little
Rock, Mississippi and Texas railroad,
which was absorbed several years ago
by the Gould system The road
changed names several times, having
been known among others names as
the Texas, Mississippi River 4 North
WESTERN It's terminals were first
Pine Bluff. Chicot and Collins. Later
it was built to Little Rock, the last
stroke of the pick and shovel haNlns
been made in March of 1881. 1t was
also extended about this time to War,
rem and Monticello from Collins. Coz.
WOCdson was in the railroad service
for nineteen years. having worked for
five wears under the Gould regime as
general manager until his health gave
way and he was forced to resign
The story of the first telephone in
the state comes in when Col. Wood
son was the general freight agent,
naymaster. purchasing agent and act
ine sllperintendent of the Little Rock.
Mississippi and Texas railroad They
doubled ND on the offices in those
days. 1t was the year 1873, if Col.
Woodson'5 memory serves him cor
rectly.
The first telephone really consisted
of two short lines. One of them was
in Pine Bluff and the other in Montl-
cello. In both places the telephone
nnes ran from the depot to some po.At
downtown.
Telephones then were crude 81 tfs.
compared with the polished arms, box
S. receivers of the up-todate, tWentl
.eth century instrument. 1t must IN
! deed, have been queer looking thlns'
tfrom Mr.. Woodeons description, lie
says he is not sufficiently informed
mon the technical points as to the
manner in which connections were
,ode in the receiving and transmit
two boxes to describe it fully, the
.rincinle is no doubt the same, but I'M.
p,,onents in the exposition of the
p.;ncinle have garlanded the instru'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-28
Americans Coina 10 EURO oee.

The exodus to Europe continues.
The steamers are loaded as they neN y
were before. On nearly all Hf. them
officers of the ships gave up Their
quarters, and did SO at great disec:g
fort to themselves.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-28
CIGARS.

a large stock of all the leading
brands of Cigars. We also handle all
brands of Cigars made in Pine BOuf.
also Atschuls and Rosenbergs
brands and union made Cigars. NhN
YOU buy your Cigars from me YOU
get the best and freshest to be had
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-28

send many homeseehors south and
through him the immigration feature
will be largely developed"
w. S. Morgan was elected presi,
dent; 7. c. EdwaI.:. aetrctar. and
Franl; Burliit treasurer. The princi
pal business oiliea will he at ST. Louis.
with branch offices at Louisville. Ky,
Okolona, Miss, and Hardy, Ark.
Madame Rupie tells you every
thing SO correct. Hours. . a. m. to )
p. m. end : to y. m. Parlors at
Nr. Cohens residence. 31S West Fifth
avenue, fourth house from Chestnut
street. Positively will leave Wednes-
day
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-28
School Supplies.

We have a large line of Tablets
Sl2tes, Composition Bo, ks, Pencils,
eto.' from the S. w. 0mpep2 p2ae stock
that we will close out a. COS.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-15

Sulphur for fowls.-"When
fowls are attacked with cholera,
writes a woman in the New York
Tribune Farmer, "l find that
little sulphur given in the food
will check it. One tablespoonful ia
mixed with the mornings food
for thirty fowls and given once
month is sufficient when they are
in health. When much sulphur
is fed, with exposure to cold
and damp atmosphere, it will
cause stiffness in the joints :: Sui
phur put in the dust bath with
ashes is a preventive against lice.
A little sprinkled IN the nest and
under setting hens routs these
pests.
Turning Incubator Eggs
One manufacturer of fincubators,
says an exchange, believes in the
turning of eggs one by one by
hand, as they need the airing thus
obtained. They get the soft
natural motion for turning. no
scraping. ETC., the chick adjusts
itself to every movement of the
egg; it is exercise for it. The
The airing the eggs get while
being turned contracts the shell,
the warmth in the egg chamber
expands it again, the natural out
come of the expansion and con-
traction is the breaking OF the
shells hbres, and when the chick
is due to hatch it is sstrong en- Jugh
and the shell weak enough.
Somehow or other the laws of
nature and things require us to
do something in order to get
something, and operating inc L ba.
tors has not escaped the law.
Operating an incubator does not
equire much work, but to get
the best results we must do some
work. Just as sure as the ma
chine Is good one and we do our
part, ust that sure are we to get
good resul,s.-Green's Fruit
Grower.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-15
FANCY Y-BRED
HEIFER FOR SALE,
500 GETS HER.

Heifer MAGGIE MELROSE, Sec
ond. was dropped March Is, 1899. Sire
Hex of st. Lambert; he by Exile of ST..
Lambert, who has 81 tested daughters
md is the best bull living or dead.
Dam, Maggie Melrose 1l5+52, by Duke
of Verona, who has II tested daugh-
ters published. The dam Of this heif-
er is now giving over five gallons of
milk each day, besides what the calf
gets. She has been tested by the
churn at the College dairy and con-
tirmed by the Babcock from ~. lbs.
of milk given in one day was made 3
lbs. and on. butter. The heifer is
doing nicely and shows much promise;
is giving now with her first calf ..
gallons of milk each day. which is
better than Dam old with her first calf
Upon investigation you will find
nothing better bred in the State.
w. J. GALLAWAY,
Agricultural College, Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-15

fenced until after the, hens were
shut up in the yards. Their food
has not been changed, and it is
wondered what is the cause.
Lack OF a supply of grit causes
all these troubles. The yards
have been picked over and over
until there is not a sign of grit to
be found. A liberal supply Of
crushed oyster shells or other
suitable grit is all the remedy
needed. Grit is the key to di-
gestion with poultry,-Baltimorc
Sun.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-15
HOW TO BURN SULPHUR.

Sulphur is an excellent disin-
fectant when burned in poultry
houses; but as sulphur melts and
smothers the flame 1t is diffic ult
to burn satisfactorily. One way
to do so is to dissolve u pint of
pin tar and % pint of turpentine
IN u gallon of kerosipe imam open
vessel. Soak in this solution
large corncobs until they are well
saturated. Then take them out
of the solution and dust on them
all of the powdered sulphur that
will stick to them. Use nails or
pieces of wire and insert the
pointed end into the large ends of
the cobs and then stick them on
the floor. Remove all the COM
bustible matter from the poultry
house, permitting the fumes TO
enter every crack and crevice, all
over the surface and the lice will
be destroyed. This should be
done once in a month IN warm
weather.-The Garden an d
Farm,
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-15
HySenic Feeding
OF Swine.
o:S.>e

An Iowa reader requests an ar
ticle on the Care and feed for
Eswine in summer so as to avoid
disease.
Il This request assumes that the
herd is Influenced by the care
and feed. That the health and
thrift of the herd, as well as the
color, quality andgeneral charac-
teristics of ones animals are
dominated by the owner cannot
be questioned, but to tell in a
briet article how to do and what
to do is another thing.
Swine breeders know to their
sorrow that the simple knowing
how is worth millions. TO un-
derstand and tell the how, pre-
sumes some scientific as we'll as
some practical knowledge. Pres
ldent Elliot, of Harvard Univer-
sity, in an address before teach
ers in Boston made plea for the
education that shows 1.-The how
! when teaching "the why, A
friend OF his had become deaf.
The President asked the cause.
His friend replied: 81 was blow
ing my nose when suddenly / felt
something snap in my ear.
When the doctor came he asked
how | did it, | told him that Ionly
blew nv nose. The doctor an
swered: IF you had only opened
your mouth when you blew your
nose you would nothave damaged
your ear-drum. President
Elliot said: "There is man
who lived seventy years and new
er had been shown how to blow
his nose"
1t is not so aaSv to show how to
feed pig, for his health, as to
snow how to blow ones nose, but
it is worth trying to find out as
the Young breederof Iowa evident
ly thinks.
First as to care: That really
begins a year or two before the
pigs birth. The condition of the
sire and dam at time of ma aling
determines the native force of the
offspring. Then then the care
and feed Of the dam tell on her
vigor and ability to endure the
tax OF maternity. If the sow is
out Of condition her pigs will not
be strong and her supply of milk
will be poor n quality and INSULT
cient. Assuming that the in
quirer, who has lost no hogs
ahile his neighbors have lost
many, has comfortable, clean and
well ventilated shelter for his
hogs we belit W the foundation of
much future trou Die cones from
not protecting young pigs frcm
dangers of wet beds into which
sunshine never comes. While
shoats and hogs enjoy wallows
and can stand the wet of high
clover, weeds and grass, unwean-
ed pigs often scour and cough
from following sows through
rank pasturage when the dew Is
heavy and the air cool.
Sucking pi rs will be safe from
such if kept in short pasture OF
dry lots until the dew is Oft. A
little care no v with the little pigs
arrangement of bowels and bron
chials, which often lead to seriou:
trouble. Aly arrangement fol
shade and shelter that lessen'
discomfort that lessons growth
will probably pay. Comtor
means thrift for young things
and that draws the line agains
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-15

coddllng until the pigs are tired
OF it. Do what one NAV to pro-
vide clean comfortable shelter we
must not neglect merns for am
pie exercise. How to do this aud
not injure the little ones is as val
uable as to know how to blow
ones nose without injurlng the
ear.
AS to feed the first step is to
have the SOW so fed as to secure
a liberal supply of wholesome
milk. If this is done and the pigs
are hrough ht on from milk to milk
end grass and grain, they devel-
op sound stomachs that are
essential TO growth and thrift.
On our corn farms there is dam
ger of both the SOW and pigs get
ing too much corn and too little
milk, middling, oilmeal, grass,
clover or other protein feed. 1t
is safe to have half the feed c orn
after pigs are ? months old, if
they have grass, milk and mid
dlings. Before that they arc bet
ter off without corn if the SOW
does we'll and they can have mid
dlings and oilmeal to supplement
the milk and grass which are the
base we can build on with such
feeds as middlings, oilmeal,
gluten meals and other protein
foods.
Pigs so fed can he weaned
without any check and will usual
ly escape the scourS which are
so common among young pigs.
When the SOW and pigs have to
live on corn and sour swill from
the average swill barrel, we must
expect pigs to run down with
scours. A full feed of such stuff
followed by run after the sow
through wet clover or rape, one
can bet on scoars in less than a
week. The wide awake feeder
is. keen to observe and quick to
adjust the feed and care to the
condition of his stock. Pigs
properly handled and fed from
birth to weaving have good stom-
achs and are not SO easily upset by
uniavorable changes of weather
or feeds as aredyspepctics whose :
livers and stomachs have been
deranged by the use of improper
feed.
, II one has plenty of skim milk
and grass he needs to buy very
little of the mill feeds after pigs
are 3 month old, if he has orn to
grind or to soak. With ave or
six pounds of of skimmilk to a
pound of corn with all the grass
and pure water and shade zig
wants one can make cheap and
rapid growth of pigs, becau Sc
they have sound and we'll b. an
ced rations.
1t is poor economy to try to
make shoats live on milk alone,
corn only, or even OH a stubble
field. While all of these are good
not one of them is sufficient to
give most healthful and profitable
growth. l.. N. BoNHAM.
Butler Co., O.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-15
Poultry Hints.

Importance OF Providing Grit.
rnere are many farms where
the hens are confined to the yards
every spring for weeks until the
"crops get Il good <, owing start.
Various ailments develop and
complaints are made that the
flock has cholera, diarrhea, etc.
None of these troubles are eXper-
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-15

acres level land three miles from the growing
OF LAUREL the best market for truck products
Land make
fertilizer Will sell this welimproved place for s25OO
L. T. EASILY laurel Mics
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-15
MARTIN
This Beautiful
STALLION

will make the season at STARK.
VILE for 1902. He was foaled May
lst. 1898. Bred at Ewel Farm, Spring
field, Tenn. Martin is one best bred
pacing Stations in the South. His
sire, Brown Hal 2:l21., is the cham
pion sire of the world, being the sire of
such horses as Star Pointer 1:594,
Hal billiard 2:O44. Martins colts are
all fine individuals.
cB We have room to pasture mares
from distance.
Fee SIS the season with return priv
ilege should mare fail to get with foal.
Services due Nov. l, 1902.
Pr ones Nos.1 and ..
M. B. & G. D. Davenport.
tSuccessors to Mcdowell & Kohorn)
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1902-12-24
OLD CARS
VIII be Disposed OF by 3. q o. q.
r. Company.


The Baltimore s. Ohio Railroad
company is now disposing of its old
worn-out and lightweight capacity
freight cars that have been in opera
tion, but have been causing corsidera-
BILE trouble. They are being burned
at the different shops over the system
and the iron taken from them for re-
pair work on other cars. The cast
iron axles and wheels are being dis
posed of at the mills nearest to the
place of burning the cars. The greater
number of these old cas- had Tonnage
limit that was far below that of the
new cars, and as a result a train In
order to carry its regular tonnage
must haul more of these cars. 1t is
said that $500 cars have been con-
demned on the entire system, and that
after the cleaning up of many now in
use on the Ohio River division that
the B. s. o. will be pretty well
cleaned of these bad cars. The work
of condemning cars on the Ohio River
division is now in progress.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1902-12-24

Iele, hone Company's sys.en,.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1902-12-24
Brought to Hospital

Claude Payne, of Philippi, brother
of DR.. John B. Payne, was brought to
the Kessler Hospital this morning on
No. 3. DR.. Payne met him at the de.
pot and accompanied him to the hos
pital. His condition is somewhat
serious but not alarming.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1902-12-24
Neiehborhood Row.

In Justice Davfd's court yesterday
afternoon, Mrs. i. ]. Hurst, of North
view, wanted Bertha Bonnell placed
under peace bond. 1t seems that
her request is the result of a neigh.
horhood row. The warrant was not
issued.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1902-12-24
DeedsRecorded

Deeds have been recorded as follows:
F. w. Martin to W. T. Rawley, /
lot, Haywood.
George R. criss to j. W. Flesher, i
lot, Maud street, city.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1902-12-24

Sole agents for Lyons Celebrated
Candies. Sold at popular prices at G..
d. Strrm s. Co., druggists. dec eff
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1902-12-24
Christmas Again

At nightl At night
When the stars shine bright,
When the moon looks forth on high,
When Jack Frost visits the window
pane,
Just remember 1t nears
Dear old Christmas again.
When thescricket comes out of its
hole and sings,
When the merry, merry >sleigh-bells
ring,
When the snow comes down
All over the town,
Just remember its bringing
Old Christmas around.
When the children look forth
For that glorious day,
When Santa" stories are being told,
The days, weeks and months
Soon pass away, and at last
Dear old Christmas is here,
AS of Old.
When stockings are hung up,
Then watchful eyes peep,
For dear old Santa" to come around
And visit down chimneys
All over the town.
When watchful eyes close
OFT into doze,
Then Santa Claus comes
From wherep Nobody knows,
And leaves in the stockings
All sorts OF nice things.
Aud at last, but not least,
Comes the morning, and feast,
Candies and sugar plums,
Dolls and drums,
And dear old Santa"
Leaves all when he comes.
By Marguerite Hope Ford, age 10
years. Dedicated to the Clarksbure
Telegram by request. Miss Marguerite
is the little daughter of Chas. L. Ford,
the merchant tailor OF our city.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-09-12
GO SIN NO MORE.

Thu CommOuer- REV. Sam.
Small. for many years an eloquent
evangelist and an able writer and
speaker on public questions. recently
yieloed to temptation and became in
toxicated. He is not the only one who
has made that mistake. but the fact
that he had for wears been teto-
taller and had won distinction as a
minister of the gospel, has made him
the target for cruel jests and the VIC
tim of malicious criticism. 1t is q
sad commentary on human nature that
those who themselves make no effort
to set a good example are often prone
to exult over the fall of one who is
striving to follow a high ideal. For
two decades Mr.. Small led an exemp-
larry life and rendered valuable service
TO his fellows and this service remains
to his credit: if in an unguarded mo-
ment he has been overmastered by an
appetite once strong. but long sup
pressed, let us be grateful for the coed
he has done, charitable toward his
recent lapse and hopeful that he may
yet have a long career of usefulness
before him. If none but the innocent
were in the habit of casting stones
at the accused 1t would be easier for
the guilty to hear and heed the adj
monition, Go sin no more which for
nearly two thousand years has been
both a correction and an inspiration
to the erring.'
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-09-12
IF YOU SEE IT IN OUR AID IT'S so.
Mr.. PADGETT's APPOINTMENTS.
Will Work For the State Campaign
In the Fourth District Chiefly.

Chairman Thompson announced
Wednesday the following list OF ap-
pointments for Hon. L. P. Padgett:
Pikeville, Monday. Sept. 90; Dunlap,
Tuesday, Sept. 49, Whitwell, night,
Sept. 2S; Jasper, Wednesday Sept. "a
South Pittsburg, night, Sept -;
T racy City. Thursday, Sept. 20
Sparta, Friday, Sept. 2e; McMinn-
vile, Saturday, Sept. 81; Gallatin,
Monday, Sept. 80; Huntsville, Tues
day, Sept. 8; Lebanon. Wednesday.
Oct. l.; Carthage. Thursday, Oct. 2;
CooKeville, Friday. Oct. B.; Cross
Vile, Saturday, Oct. A.
ut will be seen that Congressman
Padgett gives two weeks to the can
vass outside his own district, said
Chairman Thompson Wednesday night.
"He first will canvass the Sequatchie
Valley and then the counties on the
border line between East and MlaoIe
Tennessee. He will spend the entire
second week in the Fourth Congress
sional District. This is in accordance
with the plan we have OF exchanging
the Congressman of the State, ana
having them speak in each other DIS
tricts.
''This plan is rendered more neces-
sary because Of the physical condition
of Hon. Morgan G. Fitzpatrick, our
nominee in the Fourth District. Mr..
Fitzpatrick had very serious spell VI
sickness and his physicians inform
me that he will be unable to do any
canvassing at all for at least month,
and it may be that he will not get to
make any speeches in his district dur
ing the present campaign. While
Mr.. Fitzpatrick present. condition Is
not dangerous his recovery will be
slow and the doctors say it will not
be safe for him to attempt a general
CANVASS of his district.