Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-21
1. THE NEWS OF THE
!. BORING TOWNS. !
FosDYcE.

FORDYCE.
Will Ramsey never claimed to be
anything more as a sportsman than q
rabbit hunter, but he joined the gun
club and attended three or four shoots
and broke even with Cox, the crack
shot of the club 1t also broke his
heart when it came time to pay for
his fun. The bill for shells, pigeons,
etc, amounted to eight big silver dol
lars, That evening when he went
home he picked UP the wash pan to
wash his face and found that it Leaked
half the water out before he got Els
face washed, and he said to hins T.
.Why didn't | buy wash pan VT
some of that money that | shot away?
When he reached for the towel ~
found only piece of one, anf DIT
tered Ding my fool hide. WI idn't
| buy new towel with tnc .loney?s
A shoestring was broker ID he had
to cut a strip from the zee Of tow
Ell to tie his shoe ar Zen he got out
behind the house an kicked hlmsef
until he needed a new pair OF shoes
because he did not bry a shoe string
instead of {. clay pi9ion. len he
ven; 20 super le sat down (. dlsn
Of fried bacon, and then he swore a
great swear that henceforth he would
spend his money for wash pans, towels
siloestrings and beefst ,sk instead Ct
'.3oting clay pig MS i!4at Z" could
ne. eat. He has c,nct,tHh hat there
ara only five men ii town who CAN at
lerd to belong to a s';a rslt5 aud they
lave not ioired. I'h"" ale fapt.
smith. J. \. Amis, z. A. Acruman, J.
I. Hampton and C. ". Cos.
j. i
It is said that q GRO - Non took
Ike Belin out at Beard y one night
IL Gently. gave him g d heating
and ordered him to leave town. tie
has not been heord from since. T,}2
offense of Locke is not Known lie
left Fordyce few years ago. becaus9
he had been accused OF eatlns to-
much chicken
\ negro named Thrower killed an
other negro named Bob Lee, at Little
Bay last Monday. The two men were
working at the mills, when they quar-
relied about some trivial matter and
Lee started to hit Thrower with
heavy piece OF timber. Thrower dodg-
ed the stick and stabbed his antagon-
ist to the heart. ThroWer was tried
before ESQUIRE Bass and acquitted.
Some tilnp since Col. ]. R. Thorn
ton. TIE we'll known lawyer OF Cam
den. was in Fordyee. and seeing sev-
qral copies of Webster's Old Blue
Back Spelling Book the kind that he
studied when . boy, en- shelf at Ac-
ruman's. he purchased one for old
saEe's sake 2nd went around town
reading to any one who would listen.
When he struck crowd of lOafers
on Chief street. they asked him to
read the story of the lawyers bull
eoring the farmers OK. The foxy col
onol read the story straight through
until he came to where the lawyer
said circumstances alter cases and
there he read: "All right, Mr.. Farm
err. what is your OK wofth?' Fifteen
dollars" answere the farmer. 'Ner|
gtrd" sal t3ts=i4 i4vs,ar. you are en-
1I.lad to Ma 10 - x hat | tha,Se
twenty-five dollars for advice in this
-. - v"l ~ mon tn aoi make
i'Ves..
Judge Grace SAYS jefferson county,
with its $4,000 inhabitants, has more
neus.lane cer2mftt"a wi'hir its borders
tfan 4mi'fe,= Is Aande2. which
cantias millions of people. Pistol
totin Ee tafnl<g is the nrieip&l cause
Of the trouble and urged the grand
Jury to investigate the cause Of the
matter. Nearly every negro and sorry
white mau who can afford pitol
goes around With pop in his pocket.
ready to ill his fellowman upon the
slightest provocation. The law
against this evil should be enforced
to the fullest extent.
The Dallas Lumber company, con