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Woodruff County news., 1902-10-16
Plant to Be Enlarged.

The Texarkana water plant was sold recently at auction by order of Judge Rogers, of the federal court. A controversy arose between citizens and the water works people about a year ago, it being alleged that the company failed to furnish a suffi- cient quantity of water to supply public demands. A receiver was ap- pointed, and at the sale the property was bought by the stockholders, who propose to enlarge the plant to the requirements of the city.
Woodruff County news., 1902-10-16
NEWS OF ARKANSAS.
Bloody Battle at Fl Dorado.

A battle to the death took place at El Dorado on the evening of the 9th, in which H. l.. Dearing, con stable, Tom and Walter Parnell, farmers, and Guy B. Tucker, city marshal, were killed. Dr. Hilton and Jim Parnell were slightly wounded The bloody affair was the outcome of the killing September IS of Robert Mullens by Dearing. On September IF MT. Puckett ar rived at Fl Dorado to wed young lady employed in Mullens' studio. When Puckett called to see the young lady Mullens attacked him and forced him to flee for his life. Later Puckett met the young lady and they were married under the protection of officers and took train for Texarkana. Hearing that Mullens intended to intercept them at small station, Puckett request ed Marshal Tucker and Constable Dearing to accompany them. When the station was reached Mullens was on the platform, and when he start ed to board the train was arrested and taken back to Fl Dorado. Af- ter furnishing bond he was released, and, meeting Dearing on the street, attacked him. In the scuffle Dear ing shot Mullens with pistol and the latter died the following morn ing. The Parnell boys were friends of Mullens and Thos. Newton, one of the duelists, was friend of Dearing. Some time ago, 1t IS all legged, Newton accused the Parnell boys of setting fire to his house, and a few days afterward Newton was stabbed in the back, but by whom was not determined. Both factions went heavily armed. The shooting took place on the principal street of the town, and the men were only a few feet apart. Dearing, Tucker and Newton were passing up the street and met the three Parnell brothers. Jim Parnell is said to have fired at Newton, and in an in- stant the fusillade began. About seventy-fve shots were fired, and it sounded like a regular battle. The men were so close together that their aim was deadly. It developed into a man-to-man affair, Dearing and Tom Parnell emptying their several pistols at each other at a distance so close that when they fell, unable to shoot any more, their bodies formed a cross. The others were firing promiscuously, and it is supposed that a shot from Marshal Fuckers pistol killed Walter Par nell Fucker was shot six times. pr. Hilton tried to separate the men. Upon request of local officers Gov. Davis at once ordered out the resident company of state guard to prevent further bloodshed.
Woodruff County news., 1902-10-16

Oil cannot compete with coal for naval uses. At least that is the con- clusion reached by the board of naval engineers which for many weeks past has been making a series
 of practical tests with various oil burners under a 2,00O horsepower boiler. They have drawn up a pre- liminary report for submission to the secretary, which will show that out of the fourteen different devices
 presented by American inventors
 for tests, not one could burn oil un- der naval boiler and produce steam in competition with coal, even were the oil sold at $1 per bar rel.
 Reports to R. c. Dun & Co. show failures during the first nine months of 1902 numbered 8,723, with aggregate liabilities of $113,- 434, 4,688, compared with 8,144 de- faults in the corresponding months of 1901, with a total indebtedness of $97, ,856,416. From these totals should be deducted the failures of banks, other financial institutions and heavily capitalized stock com- panies, which numbered AT this year and involved $28s027, ,19s, against 61 in 1901, with liabilities of $17295,554. This reduces the strictly commercial failures to s. 676 and the amount of liabilities to $S5,407, ,490, compared with 9,093 last year far $s0,56O,s62. Further analysis shows that there were D. 055 manufacturing disasters, in- volving $33,764,818, against 1,8O6 last year, with liabilities of $32,- 758,437. Trading failures num- bered 6,147, compared with 5,842 in 1901, while liabilities were $4O,- 726,690, against $36,320,511 last year. la other commercial lines, not properly included with either of the principal divisions, defaults numbered 474 for $10,915,752, as compared with 435 for $11,4s ,914 in the corresponding nine months of 1901. In this class alone there appears some decrease from last yeals liabilities, but the number of insolvencies is somewhat IasgsA
Woodruff County news., 1902-10-16
The Albatross.

The albatross varies from 12 pounds to 2S pounds in weight. The largest ever shot was 173 feet be- tween the tips of its outstretched wings.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24
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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24
OBITUARY.

Died, at the residence Of his parents,
in Prince Edward county, Va, on the
10Th day Of September, 2:07 L. NJ, 1902,
Hunter &. WilkersOn, aged twenty.
nine, son of Robert N. and Mollie II.
Wilkerson, Of the county OF Prince
Edward, Va
To die is the lot Of humanity, but to
be cut down in the morning Of life with
bright prospects Of honor and useful.
ness before him, is source Of deep
aud painful regret to all. Noble i'm
character, atfectionate in disposition,
and strictly moral and religious i'm feel
ings, this young, and faithful christian
has been taken away from large cir
Gle OF s0rrowing relatives and friends,
who mourn his early loss. Although
removed from this world of sorrows
before he had time to give the full be.
neht OF hisLalents and energies, he did
his part faithfully and manfully, and is
now chanting the fairy music of the
skies as he strOlls the fields of eternal
JOY and the golden glades Of the New
Jerusalem.
How he met the "King Of Terrors"
after short, but painful illness, is best
attested by one who watched around
his bedside and listened to his words
OF faith: God has never failed me,v
before his spirit joined the holy throng
in that mansion that Christ has
promised to all who love and obey him.
His relatives and friends should be
cheered. although they feel assured
that he has reached the Port of Peace
where he had laid up treasure which
the hand ofdeath OF disease could not
pluck from him. He is dead to time;
but alive to Eternity.
BY A FRIEND.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24
BOSH!

What's all this talk about fair elect
ions in Virginia for the future? Can it
be possible that the white people OF
Virginia are going to cheat each other ?
Let US Of our own free will and accord
revert to the Underwood conditions and
have some cause for doing violent
things, if they are to be done at all.
Marked batteries are justifable in time
of war, but not when peace comes.
We have no sympathy with any Of
these slams against Virginia school
houses and Virginia honor. OF course
the ballots will be counted as deposit
ed, or else we will return to the open,
manly, honest, uneorrupting and in
corruptible viva vOce system. Let's be
be done, however, with all this incon-
sidera.e reference to Virginia's want Of
integrity. 1t is s lander as well as
libel.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24
Richmond,s Horse Shn,n.

We heard at least one man say tha
Richmond's Horse Show was just a,
good as the New York Horse Show
and he SAID he knew what he was talk.
ing about We have no doubt Of il
either, though we have only seen the
Richmond variety. That can't be beat.
There is nothing small about Rich
mond, however.
Those gowns and those grooms, those
horses and those hats, those hand
smos andl those handsOmers, those
greys and those gems, those fourth
hands and those hands in hands, those
stamping bays and those stunning
beauties. those three-year-olds and
those sixteen year-olds, Those dryers
and those debutants, those colts and
those curls, those bays and those boys,
those Jumpers and those James, those
brides, and those brides, those saddles
and those sisters. You can't beat
Richmond, and you needn't try.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

The legislature Will meet in Rich
mOnd on the 9th Of November and it
is said will remain in service for at least
six months. Well nobody hurried the
convention, and we Will give the legis-
lature full swing, but would advise the
members, if they wish to go back next
time, not to consume more time than
is necessary to put well in barnes
the new Constitution.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

Curling smoke from Virginia schoo
houses and Virginia homes will be good
TO look upon as we PASS by this season.
1t will be as welcome as was the
pillar of cloud to the Israelites of old,
and the direction of the fleecy friend
after 1t has winged its way to the free
air, will have some significance to us
too. The slow, sleepy unsentimental
mind finds no beauty in flowers and
catches no inspiration from rising,
curling heaven-bound smoke.
Sunrise only lights the way Of some
people to the dull routine Of daily
drudgery, while to others its glory first
tells OF "hand divine" and then
cheers home and heart. How much
better to soar with the bird rather than
crawl with the worm.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

Mrs. Mackay owns one Of the most
magnificent private homes in this re-
public Of royal homes, aud yet at times
she so tires OF the glitter and glare, that
she runs of and hides herself in an
humble cottage in some retired spot on
her estate. And it is said to be the
habit Of the Car Of all Russia to do the
same thing. After all there may be
more Of unrest in the castle than in the
cabin.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

Armour's child was born lame, and
a surgeon from Austria has crossed
thelseas to make it walk. He claims
by one operation to have accomplished
the work, for which he is to receive q
fee of $4,000. Be it said to his ever
lasting credit that having relieved the
sick, he then went to the hospitals to
apply his skill to the relief of the child
rem Of the poor, and without charge.
May the beloved physician" live long
and prosper.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

And now Richmond has the Sunday
problem on hand. A correspondent
Of the Herald recently asked this ques-
ton; "What is right?D and no one
has as yet given answer to the question.
That the American Sunday should be
sacredly guarded we do not hesitate to
make earnest plea. How? as the Jews
ofold were wont to do? or as the Pu-
ritan fathers demanded? Shall the
Richmond Times be forced to abstain
from working for two days in each
week, and the railroads be allowed 10
work and make money on seven ?
Shall people be forbidden a drive in
the open air in order to rest wearied
minds and bodies, and girls be allow
ed to 90 to church just to exhibit the
new bonnets? How easy is it to ask
questions, and how hard to answer
them?
Remember the Sabbath day to keep
1t holy, has lost none Of its binding
force, and happy the men who know /
Just what this means.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

Ifyou average the thing up, 1t is said
that every man, woman and child in
this country has SOS in bank. This is
comforting, but Of what use il a bank
account upon which a fellow can't
make draw ? The Chicago Tribune
says that old "Uncle Russell Sage holds
the proxies Of great many of these
men, women and children, and kindly
saves them the trouble Of looking after
their bank accounts He has a tight
grip on ours.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

Joy reigns in the anthracite coal
reglon' was the news that followed the
settlement Of the strike, and we have
been wondering why there was i'm
posed sorrow for five long, dreary
months.
Soldiers on both sides rejoice to-
gether when peace comes, the victor
and vanqulshed alike. Why, then do
men go TO war? There is but one
answer. when passion awakes, reason
sleeps.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

Some men have no children, and
other men can afford to send their
children to luxuriously appointed be.
cause literally endowed Universities,
and there is no wonder that such PEG.
pie are arrayed against the Virginia
schools which are supported by the
taxpayers, and to which the children
Of the masses must go il they 90 at all.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

The party who first made attack on
Virginia school-houses and teachers.
especially white teachers, afterwards
appeared before the legislature to CD.
pose an appropriation to the State Fe-
male Normal at Farmville, and yet
some people who look, at least in part,
to Farmville for food, raiment and
shelter are UNFOLDING the hands of the
aforesaid enemy Of the free school sys-
tenn of Virginia. Cheek sometimes
gets to be colossal, impudence, inten.
sified and brass monumental
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

"POwer is Trust.n says the writer
who contributed last Sundays sermon
TO the editorial columns of the New
York Herald. Mr.. Cleveland rendered
himself famous by saying that "pub-
he Office is a public trust" but this
writer goes more than a bOw-shot be-
yond that when he asserts that "pow-
er is trust, and when We remember
that each Of us has some power peculiar.
ly ours, and not that Of another, il fol-
lows that just in proportion that there
is power so there is responsibility. One
man has money, another muscle, one is
rich in experience, another is learned
In books, one woman can sing another
can sympathize, one can nurse the
flowers and others can nurse the sick.
one can make home bright and anoth-
er can brighten other homes. All Of
US have some power. Do we realize
that it is trust?
The President should do thus and SO
you say, and the preacher and the |
Judge and the legislator, and the rich
man, and the man of genius, but do
you ever press the question close home.
as you ask; And what shall do?
1t is easy to say that the millionaire
should give literally but did you hunt
industriously in your pockets for
nickel when you saw the collection
basket last Sunday being handed in
your direction?
One talent yours it may be. I'm
prove il just as though it were ten. J
Power, all power is trust. s
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

Call il narrOw-mindednes if Won will
but the people Of the South Intend that
their children shall be taught that there
must be no mixing Of the races. and
they will not permit their children to
be taught by any man or woman who
is not perfectly sound in that cardinal
doctrine Of Southern society.-Rich-
mond Times.
Now, Mr.. Editor of the Worlds
Work, put that in your pipe and smoke
il
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

Unless man proposes he can never
hope to attain perfection-so says a
spinster.
When mustache fails to tickle a
woman IT may be truly said that she
has no sense Of humor.
Men who are always telling you
things foryour own good mean well,
but they are awfully tiresome.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24
Better Than Ever.

Those who have not heard the re-
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The Graphophone, in the meantime,
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Machines and records which were
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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

Are the school authorities Of Virginia
doing the best they can with the
schools Of the State with the money at
their command, and if so, are the tax
payers of the State ready to give them
more money, that they may do the
better work?
These are practical questions of much
concern, and not to be properly an
swered by parties to newspaper con.
troversy.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

The Herald flower garden blooms
with beauty, aud is filled with fra.
GRANGE, regardless of seasons, and
lovers Of flowers love to loitre in it,
while few people are nosing about
among the weeds.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

When the smoke moves in the di.
rection Of the hands of the clock fail
weather is promised, but when in an
opposite direction, storms may be
looked for.
Some friends % Of the free school sys-
TEN Of Virginia are trying to blow the
smoke in tine wrong direction, bent up
on mischief 70 the whole system.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

Man began life in garden blessed
with fruits and beautified with flowers.
God placed them there. The devil en-
tered and the weeds began to grow,
and strange to say, since then some
folks have preferred weeds to flowers.
De gustibus, DC.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

If the negroes Of Virginia insist on
following the advice Of John S. Wise,
Of New York, they will run the risk Of
having to provide school privileges for
their own children.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

II is not to be wondered at that six
judges should fail to satisfy six
thousand people, especially when those
thousands are hopelessly divided Oh
the subject of favorites.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24
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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

Life always takes on the character
Of It's motive 80 says another, and yet
II the word spoken is pleasant, aud the
act done is right, let's give credit for
good motive.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

One coal operator has said a good
thing, to.wit: "The dealer who buys
coal Of us at S4.T5 ton and sells it to
the public at SIS is a robber."
So say we all
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24
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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

But for politics, may be strikes
wouldn't be so hard to call OIL, and yet
but for politics, we wouldn't have any
gnvernment.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

Now trot the coal out Of hiding
places aud let the price Of wood return
TO normal prices.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

There was no living man, said the
MAJOR, In the course Of his remarks,
"on whom l could better rely for
care and Kindness for my family, and /
could point to no one whose daily life
and character afforded better and
$3.50 ommendable example for an
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-24

Every blonde carries her own head.
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-14
IN CONTEMPT OF COURT
Order Of the Court Ignored fol
Years-Why He Cannot
Now Comply.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
peadWood, S. D., Feb. a. Charles G.
Fargo, "a well-known Hot Springs mer-
chant and proprietor of the Gillespie no.
tel at that place, has been adjudged in
contempt of court by Judge r. J. Washa-
baugh and fined $500, with an order that
he stand committed until the fine is paid.
In 1890 Fargo entered into a contract
with D. A. Mcpherson and Harris Frank
lin to transfer q certain piece of property
in the lower part of Deadwood for right :
of-Way at the time the Elkhorn railroad
was building into town. Later Fargo re-
fused to convey the property and suit was
brought to enforce the contract.
The case was in the courts several
years and in 1898 a decree was entered
ordering Fargo to sign a deed to the
property. He either neglected or re-
fused to comply With the order, and this
week the attorney for the plaintiffs asked
an order to compel him to convey or be
declared in contempt.
Judge Washabaugh granted the order
and gave Fargo until noon Wednesday, to
make the conveyance or stand a fine. He
still declined, contending that the prop
erty 2assed out Of his hands several
years ago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-14
The Grip Of the Grippe.
1t is a Hard Thing to Shake Off.

People sometimes laugh at the tend
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he is left In such weak and debilitated
condition that he is the probable prey of
any disease germ which may come his
way. Old people are especially liable to
succumb to the weakening effects of this
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-14
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