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The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04
creditors of Old Lott Road Receive
a Small Dividend.
EVENTS OF AWEeK BRIEFLY CHReNIcleD
Little Rock Motorman Killed in a Fist
Fight-Republican State Executive
Committee Hand Out Few Pieces
of Pie.
Holds That Beer Is Intoxicating.

Justice Riddick delivered the opin.
ion Of the supreme court Vast week in
the case of Anderson Williams VS..
The State.
Williams was convicted of selling
intoxicating liquors. 1t was shown
that Williams sold six bottles of beer
to the prosecuting witness for rs
cents, and his contention was that the
beer sold was not an intoxicating
drink.
Justice Riddick said that the mean
ing OF beer" is a malt liquor contain
ing more or less alcohol, and its sale
without license is prohibited by law.
He further stated that a secondary
meaning of beer" was for non-alco-
holic beverages, such as root beer,
persimmon beer, etc. but that when
the word beer" was used it referred
to the alcoholic beverage. In this
case the witness testified that he
bought the beer but did not dring it.
as he and another person. after the
beer was bought. entered into an
agreement mot to drink any more"
and so gave the beer away.
Here again." said the court. ''the
witness was not asked to state what
class of liquids he had agreed to stop
drinking But as it is not reasonable
to suppose he had agreed to quit the
use of all kinds of liquids, we know
he referred to intoxicating drinks.
the use of which to any great extent
is generally regarded as harmful The
fact that he could not use this beer
without violating his promise not to
drink any more indicated very clearly
that the beer referred to by the wit
ness was the malt and alcoholic liquor
sold under that name. We think the
evidence justified the conviction"
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04
Oldest Minister in the State.

The oldest licensed minister in the
state, and probably the oldest in the
world is Rev. G.. W. Brinsfield, who
lives at Wild Cherry, in the northern
part of the state. Rev. Brinsfeld
attended the recent conference of the
NJ. E. Church, South. held at Walnut
Ridge, and to reach the nearest rail
road station from his home rode horse
back twenty miles. He is 104 years
of age, having been born in Clifford
county, N. c., in 1899, coming to Ark
ansas in 1851. He settled in lizard
county, which has ever since been his
home. Mr.. Brinsfeld has been a nim-
rod in his day, though he has not
handled a gun for three years He
estimates the number of deer he has
killed at 1000. having shot twenty in
one day just before the civil war. He
has been a protesting Christian for
eighty years and licensed minister
for forty, though he has never spent
a day in school,
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04
FOR FIRST TIME
IN MANY WEEKS
Or. Herran, the Colombian Charge,
Calls on Secretary Hay.
THE MISSION OF GEN. REYES


Washington, Dec. 2.--Dr. Herran,
the Colombian charge d'affaires, called
at the state department, Tuesday. for
the first time in many weeks, for the
purpose, he said. of informing Secre-
tary Hay OF Gen. Reyes arrival here,
Of the object of his mission, and to
pay friendly call upon the secretary.
DIR. Herran made long visit, and al
though at its close he said there was
no announcement to make, and that no
date for the reception of Gen. Reyes
had been arranged. it can be stated
that he was advised OF the exact atti-
tude which the Washington govern
ment will assume toward the special
envoy. II Gen. Reyes is pleased to
meet the state department officials on
the ground fixed by them, and for the
purpose Of which they named the ar
rangements of peace terms between
Colombia and the new republic of
Panama. he will be cordially received
Otherwise his visit to the department
will be fruitless, and his mission to
Washington failure.
The United States stands ready to ex-
tend its good offices to effect settle
ment between Colombia and Panama,
but with this exception It is not inter-
ested, nor can 1t consider any other
proposal from Colombia regarding the
isthmus, said a high official OF the ad-
ministration.
Gen. Reyes has been advised OF this
by DIR. Herran, and II remains for him
to say what will be his course here. In
view Of this development. The delay
in the progress of Gen. Reyes mission
Is due to the fact that the Colombians
in this city are making strong effort
to agree on some programme. DIR. Her
ran, as the only Colombian Official with
whom the state department will deal
directly, is naturally the prime mover
In this effort to get his countrymen
together, but thus far he has been un-
successful. Gen. Reyes himself has
number Of propositions. and the COM
mittee from Bolivar has as many more.
The Colombians will have another con-
ference. and In the light Of the infor-
nation which DIR. Herran obtained at
the state department, it is hoped by
them that they may agree on plan
Of action
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04
At WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS.
The jersey Cattle Experimental Sta
tion Removed From Jerseyville,
ILL.,, to 81. Louis.

st. Louis, Dec 2.-The Jersey Cattle
experimental station which has been
located at Jerseyville, H., for several
months has been moved to the Worlds
fair grounds by Manager c. T. Graves
OF Maitland, Mo, who has been In
charge OF the station.
The herd Of Jersey cattle were ex-
hibited In the early summer at Jersey
Vile by the members of the American
Jersey Cattle club.
Aaron o. Auten, OF Jerseyville. a
member OF the club, donated Jersey
Farm" his country place, for the use
Of the club as an experimental station.
There Jersey COWS from all sections of
the United States have been assembled.
Manager Graves has kept a record of
the products from each COW, and the
best will be selected for the Worlds
fair competition. In this competition
the leading breeds of the country will
participate. At the Columbian exposi-
tion Jersey cattle won the first prize,
with the shorthorns second.
The members of the American Jer-
sey Cattle club, whose headquarters are
in New York city, have selected COM
mittee to take charge Of the prelimi-
nary experiment.as well as the work of
competing for the prizes. Congressman
Richards, of Iowa, has been selected as
chairman Of the committee and will
have general supervision OF the Jer-
sey exhibit In St Louis.
While the experimental station was
located at Jerseyville more than 1000
Jersey cattle fanciers from the various
parts OF the United States visited "Jer-
sey Farm"
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04
Shot at Rival, Hit His Wife.

Will Redd, colored, is in Jail at Tex.
arkana charged with intent to murder
Robert Harris, another negro. 1t
seems that Redd has for some time
been very jealous of attentions shown
his wife by Harris, and when he
found the pair together he opened fire
on Harris with revolver, firing five
shots in all. His aim was bad, and
Harris escaped without a scratch
Three of the bullets. however, lodged
in the anatomy of the Redd woman,
inflicting dangerous wounds.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04
BRIEF MENTION.

Citizens Of Prairie Grove raised
$4,000 in cash and donated site to
secure a $4,000 canning factory.
Charles Heatherington. an Iron
Mountain switchman. fell under the
cars at Pine Bluff and lost leg
Conservative estimates of the Ar.
kansas crop place it at from 700. 900
to 100000 bales. against million
last year
Owing to the extreme dry weather
this fall, forest fires in different parts
of the state have destroyed a great
deal of valuable timber.
Jack Hosey, an Syear.old boy. in
attempting to board switch engine
at Texarkana, fell and his left foot
was cut off by the wheels
AT meeting of the Arkansas
worlds fair commission held In ST.
Louis last week. the Arkansas build.
ing was formally accepted from the
contractors.
j. B. Morley, an Iron Mountain ma
chinist, was frightfully sealded at a
small station near Little Rock by the
bursting Of feed pipe while repair
ing an engine.
Henry Compton died at Hot Springs
from pistol shot wound inflicted by
Hugh Wood, who was held to the
grand jury on the charge of unjusti.
fable homicide.
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the organization of the
National bank Of Ell Dorado, with a
capital stock of $4,000. B. w.
Reeves Is president
Rev. James Thomas has increased
the membership of the M. z. Church.
South. at Texarkana from Al to 276
in year, and has raised SIS, 900 to
pay on the new $4,000 church.
John Wilson, a negro policeman of
Pine Bluff, shot and probably fatally
wounded John Bradley. The shoot
ing occurred at the home of a negress,
and Bradley was resisting arrest.
George Reynolds of Pope county
pleaded guilty in the federal court at
Little Rock to the charge OF Illicit
distilling, and was sentenced to a
year and day in the Atlanta peni.
tentiary
Much excitement has been created
at Gentry over the finding of zinc de-
posits, while drilling in the city we'll
The workmen had drilled to the depth
of 125 feet when the first zinc was
discovered in small quantities.
Headquarters of the worlds fair
commission Of Arkansas will probably
be moved to st. Louis in January.
The Arkansas building will be turned
over by the contractors January / and
will be dedicated about January Is.
Some Mammoth Spring boys, while
out 'possum hunting one night recent
ly, started fire in the woods, which
resulted in the destruction of seventy
panels OF farmers fence. The
farmer made the boys replace the
rails
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04
Ex-Policeman Killed.

r. l.. Shelton, a Little Rock street
car motorman, died from injuries re-
ceived in fight with Pink Wilson.
Shelton was formerly a member of
the Little Rock police force and the
fight was due to an old grudge be-
cause Shelton once arrested Wilson.
Witnesses before the coroner's jury
testified that Wilson attacked Shell
ton without warning. and after knock
ing him down, beat his head against
the paved street until he was uncon-
scious.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04
Negroes Leaving Mississippi.

Negroes in large numbers are flock
ing into this state from Louisiana
and Mississippi, and if the exodus
keeps up farmers by next year will
have no trouble in securing all the
labor they need. But there Is one
point in connection with this influx,
great many of the newcomers will
flock to the larger towns, where there
are already large class who are en-
deavoring to exist by doing as little
work as possible. There is plenty of
room in this state, however, for all
honest men who are willing to work
for living
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04
Distribution of Federal Jobs.

At meeting of the republican state
executive committee, held in Little
Rock last week, the following recon-
mendations for postoffice appoint
ments were made: Conway, Owen j.,
Owen, Jr.; Ell Dorado. r. l.. Floyd,
Hope, j. r. Gibson; De Walls Bluff,
]. NJ. McClintock; England, F. B..
Schooley; Monticello, Mrs. P. X. Sav-
age; junction City, E. S. Parnell;
Fordyce, Mrs. Lula V. Cox.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04
WILL RESIST ExTRADITION.
william ZieRler VIII Resist Every
Step Looking to Bringing Him
to Missouri.

Jefferson City. Mo, Dec. "A tele-
gram received here from New York
Monday night, by Gov. Dockery. indi-
Gates that every step in the efforts to
have William Ziegler, the Baking Pow
der trust magnate, wanted here to an
swer to an indictment charging brib-
cry. returned under requisition issued
upon Gov Odell of New York, will be
stubbornly resisted.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04

Believing that he was about to be
attacked by highway robber, FL
mer Jennings, Il years old, shot
his friend, Walter Brewer, on a
plantation near Millington, Tenn.
The shooting was the result of a
practical joke, Brewer rushing at
Jennings in the dark, and was shot
in the mouth.
In twenty-round battle at San
Francisco Robert Fitzsimmons was
given the decision over George
Gardner. Both men weighed 168
pounds, and Gardner is twenty
years younger than his opponent,
who had the best of the fight from
start to finish. Fitzsimmons claim
ed that his knuckles were in bad
shape when he entered the ring,
and says that the reason the fight
was prolonged to twenty rounds
was on account of the fact that he
injured his weapons early in the
fight.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04
Arkansan honored.

DR.. p B. Carrigan. who was born
and reared in Washington, Hampstead
county. this state, has been highly
honored in Mexico for his heroic SER
vice in battling against yellow fever
az Tampieo Mex Citizens of the
above place presented DR. Carrigan
with a $500 diamond set watch in rec.
ognition OF his skill.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04
Long Sufferer Suicides.

w. w. Robinson. prominent plant.
er-merchant. died at his home at Sen
nett. on the Pine Bluff.Arkansas
River railroad, from the effects of an
overdose of laudanum. taken with sui
eidal intent. Mr. Robinson had been
sufferer for years from spinal
trouble.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04
Old Citizen Dead.

George Belding. father of Mayor
Belding of Hot Springs. died Novem-
ber 30. at the age of II. Mr.. Belding
was the oldest native citizen of Gar
land county, and perhaps the oldest
native born resident of that section
of the state.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04
Masons lake Charge.

The Pea Ridge normal college of
Pea Ridge is to be transferred to the
Masonic fraternity of Benton county
as soon as a board from the lodges ac
cepting can be elected and incorporate
The deed is to be vested in the board
of trustees. Pea Ridge has been an
educational center for fifty years, and
has many friends in the south and
west The school was first organized
in 1853.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04
Fire at Luna Landing.

Several business houses in the town
of Luna. Chicot county. were recently
destroyed by fire. The heaviest losers
were Ed Bryan, general merchandise.
and Mr.. Whitthorne. who operated a
saloon. The aggregate loss is placed
at $4,000. with only $4,000 insurance.
One thousand dollars in Bryan's safe,
which had been left open, was
burned.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04
Convict Commits Murder.

Edmund Warren, a negro convict
made his escape from the Cummings
plantation and went direct to the
home of his father-in-law, near Eng
land. and tried to persuade his wife
to leave with him. The woman re-
fused to go, and when her father Dan
Moore. tried to reason with Warren
the latter shot him dead
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04
Fought Duel With Knives.

Richard Belk and Dave Greenwood,
young white men residing near Tex
arkana, fought duel with pocket.
knives. Greenwood was stabbed
through the heart and his antagonist
was badly cut about the neck and
face, but will recover.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04
Freight Engines Demolished.

Two engines and a number OF
freight cars on the Iron Mountain
were almost completely DEMOLISHED
about twenty miles south of Little
Rock in a head-on collision The col
lision was due to dense fog. which
prevented the engineer of one train
seeing the switch in time to back up
and take the siding. No one was
injured.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-04
Creditors Get Small Sum.

John G. Lonsdale, receiver of the
old Lott road, has filed his final report
in federal court at Little Rock, and
the same has been approved. He
showed the collection of $500. which
is to be distributed among creditors
holding claims amounting to s69,000,
which will give them about per cent
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News OF the Week

W. d. Crum, colored, has taken charge Of
the cusiomhouse at Charleston, 5. C., - col
lector of the port
Three persons were killed aud 10 or more
injured in a FIRE IN q tenement house in New
York CITY Thursday.
Difference in Interpretation of the Strike
Commissions award has caused renewed
trouble in the anthracite region.
United States Senator Clark. of Arkansas,
got the better Of Congressman Brundidge IN =
fist fight in Little Rock Thursday.
Gov. Odell hiss signed the new saloon license
bill for New York increasing the license from
$500 to $500 The new Law may close 24O0
saloons and shops.
The grand jury at Seattle have indicted the
Mayor, Chief Of Police, other officials and
several prominent citizens for alleged NAL.
feasance aud on other charges.
At Bethel, Del, March 81, AS Miss Cora
Rhodes was burning rubbish in her garden
her clothing took FIRE and her flesh was burned
to crisp. She died in agony.
A number Of oil tanks at Bajbai, Province
of Bengal India, belonging 10 the Standard
Oil Company and two other concerns, were
burned March 81. The damage amounts TO
about 81 200, 600.
The tremendous growth of our postal system
is strikingly illustrated in the rural free de
livery. Ii was begun in 1897 at an annual
expense of $40, 900, now it covers l4,O0O
routes, and costs S., 900. 900 year.
The telephone is in more general use in
Sweden than any other country. Rates aver
age 81 month, and distance messages are
eight cents for three minutes if under l5C
miles A reply is always forthcoming from
the central station in about 10 seconds.
A railroad so miles long is TO be constructed
in Southeast Missouri this spring. 1t run:
through district which is distinctively the
home of the watermelon Enough melons are
said to be produced there to keep one railway
busy during the season in hauling them.
In Logan county, West Virginia, on Marct
80, Maud Ballard became suspicious OF I
young white woman (Jeunie Blakel, who
lived in the same neighborhood, aud believing
the latter had been too intimate with q man o
whom the former was enamOred, went IN search
for her supposed rival with Winchester rife
Reaching house where the object of her envy
was stopping, the Ballard woman induced he
to come out, and then compelled her, at the
point of the rife, to walk some distance to tn,
head of small raviRe, where she shot anc
killed her while the latter was on her knee
begging for mercy The murderess has beer
arrested and placed in the county jail.
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THEY LIKE MARYLAND.
Western Farmers Who Have Visited
This State Will Settle Here.

Herman Badenhoop, secretary of the
State Immigration Bureau, has received
several letters from persons in the West
who have been visiting the agricultural
districts of Maryland during the past two
weeks Benjamin Schurch, of Missouri,
who is now in the lower counties Of the
Eastern Shore, writes to the Bureau as
follows:
81 have been through several of the
lower counties and am perfectly delighted
with the climate, the soil and especially
the people Indeed, l think this is the
farmers paradise. find so many SPLEEN
did places that it is hard for me to decide
which one to buy, but expect to close a
deal for farm in the next few days.
George W. Censor, of Mason county,
Michigan, after visit TO Prince George 5
and Anne Arundel counties, writes that
he has reached his home and Is making
preparations to return to Maryland, where
be will reside permanently. From what
l have told my people, | am sure that on
nv return | will bring number of West
ern people with me, he adds.
George B. Rosenhall, of Washburn Co,
Wisconsin. who has also been in Maryland
looking over the farm land, writes to the
Bureau Il am now preparing to get back
to MARYLAND. | believe there is no place
ike your State. My wife and 10 children
are delighted with what | have told them,
so YOU eau look for US in the near future
Several of my neighbors are interested in
my description of the resources of your
State, and several of them will leave short
ly to make personal investigation Of your
land.
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Oldest and Youngest Senators.

The oldest member of the United States
Senate is Edmund Winston Pettus, of Ala
bama. who is nearly 50, and the next is Sen
ator Morgan, of the same state, who is nearly
~. Senator Morgan, it will be remembered,
at the recent extra session of the Senate,
made speeches on the treaty with Columbia,
regarding the proposed Panama Canal, cover
ing many pages of the Congressional Record.
The youngest member of the Senate is Joseph
B. Bailey, of Texas, aged 80. Mr.. Bailey
served five terms, ten years, in the House of
Representatives, and was the Democratic
floor leader for the last two terms. He is a
native of Mississippi, and was an elector on
the Cleveland and Hendricks ticket in 1884.
In 1886 he removed to Texas and three years
later was an elector- at-large on the Cleveland
and Thurman ticket. In 1890, at the age of
p, be was elected to Congress and reelected
four consecutive times.
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A OBLIGATIONS FOR
N LIQUOR LICENSES

WESTMINSTER, Mp, April l, 1908.
| hereby give notice that the following per
sons have filed applications m the Office OF
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Carroll
county for Liquor Licenses, to wit:
WHOLESALE LIQUOR LICENSE,
STOCK NOT EXCEEDING 1000.
Josiah D. Crow Westminster, Md.
Edgar H. Raite, Westminster. Md.
The Westminster Grocery and Supply Com
pany, Herman NJ. Dnst. Manager, West
minister, Md.
Abraham S. Burkhoder, Cranberry Station,
Nd.
TO KEEP A HOTEL OR ORDINARY.
Charles A. Elliott, Taneytown, Nd.
Jacob Burlington, Taneytowu, Md.
Elias Fissel, raueytowu, Md.
Stanley c. Smith, Harvey. Nj.
John ". Few, Frizeliburg, Nd.
John Magee, Mt. Pleasant, Md.
James 5. Grimes, Gambler, Md.
Henry Huaing Sykesyii.e, Md.
William L. Crawford. near Taylorsvile. Md.
Isaac d. W. Sloues.ter, Manchester, Nd.
William H. Gettier, Manchester, Md.
Nelson Warehime. Manchester. Nd.
Archibald Buchanan, Manchester. Md.
Samuel X. Markell. LInehuru, Nd.
George Therit, Meiro-e, Nd.
Harry +. Cruut, Manager OF Westminster
Hotel Co. Westminster, Md
William b. Thomas and Elias .. Grimes,
Westminster Md
Jacob L. Wire, Westminster. Nd.
II. {. Albaugh. Westminster Nd.
john ii. SiyA Westminster, Md.
Harry X. OurSer, Westminster. Nd.
Robert T.. FrizzeI, Westminster, Nd.
Charles Huff. Westminster, Md.
Lemuel A. Cook. Westminster, Nd
Jacob Maruuet. Westminster, Md
W. Chester Suek, Hampstead. Nd.
Charles Il. Sapp, Hampstead. Md
Jefferson d. Hooper, frankhuville, Nd.
George NJ. Fretweil. MarriotsyiiIe, Md.
Charles f. Quo, NidIlebuvg. Md
Samuel Weaul. BruceyiIie. Md.
David :. Rector. New Windsor. Nd
Louis Dieiman, New Windsor. Nd
Ms. Alice K. Sell. Union Bridge Nd.
john W. Wilson, NJ. Airy. Md.
Robert A. Nelson, Rt#grsile. Md
George II. QUecN. HidLeg.l-. Nd.
Harry Kidd, Summit Point. neat RidgeViile.
Nj.
TO KEEP 4 SALOON OR RESTAURANT
john l.effrrI. Westminster. Nd.
Abraham e.. Strashurc-r. Westminster, Md.
William Z. Fowler, Westminster. Nd.
JOAN l. Oreudortf. Wrs'm n-ter, Md
Henry Thiele Sske>rHly. Md
solomon Nuimau. WsutUiu,, Ma
Robcri Seiimsu. Wai,r,yilr. Nd.
James &. SIX, Union Bridge. Nd.
!. Frank Baker, Union Bridge, Nd.
Eidudge J, Hammond and William l.
Hammond. trading ~ Hammond Bros.
Hoods Mill. Nd
And uBlss. cause Co the contrary be- Shown
10 Nrit3ug cu 90 Before The l5sh ias Of April
1888, the licenses applied for vii be issued,
provided the said applicants comply with the
requirements of Chapter s. Acts Of Is9l, re-
gaisite thereto
JAS H. BlLLINGSLEA.
Clerk Of The CircgE taar; tar Carroll. County.
apn4 p
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TEACHERS HAND BOOK.

Ruls No. IN the Hand Bnok ~,gi b. pro
seciioa far oar teacher sgaiass persons suo
nj Eh, insist % takias The teachers tme darnE
school hours some facts have reached this
ofser ~kich sugSes, ,As propricsy Of ea.llag
attention TO lhls regulation fag the guidance %
teachers
!. may be vel 10 state thai, 90 geaera!
iaciples, The Examiner Beyer g1vr- any
Recommendation or Enforcement Of any book
offered 10 the teachers Of Carroll coRn,y b.
any book agsnL IL any case ~h~re the
teacher might desire "a opiai0u from iais II
fee. Il ~oasd be necessary TO see tbs Examiner
in person, OF vrilc TO him.
The Spring Term vii close April Eth:
Teachers Association will BE- the Z4lh inst. /,
the schools fos Carroll ~ill close Friday, Nav
lsi. and the haal examination OF pupils sill
be held the las, three days Of the summer
term, April 2esh And s0sh, aud May lst-
apr4 IL ) SIMPSON.