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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-03

The Democrat OF April 2S speaks out
again good and strong On the situa-
tion at Pine Bluff as follows:
Those season books issued by
the Cotton States league are a mis-
take no matter how you look at them.
They were issued under resolution
for the press, but there is nothing
about the book to show that the hold
er of the book is connected with the
press or anything else The boy
who peddles apples, peanuts, cigars,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-03
CRAPHIC'S SIDE OF CASE

sion of the press, which gets nothing
for services rendered unless it gets
a few passes?
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-03
At Vicksburq.

sVicksburg, Miss. April 26.-Editor
Graphic, Pine Bluff, Ark.-Dear Sir:
Allow me to congratulate you on your
attitude toward the Cotton States
league. In yesterdays issue of the
American | applauded your action and
followed suit. During the exhibition
games here we have given columns
of boosting and then paid our way
to the games. 1t is not the amount
Of money involved to which | object,
but the lack of appreciation of our eff
forts. Very truly yours,
"HARRY ST. JOHN.
Ed American"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-03
At=Natchez.

Natchez, Miss. April %. 1903-The
Graphic Pine Bluff, Ark-Replying
to your favor of the Goth inst would
say that under resolution adopted
by the Cotton States League associa-
tion the members of the board of
directors. are not entitled to the sea
son books. By season books I mean
the twenty passes allowed to the press
in each city. If the league magnates
had intended these cOurtesies for di-
rectors, they should nave used that
word in their resolution Mr. AL
Haupt, manager of the Natchez club,
introduced that resolution. He made
the number twenty because he ap-
preciated the efforts of the newspa-
pers in their work cf booming the
national game. That Mr.. Haupt was
III earnest was demonstrated by the
manner in which he issued the books
in Natchez. The press was his first
consideration.
'CHAS. w MILLER,'
Ed. Democrat"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-03

for advertising. the job printing done
for the club has, as rule, been given
to my Office at the regular rates. The
Greenville club has a board of direc
tors composed of seven gentlemen.
NEITHER Of WHOM receives pass
TO the games. Only the president of
the Cotton States league, Geo Wheat
ley, who resides here, the ministers
Of the city, and the press receive
passes in Greenvile.
"If the TWELVE members of the
board of directors of the Pine Bluff
team insist on donating to themselves
passes for the season, they could,
without violating the Cotton States
league agreement limiting the num-
ber of passes to twenty, stand good
to visiting clubs for several additional
passes for the press. The purpose of
the league limit is simply to protect
visiting clubs from the too generous
distribution of passes. Pine Bluff can
stand for the visiting clubs percent
age and give as many passes as de-
sired. You are right in your position;
to limit daily paper to one pass, af-
ter all the free advertising given the
game, is unjust. Very truly,
q. PINK SMITH,
Editor and Manager Democrat
The Democrat reproduces the edito-
rial quoted in the foregoing from the
Vicksburg American and comments as
follows:
I'VE are sorry to zee the newspapers
and baseball magnates in Pine Bluff at
outs. The daily newspapers in the
towns composing the Cotton States
League have contributed more than
any other agency toward making the
league a success, and it is unfortun-
ate that the management at Pine Bluff
and Vicksburg have decided to act
short with the newspapers of their
towns. If the limit of twenty passes
to a town, fixed by the Cotton States
league, means that the press is to
be cut off from a reasonable number
Of passes, the league should raise
the limit The Democrat speaks dis
interestedly, as the Greenville man.
agement has given us no cause for
complaint in the past. However. the
Greenyille Daily Democrat has dorn
more free advertising for baseha I'D
the theater during the past fe,s' ears
than any paper in any town tie size
Of Greenville in the United States"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-03
w. MILLER, y
Ed. Democrat y

Commenting on the situation in
Pine Bluff, the Democrat of April "a
editorially says:
"Under the resolution adopted by
the Cotton States league the twenty
sO-called passes are fer the use of
the press, and members of the board
of directors do not come under this
head, therefore the press should be
the first consideration when i comes
to issuing the passes There is
vast difference between the press and
value for every pass or courtesy
while the director invests his money
with the expectation of realizing some
profit We do not blame him for
this, but he should not expect the
press to boom his game for him
at it's own expense. The local situa
ton is entirely different in the way
of directors. Here we have no board.
The men who contributed to the base
ball fund pay their way at the gate
and are content if the manager comes
out even or a little ahead at the end
of the season. AS for the press ques-
ton, we have only to say that thus far
We have no complaint to make Up
to this time we have given baseball
our heartiest support. We have given
the game all the advertisements that
the managers could ask and have not
asked for nor received a cent iii pay
ment therefor
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-03
At Monroe.

The following is the letter received
by the Graphic from the manager
Of the Monroe Star:
I'VE have no complaint against the
local baseball management concern
ing admission to the park. We have
been favored with tickets. Our asso-
citation has a large number of stock
holders, all Of whom pay admission
themselves, and | understand the di-
rectors of the association mostly do
likewise. We will gladly cooperate
with you in any way, and hope your
management will soon see their error
and show more appreciation of the
influence of the local press. They
rave much to lose and little to gain
by such policy
The Star comments on the matter
as follows
The press of this city, so far as
the Star knows, has been courteously
and fairly treated, and has no COM
plant to make. The directors go
and pay their way and will be con-
tent if they come out without a little
money or even at the close of the
season"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-03

1t is not till after the ceremony
man stops to consider that he
married lot of her relatives aS"e
as his wife.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-03
At Baton Rouge.

The manager of the Baton Rouge
Advocate writes: ''The Advocate re-
ceived the most courteous treatment
at the hands of the local baseball peo-
pie
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the office boy occasionally. as an evidence
OF authority. then places his feet upon the
desk and smokes my best cigars. But it a
al right The only time | get wary Of Dick
IL when find him whiting on piece OF
wood or trying 70 draw pictures on the back
going to fall.
Well, out with ii. something to keep
our Profits up 10 the safety mark, I hope
said J.; catching sight Of him whiting on
stick. No. he calmly replied, it's not
any great, project have in mind. l was
day last week and how I've been kept busy
ever since When tho kid and were out
fishing a few days ago no gathered a large
quantity OF these little white pebbles. some
streaked with red-you know the sort-and
on our way home stopped In here 10 see after
next morning put them in bag and placed
them on the desk under my nose, so that
I'D remember to take them home that night.
Well. along about II o'clock a fiashy looking
chap came in and not finding anything to
suit him, nothing seemed loud enough TO his
eye. caught sight OF the little pebbles.
What are these?' he asked. lingering
one.
Lucky stones. said I. but they are not
the sort 10 have fixed up into chains and
pins; fact ia, YOU handle them very little
and II they pass into the hands of another
Well he took three at 80 cents apiece.
As il happened he's n hOrse-racing fellow ),
and he won that day. Next day he brought
in a friend-oh, of course. didn't expect
You 70 believe u. he broke In. but Just the
same they continued TO come thick and fast
Now, most people would go out for more
pebbles. but not me~~that would be 100 much
like dishonesty. I've got sometime, better.
Matching the pebbles was lust 4 fAaiAa''
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WAGNER CYCLE At LEIPZIG.
Arthur NilIisch's Festival Next October
Rivalry 10 Dayreuth.~

Munich is not the only place outside OF
Bayreuth that will this year have Wagner
festival. Arthur Nikisch is to conduct a
series of performances next October at
the Stadt Theatre in LeipZ &, Frau
Cosima Wagner must indeed view with
alarm" this opposition to the festival per-
formances given under her direction.
WArthur Nikisch has collected for these
performances, which are to be given chrono-
logically, the best of the contemporary
Wagner singers in Germany in addition to
the forces Of the Leipzig Opera House.
Among the women TO sing are Mines.
Ioeff1er-B urckhardt, Schumann-Heink and
Edith Walker and NM. Naval and Gutheil-
Schoder A complete cyclus of the operas
will be given except Die Feen,' and the
financial success Of the enterprise is assured
already, as most of the seats have been sold.
Naval is the German tenor recently en-
gagged by Mr.. Conried for the Metropolitan
Opera House. He is a young singer, and
last year he left the Vienna Opera House
after a serious difficulty with Gustav Mailer,
the conductor, with whom so many members
of the company have already quarrelled.
He was popular with the Vienna public,
and his last appearance there, at a song
recital, was the occasion OF great demon
stration on the part of his friends. Since
his retirement from Vienna he has been
singing with great success in the different
German opera houses and has given many
concerts. In Vienna he sang the lyric
tenor roles such as Romeo, Faust and
Manrico He sings these parts in Frenc h
and Italian as well as in German. HIS
German repertoire includes Lohengrln,
Waller and lighter roles.
The Leirz festival is another ipdica
ton of the various influences that are
working to undermine the prominence
of Bayreuth. The authorities Of the opera
house at Dresden have just decided tc
give next year four elaborate and specia
performances of the Nibelungen Ring
| It will only be a matter Of time for Berlin
and Vienna to follow the example of Munich
| and Leipz with their special Wagner
| festivals II il little wonder that Frat
Wagner is clinging so desperately TO Spar,
sifal,' which is the OILY exclusive posses
sion the theatre at Bayreuth has.
1t has always been Contended in the
past that the BayIelth festivals were best
| attended when the number of Wagneriar
| performances was greatest. So it may be
| that these numerous cycles will all be tC
| the advantage Of Bayreuth in the end
| Many persons believe that the New Yorh
| performances Of "Parsifal' will make the
! audiences al Bavreuth larger than ever
| Persons who hear the work here will b,
] anxious to compare il with the Origina
| performance,
/ Mil.a Tcrnina has just answered Nine
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-16
ling. The coin was shining twenty

bling. The coin was a shining twenty
dollar gold piece.
For an instant as he saw it the man
stood as II transfixed, then he made sud-
den, impulsive start as if to grab the money,
but checked himself, and | don't think he
saw the look the dealer gave him. Then
the ball, hopping and skipping about the
brackets, finally stopped with a little click,
and the dealer droned out:
'Nineteent, red, odd and above!
Al was watching my railroad man keenly
1t hit him very hard. The revulsion OF feel
ing and the relaxation from the strain
seemed likely to be too much for him, and
| stood ready to catch him if he fell.
But he recovered his grip in few sec
onds. and the smile that came over his face
and the light in his eyes must have been
worth to the bank all it cost. The dealer
looked at him once with a swift, compre-
hensive glance and said nothing, but began
to count out money instead of chips to pay
the mans winnings. He stacked up the
double eagles, and the man just rocked
back and forth as he watched the process.
when the pile was complete the rail-
road man reached out and picked them up.
The sigh that he gave as he thrust them
into his pocket surely came from the bot
, tom of his heart and il meant rehet 30 deep
and lasting that every man IN tne foom n
could feel it. Then he turned and MADE
for the door without a word.
a,Jtlst as he was about to go out he swung
around and, addressing the entire room,
called out:
That s the last for me"
Then he went out, apparently not hear
ing the dealer. who called after him,
Good night. Bill. Good luck. Keep
out Of here!
1T turned out that the dealer had sized
him up lust the same as had and had been
roofing TO have him win. He had no more
notion of what the trouble was than l had,
and as never saw the man again | never
heard anything about what it might have
been.
But have always had the bunch that
that man actually made good on his dec
laration and did not try the game again.
I never saw man so frightened as he was
when he found he had played the twenty
instead of one. And when he won with
it, and got SO much more than ne nag lle
that he thought luck had been about good
enough for him for the rest OF his time
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Wagner's criticism of her for appearing
os kundry here. The noted Wagner singer
place near Fran kfurt She says the per-
formances Of "Parsifal" would be given
whether she appeared or not, and that il
the work is to be produced at all it should
be performed to the best advantage. She
adds
Nine. Wagner's reproach that am
singing Kuadry in New York merely for
money | must most decidedly deny. Nine
Wagner can at any time, through a glance
at my contract, convince herself that
Kundry is not even in my repertoire |
gave my verbal promise to Mr.. Conried
to sing knndry. l am under contract for
other roles, and were 'Parsifal not given
at all, and were not to sing Kundry |
should still earn the money to which Nine
Wagner refers"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-16
"LUCKY STONES"
Genius as Applied to the Jewelry Business,
ImprOmptu.
From NE Indianapolis Sen tined.

From Me Indidnap polls Sen tined.
There is young man in this town, said
the wise-looking one who was telling the
story. who has enough sand in him to plaster
n house and he happens TO BIO my partner
We're in business. Dick and |. the sort where
experience and knowledge are put in at the
Well. Dick furnishes the experience and
knowledge, and as for the money he's more
than welcome to every cent | have, IL for
nothing else than for tho pleasure OF bein z
with him. So far as an outsider could Judge
he simply hangs about the place just to kick
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-16
Reductions on Leather Goods
Some Less Than Half.

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So o. orth 5000 Card Cases of antique notified caskn
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North Star Refrigerators.

ZACH year finds great improvements in Refrig-
erators-the North Star moves in the front
rank. The Board of Education has adopted
them for use in the cooking schools and their experts
have declared them equal to the best.
The special characteristics of the North Star are: GRADUATED
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Thousands of the North Star Refgeratos are in use in
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Basement Building
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-01
BEATS"

lame Fortune seems to smile on the
A,'I.s oL the young men who are at the
-.1 OF ~ETerybody's Magazine. They
awe scored a third magazine "beat" in
.s Sep'embcr number, with a character
S4oE Of Joseph Pulitzer, who, at the mo-
.'' is the most conspicuous personality
'-.le the American Public.
i4e-t first scoop" was an article on
-A''-as Wallace Russell and the Irish
-..a 1911, in June, when every one was
ing OF the new era for ireland.
'"e August issue was on the news
-'' d lew days after the Pope's death
. .- "a article. by Marion Crawford, on
-'f. Leos Successor It was the eX-
a.. SION the subject of the man best
-.. 10 give the facts, and the degree to
'.-" il was quoted in The
sAe value set upon it by men who
'"e real judges of timeliness.
.r ~' o'I'-e on Joseph Pulitzer is pccul-
"'lHInatiVe Of the mans character
,s. MS IDEALS of newspaper making. In
~7"l OF his present extraordinary en-
c#-'', OF a College Of Journalism at
a. |-o-'. If affords an interesting index
trr. -.- or thought Of which that Is the
c Joseph GeCuToch. of the St. Lonis
tr, 0..a'1f#t once defined great edit
as the art Of knowing what would
@D.' l#o months in advance, and hav-
o. D'71 man on the spot to write
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-01

Jungle Lar1s" by Gar Or. H. Garman)
is IL fine collection of exceedingly bright
and witty animal stories for children, told
il beautiful combinations of %colors. I'M
possible 10 imagine any kind of pictorial
l-a for the little ones more innocent,
Gole attractive CT instructive than these
clever conceptions in artistic execution.
Parents will be delighted with this work,
because OF It's great educational value.
Ha.a51ero~, lion. giraffe, monkey and all
me tribe OF the torrid zone, appear in
~.eTous situations and merry FRANKS, IN
ol~e imitation Of human life, rousing the
Young imagination and implanting knowl-
elsa IN natural history after the true
i@lner Of PCstalozzi and Froebel.
The book Is original throughout and
Will jump INTO popular favor.
~I2#a qto. front and back cover in
l0-E eolors. 500. Laird & Lee, Chicago.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-01
CICERO w. HARRIS.

WANTED-5OO, 900 PEOPLE TO GIVE
Monaeiro Peruvian Elixia a trial. Never
fails to cure chills and feVers and other
spring ailments. Menteiro Manufacture
ing Company, Richmond, Va.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-01

pages OF letter press and two iU,stra
tlons-a portrait OF Mr.. Boner ana =
drawing OF his birthplace IN Salem Tho
copyright is taken out b. Mrs. Lcttie
Boner, the poets widow. The Inscription
= lhus expressed: Dedicated to the
memory OF ~TheophiIus Hunter HILL" who
was Mr. BIS dear friend and fellow
worker IN the fields Of fancy. The brief
Introduction Of less than three pages
IS written by a surviving poet of Caro-
INA, Prot. Henry Jerome Stockard. 1t IS
partly biographical, partly laudatory of
the work OF the dead poet-written eyi-
IDENTIFY IN the ~latter's lifetime, as he
everywhere uses the present ana present
perfect lenses IN peaklng OF him and
O. his verse. The note OF the illustra-
tor, Mr.. A. G. Heaton, refers very brief
ly 20 Mr.. Boner's return here in 1901
from New York, his trip to North Caro-
Ina Tor his health and his death in this
city, March 6, 1903.
The many admirers Of the poet with
surely be pleased with the present vol
ume. Such cid faycritcs as "Moonrise
iii the Pines" Song Of the Old Mill
Wheel and the sweet Song Never
Sung are supplemented here by his
more ambitious New York productions,
such as the lines on "Poe's Cottage at
Fordhan," ION a Portrait Of Poe and
CITY Sonnets." His taste In reading as
well as his devotion 20 his wife are ex-
pressed in "Cricket Lodge" the name OF
his residence on Staten Island. He here
sings:
Il have even set apart
Certain treasures of my heart
For observation-disclosures Sterne's
Journey Don Quixote,' Burns,
Cowper's Task George Herbert, Poe,
William Blake, BaIzac, Defoe.
Thackeray (sublimated funD
Noble, k~nightly Tennsyon.
Wordsworth (ovcn to Peter BiIl0,
Scott, The Blessed DamozeI,'
Shakespeare often, and a score
OF our oWn-but names no more.
One among the poems here.
Held than anything more dear.
For some Christmas night III leave
Keats loved Saint Agnes Eve
am pleased to see "Hatteras" again
i'll all its terrible beauty and the negro
melodies and other Southern pieces Which
so adorned his first volume, "Whispering
Pines The long Appalachian story in
the latter collection is omitted here, as
WCil as some shorter pieces. But there
is TO very material loss except IN the
exclusion of one or two OF his Juvenile
lyrics that gave earnest of the poet to
conc. On the whole, the collection Is
satisfactory; it Is representative of the
genius of the distinguished North Caro-
hra poet.
CICERO w. r
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-01
From one Of the Most Successful Planters
in North Carolina:

sIT"|'TT ~ T"".7E T"1- -.
THE HOME FERTILIZER CHEMICAL WORKS.
BALTIMORE, MD.
GENTLEMEN
This is to certify that I have used "Ccrealte' for a number ot years and
have sold it for tbs past three years and l. myself lad it to be equal to II hot
better in many respects than Nitrate soda Ny best customers are anxious to
use 1t again ti sycar. on my " crops l used II n wheat oats anl cotton. and
for every dollar invested in "CcreaHte" am sure paid me $3.50 prefer
price
Yours truly
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-01

IrRno~ns belief IN ecstasy. also the b.
Iiei OF the writer Or both q tie CALVIN
lsNc doctrine that the elect may fear
( DnGtion, but are assured ~ Cod :
word Of HIS purpose to save. The IL
stances N Nova Soiyna would seem. how
e er. r. Push this doctrine 10 it, utmo-.
unit Cromwell and other not@d char
acters q the period hal tho>e severe
Il ais - graphically portrayed IN ths
lsst volume q Nova SolyDa. my Illus.
a1i piou> people have lad wha:
- called the Vision Of AIon4l. In j.
Pensero-o occurs tins c~ol.let.