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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-22
A TEST FOR CIGAR SMOKERS.

Il have customer Who THINKS h.
smokes 20 ci4ars day" said a down
town dealer. "As matter of fact,
he gives away many Of them, and
throws away some that are only part
" consumed. However. he is firm IN
the belief thai he smokes more actual
tobacco than any man in the city, and
boast IN the subject in MY store
yesterday led to a curious bet.
@FIe declared 70 begin with, that he
could smoke shree ordinary cigars in
haIf an hour \ hystander remarked
that 10 man alive could smoke even
cen cigar continuously until consumed
without taking Il from his lips. Bosh:'
said my man. I DO that right alone
ard think nothing Of l.
I'll 3et Eo1 a bex Of perfeet"S
You oaa't1o :. r:ght now, said the
ther, and il nalf a minute the W.
vas made BY Il .erms he c.sar
was 70 be consumed in steady consao-
utive plsfs and net ,er2oXe1 t:aH2 Z
] lips untl burned TO 4 marx &c ant
hat iaches from he H. \ eaa
Havana Colorado Ma 3ura vas : e
lei for he test and the sHsoher to2ss =
SCAT and began.
He pnffel Ike az ereire fo, about
two min4tes and accumulated saa1a-
thing under half an inch of ash. an
then he began to uobb,e. He sh.f=@3
The cear from. side 70 side, palla
slow and fast an seemed 70 h&v
21eat difficulty IN eeriHs his brearf
fetweea the draws. Al any rate =.
Kept t,:raiae his heed to avoid II
SMOKE. and finally eot . 1anehins
could see he was in torture, hnt h
stuck o = r3sttl he got within half a.
trch Of TIE mark. Then he 5tnpa3
" suddenly. threw The cf2as away
and walked oat # he shop=
Il nai5j .ha het arI charged ! l.
his aco4n,. and fe old Re 3ast even.
t:.c thar he Tsry .3ea Of tobacco
fsaaa him -ie1y. ]a.sbt whether i.
would ae aasitla for anybody %
s.,s=a=,,.a ==s.#r a moderately strong #c:ea-
z:r1gah 81 = s.aa~ar haze d.
scH5hs,I
-1sa Pac-.o - !sze=z=.r.5,1 .
.st2z mas aaa ,.~-c as
recommendations. 60 a. So u.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-22

while before several of these very
| Iboys came By The first hing III did
was to cali ont
oh. Billy, are yon 2o.nG to til
circn>?"
Nope said Billy crisply: u went
to circus once, and eircnses are ali
alike. They never have anything new
I'm not going
Oh. no, laughed tn boys; would
mt go if you could. would you2"
Billy felt his blood tinglo, but he
did not answer.
suppose l gave yon my half a dol
lar. Billy. would you eo?"
1t was Tony who spoke and at tn
same time ran his band into his pock
q as if to show that the rnJ"ev was
ae nally here But inst thon Tony's
face suddenly changed its triumphant
expression. He BEGAN to turn his
pockets inside eli and 10 1oo1 in al
directions. The money was co~e.
Usually Billy would have felt Sorr.
fol Tony. AHt somehow he lid not
tlis tine. He slowly wound ap his
IGshlnc and started for hone
About half way across the meadow
h1s eye caught the sishJ Of Something
BRIGHT lying ju>t ahead. in the path
|, was silver half dollar, and ii
nor take Billy long to guess who ha'
lest it. Here was his chance 10 -
even. All he had 10 10 was 70 take
the money. 90 to the circus and say
nothing. Tony had teased hfn AMI
he deserved to miss the show.
Something under the bosom Of his
ragged shirt kept saying: Run home
end tell Miss Alice about i. :
No. Billy could rot 10 that. He
kf,ew quite Well whtt Miss yice
would say. That settled If. With his
teeth shat .i4ht as if to keep his hear
from jumping ito his threat he ras
back to the river.
Hero. Tony, have found yoar 81
cents. You must have lost i coming
across the meadow.
Tony vas sPeeehless Before n
could find his tongue Billy was h3lf
way across the meadow, going as fasr
as his short legs would carry &in.
Nhea he Pass5.i 1ae ho15ze w'@era
Miss Nice lived he di1 rot mean %
loeH up a. all. I1f she say. an a !
called h4a 1a, saN5as shat - -
15ss "a watching for htia al aftsrnaoa.
Sic fsIt sue i. Wau1a dance vita
s#=a= =Vlla IL Fast#a hzfz - - 49,
-. Tr5st.=a.i fha So AZ az u aan T.
ra'1 aeEa@ '9z.F. t"seHt. ehee&.
d - st5at5i - f5.l av=a.. Ha hi
ase near]# hz'f n square sstsa h.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-22
FOUR
BILLY.

Billy had no mother. That was
plain enough if one but looked at his
tron trousers. his ragged shirt and his
battered straw hat To be sure hese
were his everyday summer clothes
and lie had better ones Tor Sunday.
lis father was an honest man and
worked hard in tha mills, and VII
might have cared for his little boy
if he could have spent more Tine with
him.
When the schools ware going Billy
generally went 10 school, but al
through the long sumner days he Just
ran wild Only enc person in the
world seemed to take real interest
ir him. and tha: was Miss Alice, who
had been his teacher the last year
Even of her Billy was Shy, though
he would have done almost anything
to please her. \ long while ago sh.
had picked him up on the street on
Saturday afternoon and had led him
H. her home There she all5ed With
hm. showed him pictures read d
story. and finally took q comb and
pulled The taneles ont Of his yellow.
frowsled hair That was too much for
him. He could stand the pictures and
tho s.ories. but fer fellow of 9 10
have his hair combed!
Since then he aenearlly doaGed
around the corner if he saw Mia'
Alice coming To his thinking,
tangled mair was best suited to
fieckles and torn clothes. Anyway he
was net baby, to have his hair comb
ca. He aid love Miss Alice and would
not willingly have disp1easea hzf. baf
yet he was very shy.
One day the billpostors cane to
town Tp Went The creat flarine
sheets. yellow and rcd and b,ue, on
all the sheds and 5ilboards % tell
the boys and sirls and every one els
that The circus was coming OH III
18th. Billy rad i all, Just as tn
other boys did Perhaps h wished
that some fairy. or even some Ell
ugly goblin. would come along ard
give him 1ha necessary =half dollar
but if he did wish il hat was al IL
good there was IN Il. The bills wera
I'D ten davs befar4 the show. and Bill
" read tham dalv,=h9T he knex that
He could not hope 10 so.
On lie afternoon bafofe shaWlaz
Ri5iv =Wonf fsHiaa. alone. fIe kae&
the fellows he plafe5 With Wsre eotp@
10 III e5re"s. an lha. a thesa
We're ls2an 9auah #ta=t=H2t min 1fs=
cause h eaald pet 50. p fzer. a
had uot been a III ss#r i -ea3t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-22
Don't think that because a woman
is on spoken she can be out-talked.
Some saarys are so high as to be
beyond our reach.
What's in a Name?

Intestinal indigestion" Is the new rame fof
4 mHlt'tu3e Of stomach troubles II Is the reCog
niztd cause of heart disease kiddev trouble Is
co stipation. iatu enCy. inflammation OF the
bladder. neuralgia. headaches. dizziness. appeu.
dicitiS and rheumatism. Green's August
Flower goes right after intestinal iudigesti ior
and quickly clears it out of the intestinal tract
speedily curing any all of the al ments men
toned, Trial bottle sc. Big bottle &c. a;
all druggists
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-22

suddenly stopped and called back:
Thank you. Miss Alice, III GO
And Billy combcd the taneles out
Of his own hair for The occasion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-22

eE= 0Rs. SLACK BROTHERS
TvoBR TEETH
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-22

ii you "ou d itaN Ne meal On tiafe,
the dif.:s9r Dc ais,aa> aedeee.z .,#sl y .4$
lied. Buck oven bak-S, raas1s. ote@
Evenly quickly, and th9rouehl1 aad
has iine Whit eaanel iinja& 10 ~ ~
door, and racks. WHICH may b. washed
oil like a ChlHa pltte. fou y il! n tl1aaN
fui Tor SO years With BUCKS. Iot.
per day Will gel il.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-22

-'E,aa PGc.te - =.r,5.1 .
.ti.- II a322 ~-c -as@
accommodations c., ~ So u
F3v. H5@3r.a, rcov.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-22

.rePare IoGr igt..a
Dinner or & GelE z&}ge.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-22

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-03

CARNIVAL OF CRIME
IN BIRMINGHAM
Four Men Have Been Killed In
Past Fifteen Hours.
TRAGEDY AT A CARD TABLE


Guest at Negro Wedding Raised Dis
turhance and Killed the Preacher,
Striking Miner Killed by a Negro,
Who Was Fatally Wounded.
Birmingham, Ala, Nov. 2.-Within
the past fifteen hours four men have
been killed and one fatally wounded
in personal alterations in the Bir-
mingham district.
At Lewisburg Jack YarbrouSh, q
merchant and j. V. Phillips, a miner,
quarreled over q game of cards and a
general shooting followed Yarbo.
rough was killed instantly and Phil
lips died several hours later Jesse
Marlborough, son of the dead man, is
in Jail charged with killing Philips.
At Cardiff, w. M. Mulkin, a white
mine striker, applied the epithet
''black-leg" to Perry Burns, a egro
miner. and pistol duel followed. Null
kin was shot through the brain, but
lived for four hours. Burns, who is
in jail here, will die, having been shot
through the lungs.
AT Dolomite, during a negro we'd
ding, drunken guest raised distur-
bance and when the negro minister re-
monstrated with him he shot the
preacher dead. The names of the par.
ticipants in this tragedy have not been
learned.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-03
ANARCHISTS FIRE BUILDING.
An Attempt to Destroy Palace of jus
flce in Milan, italy.

tice IN Milan, Italy.
New York, Nov. 2.-An attempt
made by anarchists to set fire to the
Palace of Justice early Monday was
discovered in time to prevent serious
damage, says a Herald dispatch from
Milan, Italy. But this has been fol-
lowed by a similar attempt directed
against the great palace in which the
archives of state are preserved.
In the court yard may be seen the
uncompleted equestrian statue of Ma.
poleon, a monument never finished ow-
ing to the opposition of the extreme
political parties. The building it.
self contains thousand documents of
tncalculable value.
The fire was discovered little past
midnight by the proprietor of an ad-
jacent cafe.
When the police and f1remen arrived
they discovered that as in the attempt
Of the day before the large door of the
palace had been soaked with turpen-
tine, and pile of sawdust saturated
with turpentine against it and ignited.
Owing to the prompt action of the
man who discovered the fire, the dam
age was slight.
Two onlookers, who audibly APPROX
cd the action of tn eincendiaries, were
arrested.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-03
SWEPT TO DEATH
BY LIQUID AVALANCHE
Wall of Reservoir At Winston.
N. c., Gives Way.
SEVENTEEN LIVES ARE LOST
Nearby Residents Caught Without
Warning and Carried Away in Flood
Which Caused so Much Destruction,
Brick Wall Collapsed.

Winston-Salem, N. c., Nov. 2.-Sev.
enteen persons are known to be dead
and many more are missing as the re.
suit of the bursting of the reservoirs
at this place today.
One Of the brick walls Of the resert
voir collapsed, burying the home and
family of Martin Peoples.
A million and a half gallons of wa.
ter were released and over a mile OF
territory devastated. Thirteen resi-.
dences were destroyed, and is is i'm
possible at this time to state how
many lives have been lost.
Mayor o. B. Eaton is at the head of
large rescuing party, and search is
now being made In the debris for pos
sible additional victims.
The greatest excitement prevails,
and the voluntary rescuers are hero
ically working in the hope of saving
many who are known to have been
carried down by the rushing waters.
The colored settlement in the vicin.
ity of the reservoir was entirely wreck.
ed, and the negroes are working dill,
igently with the whites in the search
for the missing.
The cause of the disaster was the
overflow Of the reservoir, and a thor.
ough investigation will be made In or.
der to ascertain If the negligence of
any of the employees at the pump sta
tion was responsible for 1t. The res.
ervoir burst without warning, and the
victims were drowned while asleep in
their beds.
One couple, negro man and his
wife, floated on their bed for 500 yards.
Neither one was injured.
The dead as far as known are:
Mrs. Peoples.
Thomas Southern.
Mrs. John Poe and Daughter.
Five negroes.
The water supply of the city is un.
interrupted by the accident.
Martin Peoples was probably fatally
injured as was young nephew who
was sleeping in the residence.
The reservoir is located on Trade
street, a sparsely settled portion of
the city.
A statement will be prepared this
evening for the public.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-03

Courtship In New Guinea is begun
on very different lines from those OF
the Caucasian. 1t Is the girl who
takes the initiative instead Of the
youth. When a young man falls in
love with a Papuan belle he does not
look at her and whenever possible
shuns her company. If she appears
grieved at such Sights the suitor per-
forms various acrobatic feats when
ever he thinks she is watching. He
will leap into the air, stand on bis
head or knock down some smaller
youth. Should the girl be fascinated
by these performances she employs a
little girl to carry a nut to her lover,
and on the nut she will paint certain
emhlems indicative of her passion. The
nut will also tell where she will meet
him that night. At this trysting place
the two will eat the nut together and
make such arrangements as are nee
essary for the marriage. All the diff
culttes Of proposing on the European
or American plan are done away with
in New Guinea.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-03
SEEKING TO PROBE MYSTERY.
Police Of Montgomery Working Upon
Case of Young Hendricks.

Police Of Montgomery Working Upon
Case of Young Hendricks.
Montgomery, Ala, Nov. 2.-The po-
lice are making every effort to ferret
out the mystery which surrounds the
death OF James Hendrick, the young
man whose dead body was found on
the roof of a shed adjoining the Amer
lean National bank.
Hendrick was dressed in his sol
dier's uniform and his citizens clothes
were found at the armory of the Mont
gomery Greys, of which company he
was a member. A complete set of
burglars tools were near by and on
Hendricks person was nitro -glycerine,
dynamite, fuses, a glass cutter and a
pistol
The police believe that Hendricks
had two accomplices and that they
were expert safe crackers attracted to
Montgomery by the street fair now in
progress, and were put to flight by
Hendricks accidental death from an
electric wire.
The coroner's jury returned a ver-
dict Of death by electricity The
friends of the dead man are aston
ished beyond expression and cannot
account for his action. Hendrick was
very prominently connected.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-03
Official Reports of Operations,

Toxic, Nov 2.-The official reports
of the Port Arthur operations since
Aug. 1, form history Of almost con-
tinuous fighting of desperate nature.
The Russians at first struggled deS-
perately to block every Japanese ad-
vance and then met the concentrated
artillery fire of the Japanese with it's
kind. Latterly, since the Japanese
begun advancing parallels and trav-
erses and extending mines, the Rus
SLAMS have been constantly making
sorties. They rushed into the jap
anese trenches and engaged in furi-
Gus struggles with the engineers and
pioneers. With desperate courage
the Japanese continued to close in
upon the fortress, progressing stage
by stage. The Japanese infantry
never failed to respond when asked to
make an assault on almost impossible
positions, and when the troops gained
a foothold, they generally held it with
unflinching determination.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-03
COTTON PICKER SUCCESSFUL.
Machine Given Practical Test With
Good Results.

Good Results.
Albany, Ga, Nov. "A cotton-pick,
ing machine has at last been invented
and given successful trial in the
cotton fields near Albany.
The machine is not entirely auto
matte, as the arms that carry the
little wheels which gather in the sta
pie must be directed by human hands
to the open bolls. The arms carry
a chain with hoped teeth, adjusted
like the chain of bicycle. When
the machine is in operation this chain
revolves rapidly and the curved hooks
gather up the staple the instant II
touches the open boil and carries the
cotton upward until it is f1ecked of
into a receptacle by revolving brush.
The machine carries four operators
and a driver, for each of whom a coms
Portable seat is provided. There Is
no necessity for any bending or stoop.
ing on the part of the operative. and
all he is required to do is to direct
the well balanced and nicely adjusted
arms of the machine. 1t is estimated
that each arm should gather up one
boil per second at a very slow rate OF
speed, making 480 bolls per minute
for the four operators, or 28,800 per
hour. AS the bolls early in the sea,
son average so to 80 to the pound, one
machine can pick from 5000 to 4,S0O
pounds per days of 10 hours. One OF
these machines with four boys and
driver can do the work of 20 average
pickers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-03
PEOPLE POISONED BY PUDDING.
Two Persons Are Dying and Others
In Critical Condition.


In Critical Condition.
New York, Nov. 1.-Two persons
who ate part of pudding sent to a
theatrical boarding house in West For
ty-third street, are dying in Roosevelt
hospital, third is in a critical condi-
ton, and the police are securing that
part of the city in an effort to locate
the messenger, who left the package
at the door. 1t is believed that the
sender of the package planned the
death Of the entire household with an
idea Of revenge for some unknown
cause, Had the pudding reached the
dinner table, as was intended, the
lives Of score Of persons would have
been imperiled.
The negro housekeeper, her son, who
acts as bell boy, and another negro lad
were the victims. They ate some of
the pudding before meal time A few
minutes later they we're writhing from
the effects of arsenic poisoning.
A young man left the pudding at
the door, saying it had been sent by
q caterer in a nearby street.
Fortunately for the boarders, the
next meal was some hours away and
the wholesale poisoning was averted.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-03
Self Respect.

Self respect Is at the bottom Of all
our love of life. Lessen our self re-
spect and man is willing to throw his
life away in debauchery and the worst
kind of dissolute living. Self respect
is the bond that holds all his powers
together, that makes him able to act,
to bear, to endure. Now, nothing but
ceaseless striving for conduct, for mo-
rality, for principle, can give you self
respect. Every man who deliberately
does wrong and does not strive to put
1t beneath his foot as he would an as.
sassin seeking to take his life loses self
respect, and his power will pass away
little by little
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-03
MEN KILLED BY DYNAMITE.
Texas OIL Fields Scene of Fatal Acci
dent From CareIessness,

Texas OIL Fields Scene of Fatal Acct.
dent From CareIessness.
Houston, Tex, Nov. 1.-Two men
are dead, two fatally injured and one
severely hurt as the result of dyna-
mite explosion in the Batson oil field,
east of here, Tuesday.
The dead:
John Brumley, McKee's Rock, Pa,
head blown off.
Clarence ]. Hoff, Tennessee, body
blown to pieces and lodged in a tree
near the scene Of the explosion.
Fatally injured:
John Rider, Pittsburg, Pa, a piece
OF casing blown through his breast.
Bert Holt, hurled 80 feet and in.
ternally injured.
The pumping foreman was also
badly injured, but will recover.
Dynamite had been placed in the
Guffey company's well to loosen the
casing. 1t was decided to pull it out
and reset the charge. In drawing the
explosive up it collided with the cas-.
ing, causing the explosion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-03
State Can Recover MonAu.

Frankfort, KY, Nov. 2.-The court
OF appeals today decided for the de
fendant in the suit by the state to re-
cover from the Fidelity and Deposit
company of Maryland the sum of $22..
900 paid out by former Stat eAudf
tor John s. Sweeney, subsistence OF
soldiers called here by Governor Tay.
lor in January and February, 1900.
The company furnished Mr.. Sweeney's
bond.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-03
SURRENDER or PORT
ARTHUR EXPECTED
Japanese Feel Confident That
They Will Enter City.
REVIEW OF RECENT OPERATIONS
Russians Hopes for the Best, But Are
Prepared for News of Surrender
Japs Are JubiIant and in High
Spirits.

Spirits.
st. Petersburg, Nov. 2.-12:46 p. m.
Reports from the Orient describing
the assaults on Port Arthur beginning
Oct. 26, have created visible depres-
sion at the war office The sustained
character Of the bombardment with
siege guns and the preaching of the
walls by underground mines, but above
all the fact that the japanese govern
ment after weeks of silence regarding
the operations of the besiegers has
given out these reports before actual
success has crowned their efforts, con-
vinces the military authorities that
after long preparations General Nogi
Is not only making a supreme effort
to carry the fortress, but feels so con-
fident of success that the result of the
preliminary operations has been made
public. They believe the assaults
was timed for the fall of Port Ar
thur, to be announced on the birthday
of the mikado tomorrow, when a
strange coincidence, is the tenth ami
versary of the accession of Emperor
Nicholas and great Russian holiday.
Tomorrow there is expected to be
marked by the fate for day of i'm
mense rejoicing either for Japan or
Russia, according as the present as
sault succeeds or fails.
The war office is trying to buoy up
the Russian hopes with references to
the long and successful defense of
Lieutenant General Stoessel has thus
far conducted, but things have now
reached such a pass with the garrison
and the character of the present at
tempt upon the fortress Is evidently
so determined that the authorities
frankly admit they would not be sur
prised if the end was at hand.
In the face of the gloomy reports
indirect from Toxic, the Invalide Russ,
the army organ, today announces that
the storming operations ended with
the repulse of the Japanese on Mon
day, but the paper fails to give its
authorities for this important state
ment. No official report warranting
1t has been received by the war office.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-03
Trial Of Ex-Maxor Mecue.

Charlottesville, Va, Nov. Police
man Grady was the first witness called
by the defens etoday in the trial of
ex-Mayor McCue, charged with the
murder of his wife. He said he was
the second person to reach the Nc
Cue residence after the tragedy and
that when he saw the defendant there,
blood was dripping from the wound ON
his face, that it had ran down about
the mouth and stains on McCue's short
front appeared to him as il they had
been caused by the blood from the
wounds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-03
ASSAULTED hx Workmen.

Columbus, Ca, Nov. 2.-H. R. Po
liter, formerly of Columbus, who went
recently to Tate, Ca, to accept posi-
ton with a marble works as drafts
man, was seriously wounded by a
workman who made what Is said to
have been an unprovoked attack upon
him, infiicting very dangerous wound
on the side of his head.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-03
Convicted of whitecapina.

Waco, Tex, Nov. 2.-Albert Belts,
a young man, was convicted in Judge
Scott's court of whitecapping and sen.
fenced to two years in the penitentiary.
Witnesses testified that the defend
ant posted illustrated anonymous no
tees threatening violence against
negroes unless they quit farms on
which they were employed as labor
ers. The notices bore ghastly pic.
lures of coffins and negroes dangling
from the boughs of trees.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-03
outposts Constantly Firino,

General Kurokis Headquarters, in
the Field, Via Fusan, Nov. 2.-When-
ever a Russian or a Japanese exposes
his head he draws the fire of an oppo.
nent. A constant exchange of shots
between the outposts continues daily
The Russian casualties from sniping
are large.
The Chinese are busy carting in
grain along and between the lines OF
both armies, and are almost indiffer.
ent to the shooting.