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The Van Buren press., 1904-08-27

The accompanying cut shows the
status of the work on the million dollar
state capitol being constructed by the
state Of Arkansas on the site of the
old penitentiary in the western pJr
tiOn Of the city of Little Rock. This
photograph was taken on August %
and is an excellent reminder to the
people Of the state that a new state
house is in course Of construction to
take the place Of the one now in use
which was built seventy years ago.
Probably ninety per cent Of the peo
Pile Of Arkansas have forgotten that
work is still in progress on the new
state capitol. 1t is only occasionally
that some mention is made in the daily
press Of something connected with the
work of construction which brings it
to mind Though the capitol site is
almost within a stones throw Of the
Iron Mountain station, where hun
dreds of people from all parts Of the
state come and go every day a very
small per cent, if any Of them, have
visited the capitol site. Therefore
just at this time when the work is be.
ginning to assume the aspect Of a
building a reproduction of the pro
gress made is most timely. This is
the first photograph printed in any pa
per, in or out Of the state, showing
the actual conditions as they exist al
the site All previous pictures of the
capitol have been made from drawings
and show the capitol as it will appear
when it is completed, and has been in
actual use for a number Of years
Interest in the new capitol has been
revived lately by the announcement by
Caldwell d Drake, the contractors.
that they had been compelled to lay
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-27
Old Bond Is Worthless.

John Nj Harlow of Maddox, White
county, has written to the state attor-
noy general stating that he recently
secured in trade a bond for $500 issued
by the state Of Arkansas, July %, 1861,
and signed by w II. Miller, auditor
and O, Basham, treasurer He desired
Information as To the value Of the
bond, and II there was any possible
WY Of realizing on it. Mr. Harlow
waSa informed in reply that the bond
VAS worthless on account Of an act
passed by the general assembly in
1901 calling in all outstanding bonds,
excepting the issue Of 1899, and stip.
1lating that unless the bonds were
presented for payment within sixty
days after the first publication Of the
totice they should be void
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kppoIn, Board Of Examiners,

Gov Davis has received letter
from Lucus II, Perkins secretary Of
,bc state board Of law examiners. Of
Kansas, asking that he appoint three
representative lawyers Of Arkansas to
represent the state at a national con
ference. which viii be held colucIdcnt
with the meeting Of the American
Bar Association, the Association Of
American Law Schools. the national
conference Of Commissioners Of lni
form state Laws, and the Universal
Congress Of Lawyers
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Nera Physician Killed.

Dr. W, r. Magness, a Mena physi.
ian was shot and killed by Harry
Daniels a freight engineer on the
Kansas City Southern railroad on
August 70, Or. Magness was tying up
a package in his drug store when
Daniels walked in the door and with.
out warming began firing After he
had emptied his pistol he reloaded IT,
and walked short distance to whore
the street fair was in full blast and
surrendered to the sherin The rca.
son assigned for the shooting is jcal.
ousy Of Daniels wife. The murdered
man was a Mississippian and unmar.
ried The Elks took charge OF his
body
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-27
Jesse Roper CAPTURED Again,

Jesse Roper the murderer Of Shor
IN Bylor Of Baxter county has been
captured" again Though no accu'
rate record has been kept Of the mum
bcr OF times this famous criminal has
been rccopturcd since he Nllcd the
sheriff and made hls escape some ten
years ago, yet conservative estimate
would place the number at more than
a score. lie has not been heard Of for
some time now until during the past
week a rcquiston was issued from
the governors once eh the Judge Of
the Indian Territory for him,
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-27
Sued by Mother.In.law,

Mrs, NJ, G. Gollchcr has fled suit at
Little Rock against her dauRhtcrn.
law, Mrs, Rosa Golcher for 81 900 al,
lcgcd to be her portion Of damages re-.
covered from the Iron Mountain for
the killing Of the husband OF the DO.
fondont last November, The mother
was beneficiary Of policy for 1880
ana alleges that she signed away that
on the representation that she would
receive part Of the damages sued for
The widow received $4,000 from the
railroad company
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Old Cotton Stock Moving.

The stock OF old cotton which has
been on hand in warehouses at Little
Rock has begun moving and will be
gone In a shor, time The owners
have In the past week sold much OF
the cotton 10 eastern cotton mills,
On August 20 there were Ab2l bales
on hand at Little Rock as compared
with 32i bales the same day last year.
This cotton has been held for higher
prices but the ucarucss Of the new
season has compelled the owners to
allow II TO move at whatever prices
they could set
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Mayor viii Investigate.

The Little Rock city county took
official cogni2anco Of the charges made
by Constable Jones against Alderman
a t. Smith and Police Sergeant ClIt
ton, and referred the matter to the
mayor for n complete investigation
ia is empowered to appoint commit
tan, II hc deems II necessary TO consDi.
ut2 a LoNow committee The mayor
stated 10 the council that he believed
that charges Of immortality against the
sergeant were inspired by certain per
sons whose enmity he had incurred by
closing the saloons on Sunday
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Freight Reductions,

The Merchants Freight Bureau Of
Little Rock has been notified that AZ
the meeting Of Arkansas lines held In
Chicago It was agreed TO make re,
ductlon IN the rates on furniture, all
kinds, from Little Rock to vlcksburs
and Natcsez Miss and also to west.
ern points In Missouri, Kansas, No,
hraskn Indian Territory and okla.
homa It is not decided Just what
date the reduction will become crcc.
tive.
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Nearo Died Of lnlurIes.

Alexander Hayes the negro who
was accidentally shot near ChIdcstcr
OunchlIa county August 10, died
tbroo days later Hayes was employed
ON the Kirby place, Their smoke
house had been robbed several times,
and sNo son and father took turns
guarding II at night ON the fatal
night Hayes walked close to the
smoke house In going TO his quarters
ana was hrcd upon The verdict OF
the coroncrs jury was that the XIII
lng was accidental,
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BRIEF MENTION.

The first bale Of cotton was rcccly
ed at Magnolia on August 23.
Sylvester jenkins OF Grayettc aged
SO, claims TO be the oldest Odd Fellow
in Arkansas
Candidates for speaker Of the next
house Of representatives are coming
ont in droyes.
An aged negro named Ben Powell
living near Pine Bluff. tasted forty
days and died
The last game Of the Southern
League season in Little Rock VIII be
played September T.
DR. J. L. Rushing was elected the
first mayor Of the new town Of Eel
senthal in south Arkansas
Hammond Hart aged 6 years. was
seriously kicked by a horse at Pine
Blun His jaw was broken,
The Southern Furniture company
has been organized at Pine Bluff, with
capital stock Of $4,000.
An oil expert visited Perry recent
ly and after making an examination
stated that the outlook for oil was
good
Fanny White was fined $50 in police
court at Hot Springs on the charge Of
stealing from guests at the hotel whore
she was employed
John V. Roberts and Walter Greg.
ory were arrested at Searcy on the
charge Of conspiracy arson and grave
robbery in the Lightlc case
Clarence Anglin, aged eight
years confessed 20 setting FIRE 10
the plant Of the Armour Packing
Company at Fort Smith recently
The legal petition Of n. A. BeIlor
to have his name put on the ticket for
the September election as an indcpon.
dent candidate for sheriff was fled
with the election commissioners Of pu.
lasM county
The insects found in Hampstead
county cotton ncld were sent 10 the
agricultural department at Washing
ton which wired the Little Rock
board of trade that they were not
boil wccyils
l.. Georitz was shot and seriously
wounded near Argenta by Henry Bocr
ucr. ncighbor The anaIr was over
Gcoritz's cows breaking into Boorncr.s
field and II is said that the men CH
changed shots
one hundred and three letters.
containing checks amounting TO $50.
COO mailed by the Gus Blass Dry
Goods Company Of Little Rock TO
New York firms. on August 7, have
failed TO reach their destination and
the authorities are investigating.
A census ufncIal is securing data
on financial and social conditions In
littlc Rock,
An Indian named Dan Davis. died
at Hot Springs and the body was ship.
ped 10 his home at Muskogcc, J. r,
Albert Wheaton, a white man, ar,
rested In Little Rock sunday for
drunkenness told whcro he 80, the
whisky and the proprietor Of that va
loon was arrested Wheaton was ro.
leased from custody, and was found
several hours later In the same saloon
with his face badly beaten lie was
too drunk to tell who struck him lie
was locked MP then as n witness
The city OF Little Rock will be writ
tenup In the National magazine for
November
citizens Of Helena protested be-
cauee white woman LETT her eight
ycarold daughter In charge of a no
gro woman while she went away Ia
Mississippi
A n, ChIles manager Of n Little
Rock negro paper was arrtatod on a
charge OF crmifa' libel preferred by
/. G. Duke, another negro, who al
legged that In opposing him for ~
THAN ofnce Chiles printed matter Of
u llbclous nature,
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ktoroes Shot al a Bail.

In u frccforal hght at Longlcy
park Pine Blum, Joe Gill and Milton
Bragg were shot They were limo.
cent spectators Of the AFFAIR. The
trouble started when a negro trying
10 climb the fence had his hand cut
with n hatchet He got gun and
again climbing the fence began firing
INTO the crowd
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-27
A, Trawiek on jury Of Awards,

General Manager j, A, TrawiCk Of
;to Little Rock Railway and Electric
Company Of Little Rock has been ap
sotn,td member Of the jury Of
awards for the transportation depart
Bn, ut the worlds fair and has nc
vtlod The members Of the jur,
Nfte for whatever honor may be con
tttted with their eelecton and ioi
ne opportunity Of studying under the
most favorable auspices, the most ro
Wht improvements In railway con
xguc,Ion, operation and maintenance
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lneendlary Fire.

For the second time within year
the country home Of the CarIn Bros
near Sheriff. was burned on August
1G The loss was $4,000, with small
insurance. on account OF the near
noes Of the two hrcs and the fact that
no origin could be found, It is believed
that the Are was Of incCndiary origin
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-27
White County Coroner Resigns

Thco Meyer coroner Of White cOun.
ty who held the inquest over the body
cound IN the ruins Of the LIghtlo barn
buried as tha, Of nr Il G lIgh'lo has
rendered his resignation lie ag.
signed no reason, but says that Mr.
Roberts, Mrs Llphtlcs attorney Ia
being pcwccutcd This, and the fact
that be- was fined $50 some time ago
for carrying q pistol are supposed %
hn Ihr InNLNnN
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-27
Near Paris Henry Fisher fcll from
a wagon and broke his leg.
Woman Killed Negro,

Jesse Monroe was stabbed TO death
at Arkansas city August 81 by Dlroa'
Smith, Both are negroes, AZ uoou
as II was seen that Monru,s injury
was probably fatal the woman was
locked up and Will remain In the
pcsho county jail until the grand fury
conycncs az the January term Of the
circuit court
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-27
New Master MeehnnIe 70 Be Nam,d.

superintendent ot Motive Power J..
", Luttrcll o. the Iron Mountain sys,
tenn will name new master mochan'
ic 90 succeed Thomas Paxton who
resigned ON July gN Since that time
the shops have been under the other
master mechanic a NJ, Mayhiu.
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-27

j, !, H0fnwoll of Gfayetto let 80 a
windlass IN which ho was liftIng A
hutchcrcd beef aud II struck him Ia
the face breaking his Jaw
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-27

A verdict ot accidental death was
returned at Hot Springs over the body
Of Harry nicuN who was shot by n
companion The boys were playing
indian, when the shotgun was Rccr
dentally discharged
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the flag in Great Britain, Feb. 3, 1888.
AT length a committee was appointed
to definitely fix tho national standard.
This committee called in Capt. Sam
uel C. Reid OF the privateer Arm
strong, to devise a new flag. He re-
tanned the original thirteen stripes
and the blue ground of the union, but
added a star for every state, and this
has been the device OF the flag ever
since. On the admission of a territory
as a new state, new star is added to
the field of the National flag. In 1901
there were forty-five stars.
Third. The Symbolism of the Flag.
In the Bible there arc certain num-
beers and emblems to which sacred
character ia attached. These are sig
nificant In the Christian as they were
in the Mosaic and the Edenic dispense
tons. In the flag there are numbers
and emblems apparently unconscious
" adopted. II is remarkable that the
numbers and emblems Of the Bible
and the flag are the same. Yet We
cannot for a moment think that the
designers of the flag consciously
selected these numbers and emblems
because of their sacred character; or
knew that they we're sacred at all
from which we are shut up to the con
clusion that the choice was made
under a controlling providence.
To begin with: The flag as a whole
represents unity. In itself this Is
nothing extraordinary. But then
unity. or One. is of sacred nature
Thirteen Is popularity considered to be
an unlucky number. But the nation
and the flag belle this superstition
The original United States were thir
teen, and the original national fiae
had thirteen stripes and thirteen stars
This alone would stamp the 1aG
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But twelve and one make thirteen
There is something more than remark
able in the sacred numbers OF the flag
that eliminate in twelve. They are:
14-3+4-E6+7+12= 33, the exact mum
Der OF years that Christ lived on
the earth. and the exact average OF
human life upon the earth, and the
exact number OF years in luni-solar
cycles OF time. Is all this mere chance
work?
But this is not all. The colors are
sacred also. When God would give
outward expression to the mystic
symbolism of Religion lie was careful
to express the colors of His choice
BLUE and purple and scarlet and fine
turned llnen"-the colors of the
American flag-red. white and blue
Red is the sign of redemption, blue
of heaven, white of purity and peace
When the civilized world would sym
bollze mercy. II could only think OF q
red cross on a white ground--two Of
the flags colors, and that sign viii
touch the hearts of enraged combat
ants, Christian and pagan, now EN-
gagged in deadllest strife, for where 4
flies there is holy ground"
The Star. too. Is a sacred figure
Il is a scriptural sign, a prophetic
symbol, an apocalyptic emblem. Th'
Star sang creations hymn the frs
Sabbath morn: spoke to the Fathe
OF the Faithful from the midnigh
sky, and heralded the Prince of Peac'
standing above the Bethlehem hills
Can flag so instinct with heaven
emblems, and pulsating to ever,
breath OF breeze or blast of storm
with holy sign and sacred symbol
have come by chance? Believe 1t wh'
may, an American can neverl
Ravenswood, Chicago, Ill
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as providential. But then the alter
nate stripes were seven red and ST.
white; and both numbers are sacred
Let us deal with the seven rcd stripes
first.s Look at your flag. and you viii
find that the long stripes are three
in number and the short stripes four
Why are they so divided? Why not
five and two? The answer is: Be
cause three is a sacred number, ant
next to one is the most significant
and four is a sacred number also. One
represents the unity of the Godhead
and three the Threefold personality
of the Deity. Unity and Trinity, OF
/ plus equal 4, and four in symbolic
numbers represents completion OF
perfection. Four is unique in its com
prehensiveness. Thus we speak o.
the four quarters of the globe, the
four cardinal points, the four season;
of the year, the four winds OF heaven
ard in Biblical imagery the four Llv
ing Creatures, the four Judgments O.
God, etc. But three and four make
seven, another sacred number. In the
Book OF Revelation we read OF the
Seven Candlesticks, the Seven Seals
the Seven Trumpets, the Seven Stars
the Seven Spirits OF God, etc. Their
the six white stripes are doubly sym
bolical First, six is sacred number
being a double triad, or Trinity twice
repeated, the emphatic trine and sec
ond, white is a unity composed o..
seven. as white light is composed o.
tho seven prismatic rays which con
sist of three primary and four second
airy, a remarkable correspondence tc
the three long and the four short rec
stripes of the flag. But these two
six and seven, make another sacred
number, thirteen. The sacredness 81
thirteen is intensified by looking at Il
it another way. Three and four multi
piled together produce twelve, anoth
er sacred number as the twelve
tribes, the twelve Apostles. the twelve
signs Of the Zodiac, and such like
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INDEPENDENCE
DAY ~ 1904


NAL. others were regimental. and still
others were for special occasions.
That at Fort Sullivan. Charleston har-
Dor, was a blue field with n silver
crescent. The ensign under which the
battle of Bunker Hill was fought was
the New England flag. The flag OF an
American cruiser is thus described by
the London Chronicle of January,
1876
"The field is white bunting; on the
middle is a green pine tree; and on
the opposite side is the motto. ZAP
peal to heaven" The flag OF the Cul-
pepper men, who marched with Pat
rick Henry. had a rattlesnake, coiled
ready to strike. with the words, Don't
tread on me-"
The first American flag having thir-
teen alternate red and white stripes
upon 1t. there is good reason TO believe
was presented to the Philadelphia
Light Horse by Captain Markoe, early
in 1875. Tho earliest naval flag snow
ed thirteen alternate red and white
stripes with either a pine tree or rat
tlesnake, with the words Don't tread
on me-" The union flag raised Cam
bridge, Jan. l, 1875. had thirteen alter
nate red and white stripes with the
English union in one corner.
When the necessity for a national
flag made itself felt the Congress OF
June Ia. 1777 resolved; That the iag
OF the United States be thirteen
stripes. alternate red ard white, and
that the union be thirteen stars, white
on blue field representing a new
constellation" The first display OF
this flag at q military post was at Fort
Schuyler. site OF the present city oil
Rome. n. Y. Paul Jones claimed he
was the first to show the stars and
stripes on naval vessel. The nation
al flag first appeared over a foreign
stronghold. Fort Nassau, New Provi
dence, Bahama Islands, on it's cap
ture. June %, 1878. Capt. Mooers OF
the whaling ship Bedford, first few
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Weak
Hearts

Are due 10 indigestion. NlnetY-nine Of every
one hundred people who have heart trouble
can remember when II was simple indiges-
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which falls OF perfect digestion ferments and
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Mr.. d. KsubIs. Of Nevada o.. ssys: had stomach
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with n. took Kodo Dyspepsia Cure for about four
nonths ard u cured me.
Kodol Digests What You Eat
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Bottles oriy. sIoo Sire holding az times the trial
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DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK :?


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cures made by DR..
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Patterson Here.

j. r. Patterson, general manager
of the Chanute Cement and Oil Co.,
was in the city the first of the week,
and gave the cit zens some enllght,
ment As to the immensely of the plant
to be established west OF the city.
When entiIely completed the plant
will be mammoth affair employing
800 men, 1t will be several years
before the plant will be entirely COM
pleteG as contemplated.
1t IS TO be two complete plants
One will manufacture cement and
thelother pottery and sewer pipe. The
first half Of the cement plant will be
pushed to completion first. Work
will be begun on the plant just as soon
now as the plans and specifications
can be completed.
While here Mr.. Patterson employed
Mr.. CromaX to drill for gas on the
holdings of the company. He is to
drill till he secures plenty of gas to
run the plant. The works will be
connected wsth the city by trolly
line. This will enable the officers and
laborers to live in the city if they
choose.