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The Forrest City times., 1905-11-24
FARMER AND PLANTER.
THE GOOD ROAD QUESTION.
Taxation to Prorure improved Highway an investment In-
 stead of n Burdcn.

A man will spend s1e for modern plow instead of S1.50 for an old-time blow Of his fathers because t pays him 10 to 90
 He will spend $l2J for horse instead of S25 for an OK. because shc horse can travel faster and easier and hence is worth more
 He will spend $50 for a modern wagon or buggy instead of s2o for the crude cart of his ancestors because in this as in other cases. he follows the dictates of his wisdom i'll making the one or the other Of these voluntary in yestments
 But when the question Of a tax Is raised he loses his capacity for reason ing.
 He was born against 1t: he has been educated against it, he has lived against it, and voted against it, and is just naturally against it.
 Furthermore the politicians have told him that Ea could not stand such an increase in his tax. that taxes are too high anyhow; and that the people are not ready for it yet.
 He may waste half his winter time on the roads because they are so in- toierably bad.
 He may damage horse and spend $25 year repairing wagons and bug gies. because of these terrible roads.
 If forced to do so he may count It up that these bad roads cost him S25 oy. SEO or epan S-E a Np9-
 He may admit that they neeessitate his hauling half loads all winter and spring. that they keep his children from school and his family from church, and make the boys and girls all want to leave the country and move to town.
 He may realize that in swearing over the mud holes and broken ve- hicles, he Is losing even the religion which he inherited.
 He may admit all this and more, but when there is raised before him the question Of increasing his tax. he is seized with q nightmare which blinds him to all the ccmpensating benefits.
 Like the bull and the red flag. he is oppOotd u IL oli Bt it&]4i'V "At 's oo't4 Q to fight il.
 But some day our people will come to consider a tax in it's true light as an investment, and as the best and only satisfactory means of accom- riishing certain necessary and bene- .ent results.
 They will see that such m investment pays, and that it pays in proportion to the wisdom and intelligence with which 1t is expended.
 Fortunately, too, We are coming to understand that our bad roads impose upon us a tax which is just as real and burdensome as any or all our other taxes combined; that this is a tax which bears heavily on every citizen and benefits no one.-J. A. Holmes State Geologist, Mo.
The Forrest City times., 1905-11-24
HOLDING COTTON.
Fourtrea Reasons Why the South ern Cotton Planter should Hold
 Tor Eleven Cents.

Because il is worth eleven cents or| Rore'
 Because it is bound to sell at muclA| higher figures,
 Because the man who makes the cot ton should help to make the price,
 Because trade is broad and strong. and record-breaking as to textiles,
 Because the -aills are making moneyl on basis of eleven cents and twelys' cents for cotton
 Because the world needs every Bale, and will take 1t greedily at eleven cents. if we hold for this figure,
 Because we are no longer slaves tol the north. but a free people. with our banks full of money. and the mer-. chants and bankers at our backs,
 Because We live in a record break ! ing age. and the present cotton crop. which has maturcd and opened unusu- shert, when the worldwide and un- preeedeuted demand for cotton goods is considered,
 Because the farmer needs the money. and deserves 1t more than the specula- tor,
 Because monay doesn't buy as much now as formerly,
 Because everything the farmer buys has gone up In price. why not cotton9
 Because the Southern Cotton asso- citation has fixed the price for good cot ton at eleven cents and this associa-~ tion Is fighting our battle and has put millions of dollars in the pockets Of l southern poole
 Because we should be true to south era manhood and the southland. Because if We show the white feath- CT and sell. We will feel like kicking ourselves out of sight. when cotton is selling al eleven cents Q te ve and half cents per pound
 Stand pat for eleven cen. J. F. Wannamaker, Ordngeburs County, s. 1 C., in Progressive Farmer.
The Forrest City times., 1905-11-24
Will II Pay to Hold Cornr

According to information just coY- lected by the Missouri agricultural col- lege. the farmer who puts his corn in a crib to hold il for better prices can count on a loss by next June of at least fifteen per cent. That is to say. leaving out Of account the cost of handling and loss of waste. thirty cents bushel for the crop now is bet ter than thirty-fiye cents next spring
 This conclusion is based on the re- ports of careful experiments covering seyen yea"s and extending oyer a largo part of the Mississippi valley At the Iowa station. for example, seven thou sand pounds of corn were husked and stored October 19 in a crib built upon scales in order that the weight might be taken without disturbing the nat ural condition of storage. There was a Shrinkage of nine per cent for the ilrSt quarter year, five per cent for the second, three per cent. for the third, and two and fve-seyenths per cent for the last quarter. The ex- pertinent was conducted under the conditions that normally exist in this section of the United States and the results may, there:ore, be taken as typical of those that will obtain on the average Missour. sarm.
 The Missouri college pf agricultural. however, does not advise farmers to sell their corn, but to feeG 1t to some class of animals. thus returning as much of it as possible to the soil Care ful estimates show that where corn Is fed. eighty-five per cent. of it can be sent back to the field to preserve its fertility. Selling the crop means talk. ing this eighty-fiYe per cent frorn the farm and thus. needlessly reducing it's. fertility Home Journal.
The Forrest City times., 1905-11-24
SIX THINGS HAVE LEARNED
A Wide Awake Farmer Has Learned Few Things and Wants Others
 to Know Them.

Please allow me space to mention few things that l have observed In farming this year:
 1. A way to get more food stuff from an acre of land: About the last of March plant corn in rows seven feet apart, about two feet in the drill About May 1 plant between the corn rows Spanish peanuts very thickly; about six inches in distance enough to give them. The first of July SOW one bushel Whippoorwill tor speckled) peas among the corn and peas. If your land is reasonably fertile and the sea sons propltious. you can make good crop of each. If you have the field en- closed you may gather the corn the middle of September and pasture hogs upon the peas and peanuts and they will certainly thrive. If it is not fenced tine first of October. you can. corn stalks, pea vines. peanut vines. and get an astonishing amount of good provender. For the coastal plain re- zion l do not think this can be i'm proved upon. Just think you get three crops from a piece of land, and if the peas and peanuts are pastured with hogs, the land is in splendid condition for a crop of cotton next year or for corn again If you can not rotate, or 1t will be in nice condition for oats if you now it.
 ?. If you have a broom straw field upon your place cut it before 1t gets woody, save it as you would hay, and you have no idea what cheap bedding you will have for your stock. One acre in broom straw. if tolerably thick. will furnish more bedding than two men can rake and haul from a pine forest in week. If cut real early, say about September 15. I believe this grass would make poor grade of hay. which horses would eat; possibly cat tie might subsist upon this hay.
 . All tobacco land should at the last blowing of tobacco be sown to peas and this particular piece of land planted in cotton the next year In this in stance you get two crops from the same land and leave the land just as 1t should be for cotton.
 I. Corn should follow cotton. Oats after corn, and If you wish your land to improve rapidly, rest after cats anu peas.
 5.That an average ear Of corn should weigh, cob and grain one pound. that the dry cob should uot weigh over 2ts ounces.
 6. That if one wishes to SOW rye, crimson clover, or alfalfa, in the fall. that it must be done the last of Au- gust @ O. the vers first of Septem- Der. or there win no. be sufficient
The Forrest City times., 1905-11-24

package were opcaet they were f3Ea3 70 contain the biggest turkey she t5tle town bal evcr seen, aui tb' aiiovlas proclamation from tae lsiG3 -1refaer:
 "liatas Hrsa ..rsfu.oH trlt Ns5sz. =.
 l H====-. .aa- al=a 9Sth- ut Na== f=.aet aH= Wa t rebt prevented from 5t#5=# ta tre festivities iuctseft to rhanks.ss.sns '+t. !. .e.tafttt. recommend that at aHo se-t.nt laar 4a Nuuda}- December 2 t1t. Nj: a~f Ms = together wftt fless dfttl 8Ed s8gu young friends as M35s'N sa1- ctaese D iutlt-= tssemb., in z5s tftf,- AA cil sas-toem and teeee. wi.h tha5 kta- .Ha,'ts iar eoautry. home and the btes~ed tt'urHe5 of tttdreu. pdrtake If >Hes Roav ,i.s a~ 5te usually served In ChH=-t.s,T America eH u" day appointed Tor rastt aI- sf7rks5isEg. ard th5t specaI aetrztIou Sh1a b" ettau tta. Maisie ShSl be balut- tuay ~spnied wltt that portion of tEs Ei- ttotdl bitt' and such other aelicaese> nos cong ria b Ter
 IL. NJ SHAW. Governor C. IeHa.
 Sgrst u De, Muines. la. this 6ta Ga5 0f December. feel
 lt was a most deliGhtful Thanks giving Maisie and Uncle John both agreed on that point For the turkey was delicious. and Maisie was deemed sufficiently well to have bountiful supply as he good governor haG recommended. and Aunt Ruth was there in her prettiesl dress, as smil- ins end gracious as though she had never held aloof And Maisie ehose the turkeys wishbone. and when it had ariad for an hour or twa. sas hr0ueht + to Uncle John.
 Wish win me. Uncle John sho
 aid. nete John took hold of the
The Forrest City times., 1905-11-24
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 HERE AND THERE,

IT you desire to pack eggs for use next winter remove the cocks from the nens. UnferFile eggs will keep much better than fertile ones.
 If you have anything the matter with your hogs just put them on & dist of dry oats and water and see how quickly they will come around.
 No henhouse that is freuuently dusted with lime will be infested with lice. Lime purifies the quarters and afies them. IL is cheap and should be used plentifully.
 A Missouri farmer was knocked ;a:o insensi5l.ity by an extra large ear ef corn, on an extra tall stalk, fall inS on him While he was cutting it. How is that for big cornG
 The Rus, ian mulberry will produce froiI .iyc 10 ten bushels of plump ber- i:es per scascn within six years of blaming. The fruit Is excellent for poultry as well as fattening hogs.
 Save the sundower seeds. Russian black or CGt-and- Come again. They are fire to feed poultry and, like nuts. are good to eat. The sunioxer plant prifies the air, and prevents malaria.
 --Cochlel urs are getting scattered, and every farmer should see that the seeds are rot left in his fields If cut CT pulled up early these weeds could De dropped anywhere. but nov il is too late. Ii would not take lons 10 go over the fields and get them ou.
 flow much do you suppose it costs you q year to repair your wagons and yonr harness on account os bad roads2 How much does 1t cost .so6 year for shoes and clothing that are ruined by your children wading through the mud 10 school?
 The thousands of miles of railway annually being constructed is rapidly consuming all the timber on their lines. The l.. & \. hes had the wis dom of planting ot0 .000 catalpa trees near Carnry. Ala, 90 miles north Of Mobile. Tee transplaniaa trees are do- Ing finely.
The Forrest City times., 1905-11-24

had turkey and cranberries and ice cream and oranges. would hare gone, too, if I had not been sel-. Mamma was going to stay at home with me. but Aunt Ruth said she wanted to, so mamma went Nasn't that funny? l don't see how Acnt Ruth could have wanted to stay at home. l wanted to go, dreadful,y 1 pretty near cried"
 ''So did I,'' said the young man. un- der lis breath. Maisie went on:
 You see. this was going to be su2G d lovely Thanksgiving. and I hau planned about it so long I haven. ever been invited to big folks Thanksgiving dinner before. and al the people I liked best were going to be there-you, and Aunt Ruth. an l mamma, and papa. and the rest. And Mrs. Smith has such lovely dinners. everybody says. And I like turkey eest of anything. It seems as If I lust couldn't stand 1t. I had counted the days ever since there were hun dred. l guess. But. Uncle John. whv Gldn you have ThanksglNlne' Couldn't you eat any dinner? Dia you have a stomach ache. too o''
 No, said Uncle John; T had q H. ierent kind of an ache"
 What kind of an ache?" pef istet Maisie
 "A heart-ache, answered Eneie John. My Manufacturing wasn there Then he grew ashamed of h g .eHi8- nco. 'It takes more than q dinn-r ii saa,o Thanksgiving for grown poegie he said. lightly.
 Maisie," called a soft voice from the hall
 Its Aunt Ruth" cried Maisia starting up in delight But with just one glance at the tall figure beside
The Forrest City times., 1905-11-24

wofk fl i've minutes aEd rest for quarter of an hour Twelve times five minutes during the day make all hoGY, which is quite enough for ! beginning
 HHbont q doubt the first thing to te considered da the study of singing k ireafhiHs. which is tae foundation Of everything. Long deep byeaths should De taken. n0t from the chest bu from the diaphragm Some peo- pie are taught 10 breath from the chest but l am convinced that this is bad, for the chest is thus oyerworked and the diaphragm does not to enough work. Miss Clara Smars. of Boston, taught me during the early part of my career to sing with my mouth closed. Do not for a moment think that my throat is closed as wel as my mouth, CT that my tongue does not lie flat down. On the contrary, my throat is as wide open as il can be, and when l gradually open my lips after singing two or three bars with my mouth closed, you can hear the volume of sound which comes forth is no. closed" There is certainly a danger with this method-the sound has tendency to sometimes become nasal; but, as l said before, the pupil must Geyer hesitate 10 exercise her intelli. gence. She should listen to herself and the moment she hears a nasa, sound she should check it.
 All my scales learned in this way. practicing them and breathing exer. cises at regular intervals This is how the voice is placed and nothing can be done in the way of singing until one arrives at this stage. A great deal too much attention is paid, too. l think. to the sore throat. A gentleman of my acquaintance, whose hobby was sing ing, studied the throat in every con ceivable attitude. He cultivated the acquaintance of singers and no sooner had he heard them sing than he de- sired to see their throats. He was always dreading sore throat" and I am convinced that by constantly think. ing of the subject, he attually got it. singer must take care of his throat naturally, but I think 1t is folly to cod dle it, and 1 must say that I prefer to think like my teacher-'I have Cn throat, il is my head that sings"
 AS to expression and meditation of the voice, it seems to me that as far as possible this should be left to the singer herself. She ought to be able to understand what the composer wants and endeayor to do it. At first the pupil must have the beauties point. ed out, but oy degrees she will see them herself.
 There is a great difference be wcen the concert platform and the operat.o stage. and, of course, no comparison. The former is difficult. but the latter IS ten times more so. Unless the voice is strong, f will be useless 10 attempt it. Nor need say that it requires a much stronger constitution for operatie singing. for an evenings operatic work is very trying. Dramatic ability and temperament loo. are necessary for sHeeess in this. and, indeed, in all sing. iCg
The Forrest City times., 1905-11-24

end and glanced at Aunt Ruth She must have understood his look for she came softly toward him with cheeks a piuf as her ribbons.
 Ol" eried Maisie a. it snanpe3. I have sha longest end. and didn't want fo ger t. have eyers hing @aaf this Thanksgiving. meaat yoa tc get your wish. Gncla John "s
 I nave everything that want. too ' answered nele John. softly. as he ,oohed d Aunt Ruth. This has beeu the best Thanksgiving I ever mad in my life"
The Forrest City times., 1905-11-24
TURKEY GIBLETS
The Season s Travesty.

Mrs Dorcas-How is il. my poor man, you have no Thanksgiving din nor this year?
 Tattered Tom-I follered yer advice. mum. wuz good dis year, an didn't do nOthin 10 git committed 10 Ge ;s- and.-Judge.
The Forrest City times., 1905-11-24
A Hard Choica

Jinllag-Wot yer efyin' fer. Joaunra JoAaEt-l 8aatef go Ter 8e foat ball eaHla.
 Jinmy-Hy don't ser sneak aEay ea se f2
 Johany-I.m afraid all d. tareey'lt le eat up by de time git back
The Forrest City times., 1905-11-24
Realism.

Editor-I liked your Thanksgiving jokes, MT. Scribbs, but you didn't got them in early enough
 MT. Scribbs-Well, that's it, you see cact make 'em. unless I'm full of turkey and cranberry sauce.
The Forrest City times., 1905-11-24

'I'n. very thankful I'm not tar- key" simpered Miss Elder as Mrs. 5malts boarders gathered around the table.
 And no cne eyer takes you tot 2 spring chicken" replied Ms Flfpf
The Forrest City times., 1905-11-24
O Thankseivsng Da-.

Mrs. O.Toole-Asrah. Pa. all. h5. 1a fcd e'e goat today
 Air O'Toole-Thot Oi have. aa 2 ioiEe male f was. too Oi gave h;u t'e paper to ate aid te pr.sideD.s fhaahsgivin proclamation h T.
The Forrest City times., 1905-11-24
An Outip@ h fba Fall

EHa-Ffed and are b have fall outing.
 s,ela-Iou mean a fallias out. don't yan2
 Ella-Not necessarily. ue are 70 bo married in October and &.a galae on o-r wedding tgt4-Judee
The Forrest City times., 1905-11-24
Behind he Scenes

What did rotae Foot..shI say when you informed her Of yoc. intention to Lne and kiss her2a
 she said she always appreciated good press no;!cse Chicago Daily Nesn
The Forrest City times., 1905-11-24

moisture in the soil to cause them Id
 germiuate and make satisfactory growth Cor. Progressive Farmer.
The Forrest City times., 1905-11-24

very Goleful. and the hot little hand that clung To his very small an1 soft. The young man longed to com fort thls small neighbor of his, who was dearer than the little nieees fro m hom she had caught this way of ad dressing him. Perhaps that was be- cause her face against the pillow looked so much like that other face that Was the loveliest in the world to him. But how could he be a con- sorter when he was in need of com fort himself ?
 It's too bad, Maisie. but you aren't he only one who has had hard times, ' he said. T didn't have any Thanks giving, either, and don't feel as fl should ever have one again"
 Maisie's brown eyes opened wide.
 Why. Uncle John; you went to the dinner. Mamma said so. And yon
The Forrest City times., 1905-11-24
A RECOVERED THANKSGIVING By BERTHA E. BUSH

T. Uncle John didn t have any Thanksgiving. And now it's all gone by. l feel dreadfullv. If live 10 be eyer So old. l cant make up for this Thanksgfvi
 The little voice was
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-05-12
tt M & TABLE s
Missouri. Kanoassand Texas.
The Frisco Railroad

The Frisco Railroad
EAST BOUND.
No. AZ. Express. ...... S:61 a. m.
No. "a. Mixed traip. .10:25 a. m.
WEST BOUND.
No. Al. Express. -. .6:05 p. m.
No. 63. Mixed train. .12:41 d. m.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-05-12

S. T. Bently President of the
Bokchito Nat, Bank paid
this Office a visit yesterday morn
ing on his way to take the train
for home and took occasion to
compliment the Office weappreci-
ated this very much as he is not
atall given to flat-tery.
G. W. Holmes states to a News
reporter this morningIthat in his
initiation to the Elks Lodge last
night he received the worth OF
his money. And while he took
only the obligation, thinks that is
enough for him will leave the
rest for the other fellow. Though
considerably worsted, he is able
to be at his place of business and
is very thankful to the Elks for
their consideration.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-05-12
Durant Gossip.

From Mondays Daily.
DR.. A. H. Seely Of Emet is in
town today.
w. M. Castleberry and Sam
Wise of Mead was in Durant
Saturday on business.
W. M. Hightower, the mer-
chant of Mead, was stepping
around on our streets today.
W. H. Goetting the true and
tried farmer of the Nail Com
munity was in the city today.
M. E. Mackey has sold his in
terest in the New York Racket
store to his partner g. F. Harris.
A letter to A. G. Risnes states
that "Buck" Nail is no better
with chances agains. his recov-
cry.
Miss Stark of Armstrong
Academy, was visiting Miss Jim
Harrison, and attending the
carnival Saturday.
George Boston and George
Tarter left on the east bound
Frisco this morning in the inter-
est of the Durant Nursery Co.
B. L. Murphy of Commerce,
Texas, cousin OF H. L.Johnson
visited him yesterday, he is pros
pecting for cattle range. He
went further north this morning.
A. Frank Ross has had an in
terview with Garry Nation. She
will visit Durant sometime this
spring, who win deliver as in the
time of our tribulation.
There has been $4,000 sacks
for shipping potatoes ordered for
Durant by the truck growers.
This will make between one and
two hundred cars.
Monroe Martin of near Litch-
field, KY, is in Durunt visiting
his son, w. j. Martin, our fellow
townsman, whom he has not seen
for nineteen years. He will re-
main some time.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-05-12
No Lottery.

A business education is no lot
terry; there are no blanks. You
might forget Latin or Greek, but
no odds what your vocation in
life may be, this business train
ing will be worth ten times it's
cost.
A course of shorthand and
typewriting is the best investment
a young man or woman can make
for immediate returns, as the de-
mand fer our well trained steno-
graphers is much greater than
the supply. The average student
within three months after enter
ing our school will find himself
holding good stenographic po-
sition paying from $40 to rs per
month. However, the bookkeep-
ing and shorthand courses COM
bined offer better opportunities
for rapid promotion.
If you positively knew that by
spending five months in our
school, completing a thorough
course of bookkeeping, business
training, shorthand and type
writing, that you could double
your earning capacity for the
next twenty years would you not
enroll with us at the earliest pos
sible date? You can do it, and
we are prepared to prove il
by what thousand of others have
done. Address Capital City Bus
mess College, Guthrie. Okla, fol
large illustrated catalogue free
giving full particulars as to how
we can double your earning ca.
pacity. 29-d&w1t
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-05-12
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.
Dogs Perish From Starvation While
Guarding Their Demented Master.

New York, May 10.-In a
swamp near Mount Holly, N. j.,
two dead dogs have been found,
where they perished from STAR
walton while keeping vigil over
their master, who had suddenly
lost his mind and wandered from
home. The man Amos Willetts,
was still alive, but in the last
stages of exhaustion from hum
ger and thirst. His condition
wa 8 such that his captors mar
veled that he should outlive his
devoted animals.
Willetts suddenly lost his
mind several days ago. Almost
as soon as the fact became known
he disappeared with the two dogs
his inseparable companions.
The case was reported to the
authorities and constables were
assigned to the task of finding
Willetts. They searched the
countryside without success, but
on entering the swamp fouod
Willets curled up in the mud.
His clothes were torn to shreds
and he was unconcious from ex-
hauston. Beside him were
stretched the C aroasses of the
faithful dogs
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-05-12

You never heard OF any one
using Foley's Honey and not being
satisfied. Sold by o. L Shannon.