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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-08

few weeks completes; positions guar
anteed; prepare now for busy season;
more calls for help than can be sup
piled; easy work; big pay: write for
catalogue. Moler Barber college,
Chicago, Ill
Sharp County record., 1905-02-03
Bio BLAZE Al H0xie.

The passenger station and
telegraph office at Hoxie was
destroyed by fire last week. The
fire started in the baggage room,
presumably from a large coal
stove, bat this is conjecture as
no one was in that part of the
building at the time. At ten
minutes after four o'clock the fire
was discovered and at four thirty
the building was in ashes. The
building which was an old one,
was of frame construction and
the wind which was b.owing half
gale at the time aided in the
rapid work of destruction.
The building and its contents
were a total loss, the telegraph
instruments, ticket office supplies
and everything were consumed.
The fire is said to have been
one Of the most costly the railroad
has suffered at a similar sized
station,
Sharp County record., 1905-02-03
Bryan PrCdicts Great Change.

New York, Jan. 28-A political
conference lasting three hours
has been held here between
William j. Bryan and Alton B.
Parker. The meeting is stated
to have been arranged by Nor
man E. Mack of Buffalo, a mem
Der of the Democratic national
committee.
1t is stated by the Herald that
Bryan made his views quite plain
and expressed the belief that the
West and South must have the
dominant voice in the manage
ment Of the Democratic national
interests. He predicted that
within few years there will be
great internal changes in both
party organizations, and men
who now call themselves Demo-
Gratis will come out openly as
Republicans, while professed
Republicans will declare them
selves Democrats; that the new
strength for the Democratic
party will come from the Western,
while the new Republicans will
appear in the Eastern states, and
that the trust question" will
overshadow everything else in
the next campaign.
There was no discussion Of any
| financial question.
Sharp County record., 1905-02-03
Sensible Talk.

While the debate was on in the
lower house of the general as
sembly on the question of segre-
cation of the school taxes, Mr..
Horton Of Baxter county was the
only member from the northern
section of Arkansas to make any
remarks upon the subject. He
said speeches had been made
from all sections of the state but
his, and he desired to speak for
the great mountain region Of Ar
kansas. He hailed from a county
having but one negro voter and
taxpayer, and from a section
where they we're exceedingly few,
80, really, he said, the bill was
a matter of Indifference to them.
But they were not Indifferent to
the needs of the state at large.
He argued that the bill was first
unconstitutional, and said then
that he would never vote for a
constitutional amendment pro-
viding segregation. Aside from
the unconstitutionality of the
question he argued that the law
was not right and just. He said
it appeared that the segregation
bill was one that would only ef-
feet certain districts Of the state
and that the burden of the school
taxation in those districts was
upon the white men who, to a
unit almost, opposed the bill.
Then Why" he asked, "should
we of the mountains and the hills
deny the people of those sections
their wishes?
Intelligence and education was
as good for the man who handles
the plow as it was for the man
who practices law, he said; there
fore, granting the negro race to
be an inferior one, he would pre-
fer him educated than ignorant.
Sharp County record., 1905-02-03
WHO WILL BE OUR NEXT
MEMlER OF CONGRESSl

Who will be our next repre-
sentative in congress, is a ques-
ton of no little concern to the
people of the End Congressional
District. S. Brundidge Jr., will
doubtless be a candidate for re-
election, and W. A. Oldfield OF
Batesville is an avowed candidate
for the distinguished honor.
And there is another, whose
name is mentioned in that con
nection; one whose power oil
speech, and honesty of purpose
will make him a leading cam
didate, should he permit his name
to go before the people Of this
district.
There is no man in the End
District more entitled to the hon
or; no man with more ability to
perform the duties Of that lofty
position, than Harry Lee Ponder,
the bright and brilliant star OF
Lawrence county. Lawrence
county is known as the "Old
Mother of Countless" producing
as she has for years the noble
exponents of Southern De-
mocracy.
She has never asked for but
little, and received less. Sharp
county stands ready today to re-
spond to her sister county's call
for aid, and when she sends forth
her favorito and gifted son, Har-
ry l.. Ponder, who is as brave
and true as any Knight, when
Knighthood was in flower, we
will touch every campfire in this
district, that his way may be
lighted to Washington.
VOTER.
Sharp County record., 1905-02-03
Will Not Rebuild.

If the action taken yesterday
by one of the largest manufactur-
ing companies in the state is a
criterion of what other companies
would do in the same circum-
stances, Arkansas will lose
materially in its growth as a
manufacturing state as a result
Of the passage OF the Logan anti
trust bill. The fact that the law
practically precludes any pos
sibility Of the old-line fire insur-
ance companies remaining in the
state is given as the cause for
this latest action, and the move
ment is believed by insurance
men to be only the first of a
number of instances Of the same
character.
Announcement was made
yesterday that the Little Rock
branch of the Furniture Manu-
featuring Company, which was
destroyed by fire on the morning
of December 81, will not be re-
built owing to the failure to get
adequate fire protection. The
announcement came from E. J..
Bodman, secretary OF the COM
pany, and is regarded as severe
blow at the industries in Little
Rock. The factory whom running
Sharp County record., 1905-02-03
1908 RESOLUTIONS.

That we must do more business in 1905 than we
did in 1904. To do this we know that we are
going to have to make especial effort; as 1904 was
an unusual prosperous year for everybody and
our business was by far the largest in our history.
Ever since we have been in business, our business
has always increased over the precedlng'year, so
must not fail to have it so in 1905, With this
end in view we are always going to offer better
goods for the same price or the same goods for a
less price.
During our large business of last year, if from
any cause of any kind any customer is dissatisfied
must say that it is not our desire to have it so
and they will greatly oblige US to let us recty it.
Thanking and ali for past patronage and So
Letting continuance of the same, are,
MOST RESPECTFULLY,
Sharp County record., 1905-02-03
PERFECT CONFIDENCE.

Were there used to be affecting Of
uneasiness and worry IN tho houses
hold when child showed symptoms
OF Group, there Is now perpect con-
fdeuce This Is owing to the unis
form success Of Chamberlains Cough
Remedy in the treatment OF that
disease Mrs. NJ. |. Basford, of
PoolesvllIe, Nd, IN speaking of her
experience in the use Of that rem dy
says; II have a word of confidence
IN nberalns Cough Remedy for
| have used 1t with perfect success.
My child Garland Is subject to se-
we're attacks of Group and it always
gives mm prompt rehsi" ForosIc
by all d~gg,Jis.
Sharp County record., 1905-02-03

full force employed a large num-
Der of men, and its pay roll every
week amounted to about $1,000.
This means that this number of
laborers will be thrown cut of
employment, and that the city of
Little Rock loses practically ST.
900 a week. k.-Gazette.
Sharp County record., 1905-02-03
Wented-More Thunder.

Since the passage of the famous
antitrust measure, Governor
Davis is said to be casting about
for something of a thunderous
nature. The King bill has served
him long and well.
Sharp County record., 1905-02-03
THECOURTS

Circuit Court, Northern Dis
rict-First Monday in January
and July. Southern District
Second Monday in February and
August.
County Court-Third Monday
in January, April, July and Oc-
tober. No County Court in the
Northern District.
Probate Court-Northern Dis
trict-Third Monday in March,
June, September and December.
Southern District-Second Mon
day in March, June, September
and December.
Sharp County record., 1905-02-03
OEFICIRL

Congressional.
Member of Congress End District
S. BRUNDIDGE JR.
Senatorial.
Member State Senate, Second
District.-J. E. MCCALL.
Judicial.
Judge of the 10Th Judicial Cir
cult J. W. MEEKS.
Pros. Atty.--P. H. CRENsHAW.
ov1Iy.
Representatives.. B. ANDREWS
County Judge-J. W. SMITH.
Clerk-C. D. RITCHIE.
Sheriff-G. H. MATHEW.
Treasurer-E. L. DICKERsoN.
Assessor W. T. HORN.
Surveyor-G. N. SIMPSON.
Sharp County record., 1905-02-03
a 1HE above picture of the
man and fish is the trade
M mark ofScott's s Emulsion,
opd 10 tho cvpOnym for


and is the synonym for
strength and purity. 1t is sold
in almost all the civilized coun-
tries of the globe.
If the cod fish became extinct
it would be a worldwide calam-
ity, because the oil that comes
from its liver surpasses all other
fats in nourishing and life-giving
properties. Thirty years ago
the proprietors of Scott's Emul-
sion found a way of preparing
cod liver oil so that everyone can
take it and get the full value OF
the oil without the objectionable
taste. Scott's Emulsion is the
best thing in the world for weak,
backward children, thin, delicate
people, and all conditions OF
wasting and lost strength.
I Send for free sample
SCOTT q BOVINE, CHEMISTS
4oe-41s PEARL STREET, NEW YoaK
| 5Oc, and 800. All druggists
Sharp County record., 1905-02-03
Is This a Trust?

Farmers in the vicinity of Ok
olona have agreed to hold what
cotton they have for ten cents a
pound and reduce the acreage
this year % per cent.
Sharp County record., 1905-02-03
STATE NEWS.
Boiled Down for the Edifica-
ton of Readers of the
Record.

I A belled buzzard has been seen
IN Hampstead county several
times lately.
Mrs. R. B. Cooley, II years
old, fell on the ice at Yellville
and broke her arm.
Senator John P. Logan has
been reelected president of the
T Arkansas State Horticultural So
ciety.
The postoffice at Barton, a
small town in Phillips county,
was destroyed by fire one night
last week.
The two STORY dry goods es-
tablishment of l.. Kingsbury was
destroyed by fire at Texarkana,
Loss, $4,000.
Thomas Logan was thrown
from a buggy at Fayetteville and
seriously injured by striking a
telephone pole.
The governor has granted a
pardon to Harvey Busby, con-
victed in Lee county of carrying
a pistol and fined $50.
A mass meeting was held at
Sloan Springs last Saturday to
petition for the repeal or amend
nent of the antitrust law.
| George Hannah, in Jail at Van
Buren, has been identified as a
notorious criminal, who is wanted
at several points in the south
west.
The $4,000 residence of Calvin
Scott was burned near Texar-
kama, and the family had barely
tfnle to escape in their night
clothing.
The 3-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Raunald of Wynne
was seriously burned recently,
her dress catching fire from an
open stove.
M. F. Weigel, a railroad man
at Dewitt, is violently insane.
His mind gave way in the after
noon following his marriage in
the morning.
John A. Connor of Conway
county, who was convicted of
selling native wine to a minor
and fined $50, has been pardoned
by the governor.
While out hunting last week
in Conway county Napolean
Adams was shot and almost in
stantly killed by julius Marrs in,
an accidental manner.
Representative Moore Of Lon
oke county has introduced bill
in the legislature to allow the
sale and shipment within this
state of snipe and plover.
McCord Macon, aged %, died
at Little Rock from a SELF -inflict-
ed bullet wound in the chest.
Dependency at the death of his
parents led to the young mans
suicide.
j. E. Simpson, manager of the
box factory at Brighton, was fa-
tally crushed by getting caught
in the machinery several days
ago. He died two days alter the
accident.
A big effort is being made to
rid Hot Springs of tough char
acters. In two days last week
about twenty thieves and con-
fidence men were rounded up by
detectives.
The 8-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Taylor, near
McCrory, was fatally burned a
few days ago. Her clothes took
fire while she was standing close
to hot stove.
L.
Sharp County record., 1905-02-03
The Hon. Ananias.

An Indiana legislator wears
the name Of Ananias. 1t is told
on him that he lives up to it, too.
Sharp County record., 1905-02-03
Directory.
RELIGIOUS

Preaching at the Methodist
church second and third Sundays
in each month by Rev. W. S.
Southworth, pastor.
Sunday School every Sunday
morning at 10 O'Clock. o. C..
Shaver, superintendent.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-26
FOR SPEAKER
OF THE HOUSE.
(Madison Recorder.)

There are three announced candi.
dates in the race for speaker of the
lower house. They are J. w. Watson.
of Oscelola; J. d. Pirrong. of Calhoun:
and A w. Gilchrist, of DeSoto coun.
~. J. w. Watson has represented
Osceolo county in the lower house for
a number Of years, and he was speak
er of the house in the legislature of
1901. He is a man of some ability.
General Gilchrist gets his military
title from the fact that he was az
one time a Brigadier General of the
state militia. He has represented d..
Soto county in the legislature at a
number Of sessions; and strange to
say, for a man that does a great deal
OF talking on the floor, he has con-
siderable influence among his coIICa-
CUES Of the house He is very witty
and frequently brings down the house
with some characteristic remark. J..
ID. PirrOng appeared in the legisld-
ture last as state senator from his
district. In that capacity he served
four years. Mr.. Pirrong was a mem
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-26
THE ORIGINAL
ATTEMPT TO DRAIN
THE EVERGLADES
(By Chas. A. Choate.)

/ Inc recent expedition of state Off
Gals TO the Everglades, and the subse-
quent announcement as a result OF
their observations, of the feasibility ci
the successful drainage and reelama-
ton of that vast expanse Of water, in
| terspersed with innumerable islands
| and covering millions Of acres of the
richest soil in the world, excites re-
neWed interest in that region of ma
/ tural wonders, rs well as in the his
| tory OF the several projects for its re-
clamation which have been exploited
from time to timRduring the past quar-
| ter OF century.
! The fact is doubtless not generally
known to the present population Of
the state, and may have been almost
forgotten by many of the older resi-
dents, that as long ago as 1879. the
earliest organized efforts to affect the
drainage and reclamation of the Ever
glades was projected, with every ap-
parent prospect of success. In March
of the year named a charter was
granted by the legislature TO the Mid
land Railway, Drainage and Land Com
pany, whose scheme Of public improve
ments included trunk line of railroad
from the vicinity of Live Oak to the
headwaters of the Kissimmee river
and Lake TahOpekaliga, and the drain
age and reclamation of the lands ad-
Jacent to the river named, the CalOOsa-
hatchie river and Lake OkeechObee.
, together with the establishment by
canals and channels. of inland water
navigation upon the rivers and lakes
throughout that region. Shortly after
wards this company submitted PROPOSE
tons to the Trustees of the Internal
Improvement Fund for the drainage
and reclamation of "the Everglades
and Big Cypress from inundatiOn," and
that portion of the country lying to
the southwest of Lake OkeechObee,"
and to construct various navigable
canals, etc. A contract was thereupon
entered into providing for the execu-
ton by the company OF the several
works of drainage and reclamation
and the granting to the company. upon
completion thereof, Of a moiety of the
lands thus reclaimed. This contract
was made in August, 1879 The com
pany began operations by placing
small steamboat on the waters of Lake
Kissimmee, and beginning the work OF
surveying, etc. The board having re-
fused to withdraw or reserve from
sale such lands as might be affected
by the operations of the coHpany. the
company offered to buy one million
acres. and the board agreed. fixing
the price at forty cents per acre.
The difficulties encountered by the
company in endeayoring to secure the
control of sufficient capital for the
prosecution of its enterprise prevented
the consummatioh of its plans. With
in eighteen months of the date of the
Midland company's drainage contract.
Hamilton Disston, OF Philadelphia. ard
his associates presented to the board
proposition for the drainage and re.
clamation of the EveTglade lands, upon
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-26
OUR PRIVATELY OWNED
UNITED STATES SENATORS.

The present stand of the United
States senate on the subject of rail-
road rate legislation. together with
its past record on other and similar
matters of equal Importance TO the
country al large, has led to some very
caustic criticism of that august body.
The senste's general disposition to
represent private rather than public
interests has, in fact, become so pa
tently obnoxious TO public sentiment
that there comes from no less an au-
thority than the conservative editor
of Golfers Weekly the following d.
rect arraignment of that body:
Any rich man can. afford to own at
least one senator. though a United
States senator costs more than an au-
tomobile.
A Michigan manufacturer has petit
toned the senate 10 expel Senator
Plat Of New York, on the ground
that. as president of the United States
Express Company, he is in a conspiT-
acy to defeat all bills intended for
the establishment o. a parcels post
Conspiracy would be hard to prove,
but that no parcels post system will
be established as long as express
companies have their senators, and
swap favors with other business cor
poratiOns who also have senators to
use and to exchange. we are all placid
Nv and patiently convinced.
When the movement for an inter
national parcels post acquired some
quiet Roadway. a few years since, the
foreign officials who were working
for the plan were naturally rather as
tonished to learn that the government
of the United States consisted not
only of the executive, the legislative.
and the judicial branches, but of the
express companies as well.
II the senate were not so full of
jobbery, on all matters where money
is concerned, its opinions on other
topics would enjoy more confidence.
Public sympathy went strongly to
the president and against the senate
in the treaty controversy, not on the
merits of the question, but from the
general habit of looking to Mr.. Roose-
welt for integrity and to our higher
chamber for sale and bargain.
The charges contained in the above
are not really news to the American
public, but they constitute something
new from Golfers Weekly. If it has
got to a stage where this conservative
publication thinks itself justified not
only in taking the~matter up serious
ly but in making such charges direct
" it must be even worse than the
majority Of US have ever suspected.
At any rate, there are few who will
question the general truth of Golfers
comments on the subject-or at least
not until we have some tangible evil
dence to the contrary.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-26
AS TO PROPOSED
PATENT MEDICINE LEcISL ALTON

Something has been said about a
possible attempt on the part of the
coming session of the Florida legisla
ture to enact certain legislation for
regulating the sale Of patent medi-
oines in this state.
Whether the attempt is TO be made
from patriotic motives and a sincere
desire to protect the stomachs and
the health OF the people of the state,
or merely as a means by which that
class OF well-dressed highwaymen who
compose the third house" at the
state copitOl hope to get their Shiny
fingers into the pockets of the patent
medicine concerns. cannot of course
yet be determined
The matter, however, is one in
which the public will take more or
less of an interest, and in this connec-
ton the following special which was
recently sent out from Austin, Texas,
may indicate something of the course
which the champions Of the proposed
measure are likely 10 pursue in this
state:
The makers and vendors of patent
medicines are up in arms over bill
in the lower house of the legislature
which provides that every patent med
icine must carry on the bottle the
formula under which it is made, and
another in the senate providing that
where more than a certain amount of
opium. morphine or other poison is
used the fact must be stated on the
label. The usual cry of hurting vested
interests and driving the manufactur-
ers of medicine from the state has
been raised. The two bills are design
ed 10 prevent the wholesale poisoning
Of the people Of the state, and to give
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-26
cHAs. 4 cHoATE.

( practically the same lines a. v,-.
Draced IN the previous contrar- w...
the Midland company. and a STINT
contract was made with thoD7
| though the Midland cOnpspv's ...
tract was then apparently in finn Co.,
Ihen followed the sale Of four mr.....
| acres OF land to DisstOn. AZ twar-. a..
cents per acre. thereby relieving I'll.
public domain from the incu5l7y 40
judgments which threatened .s al.
sorb II entirely. and cOmpIcrirg 3D..
extinguishment Of all hope on ftc ,..
OF the Midland company of ever b..
comprising the splendid purpo-.. ...
which it was created.
The operations OF the "Gu.f C.,..
Canal and OkeechObee Land Gonna. p,
subsequently organized for the 1-..
cutiOn Of the drainage scheme t--..
ed in the contract win Dissr1r IL
his associates, are sufitienrIr fam.
to most of the people " FIa-sr4 .-.
the passage Of the fu-for- l4r-..
which so recently convened Govern.
BrOwaFd and his party uD tho g..
lOOsahatchee into Lake Okea.51..
and thence up the KissImmer -...--.
kissimmee, evidenced the rrsr-
its efforts TO open AMI ma'l.4- ....
several waterways involved n ...
drainage scheme. That i- l4. ais.
provided outlets for a large Dor.
of the waters which CONSTANT s...-..
ulate in the great lake has bee. s....
dainty demonstrated; bur no one ..-.
nected with il can possibly claim -.--
it has drained OT reclaimed ,.--..
acre of the region "sOUcnwe,, Of LAS.
OkeeChO6ee. which COns-I-E-r. Oh.
greater portion Of the Ege-E.aE-s a.
though in 1895 the board oflcfaTr .,-
ported TO the legislature hat the CON.
pany had fully complied with the terms
Of its contract, as il had been prev....-
" modified, by the exDendifGr.
twenty-five cents per acre for The "a
amount OF two million acres. The f-.
Of the amended contract. and va, OLE
titled TO receive the residue NJ a-+5
then due.
Here. then, We have the amazing
spectacle of a great Organizario- %
wealthy capitalists expending haf a
million Of dollars in what may be T....
ly regarded as only the preI.mrs-r
work of draining the Everglades. -..
ceiving as compensation. not -la
moiety Of reclaimed lands. acc0rd.u-
to its original contract. bur a fx-i
amount at a specEed valuation. am
without having really affected ,.r
reclamation OF a single acre Of The
Everglades proper. From this. t5a
real magnitude Of the undertaking 81
confidently pronounced as feasible Or
the group of officials who have JUS
returned from an inspection o. ---
OF the drainage COMPANY
not of the Everglades-mav be approx
estimated-pcrhaps.
OF course. the drainage OF the E..
glades is possible-all things are pr
sible TO the uses Of capital. but -
much will it require. and who will .g--
nish it?