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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-11

the figure, but shook discreet head. 1 have seldom been more taciturn ia my life.
 "Forty-five pounds" cried the jewci- CT, and it would be cheap at 50 guineas."
 That's right assented Rallies. "That'd be dead cheap, allow but then. my boy. you got ready cash. and don't you forget it.
 do not dwell upon my own myStlfl- cation in all this 1 merely pause to state that l was keeniy enjoying that very element. Nothing could have been more typical of Rallies and the past. It was on!y my own attitude that was | changed.
 It appeared that the mythical lady, my sister. had just become engaged to
 Rallies. who seemed all anxiety to pin her down with gifts If price. could not quite gather whose gift to whom
 was the diamond rlng, but 4t had evi- den1ly been paid for, nnd NoyaGed to the moon. wondering w and how was recalled to this pla q Hy a de!- uge of gems from the icWeiers bag ] They lay flight in their cases like the ] electric lamps above We all three put i our heads tagrtiel. over them, myself ! without the slightest eleW as to what was coming. hat not unprepared for violent crime. One does not do eight- cen months for nothing. "Right away" Rallies was saying | ''Well choose for her, and you Il
 change anything she don't like. Is that | the idea?"
 That was my suggestion, sir "rhen come on, Ezra. guess you know Sadie's taste. You help me choose"
 And we chosc-Lord. What did we
 not choose? There was her ring
 diamond half hoop. It cost t9o, and
 there was no attempt to get it for t@o.
 Then there was diamond necklet- POO guineas-but pounds accepted.
 That was to be the gift of the bride
 groom. The wedding was evidently
 imminent. It behooved me to play q
 brotherly part. therefore rose to the
 occasion, calculated she would like . diamond star (f110, but reckoned n
 was more than could afford, ana l sustained a vicious kick u0dE the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-11
$:
By E. W. HCRNUNC

'-i-itezt't' Nhi-SauN cut mo snort TOT nt was the bearer of more than that gre at Wine, bringing also a card upon a sil yer tray
 Show him up," said Rallies lacon icaFy
 .tnz. who is this?" I cried when the man vas gone. Rallies reached across the table and gripped my arm in his wise. His eyes were steel points fixea on mine.
 Bunny. stand by me" said he in the old, irresistible voice "a voice both stern and winning Stand by me Runny-if there's row.'
 And there was time for nothing more. the door flying open and dap. per person entering with Il bow, a froek coat on his back. gold pince uez on his nose, q shiny hat in one hand and black bag In the other.
 Good evening. gentlemen" said he, at home and smiling
 Sit down. drawled Rallies in casual response. Say. let me introduce yop to Mir Ezra R. Martin of Shicawgo. Mir, Martin iS my future brother in- law. This is Mfr Robinson. Ezra. man. aser of Sp"rl% X Co. the cellerbrated ioolers on Regent street.
 I prieked up my ears. but contented myself with nod. I altogether dis trusted ny ability to live up to my new name and address
 II figured on Miss Martin bein' right here, too, continued Rallies, but re gret to say shes not feelin' so good We light out for Parrus on the 2 d. m. train tonorrer mornin', and she guessed shed be too dead. Sorry to disappoint you, Mir. Robinson. but you'll see I'm advertisin' your wares. ~
 Rallies held his rigbt hand under the electric light. and diamond ring flashed upon his little finger. I could have sworn 1t was not there five min NteS before
 The tladesnan had disappointed face. but for q moment it frightened as he expatiated on the yalne of that ring and OH the price his people had accepted for it. was invited to guess
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-11
The Curse of ShfftleSsness.

Whether shif1lessncss is a vice that is incurahle or a habit that eaD be overcome. il is anyhow q condition that perplexcs and irritates relieving off ciaIs. SbiftlessneSs is paying ones last 1U cents for a circus ticket without learning where tomorroW,s breakfast is coming from. II is a refusal to re pair tue leak in the roof when the sun shines It is Killing the goose that lays the golden eggs 1t takes no thought of the morrow. It never lays up anything for q rainy day. IL always ignores op- portunities. It prefers to rely on neigh borhood bounty to hustling for itself. It won't work, except under the pres sure of necessity. It never gets ahead --Iartford Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-11

! uau r.. little room upstairs; clt. he very threshold even l-Who my Rallies of old, was taken hor- i aback. The table was laid for E l called his attention to ii iM q per.
 Thy. yep" came through his nose. boy, the lady she's not comin, You leave that tackle where 'tis. If hahle to pay, guess I'll have pere is to it.
 paye never been in America. and American public is the last on that Gc'ire to insult, but idion! 1ntonatiOn alike would have im-
 Upon my ine&perience. had DIX at Rallies to rlakc sure that it ne who spoke, and had my OWE pas for la1king hard.
 ho on earth was the lady," in- fei, aghast, at the first opportunity. Pe Isn't on earth. They don't like iilS thlS room on two, that's all. y-my Eunn. heres to us both."
 we c!:nked glasses swimming th" liquid gold of Steinborg. lsGS. the r:tre delights of that supper
 scarcely trust myself 10 write no mere meal; it was no coarse Dut little feast for the fastili KDtIS mot II /,f I 1I,,,1l,y,. f orSt, And 1. who had bOltcd my
 at WOrmwoOd ScrubbS and 'hed my belt in Holloway attic, who sat down to this ineffabie '' Where the courses were few. zach triumph of it's kind, it
 De lnNldious to single out an,, oish, but tue jambon de West
 au champagne tempts me so-e Ahd then the champagne that we not the quantity, but the qua! wei. 1t was Pol Roger, 1884, an', qulte good enough for me, l~ so It was not more dry nor did it le more than the merry rascal naa dragged me thus far to the
 put should lead me dancing the
 The way. was beginning to a'm so. l had done my honest since my reappearance in the
 put the world had done It's
 oy me. A further antithesis " nnal Intention were both upon sa&ue when the waiter with the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-11
iOSEfnk,

Flogging in public and otherwise, !s net of mediaeval origin. In the middle ages ridicule and not physical suffering was the means employed for the cor rection of wrongdoing; hence the pill lory, the stocks and the thewe--a chair suspended high over the heads of the crowd, in which women, generally scolds. were brought to a sweet req sonableness-but the whipping post be- longs to the Tudor age. The Eliza bethan servant question was met by hogging girls for idleness on Sunday morning But it was i'll the Hanove- rian period that tiogging was carried to excess. As late as 1894 six women were publicly logged in Gloucester, England, because they had been found DeGuinG
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-11
Man Who Deheaded Charles !.

The mysterious masked man who be headed Charles l. remains British ana logue for the Man With the lro: Mask. Lilly, the lying astrologer, denounced Cornet Joyce at the restoration, but Joyce on the fatal Both of January was not in favor with Cromwell. The par ish register of Whtechapel records the burial i'll 1649 of Richard Brandon, the common hangman, and opposite the en- try contemporary hand wrote that "hc cut off tie head of Charles the First" Brandon himself asserted that they made him do it for f3O," with which he drank himself to death.-Dul- dee Advertiser
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-11

Ii was past 10 when we left the Aat in an interval of silence on the noisy stairs. The silence was un- hroken by our wary feet, Yet for me | surprise was in store upon the very Ending. Instead of going downstairs Rallies led me up two flights and so mt upon a perfectly fiat roof.
 'There are two entrances to these 1ansions," he explained between stars Ind chimney stacks. "one to our stair nse and another round the corner Hui there's only one porter. and he Ives on the basement underneath us < Ind affects the door nearest home. We miss him by using the wrong stairs, a Ind we run less risk of old Theobald Egot the tip from the postmen. who c6me up one way and down the other Now follow me and look out.'
 sThere was indeed some necessity for { Oirtion, for each half of the building s had its L shaped well dropping sheer S4o the base, the parapets so low that ss6Ge might easily have tripped over X fkem into eternity. However. we were { ron upon the second staircase. which IS16enpd on the roof like the first And renty minutes of the next twenty se we spent in an admira ble hansom
 lmmng east.
 Not much change in the old hole.
 nny. More of these magic lantern and absolutely tne 6rst bit of taste ill town. though it's
 Fing something. ill that equestr.az
 tue witt the gilt stirrups and fix
 S. Why don't they black the bus- 4s boots and his horses hoofs while N are about it? More bicyclists, of brse That was just beginning. if
 remember. It might have been
 ful to Us. And there's the old club
 ting put into crate for the jubilee
 love. Bunny, We ought to be there
 Touldn't lean forward in riccadily,
 chap. If you 're seen. I'm thought
 and We shall have to be jolly care
 at kellner's. An, there it is! Did
 Ell you l was q low down stage
 kee at kellner's: You'd better la.e
 ther while tie walters in the room =
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-11

To SeaTcy Sprins. Ark, and return, $3.75 Summer season opens May n. closes September 15. All tickets limited to October 3l.
 To Rayenden sprins, Ark, and te. fHn, s770. Summtr season opens June 1, closes September 90. All tickets limited to October 3t,
 To Rock Island, Ill. account of Farmers National Congress. Ono fare plus g. for the round trip Tick cts on sale October to E. Finel re- turn limit, October 1G
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-11
REDUCED RATES ON
 IRON MOUNTAIN

ro Philadelphia, Ark. account of Arkansas Summer Assembly H Y .@p U. One fare plus 5o cents for the round trip Tickets on sale June t to il, inclusive. Return limit. June IF.
 Little Rock, Ark, account of Grand Lodge K. of P One fart plus 50 cents for the round trip Tickets on sale May 12. 13 and II. Return linn. it. May 1S.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-11
Doctors and solemni,v.

The days are past when e"e,y self respecting doctor was expected to dress in a style tastefully blending the di vine with the undertaken. But "sus- tained and impenetrable solemnity' is still priceless possession for those who would achieve success in medi cine. If this is natural gift. so much the better; if not, it should be acquired at any cOst.-Brltish Medical Journal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-11

)obbers, Wholesalers and
 Manufacturers OF PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS. PuDDEPHATT FURNITURE UFAcruRINe COMPANY OFFICE AND sALEsRooM 42a425 STREET
 Whoe department Third and Texas de bot cordial invitation the city o FOX BROS, HARDWARE co.
 wholesalers queens ware crockery t,nv Headquarters service every business day the year. pete in Rry Goods Quick delivery and suit aar 122l2412S,12s Main street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
 COMMISSION MERCHANTS WEsTRRook GRAIN AND COMPANY
 We sell for cash: Lime Cement Plaster Fire ea rae, Hair Etc fo Meal Salt Potatoes Bran Hay chop Cot t0nseed Meal shpun Field seede'c speciality DILLEY FOUNDRY no rail engines bo.;a saw ana S ,. i0H "ach'hesy' o' Cast ngs Supplies
 BUSINESS COLLEGES 1A"-o PRACTICAL BUSINESS solc,s the soox.eep Ing Shorthand typwring sessions J. " JAMES Pan, Pine Blur.
 vsDERTAKERs EMRAA-- HoLnERNEssFITzAUeH CO., carry complete every e1eed price quality and caste being shipping speciality Open all hours Telegraph and tos phone orders g'veD promot attention
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-09-21


Better 10 let a place make weeds than to
work il to death and lose all that can be
made elsewhere trying to keep it going
A few such places laid out in weeds, a
strong cement to rent to no one who
has not STOCK AND FEED so as to
share part of the risk A great many les
acres planted are what the country needs
and must have before things are on e.cash
basis. We have On running TOO high
BIAS system, and gambling on high
price for C,uou to keep things movlng.
Unless labor conditions improve, all we
have gained in the last few years will be
lost when lands shrink in value, when
farms lie idle when energy is paralszed by
low prices, and there i, only enc way to
stop this from beins the condition.
SOME different way of managing pres
ent labor or different kind oflabor has
gol to be adopted.
A change is necessary inpresent meth
DDS,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-09-21
crop get in the grass.

crop get in the grass.
He buys corn 10 feed the stock.
He spends his time that be might turn
10 better account teaching kindergarten
on farming
His time is worth something,
Caf6e if he works furnishes little la
Dor.
Ifhe wont work, it is impossible to
make HIM work without sitting out in the
sun from day to day and overseeing tim.
II he wont work the grass gets the crop.
White man loses what he has lutni he'd
Cutie don't come out behind.
He comes out ahea
He has nothing TO pay with if he does
not make enough to pay for his rent and
supplies.
Probabilities he win nvever have enough
He has been getting more than full pay
tor his labor all during the year, and at
all times was ahead Of the ounds. White
man was all that risked copper.
Qu=stion-Wlth such a preearious risky
chauce to pas on! with The loss all 10 fall
on one SIDE if there is any loss.
What is the real value Of lands.
WHAT is farming this way more than a
gamble.
/. A notl lis the most TN certain and in
secure Investment that one can have.
Is notan invest nent that will ply FIVE
per cent certain, surer and better thing
than lasds that ara worked like present
conditions will compell US 10 work them.
With. labor as unc tain and pauperized
as nov, 10 a tempt the renting syst m is
only to invite loss and cosrt isas'er.
a change must be inaugu1ated or our
lands will go down and be OF ~ more val.
ue than the, formerly were.
Italians have pioyenthe best labor pos
sible cut vest. Y I'D it not be a good
idea to get i'll a few 10 this section
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-09-21
69ho are Candid
ates fer county
8en1n9iss1oneTse

As we understood it when the bin was
up before The House there was a provis-
ion that County Commissioner had to
be elected by the people this fall to take
the place Of the Commissioner, whose
term expires in MAY We have not heard
from Mr. /. P. Cooke, whore term ex.
pires as to wins he will be candidate
Or not But as the election is only a very
few days off, the people should see 10 it
hat there is an election as the law requir-
es, and commissioner elected as pre-
scribed by law. II indeed the laWsas pas
sed is a good and valid law, and he Atty,
5en,l. has passed on it Q. K. We want
it on our tickets
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-09-21
R5f5!i2s #po9s With a
DiiHfepsgf Glass Of labor.

AS things stand now, what does man
who expects to rent farm to colored
renter propose 10 rea ize out Of it.
White man furnishes the land in which
ais money is invested.
He furnishes the guano to manure it.
He furnishes the males to Work it. :
He furnishes the MONEY to pay the liv-
ing expenses Of the daaky,
He furnishes the money to pay the ex
ira labor when the lazy niger lets the
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-09-21
Personal an d
L 0 c a 1.~* *


Our council is having an artesion well dug
at the electric light plant, and proposes, we
are informed to put in a waterworks spstem
in the near future. We hope it will come
soon and be a success.
Why don't the council clean up some Of
orr streets We have enough weeds to hide
bear. out sanitary arrangements are fear
full.
Lives are worth much to town, repu-
tation for health is as good as gold mine.
We are running ours BY the filthy dirty weed
grown streets that we have to put up with.
Lon Powell Of Albany was visiting reIati es
here sunday.
Preaching at the Methodist and Baptist
Churches Sunday last.
Mrs. Sarah Stovall Of Americas is visiting
her son II. r. Stovall this week.
We publise this week two ads one from
Miss Jenny Ford who sells you goods cheap
and one from Mr.. Miner who londs you
cheap money to buy the goods, both Of
these ads will pay for the reading.
We need something in leesbuig that
willmake busine S. Aswe stand noN We
are grown.
All the stores and things we build, un-
less we build something to help support
them, are only 50 many too many.
Mr.. ]. D. Cooke is unloading his well
drilling apparatus to dig the we'll. Lets
have flow this time sure.
We need a great many things but none
worse tina streets that are not like weed
forests, 1t is very shrbby sight our new
school house.presents. We can hardly Sc,
the porch floors for the weeds in the stree,
il front.
The town did own mule and NOW
er, surely we can do better than this sure,
~ we could. These weeds are a disgrace t.
a suberb Of Sleepy HoIland".
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-09-21
Land And Niggers.

AS we have OFTEN said in these column s
Zig risk is being ruu when man buy
high land, high mules, high clothes, higl
feed, high niggers, (svenif he cuts out tie
high balls) and starts to farming MI mig
ger risks nothing, don't in most inst noes
give darn, makes pothirg like a crop;
and expects tn, farmer Is stand the loss
like a man.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-09-21

A bit Of vanity IN her part, but d.
blame her. 1t is this way she Just ps
chased one of our FINE LORGNErTE
ana she wants to show it off. We has
its .mate and would like you To-Day
Wen make it reasonable and yvulls
pleased. Aside from our lorgnsves VI
have variety Of field glasses. Also tn
largest supply of eye glasses andpscts
eles OF any house in Ga. Come ia ant
look them over,
Dr.. c, I. Hutchinson, oculist, and Al
adys Leading uptician.
Davis Exchange Bank Building
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-09-21

k9wprices Of action should 'orce farm
ersfo rent to no one who has not stnc%
and feeds
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-23
This County Went 0vervheI-
nljagIy Tor Peoples
Candidate
SAVANNAH MAN MADE
VERY POOR SHOWING
Defeated Estiil IN Glynn County by a
Majority Of 3oo--AIso Carries
All Districts Outside of
The City.

II has all along been known tnat
iloke Smith would carry Giym coui.
T. but Little was it thought, oven by
nus most enthusiastic supporters, that
he would poll such Il vote III the eoun-
ty Ihe noise made by the support
ers OF Estill caused many to suppose
mat he would poll quite large vote
but few hours after the polls were
opened Yesterday it was seen thar
smith was winning three to one. In
stead Of the Clark Howell men voting
Tor The Savannah candidate, they re-
Versed things and majority of them
who did not vote for their lrst choice,
put in vote for Iloke Smith, thinking
II their duty to bring about the defeat
OF the Savannah candidate
The primary was a pleasant one ana
both sides carried on the fight during
The day IN u pleasant manner. The
vote for governor was as follows:
fIoko Smith ... .. .42J
j. II. Estill. 100
Clark Howell ... Il
There were Only two other contests
in the state election W. Il. Merritt
carried The county for state sohool
commissioner over Mark johnson BY
q majority of 1858 votes while W. A..
Wright defeated Vincent r. SanfordI
FOR comptroller general by 4G3 votes.
Returns were not received from AM
OF the country districts only ten
votes were cast at Broollman. nine
FOR smith and one for Eatil.
1t was a great victory in Glynn coun
~ for the friends of the peoples can.
didate and GIynn Is proud that she is
in the iIoko Smith column
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-23
..s.s. ~, -. -
WILL asOD'ss'l
LIT IlUlU Till

Atlanta. Aug ga landslide for
Hoke Smith, the peoples candidate
for governor, was the result of the
primary held in Georgia today. 1t
is estimated that he will go into the
convention with a sufficient number
Of votes to receive the nomination
on the first ballot
While reports have been received
stQm almost every county in the state
1t is impossible to give the exact mum
Der of counties carried by him, as
several are reported doubtful. while
it has been impossible to get accur-
Sts returns from others AT the head
quarters of Hoke Smith it is claimed
that he has carried between 100 and
135 counties.
Ip Fulton, the home of the two At
lanta candidates, Hoke Smith won
over Howell by a majority of nearly
1000.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-23
HoweIl,s Stronnhold.

Columbus, Aug. 22--Muscogee
county, once conceded to be CLARK
Howell's stronghold, went overwhel,
mingly for Hole Smith today. In
nearly every precinct in the county
he polied twice as many Yqtes as
Howell and it is believed that when
the official vote is consolidated il
will be found that Muscogee went for
Smith two to one His supporters
are jubilant over his victory,
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-23
Even Carried Rihh.

Macon, Aug. 2e,-Wtih nearly all
the returns in from today's primary
it is evident that Hoke Smith has
carried Bibb county by majority OF
275. 1t was hard fight and was Il
ereat victory for Smith as the How
Ell men have been claiming the coun-
ty and Pendleton, of the Macon Tel-
egraph, has been one of Mr.. Smith S
strongest enemies. The friends of
the peoples candidate are jubilant
over his magnificent victory.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-23

Athens, Aug 22.-The eight in this
Clark county, today was close but /,
is believed That Russell has carried
the county over Smith by a majority
Of about 100. It will take the oflcial
count TO decide the winner.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-23
Mcintosh in Doubt

Daricn, Aug 22.-The vote in this
county is very close and it will take
the official count to decide he winner.
with three precincts yet to heal
from Smith has lead over EstiIl OF
IL votes. lie Will likely carry the
county.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-23
Another Doubtful One

Dallas, Aug %. The race in this
county is close between Smith ana
Russell, Both sides are claiming a
victory and il will take the onicial
count to decide who gets Pauldlng.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-23
MORE Fights
ARE REPORTED

Havana, Aug 22-The rebels today
captured the city of San Luis. The
fighting for awhile was fierce and
not less than Is were killed while
many were injured.
In the melee fifty rural police OF.
ficers were captured.
The trouble Is now reaching al.
armhg proportions.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-23
Another WIth Six Votes.

Augusta, Aug. 22.-Richmond coun-
ty will probably give Hoke Smith a
majority of 1000 votes. He carried
Augusta by a large majority but the
country districts Twill probably cut
It down some. The county also went
for Sanford for comptroller.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-23

Jackson, Aug 22.--lioke Smith
men won out easily in Butts county
today having a majority of four hun
dred votes over the next highes,
candidate
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-23

Greenyille, Aug. 22 The Indications
are that. Iloke Smith has carried Mer-
riwether county Governor TerrelrsI
home. or the seven precincts heard
from he has majority OF 200.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-23

Albany Aug % The result in
Daugherty is in doubt all precincts
not being heard from The iudica-
tions are that Howell viii carry the
county by about forty votes.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-23

Camilla, Aug. 21-Hoke Smith
carried nearly every precinct in
Mitchell county. His majority
will be heavy.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-23
Close Call in Chatham.

Savannah, Aug. 22.-Hoke Smith
made a great race in Estill's home
and came near carrying the county
Estills majority was less than 500