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The Springdale news., 1906-11-23
LOWELL.

Nov. 19.-James Caldwell journeyed over into Madison and Carroll Counties last week in quest of good fine timber. He found some that fills the bill and thinks of returning soon to put in shingle and slave factory.
 Dr. J. II. Beard and wife, of Gentry, spent a few hours Ill Lowell Wednesday enroute home from Bentonville where the doctor had been attending the County Medical Convention.
 Uncle Joe Looney left Wednes- day evening of last week for a two weeks visit with friends around his old home in Boone County. Uncle Joe owns some land over there and he never tires of telling of the rich deposits of mineral on 1t and the mighty good people over thar in Boone.
 Monster De Lamorton, a French gentleman of Clinton, Mo-, spent the past week here, and assisted by Erneste Neil, a former student of the Clinton College, has added the names of a number of our young men to his enrolment. Prof. De Lamor- ton was born in Paris, is a typical Frenehman and altogether a very pleasant gentleman. He Is presi- dent of the college.
 Messrs. Robt. Garner, Perry Ball and Ed Nelson loaded a car and left Friday for Hillsboro, Texas, where they will locate.
 The sheriff of Madison County early Saturday morning arrested James Perry at the home of his brother here and returned with him to Madison County where he IS wanted on the charge of "totin' brass knucks, and 1t is also reported that he tried the resisting power of some mans head in that vicinity with those same knucks.
 Jas. Caldwell left Saturday for a point in Louisiana where he goes to look after apple ship ments for W. B. Brogdon and to
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located on the Banks farm from whence Dad" Lockart moved a few days ago.
 Lowell folks ought to feel proud Q K" and Tyro will ha ve to hump his se'f" if he writes better letters than the unknown who IS corresponding from Low. ell now.
 A very good poem Miss Lee, but We do think you ought tc help keep Winslow on the map by writing weekly letters to the pa per of the people-The News.
 Jame Graves and family h ave moved down near Prairie Grove where Jim will work at new lime plant.
 John Late has been having serious time with that carbuncle on his right hand, but the danger period Is past now, though John will not do much work for some time.
 Prof. Hugh Lichlyter resumed his former position as clerk at the Ozark store yesterday. Hugh has been teaching a pubic school over near Habberton for several months.
 The s1eet oi yesterday and last night has broken down the tele- phone wires leading from John son, and folks here are telhpora- rily cut off from outside eomnun- lcation.
 The local school library move ment has met with so much ap- proyal from pupils and patrons that our two energetic school teachers, Misses Mary Craig and Addie Lynch, are getting up d basket supper to be held at the school house on Thanksgiving night, next Thursday. The pro- ceeds of the supper will be used towards defraying the cost of more books for the school library which now contains quite lot of choice volumes. Are you coming to help along good cause?
 MULKREPMo.
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JOHNSON.

Nov. l9.-Mrs. Brynlng, oi Springfield, Mo-, has been spend ing few days with her son, ]. K. Bryning, who is the local agent for the Frisco at Johnson.
 Aunt Mary Pearson Is getting along very well with her attack of typhoid fever. Miss Emma Bennett, of Springdale, IS nursing Aunt Mary.
 l Uncle Sam Lockhart and family have moved to the Pearee proper ty north of the roller mill and Charley Lockhart will take a va cation from the cooper trade and try farming again.
 And Allen Weaver made mo- lasses aga1n this year and for some of that sorghum Tom Lockhart paid dearly few days ago. He was returning from a trip to see about 'lasses when his horse s.took a skeer' and ran away with Tom and the buggy and two of Toms children. The buggy is complete wreck and the occu- pants fared little better, though, luckily, no bones were broken.
 The old home edition ol The News will be quite interesting, for Mully knows of several letters that are a coming from prodigals who long ago followed the advice of the old, old song: When all the world is young. lad,
 And all the urges are green,
 And every goose swan, lad.
 A nd lass a queen.
 l Then hey for boot and horse. lad,
 And round the world away.
 Young blood must have it's course, lad,
 And every dog his day. /"
 Mrs. Calvin Stringfeld died Sunday evening at her home near Johnson and IS to be buried to-day in a cemetery near Goshen.
 The protracted meeting at Stony Point IS still in progress under the supervision of Rev. Shep Luper. About forty con- versions are reported to date and the meeting will continue several days. This IS the greatest re- vival of religion in that vicinity for more than a decade.
 The local lovers of vocal music had a singing at Johnson Sunday and have also appointed Friday night for a meeting time at which the former vocal club will be re-organized and the regular weekly meetings resumed.
 The directors of the Fruitmen's Union met last Saturday evening and elected officers to conduct the berry business during the next season. The following officers were elected: President, J. $.
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To Correspondents.

Correspondents are requested to please send in their items day earlier than usual next week.
The Springdale news., 1906-11-23
HICKORY CREEK.

Nov. 19.-Grdndmd NlcetH ID very poorly at this writing.
 Mrs. Eliza Reed has been con- fined 10 her bed for the past week, as the result of bad cold set ting III her breast.
 Tom Cox made trip to Rogers Saturday on business.
 John Sigman says his corn crop over on War Eagle IS turning out very well.
 Garland Leek and Guy Baggett finished gathering Uncle Alex Sigman's corn last week.
 Osa Eden lost his cap and several buttons from his overeoat at the singing a lew nights ago. He found his cap but has never found tlle buttons.
 Mr. Brown bought some calves from Uncle Alex Sigman and Roy Reed recently paying >5 per head for them.
 Ory K. Of Lowell in Spring dale Saturday. He seemed rather skittish but We hope he will stay with Us and make a regular cor respondent for The News. He Is certainly all able writer and at as busy little burg as Lowell he should come up with an interest ing letter every week.
 Jake and Damon Sigman brought over two fine loads of pumpkins from War Eagle Satur- day.
 Uncle Geo. Causey was down visiting his neiee, Mrs. Serena Carriger and family last week and reports nice visit. He re- turned home Saturday.
 A. K. Donegan's family who lsve been down with the typhoid fever for some time, is reported somewhat better at this writing.
 Harve Hawkins has been manu- featuring stove wood and haullng it to market at Springdale.
 $. II. Slaughter, general mana ger N. W. Ark. Telephone Co.,, and Lee Mathews, general line man, were down from Springdale last week cutting cedar poles which the company will use in repairing the lines. While here they boarded at J. l.. Carriger's. MT. Slaughter has purchased from Mir. Carriger about five acres of cedar to be used as telephone poles. Lee Mathews, Joe Wilson and Isaac Carriger went opossum hunting while they were down here and caught two opossums. Lee says he likes to ''possum" hunt but says he Is afraid of lem grinnin' 'reatu1gs.7
 Burt Smith has been down at his uncle Edwin Smiths the past week gathering corn.
 Jesse Bradley and sister, Miss Parazada, of near Elm Springs, were visiting at the home of their sister. Mrs. Roy Reed, Friday.
 Uncle Jake Geyer had large number of hollow logs at the saw mill last week. When asked by an idle inquirer what he intended doing with them replied, II will saw out number of post holes for these lazy farmers that are too lazy to make them.'
 Sheep and goats are not very plentiful around the Geyer mill since the Wolves took possession of one of the houses i'll that neigh borhood.
 Miss Ula Reed who has been visiting her parents near Lowell for the past week has returned home again.
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-'Ao 1ot S13lSldi dLA tiNdoAtA - !. ]. B. Vernon. (. H. Inman re- signed as director and the vacan- ey was filled by electing $. Trues- dale to serve in his place.
 That farmer IS lucky who took advantage of the fine weather of the past month and has his eorn safely cribbed, and a number of our energetic workers have ae- eomplished that feat, though we have several who are like the grasshopper. A very good yield ot corn IS reported, and the price IS higher than the prophets de- creed some weeks ago.
 This little touch of winter is rather d rude awakening for folks who have been enjoying such a long spell of fine weather but the wood and coal dealer will begin to reap d harvest now, for fuel Is seatce just think how Uncle Polk and Uncle Jeff are shiver- ing away out there on the sandy piaiHs of New Mexico where they are standing looking away back towards Arkansas and singing: There is t6e land of lost content
 We see it shining plain,
 The happy highways where we went
 And cannot come again.
 Bennett Mazey is hauling lot of limestone rock. but refuses to tell why he is going to build Notifications Uncle Ben John- son has been fortifylng his bot tom fields against future inroads of overfiows from Clear creek, but Bennett Is hauling his rock to high land-he may be going to try to stop that railroad from coming up the Clear Creek valley
 Three fine Angora goats from 5. F. Johnson's herd were ship ped today to an Oklahoma gen. tleman who wanted high grade animals-which Is what they get when ordering from the several swine, sheep and cattle raisers of Washington county.
 Squire Lock made a trip over to the reservation last Thursday and brought a load of corn or started from home with a load of corn, for the hind-gate of his wagon dropped out and the Squire drove a long ways before he looked back and found a great shortage in that load of corn which was being scattered along the road
 The saddest words of tongue or pen
 Failed U6'express his feeling then- But further details I shall spare
 For they do say the Squire did
 swear
 B. F. Johnson left today along with several Benton county hunt CTS who are going down near DeQueen, Ark, where they in- tend to spend a week or ten days hunting deer, fox and other wild game. This IS the season of the year when several of our former sportsmen would hie away to the wilds of the Choctaw nation on their annual bear and deer hunts, but George Taylor and Hugh Johnson who were mighty hunt CTS, have passed away over the range to the happy hunting grounds and no local hunters will journey to the Territory noun tains this winter.
 Quite a lot of new faces smil- ing during the Sunday school hour last Sunday, all of which was a good sign that ''Morbus is on the wane. Come out and see who is there next Sunday.
 The Territory country produced a wonderful corn crop this year, | as well as a big Democratic ma jorlty, and John Starns, a former Johnsonite, who lives near Chel- sea, will gather big yield from 1 the fertile acres where he labored the past season.
 Dock Taylor and wife were vis-
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 Valley given by the unlon at that place.
 The ladies had a working at T. NJ. CoX's Thursday for the purpose of setting d quilt to- gether which, when finished, will be auctioned to the highest bid der, the proceeds to be for the benefit of the Sunday School. They will probably have a box supper also November 29 for the same purpose.
 Mr. Brown and Roy Reed made a business trip to Springdale Saturday.
 Marion Henson returned home from Oklahoma just below Sloan where he had been putting up some hay and gathering some corn that he bought. He says he has traded for land out there and will move ontoit about January l.
 $. Baird and fanfly have begun to move over west of Lowell on Uncle Cr T,sard'S = place where he will make | crop the coming season@
 Hey, ye Seribes and Pharisees!! Mr. and Mrs. Reed have named their girl and this is the name: Hattie Lorna Marie Reed There were so many nice names sug- gested by the correspondents that II was indeed hard to choose one from this list so We chose two, they being Hattie and Lorna. As previously stated Marie had already been chosen as part of her name.
 There will be an old fashioned quilting at Uncle Tom Greech's Thursday to which every one is invited.
 The singing class met at the school house Sunday night and rendered some real nice music under the leadership of Prof. Simon Graham.
 Osa Eden and Uncle Alex Sig man were two that rode the Farmers Union goat Thursday night.
 Ory for one will do all in his power to make the Old Home News a success. Let's all lend our aid at this time and make 1t a grand success for we we'll know The News never did attempt any, thing and not make 1t a success.
 Some of our people have been attending the meetings at South ern Grove, conducted by Rev. $. $. Graham.
 Miss Leota Bryant of Goad Springs visited at the home of Roy Reed Friday night. She was accompanied home by her cousin, Miss Della Reed, who had been visiting here the past week. I. $. Spicer, accompanied by Miss Ollie Hammonds, made a trip to Springdale Thursday.
 J. E. Higdon and son Orville are contemplating going over to Limedale and work at the kiln.
 The writer is in receipt of letter from his friend. King Pace, formerly of Lowell who is now m Hall County, Texas, picking cottoh! He says cotton is fine there and the growers are paying S5 cents per hundred weight for picking.
 Jesse Camden, of Springdale, was in this vicinity Sunday even- ing. On business?
 Earl and Burl Atkisson, of Bethel, passed through here Tuesday with load of pine knots they had gathered up for kindling.
 ORY DREE.
 WOODLAWN.
The Springdale news., 1906-11-23
WOODLAWN.

Nov. Nice weather at this writing, which everybody loves to see.
 Mrs. (. W. Hellaway, who has
The Springdale news., 1906-11-23

Nov. l9-Rev. Y. A. Gilmore preached his last sermon here Sunday.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-09-14
THE DECENcY OF MCCLELLAN

Mayor George b. Mcclellan, Of New
York, is on his way home from Paris
In an Interview ne says:
81 am going home to fight for de
cency in politics and decency i'm De
mOcracy, and my friends are going to
fight with me"
This reminds US Of the fight made
In 1896 by the insurance companies,
the railroads, and the Wall street gam
blers for "honest" money and the
Irrational honor" Mcclellan is
Mayor Of New York because the bal
lots were stolen from Hearst to elect
him. He is a receiver Of stolen goods
and is reaping the enOluments. He
IS therefore in position to fight for de-
cent politics and decency in Democracy.
Mcclellan ought to run against
Bryan for the nomination for Pres-
dent on the Democratic ticket. He is
no doubt opposed to the government
ownership Of railroads. Nipple, who
wrecked trust company in Phila-
delphia to the tune Of 100000, was
violently opposed to the use Of tobac-
co aud liquor. It is always well to be
safe and sane ON some things.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-09-14
BOARD THAT INSPECTED.

The United States troops at For
Benjamin Harrison recently refused {,
eat the meat that had been bought fo
them. 4 board Of inspectors was ap
pointed to examine the meat, and re
ported that while it was tainted in
spots, they would recommend that the
parts not spotted be eaten.
The Beef Trust will no doubt insist
that these inspectors be appointed to
inspect their meats. II rotten meat
was canned they would no doubt re-
commend that, while the meat was de-
cayed, the tin was good, and there
fore the meat should pass. If the
Steel Trust should be so fortunate as
to get them as board to examine
armOr plate for the United States
battle ships, the inspection would he
superb. Whenever blow holes were
discovered, this board would recon-
mend that the armor plate be accept
ed, and the blow holes be cut out aud
used for port holes.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-09-14
THE MAILS AND POLITICS.

ANY man that has sense enough 10
70 abroad without guardian knows
that railroad engineers, tircmen, con-
ductOrs, and super.ntendents, general
managers, and bOOk-kcepers are chOs-
EN- and must be chosen-On their
skill and not their politics. Other
wise appalling railroad wrecks would
occur. How about the United States
mail? That same argument was used
when the government decided 10
handle the mails. Isn't that branch
of the government reasonably free
from politics, aud would the people
agree To have the mails handled by a
private monOpoly?-Farmville Herald.
Wake up and rub your eyes Sure
~ you are talking i'm your sleep !.
There is no department Of the public
service under the Federal government
in which politics is more rampant and
politicians more perniciOuSly active
than i'm the pOstOtiice. The appoint
ments therein are the fattest and most
numerous, and as to how themails are
handled, well, we doubt if the bush
ness public would submit to such
abuses as they endure if inflicted by
any other than a government mono
pOly.-feteTsburg lndeX-Appcal.
Oh, no; we are not talking in our
sleep. And what We said was no pipe
dream, either. Does not our cOntem-
pOrary know that there is much less
politics in the postoflice now than ever
before? Does he not know that there
has been a gradual extension Of the
civil service since the days Of Cleye-
land; and that there are thousands
upon thousands of Democrats, as well
as Republicans, in the mail service
today?
Time was when only those who held
the politics Of the party in power
were allowed 10 hold positions i'm the
mail service. Today this is not the
case. Thousands Of postmasters and
rural carriers, as well as city carriers,
are Democrats. As a local illustration
we might cite Prince Edward county.
Probably the three most important
pOstofliees in Ii Is county are Farm
willie, ampden-Sidney and Prospect.
All these are in charge of Democrats.
over half the postotlices in this county
are in the hands of Democrats. If
this constitutes rampant" politics and
"pernicious activity" we should ike
10 see more of il.
We all know that there is politics in
the mail department but the tone Of
the service is steadily improving in
this respect.
But this is a strange statement that
our contemporary makes when it says
that the business public would net en-
dure "such abuses" if they were not
inflicted by a government mOnopO-
ly." How about the express COM
panies-a private monopoly? Could |
there be a greater hOld-up than that?
And ask shippers all over the country
whether they ever have to submit to
abuses from the railroads? There are
abuses in everything. Nothing is free
from imperfection; but the people are
satisfied with the growth in the elf
cheney Of the mail service. They are
determined to see il improved; and
never would they agree to let it go in
to the hands Of private monopoly.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-09-14

One Of the life insurance saints who
helped to elect Roosevelt by contribut-
ing the money Of the policy holders to
the COrtelyou war chest in 1904, now
says that the directors Of the Internal
iOnal policy holders committee are
mere dirt and "small potatoes" He
must have been reading Theodore
Rooseyelt's books about Populists,
small farmers, mechanics, laborers
and the men who established this
government Of ours. He talks like
Teddy.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-09-14
INSTRUCTIONS WANTED.

In a facetiOus vein the Farmville
Herald felicitates itself on the accep-
lance Of the Bryan candidacy by the
IndeX-Appeal and the News Leader
at time when no one suspected that
these two opponents Of public opinion
were on the mOurners bench. IL also
promises TO turn i;s back and shut its
eyes if the Times-Dispatch will fall i'm
line. II our esteemed contemporary
is sincerely seeking converts and par
~ harmony, better thing to do would
be to muzzle Mr.. Bryan until after the
Presidential election in 1905 Peters
burg lndeX-Appeal.
Will our esteemed contemporary
please tell US what brand Of muzzle
would work, and send us explicit
instructions how to put it on so it will
stay put2
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-09-14

The Irregular" Republican spell
binder, who relies upon an engage
ment by the campaign committee,
every two years to keep the wolf from
the door, is rather discouraged by the
outlook. Since life insurance tainted
money has been tabooed the chance of
a profitable engagement is rather slim.
But he should not be so easily blufled
by chairman "Jim" Sherman, the
Beef Trust will certainly come down
for past favOrs, i'm making the people
pay for meat inspection and judging
the future by the past, the steamship
trust will again finance the commit
tee for favors expected. There is a
chance for the Republicans spell-bnd-
ers yet
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-09-14

More over, it's well for some Of our
esteemed contemporaries to remember
that one OF the most enthusiastic dem
onstrations Of approval while Bryan
was speaking, was when he expressed
the belief that the government would
eventually have to own the railroads.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-09-14
RETRIBUTION.

An Italian in West Virginia was re-
jected by a girl who loved another
man. The Italian wrote note and
forged his rivals name TO it. Thenote
stated that the girls favorite did not
care for her. The girl started out to
hunt her lover, intending to kill him.
She mistOok the Italian for her lover
and shot him dead.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-09-14
WHAT'S THE REMEDY ?

Does anyone really believe that the
railroad rate laws will regulate the
railroads.
Does any one really believe that the
railroads will obey the laws?
Does anyone really believe that the
railroads will cease try ing to control
legislation
What is the remedv2
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-09-14

John d. Rockefeller and the Stan.
dard Oil interests control Gil, gasolene
and most Of the coal output. They are
said tOb be buying control in the distill.
cries Of the country in order to dictate
the price Of denatured alcohol.
John ID. may get control Of all the
light and heat Of this world, but we be-
iieve he will be unable to control the
sulphur output i'm the next world.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-09-14

The Baltimore Sun thinks that if
the simplified spelling is adopted
"fre" should be spelled "lir as it will
be more economical. Economy in fire
is certainly desirable in these days
when coal is so high.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-09-14
What is the remedy 2

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion recently found the Cincinnati,
Hamilton Il Dayton railroad guilty of
discriminating against a shipper, and
fined the road 500. This looks like
cOnfscatiOn. Poor thing
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-09-14

From 1900 to 1905, wages increased
37.S per cent; salaries increased 34.3
per cent; and the cost Of materials in
creased 400 per cent.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-09-14

President Roosevelt will drop one "l''
from such words as skillful and fulfill.
lie seems 90 have knocked 81" out OF
a good many words.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-09-14

1t is said that Fairbanks is very
fond Of buttermilk. He does not have
to drink it with ice, as 1t freezes as
soon as he swallows il.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-09-14

Bryan is spell binder; Roosevelt is
spell buster