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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
Great Damage Reported from All Sections < of the Country Visited by the Downpour
 Which Was Accompanied in Many . Instances by SIeet and Snow.
CID SOL APPEARS AFTER
 FIVE DAYS ABSENCE

streets i'll many sections Of the city resembled lakes and it was imRossi- ble for pedestrians to move about without Wading knee deep in water Easements were flooded and the stocks of several retail establish ments damaged To an aggregate of about So.U0e. The rainfall in Louisville since Saturday has been six inches and at Memphis, Tenn. it has been ten and one-Quarter inches Nearly all trains from the south are arriving at Louisville from one to sixteen hours late The formation of the present dis turbance which caused such wide, spread damage from floods over the Ohio valley, west Tennessee and Arkansas present notable contrast in temperature east and west of tn Mississippi river To the east ot DO to -, while west it is mostly freezing or below. The thermom- eters in Minnesota and the Dallotas are registering from zero to ten be- low. In northern Texas the tenn perature is 22 and New Orleans re- ports so at 1U:30 this morning. Snow is reported over the Missouri valley. Kansas and Oklahoma and sieet and rain in Missouri while there is a continuation of rain over the Ohio valley, Arkansas and southward to gulf.
 In south Louisville and other southern suburbs canoeing was pos slble at daylight and several resi- dents brought into service improvis- ed ratts and poled way from thelr homes to point where they could land
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
2SnOAt inst. Louis.

St Louis. Nov. 2I. For the first time this winter St Louis was treat ed to genuine snow storp Xcs- terday. The snow fell fast and tur= ions. and Tor q time it appeared that the city would be snow bound The wind. however, which was high. prevented the snow rom lying and q sudden rise in the temperature melted it. Rain is falling today, with forecast of colder weather this afternoon and tonight, Fuel companies are rushed beyond their capacity to supply orders for coal and wood All trains are more or less late and wire communication is not the best.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21

Timidly, in fitful darts of welcome warmth and brilliance. Old Sol made his appearance again Wednesday morning, after an absence of five days. It was late in the forenoon before the low-hanging clouds that had lowered over the earth for days, bringing des- truction and suffering with their in- cessant downpour of rain. broke, more light, until, with a suddenness that was almost startling, they were rent in twain and a brilliant ray of pure sunshine shot through the open ing and lit up the earth with it's glad some tidings of the change in atmos- pherc conditions
 But the damage had been done. It might have been worse, and local con- ditions have not been nearly so severe as the conditions in some other por tions of the country. But there is no doubt that great hurt was done local ly, and the full extent of this damage will not be known for days to come Without reference to the suffering to humanity occasioned by the wet and the cold, for which many were almost wholly unprepared, the cotton crop has unquestionably suffered. The eX- tent of it's suffering, as stated, can- not be estimated yet.
 The storm was widespread in extent. Other portions of the country suffered much more than Jefferson county, Ar kansas. All trains have been thrown off the regular schedule here. but in some other sections trains have been Entirely abandoned.
 With the advent of clear weather, hopes are entertained that the condi- tions will soon be righted however
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
SH0RTENS SERVICE CITIZENS LIGHT AND TRANSIT COMPANY TAKES OFF ITS MID-
 NIGHT CARS. Oni! OH SaturtIa. Nights and Specisi Occasions Will They Be Run
 Hereafter.

The belated denzen of the suburb all districts of Pine Bluff will have to walk home hereafter, unless he is the happy p0ssessor of the requisite chink for a luxurious ride in cab or owns a bike, automobile or carri- age of his own.
 The Citizens Light and Transit com pany, beginning with tonight, will run no more cars after 10 o'clock at night The last cars of the night will leave the corner of Second avenue and Main street precisely at 10:05 each night, and the unfortunate sub urbanite who happens to reach that favored spot at lo:o6 will find himself deserted, left out in the cold, with the alternative of paying a cabble or ex ercising his pedal extremities
 The announcement of this important change in the company's program was made Wednesday morning, and comes in the nature of a surprise. Manager Cherot of the car company explains that the exceedingly light traffic dur ing the winter months, after the hour of 10 o'clock at night, is responsible for it, as the company finds it too ex- pensiye to maintain it's service with the patronage afforded it.
 This change does not apply to Sat urday night, however, when the cars will be run until midnight, ts usual. Nor does it apply to special occasions, such as theatrical attractions, etc In cases of this kind the company will continue to handle the crowds in the same satisfactory manner as hereto fore
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21

ed. all mails are delayed and rural free delivery virtually suspended. The streets of Memphis are dam aged by the flood and the leVee camp destroyed with t loss of t"en- ty-tiyr thousand dollars. Above some damage and inconycnienres being experienced ill this section. it k net believed railroad traffic will he resumed in the next forty eight hours Trains on all roads are badly delayed No further loss of He has been reported.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
NEGRO WOMAN
 IN MALE ATTIRE
WantlcrN I,arfoOtcd on the Streets in the Rain and Cold Until
 Arrested.

Tuesday morning Office! Minor discovered negro woman dressed In male attire wandering aimlcSSly i5orit on Fourth avenue, near Main She Was HlFC footed and did not ap- sear cOgnlzanl of her surroundings.
 She was taken in charge and con veyed to the police station, where fl was decided that she was in a de mented condition and was handed oyer to the county officials.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
Next Move in Taylul. Case.

1ar next legal more in the Tay- Tor will contest case will be q mo ton before Circuit Judge Winfield of the second division of the Pulas- Ii circuit court for a new trial n the case. Judge w. F. Hemingway, the attorney for Mrs Julia ?. Tay- Tor, the contestee in the case, has been given sixty days in which to file a motion for new trial and a bill of exceptions. In case the mo- ton for new trial is oyerruled. the case will be appealed to the su- prem court.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
Electric Storm at 4.o.1s11lle.

X Louisville, Ky. Nov. 21.-The tfesent rainfall of the last three
 days culminated yesterday in an 1tectric storm and cloudburst that
 struck by lightning, telephone sys- items of the city were much disor- ganized and telegraph facilities in
 all directions were impaired The
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
Weather Interefers
 With the Lodges

The unusual bad weathor has n terferred greatly with lodge attond- ance this week and in several in stances the meetings were post poned
 The Red Men were anticipaJi:Ia very interesting time Fhesd2.. night inasmuch as there were 90 eral applicants t6 be initiated, hHr there was not so,much as quorum. present
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
Press Committee to Meet.

Announcement was made today that q meeting of the special com altt1-e oe tie Arkansas Press asso- c.atian appointed at the last meet .:.s t purpose of arranging 9 saaoia 0ragram for the winter ;.44.-...- = the association wOul
 .5.s ..aeting some time this week nd a~~22ge the program. This ownittea consists of H. T. Hamp- ton Of Bonneville, chairman; J. l..
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
Freezing in TexaS.

Naco. Texas, Nov 21.-A coat of frozen mist covers everything in temperature five degrees below, freezing. Not much damage will be done in this section. Small grain is up but it will take a hard- CT freeze to injure it seriously
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
GAMBLING CRUSADE
Both City and County Officials Unite in Warfare Against the Fraternity, and Ex- press Determination To Put Stop To the Evil for All Time.

N eduosdaA morning .hfsllee Check took a hand in the matter. and issued a number of warrants against the 9amhlin& fraternity. and placed them ill tue hands of the constable for execution.
 II is q torcgonc conclusion thai gambIin@ must stop in Pine Blum and the officials have the unquaIIz ned endorsement ot the citizens this movement as well as in aIl oth= CTS for the enforcement and main= tenanee Ot the iaW
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
BRANN0N GOES
 TO M'GEHEE:
Sell itn.Wn s,.,uohist of TEis Ci!v Will Open lp Business for
 Himself

" J. Bfannon, who moved back 10 Pine Blun from Texas some time ago and accepted position with lered SenYard, will move to Niece hee, where he will engage in bust ness for himself.
 MT Brannon has been engaged in he liquor business for thirty years and has the reputation of conduct ing an orderly place. Pine Bluff la#ce z fr9d citizen.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
Floods and Freezing Weather.

Washington. D. C., Nov. 21.-The weather bureau issued flood warnings for the lower Tennessee river last night: also warnings of freezing wea- ther in Texas and Louisiana
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
New Orleans still SWpiters.

New Orleans. Nov } .NotWith- standing predictions of cold wealth from warm weather unprecedented for this season of the year The mercury registers S2 and indica tions are that the hot spell will soon De broken by a heavy rain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
STEW ART INVESTS
 IN FINE DEER HOUND.

Constable Frank Stewart is the proud possessor of a fine fox and deer hound which he purchased Wednesday morning. paying s25 for it.
 The hound is eighteen months old, was raised by Mr. E. Verret, this city, and is an unusually fine specimen of tha breed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
Fourteen Inches of Rainfall.

Memphis. Tenn, Nov 21-The rain fall here since Friday is estimated at fourteen inches Some indications of clearing up today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
ANOTHER C0NsoL|DAT|ON The Arkansas Magazine and Memphis Magazine Merg
 ed Into One. HEADQUARTERS
 AT PINE BLUFF. Makes Second Publication the Local Magazine Has Absorbed During
 Past Few Weeks.
MRS. B. \. HALL
WILL REMAIN EDITRESS.
BY MARION B. BUCKLEY.
I'ne Graphic Bureau,

1 uS NrfdpulC bUTGdu,
 n;ttie Rock, Nov. Fl.
 The Memphis Magazine, publish ed by r. J. Berry of Memphis, has been consolidated with the Arkan sas Magazine and Southern Breeze and tie t..Gee magazines will here after De i5sued as one magazine un- der the naat of the Southern Mag azin@ vith i"adquarters at Pine Bluh About one month ago an- noUne enenl was made that the Ar a.ansao Magazine, published by Mrs. A. E. Hall at Pine Bluff had been conso3jdated with the Southern Breeze, published by o. c. Ludwig at Little Rock, and this later con- soliGdtlon means a further change in the magazines of the state. Mrs. A B Hall will remain as editor and manager oI the new magazine, but Messrs Ludwig and Berry will re- tain their financial interest in the ge's 3liesti8a ana will contribute to the columns of the publication It was thought best to consolidate the magazines in order that the whole field ii the south might be covered with larger magazine. The com blned subscription list of the three magazines will amount to some taias over ten thousand copies monthly and the new magazine is gaiptng iE popularity every day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21

Wadle5 of Hot Springs, Q. C -l1ld= wig of Little oel1. k C. Millal ot Little Rock and Mrs II. M. Folsom of Brinkley. Most of the members of the committee are now in the city and Chairman Hampton thinks this week would be suitable time to hold the meeting. The winter meeting of the Arkansas Press as sociation will be held i'll Little Rock on the second Thursday in Febru ary. 1907.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
Snow at ArdmOre.

Ardmore, I. T.. Nov 21-A two-inch snow fell here last night. Very cold today
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
Meeting May Be Called in December

Most of the replies to the letters sent out by Commissioner Fucker regarding the organization of d state immigration society seem to favor the plan of holding meeting for this purpose before the Christ mas holidays and it is probable that a meeting will be called for this purpose early in December. Mr. Tucker is waiting to hear from more of the men to whom he has written before he announces a fixed date for this meeting.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21

.fhe city and county officials are waslne il united crusade aeafust the gamblua element and are de teFmlHed to enforce the law at all cosIs.
 Lasf Saturday night the police made Il successful raid ou q dive in progress over the Chinese reslau- rant, capturing seven knights ol tA pasteboard Since then the gamblers have been seized With a desire To travel. and many have Jeff town.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
Prairie Addition

Situated on A4stln's Aycn4s, known as TWenty-sixth ar Hazel streets. These lots hags been hcl dat $50 per lot. bu. in order to sell same withla 90 days vii take s25 per lot This Is the cheapest real estats ever offered for this money, and Is increasing ill valuation aaiiV.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-05
Freedom Not Desired.

"In Zanzibar and Pemba slaves are
very slow to take advantage Of the
regulations that give them the right to
claim their freedom" says a traveller.
They realize that so long IS they are
well used their position is superior to
that of the man whose freedom is his
sole asset. / have found the same at
titude in North Africa. From Moroc-
co to Tripoli one sees most of the
slaves well content and 1Ourishing.
The famine, the l~ocusts, the drought
and the tax collector have no terror
for them; work keeps them healthy,
they have enough to eat and drink and
the future has no meaning at all.
There is promotion; there are conf
Dental missions to governors and
friends that elevate q slave, it only in
the eyes of his fellows, and there is
always a chance of manumission when
the owner dies and wishes to have
some good deeds recorded in the books
Of Islam's recording angels. The sorry
truth of the matter is that slaves un-
der Mchammedan rule are much better
off than they ever were under the rule
Of white men-in America and else
where"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-05
The Hanging of
Little Johnnie
By ADAM GANNETT
Copyright, 1905, by Joseph b. Bowles.)

NNoPSiieHt, i9uoS ny JoscPh Il. bo"ics,J
When Little Johnnie first come to
Cat Hollow, he done the right thing
invited the crowd into Mikes and set
'em up all around. Whereupon Three
finger Bill, who was the cock of the
walk, and a man of parts, even If some
of the parts were missing, said that
if anybody interfered with the kid
they'd get the wadding knocked out
of EN-.
When l come to take a good look at
Johnnie it didn't seem a bad idea. ms
having some one to look out for him,
he wasn't more than five foot two
tall, nor as thick through as a tele-
graph pole, while his hands was as
little as a gals and as soft, and his
hair was yellower than French Hates.
If it hadn't been for the kids eyes,
you'd have said he wouldn't last three
days in Cat Hollow, but when he
looked us all square in the face, and
told us we was as tough looking a
layout as he'd ever seen, with our
50-day old boards, and hair looking as
if it had been cut with a sheep shears,
we liked tim blamed if we didn't
And when he went on to say that his
mission in life was to make people
beautiful, and that he was going to
begin on us at a dollar a shave and
two for a haircut, there come near be-
ing a free fight to see who he'd take
first.
Dry Rock, over the mountain, had
had a barber for two weeks, and we
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-05
MEANING OF SURNAMES.
Derivation of Some of the Family
Names Familiar in
Our Day.

Nearly all surnames originally had a
meaning. They were descriptive OF
their owners. In a word, they were
nicknames, like Skinny" or Shorty"
or "Pud,'' says the Philadelphia Bulle-
tin.
Peel is a surname that shows the
original Peel to have been bald. Grace
means fat-from the French "gras.'
Grant, from grand" means big.
An Oliphant should be a clumsy and
unwieldy person. This surname was
elephant" originally.
The Parkers were keepers of noble
mems parks. The Warmers were war
reners or rabbit tenders. The Bankers
prepared bark for tanning. The La
boucheres were butchers.
Bell meant handsome. Cameron
meant crooked-nosed. Curtis meant
polite. And Forster meant forester:
Napier. a servant In charge Of the ia
BILE linen; Palmer, a pilgrim; Vain
wright, a wagon builder; Webster, 9
weaver; Wright, a carpenter.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-05
is DEAN OF SENATE.
ALLISON BEGINS THIRTY-THIRD
YEAR OF SERVICE.
Has Been in Public Life Ten Years
-Iore-Story Of How He Lost Pres
idential Nomination Through
Chauncey Depew.

Washington.-With the opening OF
the F%ifty-ninth congress the other day
Senator Allison entered upon his thir-
ty-rhird year in the senate, and his
forty-third year in congress. He has
not only served a few days longer in
the senate than any other man, but
has been in continuous public life
longer than any other except the late
Justin S. Morrill,, Of Vermont. Mr..
Morrill, served IL years in the house
of representatives-from 1856 to 1867
and 80 years in the senate-from
1867 to 1899. He died in January of
that year. If he had lived until
March 8 he would have completed his
forty-third year of consecutive serv-
ice.
Mr.. Allison entered the house of
representatives December 2, 1863. He
was sworn in as a senator March 4,
1873, and has been reelected five
times. His present, and sixth, term
expires March 4, 1909. and if he lives
to That date he will be 80 years and
one day old, having been born March
2, 1929. And he will have served sc
consecutive years in the senate and 46
consecutive years in the congress OF
the United States.
Twenty years ago men used to as
pire to succeed Allison. They have
learned better since. Nobody thinks
of such a thing now. Men are salts
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-05

the palms a pair of old gloves may be
laid aside to wear on sweeping days.
Instead of soap and water to wash
the face, use a cleansing cream, 1t
will remove dust and dirt, prevent
chapping and blackheads, and main
tain the skin in a soft and velvety con-
dition.
To remove the cream use a soft cot
ton towel. Rub gently with a rotary
movement until all the cream has dis
appeared.
Most refreshing in the morning or
after a hard days work is a good toilet
water applied to the forehead n
cheeks with a soft silk sponge.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-05
An DIV Skin.

An oily skin mean that the diet is
not what it should be. Avoid all fatty
foods. strong coffee and rich viands.
Eat fruit early in the morning and
drink mineral waters. Green salads
are good. Stimulating and astringent
washes are needed to restore tone and
vitality to the relaxed glands. The
use of bay rum, alcohol, campnor and
ammonia is to be deplored, as these are
all too drying.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-05
OMAR KHAYYAM'S TOMB.
Resting Place Of Famous Astronomer
Poet Of Persia in Province
of Khorassan.

London.-The photograph of Omar
Khayyam's tomb at Naishapur, from
which the accompanying drawing was
made, was supplied by a member OF
his majesty's mission in Persia, who
recently travelled through Khorassan,
the northwestern province of Persia,
Of which Meshed is the capital. The
great astronomer-poet of Persia, IA
miliarized to us by Edward Fitz-
gerald's w~ell-known Rubaiyat, is said
to have predicted that his tomb would
be Gin a spot where the north wind
may scatter roses over It." and D'Her-
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-05

fed to hope that they may live as
long as he will. Men in Iowa have
been born. reared and made careers
for themselves since Allison was sent
to Washington.
The senior senator is the object Of
something like reverence all over
Iowa. Although he is not a mixer"
everybody in the state knows him be-
cause he has been as fixed as the pole
star. Other men might come and go,
but Allison goes on forever.
Senator Allison has taken an active
and leading part in all the financial leg
islation from the act Of resumption of
specie payments down to date. He
has twice had the support of Iowa's
delegation for the presidential nom
inasion of the republican party, and
once came so close to the nomination
that Senator Hoar, writing of that
convention years afterward, said that
he doubted if any man ever came
SO near the presidency and missed it.
That referred to the convention of
1000, III 11aAA AooAAs ~
ator Hoar's story was that Chauncey
M. Depew was responsible for putting
Allison out of the running. New York
Aad proposed Depew. and the middle
western group, including Iowa, had
protested with appraised hands against
naming the president of a great rail-
road system. That protest made De-
pew impossible. Later in the conven-
ton, when the eastern interests, one
by one, had settled down to Allison
as the good western man. on whom
all should unite, Depew burst into
the conference, which was fast set
Ting the details, with an answering
protest. eff a New York railroad
president is too strong for those
Iowans, then New York must refuse to
accept an Iowa candidate" was De-
pew's ultimatum. And he was not to
be moved. The pins had to be set up
again, and next time the nomination
went to Harrison. Allison was not
in any way to blame for the Iowa pro-
test against Depew.
OcudCOI A1llSOA q SOASAN
cred any other position seriously ex-
cept the presidency since he entered
the senate. He has been rendered
cabinet positions in a majority of the
administrations and has refused them
all. The senator possesses a very
modest fortune. His home is in Du-
buuue. and he owns houses there and
in Washington. He has been a wild
over for man. years.
Year by year the annual appearance
of the senator before the official gath
ering of Iowa r~epu5licanism at the
state convention becomes a more dis
tinctiye occasion. The ovation is each
year longer and more enthusiastic
and more ardent than it was the year
before, and every time the modest, be-
nevolent looking old gentleman ap-
pears more embarrassed than at the
preceding convention. Each year he
| responds to the calls with a few re-
marks about the glories of Iowa and
of the party and the current tariff
| law-whichever one it may chance to
| be-and Iowa feels prouder than ever
| of ner fine old senatorial leader.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-05
MUST BE.


There must surely be some babies on
the other side OF sleep.
Some little bits o. feet that dance
and run,
Some little hands whose pressure shall
bring peace to eyes that weep,
Come fields where babies tumble in
the sun.
Some little bits o fellows-O. the little
dimpled fist
o, the babies that have gone and left
us lone!
o, the lips that we remember. the red
lips our lips have kissed!
o, the rounded cheek that pressed
against our own!
o, If there is a Heaven on the other
side of sleep,
There must be some babies there to
laugh and run!
o, it never will be Heaven to the weary
eyes hat weep
If there are no babies playing in the
sun!
u. w. Lewis. in Houston Post.