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The Newark journal., 1906-04-27
Independence County Arkansas Friday April
OFFICIAL VOTE NOT ANNOUNCED
It is Claimed, However, That Gov ernor Davis Majority Over
 Senator Berry is l4,000

While no announcement of the official vote in the Democratic pri- mary on March 2S has been made by the State Secretary John H.. Page, some of the counties failing to send in reports as yet, 1t Is known that the complete figures show approximately II, ,000 major ity for Governor Davis over Sen ator Berry. Subject to perhaps a few minor corrections, the margin for Governor Davis is placed at 4,119. The vote in all the coun- ties of the state is known, but the failure of some counties to send official abstracts to the state capi- tai has delayed formal and official announcement of the final fig ures.
 According to the claims of the Davis adherents, if the popular vote of the state in the primary did not determine the contest, and the vote were gauged by the vote of the counties and the senatorial districts separately, Davis would have 91 and Berry 42 votes in the Legislature. There are B sena- tors and 100 representatives, and the majority on joint ballot is 6S, which is the number necessary to elect United States Senator. This estimate is independent of the personal preferences of the legislative nominees. It Is said by many who made inquiry that a majority of the legislative nomi- nees were not for Davis in the re- cent primary.
 DAVIS MEN CLAIM CONVENTION
 The Davis men claim that they captured the state convention when the county delegations were elected recently. According to their figures, the Davis vote in the convention will be 351, leaving only 161 for Berry. The number necessary Is 257, being a majority.
 The Davis estimates and claims, however, are based upon the as- sumption that the pro-Davis dele gations from the half dozen con- testing counties will be seated.
 Control of the state convention, which opens at Hot Springs on June 5, means much. The per sonnel of the state organization for the next two years will be designated by the convention, and the plans for the primary of 1908, at which the contest for Senator Clarke's toga will be determined, will be mapped out.
 Who the Davis men will put forward for chairman of the state committee has not yet been an |
 nounced. o. B. Gordon of Pres colt is the chairman at present. It is believed his name will not go before the convention in June for re election, in which event there are many who would not be sur prised to see Secretary John H. Page pushed for the blace.
 Various leaders are mentioned ! for the chairmanship of the con- yention. Judge J. H. Evans of Bonneville is considered a proba- bility in that connection.
 SCHOOL FURNITURE.
The Newark journal., 1906-04-27

BOOKS. BOOKS.. BOOKSi., The very latest by the best au- thors. 10c to S1.50 at Gibson's.
The Newark journal., 1906-04-27

For sale-Three nice residence lots in the north part of town. Apply to Craig & Henderson.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-07-12

A young lawyer had become very
much attached to certain young wo-
man who was somewhat celebrated
among her friends for her repartee.
The only obstacle in the pathway of
the young man was his exceeding shy
ness, for, while always in command of
himself in the courtroom, he became
almost speechless in the presence of
his adored one. AS one method of
showing his devotion, 1t was his Gus
tom to shower his inamorata with pres
ents.
The young lady's mother, being far
from satisfied with the status Of the
case, broached the subject.
my DEAR she said, you have let
Mr.. Brown practically monopolize your
society for year and now have
scarcely any other callers. Has he
ever given you to understand that his
intentions are serious? n
NO. He hasn't said anything, but
know they are"
How can you know it if he has 81
nothing?v
The girl smiled.
s.Well," she said, you know he Is a
lawyer, and lawyers always commence
contract with Know all men by
these presents. Harper's Weekly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-07-12
II RING ~
THE CxfSE
BY FRANK HARRIS
Copyright, 1906. Dy r. c. Easement

Meager as was Jenny's salary, one
half of it had paid for the tiny room on
Mrs. Cady's third door and furnished
Jenny's inadequate supply Of food and
clothing, and the other half until the
last two months had gone regularly to
her mother on the little unproductive
Rhode Island farm.
But these last two months had made
a new division In the stipend Now it
was in three parts, and the third went
to the fourth floor Of Mrs. Cady's apart
ment house to room even more tiny
and bare than her own. she had heard
low moaning one day, apparently
from the room above, and had gone up
and tapped anxiously on the door. Sew
eral minutes had passed before she
heard feeble step across the floor, and
then the door had opened, and she had
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-07-12

did rasp and prick. and how miserable
l was until that lovely white gown was
taken off and / was no longer needed
on paradei
/ do honestly believe there are some
mothers who delight in tricking out q
child as they would prize bull pup or
poodle 1t adds to their own appear
ance, as does the dog, with It's gorgeous
collar and silver chain.
Fortunately children are not SO over
dressed as they once were.
1t has come to be rather sign of
vulgarity to see silks and satins on a
little child, but we have still much to
learn, and. strange to say, it is the
multimillionaires who could best af-
ford to dress their children gorgeously.
who give us the best lesson in SIM
plicity in that direction.
The heir to one of the greatest for.
tunes in the world rolls happily on the
grass of his mothers Newport estate
in simple little cotton pinafore that
many workingwoman would turn up
her nose at.
Go out into the park any beautiful
spring day and watch the babies there.
1t is the children OF the very rich who
wear the most sensible little coats and
the stoutest shoes, while the child of
some poor mother, Ill fed and anaemic,
will be fretful In soiled silk finery and
white kid shoes.
Watch and you will see IL am not
right. HELEN MORSE.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-07-12
m unless your and bowels right
lhf A. egl fsi assf 9n dynoS Sdnaf1yg Pills

stepped beside her to the sidewalk she
suddenly turned to him, her eyes fash
ing,
Are you following mea" she de-
manded,
The man smiled asssntingly.
'sWhy, yes; may as well acknowl-
edge | have BEEN" he replied. 4
wanted to be perfectly sure first, but
it's all right. You must come along
with me-to the police station, you
know" at the incredulity and horror
IN her face. 4 am a detective"
sBut what FORT" Indignantly.
"Oh, just for the ring on your fin
GER" easily, though Of course you
know. It's been In the papers the last
ten days only ring like it in the coun-
try, big reward and all that What
puzzles me, though. is you being SO
simple as to put it on openly. We were
given hint by your landlady this
morning that ring something like
the one advertised was in her house,
but from what she said we had an idea
1t was worn by an old woman. I've
been on the watch several hours. Now
come along. If you don't make fuss
we can walk quietly and nobody will
notice"
Jenny's head was In whirl. The
ring was evidently stolen, but she did
not for moment think Of the old wo-
man as thief, and yet she claimed to
have owned the ring since she was q
young girl.
There's some mistake, she faltered.
"Of course there Isl cheerfully, s'and
it's too bad TO put you to SO much In
convenience. But you'll have to go and
explain to the judge and to the owner
Of the ring, who will be teiephoned for.
You can do that easily enough" And
the officer grinned sarcastically.
When the owner came he proved to
be young man, the sight Of whom
brought quick flush to Jenny's face.
He was the son Of the man for whom
she worked.
what! You?" he exclaimed. then to
the officer: "You have made a mistake.
This young lady
Goods found on her," interrupted
the officer laconically. look at her
finger
II don't care" vehemently. "She isn't
the one" He glanced at the circlet on
Jenny's finger, and an odd look came
to his face as he added, Besides, the
ring isn't In the least like mine-n not in
the Least
Exactly like your description dry
", sand I believe your advertisement
added that the name 'Eloise Nevins'
was inside. Suppose we look and see"
mo, no" hastily. 1T isn't worth
while. The ring is entirely different"
But Jenny was slipping the ring from
her finger hurriedly.
TT is Heloise,' not 'Eloise,' inside"
she cried
"Whaty The young man took the
ring and examined it eagerly, incredu-
lousy.
1T must be Aunt Heloise's," he said
at last in an awed voice. GRANDFATHER
gave a ring to each of his daughters,
but Aunt Heloise's was lost or sup
posed to be when her vessel went down
In midocean twenty years ago."
"Your Aunt Heloise Is alive In an
east side apartment house." exclaimed
Jenny, ''or at least saw the name
Heloise Nevins' In some books. and
their owner gave me this ring"
Cease dismissed" said the judge
briskly Officer, bring up the next"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-07-12

ARE YOU FOLLOWING MET SHE DE
MANDED.
looked into the sweetest, most refined
old face she had ever seen. but, oh, SO
wan and patient and hopeless.
No, nothing was wanted, the old wo-
man said. She had only lost coutrol of
herself for moment; that was all. And
she smiled with pitiful cheerfulness as
she closed the door.
But Jenny had seen enough. That
face and one brief glimpse into the
room beyond sent her hurrying down
stairs after her own bowl Of soup and
bit of bread and butter And in spite Of
the old woman's protests and entreaties
she had literally forced her to eat
laughing, but unyielding and firm. And
with the first spoonful of soup there
had come light into the woman's eyes
which made Jenny turn abruptly and
walk to the one small window, choking
back something In her throat 1t was
as she had suspected, only worse. The
old woman had been literally starving.
Since then they had been good
friends, Jenny, tender and imperfous,
bringing her own oil stove and provi-
sions to the fourth floor room, so that
there should be no more question Of
hunger, and the old woman deprecato-
ry, but yielding. Itmeant less for the
Woodworking mother on the farm and
less for herself, but Jenny scarcely
thought of these things Her mother
would have it SO, she knew. The old
woman was in greater need than they
and should be looked after first
And now had come promotion, and
with 1t she would have to leave the
apartment house and board In the fam
lily of her employer. But the old wom-
an should have the oil stove and the
small supply of provisions on hand,
and-yes she should have the bit Of
carpet she had bought. 1t would be
warm for the poor old feet.
So when she went up to the fourth
floor to say goodby she carried the
bit Of carpet and teapot and some
books she thought the old woman might
like to read An hour was spent in
talking and planning. and then she
turned to leave, the old woman follow
ing her to the door.
Il win not try to thank you, dear"
she said softly. Words are so made
quate. But you know she removed
a quantity wrought circlet of gold from
her finger and slipped it on one Of Jen-
ny's-I want you to wear this to re-
member me by It is not valuable ex-
cept for association and tradition. Ny
father brought it from India and gave
it to me long, long ago, when / was
little girl He said the tiny setting
was luck stone and that the ring
would be talisman to good fortune
She smiled wistfully and added. Il
hope the fortune will be better for you
than it has been for me, dear"
An hour later Jenny was In street
ear on the way to the new boarding
place. Opposite her sat man who
seemed to be looking through the win
dow at her back. but from time to
time, when her gaze rose suddenly, she
found him looking straight at her. he
had been on the sidewalk when she left
the apartment house and had boarded
the same car and changed at the same
transfer, but Of that she would not
have thought, for such condolences
could easily happen in city. Only
when she again alighted and the man
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-07-12

A Scotch clergyman named Fraser
claimed the title and estates of Lord
Loyat. He tried on the trial Of the
case to establish his pedigree by pro
ducing an ncestral watch on which
We're engraved the letters S. F. The
claimant alleged that these letters
were the initials of his ancestor, the
notorious Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat,
beheaded in 1747 for supporting the
young pretender. The letters, engraved
under the regulator, were shown to
stand for Slow, Fast" and the case
was laughed out Of court
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-07-12
a LOUIS XIV ROOM.

A Highly Polished Floor and Ornate
Furniture Are Characteristic.
The Louis XIV. style is one which can
either give very good effect or gar.
fish one.
In room furnished in this manner
the floor should be of hard wood well
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-07-12
ovERDREsSED CHILDREN.
strange to Say, II is often the Poor
Child Who IL smothered In Finery.

Now that the beautiful spring wealth
er is here suppose we shall enjoy the
sight of little tots, each mass Of
starched rufties. tripping along hold
Ing mothers hand instead Of romping
in the dirt. as they were intended to do.
Well, might qualify this rather in
volved sentence by saying that don't
believe child should spend its days In
the dirt pile by any means; but on the
other hand, it is sheer cruelty to make
it mince along so stifiy starehed that it
cannot move.
Oh, those starched rutflesl Can't you
remember them? I can! How they
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-07-12
Men Of the People.

The American tradition is the expe
rience of the world everywhere. There
is washington and there is Hamilton,
gently born and gently bred, but some
how the heart turns rather to Franklin
and to Lincoln, as of more hope for
the common men God made SO many
Of. Mr. Howells in Harper's Weekly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-07-12

1t requires great deal Of boldness
and great deal of caution to make a
great fortune. and when you haTe got
1t it requires ten times as much wit t.
keep it, Rothschild.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-02-22
MERCHANTS MUST ADVERTISE

How are the merchants Of the
Northwest going to meet the unscrup-
ulous warfare now being waged
upon them by the catalogue houses?
He must advertise more extensively
In his home papers and by circulars
to his patrons. He must take up the
mail order proposition in I systematic
way and prepare and carry out a
strong line of publicity. 1t is all very
well for the country merchant to say
that every one knows him and will
trade with him anyway, but the known
facts do not carry out this statement.
The catalogue houses flood the rural
sections with their immense cata-
logues, listing thousands of articles of
merchandise with their prices plainly
given. The price is an inducement,
even though it may be higher than the
same article can be bought of the
home merchant, because when a price
is given the patron naturally thinks
it is low price. Supplements of the
big catalogues are issued at intervals,
alleged to contain rare bargains, and
these are helped out with circulars
and other bargain announcements ar
irving every few days at the patrons
house. AS opposed to all this clever
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-02-22
Mixed Metanhor

Pat-An' how did your children turn
out. Lawd save this?
Mike Begobs, not worth the paper
they're writ on.-Puck.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-02-22
MONDAY.

Washington, Feb 20.-Discussion oil
the pure food bill occupied practically
all of the day. The speakers were
Senator Hepburn, who has charge OF
the bill; Senator Foraker, who pre-.
scented number of amendments de.
sired by liquor interests; Mr.. Money
in favor of mis- substitute, and Mr. Nc.
Cumber.
An order was made to devote time
to-day and Wednesday to the consid-
Grafton of amendments under the ten
minute rule and begin voting at 5
o'clock on Wednesday.
Three bills were passed under sus-
pension of the rules in the house yes
terday.
The first makes gambling unlawful
in the territories of the United States,
including Arizona, New Mexico, Okla.
homa, Indian Territory and Alaska.
The second provides additional work
for the census bureau by requiring
statistics to be taken on insurance,
fisheries, electrical industries, savings
banks and crimes.
The third appropriates $4,000 for
the purchase of 800 acres of coal lands
on the island of Batan, one of the
Philippine archipelago.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-02-22
In the House.


Washington, Feb. 16. - The senate
yesterday passed to the consideration
of the joint statehood bin and for an
hour and half listened to speech
by Mr. Dick in support of the bill.
Mr.. Dick did not conclude his speech
and as he was not prepared to resume
to-day the senate decided not to sit
again until Monday.
The morning hour" prevailed in
the house yesterday until after s
o'clock. The net result was the pass
age of bill to increase to $4,000 a
year the federal appropriation to each
state and territory for the support of
agricultural experiment stations; and
a bill repeating the present law grant
ing American register to foreign ships
wrecked and repaired on the Ameri-
can coast in the discretion of the Sec
rotary of the department of commerce
and labor and requiring special act
of congress to grant such register.
An indirect compliment was paid to
Mr.. Longworth by a vote to adjourn
until Monday, although nothing will
appear in the Record of this purpose.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-02-22
Thursday.

Washington, Feb. Is. - AT few
minutes aftera6 o'clock yesterday the
senate cast it's final ballot ON the sub
sidy shipping bill, which was passed
by vote of SO to 27 All the votes
for the bill were Republican and FIVE
Republican senators voted with the
Democrats in opposition. They were
Messrs. Burkett, Dolliver, La Toilette,
Spooner and Warner.
The vote was preceded by action
on number of amendments and this
by an entire day of debate. Many
important amendments were accepted.
AS passed the bill establishes thir-
teen new contract mail lines and in
creases the subvention to the Oceanic
line running from the Pacific coast to
Australia.
Creates Naval Reserve.
The bill also grants suhvention at
the rate of SIS per gross ton per year
to cargo vessels in the foreign trade
of the United States, and at the rate
Of $3.50 per ton to vessels engaged in
the Philippine trade. Another feature
of the bill creates a naval reserve
force of 10000 officers and men, who
are to receive retainers after the
British practice. Vessels receiving
subsidies are required to carry a GER
tain proportion of naval reserve men
among their crews. The aggregate
compensation for all mail lines q
about $3,O00,000 annually.
When the shipping bill was dia
posed of the statehood bill was made
the unfinished business.
In the House.
Incident to the passage of the
passage of the Notifications appropri-
alton bill, which was accomplished by
the house yesterday, lively debate
was kept up throughout, involving the
difference betw zen the Republican
and Democratic policy with reference
to the Philippines, and also the diff
ference between army and navy Off
GERS as to the place where naval
station and Notifications shall be es-
tablished in the archipelago.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-02-22

advertising the patron sees, most of
the time, stereotyped ads in his home
papers telling him that John Jones
sells merchandise" That's about all
he gets out of two-thirds of the ads
published in country newspapers.
This may seem harsh criticism, but
it is well meant. Stir things up. You
may not have to use any more space
in your local papers, but make that
space say something. Dig into your
stock and advertise things that you
never thought of advertising before.
And give the prices. Keep all the big
retail mail order house catalogues on
hand You will find it easy enough to
get them. Compare your selling prices
with those in the catalogues and nine
times out of ten you will find that you
can beat them at your regular prices
when you figure in the cost of freight
to the mail order patron. Therefore
advertise and give prices. If you
have an association or understanding
there can be no objection to giving
prices, and If you haven't an associa-
tion or understanding get one just as
soon as you can, because that is of
the utmost Importance in fighting the
mail order evil.--St. Paul Trade Jour-
nal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-02-22
TRADE AT HOr1E
A Profitable Lesson Taught Patron Of Gaia
logue Houses by Home Mer-
chants.
chants.

Column after column has been writ
ten about the bad deals people make
by trading with catalogue houses in
place of trading with their home mer-
chants, but it seems almost necessary
for man to get beat before he takes
a tumble" to himself as the saying is,
and begins to do all his trading at
home where he can see the goods. 2
We can quote an example which
happened In this city by which one
man at least was convinced of the adj
visibility of trading at home.
He had been faithful student of
the catalogues of the Eastern mail or
der houses. He was interested in a
certain thing and had studied so much
catalogue literature on it that he could
talk about merits Of the article he
wanted for a certain purpose. Which
made the merchant, who made This
line speciality, open his eyes. In
fact he knew so much about it that
when he went into a local store and
told the merchant just exactly what
articles he wanted. the latter knew he
had studied the catalogue and was
ready for him.
The customer described a large
number of articles which he desired to
purchase and each one was laid on
the counter. When he had them all
In Pile before him he said: II will
give you $76.50 for them. l can buy
them from mail order house for that.
Will you take it,"
The merchant took his pencil and
figured for a moment, put on a trou-
bled look and told the man that, con-
sidering the amount Of trading his
family did at the store, he would do
so. The purchaser was more than
pleased.
''I'll pay for these next month";" he
said But the merchant wasn't quite
as easy. He replied: IF you had
bought these from the mail order
house at that price you would have