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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-12-13

AIr. Raiaey derIues he has proof that tho eonFaates h;eeg violated rhr sherman angi-trHsr la8 iH rhH thc> have entered into contracts with European 5a1eI~ ae supply thom Wira watches a T price far below thai at which lHo same Watches eaa 1e obgatHea tu tHa eoaar< 0he d6aIels bindia4 thau- selves 10 prevent tae Importation of the watches into tbts coa0trEs lntiesel the EuGopem dealers are not permitted to sell the watches to American eitzens AIf. Raine< malatains thut these contracts are clear violation {. the Sherman law which prohibits any restriction of trade between jhi- country and any other country, and are q viola tion. too. of other sections Of the law which relate to operations in eStrdint Of trade
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-12-13
Mir. J. B. BedelI
 Died in Missouri

Mr. ] B. Bedell, father of Mr A. G. Reden, the well known Main street druggist, died at 1ale, Mo. Wednos- day night
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-12-13

w. haya posted the ejty with -Wa4k-Over' advertising to remind sau t'sa- ~a gre exclusive agents for rhe ! g. 50 ani $t.0o shoe made. l.e.vetss n1-PrHloek Shoe company.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-12-13
NEW WHOLESALER
l. II. rEf6Ht&B ttb L. |. BtH- tA WILL 0PAN MN =E4 ef
 NI~N Hot Sf
V III ia&a@e i'll lItc Wholesale Rr durr BUrinc>~ tltcr thc First ai
 January.

Al J. lT.Jeftrd and Nf. [. b5h.atl 3iiH open 2 wholesale paadae ho4sc l4 I '. CG4zs old stand oa sh lisst of Ianany
 Ne. Pfitehafd i fsom keutaek. and has had five ye8fa experience with ]. (. seweH of tAis eIt2 aa4 has made a host of friends WA1e ba. Mr. nahlaa is d Pine Bluff maa an2 las travelled for six yeaaz to4 taa Russell Groeery company
 Both young men are capabIe aaa enereetie and Will no d6nh hays great success
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-12-13
NO MORE COTTON
COMPRESS COMPANY REfi >E> 10 REffNf il FNIif foNGE>-
 il0N fS REIlEYEB.
Work k Carried OH N itil Difficulty.

The Compress eompanl has served notice on the transfer lines forbiddins them to unload any more cotton on it's premises until further notice, as the present congested condition, to gether with the comPanyas $ inability to secure cars, makes this action nee eSSary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-12-13
PROF. WALTZ AT
 THE MAIN RINK.

4 large crowd again viewed the
 grandest and most accomplished of all skating contests, last night, at the
 Main rink. Prof. Waltz created a
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-12-13

In our enormous stocK Of shoes wa have not forgotten the babe in arms We have a beautiful selec- ti0n of soft soles Leverenz- -I'rulock t5H0c company.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-12-13
TER WATCH TRUST
aTINf, RiiNEl 0i' ILLINOIS .sRRaai.D AGAINST
 ,NOTliin BIC OCTOPUS.
..14;m. American Watch tonpanie~ Are sellna Product Cheaper ill
 England Than in America.
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8special To the Graphic.
 Washington. h. C., Dee. l3 Nh Sosber rust is to b. "busted il Rep srtsentative Henry F. Rainey of the Twentieth district of Illinois can
 have his way The special object s@o4 Mr. Rainey's desire is the so-eall-
 eJ watch trust and the Illonois member has burned the midnight
 ci1 in his investigations of alleged
 Violations of the law by the trust. lp his own statement he seems to
 Iaye made a ease. too, as he has in- Guced the department of justice to give him hearing on the subiecl
 1lattel- of his investigations
 Representative RaineF. who is d
 Democrat, has been Parsuine the ,American watch comfanies for a
 year OF two. At the last session of eoneress he delivered an interest
 iug. not to say sensational. speech on the met hods oi lle watch trust. ia which he sta. i that American made watches 1eTe being sold iA Europe al n..ices ranging from a3 to 5o per cent s5 than they We're so1d for in this country In this e6anection. Ae itstaueed a ieweIer
 ia New Yosiz who purchased Amer-
 iaan wat 1s from European deal
 efs. Ieifaa ted them and seld then 'a i HH5. lass than his coaR@tt5aEs Is ho n. heir purchases direea.1 Iffo0 a4s 0ne o9mpanios Ill= nj .foFd ta a.. Inquiry devefee. i the
 faef :5a inc New York iyaeI.r dad had , 4hle Mith some of tie Amer
 ieaH !" h companies, especially |tiie AY5zaAan aH.1 I]gin people. cen |osrnA4 ihe prices tt which he of fefod their goois for sals Tho Ieompaaies has oadeayored 10 pge- Yen him from obtaining any Of thsiL watches. but thus far he has 9eea able to supply all demauds
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-12-13

In discussing the subject with i officials of Dhe department of justice 1 Mr. Rainey said that the New York
 dealer was continuing his fight against the trust, despite the odds ! against him. He obtained the
 watches in Europe, and, as they are of American manufacture. he was able to import them into this eoun- Try duty free To prevent the deal CTS from importing the watches, the American dials. d short time ago. wore. removed from the watches af- ter they reached Europe. and Swiss diaIs substituted. When the New Yorker imported a lot of watches, | representative of the watch trust made the point that they were sub. ies" 9 the duty of fifty per cent, as tley were not wholly of Ameri- can manufacture Mr. RaineE says tIag scheme was exposed aud did moi
 work
 The Illinois mem5eg expects in |
 5u days to take up the whole sub
 .aet with Assistant Attorney Gen
 zeal furd5. who has devoted much
 tiale=fo tha preparation Of prasacftz
 ton oI tru-t cases for the govern
 mont H. is eon|ineee! that q suit
 lor violation of the sherman ]a#
 will lie against inc An.e9icat eom- faaies and h. proposes t1 bless the 1 MatttI yjgarorsly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-18

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The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20

emphasize the .anti-monopoly issue.
 An enterprise which gets back it's capital six or seven times in year is an economic enormity. On the face of it, it is an advertisement of the cost of monopoly to the people. Oil is one of the necessaries of life. The community cannot exist without it. And yet by means of monopoly the Waters-Pierce Company can compel the consumers to pay five or six times what it is worth under natural conditions of production and distributions; that is. in condition of competition.
 Farmers who think of dollar wheat as the climax of blessings, merchants who hope for 10 per cent return as a profit and recompense for unfiag- ging attention to business, manufac- turers whom competition holds down to a modist 6 per nt--these will wonder how it happens that the Standard and Pierce men are able to defy all natural laws of trade. It is privilege run mad. St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20

Representative John Sharp Will iams, minority leader of the House, declares against Mir. Bryan's public ownership doctrine. He even goes so far as to say that the Democratic convention will vote it down and make up its platform on bigger and better issues on which all Democrats agree. The significance of this statement lies in the admitted in- fiuence of Williams and the other leaders of the South, whose senti- ment he undoubtedly reflects. It was Williams who engineered the preliminary Southern Democratic conventions two years ago so as to insure the nomination of Judge Parker against the protestations and continuous efforts of Mir. Bryan. The Parker experience may not have expanded Mr. Williams's in- fiuence, but it has scarcely lessened it. Indeed. the Bryan proposition has one phase so objectionable to the South that no particular leader ship will be necessary to crystalize sentiment against it in that section.
 Kansas City Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20

caped but were hunted down E brought back by Fields and M two guards. He had seen tha s.K Jim Hayes, escape. Hayes haa 3 gested that he run, too 4ps couldn't run fast" he said M Hayes ran he said he saw Inc N son shoot twice and Floyd M shoot three times at Hayes he,l the negro reached the timber.
 My partner" he said, was tr5 to move long log that six mg could hardly pull. and he coua move it. Mir. Bill Woods whipped , with big mule whip cause couldn't move the log. He wss strong enough"
 The negro described the systen working when they worked ' teams. A force of negroes \ teams would work close together each end of the field white gu .s,NId stand or sit with a gun watch them.
 The government has 94 witne and the defense 196. The prosecu spent the entire day examining witnesses, all negroes. It is esti cd that eight witnesses day vii all that can be handled, and at rGte court will necessarily be in sion two or three weeks.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20

year 1906, cotton not only exceeded all the other commodities, but it passed the $4o0, ,O00, 900 mark for the first time in our annals.
 What. would Toombs and his friends have thought if they could have foreseen a time when the $100,- 000,000 of cotton exports of their day would be quadrupaled? Wig falls state, Texas, which raised very little cotton in his time, now pro- duces as much as the entire United States did less than a half century ago. Its more than 3,000,000 of bales in the crop of 1906 is consider ably in excess of the aggregate yield of the country in 1872, though just before the war the annual produc- tion was somewhat in excess of 3,000,000. Moreover, while the United States manufactured only about a fifth of it's cotton crop just before the rebellion, it manufac- lures a third of it now. A large part of this is manufactured in the South. Globe-Democrat.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20
A DELICATE INSTRUMENT.
California University Has n Seismograpl Designed by Japanese for De-
 tecting Earthquakes.

Berkeley, Cal, Sept. 14.--In the ob- servatory on the campus is now in- stalled seismograph, designed by Prof. Omori, of Japan, to record the preliminary motions and after shocks incident to an earthquake. The in- ftrument demonstrated it's worth when when Prof. Champreux was able to compute from it's records all most the exact distance from the uni versity of the shock at Valparaiso Prof Omori believes that eventually the machine will aid in solving the problem of predicting the coming Of an earthquake.
 The instrument belongs to the Im- perial Earthquake commission of Ja- pan and a receipt for the instrument has been forwarded to the commission by the secretary of the university in accordance with Omori's request.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20
UNDIrlINISHED POPULARITY

It must be somewhat disappoint- ing to those Republican organs which have been so busily occupied in en- deavoring to convince people of the country that some of the utterances of Mir. Bryan in his New York speech would injure his hold upon the party and people, to note that the endorse ments of his candidacy for the presi- dential nomination by state conven- tions continue uninterruptedly. Georgia, the first state to hold a convention subsequent to the New York speech, was unanimous in an enthusiastic endorsement, and now comes Alabama equally strong. St. Louis, in its magnificent reception, emphasizes the loyalty of old Mis- souri toward it's political idol. If the Republicans can find any evil dences in proof of their assertions of diminished popularity, they will have to seek in those quarters where the wish is father to the thought. Joplin Globe.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20
BRYAN AT LOUISVILLE.
Warm Welcome to the Democratic Leader by His Admirers in the
 Southland.

by His Admirers in the
 Southland.
 Louisville, Ky, Sept. I4.-Entering the Southland for the first time in two years, William J. Bryan Wednes- day received welcome that in warmth and spontaneity has not been surpassed by any of the greetings giv- en him since his return from his tour of the world Hts arrival in the city provoked a great outbnrst of ac- clamations from thousands of march CTS and yet more thousands on the streets. His reception at the armory Wednesday night, where he addressed a crowd of 12,000 people, was nothing less than volcanic eruption of en- thusiasm Although the attendance of southern notables was smaller than at first expected, on account of Mir. Bryan's recent acceptance of numer- ous invitations from other southern cities, still the mass meeting at the armory was representative southern gathering, graced by the Kentucky leaders of democracy, a number of prominent democrats from other southern states and a great mass of citizens from Kentucky and Indiana
 When MT. Bryan entered the hall leaning on the arm of MT. Watterson. there was demonstration that last ed ten minutes. thousands of flags being waved in unison with the sur ges of cheers that swept over the throng.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20

HAT Mena possesses all the the making of good
 all who know aught of the place.
 Chief excellent always pushing the front and mneng their confidence the by purchasing erecting homes and business the old always with the growth of the surrounding The merchants Mena able demands the territory tributary Mna buying plying all customers with everything needed and prices that distances get their supplies and sell their products
 By and through this commenda public spirit and Mena steadily continuously forged At time has had bakset keeping often the dscouragng caused by false and often malicious forth by dguned kick and enlarged by those nghbong who from foolish jealousy malignant cune enlarge and give publicity to what they should know they possessed of false and misleading every particular.
 has often been observed commented upon that people business residence the chief purchasers realty prices buildings hesitate and instance have they had their way they confidence in the future of helped standing progressive and best town in the state equal and the largest in states.
 enterprise public spirit only erection of large substantial and attractive business houses and deces many them to grace the pride of cities of much and importance shown miles of sidewalks school buildings public library parks together with the best all gravity system of waterors in the state owned and operated by the city
 largely things people spirit today to push forward and make that shall be the pride of Arkansas douragments because sustained
 Tn harmony with these ideas there arc oav more noacts m hand buildings under period it's history growth and greatness of the town prevails that has heretofore r achievements make
 why prevail? high altitude Southern climate with pure abundance all conducive conditions that few cities boast and that the located at low altitude the banks of sluggish
 surrounded by agon ponds where malaria breed and the long weng days and nights those compelled whether living discomfort, sickness and death abound
 We have the territory fifty miles be taken a have competitor.
 The favorable conditions named above and the confidence of dsincive town in the state them all and united they will make Mena still greater rMenaas months years roa around
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20

disappointed when they gather the crop. The continued rains has caused the bolls to drop and in many sections the crop is seriously dam- aged already. The Texas Farm and Ranch says editorially:
 "The labor of year in the cotton field may be swept away within a week by worms, weevils or unfavor- able weather. No other crop IS so sensitive to unfavorable conditions, no other so uncertain on which to base the welfare of a family z
 Fortunately the cotton grown in the hill lands of this section will not be so seriously injured from these causes, and as prices are bound tc rule high the growers of Western Arkansas will thrive.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20

A united public sentiment will carry any good project forward to a successful termination and will build cities even under adverse circum- stances. Mena has everything in it's favor--location, climate, water, and large territory tributary with no competitor within seventy-fve miles, and with united people possessed of civic pride and conscious of our natural advantages, Mena will con- tinue her forward march to great ness.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20
FUGITIVE CASHIER RETURN.
Granville M. Gwyn. Who Fled Fl Hayti. Mo-. Leaving n Shortage,
 surrenders.

Hayti, Mo. Sept. 14--After hss ing travelled lcisnrely through \ United States and on around X world, q fugitive from justice nearly q year, Granville M GEs former cashier of the Bank of Had who fled from this city leaving alleged shortage of s17,02l. retufl' Wednesday and surrendered to authorities for trial. Cwyn was once bound over in the sum or sas The bond was signed by his fsas F. NJ. Gwyn, w. H. Foley and S Gettiags. and he was rcleagod. trial will be held at the NoyeEs term of the circuit court.
 On November 19, 1905. Gwyn \ denly departed from Hayti, leayias note to the president, John l.. Dor of the bank, stating the books and pers would be found all right l nothing would be found wrong eus ing shortage of $17,02l in the ts Gwyn's disappearance startled community. He had been consias model young man of frugal haA A reward of $500 for his apprehena was offered.
 Gwyn's personal property, vii was turned over to the bank, amouni to sG,000 His cashiers bond was 900, leaving the net loss to the ha about s7,000 When the news Gwyn's flight became known run the bank was only prevented by surances of the institutions stabili
 Gwyn admits that his sole purF in returning voluntarily was tc q ID the charges against him. grandfather, Dr. $. NJ Hayes, est lished the town of Hayti 12 years 2 and 1t now has a population of 900.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20
BRYAN IN ARKANSAS.

So William J. Bryan is to make several speeches in Arkansas the latter part of September. It is we'll he is to come before outdoor meet ings are unreasonable. The desire of the people of Arkansas to hear MT. Bryan is not to be measured by the capacity of the available public halls. Arkansas Gazette.
 This may prove a good time to book MT. Bryan for a speech at Mena. He has already been asked not to forget his promise made to the ladies of the Mena library two years ago to give a lecture here for the benefit of the library.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20
CUNNING RASCALS.

Mir. Hearst's New York Evening Journal, which many regard as a kind of a Socialist daily, rejoices over the interest shown by cur President in New Zealand's system of govern ment-a system, it asserts, (which the ignorant call Socialism, but which is simply common sense. The same paper thinks it is 'too bad that 'our eighty millions of Ameri- can people could not talk for just ten minutes with Sir Joseph Ward" and it adds:
 He tells the Americans whom he is visiting that no government in New Zealand could live an hour if it even suggested changing back to the old plan of allowing cunning rascals to exploit the people through private ownership of public necessi- ties. And he is wondering, as many Americans are wondering already, how long it will take this nation to realize that it's laws should protect the many instead of promoting the extortions of the few. xxx
 It is lucky thing fer this big, slow-moving country of ours, ruled and managed by selfish interests, that we have beneath our feet, on the other side of the world. small nation of a million men and women, working sensibly, managing their own affairs. proving to us Americans our stupidity in permitting ourselves to be exploited millions of us by the clever corruptionists and the political bosses---their tools --who sell both of the great parties to them"
 The foregoing from the Literary Digest is quite apropo at this time when government ownership of rail- roads is being so generally discussed
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20

The rapid spread of the boil weevil this summer with the help of con stant showery weather throughout the infested district is subject for careful study by the cotton growers whose farms have thus far escaped the visitations of this destroyer. Prof. w. D. Hunter, special agent of the United States Department of Agriculture for boil weevil investi- gations, reports that the weevil has crossed Red river into the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, and that the migratory movement in both Texas and Louisiana is more active than has been noted for years. The pest is as yet an unsolved problem and all that has been done recently by the government experts with reference to the weevil is to note and record it's spread together with a study of the weevil's habits. Texas Farm and Ranch.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20
WILLING TO GIVE HER ANY.
 THING.

A man in Colorado learning that his wife had sued him for a divorce wrote the judge of the court as fol- lows:
 Dear Judge:-I noticed where my wife who used to be has applied for divorce. I promised her when married her she could have any thing she wanted, so give her my consent. Let her have it, for God s sake, and don't mention the thanks. I wish was able to send her a dozen divorces, because that l feel it is a stumbling block removed.
 Oscar Greer"
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20
flows This2

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 We. the undersigned, have known F. ! Cheney for the last l5 years and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transac tous and financially ablel to carry out any obligations made by his finn.
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 Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting directly upon the blood sOd mucous surfaces of the system Testimonials sent free. Price 75c per bottle Sold by sll druggists
 Take IIall's Family Pills for constipation
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20
KING coTToN's NEW scEpTER

Hammond, Clingman, Wigfall, Toombs, Mallory and the rest of the Southern political chiefs who, half a century ago, were proclaiming that cotton was king. ought to have died hereafter. Cotton's rule subsided for time during the eos. and other products gained sway. But it is going to the front again. It is SCOT ing conquests undreamed of in the days just previous to the rebellion. In the list of exports in the fiscal
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20
Nominated n Fun Ticket.

New York, Sept. 14.--In a harmo- nious and enthusiastic final session in Carnegie hall Wednesday night the state convention of the Independence League put into the field a straight ticket of state officers to be voted for at the coming election. The dele. gates cheered for B minutes when MT Hearst appeared on the platform to make a brief speech or acceptance of the nomination for governor.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20
Sailors Want Reduced r.t..,

Washington. Sept S.---The sugges- tion has been made to the navy de- partment that if arrangements could be made with the railroad companies to carry the sailors of the navy at half fare or reduced rates 1t would be of great benefit to the service and would cause the enlistment of more men from the inland towns who arc now compelled to pay the full fare out of their own pockets when they wish to see their home folks. British sailors of the navy are permitted to travel at reduced rates.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20
The Missnnri ouster ensc.

St. Louis. Sept. 13.--When the hel ing in the custer proceedings lns tuted by the state against the Wsls Pierce, Standard and Republic companies is resumed October l6 defendants will begin taking rehrF testimony. The states case is clos and Attorney Hadley announced ia he had taken more than 5000 paG of typewritten testimony.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20

Mena is steadily progressing and pushing forward to greater promi- hence as first class city---more brick and stone buildings being un- der construction and contract than at any time in it's history.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20
Heavy Rain in oklahoma.

Oklahoma City, Ok. Sept. lS---l' heaviest rain in the history of os' homa City fell Tuesday night aS Wednesday morning. The preclpp tion In two hours was 2.76 inches. Y Atchison, Topeka X Santa Fe rallss track was washed out between Paa' Valley and Purcell. I. T., and ua1 to Texas are being detoured " here via Chickasha. I. T,