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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
JEFFERSON FENCIBLES
 RETURN HOME
Captain Ellis Made Highest Individual Average at State Encampment- Something of Next Encamp.
 ment.

The Jefferson Fencibles returned Saturday night from Little Rock, where they have been attending the range target practice of the Second Regiment of Arkansas National Guards at Camp x. o. Pindall in that city for the past week.
 Horors in the shooting were well divided. The Beebe company made the highest average at the 200-yard line Company G of Texarkana and Company H of this city divided hon ors at the 300-yard line The Cabot company made the highest average on the 500-yard line, while Company D of Ell Dorado excelled from the 600-yard line. Having captured the standard, Company D will be the standard-bearing company until ex- celled in craftsmanship by some other of the companies comprising the regiment.
 Captain w. Y. Ellis of the Jefferson Fencibles was we'll pleased with the showing Company H made. During the past few months the company has experienced much trouble in regard to keeping the rent for the armory paid up, and number of the boys whS went in the scompany were not enlisted. Captain Ellis, however, made the highest general average of
 
 The Little Rock Gazette of recent date says: "Col. Henry Stroup of the Second regiment and Col. W. K. Sur ridge of Black Rock, commanding the First regiment, leave this morn ing for Pine Bluff to hear the prop osition of business men of that place, who are endeavoring to secure the state encampment. The two officers will return tonight, and the place of encampment will probably be def- nitely decided upon this week, possi- bly tomorrow
 When asked about the arrival Of these two gentlemen, Captain Adju- tant w. B. Pinney and Captain w. Y. Ellis of the State Guards today said that neither of them had been noti- fled concerning their visit, nor could anything be learned about it from any other source.
 Captain Ellis expressed himself as being of the opinion that the next state encampment, which will take place in August or September, will be held in Russellville. Hot Springs is being considered as a meeting place by the authorities, but the encamp- ment was held there a few years ago, and Captain Ellis thinks it likely that Russellville will be the place selected.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
PLENTY OF BASEBALL
 FOR THIS WEEK
Bl0omer Girls. Local Mines and the Crack Indian Ball T0ssers Will
 Be Seen at Forest Park.

The St. Louis Stars, known ia hillary over the country as the Bloomer Girls baseball team, will play at Forest Park Wednesday. They will cross bats with the Mill Ter High Life team of this city and owing to the fact that the two teams have been playing good ball all season, an exciting contest is promised. The Boomer girls have been playing ball all over the coun- try and have won many fast games from professional and semi-profes- sional organization.
 The Cotton Belt and Iron Noun tain bali teams will meet at Forest Park Saturday of this week, chal- -ange having recently been made by the Cotton Belts and accepted by the latter cub. The two local teams are evenly matched, and this game also promises to interest the fans.
 Manager F. F. Cherot, of the Park Amusement company, today received letter from Manager Neal of the crack Indian baseball team, which is at Shreveport for a series of games, asking for a game here Fridax- s'S,1i
 In the event that the Pine Bluff Nationals consent to meet the boys from the Territory game will be arranged on that day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
LIFE INSURANCE
 COMPANIES QUIT
Nineteen Concerns Withdraw From Texas When the Robertson Bill
 Becomes Effective.

San AntOnio Texas, July 15.-The Robertson insurance bill became eff fective today, and 19 life insurance companies have withdrawn from the state as a result.
 Tie 21 companies, together w7@ the amount of tax paid Texas on the business done in this state during 1906, are:
 Columbia National, Boston, $329.
 Des Moines Life, Des Moines, Ia $493. Fidelity Mutual, Philadelphia, s.. s92. Home Life, New York, $2,7S1. Manhattan Life, New York, $4,275
 Massachusetts Mutual, Springfield Mass, $1,390. Mutual Benefit, Newark, $S,7S2. Mutual Life, New York, s27,O97. National Life, Montpelier, Vt., $947 New York Life, New York, $40,657 Northwestern Mutual Milwaukee $7,971. Pennsylvania Mutual, Philadelphia '$7,644
 Prudential, Newark, N. J., $2,944.
 Reliance Life, Pittsburg, Pa., $194
 Security Mutual, Binghamton, N. Y, $7,194.
 Travellers Insurance, New York, $3,45S.
 Union Mutual, Portland, Me-, $1,153.
 Washington Life, New York, s2,567
 Wisconsin Life, Madison, Wis. $19O
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
GAINES AND HAY
 BUY THE PLANTERS
Capitalists Who Control Arlington and Eastman Hotels ill Hot Springs and Jefferson in st.
 Louis Purchase Another.

Albert B. Gaines of Englewood, N. J., and Lyman T. Hay of St. Louis both well known to Pine Bluffians have acquired the control ing interest in the Planters hotel at St. Louis from Col. Tom Landrum a former Kentucky distiller, and a member of Gov. Folks staff for 0 consideration, it is said, of $200.- 900.
 Messrs, Gaines and Hays also control the Hotel Jefferson there and are also associated in the man. agement of the Arlington and East man hotels in Hot Springs, Ark. MT. Hay will be the resident manager at St, Louis, of both the Jefferson and the Planters. He said today that one of the improvements contem- plated is a terrace garden similar to that of the Knickerbocker in New York, the only one in the ooun- try at present.
 Col. Landrum, it is reported will locate in the East. The deal was a surprise, as just priorsto the an- nouncement of it, it was published that Captain Lawler, the Houston (Texas) hotel keeper would secure control of the Planters.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
 PAVING DISTRICT YT,. A-

The tax books for the collesssssr sas. the special assessment upon the ross property in paving district N 6. lf, (West Second avenue) in the City .a Pine Bluff, Arkansas, have been alae~ ed in my hands.
 All owners of real property IylE within the district are required ao ncr their assessments to me within I.asrss- days from this date.
 If such payment is not made fx.::lzzl will be commenced at the end otf ;tGsae-4 5;tG.aaes--t time for the collection of such aaRem ment and for legal penalties AM costs.
 Given under my hand this 19Gn nuT of June, 1907. A. G. RUSSEa.G- City ColyGsaegs Office hours 9 a. m. to F na asixT hall building. 6.s&,ss
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CITY COUNCIL
 TO MEET TONIGHT

The report of the committee ap- pointed b. the City Council to look into the case of the error in the printing, which City Attorney Cole man asserted was the reason why he advised the matter of annexing more to the city dropped for the present, will probably report at the meeting of that body tonight, and but for this one matter the Council meeting promises to be exceptionally dull.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
PATROLMAN
 RETIRES RICH
William s. Prendergrast, a New York Policeman, Has Made Half a Mill lion Dollars in Real Estate
 Speculation During the
 Past Few Years.

New York, July 15.-William s. Prendergast, who has been a police man here for Il years, retired from the force having made $500,000 in real estate speculation in the past few years. Prendergast for some time has been known as the richest patrelman on the metropolitan force. He is going to make tour of Europe, visit his parents in Ire land and the come back and build big hotel.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15

ager and Huver, MT IT. IT. re1e.,ssr <'SSistaht ,Siaht Manager and Buyer
 These gentlemen have made ar scz,a- c'al study of salesmanship Ther, .r., x, selected a fine lot of travelling me-1 +r--,S are unusually successful in proc7s~,~ ~e sa atisfactory business for their fso,,,.e me following lead the list cr -. GOOD LUCK" sellers: MT, r. Y: Reynolds, MT. Fred. Schneider " :. r. Becker and Mir. IT, C. Burks.
 Every one of these gentlemen s,,x, "GOoD LCCk'sS@ praises. because tt- ss. the most successful seller eyer r~s,o- on the Southern market
 The GOOD LUCK" Factory is r,-y,s., sented in tAis territory by Mr ! DugGins. The GOOD LUCK ~,~ never have any cause for being ,r,r pressed. for they are in q rising r,Ssj ness The gentleman just ncntioytsr however. seems to have been unus,,alr successful in concluding sales.
 Tn connection with the 'IfOGI LICK Exhibit at the Jamestown Pr position will be conducted free Eta1arr and Writing Rooms and features of e7. tertainment- Mir. J. IT. Duggins is a,a tending a cordial invitation to evt4sr body to make his hoaduuarters at tr,. GOOD LUCK Exhibit when ne v,si.r the Jamestown Exposition.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
TOM RICHARDSON
 GRANTED A PARDON

Acting Governor Pindall recently granted a pardon to Tom Richardson
 a negro, convicted of murder in the second degree in Jefferson county and serving a ten-year sentence in the penitentiary Richardson had always borne a good reputation, and his pe- tition for pardon was signed by many prominent and influential cit izens of Jefferson. He killed a negro named McBeth about two years ago.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
AT FOREST
 PARK SUNDAY

The attendance at Forest Park was very large yesterday, and nearly 1000 people were in the auditorium to hear the band concert in the afternoon, which the Park Amuse- ment company has added to It's many attractive features of Forest Park. The Penny Arcade will be open tonight for the first time, and Daniel Boone, the Kentucklan will be among the new attractive pictures shown in the auditorium tonight. This is a new film. ana many interesting scenes from plo- neer days are shown i'll very real istic manner.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
INDIANS OF
 TENNESSEE
Hundreds of Citizens Claim to Have Cherokee Blood in Their Veins, and Are Trying to Get a Slice of the S4,OO0,O0O Govern
 ment Bounty.

Bristol, Tenn, July 15.-Local lawyers who are sending many claims of persons who are descend- ants of Cherokee Indians for a share in the s4,O00,O0O bounty recently granted by Congress. There are hundreds of persons in this section who claim to have Cherokee blood in their veins and ask for the privi- lege of proving their claims before a commissioner from the court claims.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15

The crowd of young people from this city who are spending few days at Lake Village will return home this afternoon. The party left here last Wednesday and were chaperoned by Mir. and Mrs. M. A. Austin. Th@ number in the party was ten, and ac cording to a message received in this city from them yesterday, they arc having a glorious time.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
CONTRACTORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that EesI let at noon on July 15, 1907, at Ga4 front door of the court house in tlM city of Pine Bluff, Ark, the contnant for building one new bridge acnpas Plum Bayou at or near Mason=R;ss place on the Pine Bluff and El1eNns' road. Plans for said bridge car os seen at the county clerks office. TfR county reserves the right to reject sai bids. JAS. GOULH,
 County Judge Pine Bluff, Ark, July 6, 1907.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
MOTHER TAKES POISON GIVES BABE THE SAME
Georgia Woman After Quarrel With Her Husband Swallows Strych. nine, Then Gives It to Child
 Both Die.

Hawkinsyille, Ga, July 15.-Mrs. Mack Mckinney, a young wife af- ter words of difference with her hus- band who lives near here, swallowed dose of strychnine yesterday after giving some to her two-year-ol daughter.
 She then told her husband of it who treated it as a joke, Soon, how ever, mother and child died in great agony. She was p year old.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
LEMON ELIXIR.

An old druggist told m etoday he had long looked for substitute TOT calomel, with all it's good effects, that would not leave the system in such an awful dangerous condition, and found it in Lemon Elixir.
 Jasper, Fla. T. A. JENNINGS, Dd
 T. A. JENNINGS, Druggist. Jasper, Fla.
 All druggists sell Dr. Mozley's Lemon Elixir. ;
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15

Misses Jennie and Elizabeth h Adams left Sunday afternoon fos Helena to visit relatives for few deys. After their stay in that place they will go to Owensboro and Hawesville, Kentucky, to spend the summer with relatives in the Blue Grass state.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15

Miss Lizzie Williams has returned from a visit to friends in Little Rock.
 Mrs. Clara Russell is guest of Mrs. Harry Keats at No. 2316 Main street, Little Rock.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
LET CONTRACT FOR
 A WOODEN BRIDGE

County Judge James Gould today mediate erection ol bridge across Plum Bayou, ten miles northeast of this city. The contract was let to A. McNulty, whose bid was $290 per foot. The bridge is to be 120 feet long and will be a wooden structure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
OUR STANDING OFFER.

Anyone sending Us names of .x- ventors, will be paid s3 for each cag we get from them. Just send Nna name, we do the rest. Look arGIus you, and you will be surprised (. the number of inventors wishing Gee, ents, in your neighborh0od. R, Swift & Co.,, Washington, D. C
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
@ss DAKOTA SUNDAY ,A 0V4AOOo0

Fargo, N. D., July 15.-The annual convention of the North Dakota Sun day school association opened this morning for session of three days Leading religius workers from all parts of the state are in attendance and will take part in the instruction work of the meeting.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15

-Adolph Bluthenthal, who went to Europe several weeks ago to at- tend the golden wedding of his parents, is now touring in the old world. He is in Switzerland this week and will take passage for America August 6.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
MIuLKIN'S REDUCTION SALE.

w. B. Mullikin, Mo- 326-32S Main street, will continue the great reduc- Ition sale until August 1. He has a stock of $35,OOO to select from and the reduced prices in all lines Of goods has kept a big force of sales- nen busy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15

Impure blood runs you down makes you an easy victim for organ ic diseases Burdock Blood Bitte:s purifies the blood-cures the cause builds you up.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
FOR SALE.

800 bushels good sound whippo- will peas, we'll sacked, f. o. b. cars at Little Rock or Carlisle, Ark. w. H. Nichols.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15

Tn warm weather Prickly Ash Blt- ters helps your staying qualities Workers who use it occaslonaiN stand the heat better and are less fatigued at night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15

VI "Doan's Continent cured me. ot ec-
 Szema that had annoyed me long Etime The cure was permanent - 6ffpn. s. w. Matthews, Commisslone: N&abor Statistics, Augusta, Me.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15

Mrs. A. S. Trigg and children, York and Helen, of Pine Bluff, are recent arrivals in the city. They are here on an extended yisit.-Hot Springs News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15

Walter Cotter, the well known broker of Little Rock, is in the city today on business.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15

Misses Perla and Maude Sullivan, of Camden, are among the guests at the Hotel Jefferson today
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-29
THINGS THEATRICAL.

"Thc Man on thr Case" is the nnmc
of Grace Livingston Furniss' new play.
Joe Kane who played last season In
IA One Horse Town." hna been en-
gagged to appear In "rhc Rogers Broth
rrH In ranuma."
Mira. Corlnnc Rider Kelsey, Il native
of Toledo, o.. who has been trained In
singing abroad, has been engaged for
the opcrn season ut Covcnt Garden,
London, next year
The new Broadhurst- Kcrkcr comedy
Is called "rhc Lady From lanes"
Lewis Hooper Is looking after 5,hc mu-
steal numbers. and the dramatic part
of the play IL under the supervision of
Thomns Wise.
II. w. Rylcy's sketch, "'rhc Horse
Thief was presented recently for the
first time. The sketch IS after the
style of the Introductory picture of
Tile Girl OF the Golden West" Charles
Brown plays ms the horse thief.
Miss Elizabeth Morrison. an Ameri.
can singer, well known in Paris. Is
meeting With unusual success In Lon
don. She was II pupil of Eduardo Sc
tolnno and possesses mczzo soprano
voice of wide range and great force.
Miss Morrison has youth, beauty and
an attractive personality.
Tho volinist Karl Klein, who will
be heard in New York next season, Is
son of n New York composer. and
hns won extraordinary success In Eu.
rope Ills first appearance will be
made with Walter Damrosch's Sym
phony orchestra ut Carnegie hall, New
York. when ho Will play Lalo's Sym.
phonlc Espagnolc.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-29
PROGRESS AND LABOR.

1t has been stated that most OF thu
material exported from Japan is made
by the women OF the nation
An Adams (Alass) paper company
believed TO bc the only mill In the
country which has department for
making paper by hand, has decided to
discontinue This branch of its work
This department was established TWEEN
ty-fiyc years ago.
Though many plans to lessen the Jar
of machit. ~ have been tried, annoy
ancc from steam hammers, etc, con-
tnucs. a new French remedy Is to
place under the machine Il two inch
elastic plate consisting OF two sheets
of steel with an Intervening layer of
coach springs surrounded by felt.
A novel English table lamp depends
upon petrol absorbed by porous stone
filling the contnincr. There is no wick,
but air rising through pcrforations in
tho stone carries enough vapor to light
the mantle. Upscttlng cxtlnguishcs
the light. while there is no free petrol,
20 odor and no smoke, with small con-
sumption of illuminant.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-29
TIMELY GOLF TALK,
English View of Reducing the
Championship Entrants.
BIG FIELDS HARD TO HANDLE

Delegates at St. Andrews, Scotland,
Make Suggestions - Massey, tho
Frcnchman Who Won British Open
Championship, Once a caddy.
The question OF limiting the entries
10 the amateur golf championship from
year to year SO rs TO make the fields
less unwcldy Is finding an echo abroad,
ana II suggestion has been made that
n qualifying round should he adopted,
ns In this country, to weed out the
poorer players. Tho London Field has
the following TO say on the subject,
which Is one of growing interest here:
THE threat is again Forthcoming
that some terribly drastic reform Is
to be introduced In the present meth
oil of receiving entries for the amateur
golf championship. The delegates
held meeting ut St Andrews at the
close or last week. and suggestions
were submitted limiting entries to
players who were scratch ut their own
clubs and also suggesting that II quail
Tying stroke competition should be
held. On this basis of agreement IL
circular Is TO he issued TO the clubs
asking that they should consider the
subject and report next year, when the
championship would be played at
Sandwich
ut is to be hoped that no hurried or
lmprudcnt counscls will he allowed
10 prevail In order to tamper with the
constitution OF the only characteristic
tournament which sheds glory and re-
nown on the amateur game.
AN entry list OF 200 competitors Is
! undoubtedly formidable for any one
club To manage, ana 1t is IL notable ex-
ample of self denial on the part Of n
local community to give up It's public
links for FIVE whole days to see the
matches decided. But there will be no
sensible relief gained In diminishing.
the number of entries by insisting that
every player shall carry with him n
certificate that he is Il scratch PLAYER
on his home green. That regulation
may be easily avoided without any Sc
| rlous breach of bad faith Besides, In
England at my rate, the number of
scratch players multlplics every year
ns thiclily as do autumnal leaves
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-29
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INsTI-
TUTE.
Estate Agricultural and Mechanical
College) mt Blacksburg, Va.
A SOUTHERN INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY.

Flfty-fonr instructors. thoroughly
equipped Shops. Laboratories and In
firmaries. Farm of eleven hundred
acres. Steam-heating and electric
lights in dormitorics. Degree courses
In Agriculture, horticulture, Civil, Mo
chanical and Electrical Engineering.
Applied Chemistry, Applied Geology,
Preparatory Medicine and Veterinary
Science and General Science. Shorter
courses In Practical Agriculture and
Practical Mechanics.
Total cost of session of nine
months, including tuition and other
fees, board, washing, textbooks. uni
form, medical attendance, etc. $247.-
40. Cost of State students, $197I0.
The next session opens Wednesday.
September is, 1907. For catalogue
and other Information. apply to
PAUL Is. BARRlNGER. NJ. d., LID.
s st President.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-29
Household Notes.

Whom the brass tops on kerosene
lamps got loose. try melted alum for
holding them III placer Alum must
no melted over an intense heat, and
II IL excellent for mcndng purposes.
Lemons viii keep longer IL placed
In covered glass jars, BY some 1t is
said they Will keep longer if the Jars
are filled with water. If wrapped in
tissue paper and placed in bran they
viii last many weeks during hot
weather.
If canned pears have n fat taste
and most pears do. they will he I'M
proved by adding stick cinnamon 20
them while cooking.
All juices left after makinc prc.
serves should he boiled down bottled.
securely corkcd and labeled for win.
ter uso when they are delicious 10
add TO solatmc puddings, blanc
mango. sauces and fruit drinks.
Place tea grounds around the roots
of ferns and he rewarded with rich
growth of leaves. Frequently change
the leaves.
After using knife to pare onions
drop H. in cold water and leave until
tho dishes nrc washed. then wash
he noticed. This rule holds good for
utensils in which fish have been cook
ed Securing soaps will not rcmovo
disngrccablc odors from knives AMI
dishes but this simple method never
fails
A cloth dipped in strong cider vine
gar will clean mica
10 make paper stick to metal use
strong solution OF washina soda
While hot dip the metal IN ana when
clean take II out and rub with soft
cloth. Apply onion juice To the meta,
and 1t will adhere like glue ana il
VIII be almost impossible to separate
the two.
Remember that salt raises the tenn
pcraturo of boiling water. thereby
making vegetables cook more Quickly
when 1t is used
chopped cucnmbcrs with tomatoes,
when highly seasoned. make 4 good
Killing for tomato shells when sorv.
ing individual dishes One NAV deco.
rate the dish with parsley or lettuce
leaves.
DO not serve meat cverv meal this
not weather Vary the diet by using
substitutes.
Green vegetables are rica N or
sanic mineral salt when is very
necdinl in vegetable nutrition and
should always be included in every
menu.
The morning parasol vii lba :, mod.
est AFFAIR with n plain silk or plain
SILK with plain bordcred aage. THO
ones carried later in the day are flow