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Sharp County record., 1907-01-04
NORTH ARKANSAS.
What Is Happening In This Immediate
Part OF The State.

Three weddings occurred al
the court house in Mountain
Home on Christmas day.
A farmer near Mountain Home
has raised two unusually large
Irish potatoes. One weighs Is
ounces, the other an ounce less.
/ J. J. Smith, aged IS, and Miss
Anna flanagan, aged 10, both
of Cushman, were married in the
court house at Batesville last
week.
Saloons went out of Lawrence
county the first day of January.
That county gave a majority of
1148 against license at the last
election.
Clark Forsbee of Stone county,
charged with selling liquor ille-
gally, has been bound over to
the next federal grand jury at
Batesville.
A Ratesville paper says the
shipment of live stock from that
place during the present fall and
winter has been the heaviest for
years past,
Mrs. C. L. Wright of Walnut
Ridge injured an arm badly in a
fall several weeks ago, making
amputation necessary in order to
save her life.
The large $4,000 steam shovel
which has been in use on the
White River railroad, has been
under water for several days ow-
ing to the rise in White river.
At Sulphur Rock one day last
week the 3-year-old daughter of
Robert Gossett and wife was
burned to death. Her clothing
took fire while she was in the
house alone.
Another mass meeting of citi-
zens was held at Newark one
night last week at which it was
decided to wage more vigorously
the fight against blind tigering
and gambling in the town.
The 5-year-old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Hite of New
port narrowly escaped being
burned to death lately when her
clothing caught fire from a red.
hot stove. The little girl was
severely burned, as was hel
mother in extinguishing t h
flames.
Thomas Holland, an old, inof-
fensive gentleman of Batesville
who is deformed in both hands
was seriously hurt by Bill Dow, {
drunken negro, one day las
week. The negro became enra
ged because the old man would
not accept a So bill from hin
and struck him in the head with
a rock. The negro was captured
and placed in Jail, and there wa
talk of lynching him. He is be-
ing held to await the extent o
his victims injuries.
Sharp County record., 1907-01-04
c A L A MIN E :.

Lee Street and wife were visit
ing at Cave City Saturday and
Sunday.
Ebert Ritchie and R ans 20 m
Worel of Ash Flat are business
visitors to our town this week.
Moses McGinnis has moved to
his new home at Cross Roads.
We wish him much success at
his new location.
Christmas has come and gone.
Everything was very quiet in
this part of the county, Plenty
of booze, but nobody drunk.
DR., V. L. Duren of Shelbyville
was in town last Saturday. He
informs US that he is preparing
to 60 to southern Texas soon.
Dr.. Wesley Gray is moving to
our town from Cave City. He
will occupy the Mrs. l.. |. For
tenberry property on Main street.
John Parsley and family and
Elmer Street of Cave City were
visitors in our town during Xmas,
quests of Ammon Parsley and
family.
Fred King and Miss Mary Reed
were married last Sunday, We
join their many friends in wish
ing the happy couple a long and
happy life.
Mrs, S. j. Dement,, late of Cit
ra, |. T., is back on the old home
stead. People will 60 away, but
they are sure to come back,
sooner or later.
The Parsley & Winters mines
on Big Creek are running now in
good shape and every shot shows
zinc in large quantities. There
is plenty of ore in sight to justify
the putting in of machinery. The
only thing to hinder this mine
from being paying proposition
is transportation for the ere. If
the proposed railroad was built
there would be mines in almost
every hollow. Everybody work
for the development Of the coun-
try, "a.
Sharp County record., 1907-01-04
Bryan Will Take 1t.

In newspaper interview at
Kansas City a few days ago, VIM.
J. Bryan said:
"While | have not yet announ-
ced that | would be a candidate
for the presidency, | have not
stated that | would not be a can
didate, and do not intend to.
Such a high honor as the presi-
dental nomination is something
that no American citizen should
decline"
Sharp County record., 1907-01-04
c E N T E R

The rain, the rain. When will
1t stop?
A good many people in this
community are on the puny list.
r. H, Lentz is driving over the
country buying produce from the
people.
Lacey Holt has been down for
about two weeks with the mumps,
but is improving.
William Flanagan, who livos
near this place, is making ar
rangements to move from the
county.
Miss Ruth Hulett, after spend
ing the holidays at home, left
Sunday for Swifton to resume
teaching.
~ Horace B. Hill of Indian Terri
tory was here one day last week,
He looks as natural as when he
was one of us.
Mark Graham is carrying the
mails between this place and
Hardy now, and you can safely
bet he is particularly displeased
at so much rain.
One day last week as George
Dawson was riding along the
road, letting his pony go at its
usual gait, the animal stumbled,
fell and broke its neck. George
was pitched off, but escaped un-
hurt.
Our friend r. K. Arnold re-
ports the people running him al
most to death wanting him to do
surveying. He says he has the
contract to survey something
like 600 acres in town lots for the
town of Hardy, from which it is
seen that Hardy means to ex-
pand some,
Sharp County record., 1907-01-04
We Want
Your Trade


and our Superior Merchandise
and lower prices should GER
tainly getit. Because we know
weare offering better goods for
the same price or the same
goods for a less price than any
store in North Arkansas. We
quote only a few Of our many
low prices.
Sharp County record., 1907-01-04
THE RECORD
BY CLAUDE l.. COGER.
M 0 B L E Y

Sherman Lewallen has a new
Springfield wagon.
Grover Jernigan was at Sui
phur Rock Saturday.
Frank Herring was at Cave
City Saturday on business.
S. l.. Shaver went to st. Louis
last week with two carloads Of
cattle.
Theo. Johnson, young man
well known here, is back from
Texas visiting friends.
Miss Lena Brown, a charming
young lady of Charlotte, was at
Mobley one day last week.
Uncle Tom Livingstone of Sa-
lem was a visitor at G. S. Jerni-
gan's home Saturday night.
D. M. Lewallen gave a singing
at his home Sunday night that
was well enjoyed by the young
folks.
The Xmas tree at Cross Roads
was grand success. Everybody
got presents, and Santa Claus
left US all happy.
Rev. j. l.. Brown of Charlotte,
one of the leading ministers of
the Baptist church in North Ar
kansas, was the guest of G. S. |
Jernigan last week.
Mobley can return the compli-
mept to John F. Bell. Let him
write again and tell us more of
that western world. We know
the people there need statehood, |
but we'd want the name of Johns
county changed before breakfast.
SPY" Andrews has received a
little, greasy petition, thought to
be from up about Hardy. Only
two or three names on it were
leeible, and they will never be
read to the Arkansas legislature.
They want the "Salary Raise"
repealed. They cried before ell
ectlon that a majority" ought |
to sign petition before our rep
resentative acts upon it. Why |
the change?
The sound of revelry has died
away on the Xmas air, the yule-
tide has ebbed and gone. We
see 1907 looming on the horizon
of time, with its promises and op-
portunities. The old year brought
us some bad, but more of good.
On New Years we are wont to
do a lot of moralizing a n d
swearing off," This year let
us do more of good and less of
bad than ever before.
Hon. E. B. Andrews has never
received a single reply to his ar
ticle on the estate Aid Bill"
The writer has secured full
copy of the bill, and predicts that
it will become a law in a short
time after the legislature meets.
The appropriation of $3.50, 900
may look like heavy run on the
treasury, but it will be spent we'll
when it is put on our roads. We
were at first opposed to the bill.
If this bill fails we will get a sub
stitute at day not far distant.
Good roads are coming, and it
takes money to build them.
Sharp County record., 1907-01-04
Three pardOns Saturday.

Governor Davis issued three
pardons Saturday, as follows:
Frank Henley, who was fined
$50 in Johnson county on the
charge of selling wine to a minor,
William Williams, who was sem
fenced to two years in the peni-
tentiary on a charge of man
slaughter from Drew county.
Herman Schreck, sentenced to
four years in the penitentiary
from Washington county on a
charge Of forgery.
Sharp County record., 1907-01-04
Notice For Publication.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark.
Dncnr,nhn,. 8 1QAG [

Land Office at Little Rock Ark.
December 8, 1906. !
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim and that said
proof will be made before the Clerk of Sharp
county, Ark, at Evening Shade, Ark. on Jan.
%, 1907, viz:
John r. Byrd
II. f. No. 23Si9 for the southwest quarter north
east quarter, northwest quarter southeast quarter
and north half southwest quarter, section %,
township H. north range west.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of said
land viz:
j. L. Neeley, w. G. Neeley, T. T. Heath and
Thos. Bearden, all of Center. Ark.
H. II. Myers. Register.
Sharp County record., 1907-01-04
Notice For Publication.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark.
Dec. 8. 1906

Land Office at Little Rock, Ark
Dec s. 1906.
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim and that said
proof will be made before the Clerk of Sharp
county, Ark, at Evening Shade, Ark. on Jan.
%, 1907, viz:
w. G. Douthit,
Adult heir,of Louis A. Douthit. Dec.
II. E. No. 2lS47 for the northwest quarter south
east quarter, section 8, township l6 north, range
west
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of said
land viz:
VIM. Felts, 0len Finley, Uz Finley, Sam Car
gill; all of Zion, Ark,
y, II, Myers, Registey
Sharp County record., 1907-01-04

Lee Street and wife were visit
ing at Cave City Saturday and
Sunday.
Sharp County record., 1907-01-04
Randolph County Man PardOned.

Last Monday Governor Davis
granted q pardon to W. H, Doug
las, who was fined $50 in the
Randolph circuit court for carry
ing a pistol.
Sharp County record., 1907-01-04
Salem Boy Probably Put To Death.

The report is current at Salem,
says the Banner, that Marvin
Williams, formerly of that place,
has been put to death for desert
ing the army of the United
States.
Sharp County record., 1907-01-04

Representative Ruff of RAN
dolph county was married last
week to Miss Effie Lehman Of
Maynard,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-04-12

The young calf should be taken away
from the mother after it is three or
four days old. 1t should be fed pure
milk for time, the temperature being
about 90 degrees f. Care should be
taken not to feed the calf too heavily,
or it may get the scours. The calf
should be taught to drink from pail
at the outset. This can be done by
putting the finger In its mouth and
gradually lowering the hand until 1T Is
beneath the warm milk in the pail. In
a short time it will drink by itself.
After being fed on the pure milk for a
week or SO the calf may be fed on skim
med milk If the calf does not run on
pasture, it will be profitable to put lit
tie meal or shipstuff in the skinned
milk. After a month or two it should
be fed some good timothy or clover
nay.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-04-12
Report On Ritual.

The report of the committee on de
gree work az tue recent session of the
Massachusetts state grange was a
most excellent one. we make single
extract.
IN 10 order is there a better chance
to eXeniplify It's teachings than in the
Patrons of Husbandry. With lesson
for each degree and ritual which
leads us progressively, step by step,
through the degree, we have Il splendid
chance to impress the candidates with
the teachings OF our Order With four
degrees. representing the four seasons,
and the lessons changing TO correspond
10 the changes in the seasons, we have
ritual that Is based on nature and
takes its teachings from the brown
soil. There are no more beautiful or
impressive sentiments expressed in the
language Of any ritual than in our own,
and any officer that falls to do his or
her duty by studying and learning their
lectures does the Order great injustice
and cannot expect to make favorable
Impression on the candidates"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-04-12
THE SOCIETY OF EQUITY.
An Organization Which Seeks to Con-
troll Prices OF Farm Produce.


troll Prices OF Farm Produce.
With considerable flourish of trum-
pets the Society of Equity, Il farmers
organization. has announced its pur-
pose to secure that great deslderatum
of western farmers, dollar wheat" 1t
has established headquarters in Chi
cago. from which point It will direct
operations. 1t proposes not only to
raise the price of wheat, but to elimi-
nate the middleman's profits. Re-
marking editorially on this proposition,
the Outlook of New York says that
many attempts at accomplishing this,
ranging from the social grange to the
political Farmers Alliance, have been
made and all have failed. A looseness
of organization when dealing with
farmers widely separated and unwill-
ing to undertake cooperative effort
on large scale has been the inevita-
bic result of these unions This mod
ern undertaking evidently is not free
from such dangers, for it is reported
that the cotton raisers of western Tex
as to the number of 100000 have Sc
coded from the central organization
and will manage their own affairs.
Lectures by itinerant organizers and
conventions for the display of oratory
will not hold Il nation wide organiza
ton together, much less one composed
of farmers, and this new union must
have behind it direct, simple plan for
betterment of the agricultural commu-
mites if it is to win permanently. The
farmer almost alone of the tOilerS of
the world has kept his Independent
way. He has no walking delegate no
union scale. no system of licensed APP
premiership Neither has he INDUCED
in high finance nor in the formation of
powerful trusts. Yet upon his labor is
based much of the prosperity that
makes possible the trust magnatc's de-
velOpment
1t is possible that the new union has
100000 members. but unless they are
held with unyielding force and obey
the directorate as one man it will have
little effect in realizing the dream OF
dollar wheat" which seems to be the
western farmers ideal of material
bliss. If the farmers of the ration
succeed in raising materially the price
of their crops at initial points. the con
sumner must prepare to pay more fol
the finished product when delivered at
his door unless the rise to the farmer
shall come not from the consumer. but
in lessened expense of getting the prod
uct to market. Some day this may be
accomplished. but reports concerning
the present undertaking do not indi-
cate that it is to succeed permanently
in changing the American farmers
condition. which, by the way, is not
one of great suffering.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-04-12
A GOOD cow sTANCH1oN.

two and One-half inches wide. The
end pieces are also of hard wood and
are one foot long by three and one
half inches square and are mortised
to receive the sides, as shown in Fig.
g. The sides are fastened to the ends
with bolts. one side on bolt at Y and
being held when closed by clevis, G.
Eyebolts are affixed at each end, to
which short chains are fastened and
by which the stanchon is suspended.
The whole stanchion. including bolts.
labor etc, should not cost more than
60 or - cents and may be made for
even less than that amount.
Percentage Valuable.
Cows. like men, are good or bad
ofttimes because of their environment,
bringing up and education. We look
for and expect men to be good If
brought up in good, religious families
and communities | have often heard
it said. Give me the first six years
of a chid's life, and ! will tell you
with great deal of certainty what
the future of that child's life will be-"
So believe that the conditions under
which an animal is reared determine in
a large measure her future usefulness
or uselessness. says u writer In KIM
balls Dairy Farmer. AS with men.
the parentage is of great value, and
we look for and have good reason to
expect cows to be better cows from a
long line of productive ancestry. This,
then. is the stepping stone in the de-
veloping of a dairy COW.
The Good hull.
Authorities say that daughters take
after their fathers and sons after their
mothers" in predominant character
istics. This is true Of all animal life.
If bulls lineage can be traced
through line OF remarkable mixers
his value will be enhanced. He will
transmit the qualities of his dam to his
offspring. 1t often happens that the
farmer who buys cows with the idea
of raising heifers is disappointed lie
is impatient. He cannot wait for the
second generation. He thinks his cows
are improbable because their heifers
are not as good as he had hoped they
would be. 1t usually takes at least
two generations to get Il herd into good
working condition. You can't do 1t IN
a minute Don't get hasty. but keeT
the facts in mind and work toward d
definite purpose. Above all. use good
sire You need good cows. That Is
plain. And you need good sire to get
good COWS. That isn't as plain as II
ought to be BY good bull we meal
one whose maternal blood stands fol
milking qualities and performance.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-04-12

A writer in Farm and Fireside says
the COW stanchon shown in the illus
tration has been used in his stables
with much satisfaction. We have
used both chains and the old station
ary stanchions and have seen some of
the modern patented cattle ties, but
consider this stanchion superior to any
of them, he says. With this stanchion
the cows are given sufficient freedom
without undue liberty. They can turn
around to lick themselves, yet cannot
get back on the walk or ahead in the
manger.
Fig 1 shows the stanchion closed.
Fig. shows it open. The two sides
are made of hard wood. four feet long.
one and one-fourth inches thick and
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-04-12
PARAFFlNING OF CHEESE.
IL May BE ftc-ne on the Farm mt Lit
Ie Expense.


Nearly al factory cheese is now par
affined, aud the advantages obtained
by covering the cheese with a thin lay
er of parafiin are:
The loss in weight during curing Is
much less than without the paraffin,
and the cheese will stand n higher tenn
perature in the curing room without
damage.
Mold is entirely prevented or at least
greatly checked.
Flies cannot deposit their eggs
through the paraffin. and that prevents
shippers.
The parafiining of factory cheese is
done by dipping it in melted paraffin,
so that IA thin layer adhereS to the
cheese, but of course it takes quite
large kettle full to dip even ten
pound cheese, and this method would
on that account be somewhat expen-
sive for cheesemakers on the farm
The paraffining can however, be done
at practically no expense and with
very little work by the following meth
Cd
Melt pound or .wo of paratiin (cost
ing about II cents per pound in ket-
tie until it is quite hot and begins to
smoke and then cover the surface of
the cheese. using Il fairly stiff brush.
say about an inch in diameter. and rub
it in good. Re sure to keep the paraf-
fin hot and dip the brush frequently
DO not try to cover too much surface
with one dipping of the brush. The
coating should he about half the thick
ness of dime and adhere well to the
cheese 1t takes less than cents
worth of paraffin for ten pound
cheese.
The cheese should preferably be
from three to ten days old when par
attined. and the surface must be wiped
dry. 1t is best to leave the cheese in
Il warm room for some hours before
/ paraflining; otherwise it is difficult to
| get coating that will stick As the
farmer generally has no regular curing
room, says writer in HOards Dairy
man. it will pay him we'll to take the
/ little extra trouble in paratfinng all
his cheese.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-04-12
Homemade Butter worker.

A very effective butter worker. which
will save a great deal Of labor, can be
made by any man at all handy with
tools out Of some strips of hard wood,
maple preferred Fashion the pieces
into wide, shallow trough taperng at
one end to about four inches. Set this
trough on three legs two under the
wide end and one under the narrow
end, strengthened by an extra piece I'M
derneath to fit them into.
Make a roller out of piece OF the
wood four inches square and one foot
longer than the trough or body of work
er. A very good length for a medium
sized dairy would be thirty inches for
the body part and four inches for the
roller Cut with fine tooth saw one
inch deep on each side of the stick
at point twelve inches from ono end.
This extra twelve inches Is for II han
die and should be dressed down round
and smooth to about two inches. so
that it is easy to grasp by the opera tor.
The remaining three feet must be made
taperng, the small end that opposite
the handle) being not more than an
inch in diameter. Dress the wood
square, then cut off the four corners to
make 1t octagon in shape.
In the narrow end of the trough
drive an ordinary iron staple and in
the small end of the roller short,
heavy cut iron nail-not wire nail
which would be likely to bend. The
nail should project about an inch. This
fits into the staple, holding the roller
in place, and completes about as effec-
tive ii butter worker as any one need
ask for.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-04-12
A WISE POSITION.
New York State Grange Refused to In.

New York State Grange Refused to In
dorse Specific Legislative Measures.
The thirty-fOurth session of the New
York state grange was marked by one
important step in advance that distin-
guished it from any former meetings.
This was the determination not to in
dorse any specific legislative bill by
name. The past experience of the state
grange has taught us that it is dan
gerOuS to ndOrsc Il bill by name and
then allow it to be amended out of all
semblance to the measure which the
grange indorsed. This very thing has
happened on many former occasions,
and this year the state grange decided
at the outset To indorse no specific bill
by name, but instead to enuncate the
principles which it desired enacted into
legislation and leave the lawmakers to
frame it into law.
The question of school supervision
occupied much of the time and atten-
tion of the delegates. at least three
committees having resolutions bearing
on this subject. AS finally disposed of
the state grange placed itself on rec
ord as favoring better supervision OF
schools and an educational qualification
for school commissioners, but did not
indOrsc the Page bill, which ubolishes
the office of school commissioner and
creates n new officer to be known as
school superintendent at an increased
salary. The action of the grange on
this question was conservative and. we
believe. reflects the sentiment of the
best class of farmers everywhere.