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or any change in the demeanor of de- fendant while in the bank.
 Fred Chisholm testified that he had not noticed anything unusual or irrational in the manner of the defendant while in the bank, previous to his arrest
 Tom Bowron was recalled and testified that he had not seen or heard the de- fendant do anything irrational while in the bank before the arrest. He had not noticed anything unusual or irrational in demeanor of defendant when he visited him in jail.
 Fred Sinclair testified that he was in charge of the safety deposit vaults of the First National bank. He said he had known defendant for nearly five years and had not noted anything unusual or ir- rational in defendants manner before he went on his vacation last July, nor had he noticed anything irrational in defend- ants demeanor while latter was in Jail.
 R. B. Watts was called and asked if he saw defendant in jail and at other times and talked with him and if he saw defendant do or heard him say any thing unusual or irrational in defendants s demeanor. Question and answer were ruled out and witness excused.
 John P. Evans, official court reporter was called and asked if he had notes on produced the notes and read from them in the testimony of John Chisolm rela- tive to the word "hunch" in connection with the cotton market. Witness read that part of the testimony to the jury which
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Alabama, a man consulted by the Pres ident in the matter of southern appoint ments, Is being considered for the place.
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with them. The matter was quickly set tied as the prosecution raised no objec- tion to the manner of questioning Dr. Partlow by the defense.
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S8,537, ,254 GOES
 OUT FOR PREMIUMS Insurance Insrease of $1,579,- 339 Over Previous Year COTTON STANDS ARE POOR Farmers Offer $1.5o Per RusheI for Seed for RepIantlng and Get
 Little at That Price.
 Code Committee.
COTTON STANDS ARE POOR

Montgomery, May 4.-(Speeial.)- IA pre- liminary report of the various lines of insurance written in the state for the year ending December 31, 1907 is just out from the office of Frank N. Julian, in- surance commissioner, compiled by Depu- ty Commissioner Albert C. Sexton. It shows that the premiums for the twelve months received from the state amounted to s. 537, ,254, an increase over the previous year of s1.579, 339.
 C. II. Billingsleau of the state agricul- tural department has returned from West Alabama and reports that the stand of cotton is very bad. He was told that some of the farmers were offering as much as s1 50 q bushel for cotton seed and getting few at that. The same kind of reports are coming from other sec tions of the state.
 ". w. Quarles of Selma will hold court next week for Judge Lackland, in Maren- go county, the latter being still i'll. Su- pernumerary Judge A. H. Aston will hold court for Judge Almon in Frank lin county.
 Three meetings of interest will be held at the capital Monday, the railroad com mission in regular session. the fertilizer committee and the municipal code com mittee, the latter two recess committees of the legislature. Senator Luther Leith of Walker county, is head of the fertili- Ger committee; tho other has not yet or ganized.
 J. M. Atkinson, the newly elected presi- dent of the Eighth District Agricultural school, at Athens, was here today to confer with the state officers with re- gard to the work of the school. He will remain at Alabama City until August, finishing the year as superintendent of the schools there. He has the privilege of selecting his own faculty but will not do so until some time in the summer.
 The code committee of the legislature in recess session is making fair progress, reading so far about 133 sections day. The total is 7000 sections. The committee Is now in the political part of the list and will be busy up to the converting of the legislature in summer term.
 The Southern Fertilizer company has been organized at Clayton, with capital of s1O,OOO. The incorporators are c. S. Herlong, J. c. Andrews, T. R. Parrish and O. B. Pruitt.
 These appointments have been made by the governor: Miss Dalla Purifoy, Mobile; R. W. Drury, Flomaton, and Miss Wilnita Strider, Selma, all notaries public.
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ELYTON BATTLE IS NOW ON IN EARNEST Election is Called for Monday,
 May 13 INJUNCTION MAY BE FILED Greymont Has Also Ordered an Elec- tion of Town Officers and One
 Ticket Is Already in
 the Field.
INJUNCTION MAY BE FILED

The battle has begun between Birming- ham and Elyton for the disputed territory west of the city which both towns claim for their own The matter will come to a head before next Monday, the 18th of this month when an election has been ordered to vote for the Elyton officers.
 It is probable that Birmingham will get out an injunction which will bring the dispute into the courts, or that some action will be taken looking toward pre- venting the proposed election.
 According to the law Sheriff Higdon yesterday issued the following order; Notice Is hereby given that an election for intendent and aldermen of the town of Elyton will be held on Monday the 18th of May, 1907, at the Old Walker store, First avenue Elyton in the town of Ely ton, Jefferson county, Alabama. R. R. McCarty, Thomas T. Allen, Jr., and R. H. Hagood are appointed inspectors of the election Whitness my hand this the 4th day of May
 "E. l.. HIGDON. Sheriff."
 As yet Judge Greene of the probate court has not acted on the petition of Birmingham for an election under the Miller bill which proposes to take in d part of the territory covered by the re- cent incorporation of Elyton. His decis- ion is awaited with interest.
 Monday the 18th was also set as the date of election in Greymont and Rose w. Owens, Joseph L. Vincent and Thom- as B. Afford were appointed inspectors.
 This gives only a week for campaigning, but already politics are getting lively. Greymont has held mass meeting and proposes another. The first ticket in the field is w A. McLester for mayor, T. O. Smith J. II. Adams, w. II. Lynn, T. M. Dyer and Robert Terrell for aldermen.
 There is considerable opposition in an- other section of the town which will ma terialize in a few days, and the air will be full of the conflict. Elyton is some- what amazed by the peculiar muddle which she has gotten into, but many names are proposed for the various of- fees
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Washington. May 4.-(Special) )-'rhe Washington Times today prints the sub Joined paragraph but no confirmation is obtainable, the administration view be- ing that MT. Wight will accept the place;
 "Thcre was rumor about this morn ing to the effect that Pearl Wight of Louisiana, who was rendered the post of commissioner of internal revenue re- gently by the President, had decided that he could not afford to accept the place and that Joseph o. Thompson, collector of internal revenue for the district Of
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agreed with the transcript read by Mir. Bradley,
 Defense moved to exclude all the testi- mony read from the notes because wit ness di6 not remember that these words were used. Objection was overrued
 After brief cross-examination witness was excused.
 John Chisolm Recalled.
 John Chisolm was recalled by the de- fense and testified that in his converse ton with MT. Percy he had stated that his family was not able to give bond for defendant just at that time. which was at the time of defendants arrest He spoke of a later visit to the defendant where he met MT. Percy, whom he heard advise defendant to plead guilty and get the minimum sentence and afterwards he could go west and begin life anew
 Attorney Bradley asked witness II at another visit to the jail MT. Percy had offered to help the defendant and had encouraged him and told him to look on the bright side of life. Witness testl1ed that he had heard words to that effeet
 Dr. Grace was recalled by the defense and testified that he had heard Deputy Marshal Brown say that defendant was buggy" or something to that erect.
 This concluded the case and Judge Hundley adjourned court until 9;5O Mon day morning.
 Best to eat = The Sub-
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SAYS HE WON'T HANG.
Glover Gets Second Sentence for Kill
 ina Paramour.

Augusta, May 4.-"I'll be d-d if they hang me. When I get out of this trouble I will horsewhip those fellows in there"
 These are some of the statements made today by Arthur Glover, after being sentenced for the second time to be hanged on May "A for the mur- der of Maud Dean, his paramour.
 Glover, who was detective, shot the woman dead without moments warn ing. Not before that he had shot a
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John Lorenz Safe In NIcaraqua.

Jackson. Miss, May 4,-(Speeial.)-A cablegram from John Lorenz, civil engi- neer and former manager of the Jackson Electric railway, date Managua, Mica ragua. May 1, says he is safe. Lorenz's father at Hamilton, O., had requested the state department to inquire for him, as he had not been heard from in months.
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negro, but got clear He has been in many criminal episodes. His defense at the second trial included brain storm, paranoia, etc. The judges arraignment of him in passing sen tence was the most severe ever heard in Richmond county. The case has attracted much attention.
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PERSONAL.

J. F. Gould, general agent of the Egg O-See company of Chicago, is in the city calling on the trade
 H. J. Millar of Baxter Springs Kan, president of the Monon Lead and Zinc Mining company, is spending a few days in Birmingham, the guest of E. G. Law ley.
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MT. Thompson when seen at his home last night preferred not to discuss the rumors connecting his name with the position of commissioner of internal rev enue It is known, however, that the post is regarded as one of great honor and one which has been held by some of the most able men ;n the nation in past years. The mention of MT. Thomp- sons name in this connection is regarded by his friends as a high tribute to his ability.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
Test Would Be Easy.

In the matter of the reported in
tention of State Capitol Commission
err Alexander of Pine Bluff to carry
the question of the legality of At
torney General Kirby's opinion,
which prohibits the further expendi-
ture of the money in the State cap
itol fund, to the Supreme Court for
final disposition, it has been pointed
out by a statehouse official that the
course to pursue for the commission
er was simple and inexpensive. Any
one of the commissioners could pre-
sent his voucher for per diem to the
State auditor for payment and upon
his refusal, apply for a writ of man
damus to compel payment in the Cir
cult Court In the event that the
question was decided adversely for
the commissioner, the case could be
carried to the Supreme Court on an
appeal. In matter of this kind,
where the public is so generally con-
cerned, it is very probable that the
suit would be advanced peremptorily
on the calendar and be heard at
once The expense would not be
greater than $25 for all the legal for
malities necessary to carry it to the
Supreme Court.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
State Capital Notes
Must Keep Cotton Account.

The temporary injunction issued
against the Railroad Commission of
Arkansas on the application of the St.
Louis Southwestern Railway Company
has been received by the clerk of the
United States Circuit Court. The order
was issued in Denver, Colo, last Sat
urday by Judge Willis Handkerchief
The papers and orders in the other
cases have been mailed. In granting
the injunction against j. E. Hampton,
R. P. Allen and John w. Crockett, who
comprise the Railroad Commission of
Arkansas, the railroads were required
not only to put up bonds in the sum
of $4,000 but must keep a separate
account of the cotton business from
the date the commissions order. No
$40, was authorized to be effective.
The order of the commission would
have gone into effect on last Monday
and would have done away with the
concentration rate on non-compressed
cotton. The order states the road
must keep separate record OF all
shipments of cotton coming within the
terms of the commissions order. The
account must in each instance show
the name of the ,consignor and the
name of the consignee, place of ship
ment and destination. In addition the
exact number and weight of the bales
in each shipment must be tabulated
and must also show the amount OF
freight charges actually received. The
temporary order is effective until Octo-
Der 16, when the cases of the compan-
les are to be taken before Judge Trie-
Der, the point to be decided being
whether the injunctions shall be made
permanent or dissolved.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
Correcting Pension Errors.

The clerical force in the auditors
Office was busy Tuesday correcting
errors made by a number of appli-
cants for pensions. The majority OF
the mistakes were by widows, whose
applications for increase pensions were
made out on soldiers blanks, and who
failed to place the Mrs" before their
names. In such cases warrants were
drawn for each for $23, whereas they
should have been drawn for SAG. About
a dozen mistakes of this kind were
made and all by the applicants. The
warrants in all such cases were
returned to the auditor and new ones,
calling for the proper amounts, were
issued and forwarded to the benefi'
Charles.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
THIEVES SCHOOL INSIDE PRISON.
Aonzo J. Whiteman Caught Teaching
Tricks to Convicts.

Rochester, N. Y.-Alonzo ]. White
man, ex-mayor of Duluth, Mimi, and
notorious criminal has been removed
to Dannemora prison from the state
prison at Ashburn. The climate did
not agree with him at Auburn and
either on account of that or the prison
fare his stomach became affected,
causing much sickness and discom-
fort.
Whiteman was sent to Jail two years
ago for stealing $3.50 from a trust
company of Buffalo. He is a native
of Danville, N. Y, and was graduate
of Hamilton college.
The superintendent of the Auburn
prison says Whiteman is one of the
most intellectual men he has ever met
When first taken to the prison he was
put to teaching in the prison school.
1t was ascertained soon, it is stated,
that he was teaching some of the stu
dents on the sly to work the banks
for an easy living when they were
once liberated. So Whiteman's career
as teacher came to sudden close.
Then he took up the study of stenog-
raphy in the superintendent Office
and now can follow a speaker at 100
words a minute
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
Pardons Granted.

Will Hawkins, a negro, who served
a term in the penitentiary for lar
ceny, has been granted pardon by
Acting Governor Pindall to restore his
in order that he may testify
in case in the Pulaski Circuit Court.
Denton Baker, convicted in the Carroll
Circuit Court at the August, 1907,
term on the charge of manslaughter.
and sentenced to two years in the pen
itentiary was also pardoned. A num-
erously signed petition, containing the
names of the jurors in the case and the
relatives of the man killed, was pre-
scented to the governor. There was
no protest against the issuance of the
pardon, the offense being considered
technical violation of the law. viii
Greene, convicted in the Arkansas
Circuit Court in October, 1898, on the
charge of grand larceny and sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary. The
pardon was granted to restore citizen
ship.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
Grand Jury for U. S. Court.

The Grand Jury for the October
term of the United States District
Court has been drawn by the United
States marshal and instructions
given to summon the jurymen with
out delay. The Grand Jury which
will assemble on October % is as
follows: C. E. Ferguson, Mayer
Pollock, Little Rock, Pulaski county;
S. A. Folk, Don, Pulaski county; NJ.
A. GoodsQn, North Point, Pulaski
county; M. A. Eisele, Hot Springs,
Garland county; L. Franz, Ulm,
Prairie county; ]. M. Dill, Little
Rock, Pulaski county; Drew White,
R. F. D. No. 1, Pine Bluff, Jefferson
county; w. D. Davis, Argenta, Pu-
laski county; R. A. Bowen, Perry
vile, Perry county; E. A. VIM, Bald
Knob, White County; w. B. Rosser,
Becton, Woodruff county; John
Lowell, Formosa, Van Buren, county;
John w. Hope, Shaw, Saline county;
]. R. Mathews, Enola, Faulkner coun-
ty; w. E. Hopper, Caddo Gap, Mont
gomery county. Charles A. Haskins,
Gumlog, Pope county; B. j. Galloway,
Cabot, Lonoke county; G. L. Mad
ding, Pine Bluff, Jefferson county;
T. S. Smith, Jacksonville, Pulaski
county; w. H. Harvey, Avery, Lin
coin county; James Dunn, Conway,
Faulkner county; John c. Gibbs, NAL
vern, Hot Spring county. Alternates:
R. L. Freeman, Princeton, Dallas
county; Ed Johnson, Hot Springs,
Garland county; Wash Jordan, Lit
tie Rock, Pulaski county; J. F. H.
Wilson, Sheridan, Grant county; l..
W Hackett, Benton, Saline county;
o. o. Scroggin, Morrilton, Conway
county.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
FEW BACHELOR MAIDS LEFT AT
HANCOCK, MASS.
Only Four Now Remain in Quiet Little
Town, the Other Four Having
Played the Summer Game
Very Profitably.

Pittsfeld, Mass.-The announce
ment the same day of four engage
ments in the town of Hancock de-
velops the fact that outside of the
Shaker settlement in the quiet little
town on the west slope of the Tacon-
les there are only four girls of mar
riageable age in the village. There are
424 souls in the town, and of these all
but SO or so live outside the sleepy lit
tie village. There were eight girls in
the town who were eligible. Then
Mabel G. Eldridge announced her en-
gagement to Joseph C. Turner; her
sister, Alice L. Eldridge, announced
that she was to be married to Robert
P. Easland; Miss Dora K Gardner said
she was to become the bride of Arthur
G. Lewis, and Mr.. Turner's brother is
to marry Miss Emily Thomas.
The four remaining girls of the &C.
tet are Misses Julia Claiming, 20;
Marian Hopewell, 10; Anastasia Gal
lagher, %, and Sophronia Easton, who
declines to give her age.
But the girls are not bachelor maids
because they have no admirers. Han
cock is a splendid summer resort, and
Miss Easton said:
"The other four girls announced
their engagement recently. | suppose
our four could have done the same,
but we don't believe in summer en-
gagements. Besides, when we become
really and truly engaged, we will. go
outside of this town. You know the
boys here are not very swell and there
is no place for them to earn money
except on the farm. We have only a
small shop and one store, so l don't
see how We could very well accept
their proposals. But proposals-we've
had more than | care to tell you of.
photographs? Well, l guess not.
We are all right here now, but if you
publish our pictures folks will think
we are advertising ourselves
With that she directed the reporter
to stop at the Shaker settlement and
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
TEA FROM THE FLOWERS
This Product Little Known in A..
United States.

Tea, not from leaves, but from tho
flowers alone of the plant, is rarely ON
countered in commerce. The Metals
stamens, etc., are sun dried. and tbo
resulting tea is of a rich, deem brown
hue of peculiarly delicate odor and
gives pale amber colored Infusion
rather more astringent in taste than
that from the average fair grade leaf
The taste for it is an acquired ono
and even If this tea could be made
commercially possible, it is doubtful n
it would ever become popular
The American tea trade could ad.
vantageously take a suggestion from
the brick tea of the far east In orr
country, the tea dust, some of which
is good quality, is not properly
utilized. In Europe it is a regular
article of trade, and it is advertised
and sold as tea dust. In America il IL
sold to thousands of cheap restau.
rants, who make from it the mixture
of tanic acid, sugar and boiled milk
which they sell as tea" If, as in the
orient, this dust was compressed into
bricks, good tea could be made from
it.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
transcripts Filed.

The transcript in the case of Maj.
Thompson against John G.. Lonsdale,
OH appeal from the Garland Chancery
Court, has been filed in the Supreme
Court. The action is to set aside fore
closure proceedings on two lots in Hot
Springs. The transcript in the case of J.
P. Benton, administrator of the estate OF
c. N. Crouch, deceased, against the
Arkadelphia Lumber Company, and
Ultima Thule, Arkadelphia, and Mis-
sissippi River Railroad Company on APP
peal from the Dallas circuit court has
been filed. The action is for $4,000
damages alleged to have been received
by C. N Crouch while riding on a
train of the defendants, which result
ed in his death. The lower court gave
a judgment for $4,000 in favor of the
plaintiff.
The transcript in the appeal Of the
case of Lizzie Trammell VS.. Margurett
Whitaker ct al. from the Greenwood
district of the Sebastian County
Chancery Court has been filed in the
Supreme Court. An appeal to the
Supreme Court that was caused from
the demand by city marshal of a
sanitary fee of so cents has also been
filed. The appellant is Frank Cook
sey of Sewer county, who was found
guilty of resisting arrest and fined
$50. Cooksey refused, it is claimed,
to pay small fee and the marshal
was forced to go to him three times
to bring him before a justice of the
peace, who had issued a warrant for
him for resisting the summons of an
officer.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
CAUSES OF YEARS FIRES.
Careless Dropping of Matches and
Cigarettes Costly to New York.

New York.-A yearly chart has Just
been completed covering 6,357 fires in
Manhattan and the Bronx and calling
attention to some interesting facts. 1t
is estimated that fires started by
carelessly dropping matches and Gig
arettes cause New York city a loss of
about $2,500000 each year. The city
has an average of % fires every day,
and fire losses in IL months from all
causes aggregate something like $1O,-
000,000
OF the 6,357 fires charted in Man
haitian and the Bronx for the year,
9S9 of them happened on Tuesdays
Tuesday Is ironing day. The chart
shows thS che busiest hour of the day
for the department is between six
and seven o'clock in the evening.
1t is shown that the hours between
six and IL o'clock at night are most
fruitful of fires. The chart gives 1856
to that period, while the early morn
ing hours have only 500 and the shop
ping and matinee hours have only
1907. From six o'clock to midnight
more lights are burning, there are
more open fires blazing away, alcohol
chatting dishes are much in demand,
cigars and cigarettes are being
smoked in large numbers, with the
consequent trail of thrown away
matches.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
Rough Rice Rates.

The Arkansas Railroad Commission
has put into effect fiat mileage rate
on rough rice within the state, the
first which has been made in Arkan-
sas, to meet the demands of this new
and rapidly growing industry. The
rate was put in as result of petit
ton from the rice interests of the
state A mill has been established at
Stuttgart and will be put into opera
tion this fall. Heretofore, since rice
raising has been an Arkansas indus
try the rough product has been taken
to New Orleans mills. The rate put
in by the commission is lower than
it is said, than the Texas rate, and
the commission believes it will do
much toward developing the rice in
dustry. The crop last year was esti-
mated at 105, 900 bushels, while this
year a crop of 100000 bushels is the
estimate The commissioners also in
an informal way discussed the injunc-
ton recently granted against them by
a federal court to restrain them from
putting into effect the fiat mileage
rate on cotton. No statement was Civ
en- out as to this matter, and it was
stated that as yet no special counsel
has been retained, nor any definite
steps taken to protect the rate. The
bills of complaint upon which the in
junction was granted lave been re-
ceived at the commissioners office. d