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Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05

now stands, there is room for a
little doubtfulness.
Only a few of the other papers
in this district have placed candi-
dates in the field.
Votes will be allowed as follows j:
For yearly subscriptions, 20 votes.
For 6 months subscriptions, 10 votes
For 3 months subscriptions, 5 votes
No votes will be allowed count
ed after next Saturday Sept, 7,
and if you desire to help send a
deserving young lady who will ap-
preciate the favor, from this city
to the Fair, get busy, send in your
votes and subscriptions before
Saturday. Now is the time. Let
everybody help Miss Powell win
the trip. 1t can easily be done if
you will only do your part.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05
LITTLE ROCK WELCOMES
THE FARMERS UNION.

Delegates from many states will
convene in Little Rock today as
representatives of the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative
Union of America. This great or
ganization, though young, YIELDS
an immense power for the veal of
the producers. and logically, for
the benefit of humanity; the well
fare of the soiltilllers affecting the
entire populace. The eyes of the
country will be upon the assem-
blage at Little Rock, therefore, to
observe the action taken in line
with the purposes of the organiza-
ton.
The South sees and feels the
benefits of cohesion among the
farmers. Improvement is every
where in evidence. Regulating
production and controlling the
prices of their products, the farm
ers can conduce to their own best
interests and simultaneously bet
ter conditions generally because of
the far-reaching effects of well-re-
Quilted prosperity on the farms.
There is nothing unjust, nothing
unreasonable, in the concerted &C.
ton which yields fair returns to
the farmers.
The Texas division of the Union
has set about to get Is cents for
cotton, and it is probable that this
will be the minimum price agreed
upon at the national meeting in
Little Rock. No one can show
that it is an exoribitant or unfair
price. Yet no one can doubt that
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05

The editor who can please every
one is not suited for this earth,
but is entitled to wings. Human
nature is so constituted that some
of our readers would like to have
us feed them on scandal; some
would like to have us tell the I'M
vanished truth about them, while
others would kill us if we did.
1t is a comforting thought to the
editor to know that the Lord Him
self did not please every one
while on earth. We labor hard to
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05

The members of the Baptist
church are soliciting subscriptions
for the building of a church in
this city sometime next month.
Are you doing your part towards
the movement? Have you given
literally to get another church
erected in our city and do you
realize that the more churches and
schools and other similar insti-
tutions you have in town, the
more they will add to the value Of
your property9 All these are
facts that you should take into
consideration and we feel sure that
the citizenship of McCrory and
vicinity will freely give these peo-
pie tneir liberal support in the
building of Baptist church in
this city.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05
HUNTER.

By Our Regular Correspondent
Charlie Brinnamon made bust
ness trip to Brinkley.
Bartie Manning, of Ravenden,
Ark. is in Hunter again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hogan made a
flying trip to Brinkley Monday.
Most of our citizens are attend
ing court at Cotton Plant this
week.
Mrs. McCord's little daughter,
Georgia, is very low at the present
note.
George Hyndes, of Bemis, was
called to Hunter to see sick rela-
tives.
Will Branson, who went as far
as Memphis with his wife, return
ed home Wednesday.
Mr.. Newbern, a fruit tree agent,
was around seeing the good peo-
pie of Hunter, last week.
Miss Mamie Pancake, the school
teacher, of Pumpkin Bend, came
home on visit Saturday and Sun
day.
Many of the young people of
Hunter went to the Baptising
down near Brinkley. Sixteen
were baptized.
Thos. Wilson went to Wheatly
to attend the Quarterly Conference
and will go from there to Good
win to visit his son, Charley Will
son.
The Baptist Ladies Aid gave a
"tackey party last Saturday
night. John Decker and Miss
Matte Mailing won the prizes
for being the tackiest. 1t was en-
joyed by all who attended.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05

In few weeks our schools will
open their doors and bid you come
for all things are ready. The
school is specially prepared to
give you practical course of train
ing in the shortest possible time.
If your time is limited, special
pains will be taken to enable you
to get the most out of it that will
be of real practical value. The
school is the best equipped of any
graded school in a place of like
size in the state, aud there are but
few places of three times it's size
that equal it. Our town is pleas
ant, social advantages first class
with moral atmosphere all the
while prevailing. We proffer the
freely, and it is
yours to accept them with profit.
Make ready and start with the
of school. Be always on
time, employ your talents wisely,
and life has an allotted place that
you can acceptably fill with profit.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05
Boost the Baptist Church move
ment
The best time to enter school i.

The best time to enter school is
on the first day of the school year !;
the best time to leave is on the last
day of the last term of the school
year. First year pupils, that is,
pupils who are entering school for
the first time after reaching six
years of age, should not enter
after the first month of any term
is past. The interruption and
hindrance to the rest of the pupils
Of their grade is more than any
considerate parent ought to de-
mand.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05

Twas the pleasure of the News
man to meet Hon. j. M. Vineyard,
of Phillips County, while in our
city yesterday, enroute home from
Cotton Plant, where he had been
attending court. Judge Vineyard
is a young attorney of eight or ten
years practice in his profession
and comes highly recommended
from his home town-Helena, us
perfectly capable of filing the
office of Prosecuting Attorney for
this, the First Judicial District,
for which he is a candidate. We
would advise that the Democratic
voters of Woodruff well consider
the above gentleman's possibilities
before casting their vote in the
election next March.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05
GENERAL DIRECTORY.
County Officials.
Court Sessions.

Circuit Court. Northern District-Meet
Third Monday in February and August. Sou
thern District-FirSt Monday in March and
September. II. N. Hutton. Judge; Win
Norman, Clerk.
Chancery Court, Northern District,-Meets
First Monday in May and December South
ern District-Second Monday in February and
September. Ed. D. Robertson. Chancellor;
Will Norman Clerk.
County Court.-Meets First Monday in Janu-
airy. April, July and October j. F. Sommers
Judge; T. E. Simpson. Clerk.
Probate Court.-Meets Fourth Monday in
January, April July and October J. F. Som
mers, Judge: T. E. Simpson. Clerk
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05
ARKANSAS STATE FAIR.

The Arkansas State Fair will
open Thursday, October, 8, with a
height of interest that will be con-
sistently sustained to the close.
Every day will present features
entirely different from every other
date of the Fair.
The opening day will be Arkan-
sas Day. On this date Hot
Springs will shut up shop and go
to Oak Lawn. On that morning
an immense Floral Parade will cir
Gle the mile track. The parade
will be headed by the State Fair
Queen of that day in a gorgeous
chariot and her ladies of the royal
court in an elaborate float.
Then will come "Old Soldiers
Day" for both "The Blue and the
Gray" then Educational and Uni
versity Day with a genuine college
foot ball game, Automobile Day,
then olive Stock Day" with the
gigantic parade of all the ex-
hibition of fine stock at the Fair,
the Horse Show and the Bench
| Kennel Show.
One day has been set aside for
the Farmers Union and the
Trades Unions. Fraternal Day
will be the next date and valuable
prizes will be given for the orders
showing the largest number in
parade and for the parade that is
the most impressive. Then will
be Children's Day, with a school
holiday to spend at the Fair. The
closing day will be the great Car
nival feature, Saturday, October,
liz.
Next Saturday, Sept, Z, will
close the Arkansas State FAN
Queen contest, for which Miss
Ruth Powell, of this city, has SO
faithfully and untiringly labored.
Miss Powell has secured several
hundred votes, but we can't say
that she has a sufficient number to
win the coveted trip to the Vapol
City where she will reign as Queen
of the Fair one day during same
which will be in session from Oct,
3, to II. Her railrod fare, hotel
expenses, admission into the Fair
grounds, and all other expenses
will be paid by the Arkansas State
Fair Association.
This will be a high social honor
and we would like very much to
see Miss Powell win out ahead of
her opponents in this the first
congressional district, for the
Queenship, and by strong effort
upon the part of our citizens, the
honor for the McCrory lady can
be made certainty, while as it
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05

When the sun shines and the
streets become dusty, you wish it
would rain; when it rains and
the streets become muddy, you
wish the sun would shine. After
you are married you wish you were
single, and if you get a new dress
you wish you had new hat to
match it; if it is a boy you wish it
was girl, and if it is a girl you
wish it was boy-was human ma
ture ever satisfied Guess not,
and glad of it, for then there would
be nothing to "kick" about.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05

entertain and please our subscrih-
ers but that we should occasional.
ly fail is to be expected, but Won
will always find US willing to ha
forgiven. No
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05

1t is more fun to see a man read
puff on himself in newspaper
than to see a fat man slip on a ba-
mana peel. The narrow minded
man reads it over seven or eight
times, and then goes around to ap-
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05
City Officials.

Mayor Dave Burkett.
Recorder H. W. Jernigan
Marshal ]. P Taylor.
Treasurer R. B. Heating.
Alderman: J. W. Wilder. ]. c. McCrory, R.
M. Conner. Fletcher Lewis and R. B. Heating.
Street Committee: j. w. Wilder and J. G.
McCrory.
Finance Committee: Fletcher Lewis and X.
B. Heating.
Board of Health; Fletcher Lewis, Dr. H. r
Hargis. DIR. 3. Howell. r. B. Heating and May
or Burkett.
Ordinance Committee; Fletcher Lewis ana
r, B. Heating,
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05
OUR NEW SUBSCRIBERS.

Below is list of those who
paid US in advance for the News
since our last issue.
jeff Spradlin, R. F. D. No. 2,
and Ed McCauley, McCrory, Ark.
Mrs. A. j. Johns, Batesville,
Miss.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05

the producers would fail to reap
benefit of this clearly reasonable
and fair quotation if they were dis
organized and the power of regu-
lating prices were exercised wrong
fully by manipulators and specu-
lators. GAZETTE, September, 3.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05

Subscribe for the News and be
happy.
F. G. Hartin is here from Blum,
Tex, on a two weeks visit.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05
Announcements.
For PROSECUTING ATTORNEY {:

We are authorized to announce j. M. Vine
yard, of Helena, candidate for the office
of Prosecuting Attorney for this. the First
Judicial District, subject to the action of the
Democratic primaries
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05
Public Examinations.

Teachers Public Examinations-ThirdT Thurs
day and Friday in March, June, September
and December.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-08
CRIME IN NEW YORK
Against Women and Children Grows
Alarming.

New York-The wave of crime
against women and children which
has swept over New York the past
week has reached a stage where heroic
measures are called for in the at
tempt to put stop to the fiendish
work which has come to light through
the discovery Of several murders and
a number Of assaults. Acting Police
Commissioner O'Keefe issued orders
directing that every plain clothes Of
ficer on the force cease all other
work and devote himself entirely to
an attempt to bring to justice the
perpetrators Of these crimes. He or
dered that house to house visits be
made by all officers on regular beats
and that parents be advised to keep
their children under closer supervis-
ion. The dozen or more attacks on
children recently here struck terror
to the hearts Of mothers all over the
the police to capture the man guilty
the police to capture the ann guilty
of the assaults and murders but very
little progress has been made.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-08
To Keep Out Japanese.

The State Department has taken
up with Mexico the subject Of immi-
grafton of japanese coolies into the
United States across the Mexican Dor
der. The practice of thus bringing
in this undesirabye and forbidden ele-
ment has assumed alarming proper
tons, and the inspectors Of the immi-
grafton service are being taxed be-
yond their abilities to discover and
turn back such japanese.
The basis of representation of the
State Department, or rather prece-
dent for it, was found in representa-
tions made by the State Department
to the Canadian government when
Chinese coolies were swarming across
the border of British Columbia in vio-
lation of our exclusion laws. On thai
occaion the Canadian govern.
ment enacted laws imposing a heavy
head tax on Chinese entering that
country, which did much to mitigate
the trouble, and it is believed that
Mexico will pursue similar course.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-08
Book for the Isthmus.

Joseph Ducalin Bishop, secretary
Of the Isthmian Canal Commission,
will sail from New York for the 18th
mus. The commission has purchased
through him libraries for the four re-
creation buildings for the use Of the
employees at Cristobal, Corgono, En-
pire and Culebra These libraries,
contain about six thousand volumes
each and they comprise standard ref
erence books and volumes of history
biography, travels, and fiction. The fe
ton is different in each library, so
that it can be changed about from
one library to another.
A library Of similar size has been
bought for the University Club on
the Isthmus Of Panama. This club is
composed Of several hundred employ
ees in clerical and other higher grade
positions and has a very attractive
little clubhouse in the city Of Pana-
ma. Gen. Thomas III. Hubbard Of
New York city gave the necessary
funds for the University Library.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-08
LULL IN ATTACK ON TRUSTS.
ourdy, Author OF the Injuction-Receiv.
erShip Method, Goes to Europe
For a Rest.

Washington, D. C.-MiIton D. Pur-
iy, assistant to the Acknowledgement
and author of the njunction-receiver-
ship method of dealing with the
trusts, has sailed for Europe for a
vacation of six weeks or two months,
1t is probable that there will be no
great activity in trust prosecutions
during the next two months, for At
torney-General Bonaparte spends
most Of his time at his country seat
in Maryland, Solicitor General Hoyt
is already in Europe and Assistant
Acknowledgement McReynolds. who
prepared the case against the So
called tobacco monopoly, accompanies
Mr.. Purdy on his European journey.
Only two more antitrust suits
are in immediate contemplation. The
case against the Du Pont Powder
Corporation is in print, ready for the
final approval of the Attorney-Gen-
eral, and the papers in, the case have
been submitted to him. The other
proposed action is against the In
ternational Harvester Company
which is declared by the Government
officers to be monopoly in restraint
Of interstate commerce.
The investigation Of the Harves-
ter Company has never been COM
,pleted, although the preliminary ex-
animation, which was enough to sat
isfy officers of the Department of JUS
tice that some action should be taken
against the corporation, was COM
pleted some time ago. The prosecu-
ton of the Harvester Company may
possibly go over until the autumn.
An experiment will be made in the
suit against the Tobacco Company,
which is charged with violating the
Sherman law. An injunction will be
asked against it to prevent it engag-
ing in interstate commerce, and the
court will be asked to appoint a re-
ceiver.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-08
DOWN ON CARTwHEEL HAT.
Beauty Specialists Tell Women It
Causes Wrinkles and Bad Figures.

London.-Beauty specialists here
are trying to kill the women's So
called cartwheel hat, which has
reached enormous, tentlike dimen-
sions. The specialists say the wear
ers are crushed by these monstrosi-
ties, which are running their figures.
To sit in carriage in comfort a
woman would be obliged to put the
feather of her hat out of one window.
the bunch of flowers out of the other
and the bow of ribbon through trap
door in the roof. AS she cannot do
this she sits crouched, with her shout
ders huddled, her neck bent and that
expression Of patient resignation on
her face which is the sure forerun-
ner of wrinkles.
Double chins, bent backs and un-
slightly necks and figures robbed of
their natural poise will be the result
if this ridiculous headgear is not
modified. A great majority of the
men Of the present day want the
women to keep them.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-08
Cigars Free Of Duty.

A woman with red face and her
mushroom hat tilted over her left ear
at belligerent angle marched into
the Office Of Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury Reynolds yesterday and
plunked her parasol with bang on
his desk.
II have been insulted by your Gus
toms officers" she began, in an ex-
cited tone.
Ills that sol Well, I'm sorry re-
piled the urbane Mr.. Reynolds, in his
mot ootheing manner.
eyes, I have been insulted by one
Of your men, who asked me if I smok-
ed cigars. OF course I don't smoke
the horrid things. I was just bringing
a few Of them from Cuba for my
husband, and that man at New York
tried to force me to say that I In
tended to smoke them myself"
ibid you declare the cigars as
dutiable?" inquired Mr.. Reynolds.
"No," replied the woman, with
signs Of weakening.
"And they were not for your owl
use?"
"Of course not" flaring up aNain.
"Well madam, according to law
you will have to pay duty on them
Cigars to the number Of fifty may be
brought in free of duty, when they
are intended for use by the owner"
A moment or two later the woman
left, still with vague sense Of hav-
ing been affronted, but not quite 20
sure of it as when he entered.
"That cigar clause Of the tariff
law" said Mr.. Reynolds, "causes US
more trouble than any other schedule.
Somehow or other women seem to
dislike to admit that they are cigar
smokers. They are anxious to get the
authorized limit of fine Havana past
the customs officers free Of duty, but
they have a terrible time Of it when
asked to state whether OF not the CT
gars are for their personal use. That g
a poser, and usually end in the pay
ment of the regular tariff
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-08
MascueraGed as Lien.

disappearing as a man and work
ing side by side with her husband in
various Washington county coal
mines, "Joe" Poyle was discovered
to be Mrs. Susie Povle, when she was
taken to a hospital suffering from
injuries sustained in anime accident
at Cecil. The woman according to her
husband, Steve Povle, had been work
ing with him three yearc. Her coarse
voice and close cropped hair deceived
all, to her sex, while her strength
equalled that Of any Of her male Slav
companions. The woman's injuries
were discovered to be SERIOUS and her
husband was lodged in the county jail
here, charged with violating the law
in employing female help in mine.
The woman acted as Polve's helper
and was paid by Povle.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-08
DIAMOND MINE IN ARKANSAS.
First Discovery in America Of Dia-
monds in Volcanic.

Little Rock.-Diamonds to the
number Of 40 have been picked up
IN Pike county, Arkansas, two and
a half miles from Murfreesboro. The
first find Of two diamonds was made
several months ago by John Wesley
Huddleston on his farm. He sen!
them to Charles S. Stiff, a ieweler
and diamond merchant Of Little Rock.
They were pronounced genuine first
by him, and later by many diamond
experts, and finally by DR.. George
+. kunz, vice-president Of Tiffany &
Company, New York, and a member
OF the United States geological sur
vey who, however, stated that single
diamonds had been found in twenty
nine different places in the United
States, but they were Of glacial or
drift origin. He would not therefore
go on record as giving an opinion
as to the value Of the find. Later
ne visited the Pike county field and
-O0AA cAAS OUl 0tQ W NC Ike Uudt OIL Tile
Kimberly mine, volcanic and contain
ing the perdites and becchia or dia-
mond bearing clay. He then author
lied the use of his name as to the
genuineness Of the diamonds. Before
any prospecting was done the Hud-
dleston farm was bought by Chas.
A. Stiff, A. D. Cohn, his son-in-law,
merchant and Sam w. Reyburn,
president of the Union Trust Com
pany, all of Little Rock, who also
acquired by purchase outright or con-
dltlonally purchased all the lands in
the diamond bearing area. With a
core drill put in operation some time
ago the volcanic pipe has been locat-
ed and its area determined. While
diamonds have been found before
singly, this is said to be the first
discovery in America Of diamonds
IN quantities or in volcanic diamond
bearing blue earth.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-08
SENSATIONAL AFFIDAVIT.
Alleging Improper Conduct by Judge
Robbins.

Georgetown, Ky-Caleb Powers
issued sensational statement in
which he gives the affidavits of four
men, making charges effecting the
alleged improper conduct of Special
Judge Robbins in the former trial of
the case against Powers. The af-
fidavits in each instance are substan-
TALLY the same. The statement and
affidavits cover seven typewriter
pages and are signed by Caleb Pow
ers, who gives them for the purpose
of showing why he believed Judge
Robbins would not give him a fair
trial. The affidavit Of one of the
atlantis, A. B. Bradley, Jr., is Sc
lected for publication because it Ella
borates charges, perhaps, more ex-
plicitly than the others.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-08
SPOKE TO NO MAN FOR 20 YEARS


Lawrenceburg, Ind.-Miss Sarah
Ann Daniel, ninety-five years of age,
died few days ago at her country
home two miles north of this city.
She is believed to have been the old
est maiden in Indiana. For nearly
seventy years she had lived in the
same neighborhood and had refused
absolutely to have any communica-
ton whatever with men.
Tradition has 1t that Miss Daniel
was one of the most popular girls in
the county when she was sixteen and
that she engaged herself to a young
man who was teaching school In a
distant part Of the county. He Wis
tied her regularly, but at the close of
school term he left the county with
out word Of explanation and Miss
Daniel never heard from him again.
She was never afterward seen in
company, and when her father died,
and later her mother, she was so
heavily yelled at the funeral that her
face could not be seen. She contin-
ued to occupy the old homestead, but
all business in connection with the
farm was transacted through neigh
bors of her own sex and it is said that
she never spoke to man after her
lover disappeared.