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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-18
MOTION FOR NEW
 TRIAL FILED TODAY

A motion for new trial in the case of the Bluff City Lumber Company against George w. Ritchie was filed this morning in the Jefferson circuit court by the attorneys for the defend- ant. The lumber company was re- gently given judgment against the
 defendant in the Jefferson circuit court in the sum of $2,549.25.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-18
N. R. JONES
 GOES TO CLARENDON

Clarendon, April 17.-Wm. Hen dricks, who has been agent for the Cotton Belt railway at Clarendon for the past two years, has resigned to ac- cept the agency of the Little Rock and Hot Springs Western at Hot Springs.
 MT. Hendricks is succeeded here as agent by N. R. Jones of Pine Bluff.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-18
MORE COTTON
 GOES VIA RIVER Steamer Rowland to Go to Little Rock For Another Big Cargo Tomorrow Af- ternoon.
A REGULAR SCHEDULE
General Congestion of Ba;ed Cotton Over This section of the Statc- No Railroads Cars Furnished II x Said.
Said.

The Merchants Transfer com
 pany of this city will start to work
 this morning moving 500 bales of
 cotton, owned by the Inman Cotton
 company of this city, from the
 Gulf Compress company's plant in
 Argenta to point on the north
 bank of the Arkansas river between
 the Iron Mountain and Rock Island
 bridges, from where it will be load
 ed on steamer Friday morning
 and shipped down the river and up
 the Mississippi to Memphis, says
 the Little Rock Gazette. The
 cargo will be the second that has
 been shipped down the Arkansas
 river from Little Rock in fifteen
 years The first cargo was ship
 ped down the river last Friday,
 when the steamer Rowland came
 up from Pine Bluff and took out
 1000 bales. also owned by the ln-
 man Cotton company. The ship
 ment of cotton out of Little Rock
 via the river by the Inman company
 is thought to be the forerunner of
 a general movement on the part
 of the cotton growers and dealers in this locality whereby cotton will be shipped down the river instead of overland, in order to relieve the present congestion of cotton in this part of the state, caused by the inability of the railroads to furnish cars.
 As stated by Capt. Ed Rowland of the Arkansas River Packet com pany, it is the intention of that company to inaugurate regular schedule of boats plying between Little Rock and Memphis. Hereto fore Pine Bluff has been the term inal point up the river, but it is the intention of the company to make Little Rock the terminal point in the future. The initial trip of the new schedule was made last Friday. when the Rowland took out .OOO bales. This shipment reached Memphis Monday. 1t is thought that the Rowland will make the trip to Little Rock this week also, no definite information as to which steamer. will make the second trip has been received.
 The steamer which will take out the 300 bales this week is sched uled to arrive at Little Rock to- morning and to leave at noon. It is probable that the steamer will be loaded within few hours, as it only required six hours to load the Rowland last week with 1 ,OOO bales.
 Reports from various cotton growers and dealers of Little Rock and vicinity are to the effect that there is a general congestion of baled cotton over this section of the state. It is claimed that the railroads have been notified to fur nish cars with which to move the cotton. but that they have failed to do so, and that as result thou sands of bales of cotton are await ing shipment in various places over the country. The Inman Cotton claims to have had 1000 bales of cotton at the Gulf Con- press company's plant in Argenta, and in order to relieve the con- gestion finally succeeded in induc- ing the Arkansas River Packet to send a freighter up the river to Little Rock.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-18
GIVEN JUDGMENT
 BY DEFAULT

In the Jefferson circuit court this morning Moyse Brothers of Louisville, Ky, were given judgment against Lou E. Owen, the local saloonist, in the sum of $5S265. The liquor firm sued Owen on an account. The court was then adjourned until Friday morning at 9 o'clock
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-18
WE ARE SHOWING

cloth for spring patterns that are stylish. We know how to make them up so they sparkle with new ness in cut, finish and style
 Eisenkramer, the Tailor.
 Second avenue and Pine Street, over Citizens Bank.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-18
JUNIOR BANQUET
 FRIDAY NIGHT

The Y. M, c. A. Junior banquet will be given tomorrow night in the Y. NJ. c. A. gymnasium. This
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-18

For wall paper and paint sec Claud C4egg anu company, +l7 Min street
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-28
PENNINGTON.

Farmington-Miss Louise Michel
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Emile Roth and Mrs. William
Wanner were Ottumwa visitors Mon
day.
Mrs. Ida Moreland arrived from Che.
halls, Wash, yesterday morning, hav-
ing been called here by the death of
her mother. Mrs. VIM. Morelaud.
Earl Wells left Monday evening for
st. Johns, Kansas, where Lee will 40
cept position In q general E1erchan-
disc store.
DR.. George Musgrave returned to his
home In Cincinnati Thursday after a
visit with his mother, Mrs. jamie Mus
grave
Mrs. George Barnett Of Chicago is
the guest Of ner sister. Mrs. Maude
Scott.
The q. A. R. Memorial services will
be held at the Baptist church Sunday
morning at II o'clock. Rev. 8. q. vii
kin will deliver the address and the
Glover Leaf club will have charge of
the decorations
Mrs. G.. w. Sherrick and grandchil-
dren Beth and Lenore Reynolds of
Burlington returned to Pennington
Friday morning.
Mrs. Fred Won Seggen was a War
rem visitor Sunday.
Mrs. N. P. Knight is quite i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. D. Kelsey returned
Thursday morning from a visit with
relatives In Chicago.
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ing things III the DARK 81 the moon. /

= XII r. li.ls
ing things In the dark OF the moon. IN
the vicinity of Roslyn. L. l., there is
one country family that tries the sign
of the twelve onions every Christmas.
The female head Of the family takes
twelve onions. lays them out in row
on the shelf and puts pinch Of salt
on the top Of each onion This Is done
en- Christmas day. The onions are left
for twelve. days, and then the prophecy
is read. Each onion stands for q
month, the first onion for January the
second for February, and so on. The
belief is that wherever the salt is found
melted on top of an onion the partic-
ular month for which that onion stands
will be wet month. This year. at the
end Of twelve days, the Long Island
housewife found the salt melted on
every onion but three-those standing
for July, October and November
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-28
MRS. M,klNLEYs ILLNESS.

When the news was flashed over the
wires that Mrs. Mckinley had sustain
ed paralytic stroke and was near
death. q wave Of sympathy swept
through the country and universal sor-
row was felt that the invalid widow
Of martyred president should not
have been permitted to spend the
closing days Of her life in peace as a
compensation for the tragedies that
filed her early life.
From the time of her marriage with
William Mckinley in her girlhood
days the helpless invalid now on her
death bed has met with recurring mis-
fortune. A year after their marriage
a daughter was born to the couple.
The child was named Katie, after her
grandmother Saxton. Just twelve
months after that another baby opened
its eyes in The Mckinley home and
was named Ida, after the mother.
In March, 1873, Mrs. McKinley's
mother died, mad three months later
little Ida followed Within the next
year, Katie, too, passed away and was
laid to rest beside the baby sister. The
mothers highly strung nervous sys-
tenn could not withstand these shocks
anu BIG lung between lie ana QSdIu
for months. Gradually she returned
to a state bordering on health, but she
was confirmed invalid and never
again could walk without assistance.
Recovering partially from these
shocks Mrs. Mckinley centered all her
aims and hopes In her husband and in
mis- advancement. This phase Of the
womans character is commented upon
in touching words by biographer of
the lamented Mckinley, who said:
"She lived, moved and had her be-
ing in and for ner husband, and most
nobly did he prove his worthiness Of
trust SO sacred. She was his con-
slant adviser and confidante. Freed
from the distractions of society, living
in an atmosphere purified by love and
sacrifice. Major Mckinley laid the
foundations Of that character which
has made him a trusted leader"
Then came the cowardly assassina-
ton Of her husband, a blow that threat
ened the life of one iDvalided by for
mer tragedies Mrs Mckinley has
never been strong since the death Of
her husband. Her strength has grad
ually gone and there Is little vitality
left TO fight off this last illness, which
came as another tragedy In the form
of paralytic stroke to deaden the
limbs and numb the faculties.
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STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE.
From Morgan's Office

From Morgan's Office.
William R. Garrison, well known
among New York's financially and So
cially elect, had caller not long
since who was announced by his man
as from ]. P. Morgan's Office
II told my man to usher him in, and
soon tall stranger entered. I pro-
ferred a chair and drew forth my best
box OF perfectos,' said Mr.. Garrison
in telling Of the incident. "Tho stran-
ger lighted cigar, settled himself
easily in his chair, and pulled two long
puffs, while | said with all the defer
cnce at my command: Now what is 1t
that can do for Mr. Morgan?'
HE pulled again, and then reaching
into long pocket Of his coat. replied:
4 have just come from Mr.. Morgan's
cfice, where endeavored to interest
him in the purchase Of the unparallal-
ed little work. interrupted him, but
IL was Of no use. He showed his pros
pectus. and voted him then and there
the sharpest book agent that had
ever seen, and many there are too
did you buy?" was asked of CARR
son.
"Of course" he replied. Gould
throw wet blanket upon genius Of
that magnitude?'- York Globe.
Fine Discrimination.
The most popular man in a Nevada
town got into difficulty with disrep-
utable tough-for long time the ter
ror of the place and proceeded to
"do him up" in manner entirely sat
isfactory to the community at large
1t becoming necessary, however, to
vindicate the majesty Of the law. the
offender was brought up for trial on
the charge Of assault with intent to
kill When the jury had been out
about two minutes they returned.
We'll, gentlemen Of the jury" said
the judge in familiar, off-hand way,
what have you to say?"
"If it please the court" responded
the foreman, I'VE. the jury. find that
the prisoner Is not guilty OF strikin'
with intent to kill. but simply to par
alyze; an he done t"-Philadelphia
Ledger.
sIandering tho Fishermen,
I'VE fishermen" said Havelock Nor
ton, California's famous fly caster, ARE
continually being accused Of intern
perance. The accusation is false, No
incorporate man could ever cast fly.
Yet yesterday a friend Of mine had the
effrontery to say to me:
You fishermen! You fishermen"
What's the matter now l asked
scornfully.
with chuckle he declared that
out walking in the country he had met
an angler beside brook, and had said
to the man:
How can you tell the good places
from the bad when you come to a
stream
/" BY the bottles" the man answer
ed. Wherever the most empty bottles
are scattered Is the best place FIX
change.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-28

Following the recent reports of the
shortage in the wheat crop. which sent
that staple soaring above the dollar
mark IN the markets, the New York
Journal of Commerce communicated
with more than 200 bankers in. five of
the greatest wheat producing states.
The advices received gave proof that
the rumors of damage were greatly ex.
aggerated The general tenor of the
advices received was more favorable
than was expected and no important
decrease in acreage was indicated. The
worst advices came from Kansas.
where drought, cold and green bugs"
inflicted serious damage. but even in
this state the reports do not confirm
the extreme statements of injury cir
culated by the crop killers. In Ne
braska, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio en-
couraging advices were received,
This report will be given more
credence thai that circulated by the
wheat gamblers, who gave out the ex-
aggerated reports of crop shortage for
the effect they would have upon the
market end the profit 1t would bring
them
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GOOD NEWS FROM IOWA.

washington Post.-The Washington
friends OF Senator Allison-and all
Wash1ngtcnians are his friends-will
pc glad OF good news from the veneer
able statesman now Mt this homo IN
Dubuque. He has ATTAINED his. 18th
year. and has been in congress forty
TOUR OF those years, having entered
the house in 1853 and been promoted
to the senate in 1873. Last year he
was very far from being a well man.
and there have been reports this wear
OF his continued and increasing debil-
ity. These, however have not been
correct. The other day Raymond OF
the Chicago Tribune, visited the sena.
tor at his home. "He seems to be good
for years more Of active usefulness"
says Raymond "He sleeps like a
baby, takes long walks every day. has
regained the high color for which he
was SO noted. and seems to be almost
as we'll as he was two years ago. He
does not even show signs of advancing
age. Good news to all the people OF
all the states, for they. are not migrate
fnl. and they know that Senator Ali
son has served them we'll The sena-
tor told RAYMOND that in mis- opinion
the most prominent question at next
Writer'S session Will be what to do
about the aDitalizatiou-or cver,api-
tnlizailon-of the ralrnal.; A very
difficult, delicate question this, he
thinks; one to be dealt with very care
fully and prudently. with an anxious
desire to avoid injustice and the doing
or harm. In his judgment it will take
full year and large outlay of pub
lie money to ascertain what the rail-
roads really cost. II do not at all un-
derstand tnat the President expects to
approach this question in any revolu-
tlonary spirit he says. "On the con-
trary, I am inclined to think he is
looking more to the future, and is not
seeking for legislation which would
overturn or discredit the present Sc
curities Of railroads" Of course, Ray
mond wanted to hear the senator talk
on the presidential candidates. Indeed,
that was the principal purpose of his
visit, but he met with only a limited
degree of success. The senator seems
to think the Iowa republicans are not
worrying about 1908 and are not as vet
thinking much about 1t. He sees no
sign, anywhere In the state, of reac.
tionary sentiment. coincidence in the
Presidents policies and determination
to follow them out so far as they can
be understood are universal among the
people here" He mentions the fact
that the vice president has spoken
twice In the state and made an excel
lent impression. Secretary Taft has
many friends in Iowa. Of course" says
Mr.. Allison. We reckon that will not
penetrate the susceptibilities of any
candidate.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-28

What drives away corroding care
And sprtnkles sunshine everywhere?
A good cigar.
And brightens up the weary way
And casts a soft refulgent ray
Upon the dark, foreboding day?
A good cigar.
What takes you to Etysian fields,
Ger which the balmy zephyr steals?
And makes you feel the world is
bright
A good cigar.
And hustle blackness from the night,
And brings the roses to your sight?
A good cigar.
What makes us rich when we are
broke,
And outlines castles in its smoke?
A good cigar
And how Its fragrant odor serves
To loosen up the tensioned nerves,
And turn life's tangents into curves
A good cigar.
What keeps the head from growing
Thro' fretting microbes there in
stalled?
A good cigar.
And drives the wrinkles from the face
And blends them in comely grace
Which flight of time cannot erase?
A good cigar.
What soothes the discontinued soul,
And on life's turnpike pays the toll?
A good cigar
And makes rheumatic horrors 60,
And cures the sad dyspeptic's woe,
And makes friend of every foe?
A good cigar.
What turns discord into song
And bids the summer linger long?
A good cigar
/ watch its curling vapors paint
A group Of halos soft and faint
Most worthy crown for any saint
A good cigar
What lulls the soul to peaceful sleeI
When stars thro' azure heavens peep
A good cigar.
And leads you with a gentle hand
Der covered meadows softly famed
BY breezes from virgin land?
A good cigar.
If should go to realms above
I'd take with me my earthly love,
A good cigar.
And If denied, I'd go below,
Where smokes the proper thing, 70,
know,
Because l love-I worship So
A good cigar.
Denver News.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-28

shown such woeful lack of pride as
to bode Ill for the future of the wom-
ems clubs movement.
Perhaps the Chauncery Depew club
was disappointed in not landing one
OF the Offices at the gift Of the fedora
tium for a member of its band. Per-
haps its members have just developed
crouch. At all odds it's members
would do we'll to hearken to the oft
repeated words of Noah as he walked
the gang plank on the ark, or it might
have been Napoleon as he crossed thu
Alps: Cheer up, cherries will soon
be ripe"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-28
OTHER BACKWARD SPRINGS.

Dies Moines Register and Leader
It Is some consolation to know that
while spring this year is unusually
backward, it has had predecessors
even more tickle and erratic. Freez-
ing weather as late as June 8
throughout the eastern states is re-
ported by the Cincinnati, Philadelphia
and Rochester newspaper of 1859.
The Cincinnati Enquirer publishes
an interview with veteran grain
man who recalls the destructive frost
which visited the country on May II,
1859. That spring was like the pres
ent one, crops and produce coaxed
out early by mild, arm weather and
then blighted by sudden turn Of
freezing. This old-timer says: From
the Mississippi river east, and you
must remember there was nothing
west at that time to amount to any
thing, crops were blighted. Prices
jumped with leaps and bounds and
flour was shipped from Philadelphia
to Pittsburg ana from New York to
Buffalo. Farmers, thinking that their
crops had been ruined, went into the
market and bought flour. remem-
Der having an order for 200 barrels
of flour, which I sold at a profit of
$3.50 barrel. After the excitement
had died down there came a period
of excellent growing weather and
crops were resown."
The frost of May IL was not the
last for that season On June 5 there
was another, the editorial column Of
the Enquirer the following day say
n o.. ssrTIn r..
was experienced in this vicinity on
Saturday and Sunday and which Great
ed necessity for fire and great coats,
has, as we feared, done much damage
to the crop. We hear disastrous ac-
counts of it from Cleveland, Zanes-
vile and other places where the fruit
was badly injured and the young corn
destroyed"
The Pittsburg Dispatch Of like date
confirms the report saying: "Fruit is
seriously damaged by heavy frosts
on Sunday night. An extensive grow
er of grapes in this vicinity estimates
his loss at $4,000 Another. residing
near East Liberty. says his apples and
peaches are mainly, If not complete
ly, ruined. The apples were frozen
1T the STEMS and dropped off by thGus-
ands when touched by the sun On
ire south side Of tle river tbs gentle
D an describes the country as having
the appearance OF Il land .;corched by
fire, SO severe was the frnst"
The cold wave extended clear to
the Atlantic coast. another severe
frost being reported from Philadel-
phia on the 10. That same date the
Rochester Advertiser, after reciting
the heavy frost and general damage,
described some Of the efforts which
had been made to protect flowers and
tender plants. and concluded: "The
paper and cloths with which the plants
were covered took the dew, froze sol
ID and became sheets of ice around
the tender plants"
The year 1907, backward as has
been the spring season, will have to
yield the palm to 1859. Present-day
pessimism is no longer in order; the
proper thing now to do is to make
comparisons showing how much bet.
ter this spring has been than others
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WHY is A woMAN,s CLUB?


hey-dey Of his rover and was having
his lirtureAE.inteG in the papers al.
most daily as the most polished of the
polished and the best after dinner
speaker in the business, his fame trav-
eled as far west as Des Monies, and
the women of the capital city de-
monstrated their familiarity with
who's who by naming club after the
New Yorker. And while Depew was
maintaining his standing as one Of
our best citizens, the club also en-
joyed "a thriving existence But wheth-
er 1t is merely a strange coincidence
or whether the members of the club
ran counter to a psychic wave. the
fact remains that ever since Chauncey
began sparring with the fate that was
SO long in finding him out to hold his
seat in the senate, the club which
bears his illustrious name has also
been sparring to hold together and
clubbing belligerent members.
The rock upon which the club now
threatens to split and retire into the
oblivion that threatens Depew is the
woman's club question. "Why is a
Woman's Club?' the Chauncey Depew
club asks, and if so, what's the use"
This grave discussion began with the
close of the recent convention of the
federation at Oskaloosa, and it closed
temporarily the, other day when the
chairwoman of the club brought q
stormy meeting nc an end by vigor.
ously welding the gavel and adjourn
ing the meeting. When the session
grew lively, Mrs. Carrie Ogilvie, a.
leading member Of the club arose to
her feet. Il ask frankly why women
went to Oskaloosa," she demanded
and then before waiting for a reply.
she said:
II 1t was not to show their finery
by trouping through the convention
nall in expensive gowns and to play
at politics, what then? BY their ac-
tions the members Of the club have
displayed little else that might be ac.
copied as a sufficient reason for their
leaving their families for two or three
DAYS.
Most women could utilize their
time to a better advantage than by
dabbling in clubs. The club business
is carried too far. Anyhow, if they
must meet, would suggest that the
reports be cut short, the addresses
made shorter and the time given up
to education discussions"
1t would seem that the members Of
the Depew club have become endowed
with some OF the bitterness of spirit
that Is Chaunceys since the efforts
AVE been repeated to have him give
up his seat In the senate It might
be good idea to change the title of
the club If Depew's name carries with
1T such hard-losing bitterness of
spirit
The estfmable members Of the WON.
ems clubs went to Oskaloosa because
they had great work to do there in
furthering and broadening the activl-
ties and worthy aims of the fedora
ton OF women. And If they left their
flnery at home and donned their last
summers GOWNS they would have