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ss3evond the Alps."

A Kansas girl graduate who nad Dese given the theme, Beyond the Alps Lies Italy" promulgated the following:
 .I don't care cent whether Italy lies beyond the Alps or in Missourl. | do not expect to set the rfver on nfe with nv future career. I am glad that I have a good education, but am not going to misuse it by writing poetry or essays on the future woman. IL VII. enable me to correct the grammar or any lover I may have should he speak of 'dorgs in my presence or seen man. It will also come handy when want to figure out how many pounds of soap woman can get for three dozen eggs at the grocery. So do hot begrudge the time I spent in acqulr- ing it. But my ambitions do not ny so high. I just want to marry man who can lick anybody of his weight Ill tae township, who can run an eighty acre farm and who has no female relatives to come around and try to boss the ranch. will agree to cook dinners TOT him that won't send him to an early grave and lavish upon him a whole some affection and to see that his razor has not been used to cut broom wire when he wants to shave. In view of all this I do not care if l get q httle rusty on the rule of three and kindred things as the years go by.'-Iopeka Capital
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THE iss,a ,rES TRIAL RESULTS.

-ne 1r,aA 9f tidwin :. Holmes
 appsars 70 Mve had the ex- ee.lene sneee 9E ioiag away with
 hat zuperetlllous attitude which las heretofore prevented reform in tne Department Of Agriculture statistics methods. Apparently in yincisle self-sa atisfaetion has disap- peared, and frank admissions are the order of the day. It is no long ar eontended that the methods em- pIoyed in compiling figures given out in crop estimates are perfect, nor does any official now deny that the danger of leak is entirely too great. The question whether the Bureau of Statistics is at present organized can do much more than make fairly good guesses has been under serious discussion. Some officials go as far as to side with those extremists who want the whole crop reporting service aban- doned. Out of this cleared armos- phere there promises to come two fold good. Steps to make the work as near knave-proof as possible will be taken, and Congress will almost certainly be asked to sanction a plan whereby corps of men would i be employed in different parts o1 the country to make reports or 1 acreage devoting their time so far as 1 necessary to securing actual facts
 instead of mere estimates. This plar
 while expensive, seems the only one 1 from which really good results are l to be expected. If it is put in force
 and the service reorganizer as fal
 as may be necessary to provide safeguards against knavery, little ground for complaint will be Jeff and the ill-advised proposals oi 1 those who would return the work i of crop reporting to spectators vii soon cease to be heard.
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Part of the Letter We Read.

"Did you ever think" said an old printer. that we really notice only the upper halves of the letters? The lower halves are ill many cases only the stems, the remainders of ornamental tiourishes which have been gradually reduced in size and length and are now meaningless Take, for instance, the heading of Il paper Cover up with q blank sheet the lower half of the let ters, and even if you did not know what they were you would have no diff ficulty in reading the words. Now, re- verse the process and cover the upper half, and if you did not know the words it would be impossible to make out the letters. This fact is even more plainly seen in the case of the Roman letters used for headlines. An l. might be mistaken for an I, but nearly all the other letters are so plainly indicated by the shape of the upper half that the lines may be read without difficulty - St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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WAR AND THE PRESIDENCY.
By c. T. Robinson.

Just at this time when there is considerable war talk, more or less we'll founded, the attitude of the pres ident toward the nomination next year necessarily attracts attention
 Mir. Roosevelt has said that he did not desire a renomination, and would not accept it, unless the country were engaged in Or threatened with for eign war Current events seem to be shaping themselves that way just now, at least to a degree sufficient to
 justify the president in concluding that the conditions have developed which will demand that he remain at the head of the government until the war cloud shall have passed away, the Nation at large that Theodore Roosevelt's strong hand shall contin- ue to direct national affairs. He is | fully posted as to every detail of the l government resources, etc, and has a grasp of the entire situation which 1 would require months Or perhaps years for a new executive to ac- lQuire. There may or may rot be any l intelligent grounds fer suspicion as to the motives and intentions of the mikadC's s government At any rate. it is better to give our own country
 and not Japan the benefit Of the doubt. For it should be remembered
 that tor ways that are dark and
 tricks that are vain the laps can
 give the heathen Chinee cards and
 spades and beat him The original
 and peculiar method adopted by the
 laps was Illustrated at Port Arthur
 when their declaration of war was
 thundered from the threats of theiy
 cannon on their wa:ships. It is wei
 therefore for our government, by
 sending a squadron of war vessels tC
 the Pacific, to notify the Japanese
 government that we are alert and
 ready for any emergency and do not intend to be caught mapping. A dig nified, conservative course of awaiting
 developments in times of critical in-
 ternatlonal complications may be ev'
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WARSHIPS IN THE PACIFIC.

The criticism of the navy de- partment in ordering war vessels from their play ground on the At lantie, to the Pacific coast. as indi- eating apprehension of trouble with Japan. is entirely puerile and far fetched
 The place for the American navy is in the Pacific ocean, for there the eountry's largest possessions lie, in Hawian and Philipine islands; there the coast defenses are weakest, and if we need a navy at all, we need it in tn Pacific ocean. We certainly have no use for it at Oyster Bay or elsewhere on the Atlantic coast except for purposes of display.
 To say that the order of the bat tie ships to these waters might be misinterpreted by Japan as antici- pating war with that country, is idle, because the best security against the war is to be prepared for it and every country prepares it's defense to meet possible coptin- gencies.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-12

idence of an impressive degree Of lofty statesnanshfp, but 1t is not worth a continental in times of crit ical emergencies which demand prompt and vigorous military move ments. A knowledge of our prepar- edness, our vast wealth, our ineX- haustible resources and our unbound ed prosperity may show to the Japs that the only result of war with this
 country would be defeat for them,
 with a loss of the prestige as world power which they gained by the war ! with Russia, and the further increase
 of the enormous national debt which
 has already nearly bankrupted the
 country. A knowedge of these facts
 may avert q war between the two
 countries. Our congress should ex-
 tend the exclusion act to apply to the Japs as we'll as to the Chinese. As a matter of fact if we wish to cOn-
 tinue prosperous, happy and free people, we had better exclude all inn
 migrants as far as possible, instead of allowing our couitry to be made | the dumping ground for the scum of all the earth. President Roosevelt is the man of the hour. He is thorough | ly American in the best meaning of the term. He has strong convictions, and the courageous manliness to de- clare them under any and all cir eumstances, He is the enthusiastic advocate of civic virtue, and the un compromising foe of wrong doing whether in low or high places. Debs and Hartman are equally the objects of his condemnation. He believes in the people, is the defender of their rights and stands as the great exem- plar of true and strenuous American ism, commands as an equal the re- heads of the world, and is the central and most potent figure upon the inter-
 national political stage of the uni
 verse. As president of the greatest,
 the richest, the most powerful Nation
 on earth, he has passed the experi-
 mental stage. The people know him,
 trust him, love him. If he will again
 accept the high office of president with it's grave responsibilities, his friends,
 the great American people, without
 regard to sectional lines, or previous
 political affiliations, will gladly give
 him another term-and then, perhaps another!
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SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
 PAVING DISTRICT NO. 12

The tax books for the collection of the special assessment upon the real property in paving district N o. F (West Second avenue) in the city of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. have been plac- ed in my hands.
 All owners of real property lying within the district are required to pay their assessments to me within thirty days from this date.
 If such payment is not made action will be commenced at the end of that time for the collection of such assess ment and for legal penalties and costs.
 1 Given under my hand this 18th day of June, 1907.
 A. c. RUSSELL, City Collector Office hours 9 a. m. to F m. city hall building. d30t
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To the Cool North Via the North
 Western Line.

The North Western Line reaches with direct train service and through Pullman Sleeping Cars, a series H cool summer resorts, hunting and fishing grounds in Wisconsin, Min nesota and Northern Michigan, which, for variety of interest, excel
 all others. Numerous good hotels. boarding houses and camps. Some of the best fishing in the world. If you are interested in finding a place suited to your particular needs, ad- dress George F. Brigham IT,, general agent. 311 North 9th St., St. Louis, Mo-.
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QUICK JUSTICE.

Five days after Pine Bluff ne- gro entered the room occupied by a prominent white lady in the house of a leading citizen he was wear ing stripes in the Arkansas peni- tentiary, entering upon sentence of 21 years, says the Arkansas Democrat
 This is the kind of justice that can alone overcome the tendency to mob violence in the South.
 The blood of the Southern white man is always near the boilin z point, and it boils over readily when affront or violence is offered the women of our homes.
 The chivalry of the South de- mands that prompt and ample jus tice be meted out to all offenders whether they be white or black and the recent hanging of a bruta white man in Georgia shows tha' in this the color line is not drawn
 But lynching is essentially wrone and inexcusable, although it wi never be stopped so long as ther' are lax methods of conducting tn, courts, and cases where there i practically no doubt of guilt arr permitted to drag along for month without action.
 Tn this Pine Bluff case Judgi Grace appreciated the temperament
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-12

of the people, summoned a spe- cial grand jury to investigate, and five days later the culprit was sen- fenced and on his way to prison.
 Where there is no doubt of the guilt of the accused, the speedler the penalties of the law are pre- scribed, the more stable become the supports that uphold the law.
 There was no reason why thls Pine Bluff negro should have been given the advantage of delays and dilatory tactics, when there was no doubt of his guilt.
 The ready avengers of women honor were threatening violence and prompt action was required to prevent it.
 The accused was hurried out or town. s special grand jury summon sd au .uatctmsre returned. he was 9r,agee ,aex, 4rraisaed, convicted seafenesd 4nd started on his way so ss.s 9euItea ttary almost oetore a,s ,eopie sec's 4w3rs ef waat was ,eils lone.
 4 lis course were adopted by e,r.;s,t snuges ii over he country, aers suuId 1e gswsr syncalnss' ,n,. ,rsaG saap 6ocwacd would be fatxsn II -ne ;omuron-ssnSs soIueloh n, :res -sces )ropieM=
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 ARE YOU GOING AWAIT

. Subscribers leaving the city for . the summer and who want to keep sposted on home news, should have the Daily Graphic mailed to them. Addresses will be changed as of ten as desired. Rates by mail are . a5o cents per month, cash in ad- vance. If charged, 65 cents per smonth.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Prosecuting Attorney.

Pine Bluff, Ark, June 15, 1907. Editor Graphic: Believing that am fully competent and deserving, and knowing myself to be exceed lngly anxious to serve the people of this district as their next prose cutting attorney, I hereby authorize you to announce me as a candidate for that position, subject to the action of the Democratic primary election to be held on August 23. 1907. Very Respectfully,
 T. HAVIS NIXON.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-12

The Graphic is authorized to an- nounce W. D. Jones as candidate for reelection to the office of prosecuting attorney of the Eleventh Judicial Dis trict subject to the action of the Dem- ocratic primaries to be held August 23, 1907.
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OUR STANDING OFFER.

Anyone sending Us names of iu- ventors, will be paid 8 for each case we get from them. Just send the name, we do the rest. Look around you, and you will be surprised at the number of inventors wishing pat ents, in your neighborhood. D. Swift & Co. Washington. D. e.
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VEHICLE LICENSE.

The vehicle and dog license for the year 1907 Is now past due and must be paid at once.
 All owners of vehicles and dogs who fail to pay promptly will be brought into police court and fined.
 A G. RUSSELL,
 City Collector.
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We are authorized to announce W. r. Young as a candidate for prosecut- ing attorney of the Eleventh Judicia! District, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries to be held August g, 1887.
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FOR SALE.

800 bushels good sound whippo- will peas, we'll sacked, f. 0. b. cars at Little Rock or Carlisle, Ark. w. H. Nichols.
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Come out te the speaking Saturday night and see if you can pick the win- ner.
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GREAT REDUCTION
TO OUR READERS.


 The Graphic today presents it's readers with a new comic cover in coors and introduces it's readers to the following well-known characters:
 Jones?-His Wife Can't Boss Him. ,..- Money Miggles and the Magic Cap 5ss Inquisitive Clarence as .G Rosy Posy-Mamma's Girl.
 Grins-A variety of Humor.
 Little Pnkie Prim.
 This will be regular Sunday feature hereafter and will am1se the children we'll the grown up folks It will therefore not be necessary in the future to buy an out-oftown paper in order to get funny paper'' You can get one every Sunday if you are subscriber for the Graphic, we'll all the local during the week It may be impossible for vasser to get around early, therefore if you want the Daily and Sunday Graphic delivered at your door, please fill out the coupon below and mail send to the Graph ic office:
 
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Woodruff County news., 1907-04-04

Mrs. W. E. Wallace, and baby, returned Sunday to her home at Shawnee, Okla, after 8 weeks visit to her mother, Mrs. M. M. Blackstone.
 FOR SALE: Yellow yam and red triumph Irish and Sweet seed potatoes at one and two dollars per bushel at my home near Jelks.
 R. w. SToKER.
 Miss Mamie Terrence, after a 2 weeks visit to the family of her uncle, MT. H. w. Jernigan, re- turned today, Thursday, to her home at Little Rock.
 LOST: One white SOW, with six weeks old pigs. Crop and split in the left and overbit in the right ears of SOW. Sow has very short tail. Liberal reward. FRANK SANDERS, MCCRoRY ARK.
 Comrades Jno. Shearer J. E. Atkinson and Jno. Raymond went to Augusta Wednesday to attend the burial services of their brother confederate, Houston Hopkins, which took place Wednesday eve- ming, at 3 o'clock. Mr. Hopkins died in Augusta, Tuesday night. He was 8 soldier in the Civil war and was buried with Confederate honOrs.
 Mir. ana Mrs. l.. E. Pollett made their departure Monday for their future home at Shawnee, Okla, where MT. Pollett goes to accept a position with the Rock Island Railway O.. MT. Pollett is 8 first class sober and industrious gentle man and we can truthfully recom- mended him to the people of that city as such. They have many friends here who regret loosing them from our city.
Woodruff County news., 1907-04-04
HUNTER.

By Our Regular Correspondent.
 Hunter has one case of measels.
 MT. Jim Oliphant, from near Zent, was in town Saturday.
 MT. Moses Richey, from Wheat ley, was up Saturday on business.
 The Farmers Union met Satur- day afternoon at the school house.
 Misses Annie Hickman and Ora Pullum left Hunter one day last week.
 MT. and Mrs. Hogan made a flying trip to Brinkley one day last week. MT. Hickman, who has been gone to Okla, returned home Saturday. There arrived into the home of MT. and Mrs. Tom Dryden, a fine boy, April, list. Messrs Parson Deason and Dave Branson went to Bemis, Sunday to work.
 Several of the Kentucky people came in last week to make Hunter their future home.
 Dr. Rodgers returned home Sunday after spending last week in Texarkana.
 Miss Flossie Patterson left Sun- day afternoon for Penrose, to be- gin her school.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank McDaniel, from Splinter, Miss, are visiting relatives, here, Mir. Vanderburg and family.
 Mir. Jacob Bishop, and family, will move across the Bayou some- time in the near future to make it their future home.
 MT. Peckenbaugh, and wife, of Indiana, are down on their place looking around this week, and settling up their business.
 Mir. Hamer left for Memphis, Saturday, and Mrs. Hamer went
Woodruff County news., 1907-04-04

We never have more than we can bear. The present hour we are always able to endure. As our day, so is our strength. If the trials of many years were gathered into one, they would overwhelm us: therefore, in pity to our little strength, He sends first one, then another, then re- moves both, and lays a third, l., heavier, perhaps, than either: but all is so wisely measured to our strength that the bruised weed is never broken. We do not look enough at our trials in this contin- uous and successive view. Each one is sent to teach us something, and altogether they have a lesson which is beyond the power of any to teach alone.
Woodruff County news., 1907-04-04

G. W. Cullum, and family, left Tuesday, for Judsonia, their future home.
 Miss Annie Sue Wilder, of Gal loway, spent Sunday and Monday with parents in this city.
 Business is the thing we are looking for at present. Try us and see. CITY DRUG STORE.
 WANTED: Country produce. We pay highest cash price. MCCRoRY MERCANTILE COMPANY
 N. N. Cain, of Morton, spent several days, this week, in the city, the guest of his son, J. I. Cain.
 Mrs. c. F. Hamer, of Hunter, and sister Mrs. Cobern, of De View were visitors here, the first of the week.
 No time lock on City Drug Stores business. When you are sick just speak out in time of books.
 
 Mrs. Edna Hargis and little girls visited relatives in Revel neighborhood the latter part of last week.
 Messrs. T. A. Smith and Jno. Robertson, of Howell, were in the city Tuesday and Wednesday, of this week.
 Bring your chickens, eggs and butter to the McCrory Mer- camille Company. They pay high est market price.
 Mrs Callie Walker returned to day, Thursday, from an extended visit to relatives in Little Rock and the Indian Territory. MARRIED: At Tip, Sunday, March, 31, 1907, MT. Frank Hall brooks to Mrs. N. Duncan, Esq. F. B. Winfree, officiating.
 I will remain here 10 days long CT hurry and bring your suits to be cleaned, repaired and pressed.
 TIDMoRE, The Tailor.
 Messrs. c. L. Lee, P. L. and W. O. Barrentine, W. L. Rushing, J. D. Matlock and W. O. Scales were business visitors at Augusta last Friday.
 It has been said "The only safe whiskey was in sealed bottles" But when the seal was broken the safety disappeared.-Not so with Nubian Tea. CITY nRUG STORE.
Woodruff County news., 1907-04-04
City Officials.

Screen doors and windows at H. T. Raney's.
 Mr. Ed Scales arrived Wednes- day, from Searcy.
 Geo. Hatch, of Augusta, was in the city Friday.
 Harvil. Black arrived Saturday, from Monroe, La.
 Riggs Bros. buy old iron, brass, bones and all kinds of junk.
 Let me make your screen doors and windows. H. T. RANEY. Mrs. J. Erie Barringer returned Friday, to her home at Memphis. H. c. Shearer was a visitor at Augusta, Saturday and Sunday. G.G. Angus, of Boonville, is here on a visit to homefolks. He ar rived Monday.
 -McCrory Mercantile Com pany buys eggs and chickens at highest market price.
 MT. Mike Pendergist, and wife, were over from Augusta, Friday, ana Saturday visiting friends.
Woodruff County news., 1907-04-04
GENERAL DlRECTORY.
County Officials.
Court Sessions.

Circuit Court, Northern District Meets Th,rd Monday in February and August. Sou thern District-First Monday in March and september H. N. Hutton. Judge; Will Moorman, Clerk.
 Chancery Court Northern Distnct,-Aeets First Monday in May and December South ern District Second Monday in February and September. Ed. D. Robertson. Chancellor; Will Moorman Clerk.
 County Court.-Meets First Monday in Janu- ary. 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., 1907-04-04

true to the family that is the re- suit of his making and begetting. Men err by withholding when they have means to spare as we'll as not, and they err by giving heedlessly to the endless asking of those whose great aim in life is to attach themselves to those inclined to charity. Help those who are in sickness, in trouble and distress, if you can do so without robbing your creditors, yourself or your family. Be just, and then be generous. To give wisely is an art, to give we'll is to give success fully. To provide employment is even humane and wise, but you should give it or find it to those who try to deserve such assistance, not to those who are lazy, dirty, shiftless, careless and indifferent to your success. Let those who will not try to come up just little higher, with your help, remain where they are, except you are able to give.
 No man has a right to walk de- liberately into poverty in order to prove his manhood a disposition to humanity. This is not the way to help mankind, or to serve your country. When a man is stricken down, then help him if you can, but do not encourage him to fall again and to keep on falling sim ply to be helped. Do not be miser, nor yet spendthrift. Do not be selfish, but be careful to preserve your own health, means and ability to help those who will be with us tomorrow, as we'll as to- day.
Woodruff County news., 1907-04-04
Easter was celebrated Sunday

Easter was celebrated Sunday night at the Methodist church by special service and program for the occasion and was we'll attended and satisfactory, judging from the many favorable comments heard.
 The climax of the joyous occas- ion was reached in the song, Hap py happy Easter times, by several small children, which seemed to captivate the audience at once. The scripture lesson by MT. Hailey, the address by Rev. A. c. Cloves and the Easter hymns so effective ly rendered by the choir were a part of the program enjoyed by all. The children did so we'll that it would seem invidious to attempt to give special recognition to the many excellent features. It would show a lamentable lack of appreciation not to recognize and acknowledge the faithful and efficient work of the committee in charge of the preparations for the service, Mesdames Cloves, Fakes, and Morgan, and Miss Blanche Underhill.