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The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-05
THE FIRST AND
 SECOND BALES
C. E. Baily, of Blevins, Brings the First and Joe Burks, of Boughton the Second
 Bale of Cotton.
NEARLY $1OO IN PRIZES

The Two Bales Weigh ed 959
 Pounds and Was Chased as Good
 Middlins--R. L. Blakely Boueh ht
 the First Bale and Capt. w. R,
 White the Second.
 Esq., G. E. Baily, of Blevens, brought the first bale of cotton of the season to Prescott, last Friday evening. The cotton was ginned by the Blevins Gin Co.,, and was sold by Auctioneer A. M. Ellsworth, Saturday morning, in front of w. B. Walters store. The buyer was R. L. Blakely, who bid 15 3-8 cents. The bale weighed 434 pounds, w h i c h brought $66 73. It was classed as good middling.
 Several bids were made, but R. L. Blakely was the lucky bid- der. This is said to be the high est price ever paid in Prescott for the first bale, and is the high est paid by any town in Arkansas up to date. There were about $50 in premiums given to MT. Baily by the business men of Prescott.
 Mr. Baily is progressive farmer of Hempstead county and belives in doing" things. He tells us that he is a candidate for treasurer of his county. If he receives the nomination and is elected, we believe he will make a good officer.
 The second bale was brought in Tuesday, by Joe Burks, of BOughtOn. This bale weighed 525 pounds and the price paid was 14.N 1-2 cents, and was bought by Capt. w. R. White.
 Mr. Burks is young farmer on the Missouri river, and was well pleased over the price of his bale of cotton, as we'll as for the many prizes he received from the business men of Prescott.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-05
NeWth-Riddle.

One of the most impressive church weddings we ever at- tended was solemnized Sunday night after preaching service, at the first Baptist church in this city, when Mir. Fred Newth and Miss Essie Riddle were united in the holy bonds of matrimony, Rev. J. B Riddle, pastor of the church and father of the bride officiating. MT. Newth is a cousin of the editors betterhalf, and has been connected with the Hornett office ever since he came to Vernon from his home in Pres colt, Ark. The bride was hand somely robed in white silk, and never looked sweeter, while the groom was attired in the regular conventional black. After a very able sermon by Rev. J. T. Bell, of Clarendon, the bridal party marched down the center isle to the strain of a wedding march played by Prof. Goetz, and the solemn words Wele pronounced that made them man and wife. Mir. Ben F. Allen, Jr., acted as best man, while Miss Clara Rid dle, sister of the bride, was the bridesmaid, and they too looked as if to say, our time next. v The Hornet joins their many friends in wishing them the choicest of Gods blessings. The Vernon (Texas) Hornet.
 MT. Newth is son of Prof. | C. F. Newth of this city Fred was born and reared in Prescott, and his many friends congratu- hate him and his happy bride, and wish for them many long, happy years of welded life. Shake, Fred.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-05
Grandpa PittInan Dead.

On Wednesday, Sept. 4, 1907, at the residence of Dr. J. M. Powell, Mir. F. Pittman, father of J. M. Pittman and Mrs. J. M. Powell, departed this life. MT. Pittman (Grandpa, as he was familiarly called) was a good citizen. He lived and died re- spectad by all who knew him. For the last four years he made his home with his daughter, Mrs J. M. Powell.
 In his last days he was as help less as a child, but in his helpless condition he was nursed and cared for by his loving and duti- full daughter, Mrs. Powell.
 The old man had to be cared for like a child, but Mrs. Powell never for once faltered in her duty and devotion to her aged father. It is certainly consoling to one who is about to cross to the great beyond, to know and feel that there is still some who are faithful to the end.
 How grand - what a noble character . to be able to step out over and beyond the sordid pleasures of life and rise above the din and strife for gain and comfort and administer to the wants of those in distress. Mrs. Powell your devotion to your father will never be forgotten. He who said, Honor thy father and thy mother, no doubt keeps a memory record that will be read and rewarded when time is no more.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-05
Our Mlliners.

The Prescott milliners have all returned from eastern markets, where they have been for several days buying goods for the Pres colt ladies. Every .one feels as though she made the best seiec, tions in the way of beauti1ui hats. The trimmers are all here and none of them have ever been here before. Mrs. Shankle has secured the services of Miss Roena Harris, of Newport, ArK. /, Miss Teal has Miss Mildred Daugherty, of Missouri, and Mrs. Moncrief has Miss Era Thomp- son. of Ofalla. Mo. We bespeak for each one of these populIaar, emporiums of fashion a splendid trade this fall.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-05
Death of Jacob Cingrich.

The news reached here last Friday of the death of Jacob Gingrich, which sad event oc- cured at his home in Pine Bluff, He had been sick for some time, but was thought to be improving, when a sudden relapse ended his useful life.
 MT. Gingrich was well known in Prescott, where he and his sons, Two and Harvey, organized the Prescott Furniture Factory, of which he was president.
 Memorial services were held at the Methodist church last Sunday evening in his memory. Several of the members made a talk on the beautiful character of that good old man. Everybody in Prescott loved old man Gingrich and his consecrated wife, and two sons, Two and Harvey, and his daughter, Mrs. Beack, have the sympathy of the entire towr in their sadness.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-05
NO BIG CONTRACTS
Hotel Building Was Awarded lie Prather Construction Company of Pine Bluff,
 Arkansas.
RE FINISHED DEC. l

IT C. McRae Building, on the ,-ner of Elm and East Second [r..t Was Let to Contractor LRyan of Hope.
 Ie building committee let the |ract for the erection of the \ building lay afternoon. |contract was awarded to the her Construction Co, of Pine !. for S14, 800; this we under E includes only the brick
 wood work. The question Stumbling, wiring, heating, will be let later on, which,
 estimated, will make the ling cost about $22, GOO. )e contract calls for the build be completed by Dec. lst, here is already gravel on tround.
 McRae let the contract to
 Ian, at Hope, for the erec-
 of three buildings on the
 r of East Second and Elm
 s, directly in front of the
 of Prescott. These will be
 rn and up to date struc-
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-05
fst Bale of Cotton.

! following letter to one of |wnsmen, in answer to a hg sent them. showing the ions offered by our citizens e first bale of cotton, only lstrates what we have al argued, that it is a duty Fe your own town to SUD- home institutions. Then you want a church or a building they feel like B you. Here is the letter:
 CHICAGO. Aug. 2s, 1907, ------, Prescott, Ark.
 sIR:-We are in receipt of clip leh you sent, and in regard to ing donations, we wish to state Of our goods are quoted at such mall margin of profit that it
 positively impossible for us to natlons for the different occasi- come up.
 lrge city like Chicago there is ny a great many donations pa you will find that Sears, 3 Co. are always very liberal Honations in Chicago.
 Ink you for sending the clip 's and trusting we may here u Frequently, we are yours
 SEARS, RoEBUCK & Co.
 plcayune, $1 per year. be nou,
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-05
Fire and Life Insurance.

o. B. Gordon, at Nevada Co. Bank, writes fire insurance in companies that are confagration proof, having paid ther losses promptly for nearly 75 years. He is also agent for The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-05
BANK OF PRESCOTT Capital Stock and Surplus $40, 0,OOO.OO)

When you deposit your money in this bank b one outside of the officers and employees of ne bank are aware of the fact. We regard ao- Pute secrecy as very essential to well organlz- P bank, Without this important factor we do t thank a bank could succeed to any large ex- fnt' We offer every courtesy consistent with le . and sound banking principles and, together lth this absolute secrecy in regard to any ahsactlon you may have with this bank. we outd appreciate your business large or small. hos. C. McRae. President. w. N Bemis
 I. Foster, Vics-President. H. E. Bemls.
 nos. c. McRae, Jr., Cashier. Jas. G. Clark.
 k. Wright, Asst Cashier. w. B. Waller.
 J. Hesterly. J. M. Pttman
 |. D. McSwain, Cashier, Emmet Office.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-05
Apples, Apples !!

I have a car of apples at the depot which will remain all this week or until sold. $l pc r bushel. w. F. SANDERS.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-05

icayune, Sl per year. be now.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-05
A. w. EWTH
 THE PHOTOGRAPHER

Makes first-class Photos in all sizes, both portraits and views.
 West Main Street.
 PRESCOTT, ARKANSAS.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-05
RED Cross Shoes

We have for sale the celebrated "Red Cross Shoes" for women, the most comfortable shoe on the market. Correct styles, the sole bends with every movement of the feet, and the heels are sewed, and not tackled on, which makes them better than rubber heels and most desirable for tired feet. Price $3.50 for plain leather, and 4.00 for Patent. Lace or Button.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-07
GAY FUNERAL. RITES.

Curious Ceremonies That Accorc pany
Cremation In Siam.
The funerals of young unnlarsiel la
dies in Brazil are grewsonely gay. 50
to speak. The color Of the coffin is
bright scarlet, and bright scarlet, too.
are the hearse, the livery Of the driver.
d the harness and the piumes that nod
on the heads of the horses.
But for a gay funeral we must go to
the cremation of the dead in Siam.
When the body is that of a prince Tie
proceedings are most elaborate. Gold
carriages galore abound and the pyre
is ultimately lighted by the king him
self with candles which have been ig:
nited at the sacred lamps in the. tenn
pies of his palace, which burn night
and day. The lighting of the funeral
pyre is followed up with sports and
the lotus dance. The king promotes
the mirth by tossing lines to the peo-
pie, by whom they are eagerly fought
for, as inserted in each are current
coins of the realm. Darkness having
at length fallen over the land, fire.
works and gay illumina tons conclude
these curious funeral rites l5S
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-07
Nemesis Of Land Thieves.
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Who Retires as Secre-
tary of the Interior.
Plain Business Man Who His Days Work
Got After the Public Land Loo Early In His Administration
Never Let Up on Them--Ou First Ambassador 0 ST.
Petersburg 81 How He Entered the
Plate Glass Industry
Plate GLASS Industry.

nection with the land frauds, 80 have
been convicted and 4O1 indictments
were pending when the report was
written few months ago.
1t Is not to be denied that many more
convictions would have been secured
had certain judges and legislators and
other officials held their oaths Of office
as sacredly inviolate as Mr.. Hitchcock
held his oath. Just read this from the
secretary's annual report:
ut is to be regretted that the efforts
to release the land from the grip of its
despoilers have been met by every
embarrassment that human ingenuity
could devise. Powerful influences have
been concerned and have not hesitated
to aggressiyely assert every agency
that could be commanded to weaken
the hand of the law. Even local land
office officials have been subservient to
such influences, and the punishment
imposed by the courts has in many
cases been so nspicuously inadequate
rs to encourage rather than deter vio-
iations of the law"
Mr.. Hitchcock goes out of Office cor
daily hated by many men. Let us love
him for the enemies he has made. In
Missouri, his own state. the machine
politicians Of his party have despised
him from the first. One Of these ma
chinists actually expected to be APP
pointed secretary Of the interior when
President Mckinley ignored party
services" and named Hitchcock, a
business man, for business job. They
hate Hitchcock because he is not pol
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-07
MAN NOT BORN TO READ.
That ls the Reason He 10 Compelled
to Wear Glasses.

That ls the Reason He ID Compelled
to Wear Glasses.
Many of the commonest physical de-
fects of civilized man are due to an
imperfect adaptation OF his body to
new conditions Of life. Nearsigh GIFTED
ness is an example. s
G. wv. Saleeby. the English writer on
scientific subjects says that all the talk
about the degeneration Of the human
eye is ''undiluted nonsense" The truth
is that man was not born to read. Il
An instrument made for seeing long
distances is forced to acconlmo date it,
self to little marks and signs on 4 piece
Of paper. Says DR.. Saleeby, The eye
which we have inherited from our an
cestors is one that is used without eff
fort at long range, merely containing
within 1t an apparatus enabling it at
the cost OF nervous and muscular eff
fort to be used at short range Z
The general need of glasses arises
from the necessity ii modern life OF
the use of the eyes az short distances.
re the eye were ma urally focused upon
near objects the adyans Gage, as DR.,
Saleeby admits, would be great. Fl ow-
ever, he continues, IF one started to
make list Of the bodily characters OF
man which the amazing develop ent
of his intelligence has rendered more
or less appropriate to~his needs than
originally one would require a vol
11mp - Sstsss
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-07
TESTED HIS LIBERALlTY.
And the Host In Turn Tested His
Guests Generosity.

And the Host In Turn Tested His
Guests Generosity.
n A rather parsimonious gentleman got
the better of some of his acquaintance,
who were continually Fostering him
about his niggardlin Goaded to
desperation by their taunts, he one day
Invited his detractors to dinner.
When they made their appearance they
were simply astonished at the ma gnif-
cence Of the treat provided. Apologies
were rendered, and the misery individ-
ual was warmly complimented as well.
81 Now, gentlemen" said the host when
acknoWled ging their compliments, tsyou
have put my liberality to a test am
going to try your generosity. / know
poor man who is very much in need
Of financial help through untoward cir
cumstances, and propose to raise a
subscription In his behalf. See, / com
mence the list with 10 shillings. VIII
4 you help r.
Needless to say every one subscribed
4 literally, as no one cared to be thought
more close listed than the host, who,
when he had collected all the money,
/ coolly said:
thank you, gentlemen, for your
sympathy and now ] think we are
quits. You have paid both for your
joke and your dinner It was 1 who
required the money. London Mail.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-07
The PlANOF0R TE.
"A Direct Descendant Of the clavicnord
and Harpsichord.

A Direct Descendant Of the CIavic taord
and Harpsichord.
The pianoforte was directly eyoiveus
from the clayichord and the harpsi-
chord. In iii scipione Maffei gave q
detailed account Of the first four M
struments, which were built BY Barfo-
lommeo Cristofori, named by him l pi.S
anoforte, and exhibited In 1903.
@ Marius In France exhibited harpsl-5
chords, with hammer action, IN ! a. ~,
and Schroter in Germany laimed 20
have invented the pianoforte between en-
1717 and 1921. Marius at first vas
generally credited with the invention,
for it was not until 1888, when Crist B
forts instruments had become famous,
that the italian advanced his claim,
] and ii was in 1868 that he brought for
ward the proof Of his contention,
Pianos Of that period We're shaped
like the modern grand, the first square
plano being built by Freide erica, an q
organ builder Of Saxony, in 1759. The
first genuine upright was patented ~
England and the United States by
John Isaac Hawkins, an Eng lishman.
in 1900. Scrap Book.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-07
Lord Erskine.

From midshipman to lord chancellor
lis a very far cry. Lord Erskine, how
ever, whom Lord Campbell once de.
scribed as the greatest advocate Of an
Client or modern times did not find
much difficulty in reaching the Wool
sack, although he started life as q
mildly and did not settle down to
study law until he was twenty
years Of age. His defense Of Captain.
Baillie, prosecuted for his exposures OF
gross abuses at the admiralty, raised
him from an obscure lawyer to q fore
most position at the bar, and thirty
briefs were offered him before he left
the court. From that time until he be-
came chancellor in 1906 his career was
marked by long list of successes.
London Standard.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-07
BY RoBERTUs LOVE.

~
TSHIS is the story of plate glass in
America and the light that 1t
has shed incidentally upon GER
s tain dark places. It is COM
paratively easy to steal redhot stove.
Though some ingenuity on the part Of
the thief is required, the stove can be
carried away and concealed. But it
would seem physically impossible to
steal an acre of land or thousand
acres or a hundred thousand acres.
Yet this feat has been accomplished
hundreds of times in the United States
without being discovered by the own
ers of the land until many years have
elapsed. In some cases the theft is
yet to be discovered. The land has
been stolen not from private individ-
uals, but from you and me and all of
usfrom the American republic. 1t is
our land, which we hold with view to
it's being settled by those Of us who
need the land and who are permitted
under our laws to buy it at a certain
figure and use it to the best advantage.
1t is crime to steal a stove or pig
or pocketbook. 1t is a far greater
crime to steal a quarter section Of
land, for in so doing the thief steals
away the possible home of a poor man
and his family. Such a thief Is one Of
the meanest criminals in the category.
In the western part of the United
States, in about dozen states alto
gether, hundreds Of thousands of acres
Of homestead, timber, coal and desert
lands have been stolen during the past
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-07
The Pyumy Cattle Of Samoa.

The Samoan islands are the natural
habitat of the most diminutive species
of variety of the genus hos now known
to the naturalist. The average weight
of the males Of these lilliputian cattle
seldom exceeds 200 pounds, the aver
age being not greater than $50 pounds.
The females usually average about a
hundred pounds larger and are very
/ astock built, seldom being taller
than Merino sheep. These dwarf cat
tie are nearly all of the same color
reddish mouse color, marked with
white. They have very large heads as
compared with their bodies, and their
horns are of exceptional length.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-07
LOW NECK CLANS.
v Joke That Met Man Who Had 2
FeebIe Sense Of Hunor.

Feehte sense OF fiutH0F.53 SsS
An ex-governor Of Wisconsin famous
as a story teller, once rejoiced a COM
pany of friends with an account of his Jig
Experience at "a New Jersey clanba bake.
AT the clambake there were plenty Of
people who enjoyed the speech of the
Wisconsin man, but there was one s s II.
Gus minded listener on whom It fell
fat s$5s
81 started of, said the ex-governor,
telling the story, by stating that | had
eaten so many Of their low neck clans
that / wasn't in the least sort Of condi-
ton for speechmaking. At that mo-
ment long faced old man directly
across the table scowled at me and
said in a stage whisper:
g. Little neck CLAIMS, little necks, not
low necks!
II paid no attention to him and went
on with my remarks. After dinner he
followed ME out of the hall.
s You're from Wisconsin, nren't
you?' he asked.
! Yes answered. III
Don't have many CLAIMS out there.
I reckon?
Well, | said, I'VE have some, but
It's a good way to water, and In driy-
ing them across the country their feet
get sore and they don't thrive very
well. II n ~ S
Why, man alive said he, CLANS
haven't any feet!' S3
1soon after that he buttonholed one
of my friends. 55s n
IS that fellow governor of Wiseon-
sing he demanded.
Ny friend admitted that | was.
sHFaal,' said he, 'p'r'aps he may be
a smart enough man for Wisconsin,
but he's a good deal Of fool at the
seashore!'
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-07
The Word Etiquette.

The very high sounding word eti-
quette had a very humble origin, for.
etiquette meant simply label 1t re-
ceived its present Specification from.
the fact that q Scotch gardener who
laid out the grounds at Versailles for
Louis XIV. was much annoyed at the
courtiers walking over his newly made
paths and at length had labels placed
to indicate where they might pass. At
first these labels were not attended to,
but hint from high quarters that IN
future the walks of the courtiers must
be within the etiquettes' or labels.
was promptly attended to. To keep
within the etiquettes became the cor
rect thing. The meaning Of the phrase
was afterward widened.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-07
A Monument to Her Oath.

In the market place Of Devices, a
town in Wiltshire, England, there
stands monument erected by public
subscription as warning to falsifiers
and irreverent persons, to commemo-
rate the tragic death Of a woman who.
according to the inscription on the
stone, was stricken dead as q punish
nlent for her blasphemy The story, as
told among the country folk, is that
one Of the village women, becoming in
volyed In dispute over money with q.
merchant In the Corn Exchange, called
on the Almighty, with a fearful oath,
to strike her dead II her statement was
false. As she left the market place on
her way home she fell dead upon the
spot where the monument now stands,
her perJured gains being afterward
found in her tightly clinched hand.