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Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26

lance. Churchill served here two
years and then was so fortunate as
to secure a change of garrison to a
place where there was not so much
thankless fighting, but the English
government, reluctant as ever to give
up corner of land that has once
been painted red, hung on to the we'd
ding present of the luckless queen for
a generation. On one occasion the
earl of Teviott the British governor,
with most of his officers and large
portion of the garrison, was surprised
by the vigilant Moors, and but few
escaped with their lives. After 20
years of constant warfare, harassed
day and night by tireless and trucu-
lent enemy, the keepers of John
Bulls treasury counted up the cost,
and shortly after the figures were
known Tangier was abandoned, and
so the second attempt of the conquest
of Morocco failed.
Spain Had Enough.
In 1859 the Spaniards, under O'Don-
nell, invaded Morocco, bent upon OBJ
tanning satisfaction for undoubted in
juries at the hands of lawless Moors,
and perhaps with thoughts of perma-
nent conquest if all went WELL AS
matter of fact, nothing went well.
From 10000 to $4,000 men were en-
gagged for two years, with heavy casu-
alties, and even greater losses from
sickness. At the end of the second
campaign, the Sancho Panza in Cas-
lillian politics got the upper hand of
the Don Quixote, proclaimed honor
satisfied, the terms offered by the
Moors all that could be desired and
retired in blaze of false glory, out
of which O'DonneH secured a duke
dom and many Spanish regiments un-
pronounceable Moorish names. But
the real results were none
In 1898 the Moors attacked the
Spanish possession of Melilla, and the
Madrid government, if hungry for ad-
venture, had every opportunity, and
even justification, for a punitive ex-
petition, but very wisely did not
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
FIFTEEN YEARS OF ECZEMA.
Terrible Itching Prevented Sleep
Hands, Arms and Legs Affected
-Cuticura Cured in Days. 5

IT had eczema nearly fifteen years
The affected parts were my hands
arms and legs. They were the worst
in the winter time, and were always
itchy, and l could not keep irOm
scratching them. l had to keep oO'a
hands bandaged all the time, ana a.
night l would have to scratch through
the bandages as the itching was !"
severe, and at times | would nave y
tear everything off my hands to scra''I
the skin. l could not rest or sleep. :
had several physicians treat ME ~.
they could not give me perliaa'.'
cure nor even could they stop the i''n
ing. After using the Cuticura ooah
one box of Cuticura Ointment anu WV
bottles of Cuticura Resolyent lol @OOa,
six days the itching had ceased a1I
now the sores have disappeared anu !,
never felt better in my life than
Cow. Edward Worell, Band SUN u
Infantry, Fort Crook, Nebraska
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
CRUMBLING
EMPIRE OF
THE MOORS

ness men, they paid him large sums to
go away and not restrain trade.
Typical of this same Sultan Mulai
Hassan's attitude toward what is
called progress and improvement in
the western world is an anecdote, the
authenticity of which l feel I can
vouch for. There were and still are
some dangerous rocks in the harbor
OF Rabat, and the owners of the coast
ing steamers engaged in the Morocco
trade were anxious, for obvious rea-
sons, to have them removed Having
failed to interest the local governor in
the matter, the steamship men got to-
gether and sent an envoy to Fee, who
requested that the companies con-
cerned might be allowed to remove
these dangers to commerce at their
own expense.
suItan's Willy Answer.
Certainly not" was the sultan's
immediate answer, "the rocks were
put there by God for some good pur-
pose, let no man dare to rqmove
them"
What the sultan doubtless thought
was that foreign men-of-war could get
into the Atlantic ports of his empire
quite easily enough, and at all events
he did not wish to appear in the eyes
of his sullen people as facilitating the
exits and the entrances of the hated
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26

Wins ~
81 have suffered with kidney
other trouble for ten years past aAa
Last March I Commenced -.
Peruna and continued for three no using
have not used it since, nor have aG 7 taS.
pain. 1eit
L believe that am well and r+,o..
fore give my highest commendation y
the curative qualities of Peruna. !"
Ps.ru.na For Kidney Trouble
Mrs. Geo. H. simser, Grant, Ontario
Can. writes: ~
Il had not been well for about for,
years. had kidney trouble. and i0J !.
fact, felt badly nearly all the time. "
This summer l got so very bad !
thought l would try Peruna, so / wroa
to you and began at once to take Perns
and Manalin. "A'
i took only two bottles of Perm.
and one of Manalin, and now fas i
better than / have for some time.
Il feel that Peruna and Manalin crrod
me and made different woman of n,a
altogether. bless the dav | picked nm
the little book and read ofyour Paruna.S
1t Is the business of the kidneys IN
remove from the blood all poisonous
materials. They must be active The
time, else the system suffers. They are
times when they need a little assistance,
Peruna is exactly the sort of a rem.
edy. 1t has saved many people from
disaster by rendering the kidneys SER
vice at time when they were not able
to bear their own burdens.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26

avail itself of the opportunity. 1t
has always seemed to me that, thanks
to the travels and researches of the
late Padre Lerchundi and others OF
his thorough and deligent school, the
Spaniards understand conditions in
nationalities. They showed it at Me-
lila ten years ago, and | rather think
the commanding officer of the Span.
ish contingent in 'Casablanca is show
ing it To-Day when he refuses to ex-
pose his men outside the city to the
furious driving charge of the Moorish
irregular cavalry
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
KNEW VALUE OF AN OATH.
Colored Witness at Least Was Aware
of Its Pecuniary Worth.

Clarence S. Darrow, the well known
lawyer and essayist, discussing the
Haywood trial, in which he played 50
prominent a part, said the other day
Some of the evidence in that trial
was so TRANSPARENCY false that it re.
minds me of a case that came off in
Alabama a few years back. One Of
the witnesses in this case was an eE
tremely ignorant man. As his test
mony progressed, his ignorance be
came so shockingly evident that the
judge, looking sternly down at him
said:
Look here, sir, are you acQuaint.
ed with the value Of an oath?
"The witness answered anxiously.
'Jedge, l hope I am. That thar
lawyer on yer left hand gimme six dol
lars to sw'ar agin the other side
Thet's the correck value of an oath,
amt it, jedge?'"
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26

Christians. The policy of his little son,
Abdul-Aziz, has been much more lib
eral, and from the western view point
more enlightened, and is, sad to relate,
one of the contributing causes to the
present alarming situation. He recent
ly consented to the request of the con-
sular corps and the shippers that har-
Dor improvements should be under,
taken in Casablanca. Whereupon the
suspicious Kabyles of the adjacent
mountain Businesses rushed down to
the white House city and killed ~
or IS Europeans, mostly Spaniards,
who were engaged upon the work.
In making concessions to the Euro
pean spirit of progress and enterprise,
for which his people are not ready the
unlucky and probably most incapable
young sultan has raised a storm which
may cost him his throne. To-day, if
he stands with his people, he is threat
ened with foreign expedition, while
if he stands by the treaty he runs even
greater and nearer danger at the hands
of the various pretenders to the
throne, by whose activity the sultan S
life has been made very miserable
ever since, or almost ever since. BY a
harem conspiracy and the weakness
of his father the young prince was
called to the difficult post of ruling
the Moors.
Present Ruler Unpopular.
d1,1 All
was most unpopular one, and this
fact probably accounts for the fact
that early in his reign he surrounded
himself with foreigners who, with
some exceptions, were not generally
men of a high type-rope walkers,
photographers, balloonists, and sleight-
of-hand men were the representatives
of western civilization who for long
time appealed most powerfully to the
young sultan's appreciation of our cul-
ture. In view of the rising tide of dis
content and the disaffection even of
the people of the capital, and the
growing strength of the various revo-
lutions in progress, in the last year
the sultan has dismissed his staff of
foreign adventures and goes to the
mosque as regularly as his father did
but probably the harm has been
done. In Morocco, as we'll as in other
countries, reputation for orthodoxy
is hard to retrieve.
One brother of the unlucky sultan;
Mulai Hafid by name, of whose echar-
acter and leanings upon the questions
of the day little is known, has been
formally proclaimed sultan in the
great mosque at Morocco City. An
other brother Hassan. it is said, has
been exercising rights of sovereignty
in the Riff highlands, west of Tetanu
and on the Mediterranean coast for
two years past. In the Sus country an
other brother, who bears the name of
Moroccos greatest. sultan, Mulai Is
mail, is threatening rebellion with a
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
"WAY DOWN EAST"
HERE GENTLE ART OF SWAPPING
is AT ITS BEST.
In Woodruff, New York State, Citi-
zens Stand Ready to Trade Any
thing at Any Time-Some
Sample Doings.


Woodruff, up in Steuben county,
New York, lays claim to two distinc-
tons, according to country doctor,
who was relating some of his expert
ences to several of his old classmates
at class reunion the other night. 1t
boasts of being the largest village in
the state far removed from any steam
or trolley road, and it is the greatest
swapping" center in the state, if not
in the whole country. Its annual horse
traders convention, which is held in
the fall, is its pride.
'I-shall never forget my first even
ing in the village" said the doctor.
"A friendly native had volunteered to
show me round bit, and he led me
first to the nightly camping ground
of the village gossips, the veranda of
the Lantz House.
There's crowd fer yen whis-
pered my guide. They jest set round
dom nawthin' 'cept smoke, chaw and
swap lies. That's Hank Bump they're
listenin' to naow. He's the greatest
snapper in Woodhull-chiefly boss
snapper, but he'll swap anything he's
got. Come on, an I'll interduce We.
Might as we'll git to KNOWN the folks
naow as any time.
"Mr. Bump, shake hands with the
new doc
Haow be We, Doc? Glad to know
We. Coin to locate here, be We?
There's a big ride 'raound Woodruff
fer doctors. l was jest tellin' the
boys haow cheap l got that ere ole
gray mare over there. l traded her
to Bill, here, the same night got her
l was 'tendin' an auction sale daown
to Addison couple O. year ago. They
sold buggy an lot o. truck When
Andy Chats the auctioneer) brung
out that ole mare somebody bids %
cents. Another bids 80. Then l sings
out '35 cents" an Andy knocks her
daown to me. She's been a high
hooker in her day, an she's a good
mare yet-Bill knaows that
Yes said Bill, taking up the
swapping yarn, 4 ketched up to him
comm up from Addison, an see he
was leadin' somethin'>
What you got there?" l sings
out
""A trader" says Hank. Got
anything yell swap"
~ got a watch" says l. Here,
take look at it an put in yer pocket
till we git to the bridge"
"'"Well, when we gifts to the
bridge" Hank says, "haow'n We
trade?"
""I ought to have dollar er two
to boot" says l.
""Can't do it, says he.
We'll, l considered into it minute
l seen she had good halter on an
new hame strap hitched to tan
l needed new hame strap-so l
says, We'll, I'll trade yer even"
Its CO." says he, and so we
snapped.
What kind of watch did ye get,
Hank?' someone asked. :
Well, it was pretty good watch
to look at replied Hank, but it
wouldn't go. One night l came daown
here an heerd a Teller braggin' that
he'd swap anything at any time er
place. He was one O. them Bradys
from Hardscrabble l asst him what
time o day it was, an see he had
watch just like mine, only it was
goin'
"Haow'll We swap watches?" says
/.
Even says he, so we snapped.
eyes, an I'll tell We what the
watch cost We got O. me" volunteered
Bill. My boy give two hens fer it,
so give him the ole mare"
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
Industry In Alabama.

Alabama is now producing as much
pig iron as Pennsylvania did a quar-
ter of century ago. In 1887 the
south made trifie more than 100000
tons. Last year it made $500, 900
tons. The south has about one-half
the known iron ores of the United
States. A great steel industry has
sprung up in Alabama within the
last ten years, and it is said to pro-
duce better steel rails than the
north, and at lower cost.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
Quite a Difference.

Alice-Kate is awfully dlsappUln.' i
That young Englishman asAeu nv Ooua
she thought a married coupe SV shs
get along on 80 a week anu
fastened to say yes.
Mildred-Well? I'D ina.
Alice-Now she has dlscovo's willie
he meant 80 shillings'-0
Journal.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
Actual Facts.

For upwards of fifteen years ais. n suss
Cure has been sold under stlis' ~, mi
antee to cure any form OF itcnin NM lame
troubles known. No matter ~ IN nurI
less than one per cent. OF 'l s,o rs
chasers have requested Their +, I yarI'
back. Why? 1t simply does ~
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26


III - coast of the Moorish en-
N@gShE pire, and about opposite
- ~ Charleston, rises out of
NSE% the sea the little port of
RS) Casablanca, which is
known as the white
House" port in every language that is
spoken along the coast. 1t is white
and beautiful, if you lie in the ofting
of a clear night. Like all the rest of
Morocco, and,indeed, the Mohamme-
dan world, Casablanca is best seen
by the pale moonlight, and to wind
ward, writes Stephen Bonsal in the
New York Times.
Nearby salee, at the very name of
which our New England ancestors
who went down to the sea in ships
were wont to shudder, and with good
reason, is now closed by a sand bar,
which even the daring Barbary cor
sairs would not dare to cross in their
light-drawing feluccas, but the Moor of
the bad country is still pirate,
though the times have driven him in
land from the seas. Until recently he
preyed upon the passing caravans as
a century ago he sWooped down with
his hawklike galleys upon our be-
GAINED sailing ships. The Kabyle
horsemen who rush with so much fury
and reckless daring up to the French
batteries and rifle pits, do it not only
because they have a hatred of the
Christian which their church sancti-
fies to virtue, but because they are
starving to death and want to get at
the men who have taken the bread out
of their mouths.
Held Plains and Passes.
Ten years ago these dashing horse
men, whose gorgeous costumes and be-
jeweled weapons made them most
beautiful if somewhat barbaric OBJ
jects to behold, were the lords of the
plains and the marshes which lie be-
tween the western SOudan and the
port owns of southwest Morocco. They
were the masters of transportation in
this part of the world, and had to be
reckoned with. If you cared to take a
caravan flight in ostrich feathers, gold
dust, slaves, or salt, they would pro-
tect you or pillage you, whichever was
the most profitable.
Sid Boubkehr, who was and is the
most prominent man in this part of
the world, used to rebate and cut rates
just like all the other masters of
transportation, and just like you and
l. He would give a caravan protec-
ton at his price or he would pillage
it to secure the just tolls which were
his, as he never doubted, by the divine
right of might. Boubkehr and his
colleagues and rivals got all they
could get out of the job without dis
turbing business or destroying val
ues, and would still be doing a profit
able and philanthropic business were
it not for the recent opening up of
the Western Soudan by the French,
who have diverted to their own in
terests and profit all the former cara
van trade from Morocco down to Tim
buctoo and the Niger. So without
wishing to be unduly alarmist about
the situation of the besieged garri-
sons in Mogador and Casablanca it is
clear that their assailants are not
only fanatics, but hungry fanatics
who have been quietly put out of a
most profitable and gentlemanly bust
ness, which permitted them the ex.
travagance of often paying one hun
dred good dollars for carbine, which
in New York would have been dear at
twelve.
These dashing bordermen were
bound to the imperial government by
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
shrewd Scheme.

Or
Traveller in Parlor car : ouars
man in front will give you
for busting him off, won ~
Porter-Yessir! ..ou halt !
Trayeler-We!l, I'll give ~ him sni
dollar to leave the dust Oh -
not brush it off on to me-
For him who aspires anu huoneb ~
loves, life may lead tni : the tsl
thorn tborns, but it never stops in ~
ert.-Lord Lytton'
It isn't necessary to put up :
brslla wheI silence reisn'
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26

the slenderest of ties; they were
wholly immersed in their profitable
business operations and in annexing
to their own households the most
beautiful slaves culled from the pass-
ing caravans. When the ax-gatherers
ventured into their. domains they
buried them alive, but when the late
sultan, Mulai Hassan, who was fight
er, appeared in their neighborhood, be-
Ing conservative, clear-headed bust
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26

ALF way down the Atlantic
coast of the Moorish en-
pire, and about opposite
Charleston, rises out of
the sea the little port of
Casablanca, which is
known as the "White
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-20
THEroPEKA COUNTRY CLUB.
Annual Meeting Shows Organization in
- Good Shape.


A fine showing was, ds1nade by the
Topeka Country club at its annual
meeting last night at the Commercial
club rooms. The membership, two
hundred is full and a number are on
the waiting list. szsa=z-e
The association has expended in
permanent improvements $25,600. OF
this amount, $4,000 came from in
itiaton fees. There was balance of
$1,000 indebtedness which is entirely
settled by bonds to that amount fully
subscribed by members of the club.
These bonds run for five years without
interest, are for twenty-five dollars
each and are used pro rata in paying
for the last portion of each years an
nua1 dues. The annual dues have
been raised from $24 to $50, payable
in three installments. The advance in
dues takes care of maturing bonds as
they are used for dues by the holding
members.
Various changes in bylaws were
adopted, one fixing the annual meet
ing in February instead of June.
The financial showing made by the
treasurer was excellent. Arrearages in
dues for the entire membership were
less than forty dollars.
The following directors were elect
ed: A. Fassler. H. s.. Morgan, H. A.
Scandrett, David Bowie, Dana Nc
Vicar, E. L. Copeland, L. S. Ferry, d.
c. Hammatt, f. M. Bonebrake.
New officers have not yet been
chosen. Mr.. Fassler has made splen-
did executive officer and worked dill
gently to place the club in Its present
fiourishing condition. but declined re-
election as president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-20
THE BOY GOES HOME.
Seven Year-Old Weightman Graham
Leaves fo- lola.

Seven-year- Weightman Graham.
who came all the way from lola alone
to find his pet dog which had been left
in this city when the family moved
away, left on Santa Fe train number
six this afternoon for his home, pro-
vided with a ticket sent by his par
ents. His only fear has, been since he
recovered his pet dog that he would
not be able to take him back with him
on the train, but he has been feeling
better since one of the policemen as
sured him that he would attend to
that for him.
Though but seven years of age the
little fellow, who is small for his
years, left his home in lola and made
the trip to Topeka without a cent OF
money or assistance from any one. His
pluck was demonstrated when told by
one of the policemen that perhaps
his mother would not send him
ticket to come home on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-20
LOCAL MENTION.

8 William Hempe. chairman of the Re-
publican County central committee of
PaTnee county was IL Topeka yester :
day on political business.
w. E. Hall, of 102 Clay street, was
quarantinsd today for measles.
Mr.. and Mrs J. w. Willis of 1855 Bu-
chanan street. are the parents cf a
boy born Monday.
George H. Elliott has take out a
building permit for the erection of an
addition to a business. building at 2O4
East Fourth street to cost $500.
George Ray, who works as en-
balfner for L. M. PenweH. has return
ed to work after ten weeks layoff
nursing a case of blood poisoning IN
his hands.
caught fire from a gas stove at 1910
this afternoon at the residence 102
Quincy street and caused run of the
department The loss was small.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-20
HIS BOMB SHELL.
Representative Davis ExplOdes
One in House.
Demands an Investigation of
Extravaganza and Graft.
REVIVES HOPKINS CASE
Includes ID. D. McCray and j. s.
Leach in Charges.
Their examination" of Insur-
ance Companies Questioned.

J. NJ. Davis, representative from
Bourbon county. today introduced in
the house a sensational resolution de-
handing an investigation of the new
charge that z. G. Hopkins, a reporter
for Topeka paper. drew from the
sstate1 treasurY- $166. "a for -exa minatiop
of insurance companies while at the
same time he was drawing his 81, 400
as an "empIoye' of T. T. Kelly, and
doing the regular work of a newspaper
reporter. The Davis resolution cites
the statute to prove that this is a
penitentiary offense.
Further, the resolution charges that
]. S. Leach. Topeka correspondent for
the Kansas City Journal and d. o.
McCray, a Topeka newspaper CORE
spOndent and member of the state text
book commission, collected money
Illegally from the state for investiga-
lions of insurance companies
This resolution is of the concurrent
variety, and must be passed by both
house and senate in order to become
effective. If passed, it gives the COM
mittee of three members from the
house and two from the senate, the
right to summon witnesses. employ
counsel SD make thorough investiga-
ton Of all charges of extravaganza
and graft concerning the management
of state departments.
c. S. Luling. ex-superintendent of
Hopkins. Leach and McCray collected
money for insurance Investigations
said today:
There is nothing in these charges.
When my regular examiners were
busy and unable to make these spe-
ers to do the work, and naturally Sc
lected those for the work who were