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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-05
BRIEF MENTION. F + + + ;. l. | !. j. * + <

Will kau;,r:a" returned to Sul- phur Springs last night to spend two weeks
 Haynes Gregory went to Little ROCK yesterday to root" for the Pine Bluff Elks ball team.
 Miss Marie King has gone to kelso, Mo-. where she will spend several weeks with rleatives.
 Mrs. l. P. Shelby and son have re- turLed to Little Rock, after a visit liere- with relatives. -----
 Mrs. Ben w. Wright and children are home from pleasant visit D relatives at Bastrop, La.
 Mrs. George List and children came in~from Sulphur Springs, yes tel day and spent the Fourth here.
 Miss Sarah Goldstein ofs Jonesboro is in the city visiting her brother, Harry Goldstein, and Miss Velma Laz arus.
 W. P. McDill and family of Garret, son were in the city yesterday enjoy ing the Fourth festivities at Forest Park.
 Miss Fay Winters will leave this week for Hagerman, New Mexico, where she will spend several weeks with relatives. @.74-7~z7-= Mss Lucille Summerfeld has .e- turned to her home in Little Rock, a tel several weeks stay here with re-,s,-etv ves - r Miss Winnie Clegg has returned from Philadelphia, where she studied music in leading conservatory the lrast winter r Misses Rosetta and Lucille Kron- berg of Little Rock have returned to Little Rock after visit here with D. : tsS4.~Bttth enthal and family. ---~
 Mir and Mrs. J. M.-Barrett of Sher- Till were in the city yesterday On their way to Denver, Colorado; San Fran cisco and other Western points, where they will spend the summer.
 Ed Sears, J. Barnett, J. L. Wadley city editor of the Hot Springs News. and Dr. w. o. Forbes, president of the Hot Springs Baseball Associa- tion, came over from the Springs yes terday and witnessed both games at Forest Park They went home last night, with two victories as a result of their loyal roofing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-05

Miss Winnie Clegg has returned
 from Philadelphia, where she studied
 music in leading conservatory the
 past winter <
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-05

Don't use harsh physics. The re- action weakens the bowels, leads to chronic constipation. Get Doan's Reg ulets. They operate easily, tone the stomach, cure constipation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-05

Doan's Regulets cure constipation, tone the stomach, stimulate the liver, promote digestion and appetite and warranty deed, $162.50; lots 4 and D. druggist for them. 25 cents a box.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-05
FOR LADIES ONLY.

Just received a fine line of brace lets. manufacturers samples. gold filled, guaranteed for ten and twenty years, worth from $5 to $15, a special price for this week only $3.50 to $5. The Nichols Jewelry Shop, 300 Main street, corner Third avenue, Morris Packing Co. building. 7-5-s
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-05

"My child was burned terrloiy about the face neck and chest. l ap' piled Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil. The nain ceased and the child sank into restful sleep Mrs Nancy M. Han- son. Hamburg, N. Y.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-05
SULPHUR SPRINGS HOTEL.

Now open. Rates $7.5O per week, meals 90 cents. When accommoda' ton is expected please phone ahead. Old phone 1161, hotel ? rings, store 3 rings. w. IT Hill, proprietor. 7-5-1m
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-05
LADIES, REMEMBER

You will need your old mattresses renovated and your carpets cleaned to begin to live through another win ter. So remember those who have Work of this kind to be done we will call and make special prices during the net 60 days. We have the only Carpet Cleaner in the city, every one knows this; also we have the finest and largest line of Tickings in plain and artistic designs. We have the finest workmen which can be had and we live in the city and will refer you to the following whom we have done work for:
 Names.
 A. Brewster, Mrs. c. r. Moore, J. H. Watkins, W. c. Hudson Jefferson Hotel, Knox-Walker Co.,, Y. M. c. A., City Simpson & Webb, Y. M. C. A. Jones-Reap Crawford Co.,
 boro, Union Fur. Co.,, Y. NJ. c. A. McGeheeHardin Fur. Co.,, F. H. Walker. Tedstrom Fur. Co., WI D. Hearn, Puddephatt Fur ( Co. land many others too numerous to mention, can testify to our Mattress es, also to our Carpet Cleaning Ma chine.
 | / Both phones. Call us. | TURNER BEDDING FACTORY.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-05
Parent Fruit Co.

For sale-Good milk COW, gentle as lamb, half Jersey, S25; worth nearly double that amount. No. 720 Cherry street. Phone 956. 627-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-05

For rent-Modern 1-rooM 2 11S Walnut street. Newly paper painted. Gas and electric ligI bath. Two blocks from busine ter. Apply to J. B. Simon < 1-4-6t xt
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Fruit Stand and
 Grocery for Sale

On account of sickness in family I am compelled to sell out my business at BIO Main street and leave the city. This is a splendid chance for some one, as this is the very best stand and finest paying buiness in the city,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-05
$3. AS INSTEAD OF S4.OO

Here is a really truly handsome shoe. It's a Tan Russia Calf Butcher Oxford Ribbon Tie, wing tip, military heel. If you want to be well sAod They are. the snappiest style on the market \ new arrival from one of Fashions favorite cordwainers.
 MONDAY ONLY
Blue-grass blade., 1908-11-22
The Cause of Woman's Social and Political
Condition. Reply to Mrs. H. M. Closz
on Religion and Woman.
(By |. S. McCrillis.)

Through the courtesy of Mrs. Close, |
have your issue of Sept. 18th, and read
with much interest her article, "Oh Chris
tianty, What a Ruin Thou hast Wrought"
and in commenting ON same it is not my
purpose to defend man made creeds or SUI
perstitions, but merely to plead for fair
ness. l believe she has overlooked some
very vital facts, and has directed her at
tack against effect rather than cause.
Her comment on the decision of Judge
Going is just, and her analysis of the po-
sition of woman in modern society is cor
rect, but the cause is not Christianity or
religion. 1t Is a deeper and more far
reaching cause that operates in all civil
lied society Independent of and in spite
of Christianity or religion-a cause that
not only determines the position of woman,
but the form of religion itself, Christian
ity included
Religion, in the ordinary acceptance of
the term, or more properly, theological
creeds, do not as a matter of fact exert
nearly so powerful an influence in shaping
the course of development of human soci
ETY. might at first appear. Their inau
ence is always subject to, and directed by
this fundamental cause, and their action
and reaction on society determined by it.
No matter how pure the ethical ideas of
Blue-grass blade., 1908-11-22
Economic DeterminlSm
BLUE GRASS BLADE.

Jesus, Mohammed, COnIucius or a
Buddha (and by the way, they are essen
TALLY the same because the enunciation OF
only as the environments OF .hese men in
1luenced their observationsJ history proves
that the ruling class in civilized society
nas always blended with them mass OF
irrelevant theological gibberish, crystalized
all into creed, and used the creed as one
o. the many means by which the ruling
class has maintained its mastery.
The cause in its last analysis is eco
nomic determinism,' and existing condi-
tons are the result OF the fact that eco
nomic evolution operating along given
lines has split society into TWO classes
master class and a serving class; an
owning class and dsinherited class
This division arose with civilization, not
with or because of religion or Christianity;
by 1t most men and all women were dis
inherited and have practically remained
so down to the present time, for though
the form has been modified from time to
time, the essential fact has remained un-
changed; it is infinitely more than two
thousand years since it arose, for it came
with the dawn of civilization and must re-
main so long as We maintain the existing
ideals of property rights.
Let us be fair then, and direct our at
tack against the common cause. and not
at the innocent and much abused instru-
ment-Christianity or religion.
Des Moines, Iowa.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-11-22
Christian Tyranny at the Grave

ate, for railroad expenses only, at Free
thought funerals.
There are a great many Finnish Social
lists in this locality; in fact, the Wage
Slave is published in what was, hereto
fore, an entirely Finnish publishing office.
Practically all Finnish Socaists-at least
nine in ten are also uncompromising
Atheists, and you will be interested, no
doubt, to know something of heir funelal
usages.
No priest or teacher of religion is called
in. The comrades sit in silence for It few
moments; then a committee, previously
appointed, take up the casket and without
ceremony convey it to the hearse.
Recently. however, there died one of
ol' comrades who was n ,"tt to s'me
Christians, who held a m3rtgace On his
home and place of business. The love OF
Christ at once constrained them 20 bring
pressure to bear on the widow in ner af-
Fiction to permit of a Chris i'm burial
Blue-grass blade., 1908-11-22

Her economic condition did lot permit her
90 resist these demands, and 80 the
preacher was sent for; al31 the ody was
conveyed TO the church. Meanwhile, the
usual story was diligently spIead that our
comrade in his last hours had recanted
and turned Christian.
However, just as soon as the preacher
was through at the graveside, the chief
editor OF our Finnish paper, John Valimakl,
stepped forward and branded as lie the
report that the deceased had turned
Christian.
He also spoke at considerable length
against the Christian religion, and the cru
elites and tyrannies it upholds. Valimakl
is a powerful speaker in Finnish, and his
address at NIainios grave will long be re-
membered among the Films in Hancock,
and the results, let us hope, will be far
reaching for human liberty, industrial and
mental.
The Workingman"-is also vigorous
ally of Freethought propaganda, and is do
ing an enormous work in turning the Firms
from the darkness of Christian supersti-
ton to the bright MONDAY of Freethought
AS soon as L am somewhat recovered
from the eXertions of the past campaign,
and have caught up with my correspon
dence, l will write you further.
Hancock, Mich.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-11-22
fREETH0UGHT FUNERALS
IN THE HOUR OF GREAT NEED.

Following is list of the names and ad-
dresses OF Liberal speakers who are pre-
pared TO conduct funeral services over the
remains or deceased Freethinkers.
ON account OF probable delay it would
be advisable to call them by telegram.
Josephine X. Henry, Versailles, Ky.
DR.. j. b. Wilson, zoe East Fourth Street,
Cincinnati Ohio.
Parker IL. Sercombe, Editor Tomorrow.
l39 East 56th Street, Chicago, Illinois.
John X. Charlesworth, Lexington, Ky.
Marion w. Marley, Bucklin, Kansas.
a. j. Clausen, st. Ansgar, Iowa.
j. e. harmon, 1915 Wallace ST.,
Philadelphia, Pa
Stanberry Alderman, McCunnellsville, o.
IL. ii. Lane 292 n. From ST., New Haven,
Conn.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-11-22
But It So Happened that this Preacher Got
What was Coming to Him, and Was
Promptly Called Down.
(By AD.-Stirton, Editor Wage Slave.)

The terrific strain of the past political
campaign absorbed all my energies at the
time and has left me decidedly below par
physically and mentally for the present.
| was, as you may know. the Socialist can
didate for Governor in the State of Mich
igan.
The election returns are not all in yet,
but it does not seem, so far that my rabid
nfidelity affected my vote, as some of my
Socialist comrades supposed it would and
the indications are at present that the So
cialst vote will show larger percentage
Of gain in Michigan than in any other
State of the Union.
BY the way you may add my name to
the list of those who are willing to ofiici
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-02

RICHARDSON
the really up-to-date London society
woman. Lady Constance Stewart
Richardson, who is famed through
out England for her ability at rid
ing to hounds and swimming, was
among the first to master the fancy
steps Of the ballet dance. 1t is fast
becoming a popular diversion.
Several of the leading dancing
schools are now prepared to teach
this form of dancing and a score of
young society women are receiving
instruction. No society entertain
ment is quite complete. now without
the ballet dance.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-02

In every civilized country in the world, except this,
telegraph is part of the postoce department of the gov
eminent To make postoffce also telegraph Office can
be done with very little additional expense the whole
business be conducted without stock watering cut
throat competition and the result is that rates and
sages much cheaper in European countries than they
are here.
The rate for message of - words the address and
signature being counted part of the is II CENTS
between any two points in Great Britain. In France the
rate for 10 words between two points 10 cents OF
the territorial extent of both these countries is
much smaller than that of the United States, but Mar
settles is just far away from Paris Cleveland is from
New York The telegraph rate between Paris and Mar
settles is 10 cents while between Cleveland and New York
it is 40 cents.
The American telegraph companies not even regu-
Hated by law. Railways, and all other carriers
under the supervision of the interstate commerce
commission. There is bill in congress to put tee
graph companies under this commission. There only
two real against this bill viz the Western Union
Telegraph Co. and the Postal Telegraph Co. From the
public point of view there is single argument against
the bill 1t seems very mild and conservative step in
the direction of better telegraph service Why should
not the bill pass2
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-02
%eMo:THERSss
By Jessie M.Part|on,

OF all the sorrows common to
suffering humanity, l know none
surprising that of a mother whose
son has gone wrong.
Can there be anywhere on earth
a more heart-breaking spectacle
than the endless procession of
mothers who besiege the doors of
warehouses;, prisons and correc-
tional institutions of every kind,
seeking the son who has sinned?
The entrance to every prison is
Via Doloraso, Way of Sorrow, in
deed, to hundreds of mothers.
Some in widows weeds, some
luxuriously dressed, others clad in
.scanty raiment, but all in tears,
They come to weep over the graves
of lost opportunity.
Your son, ah, there was a foun-
Edation to build on had you but seen
IHnd recognized your duty!
Not every body who goes wrong
gould have been saved, even by
Ecareful training, for there is always
a residuum, the pound of flesh
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-02
DAILY SHORT STORY

They'll wait on you on the out
side. Mr.. Noses" 70
Then die!" he stormed, and
opened the satchel.
jumped to my feet, not quick
enough. however, to evade the
round black ball, which met me full
IN the face-and enyeloped- me in
its harmless, twisting coils of tape.
This" said Clorinda, "is the real
thing" and she gingerly lifted a
queer, metal case from the desk in
the outer room, and smiled divinely
at her employer. II thought old
Bluebeard was an uncertain quaint.
ty and while he wasn't looking SUBJ
stituted the ball of tape from Mr..
Browns desk. Did he scare you
much?" -
My lower limbs were going like
castanets; terror-wrung perspira-
ton stearmed from every pore, but
/ braced up sufficiently to tell Clor-
linda that she had mastered my
business and saved my life, and
that now she had to marry me-if
not, I would swallow the bomb on
the spot.
"Oh, I've been determined to
have you for the last two months"
remarked this surprising young
lady.
And that's how Clorinda got me.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-02

claimed by heredity, but Fortune
favors the boy who has been start
ed right.
There never was a mother who
would not joyously have given her
life for that of her erring son.
When you teach your little son
to lie, innocently, thoughtlessly, as
many mothers do. you do not see
the effect ON his after life-but it
will be there.
Such a little thing! But that first
untruth makes a deep impression
on Sonny-Mother bubbles and
evades the truth, so it can't be very
wrong!
Then you run down his compan-
ions and praise him before COM
pany, and he quickly learns to hide
his wrongdoing from you, his moth
err who should know the worst and
the best of him.
You have taught him duplicity,
shown him that it isn't so much
what boy does but what is found
out by the other mothers in the
block that counts.
AS he gets Older you nag at him,
and chase him out doors to play, so
that you may be undisturbed-he
has no corner in the house he can
call his own.
| have always been amazed at the
number of forbidden things a boy
can do without his mother finding
it out.
He is pestered and laughed at,
| his healthy appetite and awkward
ness made a butt for family jokes,
| and his mother knows so little
about boys, and his father is so
busy" that he lives practically
alone.
If you enter into your boys life,
not as monitor, but a companion,
you will know when he "welches"
or shows streak of yellow in his
sports, you'll be there to speak the
word of grave warning, laugh at his
silly ideas of Neutrality-suspicious.
the ballast where it is most needed.
1t is mothers duty to be on
hand while her sons character Is
being formed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-02
THE ADMIRABLE cLoRINpA

] desired a stenographer, SO l adj
vertised. Then prepared for the
ordeal
The first was nervous miss,
who Numbered in her notes and
rushed from the room in Mysteries.
The second applicant made love to
me. The third-a blue-eyed Morse
-nourished an impossible dialect.
The next three could not spell.
Then there was a parley with a
proud dame, who resented my mode
Of dictation; and after Miss
Hauteur, came a freckled cherub.
who attempted to steal my paper
weight.
When No. s entered, l was ready
to clear the ante-room and seek my
secretary elsewhere. But this one
tripped in noiselessly, slipped off a
fantastic turban. patted into place
a semi-circle of glorious glod-red
hair and slid right into the little
STRAIGHTFORWARD chair in front of
the Champion No. 2. The way she
shot good-natured, inquiring
glance at me; the way she adjust.
ed the sheet of white bond; the
very way in which she caressed the
keys as she ratified off a perfect
transcript caught me, and l knew
that here was the acquisition l
sought.
What is your manner" I asked.
"Clorinda"
But you have a last name?"
ooh, yes-Carter, but no one
calls me that"
And that is how l got Clorinda.
Now you must know how Clorinda
but that is to forestall.
In the try-out Clorinda proved
the gem the test had promised. She
loved her work and l saw unfinish-
ed business melt away and realized
my lifelong dream of day of leis-
ure. There was time for the ball
game and the ponies, and by the
token of my past dreams l should
have been deliriously happy, but l
found myself always wishing to be
back, back with the files, the cab
inets-and Clorinda.
Then one day my one really
weird experience came. l have been
told that l resemble John Henry
Walker, Wall SITS unchallenged
king of finance.
Anyhow, one morning the door of
my inner Office was quietly opened
and great mass Of dirty clothes
and whiskers waddled in. One hand
grasped a grip; the other rested on
thick lips, imploring silence.
What is your business:' l de-
handed
Don't get excited. Mr.. Walker"
said the intruder, following the ad-
monition with warning "Sh-h."
"You will write me check for one
hundred-thousand dollars"
ooh, that's the game" | said.
I'm not Mr.. Walker, but what do
you want with the money!"
81 handy no words with a robber
of the peoples nard earned gold"
rejoined my bearded visitor. Make
the check payable to Moses II. De-
liverer of the American People,"
The quaint demand impressed
me, ANA chuckled.
"Ah, hal" he screamed in thin
treble you taught"
81 believe | did, | said.
"The check? The check" he
shouted.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-02
BY gibson GARDNER

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 2.
THAT VIM. j. Bryan will be the
next democratic nominee for presi-
dent is regarded by politicians here
as almost as certain as if the Den
yer convention had already, been
held. There Is hardly a remote
possibility that his nomination can
be prevented. In fact, there is now
hardly a chance that any effort will
be made to prevent 1t.
The last prospect of another-than-
Bryan candidate went glimmerihg
when John A. Johnson, governor Of
Minnesota, finally decioeS not ITO
get into the running. This decision
was not finally made until seIti-
ment in the Southern states Was
found to be overwhelmingly for
Bryan: and, as the Southern states
hold the balance of power in the
democratic convention, the matter
was settled.
With the exception Of Theo.
Roosevelt, Bryan is the best known
man in the United States. This is
itself a large element in the
strength of his candidacy. The vot-
ing public began to get acquainted
with him in 1896, when he broke
upon the national arena as the
champion of the free coinage of sill
yer alta a ratio of 16 to l, and of
other radical policies set forth in
the Chicago platform. They learned
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-02

The public trustee is officer in England. He has
received welcome Any Englishman drawing up
his will make the public trustee his executor and
he that his estate will be settled at very moderate
cost The Office created because of tremendous yearly
losses of widows and orphans through the crminality
stupidity of private executors. The number of English
lawyers who defaued in such trusts became national
scandal 1t is claimed for the public trustee that he
is guaranteed by the government he cannot default he
cannot leave the country and the law being strict about
Eestmens he cannot invest trust money in stocks of the
Razzle Dazzle Mining Co.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-02
DIED SUDDENLY

John Olson, former night fore
man of the city street department,
lied last night with kidney trouble.
He took sick Saturday night. He
resided at 208 First av.