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The Monte Vista journal., 1908-04-04

First 0aptist Church.
REv. p. L. BLowKss. Pastor.
Morning service at II a. m. Evening
service TO. Sunday school 10 .. IN.
b Y PU $40 p. m. Wednesday evening
meeting 80
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-05-07
Convict Killed In a Landslide.

FELTON, McCarroll, negro convict
sent up from Lawrence county to serve
was almost instantly killed Thursday
a three-year sentence for robbery,
morning by fall from the bluff at
the rock crusher near Big Rock. Nc
Carroll, with a number of other ne
groes, was at work at the top of the
bluff loosening quantity of stone
and earth. The surface on which they
were at work suddenly came loose
from the surrounding earth and, while
all jumped for a place of safety, Nc
Carroll was unable to reach solid
ground, and fell with the maiss of rock
and rubbish to the ravine below, a
distance of probably $50 feet. The
force OF the fall and the mass of rub
bish which overwhelmed him caused
almost instant death.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-05-07
i cBI FREDERICK ode. LcBOO7H-7UChER
i COYNLAWDER of11e VOL UWZEERSof HAZERZCH

in America 1t is easier for the poor to live nero
than in London, but every year it is growing less
easy. In proportion with the poor man growing
inability to support wife, vice proves itself 10
be on the increase. This advance in vice is found
even in the west and there, as well as in the
east, it is due to the growing financial disability
to marry.
During my recent visit to Kansas City several
married applied to me for positions on
the Salvation Army farms. On investigation
learned that they had not heard from their nus
bands for years
made inquiries, and in each case found that
the wage-earner of the family, unable to get
work had gone away penniless, to seek hVen
hood elsewhere and had been forced to leave MS
wife and little ones to shift for themselves Inc
stories were profoundly pathetic For they told
Of men and women whose right to wed and rear
families was inaenable and yet who had been
forced to part from all that each held dear.
Poverty, not more mercifu death, them Ola part
Can any situation be imagined that would pc
more crushing to a of heart and OF pride
than to be forced thus to condemn to poverty
and loneliness the woman he loved? Could VIII
nesses to such tragedy require stronger deter
rent to matrimony?
There is far more suffering OF this KIND among
the poor than the world at large ever hears or.
Poor people proud, and most of them nave
a passionate love of home. l have seen whole
families resign themselves to probable death
sooner than to allow their homes to be broken up.
The great dread of the unfortunate poor is lest
their children be taken away from them and
committed to an institution "Domcide," or the
breaking up of the home, is to the poor man what
regicide is to loyal subjects of any king
From sociological standpoint there are many
arguments for allowing the poor man to have
home and family. 1t is his right He is fonder
of his children as rule, than is his rich neigh
Dor His home is dearer to him. Home ties are
his only joys his only recreation.
When find a man starving and unable to sup
port his family do not believe In tearing out
his heart by proposing the breaking up OF MS
home and the commitment of his children to an
institution l suggest to him rather that he go
into the country. where work Is more plentiful
and living cheaper. and try to find the means
for him to do SO.
Perhaps the best maxim to solve the marriage
problem among the poor is:
"Place waste labor waste land by means OF
waste capital, and thereby convert the trinity
of waste into a unity of production
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles)
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-05-07

Search the lives of the men who have made
history of the men who have achieved true great
ness who have won fame, who have acquired
wealth.
The vast majority of them were married. or
these the greater part married young. Their
wives instead of Transforming themselves into
shapey but heavy millstones and dangling about
the CALLED necks of their liege lords, have, in
nine cases out of ten. done more than all other
influences combined to crown their husbands
lives with success. Nearly all great men who
have been married would confess they owed much
of their fame wealth to their wives
There are, of course, obstacles to happiness In
married life. So also are there reefs and shoals
in the Atlantic. But the sailor does not for that
reason become landsman He studies the shoals
and learns to avoid them The pitfalls in matr
mony can far more easily be studied and avoided
by any couple possessed of moderate degree
of sense.
My belief, from observation. is that rs out Of
100 marriages are happy, and that not more than
five out of that number are unhappy.
Apart from love itself there is companionship
in married life that draws closer and more beau
tiful as the years go by
During my last visit to Europe met a distn-
gushed man who expressed the deepest interest
in our country
why do you not visit us. them" l asked him.
'if you have kindly feeling for America and
Americans?
not stand the voyage and would not for any
personal selfish reason, be responsible for
days separation from her."
The couple had been married 40 years.
Again. many man maid postpones marriage
because in neithers heart has dawned that won
derful creation of the novelist known as love
at first sight
This is mistake Propinquity is the most
powerful factor in making two hearts beat az
one.
Many women form their ideals of husband
on novels and plays. Disillusionment is bound to
follow They find that the once idealized husband
is only a common mortal without even pin
feather on his shoulder blade Then the wife feels
she has been deceived. So she has. But by her
self; not by her husband.
Another grievous blow to many a wife is that
her husband does not always remain her lover.
She forgets that he is toiling every day for her
welfare as no lover would toll She forgets also
the wide difference between masculine and temi-
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-05-07

families rule than do persons better able to
afford to do So should be forced to remain single
while men and women whose marriages are OF
no advantage to the community nor to posterity
may wed at will.
Conditions among the poor are in many
such that the rearing and the keeping together
Of family rendered impossible. On every
had the poor mans efforts to establish and
maintain the sacred relations of matrimony are
discouraged
How, for instance, can poor man take to HIM
self wife when the cost of living is so high that
he barely support life in himself? How can
he ask woman to share his lot when he knows
he may at any time be thrown out Of work and
perhaps be obliged to watch her starve? How
can man a family when the chances may
be all against his being able to maintain 1t? For
mai cannot maintain a family when he has no
work. The sight of starving wife and children
has driven many to desperation-even to
crime.
Yet it is the right Of the poor to have home.
With them that right is as inalienable and per-
haps more precious than with the rich. And so
cal conditions should be arranged as to allow
the poor to escape from the burden of vice
through the blessed bonds of matrimony. These
conditions, which are rendering marriage among
the poor more and impossible, every
day bringing more and more sin into the world.
maintain most strongly that there is remedy
for vice And that remedy consists in making
ing for such people a home.
In this country, 1t is true, there Is brighter
side to the question than in Europe may be
proved from statistics
In London out of every 900 manageable per-
sons 729 are unmarried. More generally speaking,
less than one-third of the manageable population
of London (the largest city OF the world) enter
the state of matrimony. More than two-thirds are
single. The conditions for marriage there are all
against the poor and woman They may fall
in love as utterly as could any millionaire. but
the gates of the Eden OF matrimony are closed
against them and guarded by the flaming sword
of poverty They may sigh for marriage, but
they realize that such luxury is far and away
above their means.
In this country the marriage statistics are al
most exactly the opposite OF London's. Here about
two-thirds of the manageable population are
married leaving barely third unwed.
The explanation of this difference between the
two countries is. of course, easy to find. 1t con-
sists in the better wages, the increased chances
for work the general conditions which prevail
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-05-07

nine nature. Man loves, but not quite woman
loves
While may become wildly infatuated
to spend his business hours in drawing Cu
pids all over his etterheads. yet love can never
permanently occupy large place In his ne
it does in woman's. His life is too FULL TOO
active, too varied in its interests
Concession on both sides Is the sovereign RENE
dy for domestic differences
II you to drop two strange cats into
barrel and then clap the lid you would not
marvel at the ensuing sounds Of wrath nor at the
floating upward of errant scraps OF fur
Yet when a and woman, reared along
different lines and in separate environments DO
not agree in every particular the world stands
aghast at the tale of marital infelicity Whereas
a little forbearance careful study OF each 9TH
er's moods and failings will soon reduce this
strife to a minimum
believe that couple who began by loving
each other and had the right consideration for
each other came to serious trouble. The
effort of each to please the other leads in little
while to not having to try. because of the sym
pathy between them.
Kiss and make up is good rule II the
couple do not properly consider their relations
there will be good many kisses. but far more
necessity of making up.
Copyright. by Joseph b. Bowles)
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-05-07

/ asked her why
Because l did not try 1t sooner"
And that speech of hers, frivolous as 1t may
appear sounded the keynote of the marrying
question far more truly and resonantly than could
the sneering epigrams of world full of cynics.
bear unqualified testimony to the fact that
the man who passes his life in what is miscaHed
single blessedness has missed most of lifes
pleasures.
Life at 20-even at 30-may seem pleasant
enough to a without a wife to share its
triumphs and failures. The world is young. There
is much to distract and amuse. Home perhaps
seems "a place to go when all the other places
are closed" Friends plentiful; relatives and
immediate family are about him.
But when a man reaches middle or old age!
Friends not many nor perhaps so dlsin-
terested at 20. Oldtime pleasures lack their
xest.
Blessed. thrice blessed, then, is the man who
has home wife and children to ease that last
stage of lfe's long climb. Most miserable of NOR
tails Is he who must look forward to a loveless
and lonely old age.
Annexing a wife and family in youth is merely
a higher and wiser form of putting money IN
bank. No other investment yields such interest
In later years.
Let a man marry just as he can sup
port wife. The youth who puts off this great
step in order that he may search through the
world for affinity" is foolish In the search
he is more than liable to pass by his true ahnity
and to choose at last wife whom no stretch or
Imagination could twist into an affinity for any
one. The traditional man who wandered for days
through forest looking for material for cane
and who at last picked up crooked stick, was
fortunate if that crooked stick did not turn out
TO be a snake.
is just likely to hit upon his ideal
early in life as later My advice, then, as
the supposiutous mans lawyer is: Don't wait"
Marriage halves ones privileges and doubles
ones troubles" is an idotc saw probably invented
by bachelor There is toe much talk OF this
sort Men speak of matrimony milestone
tied about the neck of youth. The lives OF the
worlds most successful give the lie to this
fallacy,
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-05-07

The third annual field ana track
meet under auspices of the Arkansas
State Athletic Association, was held
Saturday at West End park, Little
Rock. with even better success than
has marked preceding meets, 10 out
of u state records being smashed.
More than 1000 people saw Hender-
son College win first place in the meet
held for college athletes in the after
noon, while a lesser but enthusiast
tic crowd viewed the morning strug-
giles between younger lads, represent
ing high schools and academies or the
state.
Not until the last event had been
finished and official scorers announced
the points scored by each team was
1t decided that Little Rock High
School had won the secondary meet
Following is the summary:
Secondary Events (Morning).
10O-Yard Dash-C Bragg CA. NJ. Al
won, l.. Mclaughlin (Hot Springs) sec
ond, S. Ward CLittle Rock) third, r.
Baker CA. M. Al fourth. time, 10 2-5
seconds.
22O-Yard Dash-L. Mclaughlin (Hot
Springs) won, r. Doyle Uittle Rock
second, c. Bragg CA. M. Al third, "
Ledgerwood (Hot Springs) fourth.
/ Mile Run-R. O'Hair (Little ROCKY
first, Cunning Uittle Rock) second
Kaiser (Pine Bluff third, w. War;
(Malvern) fourth Time :53 IA.
44O-Yard Run-R. Doyle little
Rock) won, Buchanan Uittle Rock)
second, Sparks (Pine Blum third
Baker (Pine Bluff fourth. Time
| minute.
12O-Yard Hurdle-R. May Little
Rock) won, Mabie CA NJ. Al second
Terry CA NJ. Al third. T. Doyle. Gilt
tie Rock fourth. Time, 10.
22O-Yard Hurdle-T. Doyle (Little
Rock won, Terry CA. NJ. Al second
S. Ward little Rock third. Sparks
(Pine Bluff) fourth. Time :29 3-5.
Relay Race-A. M. A. team won
| Little Rock High School second, Pine
| Bluff High School third, HOT springs
| High School fourth. Time, 4 minutes
| 8 seconds.
8sO-Yard Run-E. Buchanan (Ho'
Springs) won, Cunning (Hot Springs
second, J. Bateman Uittle Rock
third. T. Doyle little Rock) fourth
! Time, 2:25.
Shot Put-Barker "a. NJ. Al as 1t
4 IL in, Adams CA. M. Az 81 TT.
in, Weeks "a. NJ Al 35 IT. 2 12 in.
| Deloney Gittle Rock 33 IT. IL IL in
| Hammer Throw-Barker CA. M. A.
144 IT. in, Adams GA. M. Al 1913 IT
6 in, Walker "a. NJ. Az 116 feet 2 in
| High Jump-R. May little Rock
5 it. 2 in, B. Williams little Rock
! It,, J. Dickson Uittle Rock)
TT. II in, McWilliams CA. NJ. Al -
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-05-07
HENDERSON FIRSTIN STATE MEET
Scores 81 in Athletic Events-little Rock High School
Gets First Among the Secondary Schools OF the State

Pole Vault-R. May Uittle Rock)
9 it. 3 in, F. Letzig little Rock
it., S. Ward Q1ittle Rock s it. in.
Buchanan (Hot Springs) TT. in.
Discus-Barker GA. M. Al SO 1T.
Sd in, Walker "a. M. Al "a 1T. in.,
T. Doyle (Little Rock) IS 1T. in.
Broad Jump-McWilliams "a. M. Al
10 it. Z IA in, Ward (Little ROCK
10 IT. in, r. Barker CA. NJ. Al 10
it,, C. Bragg GA. M. Al Is TT.
College Events (Afternoon).
1O0-Yard Dash-Dougan (Hender-
SOM won, Cargile (Ouachita) second.
Simmons OHendrix) third, Robertson
(Hendrix) fourth. Time, 10.
22O-Yard Dash-Dougan (Hender-
SOM won, Robertson QHendrix) sec
ond, Kimsey CA C. c. third, Stead
Henderson, fourth. Time, :23 30.
I Mile Rum Mead "a. c. CD won,
Jean henderson, second, Kimsey (A.
lC. c. third, Stead henderson,
fourth. Time, 5:23.
44O-Yard Run-Stead henderson,
won, ]. Ferguson CA. c. CD second.
Dean Henderson, third, Garet (Oua-
chita) fourth Time, SO.
12O-Yard Hurdle-A. Taylor (Hen-
derson) won, HUE (Hendrix) second,
Butler (Ouachita) third, Sage (Hen'
derson) fourth Time, ~ 3-5.
22O-Yard Hurdle-A. Taylor (Hen-
derson) won, Harris (Ouachita) Sec
ond. Robertson (Hendrix) third. Lacey
Henderson, fourth. Time. :27 3-5.
| SSO-Yard Run-Carnes (Ouachita'
won, Gibbs Henderson, second, Agea
Henderson, third, Frizzell "a. c. CD
fourth. Time. 216 35
2-Mile Run-Crow (Ouachita) won,
r. Mead CA. C. c. second, Blakely
(Ouachita) third, H. Taylor (Hender-
SOM fourth Time, 12:47 2-5.
Hammer Throw-Rogers (Hender-
SOM 140 it. IL In. Henson (Hendrtx)
122 it. in. McGraw (Ouachita) third.
Kemp, (Ouachita) fourth.
High Jump Mead CA. c. CO. 5
TT. 2 in, Harris (Ouachita) IT. l In J,
Gilman henderson, and Dougan
henderson, tied, IT. II in.
Pole Vault-Sammons (Ouachita)
it., E. Mead "a. c. CD IT. Few
Henderson, IT. 10 IN, Riley (Oua-
chita) It. s in.
Decentralization (Hendrix) SO It.
in, Rogers Henderson, 80 It. 9 IN.
Agee Henderson So IT. In. O'Neai
(Ouachita) Sc IT. in.
Broad Jump-Butler (Ouachita) 20
IT,, Gilman Henderson, 10 IT. 3-4 In.
Dougan Henderson, Is IT,. Norcott
(Hendrix) II It. 10 In.
Shot Put-Henson (Hendrix) So It.
9 IA in, O'Neal (Ouachita) So It.. 8
in. McGraw (Ouachita) 35 IT. In.
Relay Race. Mile-Henderson won.
A. C. C. second, Ouachita third, (Hen.
drix) fourth. Time. 1854 1-5.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-05-07
\,BOOTH-TI/CHEIR/

-- HE work Of the army of which mine
ri ~ is the honor to be commander lies
n largely with the poor. We better
MLE acquainted with every item of their
-Ez real life, their surroundings, their vi
cissitudes. than anyone could possibly
be who did not go into their homes and live with
them their daily life.
Marriage conditions among the poor have
formed the theme of much of my personal re-
search and of many of the reports made to me.
1t is one of the great-one of the very great and
very grave-questions of the day.
Marriage among the rich may any
of many things. 1t may social fnan.
cial advancement: 1t may be a mere matter of
convenience; it may be the outcome of idleness
and propnquity.
cogent means of reform. BY making marriage
universally possible among those who are not
blessed with abundance of this worlds goods
the most deadly blow imaginable would be dealt
to vice The greatest step would by such means
be taken toward vices utter elimination.
Marriage is honorable estate and mot to
be entered into lightly" But, too often, under
present conditions, the poor man cannot afford
enter into it at all. Yet he. perhaps far ofener
than his weather. brother recognizes the hon
orable' condition of that estate"
| say this advisedly. Among the poor infdelity
is far less frequent than among the rich. The
poor man and his wife hold the marriage relation
more sacred than do those of greater worldly
wealth
1t Is therefore doubly unfortunate that class
20 worthy of the blessings of matrmony should
be so frequently debarred from those blessings:
that the people who maintain the sanctity of the
marriag tie and who, moreover, bring up larger
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-05-07
Vandals Raid Cemeteries.

For several weeks there have been
complaints of depredations by vandals
teries. the two principal burial grounds
of Texarkana. The vandals would
enter the cemetery at night and de-
spoil the graves of beautiful and costly
cut flowers placed there during the
day. More recently thu vandals have
been taking up and carrying away
roses and other plants from the graves
and lots.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-05-07
Offer Prize For Essay.

President Tillman Tuesday received
Arkansas Division of the Daughters
of the Confederacy. saying that the
organization would give a crsh prize
of S25 for the best essay Oh the life
and character of Jefferson Davis, writ
ten by collegiate student of the Uni
versity Of Arkansas. the award to be
made on June 3.
The message also expressed the
hope next year to offer a scholarship
It the university.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-05-07
Northern Syndicate May Buy Clay
Lands.

Col. Lee Worthington will probably
close a deal this week with wealthy
syndicate Of Northern capitalists who
offer to purchase his 300-acre tract of
clay lands situated about IL miles from
Hot Springs. The clay is said to be
the finest in the world for the manu-
facture of pottery, thing and ceramic
ware 1t is reported that the cash con.
sideration will be 100000. :. !,
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-05-07

What sort Of telescope do you use for seeing
things on Mars?' The eminent astronomer, habitu-
ated to scanning the heavens at magazine space
rates, stayed his pen but instant Il have
learned" he replied mot to rely on any telescope
The best Of them badly hampers the play Of the
imagination"
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-05-07
Fights Farmer With hatchst.

Grafton Thacker, young farmer.
who lives four miles west of Mammoth
Spring, went to the home of Henry
,Guscheke Saturday and demanded TO
know whether or not Guscheke had
charged him with having given false
testimony in divorce suit. Guscheke
is said to have admitted making the
statement. whereupon Thacker attack
ed him with Ratchet. infiicting bad
wound in the arm with the first blow
and splitting Guscheke's head to a
point below the eyes with the second
Guscheke is still living.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-05-07

port Is erecting nine One-SIOry DTlCk
business houses on South Front street.
1t Is the belief of many at Newport
that a daring plan to rob the postoffice
or one of the banks there was frustrat-
ed Tuesday when the prompt action
Of Sheriff Simons placed two negroes
known to be desperate characters be-
hind the bars The arrest was ac-
complished after vicious fight, in
which the assistance of half dozen
citizens was necessary TO disarm the
negroes, and they were overpowered
only after one of them was badly
wounded and finally covered with a
pistol In the hands of Assistant Post
master Holly Cobb.
William Punion Brumbelow, 11S
North Ringo street. Little Rock, aged
"a Yeas, former employee of the
Little Rock Railway and Electric Com
pany, was caught between two street
cars on Main street, about 8:45 O'Clock
Wednesday night, and fatally injured.
Both of his legs were badly cut and
almost mashed to pulp from point
just below the knee to the ankle. The
right side of his head was cut and
bruised. His entire body was bruised.
Brumbelow was taken to the City hos
pital where he died at 2:30 o'clock
Thursday morning.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-05-07
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young lady who had just
come back from a months honey
moon called on me.
How do you like matrimony?' l
asked.
Il am utterly wretched," she replied.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-05-07
Fight to the Death with Knives.

In fight which took place Sunday
evening about five miles from Sny-
der, Ell Mitchell was killed almost in
stantly, and his son, Bob, and Lon
Matthews wounded so seriously that
both are expected to die. Owing to
the serious manner in which the two
survivors are injured, no attempt has
been made to place them under ar.
rest. II is said that the Mitchells accus.
ed Matthews of shooting some of their
live stock. and when the parties met
Sunday. the elder Mitchell and Mat
thews began fighting with knives.
At a resort known as Spring City
and located on the Missouri line, Fred
NJ. Murphy and Carl and Frank Lind
ley, two brothers, engaged in a pistol
duel Saturday afternoon. The parties
were said to have been drinking and
became involved in some petty con-
troversy. The Lindley brothers drew
guns and began firing at Murphy, af-
ter concealing themselves behind trees.
Murphy, with but four shots in his
gun. walked toward them, seeking to
better his position. and after the Lind
leys had emptied their guns they r&x.
No arrests have been made.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-05-07
BUILDING Business Houses.

The Wolf-Goldman Company of New
port is erecting nine one-story brick
business houses on South Front street
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