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Complimentary to Miss Bott.

Miss Essie Gottlieb gave very
enjoyable entertainment Sunday
|evening in honor of Miss Irene Bott
|of Little Rock, who is visiting friends
here. The home was prettily deco
rated with pink flowers and growing
|plants, and presented a very attrac-
tive appearance. The entertainment
was an original package party" the
guest bringing the most original
package to receive prize. The hon
|ors were awarded to Miss Adele Levy
(Philadelphia) and Mr.. Dave Well.
Miss Levy's prize was pretty hat
pin and Mr.. Wells silver pencil.
Dainty refreshments were served.
Miss Gottlieb was assisted in receiv-
ing by Miss Bot, Mrs. Goodman Git
tie Rock )and Mrs. Gottlieb. The
Others present were: Misses Jennie
|Reutlinger Nittle Rock, Florence
Hoffman OLittle Rock, Rosa Sonnen-
|schein, Ida Silbernagle, Brunette Sill
bernagle, Fannie Hanf, Adele Levy,
Thelma Lazarus, Hennie Cook, Annie
johnson, Beulah Kahn (Memphis),
Beulah Rosenberg, Mrs. Ferdinand
tLittle Rock. Messrs. Clarence Hanf,
Harold Bluthenthal, Joe Gottlieb, Joe
Nichol, Harry Rosenberg, Dave We'll,
Harry We'll, Mike Yout little Rock,
Abbie Thalheimer Little Rock, Ben
ME We'll, Dave Kaufman, Sol Klar-
berg, Ed Rutstein, Bonnie Franklin,
Dave Silbernagle, Reinberge
(Cincinnati) Albert Rutstein.
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Social Meeting Postponed.

The social meeting to be given By
Mrs. w. A. Taggart and Miss Mary
LINDSAY complimentary to the Young
Ladies Club Of the First Methodist
church, which was announced for
Saturday, February %, has been post
poned to Saturday, February 20, SO
as not to CONFLICT with the Washing
ton Tea to be given by the presbyter-
liam ladies'.
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Lillian Geldsby.

Little Lillian Goldsby, the six year
old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. T. B.
Goldsby of England, Ark, lied at
1920 this morning at their home at
England after g i've weeks illness OF
congestion OF the brain. The family
has many friends in this city who will
be grieved to learn of their loss. The
funeral cortege will move from the
Union Station today upon the arrival
of the Altehimer branch. Services
at Bellwood cemetery.
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CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
x sssss the ., &sxM2zzzx

After the refusal Of city council 10
amend the ordinance permitting the
saloons to close at 1880 a. m. in
stead of IL p. N. at it's sess on last
night, patrolman Francis immedI-
ately served notice on all the saloons
that they must close at midnight,
and the saloon men promptly obey
ed the order. s5--,4ss i
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DEATHS.
L. r. Alternately.

L. P. Alternately died at the Pacific
Hotel at O'Clock Monday morning,
after brief illness. The deceased
was a member OF Brick Mason's III
ion No. OF Monroe, La. The fun
eral will be held at Holderncss X
Fitzhugh' chapel al 10 O'Clock this
morning. Services by the Rev. lios-
ers OF Ohio Street Baptist church.
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A Death at Grady.

John S. Shannon died Saturday al
ternoon at Grady, Ark, station a
few miles below the city on the Val
ley road. Death was due to pneu-
monia. He was an old and highly es-
teemed resident.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-18

has always been the result of strin-
gent laws where an effort has been
made 10 restrain unduly the liberty
OF The individual. Personally. there
fore, | deem high license more
conservative remedy for alcoholism
than prohibition.
On the other hand, if ii should be
found thai prohibition Will prove to
be an effective remedy against the
hide0us vice Of drunkenness, no one
could afford 10 discourage or oppose
it,
In trying Ia bring about great NOR
al reforms We should not forget the
great principle of law and order that
underlies them all.
Gra>ping at il Straw. Says Thorn
burgh.
Col. George II. Thornburgh, pres
ident of the Anti-Saloon League in
Arkansas The proposed OrganiZa-
ton Of the Model License League is a
subterfuge whereby those Interested
in the sale Of liquor hope to stem the
tide Of prohibition and continue the
traffic It is a cheap, thin, hypocrit
cal veneer, and is characteristic OF
the traffic Our organization has
been familiar with the plans Of the
Model License League for some time.
or since it's inception. We will make
70 fight against is organization, but
will wait until they make their pro
posed effort TO secure the passage OF
we will meet them on the floor Of
the legislature. The Model License
League is not sincere. In states
where there is no strong prohibition
movement. they do not seek to OPP
crate. In Chicago, where money and
| influence is being brought 10 bear
! to defaet the Sunday closing laws
the Model License League is making
no effort to force the dealers to "be
good You may say that the liquor
traffic in Arkansas is doomed. The
I tnOflS OI lne MOueI IIlCSuSc AedSohS
is the grasp Of the drowning man 81
the proberbial straw-and the effort
comes too late
Just Result Of Scare
Rev. T. e. Sharp: You cannot
, license a saloon without sin. This
whole scheme is born Of the scare oil
the liquor interests over the prohi
bition sentiment of the country. Oi
course they will promise to be good
! when they see the handwriting on the
wall decreeing the destruction Of
their business. They might as vel
make up their minds that Arkansas
like other states in the South, is
going TO adopt statewide prohibi-
! ton.
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The Musical Coterie meeting will
| take place at the Temple tomorrow
morning at ten o'clock. Mrs. Hin
| ton Ferguson and Mrs. Jesse Core
have charge of the fine program
which has been arranged.
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Washington Tea

WdsH1HSt"H ga
A pretty entertainment will be the
washington Tea given by the Ladies'
Aid Society of the First Presbyterian
church on Saturday, February %, at
THE residence of Mrs. NJ. E. Speers
|o1Is~West, Fourth avenue
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-18

IN trying Ia bring about great NOR
al reforms We should not forget III,
great principle of law and order tina
nnderlies them all
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HOT SPRINGS "a
PINE BLUFF ii
Hot Springs High School Boys Win
the State Basket Ball Champion
ship From Locals.

AssGasily the best basket ball game,
lv@er wines y in this city was that
Won byaHot Springs High school
over Pine Bluff last night. at the
0''ou rink. by score OF "a :, IA.
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SOCIETY.
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04
Prize Giving For Maintenance.

There Is nov a plan on foot in
Wisconsin to offer a number Of hand
some prizes for good roads building,
the object being to greatly improve
and to maintain one Of the most i'm
portant runs in the State. Back OF
the movement is the Milwaukee Au-
tomobile Club. The project is to d.
vide the highway into several dis.
tricts and to offer cash prizes for the
best kept sections. The prizes will
be offered to the several property
owners or farmers through whose
premises the highway runs The
highest prize will be $3.50, and they
will run down to a sum that will be
large enough to stir up interest alone.
This section of the State is the most
famous in all Badgerdom in the mat
ter Of unique schemes to improve and
keep up the roads. At n time the
wealthy summer home owners offered
school children cash prizes for throw
ing stones off the road while they
were trudging back and forth in at
tending schools in country districts.
Pathmasters were appointed, they
watched the work, and on their re-
ports the prizes were awarded.
1t might be mentioned in this con-
nection that not long since the wom-
ems clubs of Kane County, Illinois,
raised over $1,000 to improve and
beautify a road along the Fox River.
The money was raised by selling a
silver spoon, engraved in the bowl
of which was the head of a famous
Indian chief who used to trail over
the road in pioneer times and always
was noted for his kindly treatment Of
the palefaces. The spoons have been
sold to people living in half the States
of the Union.-The Automobile.
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TRIBE OF CRIMINALS.
The Maghaya's Greatest Pride is Sue
cessful Burglary.

The Maghaya is born in an arhar
field and schooled to theft from his
infancy. He lives without shelter or
food for the morrow, perpetually
moving from encampment to encamp-
ment, chased by the police and exc
Grated by the villagers. His great
est pride is a successful burglary,
and a prolonged drinking bout his
most coveted reward.
Jail offers no terrors to the Dom;
it is merely the result of being a
bungler at his trade. The first at
tempt to reclaim the Maghaya Doms
in Champarun was made by Mr..
(now Sir E. Henry He found the
greater number Of the adult mem
bers of the tribe were in jail. Every
police officer was held responsible ii
n Doms were found in his juris.
diction, with the result that as soon
as a Dom was released from jail he
was usually returned thither under
the bad livelihood sections.
Agricultural settlements Wero
established for the tribe, but they do
not seem to have been very success
full as civilizing agencies. The SET
Elements serve as houses for the
women and children, but the men are
seldom found in them.
The females generally hawk stolen
nronerty IN the villages and act as
spies.-Bengal Gazetteer.
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Lightning Rod Inventor Dead.

David Munson, n of the Oldest
business men of this city, is dead,
the result of IN accidental fall re-
ceived near Curtisville, Upton Coun-
ty, this State.
|. A number of men under his direc-
ton were engaged in putting light
ming rods on a large barn. Mr.. Mum
son had started to so up a ladder.
When abo:t twelve feet from the
ground he was seized with a vertigo
and fell. He died from the shock
yesterday.
About 1850 he invented "Munson's
copper tubular lightning rod with
spiral fanges." This was the first
material departure from the old-fash-
Toned iron rod, and it had a great
sale all over the United States. From
the time of its invention up almost
TO the present he had taken out about
125 patents on lightning rods and APP
~pliances for their manufacture.-ln-
dianapolis News.
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The Champion Rubber Tree

One and a half pounds of dry rub
Der a month is, says the Far Eastern
Review, the record Of a single six
teen year old Para tree in Ceylon.
This tree, which has not much OF a
girth for it's age, branches off beauti-
fully about five feet from the ground
and stands on ~gravelly soil. The sys-
tenn of tapping adopted was the usual
full herringbone, and it has been very
lightly tapped every other day. The
flow of latex during the tapping was
so copious that it required the SER
vices of a special coolie, and an IN
usually large cup has had to be
placed to receive the extra latey dur
ing the nights. The superintendent
of this estate uses a special knife in
vented by himself; it is a safety
blade and can be put into the hands
of an ordinary laboreT without dan
ger to the tree.
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"Nothing Doing"

Nothing doing" Is that slang:
I thought it was until last night,
when I came upon the words in Dick
ems "Dombey C Son. In chapter
w. old Sol ellis is explaining to his
nephew Walter way the shop must
be closed and the business abandoned.
You see, Walter" said he, "in truth
this business is merely a habit with
me. + am so accustomed to the habit
that l could hardly live if 1 relin-
ouished it; but there's nothing do
ing, nothing doing" So you see, the
phrase had it's pathetic fitness half
a century ago, and is not slang at all.
WASP.
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CHAPTER XII.

The travellers reached St. Maalo
without adventure of any kind, drove
to the station, and found a train
which took them to Lekaus, where
they arrived late in the evening. They
slept there, and started the next day
for Goucy.
1t was a cold day. The sun had
not appeared; there was a sharp
| spring frost and a bitter east wind.
The third-class carriage into which
Antionette got, without a moments
hesitation, was exceedingly comfort
less, but Antoinette said not a word
of complaint.
AS they went on, it struck Arthur
that there was something odd, even
unnatural, about this. A young and
d~elicately brought up girl is not gen.
| orally so callous unless she is alb
sorbed by some thought that over
rides all other questions, physical or
mental; or else is of such a robust
physique as to be Independent of
small miseries. He looked earnestly
at his companion; the latter certain
ly was not the case, it must then be
the former.
Arthur fancied that in her attitude,
in the fast clasp Of her little hands in
her lap, there were signs of suffering.
He was sympathetic by nature, but
toward this lonely, lovely girl his
sympathy welled up SO irresistibly,
that even at the risk of offending
her he felt that he must ask her what
caused her depression.
Surely, dear Mademoiselle," he
said, gently, you must have some
thing on your mind, or" he added.
smiling, Il hardly think you would
be so Indifferent tothe draught that is
passing down the backs Of our necks,
or to the necessarily rafting door, or
the clouds of Infamous tobacco and
fumes of absinthe which our late fell
low-travelers have left behind them. "
She gave a slight start. Il am
very sorry that you are uncomforta-
ble," she said. please do not stay
with me. Doubtless your means
would enable you to travel in q very
different way. I am most selfish to
allow it. At the very next station
| them"
mot for worlds!" cried Arthur.
ut was only for your sake that I
thought of complaining. Please for
give me. l cannot help fearing that
something of a sad nature is absorb
ing your thoughts. Perhaps I ought
not to say SO; it is presumptuous of
me-"
NO." said Antoinette. You are
very good. Yes. you are quite right.
Something is occupying my thoughts
very greatly and most painfully, but
I do not know that l can tell it to
you: ycu would perhaps laugh at
me-"
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japan OuSt1ng Britain.

the P%eninsular and Oriental Steam
Navigation Company, Sir Thomas
Sutherland, chairman of the COM
pany, had to make the confession
that the entire trade Of the line be-
tween Bombay and Japan had been
wiped out by it's Japanese competi-
tors. Speakingof the startling strides
made by Japanese trade in the East
the chairman said it seemed to him
that the soul of a people that had
lain dormant for centuries had sud-
denly awakened to almost s%upernat-
ural activity" He thought the jap
anese Government was unfriendly~
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Great Forest Reserves of Nevada.

The National forest reserve in Ne
vada now reaches the enormous total
of 8,528,479 acres. The total acre
age of the State, including water sur
face, is something over 100000.
Therefore the forest reserve COM
prises more than one acre in every
ten. The last reserve formed was the
Las Vegas National Forest, locally
known as the Sheep Mountains. 1t
covers an area of 195,S40 acres and
is the eighth to be formed in the
State.
In addition to this the Secretary of
the Interior has announced the with
drawal Of 616,451 acres in White
Pine and Nye counties, to be added
to the National forest reserve, max
ing a total of over 100000 acres
that will have been withdrawn in a
short time. - Reno Correspondence
San Francisco Chronicle.
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The Religion Of Life.

Whatever separates religion from
life or makes 1t only a part Of life is
distinctively an evil. All Of life Is
religious, just as all of ones body is
alive. There is no distinctly relig.
ious realm, as apart from other
realms. A man Is just as religious
In his Office al he is in his chgrch
pew. Religion is like a sea thas in.
undates all Of life. 1t finds no higher
level in a mans worship than it does
in his work. Reality is to be gagged
by the lowest level. 1t cannot rise
higher elsewhere, except In waves OF
feeling that soon subside. I do not
ask concerning Your religion. Your
life reveals it.-Paragraph Pulpit.
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Paid.

"But he shall receive a hundred;
told now in this time" ". 30).
A young man hesitated to becomes
Christian because he was engaged IN
/ business which seemed to him to.
demand Sunday opening. In fact
one-third Of his profits came from
Sunday trade. For years he was on
The point of giving up, closing shop
On Sunday, and trying to lead aeon!
bistent Christian life. But every tfme4
lust before reaching a decision, he
looked at his books. When he saw
how much he would lose, he drew
back. Finally, he determined. that
cost what it might, he would be q
Christian. He closed his shop on
Bunday and attended church. Their
be became a member. Fellow-Christ
tlans rallied about him and gave, him
their custom. At the end Of the year
Ia poor year because of crop failures)
be found that his profits had beef
greater than ever before.
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II only care that you should nnd
enough for comfort" said Arthur.
ITO that at least you are certainly
entitled"
That we will not discuss" an
swered Antoinette. II am quite sat-
isfed that my fathers mode of life
is the only prudent me-. 1t Is not
new to me-" she went on, smiling. u
was five years old when I left home.
I can remember a big old house, with
wings. l remember quantities of
cocks and hens, and an old woman
feeding them, whom I called Nanon,
and VINO frightened m by her sobs
and weeping when 1 went away. She
was my nurse, and 1 shall find her
there still, 1 hear. She and her hus-
band are most faithful servants"
Are any of your mothers family
living?" asked Arthur, feeling
strangely uneasy at the idea of this
delicate, gentle girl going into the
hands of such a selfish old miser, and
totally without needful protection.
He felt that in her sweet, absolute
faith in her father she would starVe
herself, and deprive herself of every
needful comfort, and ever necessity,
to spare him. He felt thankful that
he should be close by, at all events,
for some weeks, but he would be
greatly relieved could he hear OF any
other relative at hand.
81 have no relatives" said An
toinette, rather sadly. my mothers
name was Acknowledgements Ay-
mar. She was the daughter of a doc
tor who lived at Goucy. My grand
father died shortly after her mar
riage. He had a son, Joseph Aymar.
He married, and they both died in
an epidemic of cholera when l was
a little child; so no one of the name
is left, and no one of the blood, ex-
cepting myself"
Arthur was looking at her, and as
she spoke of her mothers family he
saw a strange change pass over her
face, a kind of hardness which
seemed to petrify the soft flesh and
blood, and a peculiar magnetic
dreamy stare of the great gray eyes
as they looked out to sea, almost as
if she was entering a trance.
The look startled him. "Antoin-
ette!" he exclaimed, abruptly, I'M
conscious that he had used her Chris
tian name.
She started and turned round, the
look vanished at once, a soft pink
color rose in her cheek.
What is it," she said, gently.
Nothing. Forgive me; you looked
so strange, so dream-like, as If,
somehow, your mind were passing
out of my reach, and I wanted 1t to
come back" he said, trying to smile.
All! yes; I understand. 1t is like
that when I think of my mothers
people. They have a strange history.
Some day I will tell you,< but not
now," she added, a slight shudder
passing over her. "The Sun is grow
ing warm, and yonder, in the dis
lance, 1 fancy I can see the coast of
France. Is it not so?"
YES; we shall soon be arriving.
Are o glad to revisit your native
land, Mademoiselle Rigaud?"
Eyes. for some reasons very glad.
But / have been in England so long
that I have almost forgotten to look
upon France as my home"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04
Scatter Sunshine.

Our day dreams are never pleas.
anter than when they take the form
Of picturing what we would do to-
help others If we should suddenly be.
come rich. To begin with, many
would laugh at the idea that they
have riches worth sharing. They i'm.
agine that money is the only thing
worth giving away, whereas 1t is one
Of the less important gifts. Good
spirits, bright ideas, sympathy, leis-
ure, hopefulness, strength Of purpose.
are more truly our own possessions
than gold eagles could ever be, since
they are part Of ourselves. And yet
they can be shared with Others. The
, giving Of ones self to- the World'a
need Is the highest form OF gener-
osity.
Do any Of you wonder how this fS9
to be done. Take, for example, that
friend of yours who apparently was
born with blue spectacles over her
eyes. She Is not always pleasant
company, and that fact makes the
sharing Of your own natural hopefuld
ness a sweeter charity. Drop In UPON
her often, even though it IDS likel1
leaving sunshine for a foggy night
Laugh her out Of her gloomy fore,
bodings. Shed the light of buoyant
ch%eerfulness on her Swallowed heart
Brighten the atmosphere about het{
by the light of innocent mirth and
holy joy.
In smaller things, too, there is
chance for generosity. A girl sits
down to read her new book, while
over in the corner mother bends ovet
her sewing. Why shouldn't the readt
Ing be done aloud, and the mother
be given a chance to share her daugh.
ter's enjoyment? y
Healthy, hopeful youth is never
boo Just remember that. It's handi
are full of what the world needs
most, aud 1t has only to unclasp Its
fingers to scatter blessings. Instead
Of regretting that you can not give
away the wealth Of other people, opeIt
your eyes to your own riches, and
learn the joy of sharing your good
things with others.-Pittsburg Olsen
Fer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04
An Embarrassing Explanation.

why do you charge me twenty
five cents, when your sign says First
Glass Hair Cut, fifteen cents?'' de-
manded the indignant customer. The
small French barber shrugged his
shoulders and lifted his eyebrows.
Pardon, monsieur" he returned,
softly, "but it is not all who come to
me that have the irst-class hair -
Youths Companion.
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KegaIla.HeId For Ransom?

The London Tribune hears from a
source which it regards as trustwor-
thy that the missing Irish regalia are
held intact for o large ransom and a
guarantee CT immunity from punish
ment. 1t says that the mystery OF
the disappearance can, however, only
be solved by a public inquiry, which
would reveal amazing and romantic
features.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04
A Fighting State.

Whenever you scratch Kansas his
&ry you find a fight. No territory OF
equal size has had so much war over
so many different causes. Her story
in Indian fighting, gambler fighting
outlaw fighting, TOWNSHIP fighting
and political fighting is not ap-
preached by any other portion Of the
West.-Outing Magazine.