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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02
Baseball Presidents
 To Meet In New York

New York. Dec. 1.--Presdent Pui- liam of the National Baseball League has sent out announcements to club presidents that the annual meeting of the league will be held Tuesday. December s, at 2 p. m.. at the Wal dorf Astoria Hotel in this city. The board of directors will meet on the same day at noon.
 At the meeting of the American Association and Eastern League re- bels in Buffalo. N. Y, was appointed a joint committe to prepare the de- mands of the minors upon the Ma tional Commission and the National and American leagues.
 The joint committee met, formulated it's demands and Complaints and turn ed them over to President Joe O'Brein, of the American Association, to be put into legal phraseology by Henry J. killilea, of Milwaukee counsel for the two insurgent leagues, after which the meeting adjourned to meet again in New York on December 5th just before the National Commission meet ing
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02
Cotton Carried Away
 By Arkansas River

4 dispatch to the Gazette yesterday
 from Guthrie, Okla. said that about
 1000 bales of cotton were swept into
 the current of Cottonwood river. In- Iquiry yesterday as to how long cot
 ton bale would float brought the as sertion that cotton would float for
 several days, but no one questioned could give an exact answer as to the humber of days.
 As a cotton bale is a valuable piece of property, is was not considered likely that the bales will run the gauntlet of water rats" as river salvage hunters are sometimes called, land float to Little Rock.
 P. F. Grooms, manager of the George H. McFadden & Bros, cotton agency, says that fresh water is not Iconsidered a material damage to Cot ton. and that a bale will withstand ,several heavy rains and will float for lseveral days in fresh water. Mir. ,Grooms was formerly at Galveston. The salt water, he says will damage la bale very quickly. It sometimes happens that fires occurs on vessels or on the wharf and that bales are thrown into the water Insurance |companies offer a standing reward of s. per bale. The reward is sufficient
 to regain the bales rapidly. \ bale saturated with salt water is sorry looking spectacle, Mr. Grooms says, and will often weight 1000 pounds
 A cotton bale atioat is a source of danger to the man who attempts to
 regain it, for it is so near to sinking
 weight that a slight touch may turn it completely over on the man who grapples with it,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02
A NEW YEAR INJUSTICE.
The Rarkeepc, Complains Of the Coco
 Resolution Habit.

The sarkeepcr Complains Of the Coco
 Resolution Habit.
 "John. I'll have to lay you off for tbe nrst two weeks of the new year. Yc, Harry, will have to lay off week.
 The speaker. q lean man. stood in q splendid and spacious beer saloon 2 place of polished mahogany. onyx co' umns, great mirrors and large paint inRs of beautiful women. Ropes an wreaths of evergreen tWined about tht pillars and the electroliers and on tAf 1assive bar stood bowl of free unch, for it was New Years day.
 "Yes. boys" said the lean map you'll have to go'
 What for. bossY' asked the young 1T of the two bartenders. Mechani, ally with his wooen bar cloth he pc! ished the bar till it shone again. auc anxiously he gazed in his employer face.
 "Why, John, you ought to kno,e what for
 The saloon keeper spoke inpatient, A fat man entered from the street. ah preached the bar with reluctant stcl. then al! of sudden turned hurriedly \ and departed.
 "Well. I'll be danged" said Barterdel John. That's the fourth fellow has done that this mornin'. Whats it mean anyway:
 ''You ought to know what it means John,' repeated the saloon keeper Its meaning Is the cause of your sus pension"
 "Yes. John." the man resumed; you. suspension is caused by tue New Years swear off of that fellow aud thousands like him. All over the broasl land John. countless numbers of men swear off drinking for year on NeH Years day. Half of them stick tt their swear off for week, and t.it other half, with just few eS eSceptions stick to 1t for two weeks Thos. two weeks of January. John, aIe d ways the tWo poorest weeks on tilt publcan's calendar. He can't pay ex penses: hence he retrenches: hence hf lays off prudent. industrious youn' chaps like you-chaps with ii. ln' by, SD that they can stand little idle ness without privatfon.
 All wight But said John sulkily~- but aln'i got nothing put by. and think It's q shame that my poor Hise and innocent babe have got to snfi'ei at tbis joyous holiday season throu- the swear off of lot of foolish thong rhflnSS npD If don't seam riWiij nor t."--Philadelphia Bulletin
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02
NO MORE RAGING
 IN NEW ORLEANS
Recent Meeting Is a Failure and Tracks May Be Converted Into
 Auto Courses.

New Orleans, la. Dec.l .l.--liorse racing in this city is about at an end. In short. there will be nothing doing this winter, due to the fact the expenses of the meets held re- gently have been greater than the re- ceipts.
 Last Thursday the Louisiana Driv- ing club, owner of the halfmile course across from the City park track. opened what was to have been ninety day meet. On that day there was an attendance of about 400, due to the fact that the police permitted no betting save individual wagers. On last Saturday there were less than 200 people present, and the manage ment at once decided to discontinue the races. and admit a loss of close on to $10,0o0 in purses and sundry expenses.
 No further efforts will be made to- ward perfecting any racing plans this season and what horses are here still will, in all probability be shipped to Cuba or Fl Paso. Tex. Starter Mur. ray, of the Fl Paso meet, is here now, and it is likely he will make suitable arrangements. There is some talk of sending some of the speeders to San Antonio for the meet which starts there Dee, l2, and which will last until Jan. ?.
 The various owners of the local tracks are trying to interest the New Orleans Automobile club in the idea of utilizing the tracks for auto rac- ing agreeing to clear. smooth and oil the courses for this purpose, The plan is looked upon favorably by the powers that be, and it is more than likely one of the offers will be ac- cepted, as a big auto-racing carnival is planned here for the Mardi Gras, next month.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02
he Placed an Order.

A small. sharp faced boy, one O whose eyelids had an inclination f, droop in chronic wink, entered i tailor shop in upper Broadway. ap preached the proprietor and silently handed him a button. The tailor tool 1t and looked puzzled.
 Whats this for:" he asked. Y don't want it. I've got plenty of but tons."
 Oats all right" said the youngs.nr But yer want business. don't yer?''
 Yes.
 Well. just sew pair O pants on dat button"
 The small boy was half way up the block before the tailor reached th. door, New York Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02
lt Was Still There,

The story is told of a clergyman who. after he had finished his sersnon card one of his congregation sa' Yes it was good sermon. but h. hole it''
 A short time afterward the preache- Rlled on the man, resented the accuS;a don and asked him to retract what b, had said.
 II am not" answered the man. ''lik' iy to take back anything that hay said. but in this case will. for on rs turnin: home and referring to the book whence thought you had taken you. sermon. found that it was still there ' St. Louis Republic.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02
Where New Years kasts . Month

The celebration of New Years Is carried on more extensively in Janaa than in any other country. The reason tor this can only be accounted for h' the fact that the custom has bee, handed down to succeeding genera tious for centuries. The time the o, casion involves Is quite lengthy. last ing from the 18th of December (kot, Hajime-y.z. beginning of things te the 16th of January Hokonin no yabs irD. which is apprentices holiday. On both of the occasions sort of stew is eaten. composed of red beans. rice sliced fish and konuyaka root.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02
What a Hatpin Revealed.

A certain large millinery establish neut makes speciality of women's trimmed hats at g. and $10. It is cut ting largely into the trade of the small CT high priced dealers. A short time ago woman of fashion went into the establishment mentioned and tried ou several hats, but found none to sui her Before going out she missed < valuable hatpin. A careful search failed to bring it to tight. and it's dis appearance remained a mystery. :. few days later the customer. still look Ing for suitable hat, visited one o' the expensive millinery shops in th' city. Among the hats shown to he: none of which was priced lower thal S35. was one that closely resembles!
 ue of the hats she had tried on in th'
 .n dollar store. She took 1t up to cx
 nine it more closely As she fei'
 te trimming she noticed that the eaN
 . hatpin was concealed beneath [ -anch of artificial flowers. Drawing t' out. sh.. discovered it to be her missing hatpin. New York Tribune.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02
THE CHlLDREN'S HOLIDAY.
tn China New Ysar's ls the Lltt,
 Ones Great Festival.

Ones Great Festival.
 Except at the Chinese New Yrai which comes in February, 1t is Yer. hard to catch glimpse of children n China. Little beggars will run beside you for miles to earn cash. | copper coin with square hole in the middle of 1t. worth the twentieth of & cent, but children who have parents to care for them seem to be kept it.. doors all the time or only allowed tc play in walled yards and gardens. We used to say to each other: "Why, where are the children? Haven't they got any," But at New Years we found out that they had. This is the great holiday of all the year in China. when everybody hangs out flags and colored lanterns and sets off firecrackers. eve borrowed our custom of firecrackers for the Fourth of July from China New Years, All the people put on their best clothes and the children the best of all, jackets and trousers of bright blue or green or yellow or pur- pie. the boys and the girls so much alike that you can only tell them apar. by their hair The boys of course is braided fin q pigtail, and the girls iS done up on her head with silver pins or. If she's q very grand little girl with gold or jade. Thus decked out the children go walking with their proud papas and mammas and often go io the theater, which is rare treat for them.
 Perhaps Chinese children have romp ing plays together. but they alway> look as if they were born grown up St. Nicholas
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02
Retribution of the Law.

Judge (to lawyer)-Nr. Sharp. are yoa defending this prisoner? Lawyer | am, your honor, Judge-And how much Is he charged with stsalingt Lawyer-Fifty dollars. your honor Judge-We'll let him go. He'll be pun ished enough anyhow. Lawyer-What do you mean. your honor? Judge
 Why. by the time you get that $50 aud then he works out the other $10O yon'u charge him he'll be sorry enough he ever was dishonest.--Toledo Blade
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02
PECK INSPECTS THE
 ARGENTA TERMINALS

Superintendent F. A. Peck of the Cotton Belt route arrived in Little Rock yesterday in his private car, ac- companied by J. Nj. Gaunt. superin- tendent of construction. The visit was made for general inspection of railroad Conditions in the city and especially to inspect the Argenta terminals Rock G cite.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02
Mccall To Lec",.ra On Business of Congress

New York, Dec. 1.-Samuel W.Mc- Call, member of Congress from Mass achusetts, will deliver series of lec- lures at Columbia University in De- cember and January on "The Busi- ness of Congress" The first lecture will be held on December 4. 10, II and January IA. 15. 21 and g. Tue lectures will be given on the George ,Blumentlial Foundation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02
Both Hard and Touab

"Its hard" said the sentiments iandlady at the dinner table. '.to think that this poor little lamb should be de tzoyed in Its youth just to cater to ou. ,petites."
 Yes" replied the smart boardel juggling with his portion. "it t Philadelphia Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02
Evsry Little olt Helps.

"You say you encouraged our frien;' tionY'
 "I did," answered the man whoss heart Is all right
 "But don't you know hell break i' at the end of six weeks at the leasr calculatiou?"
 "I hope not. And even if he does he'll be six weeks ahead of the game.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02
A Persuadsr.

"Did you make any New Years rese iutionw asked Miss Miami Brown.
 "No," answered Mir. Erastus Pink. icy, but done persuaded Mistah Coli flower to make one. After l got tLo, with him at de las parlor social ht was willin' to promise dat he'd stol tryin' to pick 'sturbances fohsver an Over."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02
Nouns, the ,

Frank Nouns, the young white man who stabbed Marcus Weis, an aged negro to death in this City some months ago and who was recently Convicted of the murder and sentenc- ed to the state prison for two years. was taken to Little Rock yesterday morning by Sheriff c. M. Philpot and the penitentlary. His at,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02
L:o.;s G.:J { -~!.

"11...esc .s .e p1e ,:i-;'. thing abes sion:" roi.=a is''.r'o" "'',a has trarpe. ,i@ -:i;i..r iA A!f,.' i". r,fli3:s''ie: ''lher Ni!t auj c@i l:'e> ' 4 To" You uti.!li i!>,,-"' ...i eanv:s~' back ,.nck ni i.n' ..;sinijp>i suna5. L. th'N weu!s refuse il J t.le!nbe. once hayiu. q >:.'a" VI. ; lad hrH:.e- its n ing. We h..!rs. t. dressed it e.,,s. fully and threw t into l.se cage oi E., !Ioas. but thcy would n"i touch it. a;n it finally had to i,c taken oGt a'n thrown away. l have repeatedly i,-. pigeons alive into tue cage just to s>t what they would do. l have throw grain down among the lions and r. pigeons have actually got down :s,. hopped around the big brutes. eyrt hopping on their backs. the lions nlak ing no attempt to disturb them. eve seeming to enjoy their companionshi. There is something rather straa.e about this which 1t is difficult to e, plain'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02
in Mitigation.

Judge-Prisoner, have you anythia to say to the court before sentencs. i pronounced? Prlsoner-I beg the co IT to consider the youth of my attorney White and Black.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02

The language of the face and man nsr is the instantaneous shorthand D; tAs mind. which h very quietly read o1aceas AagaainA.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02
Revised Version.

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 kne also the faAtt& bsilboy. butcher boy ,A baker ooyS b black. elevator maa s& Grocex.e bn
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-02

F. Harrell. Che new pastor r Memorial church. will move 7 F-s, first of next week.
 will i'll the. pull.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-03-14
Rio Grande Potato Train.

Denver-The Denver e. Rio Grande
is thoroughly awake to the Importance
of building up the agricultural inter
ests along its line, and announces
special Potato Institute train to start
on the Western Slope Tuesday, March
18th, for the purpose of posting the
farmers on potato growing. The train
will be in charge Of Eugene Grubb
and the Agricultural College Institute
corps, and will consist of baggage
car and two coaches. The baggage
car will be filled with all the latest and
most modern machinery for potato cui-
ture and a model potato cellar in min
ialure. The train will be side tracked
at the different stations and the farm
ers will take seats in the passenger
coaches where they will be addressed
by the experts. Two lectures will be
going at once and after each lecture
the crowd will change cars, winding
up in the baggage car where the ma
chinery will be shown and explained.
The schedule of the train with the
hours for beginning lectures is as fol-
lows:
March 17-Eagle, 10 a. m; Gypsum,
2:30 p. m.
March 1s-Carbondale 10 a. IN : AS
pen, 2: 80 p m.
March 1o-Emma, 9 a. m; New
castle, 2:30 p. m.
March 20-Silt, 9 a. m; Rifle, 2 p. m-
March 21-Grand Valley, 8 a. m; Dc
BeQue, p. M; Fruita, 7 p. m.
March 23-Paonia, 8: 80 a. M; Hotch-
kiss, p. M; Austin, p. m; Delta,
p. m.
March 24-Olathe, 10 a. M; Mont
rose, l.: 80 p. m.
March 26-La lara, 10 a. M; Romeo.
! p. m.
March o7-Del Norte, 9 a. m; Monte
Vista, 1870 p. IN.
March 2S-Alamosa, 10 a. m.
These institutes are free and ali are
invited. Experts from the Agricultural
college and growers who have been
successful will accompany the train
and it is expected that great interest
will be aroused in the subject OF rails
ing potatoes in the best potato growing
country in the world.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-03-14
American Car in Wyoming.

Cheyenne. Wyo.-The American car
in the New York-toP Paris endurance
race left Cheyenne at ll:25 Monday
morning and reached Laramie, fifty-
six miles west. at 2:4o p, m. making
the run over the summit of the Rock
les without mishap of any kind.
People were astr early to give the
racers hearty send-off, and long be
fore the hour set for their departure
the streets were filled with enthusiastic
people. Shortly after 10 O'Clock the
racer left the garage on Capitol ave
nue and ran down to the Inter-Ocean
hotel, where E. Linn Mathewson, Har-
old Brinker. George Schuster. Captain
Hanson and others were photographed
in turn at the wheel of the big round
theworld auto. The moving picture
machine shot off several rolls of films
and at exactly HIPS, preceded by the
pilot cars and followed by number of
Denver, Cheyenne and Laramie autos,
the start was made down West Six
teenth street toward the Rockies.
The trip over Sherman hill was
made via Granite canon, at which
place the route left the Union Pacific
tracks and entered Laramie via the
fish hatchery.
The weather Is fine and the roads
are improving. and the American car
should make record time through Wy
oming The racers appear to be in no
hurry, however.
Mathewson will drive the car as far
as Ogden, where the wheel will be
taken by Harold Brinker, who will
take the car to San Francisco. From
that point George Shuster, who has
been with the car from the start. will
be in charge and in all probability he
will take the car into Paris. Captain
Hanson, the explorer, is still with the
car. and says he will be in the party
when the car reaches Paris
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-03-14
Kansas Men at Greeley.

Greeley.-Monday night twenty
Kansas business men and farmers ar
rived as guests of the promoters Of the
Denver, Laramie & Northwestern rail
way to look over the Greeley district
The delegation was entertained at din
ner and Senator W. L. Clayton, r. G..
Strong. president Of the Greeley Com
mercial club, and B. d. Sanborn ad-
dressed them concerning the resources
of this district, and the benefits to the
proposed railway. Two hundred thou
sand dollars In popular subscriptions
has been raised by the committee, they
say, during the last few months. The
president declares that work on the
line between Denver and Greeley will
be begun by April LIST.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-03-14
INDEPENDENT SUGAR PLANT.
Arkansas Valley Farmers and Capi-
taiists Preparing to Build.

Denyer-A Manzanola, Otero county.
special to the Denver News Monday
says:
AS direct result of the fgh.
uni,edly made by farmers of the
Arkansas valley against the demand
OF the American Beet Sugar Company
and the Eolly Sugar Company that the
growers produce beets for $3.50 ton
Manzanola will have a sugar factory
owned by the farmers and local capi-
talists.
Directors of the Arkansas Valley
Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company
met today and representative OF the
company, now in New York. was in
structed TO close with beet sugar
machinery company for the necessary
plant. The farmers OF the valley have
made determined fight against the
$3.50 beet and now that the factory
here is assured they claim victory is
with them.
W. b. Ebbert, who. with Thomas ].
Stanley, had been sent east to neSo-
tiate for machinery. returned today and
reported that several firms had been
visited and that good propositions had
been made. Following the report the
directors telegraphed to Stanley tell
ing him to close the deal for the ma
chinery.
The company perfected its organiza-
ton and j. NJ. Beatty was elected pres
ident. f. Brewer was made first vice
president, Thomas j. Stanley second
vice president, w. l.. Cloves secretary
and II. b. Dye treasurer.
The company has filed its articles of
incorporation with the secretary OF
state and with the county clerk, and
is capitalized for s1.ooo.ooo.
There is now no doubt that the fac
tory will be built and that it will be
ready to handle the crop of the pres
ent year. AT n meeting of the farmers
it was decided to extend the time on
the contracts which have been signed
by them for beet acreage. That time
expired today. and the farmers have
all decided to stick with the indie
pendent factory.
The farmers do not look upon the
factory here as Manzanola enter
prise, and from Florence to the state
line along the Arkansas valley it is
considered as a proposition in which
the entire valley is concerned. They
are positive that the success of this
enterprise. now assured, will mean the
success of all the farmers who grow
beetS.
Word has reached here, too. from
the growers of the northern field that
every success is wished for the new
enterprise. Resolutions have been
passed by the farmers in the northern
beet fields. in which the growers OF
this valley are urged to accept nothing
less than IS per ton for their beets
/ The farmers are back of the new fac
tory. and its promoters say that 1t can
/ not now fail.
Active work of building the factory
will be commenced at once. The fac
! tory Is backed bv ample capital, and
/ the farmers say they will get s. beets
| from at least one factory this year
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-03-14
Orchard Again Pleads Guilty.

Caldwell, Idaho.-Harry Orchard
Tuesday morning before Judge Ere
mont Wood, in the District Court, wGs
allowed to withdraw his former plea
of not guilty entered at his first ar
raignment by order of the court, when
he stood mute and entered another
plea of guilty to the charge Of murder
in the first degree as charged in the
Indictment. Judge Wood will sentence
Orchard March 18th.
Orchard pleaded guilty to having
killed former Cove nor Steunenberg
by the explosion @ a dynamite bomb
at the side gate of his residence here
early in the evening OF December 80,
1905. He was arrested for the crime
January 2nd and in February con
fessed that he was hired to kill Steun-
enberg by William d. Haywood, secre-
tary; Charles II. Meyer, president, and
ber OF the Western Federation Of
tried in Boise and set free. The case
against Meyer was dismissed
Judge Wood allowed the plea OF Or
chard to be changed and set the date
for sentence. After the acquttal of
Pettibone the opinion was expressed in
many quarters that Orchard would
take advantage of every legal right he
might have to obtain his own release
or light sentence
The stand he took was a surprise to
most persons, and his attorney says.
was entirely voluntary on his part and
against the advice Of many who had
seen and talked with him.