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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-03-01
THE LATEST FROM ~.
THE YELLOW HOUSE

Is it the duty of the interstate COM
merce commission to Investigate the
action OF railroads in fixing the
wages they pay their employees?
If SO, is it the duty of the president
OF the United States to notify tie
.icommission precisely when and
where conditions develop requiring
such investigatiea2
Ii such is the case, is it his duty
t. make that notifications, not direct
Nv to the commission itself (Which
apparently. it is assumed, has not
Intelligence enough to know its bus.
mess without notification by him. !.
but through the public press of the
country?
II it is Thus the presidents duty to
notify the interstate commerce com
mission what and where is its duty.
why is it not likewise his duty pub
licly to notify all other federal com
missions, boards and departments
what and where are their various
duties? -
Is the president more DESTROYS that
the commissions shall investigate re-
drctions Of wages by the railroads,
or that he Shall be publicly known as
the prepayment and director of such
Investigations?
And is he DESTROYS of being known
as the proponent ard director of
such Investigations because it is the
eve sof a national campaign which he
wishes TO dominate; because there
are hundreds OF thousands of rail
road employees who have votes; be-
lause there are millions of union
labor men who have VOTES, and be
hause. owing TO several recent judi
cial decisiins. If is feared by, the re-
publicans that many of those votes
may be lost to thean next November J.
In view Of Isthese considerations
HOW Idli d liidtt ~ s2si ~ 'aSotyS sFSst =
intelligence fail to conlpr el1end. that
if there is fragrant atfonalism
ON the part of the press (Which he
has Justly condemned) there is just
as fragrant sensationalism on the
part of the president?
When he calmly reviews such per-
formances as that of his open letter
tothe interstate commerce commiss
sion does hte not realize that instead
,cf dating such documents "the White
House." as is his custom, it would
be more accurate to date them "The
Y elbow House,
And if, in the prosecution of this
sensational plan of counting the labor
vote. plan which may result IN 50
stirring up the railroad employees as
tc, naEaIyze the railroad business Of
the country, does he not understand
that it is an appropriately yellow
exploit to make it appear. that con
fidentia1 statement by the Louisville
and Nashville was public explana
ton of its proposed reduction of
wages. and EVEN to- garble that state
nent. as the president of the road
has convicted him of doing?
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-03-01

ted mere ik1n any other section in
the. disfrict. our TAX should be i'm
creased TIE proposed tax was s,
Il IL aud 7oc. according TO classifl-
satson.
Mr' Goidstdin. as chairman, APP
pointed the following named com
mittce to draft the bill to be present
ed ito the legislature: Messrs. Leroy
Percy. Van B. Bpddie and P. R.
Branton
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-03-01
Born, a Son

Mr.. r J. Adams received a. tele
gram Tuesday morning from Joplin
Ill, announcing the arrival of a nine.
pound boy at the home of his daugn-
ter, Mrs. Arthur Bagley- The tele-
gram was signed by Mr.. Bagiey and
states that mofher and babe arc do
i n 8 nicely. - -1 sssss
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-11-17
OWI. CLUB MEMBERS
 TO ENTERTAIN

Ths Owl Club is making prepara- tions for a reception and dance, which will be given at the Bluff City hall Monday night, November 23. Charles Feeney is general chairman of the committees. Frank Franey P. j.. Tierney, John Genevay and R. W. Jor- dan compose the reception committee, and Joe Smith, P. J. Moran, Clarence P. Smith, Knox Scull, Roy Werling. John J. Kerwin and Frank Dietz are members of the floor committee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-11-17
TOM HILL HALF
 OWNER OF THEATER

Thomas Austin Hill, who recently @Moved to this city from Little Rock and has charge of the various plan tation interests of his mother. Mrs. W. C. Dunaway. Monday became half owner of the Crystal Palace, q popu- lar vaudeville and moving picture theater on West Second Avenue. The firm will be known in the future as Jorgensen and Hill, the latter having purchased the interest of J. c. Stivers in the money making enterprise. MT. Hill is an experienced theater man. ager and his popularity is we'll known here. He and MT. Jorgensen an- nounced that the pictures of the fa- nous play The Devil" will be offered today,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-11-17
RECEIVERS SALE.

Notice is hereby given that l will on Friday, November 20, 1908, between the honrs prescribed by law for ju- dieial sale to the highest and best bid der, i offer for sale at the store room, Known as 404 Main street, all the merchandise. fixtures and baking outfit belonging to the Pine Bluff Ice Cream and Baking Company dn)n a credit of three months with interest thereon from date until paid at the rate Of eight per cent. per annum. The purchaser will be required to give approved personal security for the amount of his bid; said sale will be made subject to the approval of the court.
 JAMES GOULD. Receiver. Dated November 2, 1908.
 10-11.1cd
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-11-17

Many Sufferers from nasal catarrh say they get splendid results by using an atomizer For their benefit we prepare Ely's Liquid Cream Balm Ex- cept that it is liquid it is in all re spects like the healing, helpful. pain allayins Cream Balm that the public has been familiar with for years. No cocaine nor other dangerous drug in it. The soothing spray is remedy that relieves at once. All druggists, 75c., including spraying tube. or mail ed by Ely Bros. 56 Warren Street New York.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-11-17
TO CURE X COLD ONE DAY

Take LAXATIVE PROMO Quiniu, Tablets. Druggists refund money #
 it fails to cure. E. ". GROVES sig
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-11-17

noon the arguments were commenced, each side asking for but an hour ill which to present it's side of the ques- ton. Judge Trieber offered the attor- neys more time, but they said it was not needed. Judge Trieber instructed the jury that if it determined there had been such contract as the plain tiff e0ntended, it was then to fix the amount of damages the plaitim was entitled to receive. He also instruct ed the jury that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover for delay. The de- fense excepted to a number Of his instructions, and will pray for an an- peal from the verdict of the jury.
 Judge Trieber also instructed the jury the plaintiffs were entitled to recover the difference between the cash value of the script and the cx- tent of the contract.
 The plaintiffs in this case sued for about s30O00 for the balance they al legged to be due for the construction of the levee in the Plum Bayou Dis tTict. The plaintiff alleged the direc- tors changed the route after the con- tract had been let. Judge Trieber rul- ed out evidence along this line, say ing the contract showed for itself. The contractors claimed the route Of the levee was changed from the ori- sinal survey. and the engineer in- formed them they would receive com pensation for the extra work. The plaintiffs alleged the levee was first intended to run along the river bank, between the river and cypress break. but 1t was found impossible to do this, and when an effort was made to so round the swamp, the water seeped into the pits so work could not be carried on, when the commissioners of the district offered to drain swamp and have the contrac- tors build straight across. The con- tractors further alloge they were paid portion of the money due to them in evidence of indebtedness, which had to be disposed of at q reduction of 10 per cent of their face value. For this they asked an additional sum.
 In defense, the commissioners un- dertook to show that the contractors, through remarks made to others be- fore the contract was let. contemplat- cd the change which was made would have to he done, and figured accord ingly, and also that the weather was very wet that year, and the water ill sipe water.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-11-17
SAYS PARENTS CAUSED
 HER DOWNFALL
Death oi Young Woman in This City Recently Recalls Many Sad Fea- turcs Tn Her Unfortunate Career Expressed Wish To Die.

Little Rock Ark, Nov. tG.--With her last words an arraignment of her relatives. whom she claimed led her 1 to life of shame, Miss Ruth liar per, of Argenta, aged t5, q bride since 13 years of age, died in q resort at Pine Bluff last night at midnight, and the remains have been brought to
 Little Rock for interment.
 Ruth Angel, in her young girlhood, ! was one of the most beautiful girls in Argenta, intelligent bright and ] cheerful, and with many friends
 among the school boys and girls of that city. She lived with her mother and step-father, but her home life was full of bickerings and abuse, accord
 ing to her own statement.
 At the age of 13 she ran away
 from homo and married railway
 brakeman named Harper. Harper
 was arrested for petty crime soon after their marriage and was sentenc- ed to long term on the county farm.
 Soon after his conviction Ruth and her parents appeared In the limelight in one of the most sensational cases
 ever heard before justice in Argenta. The young woman accused her step- father of crimina! assault and in mak- ing the affidavit she was backed up by her mother. Later when the case
 came to trial the mother refused to testify and there was not suficien, evidence to convict the step-father. From this time until her death the life of Ruth Harper had been of the underworld She became an inmate of resorts in Argenta, Little Rock and later ot Pine Bluff, where her death occurred.
 According to her associates she al- ways maintained that she had been driven to Q lie of shame by the mal- treatment of her parents She always said that she was capable of q better
 life, and at one time broke away from her associates and made an en- deavor to earn her living by work She returned again to her former mode of life. and a week or more ago was taken sick with typhoid fever From the outset of her sickness she assured her associates that she would die, and expressed wish to die. as
 she was tired of the life she was leading,
 The remains were brought to Little Rock Saturday and the funeral ser- vices were held from Healey & Roth's yesterday afternoon. The remains
 Were inferred in Oakland.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-11-17
THE BRINK IS NEAR
Few Pine BIuN People know How
 Near It Is.


 Every time you neglect 0ackache. Allow the kidneys to become clogged.
 Fail to cure urinary disorders
 You get nearer the brink Of Bright's disease.
 Doan's Kidney Pills will save you from danger.
 Proof of it i'll Pine Bluff testi- mony
 Mrs. !. $. Winsor, 1120 E. Sev enth street, Pine Bluff, Ark. says: My husand thinks a great deal of Doan's Kidney Pills. He was trouh- led by kidney complaint for a long time and upon reading in the pa pers of Doan's Kidney Pills, he went to the Mann- Tankersley Drug Co. and procured box. This rem edy, taken as directed, brought tho best of results and proved of more benefit to MT. Winsor than any preparation he had previously tried
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,, Buff fa1o. New York. sole agents for the United States. Remember the r.me-Doan'sAy| and take no other.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-11-17
BARROW IS REApPOINTED DEPUTY

Alex M. Barrow. IT,, who has been deputy In the county clerks office here for some years, has been reap pointed by John NJ. Shelby, the new incumbent, and will begin his duties there on January 1. Mr. Barrow Is at present winding up the business of the former county clerk and his work will not be finished unc til the first oi the year. He has been recommissioned q deputy, however. and will serve in the marriage license office during t'lc absence of County Clerk Shelby or his chief deputy, George Lindsay,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-11-17
ELKS TO OBSERVE
 MEMORIAL DAY

Sunday December 9th, will be Elks Memorial Day, and is observed all over the world by every lodge of Elks. 1t is the day set apart on which to hold memorial services to the depart ed members The local lodge will hold services at 3 o'clock in the af ternoon. and all members are request ed to be present at that hour. X most impressive program will be car ried out
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-11-17
PINE BLUFFTAN
 'SUSTAINS FIRE LOSS

The Big Lumber Yards oi J T Ostby, ' in Memphis. !S Destroyed Part ci
 the Lumber Sa,ed-.Started in q
 Saloon.
 The Memphis Commercial Appea! Of }estedray published an account of q fire, which destroyed the large umber yards of J. J OstOy, q former Pine Bluffian Mr. Ostby was formerly connected with the Sawyer and Aus ! tin Lumber Company, being in charge of their sales department. The Com
 nercial Appeal says:
 As the result of fire which origl-
 hated in John Sailors saloon at Bing- hamton yesterday afternoon about i o'clock, the greater part of the lum- Der yard of J. J. Ostby was destroyed, and three small houses were burned. l The lumber destroyed will entail a loss of not less than 5000, which was fully Insured. The houses were val ted at about $200 each.
 The fi:c is said to have started by the explosion of a gasoline stove in the saloon. The office of Ostby's lu1n- Der yard adjoined the saloon. and the fire quickly caught to that. The wind was blowing and 1t was two hours be- fore the Binghamton fire department could secure sufficient hose to reach 1 tho fire
 By this time the three houses were already destroyed and two rows o! l lumber were on fire. The water play ; ed on the burning lumber but it had no effect, and the attention of the fire- men was turned toward saving the ! balance of the lumber. ln this way It was kept from spreading and about one fourth of the lumber in the yard vas saved
 Is soon as the fire started in the {! saloon everything was taken out and removed to the street, but nothing could be done to save the building. As ! the saloon burned the fire quickly communicated to the other two small buildings adjoining, and they were 1 soon reduced to ashes. The fire de- partment arrived in time to save a row of small buildings to the east of 1 those that were destroyed 1 All of the lumber destroyed had been dressed and stacked in rows, one TOW burned being 109 feet long, while the other was 125 feet long. The lum- i Der had all been cured and it burned 1 rapidly, making blaze that could be 1 seen for more than mile. The lumber yard and houses Durn~ ed were situated on Broad street be- tween the Louisville and Nashville Railroad tracks and Scott avenue, about q fourth of mile from the Bingha,nton Hotel. Many people were attracted to the fire and it burned un 1 til late in the night. It was fully 8 o'clock before 1t was gotten under control.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-11-17
VERDICT FOR THE
 LEVEE CONTRACTORS
Jury in the Federal Court Return a Verdict Giving Roach < Stance!l *ls,oM on Contract For Building the LeNec in the Plum Bayou District.

Anxious to set away, the jurors who have been listening for several days to the testimony in the suit of Roach X Stancell suit against the dj- fectors of the Plum Bayou Leyee Dis trict, deliberated less than an hour last night and returned verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $l7,500 says Sundays Little Rock Gazette.
 Two days were spent in the taking of testimony and late ycsterady after
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-11-17
FACTS FOR SICK VfesRAEN

Charles Le Maire, who is now a clerk at the Hotel Marion in Little Rock, was in the city yesterday on his way to Swan Lake to enjoy hunt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-11-17

Dr. C. M. Duckw ortn. of this city, will read paper before the Tri-State Medical Association convention. to De held ill Memphis, November 24, @ and o6.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
ANOTHER CLOUDBURST.
Fifteen People Drowned by Storm in
New Mexico.

Trinidad, Colo, Aug. 29.-~A flood
in the Cimmaron river, following a
cloudburst, washed away a number Of
dwellings at Folsom, n. NJ. last night,
and - persons are reported to have
been drowned. Twelve bodies have
been recovered. Two miles Of track
and IL bridges on the Colorado *
Southern Railroad were washed out.
Trains will be laid out IS hours.
Meager adviccs received here TODAY
say that the entire city was swept by
the floods caused by the cloudburst.
Many houses were swept completely
away, and nearly every house in the
town was damaged to some extent
The adyices say searching parties
have been formed, and that it is cx-
pected many more bodies will be
found before night
Folsom is in the northeastern part
OF New Mexico, near Ration, on the
Santa Fc Railroad Its elevation is
about 1000 feet, and it is constantly
in danger of floods. which sweep
down from the surrounding mountains
whenever there is a cloudburst or
heavy rain in the hills.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
WOMEN TO BLAME.
All They Live for is To Dress, Says
Hetty Green.

Bellows Falls, VT, Aug. 31.-"The
women OF America have helped to
make hard times. All they live for
all they care for, is clothes-thc latest
shape in skirts. And they are none
too particular how they get what they
want, or who pays for it
This is the declaration Of Hetty
Green, the richest woman in the
world, who today began her annual
vacation of a month. When dinner
was announced on the train, she pro
duced an apple and three crackers
from her reticule and cheated the
dining car.
Il do not say the American women
are immoral she continued, but
they do not care what fearful prices
their husbands, fathers and brothers
may be compelled to pay for their
Iinery. Times are bad in New York
and New York deserves hard times
All are spendthrifts and money-wast-
ers down there.
This will be hard winter, and we
will not see good times before spring
The election will not help. The panic
must run its course Money men arc
doing nothing to stop it. Standard
Oil could stop the hard times with
one stroke of the pen. but Rockefeller
will not do it. 1t will cost the GOV
ernmcnt $2S, ,00O GEO to collect that
$4,000 600 from him"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
ROGUE RIVER MELONS.
Annual Harvest On and Quality Up to
Standard.

Grants Pass-The annual crop of
Rogue river watermelons has begun
to move. The first of them are of fine
quality, and uniform size.
Shippers load the melons in cars for
transportation very much like brewers
do in packing car with beer bottles.
The melons of this valley are well
adapted to shipping, and can be quick
ly piled into the cars, tier after tier.
A few years ago this method was not
used, but the melons We're promiscu-
ously piled, and the shipper very fre-
quently found considerable loss from
shifting in transportation. This year
tight cars are being used, and the win
dows and cracks are nailed up.
Experience has proven that many
melons are often plugged and carved
while en- route by the use of a jack
knife and long handled spoon, at every
station where the car might stop, and
during the season many melons have
been spoiled in this way by boys who
are lying in wait and note the arrival
of the car upon its entering the yards.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
DEATH LIST IS
NOW THIRTY
Damage From Southern Floods Was
Greatly UndereSlimated.
Total Loss in Augusta Alone is Now
Estimated at $1,000, OO,OOO-Other
Sections Have Suffered Heavily
AIso-CaI for Aid Is Issued by
Stricken City.

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 29,--Loss of 30
lives, most of the victims COlOred,
call for assistance, damage estimated
at 81, 100000 in Augusta alone, 81 ,00O,-
600 i'll other parts of Georgia, and
81, 100000 i'll South Carolina summar-
izes the flood situation in the South.
The temperature is falling and threat
ems suffering to people without shell
ter.
Reports Of damage from points in
South and North Carolina are coming
in slowly. Bridges have been washed
away in South Carolina along the
Southern Railway, and until midnight
last night 1t was impossible to secure
communication with any point out of
Atlanta In Augusta, the principal
suffering is along deep gulies kown
as BrldWclls Bottoms and Perrys
Bottom Here the houses we're COW
cred to the caves. The water also
damaged business blocks in the city,
and the total damage in this city will
be a million and half dollars. 1t is
not expected that the loss OF life will
be increased. Most OF the killed by
high water were caught in their homes
on the outskirts of the city
There are many rumors of others
killed, but these have not been veri-
fled. In South Carolina the loss Of
life will reach probably 20. In North
Carolina possibly half a dozen whites
and as many negroes have been killed.
The flood water at Augusta is re
ceding rapidly, and it is apparent that
the loss has been underestimated.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
CONSTITUTION FOR CHINA.
Will Be Granted Nine Years Hence.
According to Edict,

Pekin, Sept 1.-An edict was issued
today setting forth in detail the stages
that will be reached each year in the
conversion OF the form of government
in China to the foreign system and
assuring the people in the name OF
the emperor that constitution will
be granted nine years hence. An
ed1ct issued last year produced a con
stltutlOn within a decade
Recently there has been formid-
able movement in the provinces look
ing to the securing OF a constitution
and provincial delegations which have
come to Pekin to inquire into the
matter have been treated with great
respect by the members OF the grand
council
Recent affairs in Persia and Turkey
have been cited by the members OF
the delegations, who declare that
China should in no way be behind the
other countries.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
ARMY OF GUARDS NEEDED.
Yellowstone Park Tourists at Mercy
Of Robbers.

St Paul, Aug. 31.-"The entire
United States army will be needed to
insure travellers in the Yellowstone
Park against holdups A thousand
men would be required, The main
road alone is 12O miles long. and it
takes stage coaches four days to
make the rounds"
Brigadier General Winfield s. Ed
gcrly, commanding the department OF
Dakota 50 expressed himself today.
He was i'll the park last Monday when
the latest Zone robbcr" relieved the
purses OF 120 tourists. The general
returned to St. Paul yesterday.
THE present arrangements for pro
tccting the park and its visitors" !"
General Edgcrly continued "would
appear to be as effective as any that
can be made with the small garrison
Fort Yellowstone has only four
troops, about 400 men of the Eighth
cavalry, under Major Henry T. Allen.
The horsemen OF this single squadron
manage at that to traverse the entire
length OF the main road. the road
usually followed by the coaches, at
least once a day, Then there arc de
taChcd parties or single men going
back and forth on special crrands, so
that the coach road is guarded far
more closely than are any OF our rail
road lines.
The only respect wherein the gov
crnncnt would seem to have incurred
any responsibility for the holdup is,
as civilians have assured me, that it
mark visitors from, Cor-,-irr,