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The Mena weekly star., 1908-05-07
Pretty Near If.

Now" said the teacher, who had been giving an elementary talk upon architecture. "can any little boy tell me what buttress' is?"
 q know" shouted Tommy Smart "A nanny goat
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For Sale.

Eighty acres of land 3H miles north of Mena on the Ouachita river. Must be sold within thirty days. Forty acres under fence; comfortable house, cook room and barn. For fnll particulars see or address J. B. harmon,
 3 If Mena, Ark,
The Mena weekly star., 1908-05-07
FOLK COUNTY uNIon

Meets the third Wednesday in January April, July and October. William Martin, President and Lecturer, Rocky, Ark. ]. C.. Terrell, Secretary Treasurer, Rocky, Ark A. NJ. Parker, Organizer, Hatfield, Ark.
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ARMERS' UNIONS
A Roster of Local Unions, Places
 and Dates of Meeting.

Officers Of unions are especially requested to notify The Star ofany changes in on COTS. meeting times or places, thus keeping the directory up-to-date aud Of greatest poesa bic value to the membership.
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ROCKY UNION NO. lBa

Meets list and 3rd Saturday nights. ]. R- Chambers, presidents Prof W. E. Shinn, see. retary. Mena, r. 0.
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OLIVER CHAPEL UNION. T. c. Hill president; ]. B. Joplin, secretary Meets each Tuesday night. Mena F. o.
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OVERTURE UNION NO. 1897. Clarence Waits, president; ;IIandsford Story secretary. Gillham r. Q.
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HOLLY GROVE UNION NO. 1542- E. E. Carter, president; k. l.. Dalrymple, secretary.
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HOLLY SPRINGS UNION NO. sea E. K. Grifiith, president; J. c. Yell, seci e- tary. Quito r. 0.
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OZARK UNION NO. BOOB. Meets ist and Srd Friday nights. Wiley Dlngler, president; Miss Ira Beavers score tary. Granniss F. Q.
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BAKERS SCHOOL HOUSE UNION J. E. Davis, president; T. E. Baker, secre- tary. Granniss F. 0.
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OWEN CHAPEI. UNION No as0

HOLLY HILL UNION NO, na A. J. Edwards, president; J. r. Smith, ee- retary. Hartly F. O.
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RANSOM UNION No etz

r. II. Furr, president; J. M Borough Secretary. Meets each 1st and Sd Saturday at p. m. Egger F. 0.
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LIBERTY UNION NO. 2sa.
CHERRY HILL UNION NO ss7

Geo. Wood, president, J. k wilcox, secre tary; meets 2d and 4th Saturdays at 2 ?. n- Egger, F. 0.
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POTTER UNION. Meets 2d and 4th Friday nights. $. B. Har- reson, president; J. II Pigg secretary. Mena O
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ROCK SPRINGS UNION NO. ssi. W. F. Cox, president; J. r. Bass, secretary Quito F. 0.
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DALLAS IrNION NO ybo

J. c. Terrell, president; s. Thacker, secrs- tary. Meets End and 4th Saturday at 2 p. m. Rocky postotiice.
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HATFIELD UNION NO. 260. Meets lst and 3rd Saturday at D. m. A. c Bruce, president; k. II. stockton, secretary Hatfield r. 0.
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COUNTY LINE UNION NO. SIT. Meets Saturday evening before the lst and srd Sundays. k. $. Miller, secretary. Hart ly F. O.
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II. z. Fowler, president; T. D. Reid, score tary. Meets first and third Fridays Of each month at ? p. m. Mena r. 0.
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Try a sack of that Buckwheat Flour at Thacker Bros. 5Sti
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CENTER UNION NO. 1901. Lee Evens, president, T. A. Dooley, score tary.
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John l.. Riding, president; J. w. Wilkins secretary. Vanderyoort r. Q.
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FUWLER UNIUN NO. IEsF. Willis Jones, president, Eugene A bernathy, secretary. Meetsfirst and third Saturdays. Big Fork F. c.
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rInELITY IINInN

Meets ist, 3rd and 9th Wednesday nights c. II. Miller, presidents A. k. W ear secretary. Board Camp F. 0.
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BOARD CAMP UNION.

Meets lst and 3rd Saturday at 7so p. m. s. A. Key, president; A. l.. Durham, secretary Mena, F. 0.
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MOUNTAIN FORK UNION Tom Rogers, president; Willie Beavers, sec retary.
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Steel roller skates for Sl J5' Mena Sporting Goods Co.
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 France.
 Paris, June 2o.--pauf BartIett's sta tue of Lafayette. the gift of American school children to France. which has been finally cast in bronze. will be un- yelled July { on the Place du Louvre. As the unveiling of the plaster cast in 1900 was the occasion of elaborate cer- enaonies, the program of July will be a brief one.
 Mir. Bartlett and Alexander H. Rev- ell, representing the Chicago commit tee that has had the erection of tho statue in hand. have had sharp con troversy over the final payment for the sculptor's work. Mir. Bartlett, when the bronze was completed. demanded the immediate payment of the balance due. $27.o0o. claiming that his work was finished. It was reported at this time that Mfr. Bartlett had cabled his attorneys in America to bring suit against the Chicago committed but this is not true. Mfr. Bartlett explains that he only put the matter in the hands of lawyer for negotiation. MT. Rev ell, who is at Carlsbad, calls attention to the fact that Mir. Bartlett has had many advances since the work was begun He says that when the statue is upon its pedestal. as the contract requires. the final settlement will be made.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

IA ,hst autv aia those stern knights of 9he Revoiution bind their loyal he- roie hearts. and that SO gladly and SO enthusiastically. that for them;
 The purpose of life
 s,oGg SnS Lsber apassi in % the path Of Duty
 Gieamed like thing of beauty.
 It sIeams like thing of beauty be- fore the commonest sailor and soldier and makes heroes of them But from those common and universal forms of self-reyerence, we rise step by step to the higher ideals. which Eive us among gifted natures. what may be styled the salt of the earth" the shining exam ples which guide the world 10 nisner things.
 A Chevaiier Bayard. fearless and un.. blamed, sans reprochs ct sans peur. bleeds to death amid the ruins of France. because he scorns s,r tns ,;n s'o on Q, the fieid of zutphen, instead of quench- ing his own parching thirst. passes the cup of water to the wounded sen- tineI at his side, with the words: Com rade. you need 1t more than do." be- cause his soul pearfshed on noble thouxfts and his fancy fed by the old ballads. which like those "Chevy Chase" stirred him ike trumpet blast led him to conceive the ideal pf per feet knight. which would have been tarnished by any shade. of . selfish ac- lion. Gordon sacrifices his life at Khartounf, not only cheerfuily. but Tn. stinctively, because the suggestion that he might save himself by abandoning those who had trusted in him, seemed an absolute inpossibtlity. The grano figure of George Washington towers 4m&~ nf hA AmnAFfNan revolution, because unallured by the. charms of opulence. unparalleled by the hazard of dubious warfare. unmoved by the prospect of being. in the event of failure, the first and most conspic- uous victim. he obeyed the summons to toll and danger, in his endeavor, as he said himself. to do his duty Tn the strength of that talisrhan. he ar- rayed himself in fresh honors by that which ruins even the great---vicissitude He could not only subdue an enemy. he could conquer misfortune Surround ed with irresolution, and deapoudency, in the midst of mutiny and treason remember Benedict Arnoidi-washing- ton remained erect. immovasie. invin- cibie.
 Ladies and gentlemen. you will par don me, if having found glorious par allei to the Daughters of the Revolu- ton in the Daughters or the Ccnfeder- acy, I salute the counterpart of George Washington in that other great Vir- ginian, whose deeds from their immor- tality look straight in the suns face, imperishabiy pure. Robert Edward Lee. The one victorious, the other defeated. but both equally sublime In war and In peace, the names of washington and Leo shall cease te be the pride of the nation and to quicken its mighty heart beats. oniy-and not till theu-when 1 America shah have forgotten its he- roes, and the word rpatriotism" shall have been plotted out forever from the Lexicon of human speech. Tn conclusion, ladies. let me express | the hope that your organization may ever flourish, to keep before our eyes the trophies of our liberties, and to teach us all that great achievements
 are to be fought for, suffered for, bled and died for, today in the Twentieth
 Century as in the dags of Camden and Valley Forge.
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self" Her eyes were ablaze, and be- fore the officer could reach the gun, she had loaded and fired it. Lets take the gun" said the men, Never" she cried. and fired faster and faster. Bravo" cried all. But Molly hardly heard the cheer. she was thinking of her poor Tom. who lay dead at her stood at the gun No man could load faster. no man could fire with more disregard of danger. But after the ex- citefnent of battle was over. Molly Pitcher crept to her tent Woman that she was. little did she care for the praise of the men. Her own soi- dier boy was dead, and she was alone. The next day. grimed with battle smoke. her dress torn and her hat crushed. she was taken by General Green to General Washington. who took that brave woman's hand in his and said to her: You have won ser geant's honors. and a pension as long as you live" This daring Irish girl, ladies. was but a martial type of the heroism which quickened the spirits of your foremothers. the early Daughters achievements may not be graven deep in the tablets of human history for the admiration of posterity. but they are glassed forever in the immeasure- able memory of Him who crowns every virtue and rewards every sacrifice.
 From the inception of the troubled days we now commemorate. their be- havior was beyond all praise. Whether in lowly cottage, or stately colonial mansion, there came from them no thought. no look. no message. no act. which was not redolent of love of country, full of indictment to heroic action. commendatory of all that was good and noble. and sanctified by gen. uine self-deniai and the exhibition of the tenderest Christian charity. Through the long and dark hours of that protracted strnggle for independ- ence, how sublime their influence, their patience, their sufferings, their aspir- ations. their exampIei The presence of their sympathy and of their aid, the potency of their prayers, and the elo- Quence of their smiles and their tears, were priceless in the inspiration which they brought. and more effectuai than an army of banners. And when the struggle was over by the surrender of Cornwaliis at Yorktown. in tender ap- preciation of the brave deeds wrought in the name of truth and freedom in proud memory of the slain, they dot- ted our victorious land, with soldiers monuments. gathered the sacred dust. mounted guard by unmarked graves, and kept in freshness unfading the re- membrance of the maytyrs who had fallen during that eventful epoch. The record of the patriotism, and the gem erous deeds of the Daughters of the Revolution have. in all the annals of the civilized world only one other par alle1, one only, that bright, that pure. that lofty record of their sisters of a century later, those undying giories of our Southland. from the banks of the Potomac to the headwaters of the St. Lawrence, from Gettysburg to Florida, the Daughters of the Confed- eracy.
 If time were not lacking. ladies and gentlemen, would teil you how the
 boys of Maryland. Virginia. Carolina
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and Georgia, Southern boys all. had the Hons share in the ccnquering of that independence which freed Amer tea from British bondage and started her on that course of prosperity,-which challenges the competition of Europe and its admiration. could conjure before your gaze that scene which has long been fixed on an immortal can- vas: Thomas Jefferson. Benjamin Franklin. John Adams, Roger sherman. and Robert Livingston. framing at Philadelphia the solemn Declaration of that Tndependence, and reading 1t be- fore Che assembled delegates would make you hear the joyous peal of Liberty Bell" ringing out on the morning of the Fourth of July, i77s. the glad tidings of deliverance amid cheers and torchlight processions and bonfires and public speeches. until the welkin rang and rang again from Mas sachusetts to Georgia. I would hold out before you the startled face of George H.. as he gasped forth In amazement at the unexpected intelii- gence. while the English whigs. who remembered the kings buster, Things shall not change In this country" said under their breath. Things have changed In this country"
 The Great Word "Duty.s
 Let me. Instead, ladies and gentle men, bid you finger awhile. on that sense of duty. visible at every turn in the wondrous fabric of our Amer lean Revolution, and ruling the brain and firing the heart. and nervinH th@ arm of it's men of iron in the dis- charge of their trust in the hour of peril When Wellington, to quote q modern instance. setting foot on Por- tugese soil, simply said: T came here to do my duty" he gave utterance to what yields marrow and bone to every deed of true valor. Indeed. If we were reused to action. only by the prospect sure of immediate pain. virtue and en- terprise were alike at an end. We see 1t daily. hourly in those in whom that feeling is faint or extinguished. |. Their views are short and indistinct. their hopes and wishes groveliing. their actions without vigor. their energies paralized by a sullen and indolsnt con- tent And if you ask me. ladies and gentlemen. why families decay. dynas- ties crumhle; why the world is shaken from central stone to hinge by peril odical upheava1s. I'll tell you. 1t is bs- cause men have made mock of that word duty; because they have torn from the Evangei of practical life that page in which 1t is written. that ra- tional obedience to duty fs the very essence of highest civilized life. fits strongest buiwark. it's only hope of perpetuity. We have not in our power to be crowned kings in the proud realm of intellect, or In the prouder realm of wealth; the singular inward gifts or outward cireumstanees which go to form the well-spring of such boasted royalty. are within reach of only the few, but ali. from enthroned monarch to Iowiy toiler may stamp their deed of hand with the seal of that duty. oi which werdsworth in metric cadence has said:
 stern Lawgiver
 Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong, And the most ancient Heavens fresh and strong"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
DAUGHTERS OF THE
 AMERICAN REVOL U77ON

Editor--Niss Anne M Williams, state Historian, 635 South Perry street Montgomery. Ala.
 aRemember the days of old, consider tho years of many generations; ask thy father and he will show snse: Remove not the ancient iendmark which thy fathers have get"--Solomon-
 State Directory.
 Regent--Mrs. Auroxa Rrrer ho- y1 vice-ReEent--Mrs Rhstt GoeaA Me- 'ss seoretary-Mrs. william Harvey. New Srs Trsssnrsr--Mrs ,. c Street. Opel oniciai Reader-Mrs. H. D. Barr. s Historian--Miss Anne Marks. wn- chspisin-sSrs. Ellen gstsr-Bryce. siS9sz Agent American Monthiy--Ms. !. M ft fost SnssssEi ISnsssSts1Eiss Metta Thomp-
 chapter Directory: gent, % Mrs. 3. V. Allen.
 Peter Forney---Montgomery Regent Mra L. O. Dawson. .Andrew Jsekson--Tsiiadesa. Regent Light Horse Harry Lee---Auburns Regent, Mrs. George Duncan.
 Martha Wayles Jeferson--Opeitks, Regent, Mrs. w. B. Watkins.
 John Wade Keyes--Athensi Regent. Mrs. William J. Hagan.
 Tuscaloosa--Tuscalo HeGenS, Mrs. Ellen Peter-Bryce.
 Lewis-Eufauia; Regent: Mss Mary GoSiie--Mobiis: Regent Mrs Joseph stepSens--Nsw Decatur, Issgsnt. Mre nscaoia Yvla
 Frederick William 0ray--Annison: Regent, Mrs. Hiram Donald Barr. Krancis Marion--Montgomery Res gent. Mrs. Halls Janney.
 Bienville--Anniston; Regent. Mss. A |. Tyler.
 Katharine Eteei--oxford; Regent Mrs. James R. Draper.
 Cherokee--Selmas Regent. Miss Nels He ". Baker.
 Colbert--Tuscumbi&; Regent Mrs. John E. Deloney.
 aTwickenham Town-Huntsviile Re- gent. Mrs. Francis Tappey.
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ESTFREss A DIPLOMAT.
She sRestores Harmony 1,- ,, Chinese FaxasIaen.

BMAR e4&G8H0Fe9 rg &Nhk4&4AK ff v Nm@
 yss- Chinese FamtIiee.
 Shanghai China July 4.--The Chinese Empress DowaseF has c eharacteristic and diplomatic way of-unaktng peace when the heads of rival factions fall out. She issues the command that their families shallb united by mar riage.
 Tn this way she has restored harmoni- ous relations between Yuan Shih Kai and Chang Chi Tung leaders of the progressive and conservative parties. When both statesmen were present at a conference before her throne the eEn- press suddenly announced that 1t was her wish that their youngest son and daughter should be betrotfed and al- though both men were furious they were too much afraid of iosing their heads and accordingly marriage was immediately arranged.
 About a year ago the empress in the same way made peace between Yuan Shih Kai and Tish Lang who were poll iticai rivals. The latter was command edto give one of his daughters in mar riage to the formers son.
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SENDS poCToR TO THEM.
kIng Victor Emmanuel 0utwfts Wife'l
 Relatives.

Relatives
 Rome July liking Victor Emanuel who Is not on the best of terms with his tVife's relatives has neatly got the best of them in. little sch eme they devised to invade Rome.
 Queen Helena's brother and sisters the Montenegrin princes and princasses have made the very king very tired by teeth of the Italian royal family would they ran up long bills and left him to settle.
 Recently several members of the princely Montenegrin family discovered that their teeth needed attention and decided that no dentist but pr. Webb, the American who looks after the teeth of the Italian royal fawily would be good enough, so they planned an- other visit to Rome.
 King Victor Emanuel happened to hear of 1t and immediately ordered pr. Webb to so to Montenegro and at tend the princely patients at their own home In this way he very cleverly spoiled the plans of his sisters and brother in law who had intended to spend several weeks in Italy.
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wIu TaIxe Dovyn Tower.

Rome July 1.--Another Venetian tower Is threatened with the fate Of the campanile of San Marco which eol- lapsed five years ago. The beautiful campanile of San Stefano has been weakened in It's foundations and 1t is feared that the whole structure will have to be taken down.
 Although more than sso.o0e has been spent on strength ening the tower 1t leans out of the perpendicular to an alarming degree and the authorities have about decided that it must be taken down as 1t is apt to tumble down any day.
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BODIES or roPEs.
Catholics believe They Have DiscON
 cred Miracles Relics.
LDiscOY-

Rome July 4-Deyout catholies claim as miracle q remarkable dis covery made at the church of San silvestre in this city.In an ancient tomb there has been discovered three bodies which are declared to be the remains of three of the early popes.
 One of the bodies is In a miraculous state of preservation and 1t is expected that It's escape from decomposition will be recognlzer as 6 miracle by the Church,
 With the renaalns were found Q num- her of aneiAnt treasures. If not a miracle the discovery is certainly an event of unusal historical and artiHtiC interest
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
AMERICAN PATRIoTHsM.
Address of Father de La HEariniere (
 the Mobile Chapter. <


 the Mobile Chapter.
 (Ccntinued.J
 W0menys Pert in the Struggle. 5 It was on the plains of Monmouth that for the first and perhaps only time in the history of war a woman. a daughter of the Revolution, won ser- geant's honors.
 At one of the guns. during one of the fercest lights, stood Pitcher, q brave young Irishman. By his side. all day long, his wife. Molly had stood ready to help. More than once she had marched out in the face of the enemy to bring water from the brook to our soldiers. Molly Pitcher knew not fear. The. day was stifiing. and our panting soldiers were gasping for breath. Here's one more" said Molly, as sho staggered in with her hun- dredth pail. Just then over her head whixzed a bullet, and down sfell brave Pitcher, the Irish lad. beside his gun, dead. Roll the gun hackm some one shouted. for there was no time to mourn the dead. Leave 1t where 1t is.s cried Molly. T will work the gun n.y.
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JULY 4TH.
The Nations 1sana Birthday. :.
 177e--1o0e.
sTGNERs GRAVES DECEkED.

York Honors Memory of Smith and
 Lfvtngst0n. York. Pa, Dispatch to The Baltimore
 Sun, May 30.
 The decoration of the graves of James Smith and Philip Livingston. signers of the Declaration of Indepeud- ence, who are buried in this city. was n feature of the celebration here. Thousands of Workers gathered in Prospect Hiil Cemetery. where special
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

ODD LENGTHS M woRsTED TR0Us-
 BRINGS
 in stripes beth neat and nebby Never out of date. Made to measure. yuNt enough for enc paar tn naanE as theEn. Trousers that were made for e1e 90, eIl co and sa2. ans wesse makin@ DoS for @eEe, $500 ana 90.0A PRTGExN1.T-ENRS0N ag0Ss 2s Dexter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
ALMOST GIVEN AWAY.

0nIy eae.5o for Coat and Pnnts Made
 to order by HoIt's Dye Works,
 Our unprecedented bargain sale of tailoring is thinning out our most da- slrabIe patterns very rapidly. Come in quickly before they are aiI zone. Holts Dye Works, l0s S. Court. tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

exercises were held hy Gen. John Sedgwiok Post Grand Army of the Republic.
 Rev. B B. Rover. pastor of Heidei- perg Reformed Church. delivered the craticn. All places of business in the cuy were closed. and on many of the principal thoroughfares flags and red ana white and blue bunting were dis-
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-27
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