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The Globe-republican., 1908-03-19
Notice

The Registration books for the spring
election will close Friday, March 9Th,
1908 Any person VINO voted at the lasl
election and who have not since moved
from the same street and house number
can have their names carried on the
Registration roll by so informing the
city clerk at any time before election
day. Respt.
y PEARL TREBILCOCK,
AZ City Clerk.
The Globe-republican., 1908-03-19
BRYAA's DATE
The Famous Democrat viii be in
Dodge City on the Afternoon of
April 4th

Mayor Reeves has received letter
from William Jennings Bryan stating
that he will be in Dodge City on April
4th. Mr.. Bryan will speak in Kansas
City ON April 3rd and April 4tb he will
speak at Hutchinscn, Dodge City and
Garden City 1t is thought he will ar
rive here soon after noon, anc the rink
will be used for the meeting. The band
will be out to meet the train, and next
week, II possible, the exact kour of the
speaking will be announced.
The Globe-republican., 1908-03-19

VIM. Slagle and Fay Wick left
Wednesday for a visit with friends and
relatives 10 Ness City.
The Globe-republican., 1908-03-19

We want your watch, clock and Jew,
elry repairing. All work done with
neatness and dispatch. 2. Fl YOUNG,
Optician and Jeweler II
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Mrs. W. s. Easton 81 Kansas City IL
Waiting her daughter Mrs. D. z. Rey-
nolds.
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W. @. bunker Of Ford was here on
business Tuesday.
The Newark journal., 1908-06-05
The Knockout Blow.

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The Newark journal., 1908-06-05
FARM FOR SALE

Good farm of 160 acres near High
Rock, IL miles north of Batesville, 10
acres in cultivation rs acres of which
is fine creek bottom land which grows
10 bushels of corn per acre. Good
frame dwelling with two tenant houses.
Two orchards with an abundant varie-
ty of fruits. Good oak, hickory and
cedar timber on land not in cultiva-
ton. Fine water, both we'll and spring,
with fine creek running through farm.
Good mill-site on farm. Fine cave
near dwelling where 10000 bushels of
vegetables may be kept the year round.
Convenient to school and church.
Will be sold cheap and on easy terms.
Henderson Real Estate Co., Newark,
Ark.
The Newark journal., 1908-06-05
Copyright

now he squirted tobacco juice from
his possessions at Nellie via Mrs.
Chunn. His greedy, cruel smile filled
the girl with sick fear. Divining the
repulsion he inspired in her, he Of
fered no chance to give expression to
it. That the pressure of her environ
ment would wear out her will he was
confident. and he could afford TO wait
till he was sure before he punished
her for her detestation of him. But he
scored 1t up against her none the
less. The time came when he and Mrs
Chunn could discuss before her the
details Of his marriage to her with
out spoken protest on her part. She
sat in an unconsenting silence that be-
came passionate protest when she was
alone with her stepmother.
But she knew that she futtered in
vain and that every passing week
brought her nearer the inevitable sac
rifice. If she could only debut IL
takes more than a breaking heart to
kill healthy young womani
Nose lows he won't be yere to-
night. He's done gone to Beebee," Mrs.
Chunn explained one evening
Nellie family sighed her relief
Mrs. Chunn laid her string of pep.
pers on the table and began on
another. She was watching the girl
without appearing to do SO. Amt you
all keerin' What fer he's gomez"
Her stepdaughter's hands fell into
her lap. She looked up with a face out
of which the color had been suddenly
driven.
"Yo gump he's amin to git the H.
cense tomorrow
Everything went black before Mel
lies eyes. She caught at the arms of
the rocking chair and gripped them
desperately. Presently the blood beat
back to her heart. She hurried out
into the quiet night She was sitting.
oppressed by deadly choking at her
The Newark journal., 1908-06-05

passion of self-pity had spent itself
Not till the man was almost beside
her did she hear the approaching foot
steps, deadened by the soft carpet of
moss. Wheeling she stood poised for
flight, an arrested picture OF youth
Tar gone in grief.
Then. Jed" she cried. and he.
Mel"
1t was too good to be true. The
girls voice quavered her doubt.
rs it really you, JEDI"
Hit shorely is, Mel l seen yo' ad-
vertisement three days ago in an old
paper | ben away of on the round
up and jest got back. Co'se l burnt
the wind back to help you-all out
seen some one slippin' across the slash
an I suspicioned it might be my little
sis Nellie
don't know haow bad l ben feelin'i
Yo' can't think haow often 1 ben
wishin l was dead"
His INDECENT, good-looking face took
on the dark expression she had seen
only once or twice.
IF anybody's done you-aIl any
meanness, sis"
The blood surged into her cheeks
"Maws bound an 'termined that I'll
male Nose Hughey. He's gittin' the
license to-day"
Nose Hughey?" The loose, grace
full southern figure stiffened. Nav
must be crazy"
Hes ben a-pesterin me fer nearly
two months-an / hate him wuss than
a rattlesnake,' she famed
HE won't poster yo' any more.
SIS" said Jed. grimly, and laid ca
ressing arm across her shoulders.
The Newark journal., 1908-06-05
The MARSH 4. ~
r. r. MARIGOLD

Caltha palustrus-the marigold-
Flameth ahre as it's leaves unfold,
yellow and bright! Like sunset glow,
Carpets the marsh where the zephyrs
blow!
Caltha palustrus-the marigold
stirreth within me sweet mem'ries old,
thoughts of maiden, with true blue
eyes.
Plucking them there meath the halcyon
skies.
Caltha palustrus-the marIgod,
Speaks of a day when ones hope was
bold
Tells of a time when the heart was light
Throbbing in Faith, with no thoughts OF
night
Caltha palustrus-the marigold-
Faint from thy petals OF fairy mold,
Watts Ger the chasm of years that fiee
Incense of youth and It's grace, to me.
Byron Williams.
Copyright
The Newark journal., 1908-06-05

there would be no escape for her Yet
she knew she would rather die.
Hugheys narrow little shifting eyes
gloated on the girls dainty youth
while he ate voraciously of the food
before him. A wolf were as fit to be
mated with lamb as the long-tawed.
yellow-toothed usurer's cunning with
her fine maiden reserve Even to
MeHie's stepmother his outstanding
merit was the 40 acres of rich cotton
land he owned.
Nellie waited on him with a pad
locked tongue. When he had gorged
himself she slipped away and fed to
the hickory lead at the edge of the
bayou. What could she do? How
could she escape the net which en-
meshed her? To whom could she
turn for help? Her throat ached with
the intensity of the passion of despair
that swept her
Jed would have known what to do.
Jed would have saved her. But he
was thousand miles away on some
unknown ranch. His mothers dom
ineering temper had driven him away
from home in anger. They had heard
of him just once In the four years.
That was when the editor of their
country paper, stopping at Mrs.
Chunn's over night, had mentioned
that her son was still one of the sub
scribers to the Beebee Bee.
Her boy was the one weak spot in
Mrs. Chunn's infexible armor OF au-
tocracy. To have him home again
she would willingly have made him
an exception to her own rule, though
she never admitted it even to herself
1t was to Jeds strength that the
girls weakness went 1uttering out In
her hour of need. He would have I'M
derstood, as nobody else could. The
indolent. masterful force of him would
have won her battle for her. But
without him-fear rose in her throat
and choked her.
Texas was big country and far
away. The paper man from Beebee
had said that. But he had said. too.
that he sent his paper to Jed II SO.
he must know where he was living. In
the midst OF the desert of her despair
there began to rise a tiny wellspring
of hope. She would write to Jed.
AS II happened Buck Drumley was
going TO Beebee next day. Buck rented
on shares the west bottom from Mrs.
Chunn and worked it in cotton. No
faintest accent of intelligence dis
turbed the blur of his vacant features.
and he got along very comfortably
without chin But Nellie could de-
nend upon the loyalty of this lank.
tow-headed product of the bayous
even II she could not upon his wisdom.
Her letter to the editor made verbal
explanations unnecessary.
When Buck next went to town he
carried with him a letter addressed to
Jed Wilson. SO Ranch, What Cheer,
came back in his pocket Nellie hid
the paper hurriedly, and waited to
look at 1t till she could get away to
the shadows OF the hickory lead at the
edge of the bayou.
Among the advertisements she
found what she was seeking A chance
copy OF New York paper, flung
from train window by a travelling
man, had given her model for her
first appearance in type.
If this should meet the eye Of Jed
he win know that the girl who hunt
ed possNms with him six years ago is
in great heed"
Hughey Nushed his curious wooing
persistently Nearly every evening
The Newark journal., 1908-06-05
THE REV. lRL r. HICKS
Almanac and Magazine

Should be in
every home in
the land. His
weather predic-
tons can behad
only in his own
publica ii on s.
The Newark journal., 1908-06-05
When Nellie
Got a Man
ny WILLIAM MCLEOD RAINE
(Copyright.)

why don't you-all git man, Mel
lie?"
Mrs. Chunn waited impatiently for
an answer, her potato knife poised In
air. She was a sallow lath of wom-
an, dry and hard, with piercing little
black eyes that bored like gimlets
Efficiency of management was the
dominant note of the widow. She
ruled like an autocrat, kindly one
II people submitted gracefully. but
firm one in any event. Three de-
ceased husbands had endured her
sway not unhappily.
Just now the gimlet eyes were
turned on the slim, fair girl who sat
Smelling peas on the porch steps at
her feet. Nellie stirred uneasily, as
under eompulsion, but offered no an
swer in words From her childhood
she had been much given to silence.
an unconscious refuge from the COM
monplaee world of Cache Bayou that
misunderstood her of necessity
Her stepmother repeated the ques-
ton with exactly the same infection
as before.
Don't yo'. please" implored the
girl. the color sweeping into her face.
Then, as II feeling the futility of pro-
test, she added, Il cayn't NAV. Yo
know l amt hathaway"
II reckon yo' kin il yo try. Youall
air turned 10 now Do yo low nevah
to marry? Trouble is, you-all air SO
meachin an touch -me-not. Hit don't
do to be dumb's wild hawg the whole
enJurin' time when men folks is
round Yo' got to brisk up an be
pesrt'
The widows experience entitled her
to speak with authority. @Gittin'
man" had become almost habit with
her 1t spoke volumes for her eff
cheney that men naturally grayitated
her way, despite her lack of feminine
graces.
The eyes of the slim, young thing
looked wistfully across the slash to
the bayou beyond. A poignant shame
flooded her, the sense of sacred
things profaned. oh, il only her
mother had lived, the girl mother who
had died at her birth! Surely she
would have understood! Or even the
quiet slow-speeehed father who had
petted and "muched' her In secret.
Since his death, ten years before, she
had been terribly alone She had only
Jed-Jed Wilson, her stepmother's
boy, the magnificent big brother of her
youth, who could do everything we'll
and yet condescended to like her and
be her comrade. But Jed was in far
away Texas somewhere and had been
for four years.
so | jes' natShelly makes up my
mind to nelp yo'. ] low to do by you
ell like yo' own nav would Air yo'
near through with them peas? | want
'em done right spank at r. Nose
Hughey's a-comin to dinner
Nellie turned a startled face on her
stepmother Her lips parted for
speech. but the protest died unvoiced.
What she had feared had come at last
A kind of terror surged through her.
She was being prepared for the inev-
liable Ii Mrs. Chunn had set her
iron will ON her marrying Hughey
The Newark journal., 1908-06-05

throat. She fed through the sIashed
field as If driven by some impotent in
stinct to attempt escape from the evil
fate. Habit led her to the big tree
in the hickory lead where she and
Jed used to play Her despair was
long past tears. She could only lean
her head against the bark and give
herself to long, dry sobbing till her
The Newark journal., 1908-06-05
No Buggy for Him.

Redd-Does your doctor adopt mod.
ern methods?
Greene-Surei Bean arrested four
times in his automobile for speeding.
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Newark journal., 1908-06-05

That town which has not sufficient
Industries to employ its people is sure
to 60 backward.
The Newark journal., 1908-06-05
There's a Way

To defeat tho mail order mans cub
throat methods In this community.
The way Is publicity for your business
it's the same way he uses. Our
columns will give your bussnsss the
p,,bieity you need.
The Newark journal., 1908-06-05

If YOU are a business man,
did you ever think of the field
of opportunity that advertis-
ing opens to you? There is
almost no limit to the posi-
bilities of your business if you
study how to turn trade INTO
YOUR store. Ii YOU are not get
ting your share OF the business
of your community there's q
reason. People go where they
are attracted - where they
kno7o what they can get and
how much it is sold for. If
YOU make direct statements in
your advertising see to it that
YOU arc able to fulfill every
promise YOU make You viii
add to your business reputa-
ton and hold your customers.
Il will not cost as mitch to run
your ad in this paper as YOU
think. 1t is the persistent adj
vertiser who gets there. Have
something in the paper every
issue, no matter how small.
We will be pleased to quote
you our advertising rates, par
t;cularly on the years busl
ness.
The Newark journal., 1908-06-05

No other publisher is permitted to
print them in any form, either with or
without credit. His 1908 Almanac ex-
cells all former editions in beauty and
value, and sells for 35 cents, postpaid
his monthly magazine, WORD AND
WORKS, contains his weather fore
casts for each month, together with .
vast amount of the best famil y reading
and costs 81. year, one almanac with
each subscription. Every EARTHQUAKES
and serious storm for 90 years has
been predicted by Prof. Hicks. . You
canAot afford to be without these pub
LEGATIONS. Address all orders to
THE JOURNAL.
Newark, /: Arkansas
The Glenwood post., 1908-04-25
CALIFORNIA AND THE FLEET.

San Diego Sskyou far north the American
will the tribute of united and enthusiastic
population Pacific From the that the flagship
reached American until there has been magnificent
reception Nothing equal has been known time of
this country The fleet cruise There not
the people for hundreds miles inland
Pacific
officers and and with patriotic admiration
battlesps The spirit
the hearts and souls of many thousands of Americans
The visit of fleet to the Pacific brings
closer relationship. President Roosevelt good many
things make betters better
appreciate the strength and soy the republic
his determination send the batesps memorable
cruise 1t those inspirations can come only to man
of the Roosevelt calber To take the responsibility cruise
required courage The opposition condemned the
cs the fear thought took of
of predictions made that have far from come true
This remarkable welcome that out on
the Pacific should not be lost sight of congress the Itte
Americans who opposing the navy The Amer
for what it do Its history rs sluggish maenation
he navy has been without speck from
ITS very ncepton it has acquitted itself the admiration ~ the
world and to the of the defeated people will demand
all times that the American shall be in
nng the growth OF the nation increasing
may be far from the Pacific Washington but tho
gwen the the distant should be- heard and + ~
neart 1t means much The bateshps anchor are III. .
e the republic in rsservs.--DSnvsr Republican
The Glenwood post., 1908-04-25
WHICH COUNTS, MAN OR FARM?

We knew patrons of cooperative that
striking of successful unsuccessful One owned
100 of land well stocked with good The
7S0 poorly improved stocked with
One made money The other did One had time read
talk with his neighbors and farmers institutes The other
always hurry worked hard think
ways cheerful everything harmonousy with him. The
often groucy everything short while
everlasting political parties did
something relieve the The always deiv
milk and always time The other
varaby late his milk often sometimes and dirty
When asked his properly would reply that too
He always breahess haste, and his horses
wagons and harness showed i'll
The he did have for
pieces he did not have
repair the tied with strings because he
of the year rolled he always behind and
both ends meet
The other
condition harness good fact everything
him showed thrift and good He owned
land but had purchased four times that
each his
wedding the knew of him he still
had money in the bank.
failure farming does depend the
the of that he the rushing
upon the of the intelligent
thought gives his his management Men
money satisfied with their vocation-Hoards Dayman
. .
The Glenwood post., 1908-04-25
A LESSON OF THE PAST.

just before the outbreak with Spain naval officer
who had been ordered authority whe
he could hem remarked Congress had spent $15
600 few before for the five bateshps which that time
could been built for that with Spain would be
impossible because Spain would
risk fight Yet in the panic which seized when became nev
officer authorized spend of it buy ships which
had neglected buy while there time Of
he did succeed buying worth while for
on has warshps for sale He picked up three small
which had England for
American republics and the compelled him
prices These ships still navy
sonal neglect and necency money they
have had equal number of powerful warships
RSfusng appropriations merely to get event. with
rdnt fancied Of
for sanya purposes may good politics. but mighty poor
The Glenwood post., 1908-04-25
ALWAYS TALK aLENwooD.

Prospects for good the business of Genwood
The railroads getting descriptive liter
by the and all Of this city given deervedy
porant place There why this should be the
leading health of Colorado all of them would
take up much space and time.
The Board of Trade good live organization preparing
fire its opening publicity guns which will probably
campaign for visitors that will last until of
19Os has gone down in history as the best YETI
But Board bf Trade, how
how unrng its efforts but little without
dial hearty support of the citizens individual support
Whenever and hotel write "Genwood
Springs large the between business calls
of pleasure talk Glenwood tell of
the state and then
Begin all before you all the people
you have met during stay be saying themselves
eff that the kind of fellows they enwood am
going for if it's anything good town filed with live
onesa town that has citizens like that
And when they
Well, we II talk about that later
The Glenwood post., 1908-04-25
PRACTICAL TRusr-BusT1Na.

may little fun has has been poked at the state
and especially Attorney General DICKSON m
But people are De-
ginning busting has been done ana "
sit up very straight and take particular notice
week the between the brckaKers ana
dissolved according which the union hal
agreed brick which not made by the trust ana 10
building brick used This was one OF
objects aimed the when ne brought
against strike out the name or
of defendants against
rust.
The and the coal trust are MOI
has had have come
n both kinds of goods.
Now the administration after the gambling trustnot
perhaps much public Evidence has pee
where such evidence has
the attorney general is going to act and prosecute
We safely constnOnay all this to the courts
What of practical of the trustbus
ing that has already been done And has all been done without
the Legislation all been done under the
which might invoked in the
history of the state This only illustration of truth which
the administration existing laws
sufficient deal of REFORM the behind them
who will make the necessary effort to enforce them.
The Glenwood post., 1908-04-25
ABOUT OUR CLIMATE.

1t be hoped that James r. Garfield interior
will find time Genwood Colorado next
summer The natural beauty of the city, and
and other attractions pail the old resident
lusraton of that old familiarity breeding
But if the secretary should summer the str
contrast in the
be revelation and the scenic beauties only added wonders
For these two
who has had experience testify.
For here there seepess nights; are burning
following each other endless there trouble
mosquitoes the eeper
that there not that they only exceeded by the things
You who have drifted from what is really
country and have almost forgotten these you
return them and spend swelterng nights
of the Missouri
You would
You know you wouldn't.
And the honorable secretary kidnapped
all safe that would Washington with
regret and day when he has finished working for the
would seek would find
within our borders and live forever after content
The Glenwood post., 1908-04-25
TAFT w STEADILY GAINING.

Quietly steadily feeling that Secretary Taft is to be the
presidency growing and the results of the
served give it great strength
Taft has splendid record and Office he has held ne mas
filed exceptionally the Fpnos whose
he has hosts of admiring friends and
serving his country foreign lands at home he
always had the and the unbroen friendship
of the of the nation
If the Republicans decide that he to be the ndardbearer in
campaign he will good of himself before the
is ended