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The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-23

Memphis ice cream at Hester ly's fountain.
 Mrs Sim Johnson is visiting at Emmet today.
 Ice cream at the Nevada County Drug Store today
 II C. Steger left this morning on visit i'll Little Rock.
 Vapo Cresoline and Lamps at Nevada County Drug Store.
 NJ w Greeson is spending to- day in Little Rock on business.
 Chas F. pittman returned to- day from trip to LittlA Rock John A Davis was called to Little Rock on business last night.
 Mrs. Harry Horton of Littl , Rock, is visiting Mrs. J. White sides this week
 The Moonshiner's Daughter" is the feature at the moving pie tIIre show tonight.
 There will be services at the Catholic church next Sunday. the 26th, at 10 o'clock a. m
 Three new styles of ladies low shoes received today.
 w B. WALLER
 Just received-a new shipment of post cards Easter, Leap Year anf comic subjects. GEO J. TERRY co. Today has been one of the dull est days this city has experienced this spring. Few people have been on the streets and mer- chants and clerks have been idle most of the day.
 The matter of the new school bu ding has not yet been def inltey decided. The matter of the loan is still pending, and the board, we understand, has not fully determined whether to build in the park or adjoining the other bu.t<ling on the school lot
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-23
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Mrs Horace F.. Bemis made a short visit at Gurdon today.
 Fresh shipment of butter cup candies at Geo. J. Terry Co.'s. The condition of J. D. Purtle is somewhat improved today, but he is still a very sick man.
 Three new styles of ladies' low shoes received today.
 w. R. WALLER. FOR SALE-SO acre farm. i'm proved, sandy soil. most all in cultivation miles from Blevins $500. See Ellsworth.
 Hon. C. C. Hamby left this morning for Camden, where he has business in the Ouachita circuit court representing the Iron Mountain railway
 Miss Violet Rice of Weather ford, Texas, is the guest of Mrs F.. B. Moore for a few days. She arrived over the r. & N. w. yes terday from Helbig, where she had been visiting friends for a few weeks.
 Miss Ether Nevels of Strong. Ark. who has been teaching at Helbig the past few months, was in Prescott last night enroute to her home. She was accompanied by Miss Dora Franklin of Helbig. who will visit her awhile at Strong.
 w. G. Lewis of Hope. is this week putting the finishing touches to the home of his broth CT, bio Lewis, on East Main street. The building has been treated to a new coat of paint on the outside and the interior has all been re-papered. which adds greatly to it's appearance.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-23
Be Ready for Your Luck.

The mistake which the generality ol people make is in not being ready TOT their luck when 1t comes. While they are still considering its posslbihue'' 1t is up the chimney and down tns next street. The really lucky peops are those who lie in wait for tneli luck and seize it, and cling to IL ul' the moment when the sleeping furi'' awake and, hurling themselves on them, snatch 1t out of their hand " toy with their luck. as so many p'0 pie do, to treat 1t as If 1t were som' thing that could walt till tomorrow, is to court inevitable dissster.-Womsn Life.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-23

The dray team Of Joe Brown this morning became Frightened at a passing freight train and started on the dead run up West Main street. Passing between the draft team of Tom Scott ani the delivery wagon of the Pres colt Supply Co, striking both at the same time, it broke the ton gue in Browns wagon, and the shafts in the delivery wagon.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-23

in no-license territory than when we have open saloons lt is often made with the confi- dence of one having authority It was made to the writer only a few days ago by q traVeling salesman. To have observed his attitude as he so positively made the statement one unacquainted with the order of things, would have felt that he was, in a meas ure telling the truth What re- ply was made to this bold asser- tlon? Why. we just calmly ask ed, TT all this be true. why all this expenditure of money, why all these intimidating methods practiced to defeat prohibition. If it really be true that more whisky is sold under the opposite regime, why aren't the brewers and dlstillers working for pro- hibition?"
 An, dear friends. don't let any body decieve you with any such statements. It has been proven that more blind tigers exist in Little Rock along with their li- censed saloons than in any pro- hibltlon town in the st1re. They go hand in hand. And the sa- loon, the licensed saloon. behind the security of it's license. perpe- trates thousand atrocities that no hole in the wall" hiding and trembling, would for a moment dare to venture.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-23
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Dr ,Hesterly was examining a young man for an insurance com pany recently, and, among the 999 other questions to be asked applicants. the doctor read this one:
 Have you ever been engaged in the manufacture or sale of spirituous or alcoholic liquOrsY'
 "Certainly not 1" was the em- phatic and prompt reply. Do you think l would answer yes to that question. the way things stand in this community right nOW?'
 Little Rock, emulating other cities has had "clean up day" when every body did sonnet thing to impove his home, place of bus mess, or the town in general. Why wouldn't such a plan work well i'll Prescott?
 The News office is crowed with work this week. Besides the reg ular amount of commercial printing with which the office is always busy, we have the con tract for 15O00 1SX24 circulars for the Gore Mercantile Co. of Gurdon, besides 2 quantity of supplementar y printing such as placards, etc This concern is putting on sale, beginning on April 80, and continuing sixteen days We are under obligatio to Henry Moore for assistance curing our rush.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-23
Curiosity.

MT. Stubb-Yes. Maria, 20 yesrs ' supposed to elapse between the ''A II and fourth acts. ...
 Mrs. Stubb-Do tell! Then we m'' certainly stay. ..l
 Mir. Ssubb-Ah, you are ihte''' in the play?
 Mrs. Stubb-Yes; want 10 s0e change in the style of hat the n''''- wears.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-23
Another Role.

Speakfns about game tenderfeet" orawied Amber Pete as he skinned a cinnamon bear. reminds me that the human Pincushion' in the circus side snow was the ganest that ever hit this settlement"
 Game, ehs' echoed the advance agent Tor the Mastodon Minstrel show
 Wal. l should smile. The boys Ioio him If he didn't make good as the Human Pincushion' they were go- ing to shoot him full of holes at the first performance.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-23

W. C. T. U. meeting tomorrow afternoon friday with Mrs. H.. B. Mckenzie. Don't think dear friends, that it is too far to walk It will, we think. only prove to be healthful exercise
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 The program for tomorrow afternoon is in the hands of Mrs. II. Stainton, the subject being. Our Victories" Let us all turn out with a note of cheer on our lips and gladness in our hearts for what has been wrought in the last two years. Let us not neglect the offering.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-23
Dr. ]. |. Bell Prescott, Arkansas

Office in rooms of McRae n,sS lanco Telephones: Office 187; heslueoaa 'oo q. 26O Office Hours: 7:3O to o'0V " m. 7:30 to 6:30 p. m.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-23

Ana was ne ssIsaI51cd?'
 Not bit pardner. He said fl they shot him full of holes he'd do away with the Human Pincushion' heading and bill himself as the Human Porous Plaster.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-23
Innocence.

Innocence.
 The cat had just eaten the cans.s 1,a.s 'T hated to eat ths foolish '' s;ra rsmarksd the oat. but when .avu breaks out of its cage and hi.s you, throat what cen you doT
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-23
NOT TRUE.

The assertion is often made that there is more liquor sold
, 1908-10-21

Dhristiansted, Sc. Eroiy,
Wedn esday, 2lst October, 1898.

A West End correspondent writes us that
At about 4 o'clock on Sunday morning, the
18th inst. the sen there began to be very
rough and by $50 a. IN. the movable parts
of the wharf had to he taken up, the waves
running almost as high as on the 9th nit.
The direction of the waves was from south
west inc,ining a trihe west. At the time
of writing $3.50 p.m. yesterday the sen was
still surging from west. This seems to IN
dictate the fol nation of d cyclone to the
southwest of us in the Caribbean Sea, IN
which case it will probably move off to the
north. It was impossible to see the high
clouds on Monday, the sky being covered all
day with lower clouds; on Sunday they
were coming from west southwest on Tues.
day from northwest.
4 lines of rain were measured at Sallys
Fancy yesterday morning,1 10 at Annals Hope.
On Monday the sky WIS covered with heavy
clouds all day in the forenoon some hue
showers gave 81 lines. Shortly after p. ~.
the wind, which had been from the
southeast, went round suddenly to north
west or thereabout and brought a second
, 1908-10-21
Translation.
Pu blication.

IT is hereby made known, that the list OF
arrears of taxes to the Colonial Treasury
for the ycar 1907 has now been received
from the Government. and that levy will be
effected # the receipt for the payment of the
taxes be not produced here at the Office
~ithin 8 weels from date.
Christian4ted's Sheriff Office, st. Cro1x
the goth Oct Der 1908.
SEGELCKE,
CIT
, 1908-10-21
Bekendtg0YeIse

NET bekendteores herved, at Fortegnelse
over resterende Skater for Aaret 1907
nu or modtagen fra Guvernementet, ss2.. at
Eksekution vii blive foretaget saafremt
Kvittering for Skatternes BetaIing like er
forevist her pan Kontolet linden s Uge' ira
Ddt0.
Christiansteds Fogedkontor, st. Croiz, den
code October 1908.
SEGELCKE
est.
, 1908-10-21
The New ST.. CroiX
Savings Bank.

As no quorum was present at the 27th
IA General Annual Meeting Of "Ihe New
St. Croix Savings Bank" held on the l9'h
inst. the meeting was adjourned to Monday
the 26th inst. at 4 O'Clock p. NJ. III the rooms
of The ST. CROIX CLUB, when a state.
ment of the transactions for the year end
ing 31st March last will be l"id before tho
Meeting.
Afterwards IT Trustees will be elected.
NJ. ANDERSEN.
Chairman.
e. MEYER.
Secretary,
Chrisiansted, ST .Croix, 10Th October 1908.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15
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before they took ship for South Africa. Since then they have enjoyed this luxury regularly and they now wash them selves quite as much as the whites. The bathroom of the Simmer and Jack must covet about a quarter of an acre. It is filled with great tubs and vats and during my visit to 1t I saw at least 50 of these yellow-slxinned men splashing about in the water.
 I then went on to the kitchen, where hundreds of great kettles of steaming beef stew were ready for distribution. Each kettle contained about as much as a cider barrel and the aroma was ap- petzing. There were also great pots of rice and vegetables, the whole comprising the ations for about 4000 men.
 As I looked the Chinese came in to get their food. They marched in in reg ular order, each being known by his num- Der. I saw many of them eating and observed that they used knives and forks. At first they would, eat with nothing but chop-sticks Now many are adopting western clothes and western ways. The rations allowed each man are one and one-half pounds of rice, one pound of meat one pound of white bread and one half pound of vegetables per day. They drink a great deal of tea, and the man agers supply them with all the lime juice they will consume.
 The men sleep in hunks, in rooms about 40 feet square and 20 feet high, with noth- ing but d zinc roof overhead. Such a room is supposed to accommodate 60 Chi nese although it has seldom more than 4S
 Daily Life of Chinese Miner.
 The daily life of one of these Chinese may interest you. He wakes about 4
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everywhere in the Transvall. At pres ent there are in the mines about 1S,- 900 whites, 9S,000 natives and in the neighbour ood of 50,000 Chinese. The number of mining companies employing Chinese is over 30, and these companies produced in 1906 more than $50,000, GOO worth of gold. They paid out in wages and salaries something like $25,- 900 900, and in addition considerable In the way of food supplies and other stores. Their dividends were between $7,00O,O00 and sS000,OOO.
 When the Chinese have gone it is sup posed that their places will have been filled by natives. There is a great prej- udice here against the Hindoo, and 1t fl hardly probable that he will be im- ported.
 As to the negro labor supply, a large part of that now in the mines is from Portuguese East Africa. It was brought here by contractors, who pay the Portu- guese government H25 pe~ head and agree to give the natives good wages and good treatment. Indeed, 1t Is said that before the Chinese came more than 80 per cent of the colored labor was brought In from outside the Transvaal
 On my way down the coast I met the agent of the labor organization who had been drumming British Central Africa for labor He had contracted for large number of negroes of various tribes, whom he marched down to the port of Chinde and there loaded them on the steamers Central Africa Is not thickly populated but 1 am told here that about l0000 natives annually be brought from there to the Rand if tho proper in ducements are offered. At present the wages in that part of the woild are about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15
The New Labor Supply.

The question as to how the loss of the Chinese is to be repaired is discussed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15
The Gayety.

The peer of all burlesque shows Will DC at the Gayety theatre this week. Bob Manchester's famous Cracker Jacks IS the attraction, and 1t is not, perhaps, sur rassed by any in the land. This is It's tenth year of life on the road, and prom ises to outrival all its previous effects Tn every detail. except the name, ana that is too good to lose. The company this season musters 36 talented people, with beyy of pretty girls, with winsome races and corking figures, who will charm with their gladsome songs, dances and ciasslc poses. Then there is a sextet or come dans that use every effect at laugh max ing. each one vieing with the other Ill efforts to lead.
 The curtain rises on a clever skit, novel in the extreme, entitled "A Whirl of So- ciety.'' which brings out an ensemble or beautiful women in gorgeous attire in all the latest New York song hits in duos, tribs and auartets The olio of special ties is said to be all that can be wished for and money can procure, and each 2 bright particular star. The closing bur lesque speaks for itself and Is a reveia- tion of<laughter and satire It treats oi a doctor with cure-all proclivities ana IS full of life and ginger.
 The Cracker Jacks have been known for years to be the criterons in cos tuning but this season it surpasses all other shows, having something gorgeous in the extreme backed with beauurui scenery, unique electrical effects which give the Gayety stage a mass of glitter ing novelty. Several features are intro
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15
Johannesburg.

Johannesburg.
 TOIN Chinaman must get out of the
 Transvaal General Botha's hand A< has written that decree on the in- dustrial wall of South Africa No more cooles are to be imported. The first shipment of 5000 back to China was made now more than a year ago. and others will be exported at intervals until these yellow slaves, as they are called, are eliminated from the golden treasure vaults of the Rand.
 The Chinese and the Worlds Gold. This movement will affect the whole world. It will, for a time, dam the enor- Tlous streams of the yellow metal which have been flowing out of these mines and will cut down the gold supply of the na- tions. Within the past 20 years South Africa has produced a billion dollars worth of bullion, and about half of this has been turned out since the Boer war It has been mined largely by Chinese cheap labor, and now that the Chinese are to go the mining nabobs are in de- spair as to getting others to take their places.
 Gold mining in the Transvaal is a low grade proposition, and it must be car red on at low wages. Out of the 65 or 70 mines now on the Rand more than one-third do not yield over s7.50 worth of gold to the ton, and in some the yield is still less. The quantity of ore is practi- cally inexhaustible, and the output is lim- ited, almost entirely. by the amount of labor at hand. Last year it was about s13C, C,00o,O00, or between one-third and one fourth of the whole gold supply of the world. It could besdoubled or trebled if tbe Rand had the labor and if it has it not 1t must fall. There are more than 10000 Chinese here at work, and they form the best Of the unskilled labor that the Rand has ever had.
 The Native Labor Supply.
 But first let me tell you something about the native labor of South Africa There are about 100000 negroes in the British possessions south of the equator and there are perhaps 100000 more in Portuguese East Africa over the way Of these, however, a large number are comprised of old men and women and children. The men employed in the mines range in age from 10 to 40, and it is estimated that there is only something Ike 100000 available employees in the whole population. Moreover, the natives will not work longer than six months at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15

o'clock in the morning at the sound Of the bugle, and takes his place in a gang of 30 which is in charge of boss boy, who leads them into the dining hall for breakfast.
 He eats under the electric light, sitting at a table. At the close of the meal a bugle again sounds and the men march out gang by gang. The roll is then called and it is ascertained just exactly what coohes are working, and the reason for the absence of those who are not in the gang. Then the bugle blows again and the Chinese move off to the shafts and go down underground. Each takes a half loaf of white bread along for his lunch con at midday.
 AS to the time the men stay in the mine this depends on their skill and on the jobs on which they are working. If on piecework they can depart when they have done a certain amount. For instance, the hammer boys, who drill holes for the blasting, are supposed to make two feet in day, but if they can drill that in three or four hours they are at liberty to return to the surface, or they can stay and work on at the rate of one cent per inch for all above that. The most ever made by any one in the day is 7S inches, and one of the Chinese gangs here has an aver age of 54 inches per man, which means that they make about 56 cents per day in addition to their board and lodgings. As a rule the men work on until 5 o'clock, when they march back to the compound for dinner, thus closing the day.
 The New Labor Supply.
 The question as to how the loss of the ic +n ba ira is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15
How Expulsion of Celestials Will Affect Greatest Gold r1imes


time, so this cuts the constant supply l down to a possible 200,000 which, even l if it could be relied upon, is far less than i the wants of the country.
 l Before the Boer war there were 1l1,0o0 l natives employed in the gold mines. This number dropped to almost nothing during that struggle, and the high wages then paid by the armies and others so dis organized the industry that when the war closed and the mines again began to
 work the shortage in the labor supply
 was 30.O00 and more. It was then that
 the possibility of getting Chinese was dis
 cussed, and, as a result, the celestials were brought here by the shipload. How the Chinese Came to Africa. The importation began in 1904. The first l shipment came in July, and by the close ] of that year 20,0G0 of these almond-eyed l pig-tailed workmen were getting out gold. Since then about % or more steam l CT loads have been brought, and the to- tai invasion has amounted to 60000 or | more This has been decreased by ex- portation and in other ways until at the first of last year there were about 5SOOO. and at present there are 5O,0OO or less.
 The cost of bringing the Chinese was about $55 per head. They came for terms of three years, with a possible extension to six years, but no longer; and they were to be paid at the start $15 per
 month. It was provided that they were to live in compounds or walled yards, during their stay in South Africa, and
 that no one could employ them except
 under license.
 The most of them came from north China. and more than half were shipped from Tien-Tsn. They were brought in on a contract between the British and Chinese governments. and were washed and scrubbed vaccinated and photo graphed and medically examined before leaving. They got two months pay at
 the start, and they were so well cared
 for that very few died on the way. It was part of the agreement that they ! were to be carried back home, and the Transvaal was assured that the Chinese would not he allowed to obtain a foot hold in the land.
 With the Chinese Miners. During my stay here I have gone through the mines and watched these Chinese at work They are far more in- dustrious than the negroes and form a much better labor supply. While going
 through the underground workings of the
 simmer and Jack the greatest producing
 mine of South Africa, l was told by MT | Seagrayes, the manager, that the Chinese
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15

If you could go through '-rhs Red Mill"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15
ADJUSTMENTS.
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 that MT. Norton has all they nave ana added much more.
 The motion pictures are guaranteed to be new and evidence careful selection and discriminating judgment The films treat of an amusing and interesting subject and will be found a feature of an unusually virile and varied programme. It is sure to please the regular patrons and attract many new ones.
 There will be a matinee at 2:SO eacn afternoon especially for the ladies ana children, and at S:30 every night the usual performance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15

organization with sene say those who have seen the show, you would make a greater haul of beauties than you could get into two electric cars of average pro portions. Of course you'd find Olive Ran dolph in your catch. She's one of the al- titudinous girls who,, as Fifth avenue types, will stun the audience at the Jeff ferson with their grace. Fame has not yet caught her in it's whirl, and she has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15

duced, such as the Eight Water Nymphs in shoeless dances, novel and eccentric. Then comes the Model Venus. arrayed in the latest creation, the mirror dress. The Parisian Quakers in feature act astound all.
 The Cracker Jacks can be counted on to make a splendid hit.