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Sharp County record., 1908-03-20
DEpL0RABLE SITUATION.
Congressman Brundidge Says Machine
Politics Is Running The State.

Recently Congressman Brun-
didge was asked by newspaper
reporter in Washington City what
he thought Of the present cam
paign going on in Arkansas, and
said;
"Personally, know nothing
about il but from the published
reports being made in the
press, | would say that ii 10
neither desirable nor beneficial
Never before in the history Of the
state has there been such round
Of charges and countercharges,
nor such general u9o Of the terms
lie and liar.
"My opinion is that the state
will suffer greatly If these prac-
tices are to continue, for they are
an insult to tho intelligence Of
It's citizenship and sooner or later
/ look for an emphatic and prop.
er resentment at tho hands Of tho
intelligent votor9,
"Kentuoky Is today in tho
hands Of the Republicans largely
because Of machine rule and
machine politics, Arkansas has
been a long and patient sufferer"
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FROM PRESIDENT ARNOLD.
Says Farmers Union Needs No Advisers
And viii Stay Out OF Politics.

Matthews, March 16, 1908.
EDITOR RECORD:-In view Of
/ the fact that politics seems to be
warming up a little, and as it
| seems that there are a few in
dividuals, ineligible and not
members Of the Farmers Union,
who seem to be overanXions
about the Union staying out of
politics and are always ready to
give it unsolicited advice, |
want to say once more, and hope
that it will be the last time that
| will have to refer to the matter,
that the Unions policy has long
ere this been established and we
are able to maintain it. And il
those who are so anxious about
the welfare of the organization
and its members will let it alone,
it can surely attend to business
that is entirely its own,
AS an organization we have
nothing to do with partisan pol
itics, and will not vote as a unit,
but take US separately and in
dividually, we claim that privi-
lege which no one can deny; that
all men have the right to vote as
they nase and for whom they
PIES and the Farmers Union
has as much contempt for the
nan who would attempt to lug
the Union into politics as would
that of Masonry or Odd Fellow
ship. Our slogan is "Down with
all political cranks that would at
tempt TO use the Union as a lever
to gain Office"
NOEL ARNOLD,
County President Sharp Co.
Union.
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Davis Won't Hear GrIfiln.

Senator Joff Davis and Ben i,
Griffin spoke from the same plat.
form at Center Point the other
day, Griffin defending tho Farm
mers' Union and its officers from
tho charges that have beon made
during the present campaign for
Governor, AT the conclusion Of
hls speech Senator Davis left the
platform and would not listen TO
Sharp County record., 1908-03-20
tenant. Now read this.

Pitman, Ark, Jan, 20, 1908.
To whom it may concern:
This is to certify that we are
all personally acquainted with
Horace e. Ruff Of this place and
have known him for many years;
that he now owns 05 acres of
land in Little Black township
and lives on the farm where he
was raised and has lived all his
life.
Signed, Rev, D. II, SHARP,
ESQ. !. j. GAMBlLL,
A, M, PRlNGLE,
l., II. VEsTRR,
A. M. LARKINs,
and a dozen other as good citi.
zens as there is in tho COM
munity,
also have o certificate from
the President and Secretary Of
our local lodge Of the Farmers
Union that ! was a member
nearly two years before | ever
became q candidate for senator,
lie further said at Maynard,
when we spoke there that he
owned 1000 acres Of lands; well,
does that better fit him to serve,
because he owns q lot Of timber
land to speculate on, while only
own my little homo farm Of 05
aoresY
Gentlemen you sec to what
lengths some people will 60 to
get into office.
THE INSURANCE TRUST AGENT,
| could show, fellow citizens,
did ] care to do 50, where the
great Insurance Trust had a can.
didate for Office in nearly every
district in tho state, ! could
show that my opponent ia their
agent for Randolph county, |
could show whore there was
hardly a day while ho was Rep.
resontOtivo from this county that
he was present all day long;
could show where he is now
advocating measures that we
Sharp County record., 1908-03-20

with a republican at tho last el-
ection is still against me and are
using the same measure to secure
my defeat, know the majority
of the good old honest democrats
of this district are with me in my
fight for the rights Of the COM
mon people and with them for
me | hope TO win.
Your friend,
HORACE E. RUFF.
Sharp County record., 1908-03-20
To THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF


Fellow Citizens My oppon-
ent in the race for the Demo-
cratic nomination for State Sena-
tor, ia order to prejudice your
minds against me is making all
kinds of false statements and
misrepresentation about my
record, the real object Of which
is TO take your mind from the
real merits Of our platforms and
to cover up his own misdeeds and
shortcomings. In both circular
and on the stump he makes
statements against me that are
absolutely untrue and that are
not upheld by the record. | had
hoped to make this race, my fell
low citizens upon my own merits
and not on the demerits Of my
opponent; what if | did show him
UP and prove that he is the agent
of the Insurance Trust, lawyer
and banker, would that qualify
me for beingIyour State Senator?
But he has seen fit to make
these false charges against me in
order to get into office, and |
now intend to show him up and
prove that they are untrue, lie
saws | voted against a bill for a
uniform series Of text books in
the public schools; on the con-
trary | voted both times ] was
in tho legislature for such a bill
In 1907 voted for Sen. Martins
bill estate Uniformity Of text
books"
| did vote against II. B No. 1919
by Bolton, (Elouse Journal OF
1905, page G50) because this bill
in addition to state uniformity,
carried with it an enormous APP
preparation Of thousands and
thousands Of dollars 50 that as
the bill says "the state to print
her own text books" The state
of California tried this my fellow
citizens and became almost
bankrupt. Still my opponent
criticises mo for not wasting
your money this way and says
by his act "You send me TO the
Senate and I'll get rid Of some
of that money for YOU"
CONSOLIDATION Or ELECTIONS
On this subject my opponent
says "l fail to find whore you
over introduced this measure.
Now note what he says, gentle-
men, and then ask you to look
on page 1870, House Journal Of
1905, and you will find where !
introduced "House Bill No, 231
by MIR. Ruff. A bill for an act to
be entitled an act to amend Sec.
2762 Of Kirby's Digest--an act to
consolidate State and National
elections"
Two years later again in
troducod this measure as an am.
endment TO S. B. No. "a by
Toney, but when found that the
poll tax amendment was held in
valid by the supreme court, and
that this measure would allow
negro supremacy in the South,
| withdrew 1t,
AS for all the other rot that he
prints that tho Gazette says, IL Is
untrue like q lot Of other stuff
they have had to say about me-
II 10 not in the Journal, my OPP
ponent knows IL, and ! defy him
to bring up tho proof The fact
Of the matter Is that / voted
against the newspaper and stamp
bill to give the Gazette $4,000 or
$4,000 Of the peoples money and
they have misrepreoonted mo and
puffed my opponent ever since
FOR A SIXTY DAY SESSION
In my platform | said "G favor
paying the members of the leg.
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NORTH ARKANSAS

! OlFCulL OOuIJ COuVcueS dI Mel-
bourne next Monday.
Up to last Friday the Collector
Of lizard county had issued 914
tax receipts.
M. C. Long, a good citizen of
Batesville, died q few days ago
of pneumonia.
John H. Hinemon, candidate
for Governor, will speak at Po-
cahontas Saturday.
John Bullard, a highly res-
pected citizen Of Desha, died
last week, aged 70,
r, K. Kay, one Of the best
young men Of Salem, died last
week of pneumonia.
New steel lining has been
placed in the Jail at Mountain
Home at a cost of 81 900.
Owen Wood, a young man Of
Melbourne, was placed in the
asylum for the insane q few days
ago,
j, W, Gates, an old Confeder-
ate veteran of O'Kean, RAN
dolph county, died last week,
aged Is.
A revival in the Baptist church
at Walnut Ridge is stirring that
town, Fifty conversions have
resulted.
Judge John B. McCaleb spoke
at Walnut Ridge Monday upon
invitation, answering Geo. W,
Donaghey,
John W. Cone, a prominent
citizen of Newburg, is said to be
in very poor health, suffering
from BrighEs disease.
About forty farmers in the Vi
cinity Of Mountain Home last
week signed an agreement to
raise the price of wood.
Roland Jennings, an old citi-
zen of lzard county, died at his
home near Pleasant Valley
church last week, aged so.
Guy, the l2-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. l., u. Crutchfield
OF Lacrosse, died several days
ago, after an illness of nine
months,
The MaxGield National Bank
and the Bank Of BatesVile have
been consolidated under the
name Of the National Bank of
Batesyille,
There have been three cases of
smallpox in tho family Of Joseph
Crane, who lives near Mountain
Homo, recently, but the patients
are recovering,
The contest for County Judge
Is said to be the warmest race in
independence county. There
are three candidates and many
charges are being brought.
Says the Pocahontas Star
Herald; Clerk j. W, Going
today issued four marriage Il.
cen9es, two Of which were issued
to parties who had obtained dl-
vorces tho day the licenses were
issued.
G, 6, fTager Of Guion has filed
suit against the Pokin Stavo
Manufacturing Go. for several
thousand dollars damages for
the killing Of his son in the COM
pOny's mill at Guion last Octo-
Der.
Sam Branaoum Of Stone ooun.
ty took u couple Of shots with o
pistol at negro named "Rastus"
on the strcots Of Calico Rock one
day last weok, but neither took
effect,
Geo, Anglin, n farmer Of In
dependence, Baxter county, last
Sharp County record., 1908-03-20
RUFF'S LEGISLATIVE RECORD
DEFENDS HIS OWN RECORD and SHOWS WHAT A WEAK
PLATFORM HIS OPPONENT STANDS upon.

That is if they want to stay down
there and fool around and have
a good time after the regular
session Of sixty days is out, that
they draw only S1,00 per day for
each day they extend the ses-
sion. When this is law, my
friends, you will see the members
Of the Legislature meet, transact
their business, and at the ex-
piration OF the sixty days, ad-
journ and 60 home"
was for that proposition then,
my fellow citizens, | have always
been for it, | am for it now; my
opponent would have you believe
that actually voted for an eX-
tension Of longer than 80 days.
Now | will make him this prop
osition: If he will find, in either
session that ! served, where |
voted for an extension Of a single
day, | will quit the race and give
him clear field,
On the contrary he knows that
the Journal Of 1905, pages 254
and 255 show that ] voted against
every resolution to extend the
session whether it was one day,
80 days or 60 days and | did the
same thing in 1907, and further
more will do the same thing if !
am elected to the Senate; will he
promise as much?
THE MEDICAL LAW. %
In my platform said. 81 am
againt any changes in the
medical laws Of the state as |
believe the present laws are just
and sufficient"
have never changed my mind
on this proposition and don't
think over will,
lie says | voted for q law re-
quiring "every patent medicine
doing business in the state to print
It's formula on the bottle" This
is absolutely untrue never did
and never will vote for q measure
Of this kind; it is no where in the
journal and | defy him to pro-
duco his proof. | did vote for q
pure food bill, to keep you from
being imposed on by fraudulent
manufacturers and TO compel
patent medicines to show on the
label when they contained
morphine, opium, chloral,
cocaine, alcohol or other habit
producing drugs. This is now
tho law and it will not hurt any
honest patent medicine to live up
to it either in Arkansas or the
United States.
THE FARMERS UNION
Fellow citizens, / am n member
Of the church, an Odd Fellow, o
Mason and q member Of the
Farmers Union, but never In all
my life have ! sought to bring
these things before the public for
political effect, but my opponent
seeks to hurt my reputation
among my brothorn by bringing
tho false charges against mo that
| Joined some Of these orders for
political purposes only and |
must answer them, He says
"I shall also insist that your
membership in the Farmers
Union was obtained by you for
political purposes only, arrived
at the conclusion from many
sources, One is that you are
neither a land owner nor a tenant
and have no interest in any crop.
| am q land owner and rent my
land for a third and s fourth. "
And many other things along
this line,
Now gentlemen, note what ho
says, In order TO prejudice the
farmers against me he says that
Sharp County record., 1908-03-20
DEPENDABLE
. O O ID s

We WIFI prove to y0WP entire Satfsfac=
tfOn that we have goods that are depenGa=
bic and at prices which are right if yOu wiz
give us your business.
GLOTHENGzzWe have a large stock of
Newsstand Boys SWieS and Pants Hats,
Shirts and everything it takes to dress a
man WD.
DRESS GOODS==Lar6e variety of pats
terms i'm WOODEN Dress Goods, Gin6hams,
PercaEeS, Ghambreys and everything that
makes a Dress Goods Department conn
pEcEe.
We are also Headquarters for Shoes,
Hardware and Groceries.
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WILSON G. DERDEN

viii launch supplementary gigantic
Slaughter Sale tomorrow, July md.
Read announcement in their ad. on
this page. 10
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CONSULAR SERVICE CHANGES.
Reorganization Results in Closing
Twenty-eight Offices and Opening
of Seventeen New Ones,

/ Washington. d. c., July 1.-The
most momentous changes that the
/ United States consular service has eN
Iperienced since its establishment TAKE
place today with the coming into eff
/ feet of the act passed by the last ses
sion of congress providing for a com
Iplete reorganization of the service tC
meet modern requirements. The re
adjustment results in the closing o
twenty-eight offices, the transfer o.
seven others, and the establishment
| OF seventeen new offices.
! Out of the twenty-eight offices thai
| are closed, nine are located in Ger
many. nine i'm Canada, and the tel
others are scattered over the rest Of
! the world. The German consulates
abandoned were at Annaberg, BAN
berg, Crefeld, Dusseldorf, Eibenstock
| Freiberg, Glauchau, Mainz and Zittau
The Canadian posts abandoned were
those at Gaspe, Coaticook, st. Hya
/ rinthe, Belleville, Port Hope, Port
! Rowan, Woodstock, Three Rivers and
Windsor. The other posts discontin
ued were those at Lucerne Jalapa, st
Christopher. Castellamare di Stabia
Catania. Utila, Funchal, Port Stanley
Antigua and jamestown.
New consulates are to be establish
ed at the following places: Fernie
Fiume, Aleppo, Alexandria, Rangoon
Saloniki, Antung, Corinto, Frontera
Guadalajara, Karachi, Madras, Punta
Arenas, Tripoli, Tapachuli, Swatow
and San Luis Potosi.
oh
because a redistribution of the vari.
Gus posts was found necessary to pro
tect properly the interest of American
manufacturers abroad. Many of the
consulates abolished were established
years ago for reasons which were re-
garded as sufficient at that time, but
which no longer exist. At one time
the law required that an exporter to
the United States of dutiable goods
must appear in person before consul
and make oath to the correctness of
his invoices, and at the solicitation OF
such exporters and of importers and
trade bodies in the United States and
abroad, because of the inconvenience
to shippers in being obliged to appear
at distant towns with their invoices,
cOnsulates were established at many
places where there were practically
no other reasons for maintaing a con-
culate. Under the present laws and
regulations, however, the personal APP
Tearance of the shippers is not re-
CURED, but the invoices may be sent
to the consulate by messenger or by
mail and thus the multiplicity of con
sulates at towns but a few miles apart
is no longer necessary or desirable.
In some instances the posts abol-
ished have for the last several years
rot only been not paying expenses,
but some have actually been carried
on the list at a dead loss of several
thousand dollars. An instance of this
kind was afforded by the consulate at
Jamestown, on the island of st. He
lena. This office cost $2,475 a year,
while the services the consul was call
ed upon to perform were practically
none Only SIC was received in fees
last year. The United States was the
only great power that maintained an
Office there in recent years and its
closing will result in no injury what
ger to American trade.
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BALLOON RACES AT THE FAIR.

San Antonio. Texas, July plans
are being made for holding a series of
balloon races in San Antonio during
the International Fair this fall A
short while ago the San Antonio Aero
Club was organized for the purpose
of developing interest in the sport of
ballooning The president of the club,
DR.. Frederick j. Fielding, has had a
balloon built in st. Louis, which he
expects to enter in the International
races in Chicago this summer. The
San Antonio Aero Club expects to
raise several thousand dollars to Of.
fer as prizes for the balloon races
here this fall. They are arranging
equipment for the initiation of at least
ten balloons, and expect to get that
number to enter these races, which
will be the first of the kind ever held
in the Southwest.
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BIG MILITARY ENcAMpMENT.
Congress Appropriated Quarter Of a
Million for Soldier Training Event,
Which Began Yesterday.


Chattanooga, Tenn, July From
now until the end of the summer the
mountains and valleys about Chicka'
manga will echo with the report of
firearms and the tread of marching
troops. much as they did in the COS,
to which will be added the songs OF
the camp and the merry shouts of
the soldiers as they take part in ath-
letic sports and other outdoor amuse-
ments. Congress has appropriated a
quarter of a million dollars to defray
the expenses of the great encampmeur
which was opened in Chickamauga
park today, and il is expected that the
affair will be one of the greatest of
its kind ever undertaken i'm this
country in time OF peace.
In the course of the encampment
troops from the following States will
be here: Virginia, South Carolina,
Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and
Georgia. From the regular army, the
following detachEents will be present
during the entire season: Headquar-
ters and other troops OF the 18th cav
airy from Fort Oglethrope; headquar.
tiers and two battaliOns from Fort
Samuel Houston; the battalion of the
18th infantry from Fort Mcpherson;
headquarters and six companies of
the 9TH infantry from Fort Wayne
Mich; three companies of the 7th in
fantry from Fort Brady; the hospital
corps and a half a company from the
barracks at Washington, d. c., and
signal corps and one company of
infantry from Fort Leavenworth.
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A stove that is always ready!
a stove that makes no smoke, smell or
ashes!
A safe stove! An economical stove! A
clean stove!
a stove that requires no skill to oPer-
ate it,
a stove which has revolutionized
Cooking" and has transformed
the drudgery of the kitchen work
into pleasant pastime.
A "Quick Meal" Stove will do any and
all work that can be done on wood
or coal stove, only with the differ
ence that the "Quick Meal" dors II
quicket, cheaper and in a more agtee.
able and reliable way.
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CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN
RABBIS.

Frankfort, Mich, July From Chi
cago, New York, Portland, New Or
leans, San Francisco, and other cities
throughout the country, there gather
ed here today a distinguished body to
take part in the nineteenth annual
meeting of the Central Conference Of
American Rabbits. Rabbi David Phil
ipson of Concinnati is to preside over
the sessions, which will continue for
one week. Marriage, capital and la
Dor, the Bible in public schools, and
a number of others questions of the
day, are to be discussed by the confer
ence.
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j. w. BATS
REAL ESTATE AGENT
Office in Taliaferro Building. Op

Office in Taliaferro Building. Op
posite Court House. Phone 81
Have in Office the only set of Abstract
Books of Brazos County Land Titles
One and one-half lots and six-room
house, located two blocks from Main
street; corner lot, brick cistern and
stable. S1,05000.
One quarter block of ground and
rev five-room house in good neigh
borhood on east side of town. Price,
100000. Terms, one.fourth cash, and
balance in one, two and three years,
with per cent interest. ]. w. Bats.
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getting both hands torn off by the eX-
plosion of a giant firecracker, If it
were worth while, the Eagle would
point to this as a warning, but it
wouldn't do any good
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-07-02

The Beaumont Enterprise carries a
blood-red splotch on its head, which,
at first glance, looks like a lacerated
confused wound; but on closer exam
nation, it bears a faint resemblance
TO a miniature map.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-07-02

James Clarity, president Of the
First National bank of Corsicana, has
Joined Hon. George w. Riddle of Dali
las in an open letter, advocating the
guaranteeing of bank deposits by the
State. About all the State bankers
and many of the national bankers take
kindly to this proposition.
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Because the Canucks were shrewd
enough to improve their waterways
grain is laid down in Montreal Az
cents cheaper than in New York. Tex
as ought to profit by this example,
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-07-02

Forty-three years ago last April,
Luke Wright was a boy captain in the
Confederate army. Yesterday he be-
came secretary of war of the United
States. A long promotion after a long
time
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To Major Nose Harris; Fairbanks
stands higher in the world than Taft,
but the latter has more weight than
the former.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-07-02

For Rent-Five-room cottage, next
to my residence. Apply to Mrs. Mary
Lawrence. Phone S15.
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~ cARNEs & WALLACE
BRYAN, TEXAS, JULY 1908.

There are now many deserters from
sthe army of the unemployed" Good
times are coming.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-07-02

The first victim of the Fourth of
July fireworks was reported Tuesday
in a preliminary celebration at Ridge
wood, N. j., nineteen-year-old boy
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VB. Hudson w. W.Wilson
Bryan, Texas. Franklin, Tex
HUBS & LsoN
Attorneys-atLaw
Bryan and Franklin, Texas.
win practice in county, state and fed.
eral courts Special attention TO
business in Brazos and Rob
inson counties
FOR SALE.
l476 acres of land in the Moses
Hughes survey, near Edge Price
and terms reasonable
Half acre of land with improve
ments, one block east Of my home.
so acres adjoining A. & NJ. Col.
lcge land on west side, near Proyl-
dence church. SKnown as the George
Platter place
1870 acres, including Double Sulphur
springs, on Navasota river.
v. 3. HUDSON.
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OR. J. s. EAVES
Physician and Surgeon

Special attention 10 ReetalDlseases and Diseases
Of Nicn. once phone 90 Residence phone ISIS