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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-14
) GRIEF MENTION.
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Clayton Could Of Noble Lake Is
visiting relatives in the city.
j A. Clement has gone to Spring
field, Mo, where he will purchase
mules.
Steve G.. Wall, Of Wadcshoro. n. c.
is in the city guset Of his brother,
G. G. Wall.
Sheriff c. NJ. Philpot spent yes
terday on his plantation near Shsr-
rill,, this county.
{ c. J. Samstag. formerly Ct tn :
city now living at Hot Springs, is ill
the city on business.
Nash Buckingham, the Me -nphia
society leader and athlete, is in the
city visiting friends.
Jim I.arkin. the coffee salesman, has
returned from business trip north
on the Mountain roaG.
Miss Fannie Gillespie has returned
from Milford, Texas. where she attend
ed the Presbyterian College.
+. S. Stimson, a we'll known Cot
ton Belt Official from limo, Mo-,
is guest at the Jefferson hotel.
Mrs. W. Bradford went to Hot
Springs yesterday to spend a fe"
weeks. She was accompanied by Mrs.
Turner Bradford OF Clinton, Okla. -
r. c. White, representative-elect
from this county, came here yesterday
from his home at Sherrell and spent
the day here transacting business
r. J. McFarlane. Of the Cotton Belt
service, will return today from Kan
sas, where he was recently called to
attend the funeral Of his grandmother.
Mrs. Ed Ncwland is expected to ar
rive in the city today, accompanied
by her son, and will be the guests OF
Clifton Howell! and wife FOR few
days.
J. A. Holmes and George W. By
ing1on have returned from Fort Smith,
where they took part in the big cere-
nonial session recently held there by
the Shriners.
T. N. Shepherd has moved with his
family back to Pine Bluff. Fletcher
Shepherd has bought 20 acres Of land
from T. n. Shepherd, and will build
a residence thereon. In the meantime
Fletcher has rented Toms residence
until he can build. DR.. Butler has
bought Fletcher's place here, and has
rented it to Alb Wiley.--Sheridan
Headlight
Colonel Gus Waterman, Of Dumas,
spent yesterday in the City with his
family. While here he informed
friends that the report, published in
an afternoon paper to the effect that
he was not a colonel and did not want
to be q colonel, was not we'll founded
because Colonel Waterman served as
a colonel in the Dumas Light Guards
during the Spanish-American war. His
company was ready at all times to go
to the front, where the bullets were
the thickest, but Dewey, Hobson and
others of Colonel Waterman's friends
assured him that his company was not
needed
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-14

"A fine program of Piano MI
sic can not be executed on all
out-N-tune piano. Neither should
q child practice on an instru
nent in bad condition.
II your Piano has lost that
round, full tone th2t denotes a
perfect instrument, Yea should
communicate with Mr.. Snyder,
at SIS West Second avenue,
phone Gel. Few days only. An
estimate will cost you nothing.
Snyder's Travelling Piano
Shop is the most perfectly
equipped organization of piano
rebuilding specialties in the
world. Tuning, telling. rebuild
ing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-14
GA TO II r a..
Bs,,,+ha 1Ihe Kind You Have Alwa,S Bought
signature at &xX2zzxsx
NOTICE..

| have on this day, March 5, 1908,
sold my entire right, title, interest and
good will in the stock Of fruits and
CONNECTIONS formerly owned by me, to
A. Michelotti & Company, who will
in future conduct said business. I
viii pay any and ali accounts that I
may owe and Hollect all such &C
counts due me. G MICHELOTTI.
3-12Gt
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-14
NOTICE.

The jefferson Canning Company is
now ready to contract for Tomatoes,
Beans and Sweet Potatoes. Apply for
contracts at Cotton Belt Savings and
Trust Co, or J. A. Holmes Co 3-S~1m
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-14
/

We have eo>tracted to rs6uih /,
the pianos at the Elks Club, all
instruments in several prlva
houses. !,
We also do pipe organ T@al
and do it right. We can hands1
large Or small contracts 81
When you become our pat''y.
our entire interest in your phsf
is TO preserve its life. We ~
not sell pianos. M
Estimates free and prices lsne
sonable. Home Office Ashevlttsas'
N. c. Yearly visits TO FINE BIZ
in future. q.
Don't delay. "a stitch in tir1E-
will save your piano Tor na09
years. ~
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-14
WOOD FOR SALE.

AZ kinds OF wood for sale. Promp
deliveries. Old phone 1920. T. I. Al
bright, Twenty-Second and Main.
film
Call UP old phone 165, new phone
l52 and have nice Bunch Of Bananas
delivered ut your door for soc.
ASK FOR LEFLAR.
3.3-1m
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-14

The pipe organ at the First NJ.
E. church, South, is to be disman-
fcled and rebuilt The work will
begin at once, and 1t is to be finish
ed IN time for the Easter services.
The contract was awarded to G.. G.
Snyder Of Ashvellie. \. c.. yester-
day
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-14
FORTUNE TELLER.

The worlds greatest fortune tell
or is in your city. Tells present,
past and future. Parlors 202 West
Fifth avenue. Phone &C. 81 ct
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-10
'PERNICIOUS ACTIVITY"
Taft BOOMERS in the Federal Service
Ought to Resign.

From the New York ETening Post
We agree with The Washington Herald
that, if the Taft boom is to go on IN
der the auspices Of the administra-
ton. designations from the government
service are in order" The public business
cannot be properly discharged when those
appointed 20 perform il are engaged in
rounding up delegates for Taft. This re-
lates not merely to Mr.. Hitchcock. the
Assistant Postmaster General II he
finally decides to become the general
manager of the Taft campaign. his quit
ting office viii be absolutely imperative. A
scandal which would have shocked people
even in the callous days of Grant. simply
could not be tolerated under Roosevelt.
But Hitchcock is not the only Federal
official involved A Washington dispatch
sent out in the interest Of Taft speaks
c0mplaCentIy Of a broad plan of cam
paigning in his behalf which has been
made out to cover the principal States;
and in the list Of workers for him are the
names of many directly in the govern
ment employ They come distinctly I'M
der the Presidents order forbidding politi-
cal activity Mr. Roosevelt would not
allow these men to try to get delegates
for himself; why should he permit them
to work for Taft? Their designations
would have been demanded If they had
continued to work for a third term for
Roosevelt; if they work for A first term
for Taft, or anybody else, their sever
anee from the public service is as plainly
requisite Imagine the swift rebuke that
would fall upon them il they were on the
hunt for delegates in behalf of some
other candidate than the administration s.!
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-10
Amerlcan poIitical cnnse,.rnti.,,

What our country needs, Grover CIeve-
land tells us, Is conservatism. safe and
prudent Americanism But what is con-
servatism? Mr. Roosevelt believes he is
pursuing a course OF true conservatism
when he advocates Federal control Of
railroads and corporations When Mr..
Cleveland. in 1857. proposed the reform Of
the tariff, he was denounced bitterly by
the opposition as a radical free trader.
bent on the total destruction of the ma
tons industries. Yet there were those
among his party associates who thought
he was not radical enough, and they
forced him to run on a tariff platform in
1892 that was far from conservative, ac-
cording to the Cleveland viewpoint And
when his party passed a conservative
tariff bill, Mr.. Cleveland refused 10 sign
it because it was not sufficiently radical
II matters little now whether Mr. Cleve-
lands tariff views were radical or con-
servatiye, for nothing came of them. The
tariff was not reformed And now. after
the lapse of years, is more loudly in need
of reform than ever. There is not the
remotest danger that It will be reformed
on any other than eminently conservative
lines,
According 10 many of Mr. R0osevelt's
critics, his experimentation programme
is likely to meet the fate of Mr.. Cleve-
lands efforts at tariff reform. When he
passes from the stage, it is said. there
will be an end of his programme. and
people will ironically ask. What has he
accomplished? Well. if ne has accom-
plished nothing, what does all this talk
about the necessity Of a return 10 con
servatism mean? What little the presi-
dent has accomplished, If 1t be only a
little. is the result of two decades of
agitation. For more than twenty years
the people OF this country have discussed
the evils Of corporation management, and
to-day there are not half dozen States
with body Of corporation law nj 10 com
pare with that of England The move
ment against railroad abuses began in the
los. and the reform is not yet com
plete More than ten years ago the need
for currency reform was as emphatic as
it IS now. and ten years more may elapse
before it is brought about. over a decade
Of effort was required to establish the
merit system in the Federal service. and
that reform Is still unfinished. We have
been discussing the misgovernment of our
cities for half a century. and have not
Yet found way of managing cur local
affairs honestly and efficiently. II a spirit
of change is running riot in this country.
it takes long time TO produce startling
results. What would it really mean if we
were to become more conservative?
Nothing would be more pe1ilous to
American institutions than the stagnation
Of political thought and activity. our
reformers may sometimes go wrong: in
point of denuneiation they may over
shoot the mark, but they often point the
way TO better things and at the worst
stir up an agitation out of which sound
views may arise. We have no fear that
the American people, viii become too
radical If anything. they have been too
conservative in their treatment of hoary-
S Headed wrongs We hear much from
feFvid orators about applying the knife
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-10
army Medical Corrs Relief.

The House Military Committee has
given the precedence it deserved to the
bin providing for the increase of the
Medical Department Of the army. This
is the first important measure TO be re
ported from either House or Senate com
mttee to the Sixtieth Congress. This is
the measure which has been before Con-
gress for three successive sessions. It
has passed the Senate three times, and
has been as often favorably reported from
the House Military Committee. The fail
ure has always been in getting the bill
before the House, where its enactment
would have occurred without delay There
is a general appreciation in Congress that
the enactment of the measure is abso-
lutely necessary for the maintenance of
military efficiency. The fighting strength
Of the military body depends upon its
health; its mobility Is in proportion TO
the endurance of the troops; its discipline
and obedience depend largely upon con-
tenAnent Of the personnel The day has
passed when it is necessary TO have more
deaths from sickness than from bullets,
and the hygiene of an army In the field
and the development Of campaign santa
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-10

to the ulcers which af1ict the body polite.
but IN the end the specific employed has
usually been of the homeopathic va
riety. The safe and prudent American
has been heavily imposed upon by unscru-
pulous politicians and greedy wealth.
producing interests seeking public favors.
II Is time for him to inquire whether his
conservatism has not been misused. What
we really need Is a well-tempered radi-
ealism. a Willingness to try new meas
ures that promise well. and an unwilling
ness to put up with things as they are
IL there is anything better in sight The
prudence of holding fast to what is good
implies no obligation to hold fast 10
things that are evil, and il is evil, real
or imaginary, at which your honest radi-
cal means TO strike
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-10
Florlda,s Iunior Senator.

The new Senator from Florida Hon
William James Bryan. was sworn in yes
terday. and is now duly possessed Of all
the rights. privileges. and functions Of d
member Of THE greatest delberauve body
on earth. as the Senate dearly loves 10
style itself. A considerable amount OF
interest attaches to Senator Bryan. not
alone because of his name, but because
Of his youthfulness and comparative OBJ
security heretofore. It Is safe to say that
no visitor in the Senate chamber yester-
day neglected to mentally size him up
as best such visitor might, under the cir
cumstances.
The Senator looks good enough to the
eye. TO be sure. He is rather Juvenile. Of
course, as Senators go, and distinctly Of
a Southern type. He is brown eyed. black
haired, and Of brunette persuasion. In a
sense, he is quite the handsomest man
in the Senate-which is a statement Of a
kind We are sometimes permitted TO make
In reference to the dignified patriots who
direct the destinies of this great republic
If we may judge with any degree Of
certainty from surface indications. Sena-
tor Bryan will do; is, doubtless, of that
material from which the best of them
are made Certainly the governor of
Florida gives some excellent reasons for
appointing him. These are stated as cd
his intense patriotism; (2 his exceedingly
clear grasp OF the great political prob
lens Of the day: and 90 the ability. great
industry. and tireless energy he has shown
as prosecuting attorney having stoutly
enforced the laws. and among other
things, successfully prosecuted the ice
trust and the beef trust"
II the development of Senator Bryan be
along the lines laid down as reasons for
his appointment. we feel sure we shall
we admire; clear grasp Of weighty prob
lens we envy; and we certainly have no
objections to trust buster whose
methods run not to madness. Indeed We
are sure there is abundant need for a
certain variety Of trust busters in the
Senate. and if Senator Bryan be one in
reality, and not merely for revenue only
as it were. we extend him the complete
assurance Of our most distinguished con-
sideration.
We think we shall watch Senator
Bryan's course with large measure of
interest and respectful attention. We ad-
nit our first impression to be distinctly
favorable He appears to be both win
ming and a winner We wish him mighty
well; we do. indeed. We like his looks.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-10

1t is expected that the President viii
be ready to issue in one or another form
the reply 10 those critics OF his admin
istration who have been devoting them
selves to an attack upon the bureau
system of the Navy Department and who
have been pointing out vulnerable defects
in our ships Of war. There has been "a
suspicion that these criticisms came from
sources within the service itself. and this
is now confirmed by the attitude of GER
tain naval officers who admit that they
are tired Of making recommendations
which are pigeonholed by the ''bu-
reaucracy." The President has assigned
Rear Admiral 6. A. Converse, L. S. n,
retired, to the difficult and delicate task
of framing a reply, and this. it is under
stood ne has practically completed. with
the aid Of the Bureau of Construction
and Repair and with illustrations and
diagrams which shall add to the clear
ness of this departmental contribution to
technical controversy.
II is surprising to learn that there is
some discussion in the Navy Department
as to the extent to which this reply
should go and whether it should include
all that the Navy Department is in a
position to tell concerning such defects
as really exist Tt is known, for instance,
that the Navy Department possesses
facts which would make interesting read
ing, and there is no reason why these
should be withheld unless the Navy De
partment wishes to give its enemies an
opportunity 10 say that the defense is
weak. II is ridiculous 10 assume that
this is not a defense, It will have all
the qualities of that on account Of the
assertWeness and authenticity of the
criticisms which have been made.
It would he we'll for the Navy Depart
ment to disclose what it knows without
attempting to spare the service, the per
sonnet of which is being demoralized by
this agitation. There should be an end
to this line and staff quarrel. and that
termination can be effected by the ex-
ercise Of candor OF official expression,
along with some hrmness in naval ad-
ministration.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-10
Interest on Public Deposits.

From the New York Sun.
viii Senator Aldrich tolerate one brief
Interrogation? II is. Why should not
government deposits in the banks draw
az least a nominal rate of interest? The
Treasurer Of the United States has had
for some time over S2O0. 100000 on deposit
In national banks. Why should he not be
empowered TO receive, say, . per cent on
such balances? We have the idea that Il
is unwise to challenge public opinion
respecting the discrepancy between public
and private depositors. particularly at a
time when the ruling rate for money Is
persistently high, and, indeed. out or the
reach of the class that is best entitled to
its use to wit: The mercantile COM
munity
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-10
A LEAP YEAR PROPOSITION.

Since you're the first and only man I've asked
To share my fate,
Please contemplate
The almost herClieau task
It seems to timsa maiden modesty
To pop the question:
The mere suggestion
Would once have seemed grave Improperly.
But what a spiuster maid would soon 70 do
At sweet and twenty,
With chances plenty.
Looks sensible at tweuty-seven-a two! and tEof
This is so student Well enough l know
That's but ITetense.
Not innocence.
How many times I've sid that, years ago.
Don't beat about the bush. and say, I'm see
don't want that
Just anrwer Pat,
VIII you. or won't you. kindly marry me?
Or. If sou think It isn't right 10 do
Things inst this way,
III change and SAY.
What you've said oft; PLEASE let NE marry You
Maize '. CaTuthers, 10 y. Y. Times.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-10
Promoting" the Taft boom.

We observe in the New York Tribune
what appears TO be an authoritative
statement of the relations of First As
sistant Postmaster General Hitchcock
with the Taft boom, from which we
gather the interesting information that
Mr.. Hitchcock is neither going to resign
nor is he 70 manage the Taft campaign
for the Presidential nomination. Mr.
Hitchcock. il we are TO believe the
Trbune's account of the state of affairs
has been practically out Of politics for a
influence 90 promote the political inter
ests of Mr. CorteIyou. the newspaper re-
ports to that effect being fantastic" and
exaggerated. However, not long ago
Mr., Hitchcock spent "a pleasant hour"
with Secretary Taft, IN the course Of
which he took occasion TO assure the
Secretary of his loyalty 10 Mr. Tafts
interests and his desire TO promote them
in any way compatible with his duties
in the Post-office Department Mr.
Taft. on his part. did not make any sug-
gestions as to the methods By which he
could promote the Taft boom, so that
as there was no offer of the management
of the Taft campaign, there was no ac-
ceptance or declination of the manage
ment on Mr., Hitchcock's part
Mr.. Hitchcock, therefore. is not an
official Taft boomer. but simply an in
terested and loyal friend of Mr.. Taft
His promotion of the Taft boom will be
merely such as may be compatible with
the duties of his office We congratulate
Mr.. Hitchcock on his eminently correct
attitude, We have never believed a
fraction of the tales about his political
activity in behalf of Mr. Cortelyou, and
when we begin to hear like tales about
his efforts in behalf of Taft. we shall
rate them az proper discount A most
comforting assurance that the Post-office
Department is not to be the center of
that political intriguing so obnoxious to
Civil Service Reformer Roosevelt!
Nevertheless and notwithstanding. if We
were a postmaster in Alabama or Geor-
gia, or even in Ohio or Massachusetts.
and should hear that the Postmaster
General was an ardent Taft man. and
that the First Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral had found il 10 his advantage to
climb on the Taft band wagon and had
pledged himself to promote Mr.. Tafts
interests, We think We should know on
which side our bread was buttered.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-10

ton are quite as important contributions
to victory as the latest rifle and smoke
less powder.
The House Military Committee, for some
reason, changed the provisions of the blu
in some slight particulars. so that instead
of sixteen colonies there are fourteen. in
stead of twenty-four lieutenant colonies
there are twenty, and instead of 40 ma
jors there are 100 The bill might very
well have been reported as It was sub
mitted 10 Congress. and as 1t has been
passed in other sessions by the Senate.
There is no more important measure ct
relief which means so much to the regu-
lar army and the organized militia, which
may, under certain conditions, be drawn
upon for service with the army than this
bill for the increase of the army Medical
Department II viii undoubtedly pass the
Senate without obstruction, and 1t re-
mains for the House Of Representatives
to do It's part toward affording the mill
tary establishment this protection against
disease and disaster.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-10
shins and The Tarin.

From the Norfolk virginisn-Pilot
In the first half of the last century the
American flag dotted the seven seas and
the American merchant marine was the
first In the world-not excepting sGreat
Britains. even. That was before We had
inclosed the country with practically
insurmountable tariff wall Knock down
the wall and our supremacy in the ocean
carrying trade of the world will again re-
turn. Nothing more is needed and moth
ing less will suffice.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-10
Recetvership Financiering.

From the Brooklyu Eagle
|. Eight years ago receivers were appoint
ed for the Republic Savings and Loan
Association. The last official report of
the company made the value Of its assets
81 QSs 000 and declared that at least 1904 600
could be realized upon them. presumably
AT forced sale Al the end Of eight
wears during which time receivers have
heen the administrators Of the affairs Of
the company, il IS reported that only the
SIM Of Se75, 600 was realized on the as
sets while the cost of the administration
of that eight years was sl9S0o0. The
result is that there is only $4,000 for the
depositors or members of the concern.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-10

From the Raleigh ~. c. News and Observer.
Let every State send its best men as
delegates, let there be free and full dis
cussion OF platform and candidates. and
then let every candidate submit to the
arbitrament of the national convention
and go to work to win Democratic vic
tory. It can be done. 1t will be done if
Mr.. Cleveland, Mr.. Bryan, and every
other man who calls himself a Democrat
and is opposed to the Capitalization and
high tariff policies that curse the eoun-
try, will bury minor differences and work
together.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-10

When the golden rays of the glorious
Florida sunshine kiss the auburn ringlets
Of the joyous Jacksonville girls, the
picture is so perfect that even Father
Time stops stll in his fight and orders
an ounce Of radium. that his youth may
be restored. says the Jacksonville Times
Union. This is the first time We have ever
been led 10 suspect that there might be
two George NJ. Baileys in this glee-o-rious
land