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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Women as Economists.

The idea generally prevails among
men that women are densely and IN
curably ignorant about the value OF
money. He knows no more of money
than woman" is almost a proverb
The most absurd stories are perpetual
ly told of womans total incapacity to
learn anything about money, and some
of them are doubtless believed. She
is, Notwithstanding contrary belief, an
intelligent economist when she comes
to learn what economy means. 1t Is
frequently said by the other sex that
she can make a dollar go as far as
they can make two. Nor is this by any
means the language of compliment
Many a husband has discovered that
his wife can buy more with small
amount of cash than he can, and he Is
in the habit of giving It to her for that
special purpose. The extravaganza OF
woman has been stock theme ever
lastingly. We shall hear of her wild
extravaganza, of the waste of fortunes
by her excess, of her uncontrolled and
uncomfortable prodigality. This must
be accepted with considerable allow
ance for exaggeration. Man, not wom-
an, is the great spendthrift; he always
has been; always will be. Few men
forced into economy by circumstances
relish it, unless avaricious; and when
their circumstances grow easy they
cease generally to be economical. a
woman who has once become economi-
cal will continue to be so, though
there be no need of the habit, even II
1t be glaringly out of keeping with her
condition. Woman's love of small de-
tails inclines her to economy. She
may not be a fnancier in any large
sense-that may not be within her
scope-but careful use of little
amounts of money certainly is, and she
constantly demonstrates her prof
cheney therein. There is much more
reason for calling woman penarious
than prodigal. declares the New York
Weekly, and she is really called both,
though the adjectives are absolutely
incongruous The plain truth is, if
woman has any common sense and is
the least enlightened, she usually re-
strains her husbands tendency to Law
ishness and employs all her influence
In the direction of economy.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
State Capital Notes
Hettiqer Again Arrested.

Not long after w. V. Hettiger, man.
ager of the Lyric moving picture show
at Ninth and Arch streets, was re-
leased from Jail, Tuesday having Sc
cured bond pending payment of the
$1,000 fine imposed on him by JUS
tice E. II. Sanders Monday, he was
rearrested on the same charge of OBJ
scenity, and on furnishing $500 bond
he was allowed to go free until his
hearing on the second charge takes
place before Justice Sanders next
Friday morning at 10 o'clock. The
bond in the first case was $4,000,
which was signed by T. E. Helm, who
also signed he bond for the $500
The manager of the show was seen
Tuesday night and expressed conf
dence that the higher court would not
sustain the charge of obscenity for
having displayed the Autograph of
negro and mulatto show girl cake
walking together He admitted that
the display of the pictures was per-
haps indiscreet, because of the fact
that persons passing on the car might
think the mulatto to be a white wom-
an, but he thought that few would
come to such a conclusion on closer
examination
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Poundmaster Fed Animals.

The report of Chief of Police Frank
McMahon TO Mayor Duley in regard
to the charge that the city pound
master has been guilty of mistreat-
ment of animals left in his charge
has not been presented and, in fact,
it is not completed, but there is little
doubt as to the principal findings to
be contained in the report. 1t will
show that the only cruelty to animals
the poundkeeper has been guilty OF
is his own horse 1t was charged
that his horse was suffering from
sore back when Humane officer
Rankin arrested him, and the chiefs
report will bear this out. AS to the
implied charge that the cows there
had not been fed for some time, Chief
McMahon will say that the COWS had
not been there more than a few
minutes when officer Rankin arrived,
and that these animals were not
caused to suffer from food. At the
noon hour they were cared for, ac-
cording to the information In the
hands of the chief of police.
The report will probably carry no
recommendations, but Chief Me
Mahon is thought to believe that the
stock placed in the pound has not
been mistreated and that there is
no cause for further action.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Sues WeiqeI for S2,22O.

Alleging she was whipped under
the instructions of E. n. Weigel, con-
tractor for the Pulaski county con-
yicts, Lorena Hicks, a negro minor,
by her grandmother, Rachel Duck
rey, as next friend, filed a 1920
damage suit Thursday in the circuit
court against Weigel.
She alleges she was convicted of
petit larceny in May last, and sent
to the Pulaski county Jail. The first
day she was there she claimed her
clothing caught fire and she was
burned about the hips. She alleges
that the next day she was taken to
the convict camp and was whipped
without cause. Since leaving the
convict camp, she claims she has
spent 5000 for medical attention, $40
for medicines and that the alleged
pain and anguish are worth $4,000 in
addition
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Train Men Are to Meet Here.

Representatives of the brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen in Arkansas. in
session at Gleason's hotel Saturday
afternoon, accepted the invitation of
Little Rock to hold their state
gathering here September %, which
will be the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the founding of the order The
Argenta and Little Rock lodges, sup
ported by the assurance of the board
of trade that this city would offer
every indictment and convenience
for the brotherhoo threw their in
fluence toward holding the meeting
here.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Dared Death to Escape Neoroes

To escape two negroes whose ~
meanor and insulting remarks ind,
Gated their intention, Miss Beryl Sbo
die of England, who teaches schoo,
pear Plum Bayou postoffice, MONDAY
morning dared death in a runawav
and narrowly escaped it.
Miss Shade was driving from Eng.
land to her school, When near Chow.
enne, better known as wild Cat" sbs
was halted by Samuel Williams and
Charles Mulligan, who were standing
in a field near the roadway When
the young lady stopped her horse the
negroes jumped over the fence and
advanced toward her, one of them
saying, Let us ride with you. hon.
ey." The insolent remark and the do.
meanor of the men alarmed Miss Sha.
die and she struck her horse sbarn
blow with the whip, causing it to bolt
and run away. Some distance from
the negroes she was thrown from her
buggy. Her clothing caught as she
fell, and she was dragged some dis.
lance, but when she disentangled her.
self she ran to the home OF a farmer
named Hughes and gave the alarm
Hughes caught her horse. drove
back to the place where the negroes
had halted Miss Shade, but they had
gone. The news spread quickly in
the neighborhood, and a number of
farmers organized a posse. which
trailed the negroes to the Arkansas
river, where they were captured They
were taken to England and put in
the calaboose.
The offense of the negroes caused
angry mutterings in England, and Jus
tice of the Peace Morris, in order to
be prepared for emergencies, ordered
Constable Dickie to take the prisoners
into the country and guard them dur.
ing the night. Tuesday morning it
was deemed best to hurry the negroes
away, and they waived examination
and were taken to Lonoke, where
they were placed in jail to await the
action of the Grand Jury.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06

Crude men Of sincere faith are often
more convincing preachers than high.
ly cultivated clergymen The rough
man is near the heart of the multi.
tude he would convert; he under
stands their sins and temptations and
speaks the language of their life Blu.
good taste is necessary to religious ex
hortation as to every other dignified
human occupation, and plainness ane
directness are not served by vulgarity
and rowdyism. The religious spirit
may be reused in some people by the
vocabulary of hoodlum but religion
is sure TO suffer in the end if ii is as
ISOLATED with an offensive style Of
speech
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Woman Bound to Bed With Wire.

Mrs. Newton Petit, wife OF a
respected workman employed by
Hot Springs numbering concern had
a terrifying experience at her nome
Wednesday and that she is now awe
is no fault of an unknown assallant,
who, after beating her almost INTO
insensibility, thrust a rag saturated
with a solution of poison into her
mouth, bound her securely TO her bed
with wire and then placed a number
of matches in her mouth so that they
would become ignited if she moved
her head Two hours after Mrs.
Petit had been bound and gagged
her husband returned. home from
work and released her. On being re-
leased she fell into faint, and is now
in a dangerous condition from ner-
vous exhaustion.
Mrs. Pettits experience is con-
sidered by the police to furnish one
of the most remarkable examples OF
bold criminality that has ever been
shown in Hot Springs. After she mad
been beaten terribly the man at
tempted to force her to swallow
greenish liquid which she thought to
be poison. He then bound her to the
bed, put rag saturated with some
liquid in her mouth, and, after plac-
ing the matches in her mouth, hur-
riedly left the house.
Mrs. Petit was unable to furnish
a description of her assailant except
as to size She is certain the man
wore false mustache and beard as
he constantly pressed these dis
guises against his face, in order to
keep them in place.
With no clue to work on, the police
began search for Hank McDaniels,
former husband of Mrs. Petit, VINO
it is said. has caused her trouble IN
the past. McDaniels was arrested
some time after Mrs. Petit was dis
covered tied to the bed, but was
later released, after he had been
brought face to face with the woman.
She failed to identify him as her as
sailant and he proved an alibi.
An examination of the cloth thrust
into Mrs. Pettit's mouth was made
by City Chemist Cook and after two
tests he stated that it had been satur-
ated with arsenic before being
placed in her mouth.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Tax Settlement.

That Pulaski county cuts a big fig
ure in the states finances was dem
onstrated Tuesday when Sheriff C. C.
Kavanaugh paid 1852, 1888 state tax
money into the general revenue fund
in advance, when money was badly
needed in the fund. He has also paid
in $4,000 liquor tax money and
SS03.S2 to the Sixteenth Section func.
In all, the county has paid over to
the state in the past few months a
total of $191, S9735.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Franchise Tax Total S57.175.

State Corporation Clerk Rufe Nc
Daniel has announced the total
amount of money that was received
this year from corporations operat-
ing in Arkansas in payment of state
franchise tax, giving the total as $751;
175. Last year 1916 was received
from the same source Mr.. McDan-
iel has not completed the list OF COM
panies that failed to pay their fran
chise tax this year. The list is be-
ing compiled. however, and compan.
les are being requested to give ex-
PLANTATION of their failure to pay.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06

This is an example given us by
France as to the proper method in
which to celebrate national holiday.
There the undertaken and the surgeon
are not worked overtime, nor is ma
tional fetish made of the god Of gun
powder Instead. explains the Brock
ton (Mass.) Times. the day is made
holiday for all. The national colors
are everywhere. The three great gov.
eminent theaters in Paris, with the
greatest actors in the country, give
three performances free to all the peo-
pie, and there are countless other at
fractions provided by the government
during the day. winding up with dis
plays of fireworks throughout the
country paid for by the government
and of such magnificence that no pri-
sate exhibitions could vie with them.
That is the way the various munich
palities of America should face the
problem of the Fourth of July.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Lee Frank.

Lee Frank, one of the best-known
butchers in Little Rock, died Tues
day afternoon at o'clock at the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, af-
ter an illness of more than two weeks.
For more than 20 years Mr.. Frank
has conducted meat market on West
Fifth street, and in that time has
not changed the location of his place
of business. He was a man familiar
to practically every citizen of Little
Rock
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Two Companies Enter State.

The Hanover Fire Insurance Com
pany of New York has filed every
thing but its bonds with the auditor
of state, preparatory TO operating in
Arkansas. The company has $1,000.
600 capital stock and about 100000
surplus.
The Modern Woodmen of America,
with offices at Rock Island, H., has
also filed everything but its bond
with the auditor of state, preparatory
to operating in Arkansas, The or
ganization IL q fraternal one,
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Old Records Supplied.

State Printing Clerk Earle Hodges
is just receiving the last of the new
edition of old Supreme Court reports.
Many of the old reports gave out,
and it was found necessary 10 print
800 volumes of each report All Of
the new supply will be in the hands
of the state within ten days The
legislature four years ago appro-
priated $4,000 to publish the reports
from TO 90 The last legislature
appropriated about $4,000 to publish
the reports up TO date The reports
are neatly and substantially bound
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Slow TO File Certificates.

Very few Democratic or Republican
nominees for prosecuting attorney
and senator have filed their certifi-
Gates of nomination with Secretary
of State o. c. Lulwig. Seven Demo
cratic nominees for senator have
filed their certificates, while only one
Republican nominee for prosecuting
attorney and two for senator have
filed theirs. The time for the filing
of the certificates will expire about
the middle of this month.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Street Railway to Spend $3.50, 900.

The Little Rock Railway and Elec-
trio Company has spent, or is spend
ing, more than $350,0Oo in improve
ments in Little Rock this year. a
considerable part of which has gone
into the paving of streets between
the rails of the company and for a
short distance on either side. The
largest item in this budget is $780,
900 for improvements at the power
house, and of this amount $4,000
is being expended in the purchase
and installation of huge turbine,
which will produce additional power
for the operation of the system.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Arkansans Hurt in Tennessee.

W. T. McDougal, nurseryman
from Jonesboro, Ark, is at the rail
road hospital in Paducah, Ky, with
an ankle and both heels crushed
While a passenger on local freight
McDougal fell beneath the caboose
and the car ahead while the train
was switching at Millington.
McDougal is an old railroad man
and lost his arm in a railroad wreck
at Fulton, Ky, number of years
ago.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06

For the first time in the history of
the city, according to the records at
least, Fayetteville Saturday had a
rough and tumble fight where the
participants We're women. The prin.
cipals in this affair were Mrs. Anna
Sheppard and Mrs. Clark. and
though the cause OF the trouble is not
known, it is known that they fought
vigorously for while When friends
finally arrived to put a stop TO the
fight it was found that Mrs. Sheppard
had lost much of her hair and that
Mrs. Clark's clothes were badly torn.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Boy Killed by Engine.

Marvin Spencer, aged "A years, of
Jonesboro was fatally injured in a
railroad accident at that place Fri
day afternoon. He was run over by
a switch engine and sustained in
juries that caused death an hour later.
The boy was riding in wagon with
a young companion and was near
the Cotton Belt railroad tracks when
his horse became frightened and
started TO run away The wagon was
upset and the Spencer boy was
thrown beneath the wheels OF
switch engine
Would Stop Use of Irons on Convicts.
81 am going to investigate the treat
ment of prisoners at the county farm,
reform school and penitentiary, and
in case l find any treatment think
is inhuman, am going TO take steps
to prevent such treatment" declared
w. NJ. Rankin. officer for the Arkan-
sas Humane Society, Saturday night,
He said he would go before the grand
Jury If necessary.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
. NEWS OF -
ARKANSAS
Phillips Is Dead.

A. Kinney, an employee at the Me
penitentiary, was arrested late Sun
day night, as a suspect in the Phillips
murder case, and after a long sweat
ing in the Office of the plain clothes
men he was locked up pending a
further investigation. Kinney and
another man were, it is said, prepar-
ing to leave Little Rock and were
suspected and the police were noti-
fed. The men were arrested in an
East Markham street restaurant.
Kinney was held by the officers,
while the other man was allowed to
go.
He has lived at the Niemeyer mill
for some time, it is said, and held a
position of some Importance there.
Patrolman Phillips, who was shot
at Thirteenth and Pine streets while
attempting an arrest at midnight
Saturday, died Sunday morning at
9: 80 at the city hospital, and the body
was sent to Atkins Sunday night,
from which place it was taken Mon
day to the family home in Pope
county for interment.
Although the police department de-
voted much time to the case Sunday
no arrest of consequence had been
made at a late hour Sunday night. A
man named Morrison was arrested in
the late afternoon on suspicion, but
was released soon after the arrival OF
Chief of Police McMahon at head
quarters Morrison easily convinced
the officers that he was not in the
city Saturday night, and therefore,
could have had nothing TO do with
the murder of the officer.
Coroner S. p. Vaughter empanneled
a jury Sunday afternoon, viewed the
body, and adjourned until Monday af
ternoon at o'clock, at which time
the evidence of Patrolman A. B.
Haven, who was with Phillips when
the fatal shot was fired, the testimony
of DR.. o. X. Judd, city physician, who
attended the wounded officer and who
later made the post norton eXamina-
ton and such other evidence as the
police may be able TO present, will be
taken.
The bullet which killed Phillips
entered the face and lacerated the
upper part of the brain. The bullet
was found in the back part of the
head, toward the base of the brain.
1t was stated that the bullet came
from Colts revolver of about Al
calibre Phillips never was conscious
after he was shot.
w. T. Phillips was % years old
and was the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Phillips of Appleton, 16 miles
from Atkins He was born and raised
at Appleton and was a farmer until
he went to Little Rock about three
years ago. when he accepted posi-
ton as guard at the rock crusher.
This position he held until the begin
ming of this summer, when he return
ed to Appleton, where he spent some
time. Before he left, however, he put
in an application for position as
patrolman on the Little Rock police
force He returned to Little Rock
Thursday and went on duty as
policeman for the first time Saturday
night. He leaves his father and
mother. five brothers and two sisters.
His brother is one of the guards at
the rock crusher.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Oscar odom Kills himself.

The body of Oscar Odom, aged
about 80 years, who died at Poplar
Bluff. Mo, from the effects of an
overdose of morphine, self-administer-
ed, was brought to Pocahontas for
interment Thursday. Dependency
over lack of work and family trou-
bles are said to have caused Odom
to take his life
Odom lived at Hardy and leaves his
wife and three small children.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Younq People Elope; Wed.

Allen Zones, 623 Rock street. EN-
ployed as clerk by the Pulaski Gas
Light Company, and Miss Ruby
Clark, 1928 Main street, eloped Sat
urday and were married at the court
house at Hot Springs Saturday night
a Presbyterian minister ofiiciated at
the wedding. which was witnessed by
Miss Catherine Herod. 1915 Wright
avenue. who was with the young
couple,
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Renuisition Issued.

Acting Governor Y o. Pindall has
issued a requisition for S. n. Necht,
who is wanted in Randolph county
on the charge of grand larceny and
embezzlement, and who is thought to
be in Kentucky. The requisition was
issued on the governor or that state.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Charged With Infanticide,

In consequence of the finding of the
body of an unknown infant in an
alley Thursday evening, Myrtle
Reaye' a young woman "a years of
age, was arrested and held by n
coroner's jury at Fort Smith satur.
day, charged with infanticide. The
young woman, who comes from Fav.
etteVilie and is girl or some educa.
ton, made clean breast of the
whole affair. John Babb, local man.
mas been arrested as an accom-.
plice
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Charged With Bootleeging.

Fred Chamberlain and G. C. Jarvis,
both white men of Rosston, Nevada
county, were given a preliminary
hearing before United States Com
missioner Sommerville at Texarkana
Thursday morning on a charge OF
selling whiskey in Nevada county
without a federal license. Both men
were held for the next grand jury in
a bond of $3.50 each, which was given.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Accidentally Shot by Chum.

While Ralph Sampson, II years old,
was showing his chum, Dick Orahood,
low 80 automatic pistol worked
Wednesday afternoon at Mammoth
Spring, the revolver was discharged,
the ball entering Orahood's abdomen
and passing through his body
While the surgeons in charge have
little hope for his recovery the boy
Is resting comfortably.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06

Acting Governor X o. Pindall
Saturday issued a requisition for Ed
Mullikin, who is wanted in Jefferson
county on the charge of seduction,
and who is thought to be in Missouri.
to the governor of which state the
requisition was issued. Sheriff c. VI.
Phillpot of jefferson county has gone
after Millikin
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Tom Winfrey Is Killed.

While riding mule and leading
another one at Mulberry, Wednesday,
Tom Winfrey % years of age, and
a member of prominent family, was
thrown by or fell from the animal
he was riding and sustained injuries
which caused his death. He was I'M
conscious when found and never re-
gained consciousness. He leaves a
wife and one child.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Poisoned With Matches.

The 2,year-old son of Abner Nc
Mickle, of TeXarkana. died Saturday
night from the effects of eating the
chemical ends of number of match.
es. The child secured the matches
by climbing upon a chair and taking
the box containing them from its
place on a dresser.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Baby Kills Self With Poison.

While his mother was cooking sup
per Wednesday night, little James,
the lSmonths-old baby OF II. q.
Erwin, a prominent merchant OF
Nammoth Spring, found some NOR
ph.nc in a basket with which il was
playing and ate large quantity
Physicians were called, but the tot
rapidly sank, dying a few hours later.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
$500 Paid Into Fund.

Former Prosecuting Attorney Lewis
Rhoton has paid $500 into the COM
mon school fund The money was
part of the $4,000 paid by the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company in the
compromise of the antitrust suits.