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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-09-10

on either side during the Civil War"
Mr.. E. l.. Didier, in "Spare Mo
ments" (July) gives his reminis-
cences of it's author, James R. Ran
dali, telling of the writing of the
poem and it's introduction to the Con-
federate Army as follows:
At daybreak, on the 18th Of April,
1861, the first shot was fired at Fort
Sumter. A week later, on the 10Th
Of April, some Of the enthusiastic
Southern sympathizers Of Baltimore,
driven frantic by the passage of,
Northern troops through the city for
the invasion of the South, attacked
the Sixth Regiment Of Massachusetts,
volunteers with bricks and stones rs
they marched along Pratt street TO
take the train at Camden Station for
Washington. The soldiers, who were
fully armed with Springfield rifles,
fired upon the citizens, killing several
and wounding many others, some Of
whom had taken no part in the af-
fray, but were merely distant specta-
tors.
When this startling news was
flashed around the land, it reached 9
young Baltimorean, who was profes-
sor in Poydras College at Pointe
Coupee, one hundred and twenty
miles above New Orleans. He wa,
aroused from his classic studies, his
heart fired with patriotic enthusiasm
and the great thoughts that surgod
through his mind kept him awake all
night. At dawn he rose, sat down at
his desk, and wrote the inspired
Southern war-song, "Maryland, My
Maryland " It was first published
in the "New Orleans Delta" In a
few weeks it was copied by all the
leading newspapers of the South, and
James r. Randall, like Byron, awoke
one morning and found himself IA
nous. In the early June days Of
1861, when Maryland still enjoyed
the freedom which is the birthright
of an American citizen, there was a
glee club in Baltimore composed Of
some of the representative young
men and women. They met at each
others houses and sang the popular
songs Of the day. One evening, when
the club was to meet at the house
of a well-known Southern sympa-
thizer, something new, fresh, stirring
was expected by the guests, and the
young lady who had charge Of the
musical program was in despair until
her sister came to the rescue by sug-
costing that the words of "My Mary
land" which had so fired the South
ern heart, should be set to music.
Reading the stirring lines now for the
hundredth time, an old college song
which had been introduced into the
family by Burton N. Harrison when
Yale student was selected, and when
it was sung that night every person
present joined in the refrain.
"EMy Maryland" was first sung
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-09-10

The Waycross Journal says: "We
are sorry to see the Meigs Review
and the Nashville Herald are both
misled into thinking that Tom Wat
son is going to run Bryan a close
race in Georgia this year.
enlisted, are we? Who told you
so?"-Nashville Herald,
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
Tubercu!osis in Little Rock.

While il is the most prevalent dis ease in Little Rock, malarial fever is being charged with the cause of ill- ness and death in many cases where in it is wholly innocent, according to Dr. o. K. Judd, city physician, and, although it is very common, it is less fatal than any Of the principle dis eases that besiege the city. Every year there are many deaths in Little Rock wrongly ascribed to malarial fever.
 The most fatal of ali diseases in Little Rock is tuberculosis of the lungs, which in 1907 claimed Ill vic tins. and bids fair to 50 above that record this year. Tuberculosis is not more common in Arkansas than in other southern states, and in all the cities of the South it leads in the death list. because it abounds among the blacks.
 The typhoid season is just ap- preaching. and Dr. Judd is sending out circulars 10 the physicians of the city warning them, under penalty of prosecution. that all cases must be reported to him promptly,
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
NEGROES RUN OUT OF TRUMAN Gang Employed in Clearing Land Waited on by a Committee . of Whites and Forced
 to Leave.

Jonesboro, Ark.-For a second time been run out of Truman, a lumber town near here. by white people and trouble between the whites. who have driven away the negroes, and J. A. Franklin of Pine Bluff. owner of a big mill at Truman, who em- ployed the negroes, may result Mir. Franklin says that he needs the services of the negroes and that he will endeayor 10 carry out his plans. He was in this city Monday and while here expressed his dissatis- faction at the way in which his negro employees had been treated He also inquired and conferred with several persons as to what steps might be taken to relieve the present situa- ton.
 The second trouble between the negroes and the whites at Truman occurred Monday afternoon, accord ing to Mr. Franklin who says that the people of that vicinity during the course of a picnic appointed a com mittee to wait on the negroes, who were employed to clear a tract of land, and warned them to leave the country at once The negroes left, and, as they did so, it is alleged that beer bottles and axes were thrown at them No one was hurt There were about twenty negroes in the party and all of them came to Jones' boro.
 Only recently a squad of negroes were employed at the mill at the same work when the whites decided that they should leave. An employe at the mill advised them to leave. in forming them that he had been sent to warn them away. He is alleged to have pulled gun to back up his warning and to have started the negroes on a march toward town. When en route, the party met a fore man employed at the mill who over powered the other white man, seized his gun, turned the negroes back and brought the white man into town. Feeling was high at that time be. | cause of the arrest of the white man, | who was afterward given a light fine in police court.
 It was rumored that Governor | Pindall had been asked to send | troops to protect the negroes.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
State Capital Notes
Will be s1.se for Each Child.

Figures compiled in the office of the state superintendent of public instruction show that the amount to be distributed by the department among the various counties, the first Monday in September, for the main- tenance of the common school system of the state will in all probability be decidedly over million dollars. The amounts given below are, of course only estimates, but they are calculated on conservative basis and are approximately correct. The sources from which this fund is de rived are as follows:
 Balance on hand, July l, 1908, $9l,- 61322
 Received from s-mill tax, $S61, 632.58.
 Received from commissioners sales, $3S.
 Received from commissioners sales and redemptions, $26S7.
 Received Sixteenth Section $17,- 741SS.
 Received 3 per cent funding bond coupons, $34 .035.
 Received from Waters Pierce Oil Company, $7,500.
 Received from fertilizer fund, $10.- 15
 Total revenue, $1,o12, 2,59770.
 The total number of children in the state, as estimated from the July re- ports of the county examiners, is 544,- 900. Reckoning on this number of children there will be $1.S6 to be prorated to each child in the state, with a balance of S751.70. This in an increase of at least one-third of the common school fund total of the pre- ceding year. and is far in excess of the amount for any previous year in the history of the state.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
OPEN DEALING iN FAINT.

Buying paint used to b8ssj,tS ths poke. Mixtures in which ..gbaik. ground rock, etc, predominafs. N, @ marked and sold as "Pureo.4Watte Lead" the deception not being az parent until the paint and the paint ing were paid for. This deception .s still pracdced, but We have learned to expose 1t easily.
 National Lead Company, the larg- est makers of genuine Pure White Lead, realizing the injustice that was being done to both property owners and honest paint manufacturers, set about to make paint buying safe. They first adopted a trade mark, he now famous 'nutch-Boy Painter and put this trademark, as a guaranty of purity, on every package of their White Lead. They then set about familiarizing the public with the blow-pipe test by which the purity and genuineness of White Lead may be determined, and furnished a blow pipe free to every one who would write them fer 1t. This action was in itself a guaranty of the purity Of Ma tional Lead Company's White Lead
 As the result of this open dealing the paint buyer today has only him self to blame if he is defrauded For test outfit and valuable booklet on painting, address National Lead Cou~ pany, Woodbridge Bldg, New York
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
FRIENDLY TIP Restored Hope and Confidencs.

After several years Of indigestion and it's attendant evil influence on The mind, it is not very surprising that one finally loses faith in things gen erally
 A N. Y. woman writes an interesting letter. She says:
 Three years ago l suffered from an attack of peritonitis which left ne in most miserable condition. For over two years I suffered from nerv- ousness, weak heart, shortness of breath, could not sleep, etc.
 My appetite was rayenous, but [ felt starved all the tire I had plenty of food but it did not n0urish ne because of intestinal indigestion Med ical treatment did not seem to help. l got discouraged, stopped medicine and did not care much whether lived or died.
 ''One day friend asked me why didn't try Grape-Nuts, stop drinking coffee, and use Postum. I had lost faith in everything, but to please my friends I began to use both and sooa became very fond of them.
 Tt wasn't long before I got so3s strength, felt decided change in nY system, hope sprang up ill my heart and slowly but surely I got better | could sleep very we'll the constant craving for food ceased and I have better health now than before the at tack of peritonitis
 My husband and I are still using Grape-Nuts and Postum." There's q Reason"
 Name given by Pestum Co.,, Battle Greek, Mich. Read, "The Road ta Melville" in pkgs.
 Ever read the above letter. 4 neW one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of hunlAs Interest
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
Judges Big Little Job.

Police Judge E. R. Ratterree has compiled a set of figures which he thinks indicate the fact that he is holding down the biggest little" job in Little Rock He has figured out that an average of 300 defendants face him each month in the year. Each case averages one policeman who tells his version of the story. There is an average of one prescott ing witness to each ol the 500 cases, the city attorney appears in each case, along with the prosecuting at torney and the attor1ey for the de fendant
 This gives all average of 4,S00 peo pie per month, or A 600 per year, not counting the reporters who ask aboIt each case and the people who meet the judge on the street and discuss cases with him. Even after the cases are disposed of a large number of people see the judge in an effort to have friends released, fines remitted and clemency in various forms grant ed, and the judge does all this talking for the sum of $l25 per month.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
Would Celebrate Negro Girls
 Victory.

New Orleans. La.-nteryention of several prominent negroes prevented a serious clash between the whites and negroes here Monday night.
 A few days ago number of young negroes announced that the recent victory of Marie Belden, d New Orleans negro girl, over New Orleans white competitors in the national spelling bee at Cleveland, Ohio, would be celebrated at Simpson Memorial Methodist church here Monday night. The announcement created a stir among the whites. Monday news papers and the city board of educa- ton denounced the proposed celebra tion as an attempt to infiame race prejudice.
 Monday morning Mayor Behrman refused to grant a permit for the celebration and ordered the chief of police to order out his reserves and stop the negroes if they attempted to hold a meeting
 The whites informed the negroes Ut the head of the movement that if an attempt was made to hold the cole. bration there would be a hot time in the old town tonight
 It was at this juncture that several prominent negroes threw themselves into the breach and prevented he celebration.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
First Bale Sold in Little Rock.

After spirited biddmg Conlin Byrd of the T. P Byrd Cotton Company bought the first bale of cotton at the Board of Trade Thursday morning for 21 cents a pound. The bale weighed 530 pounds, was good middlng and brought $121.30. George R. Brown, secretary of the Board of Trade, was the auctioneer.
 For years it has been the custom in this market for the cotton buyers to pay fancy price for the first bale of cotton arriving in the market. Last year the first bale came in from Junction City. A few days thereafter a bale picked in Pulaski county came to Little Rock, and there were two first bales" A rule has been made that the first bale' must come from Little Rock territory.
 The bale sold Thursday came from plantation near Philadelphia, which is strictly Little Rock territory.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
Pensions Allowed Run to Se91,95o.

The clerical force in the state auditors office completed the pension rolls Saturday, the figures showing that pensions to the amount of $691,- 950 were allowed by the State Pen sion Board The pension fund this year will amount to about $472 900, so the $691 ,950 pension claims cannot be paid in full, but on a percentage basis.
 The county with the largest allow ance is Pulaski, the amount being $21,515. The county having the small est allowance is Cross, the pension allowance in that county amounting to $600 There are ten counties ill the state that will receive an allow ance each more than S15,000, Benton, Baxter, Clark. Madison, Pulaski, Sa- line, Sebastian, Union, Washington and White. Nineteen counties will receive more than S10,000 and twenty counties are allowed upwards of $5,- 900 and less than $10,000. The coun- ties having the smaller allowances are Chicot, $625; Crittenden, $I75; Desha, $500.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
Mrs. Katie Flynn a Suicide.

Mrs. Katie Olivia Flynn, wife of w D. Flynn, railroad man. died at 12 o'clock Monday night as a result of drinking carbolic acid with suicidal intent. She was 8 years old and for several years conducted restau- rant on Front street, Texarkana.
 Her husband a week ago took run out of Fort Smith Monday he re- ceived a letter from his wife telling him to come home at once, as she was in trouble. He reached there Tuesday morning to find her a corpse.
 Flynn says there have never been any differences between them and no one has been found who knows of any trouble with which she has been con nected As yet the cause of her act is a mystery.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
Charged With Serious Crims.

Monday evening about dark tele- phone message was received at Jones' boro asking that officers be sent to a point near town to arrest two boys who had attempted to assault Wo- man. Sheriff Logan being absent, Chief of Police Arlington and Deputy Sheriff John R. Taller were immed- lately off for the scene of the assault. About 9 o'clock the officers returned, having in custody two boys, John Fuller and Gleve Henson, each about 19 years of age. They were placed In jail.
 The alleged victim is Mrs. Rose Williams, who lives about two and a half miles northwest of the city.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
"Oh, Willie, wot yer goin tar
Deaths of Presidents.

Washingtons death was dHe to acute laryngitis; Adams, Madison and Monroe, practically to old age; Jefer- son, chronic diarrhea; John Quincy Adams, paralysis; Jackson, dropsy; VaNn Buren. catarrhal affections Of the throat and lungs; William Henry Harrison, pleurisy. Tyler, cause Of death not given by biographers; Polk. cholera; Taylor, cholera morbus, com bined with a severe cold; Fillmore, paralysis; Pierce, dropsy; Buchanan. rheumatic gout; Lincoln. Garfield and Mckinley, assassinated; Johnson. pa ralysis; Grant, cancer at the root Of the tongue; Hayes, neuralgia of ths heart; Arthur heart trouble, and Ben. jamin Harrison, pneumonia
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
QUITE SAFE WITH HER.
One Secret "Tootsie" Surely He.se
 Would Pass Along.

John, love- said the young wife, "you oughtn't to have any secrets from me"
 Well, Tootsie?"
 You go to lodge meetings, and VOL never tell me anything about them" "They wouldn't interest you, dear l don't mind giving you the password, though, if you'll promise never 10 dis close it to a living soul"
 I'll promise never to tell it to any body
 Remember it's to be repeated only once and very rapidly
 I'll remember. What is it?"
 "Aldaborontiphoscip
 What? Please say it again, li.- tie slower" Have you forgotten the conditions already? I said only once and very rapidly"
 (Tearful pause@
 70, dear, I wish you hadn't told mel"
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
Stranger Is Found Dead.

''Death due to causes unknown" was the verdict Of Coroner Vaughter Tuesday evening following the inquest over the body of John Rose, found lifeless in a clump of weeds near the Union depot Tuesday morning. A post-mortem examination of the body was made, but, other than heart trou- ble the coroner was unable to make a statement as to the exact nature of the complications that caused the strangers death.
 The body lies at the Ruebel morgue, where it was taken shortly after it's discovery Tuesday morning, and has of whom remember having seen the man about the city for len days past, but none of whom was able to give the much-desired information of the mans place of residence and family connections
 Early Tuesday morning Night Policeman Ed Turner found Rose ly- ing sick and intoxicated in the full glare of the sun. He assisted the man to the shade in the weeds and offered to send for physician Say ing that his loss to the world would not be felt Rose refused to be seen by doctor and would accept nothing more of the officer than a drink of water. Turner procured the water and promised to return later with an other cup, which he did half hour later to find the stranger dead.
 As Rose had told Turner, 1t seems that he is without relatives, friends or money. and his body will probably be laid to rest in the potter's field.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
New Railroad to Harrison.

Col. Squires of Sulphur, Okla, is in Harrison and has aroused the people to a pitch of enthusiasm over the prospect of getting a second railroad
 Col. Squires is a railroad promoter and is expecting the arrival of an engineer, upon whose arrival pro- posal will be submitted to the citizens of Harrison for the construction of road from Harrison to Bergman, where it will connect with the Mis- souri Pacific. It is also planned to extend the road south to Clarksyille.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
Would Make the Teachers Pay Up.

Should a male teacher who never pays poll tax be permitted to hold a position in the public schools in Arkansas?"
 This question has been frequently asked and was called 10 the attention of Superintendent George B. Cook Saturday. IL is contended that teach CTS. above all others, should be among the first to pay poll tax. This tax goes to the school fund. and the teach CT gets more benefit from it than any other person, and he should be re quired 10 pay ii. otherwise he should be barred from teaching i'll the public schools. so argument runs.
 Some persons who have talked the matter over with the superintendent would like to have him suggest that an act be passed by the legislature making male teacher ineligible to teach in the public schools in the state unless he is a poll tax payer.
 Superintendent Cook. in discussing the question, said that every good male citizen in the state should pay the poll tax and that so should every teacher of the sterner sex. The mala teacher shoald be proud of the privi- lege of paying poll tax said Super intendent Cook He is more for tunate than the teacher of the oppo- site sex He enjoys benefits that the other does not. His pay is greater than that of the other, and iii addi- tion to this he is distinguished by every cne with the title of professor He not only receives the. pay, but is also accorded the honor of his pro fession. He certainly should esteem it a pleasure to pay his poll tax, and I believe he will when the matter is presented to him in the proper shape, without going to the legislature to make him do So"
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
Two Policemen Shot.

Houston, TeX.-Two policemen lie in the Houston Intirmary as the re- suit of an altercation with Joe Rem Walter county kemper emptied the contents of shotgun into the bodies of the two officers, M Monroe and C. w. Heck, as they were on their way to report to the police sta tion Monday. Monroe will probably die Kemper and another man had been arrested at night for fighting and after being released Kemper made threats against the police.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
Baxter, Ark, Negro Killed.

J. R. Davis. policeman at Brook. haven, Miss, shot and killed Henry Jones, a Baxter, Arkansas, negro. whom he tried to take Monday near the Illinois Central depot on the charge of robbery of a car several months ago.
 Davis, accompanied by Constable Smith, had just arrested the negro and had pulled out handcuffs to put policeman A moment later the negro was dead
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
Pardons Granted.

Governor Pindal granted three pardons Thursday, as follows:
 J. D. Robinson, convicted in the Clark county circuit court in January on the charge of aggravated assault and fined $l00 and sentenced to one year in jail.
 Reuben Johnson, convicted in the Prairie county circuit court in March on a m.sdemeanor charge and sent
 Frank Patoka, convicted in the Pulaski county circuit court in March on the charge of forgery and sent enced to two years imprisonment in the penitentiary
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
Freiqht Depot Is Condemned.

The Lonoke city council has passed an ordinance condemning the freight depot and platform of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company. the two seed houses near the depot and the cotton platform and unless the railroad company prepares to take active steps at once to remove these buildings to a more desirable place the buildings will be torn down. Tine fight between the citizens and the railroad company there over this proposition is an old one.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
Reuuisition for Josh Pate.

w E. Gibson. a deputy sheriff of Mississippi county, left Thursday for Cairo, H., to bring to Arkansas Josh Pate, who is under indictment in Mis- sissippi county on the charge of mur- der in the first degree for the killing of Joe Horse several months ago. Pate is in jail at Cairo awaiting tho officer from Arkansas. It is expected that Deputy Gibson will have to go to Springfield and consult the governor of Illinois before he will be able to bring the prisoner to Arkansas.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
Adams Settles Old Score.

With the lower part of his body filled with shot. Pete Bailey, negro, recently paroled by Acting Governor Pindall, is in a serious condition, and William Adams is under bail for as sault with intent to kill. A few weeks ago, Adams, who was member Of the police force at Fort Smith, was attacked by the negro, who was tried at the last term of court, and sent to the penitentiary He was later pardoned by Pindall and returned to Fort Smith Since that time Adams has been gunning for him. Thursday afternoon he caught sight of Bailey in the Frisco railroad yards. He then secured shotgun and poured charge of buckshot into the negros body. The shot failed to strike vital spot Adams was arrested ana gave bail.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-28
Thompson Draws Two Fines.

Leroy Thompson, from Fourche Dam, was fined $50 and costs in Justice Meisner's court Thursday on a charge of carrying concealed wea- pons and $10 and costs on charge of assault and battery. A islander charge that has been pending against him for some time was dismissed. Thompson has been in the limelight for the past several weeks through his connection as witness in an un- savory case that was tried here some time ago.