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The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1908-07-30
Proposed Amendment No. 10.

THAT Section Of Article lG OF The Com
stitutioa Of the State Of ARKANSAS be amood-
cd 80 as to read as follows:
Article Is. Section |. Neither the State
nor any city, town, county, Or other uanici-
paty in the State shall ever loan its credit
Tor any purpose whatever, nor shall any
county, city. town n municipality ever Is
sue any interest bearing evidences of ia
dsbtedae-s, except such bonds as may be
authorized by law t. provide for the con-
strueti0n aaj maintenance Of public high
ways in counties, cities and towns and the
construction. purchase and maintenance Of
public improvements Of "a general nature in
cities and towns.
Provided. That bonds or evidence of in
debtadness shall not be issued for m amount
more than ten per cent. OF the assessed Yala-
alton Of all r,al aud personal property IN
any city, town OF county proposing to issue
same.
such bonds shall not bear a greater rate
# interest than live per cent. per unum,
aud Up order to provide for the payment Of
,nch bonds and interest. special laz mol to
exceed three mills on the dollar, il addition
u tha rate Of taxation. now authorized, may
be- iovied BIZ sad counties. cities and towns.
And thu state shall never ISSUE any inter
-. bearing treasury warrants ar scrip
The above resolution was flied IN the office
o. the Secretary OF State Oh May %, 1907.
Each elector may vote Tor or against the
above amendment.
Witness my official signature this 24th
day Of February. 1908
Q. c. LUDWIG,
<sta..l aeafs.a.F 81 STATE.
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w aI'ninc Order.

IN the crcHIt Court for Drew COUNTY Ark.
Harris x Jassers, Plaintiff.
IS
Rna@ne Grain Company Defendant
The Defendant brown, eirafn eaofpauv is
hereby warned to appear N this Court within
thlfly day tom this date aai aa -.er no CON
PlAiai Of t. flaintias. Harris 3 Isgeers. fired
in suit IN sttacbment or the sa11e will be tax.
en- as confessed
Given under my hand as Clerk Of said Court
and the seal thereof this luly +. 1aos.
~ ". Eimbro cierl
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1908-07-30
Financial Statement
OF Drew County.

a. for Drew county. Arkansas. do hereby
certify that the following is a correct statement
OF the Financial condition of Drew county,
Arkansas, showing the amount Of indebted
ness at The close Of the fiscal year eulilg. july
18th le9s the amount expended for all purpo-
ses aud the amount received from alI sources
fer said fiscal year also showing the condition
of the several school Districts OF the county
June 10Th 1905 to-wt:
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1908-07-30
Proposed Amendment No. ..

Every male citizen Of the intel State.
or male person Who has 1eelare] his nt-n-
tia of becoming citizen Of the same, Of
the age Of twentY-one years. who ms razid-
ed in the State twelve months, in the county
six months, and in the precinct, town or
ward one month. next preceding any cleo
ton at which he may propose to vote, ex-
eept such persons as may for the eonmiss-
ion Of some felony be deprived Of the right
10 vote BY law passed by tie General A.
sembly. and who shall exhibit poll ny re-
eeipt a. other evidence that he has paid his
poll lax NJ the tiaae Of collecting taxes Eext
preceding such election. shsl be allowed to
vote in any election in the State Of Arkan-
sas Provided. That persons VINO nuke sat
i.taetorv proof that they have attained the
age ef tWcntv-one years since the time of as
sessing taxes next preceding said election
aud possessed the other necessary qualifica-
lions, shall be permitted To vate. ard pro-
vdea further, that the said tax receipt shall
be % marked By dated stamp Of written en-
dorsement by the Judges Of election 10 whom
it may BE- first presented as to prevent the
holder thereof from VI 1g m ore than once
ia any elcetion''
The above resolution was filed ia The Office
Of the Secretary Of STATE on April y, 1907.
Each elector may vote for or against the
above amendment
Witness my official signatare this 9TH
day Of February, 1905.
o. c. LUDWIG,
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1908-07-30
In the Drew ehauecry Court

In the Drew ehauecry court
IL II. Eastlani Plaintiff,
vs..
Constance Eastlaua. Defendant.
The defendant Constance II Esstlaud, il
warned 10 appear in this court within thirt,
DAYS and answer the complaint ofthe plaintiff
HI Eastlsud which Is petition for divorces
GlYen this July 9TH ls0:
J. Eluore. e3erA.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1908-07-30
DISTRICT.

DISTRICT.
For Gongress-Joe. 7. Robin
son.
For Prosecuting Attofney-Paul
u. Matlock.
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Witness nv hand aud official seai iH.a z7t
day OF Iuly 1905.
D. NJ H4ttBI
seal County Clerk
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ne o flee s. F. Corner square Phone %.
BLACK BROS,
Dentists.
Office III Bank Building, over
Parlor Drug store.
Proposed Amendment to the eonstitu-
ton OF the State of Arkansas.

Notice Is hereby given that che following
joint resolution, proposing an amendment to
the State Constitution. was passed. by the
General Assembly at its regular session Of
1907. and thai the sams will be submitted
to the electors of the State at The neNt gen
eral election, to be held Monday, September
Il. 1908. for alontian OF rsiaeliaa. ":
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1908-07-30
FRIEND TO FRIEND.

Tie personal concentrations Of pee.
pie who have been cured Of coughs and
colds By chambe,lain's Cough Remedy
have done mere than all else to make il
staple article Of trade and commerce ove,
a large part Of the civilized world.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1908-07-30

Fl. M w lIson & CO. have all
the new things in collars, net bows.
Conaos and wire aair rats.
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The NOnJicellonIan

n. n. GOTHAM. BUS. Mgr.
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w ai.ning Order.

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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
THE GOVERNOR AND THE PARTY LEADER cABAL.

There is of courses great deal Tor in the rivalry in the candidates.
uonal convention that appears Oh the surface The competition is not en-
trey NJ of personal preference. National politics are involved. Governor
Fort is a pronounced Taft nan So is John w Gnggs who cheerfuly says
TO. other candidates fr delegate at-arge ire not pronounced in their pref
erences, and it Is believed that they would undoubtedly prefer Governor
Hughes or Senator Knox. MI. David Baird is for Knox. Until after the dis
tdctp primaries shall have been held and the State convention declared it
win not be known what the predominant sentiment o the party in New
Jersey is al to New jerseys preference. But in, anticipation of the con-
venton, a convocston of party leaders fix up a slate, exclude the Gov
ernor Is we'll a $ former Governor Griggs, the two pronounced Taft men,
and declare the thing settled. But it isn't.
Governor Fort stands upon his we'll defined rights in asserting his party
aside. He makes vigorous protest. 1t is all pretense to say that because he
has been mentioned al a vice-presidental candidate he should be held in
eligible to SIT in thu nominating convention. That is fustan. Hobart vas
a delegate when Governor Fort nominated him at ST Louis And here were
others. too. Roosevelt did not stay away from the Philadelphia convention
when he was a candidate, The time has indeed gone by when a small cabal#
"a make a slate of national delegates or a political party in New Jersey
So the issue is squarey made and the delegate slate is halted. There will be
a conference to harmonic the conflict ing interests and, without doubt, Gov
erno Fort Will prevail Where John w Griegs will con in admits of Some
doubt Meanwhile there is a bill recommended by the Governor. pending
In the Legislature for the primaries to elect convention delegates % be held
under the supervision of regular pnm airy officers 1t is an emergency BILL
relevancy to the dispute over the ddegatesatlarge VIII the bill be passed?
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
INVESTIGATE THE SCHOOLS IN THIS STATE.

1t is reassuring to be told by superintendent Poland and Fire. Chief Asst
ley that the public schools of or city are well safeguarded against the chances
of a calamity similar to the heart-rending me in the colinwood, o., public
should To- be redoubed. The schools should be thoroughly inspected and
school, principals impressed anew with a sense of their duty in holding regular
and frequent fire drill for the children. Discipline is vital in IN emergency.
The habit formed Of responding to a given signal and performing certain
movements becomes Involuntary and, nee fixed. it controls the thoughts OF tins
child and protects him or her from N Of danger, which means panic The
teacher also isl disciplined to control M when thus trained is cool and sell
possessed in moments when she realizes there is great danger.
There are undoubtedly many public schools elsewhere in the State in
which the children arc not properly guarded. The CoGtnwood school was a
suburban school, and there "a palaby great neglect The State Board of
Education does not exercise police powers and cannot keep close watch o.
the many schools of the State to see that they are safe for the pupils. The
vide for a n investigation of all the sch oos in the State and giving power to
the State Board of Education to compel such changes and the establishment
of such regulations as tn conditions revealed nay necesdtate
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
What is the order of Presidential sue
cession? K. Fl. ID.
THE Presidential succession is fixed
by chapter 4 of the acts of the Forty
ninth Congress, first session. In case of
the removal, death. resignation or ina
bility of both the President and Vice
President, then the Secretary of State
shall act as President until the disa-
bility of the President or Vice-President
is removed or a President is elected.
If there be no Secretary of State, then
the Secretary of War, Attorney Cen
eral, Postmaster General, Secretary of
the Navy n Secretary of the Interior.
The Secretary of Agriculture and
Secretary of Commerce and Labor were
added by subsequent enactment. The
acting President must upon taking Of
flee Congress, if not at the time
in session, in extraordinary session, CIV
ing twenty days notice. This act ap-
plies only to such cabinet officers as
shall have been confirmed by the Sem
ate, and are eligible under the constitu-
ton to the Presidency.-Ed.1
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
WARMING UP.

"An audience" began William Norris
of TON Jones'" lis a peculiar animal.
1t reminds me at times of the girl and
the fiatiron-the audience representing
the 1atiron.
"On a bitter night of late December
a kind mistress said to the servant girl:
Jenny, it's a frightful night. 1t
presages a white Christmas. And
there's no fire in your room. l think,
child, you'd better take a iatiron to
bed with you
""Do We think SO, ma'am? says
Jenny, doubtfully.
Eyes. I do says the mistress, very
kind and firm. L insist on it. Dom
forget
Every we'll, ma'am,' said Jenny, in
a sullen voice.
THE next morning the cold was ter
rible. The landscape was i%ron-bound
with frost.
"'Well, Jenny said the mistress, did
you take that f1atiron to bed with you,
as I ordered?'
Eyes, ma'am,' Jenny answered.
" And how did 0 make out with
it?'
"'oh, so-so,' said Jenny. i think |
got 1t almost warm before morning
-Young's Magazine.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
THE pENNsyL vANA RAILROAD IN NEW JERSEY.

The Pennsylvania Railroad, which has it's greatest property interests
located in New jersey. is not to be approached by any other single railroad
corporation in the world in the magnitude of its undertakings and it's bust
ness The tall figures taken iron the companys annual report are stag
The company operates 11l75 miles IF track and controls thousands
of miles more It's gross earnings in 1907 were $S26OOO0W, a gain of $4,000 900
over 1906, and n other railroad ON pany in the world has ever equaIed
this The net earnings were $s3OOOO0. The company owns SEQ 100000 Of Sc
curiies of othec corporations on which it earned $o44GOOO of dividends
enough to pay the entire funded debt amounting 10 sOOOoOo. Last year
the company paid out over $a,OOoO0O mor for expenses than in the pre-
year The vast enterprises tire Pennsylvania Railroad is o prose-
cutting in and around New York alone are almost national in character
But the question may pertinenty be asked where would the Pennsylvania
Railroad be today fit had lot secured the right of way i've New Jersey
to New York harbor by the lease of the United Railroads d New Jersey?
That stretch of less than one hundred miles is worth more 10 the company
than two thousand miles of the rest If it's great system.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
NOTHING DOING.

lie was about % years old and the son
of a farmer, and as he was buying a
package of envelopes at a stationer's
the proprietor of the place observed:
"oh, by the way, st, Valentines Day
is at hand
Yes
Il have the largest assortment for
years"
'yes?"
"They range in price from 3 cents to
YES
For about a dollar l can give you
something hal you needn't be ashamed
to send to your best girl. In fact, she'll
think it cost four or Eve"
''Yes?r
will you take a little time to look
them over? Better get before the
rush. and while You have a variety to
select FROM
Stranger, / don't need one said the
young man, as he turned away.
mo? / thought you might be keep
ing company with some nice girl out in
the country"
And so l am, and have been for the
last three years. During that time ]
have saved her life from a bull, an auto
and a mad dog, and l found her when
she was idst in the woods and dug her
out Of q snpwbank when she was freeg-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
NOT INTERESTED.

Macklyn Arbuckle. of 1.-THE Round
up was watching a woman alight
from a Fifth avenue motor stage the
other day.
"These bubble busses,'' said Mr.. Ar
buckle remind me of something q
woman told me who had just returned
from London. It's almost impossible to
get off an English bus without quite a
display of lingerie, as you probably
know. But the English women flop
down the stairs like so many turtles,
leaving the arrangement of their skirts
to take care of itself.
MY American friend, however, was
on the top of the bus n spent sew
eral moments modestly gathering her
skirts together, several persons were
blocked behind her, and the cockney
bus conductor on the platform below
called up, impatiently:
Step right along, lady, please; legs
aren't no treat to me."-Young's Mag
azine.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
THE NEGRO IN TIE PLATFORM.

The negro figures prominently in the Ohio Republican ylatnrm, which i'm
peratvey demands that the South shall have it's representation in Congress
and in the Electoral College reduced to the extent that it has disfranchised
the black. It Will be recalled that Senator Foraker of Ohio prosecuted
his campaign against Roosevelt with the idea of alternating the negro vote
from q Roosevelt candidate. and the Ohio politician has o m to be pos
sessed witt the idea that the whole situation turn upon the Negro Hence
these tears But the platform does nt describe the attitude of Theodore
Roosevelt who lin all his addresses has never favored a reduction of South
en representation OF accoun of the negro If Secretary Taft stands for the
Ohio platform declaration he will look in vain for the Democratic votesj
that wen to Roosevelt In 1904 and he will probably miss lot a few votes
of Northern Republicans who do OF want to see a revival of the section
ansm we have all believed was buried in the closed trenches Of the Civil
War
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
HAVE A LAUGH WITH US
THIS

young man." said the stern parent,
my daughter can never be yours"
I'm glad of that" calmly rejoined
the young man.
What" exclaimed the s. D. in sur
prise.
"Pm glad she can't be my daughter"
replied the y. m, 'for I want her to be
wife. See ?"-Chicago News.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
INVOLVED.

Binks-I notice that you havB q
thread tied u our finger. I Esups
pose that is to remind you of slime
thing?
Jinks-Not exactly. 1t is to remind
my wife to ask me if [ forgot some-
thing she told me to remember.-Har-
per's Weekly.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
TOO LATE. TOO A T

Sandy, who is painting his house,
goes to the other end of town on a Dor
rowing expedition. He stops at neigh
Dor Wullie's. Knocks.
us Wullie imp
AYE replies a woman at the door.
"a wad like tao see him"
Eye Gamma
"Whit wye no? Is ma he weel?"
1000, he's just deid, puir bodie."
Qong pause.)
did he say onything ABBOTT a pot O
green paint afore he dee'd?"-Harper's
Weekly.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
EXPLICIT.

This is an age of STEEL" said the
a~fter-dinner speaker.
Permit me to suggest" interrupted
the chairman courteously, that for the
benefit Of the reporters present you
spell that last word.'-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
no wHlppMds m the SCHOOLS.

The inadvsed movement to restorew whipping as a mcans of discipline in
the public schools has been rebuned by the New York Board of Aldermen
and by the Board of Superintendent. The latter board we'll says in resou-
lions sent to the educational board that whipping is not rformatory and
nas a vicious effect upon the pupils 1t develops cowardce and hypocrisy,
creates a suren spirit and brutahzes the teacher The indiscriminate use OF
the birch by teachers would be attended by exhibitions of temper rom
which teachers IS well as other persons, are not exempt But corporal
punishment in a public institution belongs toa past age It is as obsolete
as the whipping post and the duckIng stool and other former legal methods Of
s4orture
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
JOHN Y O'REILLY.

TO the Editor OF the Evening Star:
Will o kindly give me the date and
place of the birth I'M death of John
Boyle O'Reilly? S. P. j.
He was born at Dowth Castle, near
Drogheda, County Meath, Ireland, June
2S, 1914, son of William David and
Eliza (Boyle) O'Reilly. He died at his
summer residence, Hull, Mass, August
10, 1890.-Ed.J
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
WHY HE ASKED.

Mamma, is the old black hen going
to be sent away for the summer?'
mo, Tommy; but why do you ask 2"
well, I heard papa tell the new gov
erness that he would take her out
riding when he sent the old hen way
for the summer. "-Harper's Weekly.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
HOW SHE DID IT.

The police had arrived in answer to a
telephone call for help.
How did you manage to knock the
burglar senseless?" they asked.
"Oh," replied the meek little oman
II just grabbed the poker, shut my
yes and imagined he was my hus-
band."-Chicago News.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05

Bobbs-He brags about the ice he
cuts in society.
Dobbs-Yes. he must drive one of
the delivery Observation-Disclosures
Evening Telegraph.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
JUST W THEMSELVES.

Actress (sotto voce)-Sh, no one
must know of this!
Actor Surveying slim audience)-My
dear, you NAL speak out. there is no
one to heal us.-Judge.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
SURE.

Lives of great men oft remind us,
If we had but half their gall.
We could loaf, too, and behind us
Leave not any tracks at all.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
SUB NOSA.

He kissed her under the mistletoe,
He kissed her under the rose,
He kissed her under the holly and
He kissed her under the nose.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
FROM STAR

Anonymous communications cannot be
printed. Except on political subjects the
names Of correspondents are not required for
publication. but as a guarantee Of good faith.
-Ed.l
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05

ing, and if she goes back on me just
because 1 don't send her a dosh-dinged
valentine this rear, then all l can say
is let 'er rip and I'll find another"
JOE KERR.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
HARM0NY IN cnLnR.

What is meant by white lies2f
Those must be tho kind the Oldest
in~habitant tells about the big snow
storms when he was a boy
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
NO CHARGE FOR 1T.

Her bright smile haunts me still"
well, cheer up. That isn't half as
expensive as If she had sued you for
breach of promise
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
NEWS ITEM.

There is a clever artist in Colorado.
He is so realistic that he dare not paint
any moths, for fear they will chew up
his canvas.@Judge.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-05
CONDITIONAL.

(Which displays the most intelli-
gence, Billy's pup or Billy?"
Depends upon whether it is a saul
sage or a drink that is in sight,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15
OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC.
When Talking For Eastern News
papers.

AS a general rule the western rail-
way officials give out many pessimistic
interviews while in the west, regard
ing business conditions. But take the
same men when in the east and their
line of talk is decidedly optimistic. For
example here are a few brighter con-
tributions printed in the New York
Herald from western officials who are
generally considered pessimistic:
Let the business come, and come
with a rush. The western roads are
ready for it and expect it, is the COM
bined expression of the general mana
gers of Union Pacific. Burlington and
Northwestern railroads.
General Manager Mohler. of the
Union Pacific says: I'VE are anticipat-
ing an increase in business and we
are prepared to handle it. We have
our equipment in such shape that we
are prepared for the fall rush We
have maintained a large force of men
in the shops and have been working on
our equipment until everything is in
first class order. The tremendous
crops which are now maturing in I'm
ion Pacific territory guarantees our
road a business to its capacity for the
coming fall and winter
George w. Holdrege, general mana
ger of the Burlington lines west of the
Missouri river says: This talk about
letting the rolling stock run down in
order to save expenses is all bosh. We