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Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27
Theft CHARGED to FITZGERALD.

ChicagC.-The mystery of the theft
CT $4,000 from the United States
subtreasury a year and a half ago,
one OF the largest losses the govern
ment has ever suffered in this man
neI, is believed TO have been solved
by the arrest at an early hour Sunday
OF George w Fitzgerald. Others are
Believed 10 have been implicated in
The crime. which for months COM
pletely baffled government secret
service men. Fitzgerald was an as
sorting teller under Assistant United
States Treasurer William Boden-
week.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27
Horrible Visions.

land, lis probably as impossible as to
explain the mysteries of nightmare.
That it is due to the effect of poison
in drugs or stimulants acting on the
nervous system can be readily stated.
That this poison acting upon the nerve
centers, and especially the nerves
which actuate the visual organs, is
obviously in evidence. But just what
it is in the mental condition which
makes the object take the form of
rat, a snake, a devil, a dragon, or
creature unknown to natural history
is more occult question. The victim
has been in condition of extreme
mental stress. He feels that the world
is against him. He is a lost creature
to this life and is the creature of an
other world. His imagination is over
wrought and distorted, and automatic
ally brings into existence impossible
visions which seem to him absolutely
real. They might be said to be men
tai impressions enormously inter-
preted by the perceptive faculties.
How these strange creations are pro-
duced and why they assume particu-
lar forms would be as difficult to ex-
plain as to diagnose the conditions
that induce an ugly dream, with the
exception that in the case of the al
coholist we know that the exact
source of the illusion, even though we
cannot describe the mental process
by which it is produced. We cannot
say why insane persons are pursued
by fiends, or why they imagine they
are kings, queens or deities; and the
delirium of alcoholism Is a species of
insanity"
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27
PLANTERS IN URGENT NEED
Maj. Foote Reports All Hope of Max
ing Crop Is Now Past in the
Flooded Section.

Natchez, Miss.-Maj. Stephen
quarters at Jackson barracks, New
Orleans, is in Natchez, having return
ed from a trip over the Black river
(La) district, which had been under
water for such a length of time as TO
preclude the possibility of making a
crop of any kind.
He said the district is peopled with
white citizens and that after the wa
ter had receded and the seed furnish
ed by the government had been plant
ed, a sige of rain came and destroyed
every hope of a crop.
To aid to the distressing situation.
the fund out Of which government
rations had been furnished is prac-
tically exhausted and the people are
in urgent need of relief
Maj. Foote'S report can be applied
to the Mississippi lands that were
overlooked from March q to July IL,
a period of 113 days, which is I'M
paralleled in the history of the river
Following this came sixteen days of
rain, making it impossible for the
farmers to grow any kind of crop.
Forty thousand acres of cultivated
land in the counties of Claiborne,
Jefferson, Adams and Wilkinson
(MississippD, and $4,000 acres in the
parishes OF Tensas and Concordia
CLouisiana), were under water The
flood was prolonged on account of the
high stages OF the Arkansas. These
lands are covered with water when
the stage reaches 40 feet, a point
reached at a. m. of March 81, and
continuing until July IL.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27
NEGRO Suspect Held,

Chattanooga, Tenn.-Wirl Hunter,
a negro answering the description
furnished by the Birmingham authori-
ties OF the negro who brutally assault
ed Mrs Sarah Mallet in East Thomas,
suburb OF that city Saturday night.
was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Nc
Infancy He was taken from the
1890 Birmingham train. Hunter,
though acknowledging to have come
direct from Birmingham, and stating
hat he had lived within a short dis
lance CT the spot where the crime was
committed denied all knowledge of
the crime
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27
LYDIA E. PINKHAM

Nature and woman'S work COM
bined have produced the grandest
remedy for Woman's ills that the
world has ever known.
In the good old-fashioned days of
our grandmothers they relied upon
the roots and herbs of the field to
cure disease and mitigate suffering.
The Indians ON our Western
Plains to-day can produce roots and
herbs for every ailment, and cure
diseases that battle the most skilled
physicians who have spent years In
e the study of drugs.
From the roots and herbs of the
field Lydia E. Pinkham more than
thirty years ago gave to the women
of the world a remedy for their Pc
euliar ills, more potent and etfica-
cious than any combination OF drugs.
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is now recognized as the
standard remedy for woman's ills.
Mrs. Bertha Muff, of SIS NC. St.,
Louisiana, Mo, writes:
Complete restoration to health
means so much to me that for the sake
of other suffering women l am willing
to make my troubles public.
"For twelve years / had been suffer-
ing with the worst forms of female ills.
During that time had eleven different
physicians without help. No tongue
can tell what suffered, and at times
could hardly walk. About two years
ago l wrote Mrs. PinilhaIl Ger advice.
/ followed it, and can truly say that
Lydia e. Pinl1ham's Vegetable Com
pound and Mrs. Pinl1ham's advice re-
stored health and strength. 1t is
worth mountains of gu % suffering
women
What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound did for Mrs. Muff,
it viii do for other suffering women.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27
Bryan Will Not Speak in Georgia.

Macon, Ga,-Joseph II. Hall, chair
man OF the Bibb County Democratic
Club, received telegram from Nor
man K. Mack, chairman of the Ma
tional Democratic Committee, Chicago,
canceling the engagement of VIM. j.
Bryan TO speak in Macon September
IA. The reasons given for canceling
the engagement is that Mr. Bryan
found he could not come to Georgia
without visiting other states in this
section and it was concluded to be
advisable for him TO confine himself
to the doubtful states.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27
Holland Will Demand Apology.

The Hague-The distant VeneZue-
Ian war cloud does not ruff1e the pla-
cidity of the Dutch capitol in the
least There is no enthusiasm over
the prospect of furnishing President
Castro for the insult suffered by the
Dutch minister.
Some show of interest was made
directly after the recent meeting of
the cabinet, at which the entire situa-
ton was discussed, but since then
the wheels of the government have
moved slowly. NJ. DeReus is expected
to arrive here tomorrow
Officials of the foreign Office profess
settling the troubles between the two
nations by diplomacy, but prepare
lions which are now being made by
the ministry of marine discredit such
optimism. Nothing less than the
speedy withdrawal of President Gas.
tro's DEGREES. which have been the
means of Gripping trade in Curacao,
and something in the nature of an
apology would be satisfactory to Hol-
land
A full agreement with the govern
ment of the United States has been
reached The United States govern
ment has ruled that there would be
no objection to a blockade of Ven
ezuelan ports Or other measures
against Venezuela, providing no ter
litOIy was seized That leaves the
way open now for Holland to proceed
against President Castro as she
pleases.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27
Newspapera Of the World.

There are 1850 newspapers pub
lished in the United States about
1000 of them are published daily and
100 are managed, edited and pub
lished by negroes. In Asia there are
5000 periodical publications, of which
the greater part appear in British In
dia and Japan; the latter country pub
fishes 1900 newspapers. Africa has
only 200 newspapers, of which 80 are
published in Egypt and the rest APP
pear in the various European colonies
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27
HNaiIs.V

mails are a mighty good thing
particularly finger nails-but | don't
believe they were intended solely for
ratching-though l used mine large
ly for that purpose for several years.
l was sorely affected and had it to do.
One application of Hunts Cure, how
ever, relieved my itch and less than
a box cured me entirely"
]. NJ. WARD, Index, Texas.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27
One Bottle or Less.

Malaria is easy to contract in some
localities, and hard to get rid of-that
is, if the proper remedy is not used.
Cheatham's Chill Tonic frees any one
from it promptly and thoroughly. 1t
is guaranteed to cure any kind of
Chills. One bottle or less will do it.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27
Those Men!

Il went into the office looking like
a fright" said the woman. Il didn't
have a chance to straighten my hat
or pat my hair or anything. | had in
tended to primp going up in the ele-
vator, but there was a man standing
before each mirror twirling his mus
tache and | couldn't even get peep
at myself"
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27
Still Room,

Milliner-Really, Miss Passay, the
white feather on your hat makes you
look at least five years younger!
Miss Passay-Well, you may-er-
put a couple more white feathers on
it.-Stray Stories.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27

One of the many things conceited
youth is unable to understand is how
any sensible female can pass him up
for some other chap.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27
Most ACCEPTABLE WArship.

The worship most acceptable comes
Plutarch.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27

FITS. st. Nitus Dance and Nervous Diseases per
manently cured by DE Kline Great Nerve Restorer
Send for FREE 500 trial bottle and treatise, Dr
X. H. Kline, Id, 93l Arch Street, Phllade pha. Pa
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27
Hicks capudine Cures Nervousness

Whether tired out. worried, sleepless or
what not 1t quiets and refreshes brain
and nerves. It's liquid and pleasant to
take. Trial bottle 10c-regular size Csc and
SOC at druggists.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27

Ingratitude is a sign of weakness;
one never finds strong man migrate
ful.-Mountfort.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27

Greatness and goodness are not
means, but ends.-Coleridge
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27
Your DRUGGIST Will Tell YOU

That Murine Eye Remedy Cures Eyes,
Makes Weak Eyes Strong. Doesn't Smart.
Soothes Eye Pain and Sells for soc.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27

Use Aliens Foot-Ease
Cures tired aching. sweating fcet25c Trial package
free. A. l. nlmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27

Tie best workman is he who loves
his work.-T. T. Lynch.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27

A wise man is apt to know when he
has enough before he gets it.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-27

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums, reduces IN
aammaton alays pain, cures wind collie 2oc ootue'
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-18
WILL OF MRS. MOVES
BARS FORMER SPOUSE
PROPERTY OF WOMAN SLAIN
BY M'COMAS WORTH $4,000
All Bequeathed to Relatives in East.
Believed Divorced Husband VIII
Contest Terms of Docu-
nnent

According to the will of Charlotte f.
Noyes, who was shot and killed in her
room on February 20 while in the COM
pany of w. p. McComas, her estate is
valued at about $4,000, and is left to
relatives in the east, her former hus-
band, however, being barred.
The will reached Los Angeles a few
days ago and was presented in the
probate division of the superior court
yesterday by Frank Bryson, public ad-
ministrator, who has filed petition
for letters of administration. The
hearing was continued until a later
date, pending the examination of the
papers in the divorce action filed by
Mrs. Noyes and in which she was sue
cessful. The former husband of the
dead woman is expected to file a con-
test of the will on the ground that the
divorce was obtained by fraud, and 1t
is to anticipate this action on his part
that the papers are being examined by
the attorney representing eastern heirs.
The will has been placed in the GUS
tody of the county clerk.
w. P. McComas, charged with the
killing of Mrs. Noyes will be placed
on trial in Judge Wilbur's court on
May IS.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-18
ROADS TO BEACHES
READY FOR AUTOISTS
Everything In ShIpshape Style to
Accommodate Parties Who
Wish to Drive Over
Them

VIII the roadways from Los Angeles
to Long Beach, San Pedro, Redondo,
Ocean Park and Venice be in such a
condition that automobiles may run to
those cities during fleet week without
the danger of skidding and bouncing :?
Yes, they certainly will--in fact, they
are.
Supervisor Wilson returned yesterday
after weeks trip of inspection of the
various roads leading to the points of
interest during the coming week, and
reports he finds everything in ship
shape style and ready to accommodate
the machines which are expected to
make the run from this city to the
coast.
The route to Long Beach and San
Pedro, which has been gone over and
found in the best condition, is along
Central and Compton avenues, via Do
ninguez and Elftman station.
To reach Redondo the supervisor says
the best road to take is via Englewood
and along Washington and Adams
streets in going to Ocean Park and
Venice.
The cost to the county of preparing
these roads for the large travel ex-
pected during the week has been ex-
ceptionally great, because of the short
rainfall this year, 1t being necessary
to carry water from distance and in
some instances to lay short pipe lines.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-18
JUBILEE DIXIE SINGERS
COMING TO LOS ANGELES
Original Troupe to Appear at Simpson
Auditorium Under Auspices of
the Y. M. C. A. on
April 27-28

Williams Original Jubilee Dixie
singers, under the management OF
Charles P. Williams of Chicago, are
announced to appear at Simpson audi
torium Monday and Tuesday evenings,
April 27-2S, to give a concert under
the auspices of the negro Y. M. c. A.
The members of this aggregation, 1t
is said, are graduates of the Rust uni
versity of Mississippi, the Knoxville
college and Fisk university of Tennes-
see and of the Oberlin college of Ohio.
Virginia Greene is prima donna; Clara
K. williams, contralto; Pearl II. Pitts,
soprano, and Hattie Hobbs, pianist.
Among the other singers are G. L..
Johnson, first tenor; j. H. Johnson.
baritone, and j. S. Grabbe, basso.
The program includes jubilee songs,
negro and plantation melodies, lula
bies, comic songs, camp meeting songs,
ragtime ballads and classic selections.
G. P. Williams, manager of the COM
pany, is declared to be a comedian OF
engaging qualities who has "made mill
lions laugh" in his day as minstrel
performer.
Among the features of the jubilee
concert will be a number of Missis-
sippi steamboat cabin songs, rendered
true to the spirit and melody of ante
bellum times, when Mississippi moon
light excursions were a frequent event
in the states on the Father of Waters.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-18
THREE BUCKET SHOPS
PROMISE TO GET OUT
CLEARING HOUSE IN RAMONA
BLOCK ALSO QUITS
Efforts of Prosecuting Attorney Wool
wine Result In Notorious Joints
Offering to Cease Opera
tions Today

Through the efforts of City Prosecut-
ing Attorney WoolWine, three bucket
shops and the clearing house in the
Ramona block have promised to quit
business today. The places scheduled
to close are owned by one man, but are
managed by different men.
Soon after assuming the Office OF city
prosecutor Mr.. Woolwine was informed
of the existence of this class of gamb-
ling. He expressed his intention of
prosecuting these people, but stated he
would await the decision of the su-
perior court in the Scott case, which
had been appealed from lower court,
before taking any action.
Immediately upon learning the decis-
ion handed down by Judge Wilbur in
the Scott case, in which the constitu-
tionality of the anti-bucket shop ordi-
nance was upheld, Mr.. Woolwine noti-
fed the bucket shop operators they
would be prosecuted unless they quit
business.
At the clearing house, it is alleged,
quotations were received, doctored to
the different places.
A wire, 1t Is said, strung from the
clearing house to the office of c. B.
Dennison, Citizens Bank building, fur
nishes him with quotations. With the
discontinuance of the clearing house
this service will cease. Dennison claims
he Is complying with the law by having
wire outside the state. He denies
that his company has any connection
with the clearing house
Another firm, Rummel & Morris, is
being investigated. They claim they
are correspondents of K. Morehead &
Co. of Cincinnati. Woolwine is endeav-
oring to secure evidence to prove they
deal in margins.
The places that have promised to
close today are the bucket shop and
clearing house In the Ramona block,
the McGregor establishment in the H.
w. Hellman building. This place was
formerly conducted by f. C. wilkins,
who pleaded guilty and quit the busi-
ness; the commission house at 800 Ger
main building, formerly operated by J.
w. Scott, then by Wilkins and later by
Fred Ogle.
IT am going to drive this kind Of
gambling out of Los Angeles" said
Prosecutor Woolwine. Every one of
these houses dabbles in marginal
gambling, which I construe to be a
violation of the spirit and letter of the
city ordinance. 1t matters not If these
men have wires running outside of the
state, or If they are correspondents of
eastern houses, they will be prosecuted.
If 1 secure covictions / will ask that
they be given jail sentences"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-18
ORGANIZATION PREPARES
TO ENTERTAIN SAILORS
Officers and Men Will Be Guests of
Knights and Ladies of Colum-
bus at Series of
Affairs

The Knights and Ladies of Columbus
will give grand ball and reception to
the officers of the Atlantic fleet next
Friday. night, April "a, at their club on
Figueroa and Twenty-second streets.
The members of the organization
have planned magnificent entertain
ment, and the committee in charge,
headed by Grand Knight p. j. McCor-
mick and including Joseph Scott, Wal
ter Goldsmith, Rev. 7. j. Conaty, John
Coyne and Joscph w. Lynch, has Ia
bored diligently to make the affair one
Of the most impressive social functions
of the entire week.
Thursday night will be Catholic sail
ors' night at the Orpheum theater. The
knights and Ladies of Columbus have
hired the entire lower floor of the thea
ter, and the sailors will be admitted
free of charge.
Wednesday afternoon the knights and
ladies will turn over the club on Figue-
roa street to the wearers of the blue,
and the sailors will be treated to good
music, dainties and refreshments.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-18
WORKMAN FATALLY
HURT IN ACCIDENT
MAN IS CRUSHED BETWEEN
FREIGHT CARS
Santa Fe Employe So Severely Injured
Physicians Say There Is No
Hope to Save His
Life

Norman M McCloud. aged "a, whose
home is at 1893 West Twenty-second
street, was probably fatally injured
yesterday, morning by being crushed
between two freight cars at the
Fourth street viaduct.
The injured man was repairing
freight cars on a side track. He was
changing the adjustment on the brake
of box car couple of feet away from
a string of cars on the same track.
AS he passed between the bumpers of
the cars an engine backed into the
long string, jamming the workman be-
tween the bumpers.
His breast bone was crushed and he
sustained numerous bruises about the
face, arms and body. He was taken
to the Santa Fe hospital, where an OPP
erations was performed by DR.. Cutter
McCloud has a wife and three chill
dren. He had been In the employ of
the Santa Fe railroad company for the
last two years.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-18
PARENT PREPARES TO
FIGHT FOR DAUGHTER
Sharp Contest Expected When T. JEFF
White and Mrs. Virginia Gutsch
Meet In the Superior
Court

One of the sharpest contests in the
history of the superior court for the
possession of a child bids fair to be
carried on next Thursday before Judge
Rives, when T. Jeff White and Mrs.
Mary Jauch will seek to prevent the
return to Mrs. Virginia Gutsch of o.
year-old ANNA White, daughter of
White, who took the girl from Mrs.
Gutsch's care and placed her in the
home of his foster mother
Mrs. Gutsch, through her attorney,
Isadore B. Dockweiler, yesterday filed
a petition for guardianship of the
child, and this forms the basis for the
contest in the courts, White having
also filed a similar petition Thursday.
A postponement of the hearing on
the writ of habeas corpus, procured by
Mrs. Gutsch early in the week to pre-
vent White from taking his daughter
from the jurisdiction of the court, was
yesterday granted and the matter was
transferred to Judge Rives' court.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-18
WIFE SECURES WARRANT
FOR HUSBANDS ARREST
WOMAN SAYS SHE WAS THROWN
FROM OFFICE
Complaint Secured Charging Well
Known Attorney with Battery.
Said to Have Refused
Child Support

A complaint charging Attorney j. c.
Crouch with battery was issued yester-
day. The complaint was sworn to by
Mrs Cora Crouch, wife of the attorney.
Mrs. Crouch visited the prosecuting
attorneys office and stated she visited
her husbands office in the Thorpe
building yesterday morning and asked
him to furnish money for the support
of their -year-old daughter.
Crouch, she said, had not lived with
her for the last four years, and she
has been compelled to earn a living for
herself and daughter. When she en-
tered the office her husband, she
claims, asked her roughly what she
wanted. She told him the purpose of
her call.
Then, she declares, Crouch violently
threw her into the hall.
She claims she was hurled against
the elevator and sustained bruises
about the body. She became hysterl-
cal and tainted.