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Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
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engage in the usual spring target prac- tice.
 Magdalena bay is the only deep water harbor and perfect shelter from storm on the long, barren coast of Southern California. It is one of the few great harbors on the Pacific coast and compares favorably with the best in the world. Located in the vast solitudes of a forbidding and unpro- ductive coast, it is of such proportions that it could handle the traffic of New York and Liverpool without conges- tion.
 The bay proper, exclusive of shal- lows, lagoons and tributary inlets, is IT miles long and 12 miles wide in side of the five-fathom line, of the depth of 30 feet which would be safe anchorage for the biggest ships. There are 100 square miles of this safe an- chorage ground, ranging in depth from 30 to 120 feet. In the village of Magdalena there are ordinarily 25 houses and 50 inhabitants, but today the place is community.
 With only one entrance, safe and wide, but easily defended, the great natural harbor of Lower California is declared by naval experts to be the finest station in the world for a naval base. The right to use it as a coal ing station and for the rendezvous of
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
State Capital Notes
Governor Acts In Assault Case.

Governor Pindall Saturday issued a proclamation offering $500 reward for the capture and conviction of Charles Harris, a negro, who is wanted at Brinkley on the charge of assaulting a 14-year-old white girl. All reports re- ceived heretofore from Brinkley con- cerning the assault, which was com mitted last Saturday night near Brink ley, were to the effect that the identi- ty of the negro who assaulted the white girl was unknown. The peti- tion received by Governor Pindall ask ing that reward be offered sets forth the name of Charles Harris as the one who committed the assault.
 The case is rather notorious one owing to the fact that the assault was one of the boldest committed in Ar kansas in some time. Between g and 10 o'clock last Saturday night ne gro entered the home of Mrs. Robert Craig, living two miles west of Brink ley. He entered 8 room where Mrs. Craig, her daughter and Miss Greasy Jolly, the girl who was assaulted, were sitting. Before the woman and girls realized what had happened, he put out the light in the room. Mrs. Craig and the two girls started to run to a neighbours house, and it was while she was running from the Craig home that the Jolly girl was overtaken by the negro and assaulted.
 Posses and gangs of infuriated citi- zens of BrinlIly and farmers of that locality have been out ever since. searching for the negro, but as yet have not located him. Bloodhounds are being used in the search.
 The governors reward was offered in order to induce more fervor in the search. in case the negro is captured, however, it is very possible that the reward will never be paid, as he will likely be lynched the minute he is identified by the girl, as the feeling against the man is intense at Brink ley.
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
Cases Appealed.

The transcript in the case of Fran cis Briggs against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Com pany, on appeal from the Nevada Coun- ty Circuit Court, was filed with the Supreme Court Saturday. The case is one in which the plaintiff brings suit for $1,00O damages, which it is alleged were sustained while alight- ing from one of the defendants trains at a poorly lighted station platform.
 The transcript in the case of the State of Arkansas against Herbert Coope, on appeal from the Franklin County Circuit Court, was filed with the Supreme Court Saturday. The de- fendant is charged with seduction. He was fined $150 and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary in the lower court.
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26

cal condition here, either in the at mosphere or in the chemical compost tion of the soil, to preserve the dis tinctive coloring. It is strange anomaly.
 Tt is seldom possible, in instances of such irregularity, to advance expla- nations sure to be correct"
 Old residents declare southeastern Iowa skies are the bluest in the Mis- sissippi valley and that eyes of the daughters of the land catch their hue from the heavens.
 Violetest eyes of all has Miss Gladys Garvin, daughter of MT. and Mrs. S. w. Garvin. In a town where violet eyes are usual attractions, her eyes are unusually attractive.
 Mt. Pleasant is the seat of the Iowa Wesleyan university. Intermingling Of college and city social interests has given the place the name of 'Vassar of the West" National sorority off cers live here. Miss Ellen Ball is na-
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26

the United States navy was a con cession secured by Secretary of State Root from the Mexican government during his recent trip.
 Should the United States acquire Magdalena bay, as has been recently proposed. she would have the facilities for one of the greatest coaling stations on the Pacific coast Located at a point between Panama and San Diego, it might be of great strategical value.
 First visited by Europeans in the days of the ConGuistador Cortes, in various centuries the gathering place of voyagers from the Spanish main, galleons from the Philippines, buc- cancers from England and the Nether- lands, American filibusters and whalers from New England ports, it was less than 40 years ago the favored property of a powerful Boston and New York syndicate presided over by Gen John A. Logan In the sands southward, toward Cape San Lucas, lie buried the surplus riches of many a treasure ship.
 In 1S47 Lower California passed into the hands of the United States. Upon the outbreak of the Mexican war Admiral Selfridge landed body of marines and two companies of New York volunteers and took possession of the country with but slight opposi- tion. The treaty of Guadalupe Hidal- go however, restored the territory to Mexico, despite the avowed intention of President Polk and his cabinet for it's retention.
 Few of the natives on the California peninsula care to risk a journey
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
Directors Organize.

J. J. Doyne and his assistant, w. A. Crawford, left Friday night to attend school directors meetings. The form CT will attend a meeting at Warren, in Bradley county, and MT. Crawford will attend a meeting at Piggott, in Clay county.
 MT. Doyne stated that the work Of organizing school directors in the va- rious counties of the state was pro- gressing with unusual rapidity. MT. Doyne says that already the directors of 50 counties in the state have or; ganiZed.
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
VIOLET EYED GIRLS.
EPIDEMIC OF THEM FOUND IN
 SOUTHEASTERN IOWA.
Cause Baff1es Expianation-OId Resi- dent Says Hue Comes from Heaver-Their Possession
 Excites No Comment.

Mount Pleasant, Ia.-Are violet eyes always indicative of beautiful face?
 Is there q subtle relationship be- tween the fower-hued pigment in the iris and whatever mystical physical operation ii is that fashions features in alluring form and gives to complex ions texture and tint of the rose petal2
 Be that as it may, there is an epi- demic of violet eyes in Mount Pleas ant Whether or not it has connection with the comeliness boasted by scores of young women here-a boast so worthy that when President Roosevelt passed through last fall he exclaimed 'I never before have seen so many pretty women in a place this size'-is another matter.
 From the eyes of strangely un- usual percentage of girls in this uni versity town the hue of the violet is reflected.
 There are violet eyes of many shades One pair of optics may pos sess the pale, almost colorless blue marking the tiny hamburger of spring dug from beneath its covering of snow In other instances eyes are sc deeply tinted they are thought black Dozens of varying shades mix in be tween.
 Violet eyes are so common here that their possession excites no comment Yet it is not to be denied eyes o1 Mount Pleasant girls constitute the greatest charm of many beautiful faces.
 Why the presence of the purple blue pigment in the eyes of so man! daughters of the town is a problem a: perplexing as it is unpromising of solu ton.
 My attention has been called ire quently to the matter said Dr. w. L Lessenger, a prominent southeastern Iowa surgeon. Tt is exceedingly diff cult of explanation. The cause pl loba bly lies back several generations Bu even though it were true early settler of Henry county happened to hav' violet eyes. there must be some physi
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
Acquisition Made For New Equipment.


 Governor Pindall has filed formal requisition with the United States War Department for a complete new supply of arms and ammunition for the Arkansas National Guard. He asks for 1,400 of the latest modelled rifles that are now being issued by the War Department and 25,000 rounds of ammunition. The requisition was made at the request of the War De partment, the Arkansas National Guard having just received a commun- ication from that department asking that the governor notify the depart ment at once as to how many guns and how much ammunition the state militia would need, stating that the number of guns ordered and the amount of ammunition wanted would be supplied the guard at once. The guns now held by the state guard will be turned back to the department when the new arms are secured. The new gun is a Springfield weapon, with slightly shorter barrel than the guns now used, and with a wood base underneath the barrel that extends further out toward the end of the bar rel than the present gun. The new ammunition will be ball cartridges. The new guns and ammunition will be used at the annual target practice of the Arkansas National Guard, ar engagements for the holding of which are now under way. The practice will eral Paul Little is now busily engaged tn completing arrangements for secur- ing the ground and attending to other details
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
Three Pardons Issued.

To Berry Tillery, who was convicted February 15, 1908, in the justice of the peace court of Garland county of assault and battery and fined $10.
 To the same man. who was also con- victed on the same date and in the same court of aggravated assault and fined $50 and sentenced to 30 days in jail.
 To Howard Allen, who was convict ed at the March term, 1905, of the Pulaski County Circuit Court of grand larceny, and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26

tional treasurer of the Alpha Xxi Delta sorority. She is president of the P. E. c. sisterhood here, where the society was organized.
 Photographs from a local studio substantiate Mt. Peasants claim to being the home of beauty and violet eyes. Misses Ethel Besser, Stella Sni- der, Classic Fraker and Mrs. Nell Stahl Stevenson and Mrs. George Crane are among the fairest women of southern Iowa.
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
Sues Senator Jeff Davis.

Alleging that Senator Jeff Davis has refused to pay for 43 window and five door screens, E. T. Burrows & Co.,, who claim to have installed the screens, has filed a mechanics lien on the property to secure the payment for them. The Burrows company states that the screens were installed in Senator Davis residence January 1, 1908, and that $125 is due on the screens and for the labor of install ing them.
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26

through the arid regions reaching down to Magdalena bay, for thirst marks the wilderness with skeletons of those who have died crying for wa ter.
 Although the great bay is large enough to accommodate all the navies of the world and be needless of their presence, yet it counts an incoming sail an event. The explanation is thirst. For every man who has ever visited this superb, illstarred bay has felt the want of water.
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
To Take Up Normal School Work.

State Superintendent of Instruction J. J. Doyne has announced that he will soon resign his position in order to take up his work as president of the new State Normal School of Con- way, which duties he is to enter upon July 1. His resignation will be sub mitted to Governor Pindall before that time, in order that the governor may have plenty 0f time. 70 appoint a sue cessor to fill MT. Doyne's unexpired term. Reports to the effect that Mir. Doyne has already submitted his re- signation to the governor are denied by both MT. Doyne and Governor Pindall MT. DOyne's term of office expires November 1, 1908. His success sor will have about four months to serve. Although the governor has made no statement whatever as to whom he will appoint in case of MT. Doyne's resignation, it is generally be- lieved in state house circles that George B. Cook of Hot Springs, can didate for state superintendent of in- struction in the present campaign, will be chosen. His nomination to the office is now assured. as he has no opposition, and his consequent cleo tion, so that in any event he will step into the office November l. It is not thought that the goveror would deem it worth while to appoint anyone else for a short time. MT Doyne's re- Signation is the cause of no surprise, as it has been known that he would have to take up the duties of presi- dent of the new normal school July 1. Although the school building will not be completed at that time, he will have to commence the work of arranging courses ana school work in order to have everything planned by the time the school opens in the fall.
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
Contracting Company Enters.

The T. w. Hunt Contracting Com pany, incorporated under the laws of North Carolina, has filed a copy of it's articles of agreement and incorpora- tion with the secretary of state. The company claims 10 have $32 ,273.0S assets, and $15,S6296 liabilities. The company will have it's offices at Searcy, and names as it's agent in this state, c. E. Hodgson.
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
Acquisition Made.

Governor Pindall Saturday made out requisition for George Portwood who is wanted in Greene county on Grand Jury indictment charging assault. He is now said to be under arest in Liv- ingston county, Ky. The requisiticn pa per will be presented to the governor of Kentucky
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
Servant Leaves $2oo to Cat.

Elkton, Md.-Tiny Sims, for many years servant, bequeathed $1,200 to Harmony Presbyterian church and $200 to Mrs. Isabella P. Milton, in whose house she died.
 The income from the bequest to Mrs. Milton is to be applied to the maintenance of her black cat, Dixie, and on the death of the cat the money is to go to Harmony church.
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
Ball Club Incorporated.

The Argenta Baseball Association. which will manage and operate base ball club in Argenta. The incorpora- tors are: w. w. Hurt, E. V. Visart, w. H, Abingdon, c. c. Butler, Harry Kahn and Henry Topf. The company incorporates with capital stock of $2,500, of which $375 has been sub scribed
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
Company Enters State.

State Auditor Avery F. Moore has issued a license to the Texas Life h. surance Company allowing that com pany to operate in Arkansas. The company has its offices at Waco, Tex It is incorporated with a capital stock of $100,0O0, and has $56000 surplus.
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
Rondman Released.

Governor Pindall yesterday issued a proclamation reelasing and absolv- ing J. M NaM of Jefferson county from the payment of $500 bond money for which he was held good by the Jefferson county courts. The procla- nation was issued after reasons had been advanced why Nall should not be held for the bond
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
Pardon Granted.

Governor Pindall has granted a pardon to James Haley, who was con victed in the Little Rock Police Court March 5, 1908, of disturbing the peace and who was fined $25 and sentenced to 30 days at the county farm.
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
DEAF STATISTICS FOR 1906.

The death rate among negroes was more than 60 per cent. higher than that for whites, in the section exam ined, being 2S.1 per 1000.
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
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Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
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Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26

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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-09-01
$4,000 Fire
At Bax

Special to the Fitzgerald Enterprise
Bax ley, Ga, Aug. 31.-T
Morris building, two,story brio
structure of modern architectu
and an adjoining wooden builds
were consumed by fire here that
started at 3 o'clock this morning
The loss is estimated at $18, 600. 4
Mr.. Morris carried $6, 900 insur|
ance on the building and stock q
merchandise.
The fire was evidently of incens
diary origin. So rapidly did spread
that, it is.believed, that practical
every room in the upper story We.
saturated with gasoline or kero'
sene.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-09-01
May Build Line
To Va|dosta'
Rumored That A. B. & A.
Will Extend Road from
Waycross to that
City.

According to reports in Valdos
ia the A. B. & A. is figuring OF
entering that city and may do sc
at an early date. The report is tc
the effect that the line may be ex
tended to Valdosta from Waycross.
The Valdosta Times has heard this
rumor, and in it's issue of Friday
appeared the following article:
"There are persistent rumors
that Valdosta is going to get new
railroad before very long from an
entirely new source 1t is said
that there is a strong probability
of the A. B. & A. coming to this
city from Waycross, or rather a
road that would have very friend
ly connections with the A. B. q A.
GA road is now under course OF
construction from Waycross to-
ward Nashville, Ga. 1t is said
that that read is to be detected to
MilltowD and then brot on toward
Valdosta. This would open up
excellent territory to Valdosta and
Waycross both and would leave the
field open for an interesting fight
by the two cities.
"It is also rumored that the
proposed line from here to Moultrie
is not dead, and that is likely to
wake>up to full size existence at
any time. This would be a splen
did line of road and could easily
be supported by the excellent
country thru which it would pass
to say nothing of the good con-
nections that it could make at
both ends of the line.0
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-09-01
Irwin County
Superior Court.

Superior court of Irwin county
opened at Ocilla yesterday morn
ing, Judge Whipple presiding
Among some of the important
cases that will come up for trial is
the case of the Exchange National
Bank, of Fitzgerald, against the
Paulk Mitchell Fertilizer Compa-
my, j. A. J. Henderson, VIM.
Henderson, J. L. Paulk, j. b..
Howell, R. V. Paulk and several
others. These suits are brOt sepa-
rately, and will, if tried separate
ly consume the greater part of this
term of the court.
The case of E. T. James VS.. j. b.
Clements will stand for trial. This
is a suit in which Mr.. James is sue
ing Mr.. Clements for saloon
license which was revoked by the
town council of Irwinville, when
Mr.. Clements was mayor, immedi-
ately after a warm town election
in January 1906, which resulted
in the election of a dry set OF
councilmen. 1t seems from the
pleading in the case that Mr.. Gle
ments as mayor of the town had
issued license to Mr.. James to sell
liquor in the town for term OF
twelve months without having any
such authority delegated to him.
After the license had been revok-
ed Mr.. James employed counsel
and upon investigation found that
he had been operating under fraud
ulent license, and demanded OF
Mr.. Clements the money he had
paid him. Mr.. Clements refused
to refund the money and the suit
to recover was instituted.
There are several cases that have
been appealed from the court OF
Ordinary that appears on the trial
docket and will probably he tried.
Among them are: Ellen Gay and
Mallissie Bostick against Marcus
Fletcher and j. H. Fletcher
Eiectment writ. j. J. Hancock
against J. L. Paulk, administrator
for second years
support.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-09-01
HokeSboro Lots
Drawn To-Day

From all sections of the stat
people came to Fitzgerald yester
day for the purpose of going to the
new town of Hokesboro this morn
ing.
They left at 8 O'Clock over The
f. O. & B., and there was neari
a hundred of them. The event be
ing the drawingof the nine hundred
lots and the forty four tracts of The
Wilcox Development Co. tt
drawing was to have taken place
last Janury, but the disturbance
of the financial market made "
necessary to postpone it until To-
day.
The promoters of the enterpriae
stated to a reporter of this papex
last night that every lot had been
sold, as we'll as the tracts. Their
are nine hundred full sized CITY
lots, four fifty acre tracts and fort
ten acre tracts in the property
which lies eighteen miles east D
Fitzgerald and within seven mile
of Broxton. The T. o. & B. rail
road runs through the center of the|
property, and a town has been laia
out, patterned exactly after th
plan of Fitzgerald.
AS stated before the lots and
tracts have all been taken UP By
parties from all sections of. the
state of Georgia, as well as some
from Florida, Alabama, South Car
DINA, Indiana, California AM
other states. 1t is expected thaA
plans for the improvement Of thc
property will at once be begun and
that Hokesboro will be thriving,
busy trade center of Coffee county.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-09-01
Says Bryan Will
Carry Nebraska
His Home Folks For Him.

81 had occasion to make a bust
ness trip to Nebraska a few weeks
ago." said Mr.. John W. Hopkins
of Butte, Mont, in an interview
atSavannah Saturday. "No didn't
60 to Fairview, even though it has
become the fashion for Democrats
to make pilgrimages to the Demo
cratic mecca.
"But I went to Lincoln and
Omaha, and, besides attending to
business, l endeavored to sound the
people as to their real sentiment
towards Mr.. Bryan, merely for my
own information. 1t has always
interested me how Bryan could
maintain such q strong hold
nationally, and yet so little infu-
ence the people of his home state
as to lose Nebraska every time.
And this is what wanted to in
vestigate. / came in contact with
big and little tradespeople, mer-
chants, farmers, drummers, and
professional people such as doctors
and lawyers.
"Among all of these people this
time heard Mr.. Bryan spoken OF
in the warmest terms of admiration
and respect, and many people
told me fatty that, though they
had voted against him in the past
this time they were going to vote
for their home man. Naturally, I
asked why they had admired him
in the past and had not voted fol
him, when they admire now and
will vote for him, and the reasons
seem to be in the Democratic plat
form. Much as they would have
liked to vote for Mr.. Bryan in the
past they could not conscientiously
stand for the Democratic issue of
the day.
"They are business people,
these Northwestern men, and
shrewd business men, too, and no
matter what might be their per
sonal sentiments they are going to
vote where their business interests
lie. This year for the first time
since Bryan has appeared before
them as candidate they find they
can vote in accordance with both
sentiment and business. And they
are going to do it. They are deligh-
ted that at last their fellow citizen
stands on a platform consistent
with all the principles of conserva-
tive business and that the adoption
of those principles is really better
for the nation thanthe Republican
politics in vogue to day.
"The consequence is tibet Nebras-
ka is going to give Mr.. Bayant a
heavy vote. This will be a big
thing in state that has been so
strongly Republican. But l believe
Bryan will carry his home state
this time, even though his
majority may not be large"