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The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28
Several Reported Drowned.

The levee in Red river levee district day morning at o'clock. The entire ottom south of the Gotten Belt rail road is flooded The break was un- expected and those in the bottoms were at the mercy of the flood Live stock of all kind is perishing and sev- eral negroes are reported drowned.
 Many thousand bushels Of patotoes that were ready for shipment were lost
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28
Fell Over Retaining Wall.

At the union station Thursday night Thomas Tampile, who lives in Louis jana, fell under the railing and over the retaining wall at the approach to the station. He was hurrying to catch a train on the Valley route, when he lost his footing and plunged forward. He was seyerly bruised and shaken by the fall
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28
Changed Conditions.

Poet fto farmer) what beau. tiful prospect is uafolded in wonder billowy fields. and hark, the voice of the plowman
 Farmer-Yes; he's been cussin' of that mule sence daylight, an it's one C. them German mules that used tc pull beer wagon, an he cant under stand a word O dialect.-Atlanta Con st;tutiOn
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28
Board Buys Sites for New Schools.

Sites were bought Saturday by the Little Rock School Board for the new schools to be built this summer for occupancy by pupils during the next term A block of sixteen lots, bound ed by Summit avenue, Battery, Twen- ty-fourth and Twenty-ffth streets, was acquired for si2.000. and another of twelve lots, bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth. Bragg and McAlmont streets, for s10.000. Buildings to cost s26,oo0 will be erected on each of the sites without delay.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28
Senator Greenhaw Hurt.

Passenger train No. from the south was wrecked eight miles from Fay. etteville Thursday morning. The en- zine and tender were badly smashed, q number of cars left the track and the baggage car turned over.
 The only injury was Senator Green haw of Leslie. Ark, whose side and thigh were hurt, but not seriously.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28
The Texarkana Board of Trade is

The Texarkana Board of Trade is preparing to have a Fourth of July
 celebration this year on a more elab-
 crate scale than was ever before wit messed in that section. At a meeting of the Board of Trade a committee was named to have charge of the ar engagements and general program for the occasion This committee con sists of President B. N. Foreman. chairman; Louie Heilbron, ". l.. Wood. George J. Gray and E. F Burke,
 and it is clothed with the power to name VI other necessary committees.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28
Acquisition Issued.

Acting Governor K O. Pindall has issued requisition papers for Lem Phillips, who is wanted in Hampstead county to answer to the charge of assault with intent to kill. He is said to be in Oklahoma, and the requisi- tion was issued to the governor of that state. .eq...ff
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28
convicts Sent to Farm.

Forty negro state convicts were sent to the state farm Friday morn- ing to help hoe the cotton crop A portion of the conyicts are taken from Contractor Reaves and the remainder from the hospital at the Walls" in this city. The convicts will be trans- ported on the steamer Mary Lucas.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28
May Open Mines June 8.

Preparations are now being made at the coal mines in the Spadra and other Western Arkansas districts to open them on or about June s. according to the best information.
 It was agreed at the meeting in Kansas City between the miners and operators to open the mines Monday.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28
John H. Jackson Pardoned.

A pardon was granted by Acting Governor X. o. Pindall to John Henry Jackson. who was convicted at the January term, 1908, of the Phillips county circuit court of grand larceny in two cases. and sentenced to the case
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28
Waited for a=Man.

First Cyclist-What's in the band box. Bill, and where's the girl?
 Second Cyclist-That contains my puneture-mending device. l get them mended quickly and well without lift ing finger
 First Cycllst-Tell us,
 Second Cyclist-That box contains lady's skirt and picture hat; when I puncture I've only to don them and wait.
 First Cyclist-By love, that's clever!
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28

Will Shelberger shot and killed Charley Howell Monday morning Both are negroes. They were tenants upon the farm of H. D. Palmer. soma six miles east of Star City They had previous to this affra-. erarreled over q negress.
 At the time the shooting occurred. Fowel was in conversation with negro regarding the rent of some land when Shelberger came suddenly upon them and shot Howell hitting him in the neck. He disd immediate ly. Howell escaped
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28
Companies Dissolve.

The Glencock- Smith Company of Paragould and the Hartley-Mills Con- pany of Conway notified the secretary of state Thursday that they had dis charters.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28
Company DissoIves.

The BufordPan Mercantile Com pany of Mammoth Spring has filed notice with the secretary of state that 1t had dissolved and desired to sur render it's charter.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28
Albert Campbell Pareoned.

Acting Governor X. o. PindaIl granted a pardon to Albert Campbell, term, 1908, of the Woodruff county circuit court, of Q heinous crime and sentenced to one year in the peniten- tia
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28
Company Chanqea Name.

The Arkansas Fullers Eart.. Com pany of Little Rock has notified the secretary of state that the name of the company had been changed to the Lit tie Rock Refiners' Clay Company.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28
S1C,OO0 Paid In.

The collector of Lafayette county Saturday paid into the treasury s10,- 900. The money was collected from various sources and was distributed between different funds.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28
RetarCs Farm Work

Superintendent J. A Pitcock of the state penitentiary and farm stated that the work of hoeing the cotton at the state farm had been greatly re. tarded by the heavy and frequent rains.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28

II yoa have not done so yet, get busy after the mosquito breeding places all around you and rout them out That is where most of the sum mer levers come from
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28

Union men all understand that it takes but little more to raise a good colt than scrub, but that a good colt is always in demand while it is hard to work off a scrub and be done with 1t at any price
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28

Don't forget your pocket knife when yoa go among your trees. There is hardly one among them that does not need little trimming here or a little pruning there every week.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28

There is not a spot within the entire South where the nut trees of all kinds will not grow. and the pecan, the prince among all nut trees, is at home anywhere in the South
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28

The average of American life is stretching out in proportion as the fruit diet of the people increases. Plant trees and berries.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28

Be your own warehouseman. you won't assess yourself too heavily for what you do for yourself.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28

Don't wait for the meetings of your local to get interesting; start some thing, even if you can't stop it.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28

Less of cotton surely means less of the credit system; the abuse of the two things which have robbed the South of the cream of it's earnings.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28

The Union is like any other human instltution-it is strong and helpful if you make it so, or it is a mockery if allowed to run into ruts or weaknesses.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28

If you have no home eannery get one at once. It may not consist of more than a few cans or jars and a kettle, but that is a right start
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28

The man who has no home, nor ambition to own one. makes a mighty poor sort of citizen.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28

When pigs. peanuts and poultry reign in the Sunny South, and cotton is fllef-in crop. the Union conten- tions will be vindicated
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28

That day that has marked no prog ress in either mind or matter to you you have lost
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28

You never make any mistake when you stand up for your own community, but while you are standing don't stand still.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28

A manly man likes to acknowledge his faults to a womanly woman who tries to convince him that he has
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28

The garden is the enemy of the drug trust and the doctors trust.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28
FARMERS EDUCATIONAL
 COOPERATIVE UNION - OF AMERICA -
OF AMERICA

Plant plenty of feed stuff and then feed it to profit-yielding stock.
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28

My husband has promised to allow me to choose what I want for my birthday"
 "oh, thea therell be no surprise this year"
 Wont there, I'll bet you there is only he'll get it instead of me-"
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28

More proof that Lydia E. Pink. hams Negetabie Compound saves woman from surgical operations.
 Mrs. S. A. Williams, of Gardiner, Maine, writes:
 "I was great sufferer from female troubles, and Lydia E. PinlSham's Vege- able Compound restored me to health n three months, after my physician declared that an operation was abso- .utely necessary"
 Mrs. Alvina Sperling, of 154 Cley- bourne Ave, Chicago, H., writes:
 "1 suffered from female troubles, a ;umor and much inflammation. Two ,f the best doctors in Chicago decided hat an operation was necessary to save ny life. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound entirely cured me without lp pperatiop VI
The Monticellonian., 1908-05-28
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For th1rty years Lydia D. Pink lam's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, md has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with iisplacements, inflammation, uleera- jon, tibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backaehe, that bear- ng-down feeling, tlatulency, indiges- jon, dizziness, or nervous prostration. Why don't you try itr
 Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
A Laxative
that is as Harmless as Food

II you ate plenty of fruit, coarse food
and green vegetables, the bowels
would never need help.
But when YOU eat fine food, and rich
food, you must supply the laxative
in some other way.
Do it in Natures way.
Don't employ salts or pill cathartics,
for they violate Nature. TheyiTritate
and injure the stomach and bowels.
Nearly all dyspepsia-all constipation
is caused by the use of harsh physic.
Cascarets-a vegetable laxative-have
precisely the same effect as laxative
food.
You know they don't harm you because
they don't grippe.
They do for the bowels Just what right
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
America Leads World in Athletics

months with the energy of AmeTi-
cans. And they always improve upon
their former records. John Flanagan
came here with a hammer throwing
record of about l45 feet In ten years
of American competition he raised his
mark to 172 feet 1914 inches. At Ath-
ems, Daily, the Irish long distance
champion was beaten i'm the five-mile
race. Two years in America has
made him our national long-distance
champion. both track and cross-cOun-
try. i've and ten miles. Glarner, the
great half-miler of the Olympic club
of san Francisco. was a good runner
in France, but in America he improved
until he ran within two seconds of
Kilpatrick's long standing world rec
ord. He did his training in the cold
winds and fOgs of san Francisco. out
near the ocean-a far less faVora bic
athletic climate than the balmy one
of France.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
lE Fl IN THE
ANNALS OF SPORT

he - National Rifle association
he'd its range at Creedmore. L. /.
-7-Jack gIunroe. pugilist, born in
ster. Pa.
S5-Ramsey. pitcher Of the Louis
| el,,b struck out seventeen of the
leland club i'm nine innings
s2-At Tacoma, Cross of the Taco
cIt.n shut out the Portands with
sctstCh hit.
b7-At Syracuse Tommy Ryan
cked out Tom Williams in second
hd.
n5-At Chester. Pa Harry Lewis
Young Erne went ten rounds TO a
~.
07-At Chicago. jefferson j. Blanks
tennessee won the grand American
|dfcap target shoot
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21

ybv does America lead the whole
"a IN. athletic sp0ris2 II isn't the
Kf,lked-of mixture of races. al
~ ,h that may be a slight factor. IL
! the climate, for we have every
ietv of climate in the United States
our champions come from every
4 AZ the country. IL is the national
[it--the spirit that makes America
1 he lead in everything that re-
- auickness, determination, dash,
hness and grit. declares Robert Ed
|, in an article on The Record
Takers'' in the New Broadway Ma
|ine.
his theory is proven when foreign
Eefes come 20 this country and COM
{ here for a year or two. They
& have been champions in their
land-champiOns of many years
hiding. But invariably they absorb
hustling American spirit. They
|n and compete, after few
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
- - - FOR
- -. -. RHEUMATISM

Rheumatism caused by of acid the blood brought
the which
parts
inflammation other dagreeabe symptoms gets
of system The aches and be relieved and
penetrating
nimen other simple home remedy but the disease be
while blood
helpless S. vegetable
particle poison making pure
health sustaining filters from the circulation the particle
the and when S. the blood Rheumatism
advice free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21

Stanley Ketchell Will soon be in the
position occupied by Jim Jeffries. There
will be no one for him TO fight Jeff's
opponents gave out because the boiler
maker, besides being one of the great
est fighters in the world, was too big
for the other heavyweights. 1t scared
them into a palsied state TO see him
coming out OF his corner like a great
grizzly bear, says Robert Edgren OF
New York
Size cuts no ice with Ketchell. 1t is
fighting ability alone that is making
him feared as much as Terry MCCOY
ern was a few years ago. KetchelI
seems to be a split between McGovern
and Fitzsimmons in fighting style. He
uses both hands equally well like Fitz-
simmons, and, like FitZ, he punches so
Unexpectedly that the other fellows are
caught mapping. He dropped Mike
(''Twin'D Sullivan with the first punch.
He did the same thing to Papke, who
hit the floor as soon as he got within
range of Ketchell. Papke recovered
enough 10 make a fight of it for the
ten rounds. Ketchell knocked Joe Thorn
as down the same way in their first
fight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
hotter IS BEST JOCKEY
His Work at New York Stamps Him
Top-Noteher in the
Game.

New York, June ZO.-HardlV year
passes that there is not one jockey who
does not stand out in the list of riders
at the local tracks. Last year il was
Walter Miller who occupied the highest
notch. This season, TO date. il is Joe Not
ter who appears at the top. Here there Is
a coincidence which may lead many to
believe that it's the horse that makes the
rider. This idea is due 10 the fact that
last year Miller rode in the white and
blue spots of the Keene stable. the same
thing hotter is doing now.
Be that as il may, there can be none
who is not willing TO give little Notter
his due.
When the season of 1907 closed on the
metropolitan tracks. NOtter went south
with the reputation Of being a good rider,
but there were none who wanted 10 men,
Uon his name in the same breath with
Marvellous Miller. But the winter
months at New Orleans developed the boy
and hOrsemen who saw the lad make his
great record i'm Dixie were not backward
in stating that successor TO Miller had
come
one of the oldest horsemen in the bust
ness, a man who has been around race
courses for mole than a score of years
and who is as keen In his judgment OF
the qualities of a rider as he is of a thor
oughDred. after watching hotter ride.
said;
Ever since the days of snapper Gar
risOn and Tod Sloan. whom l consider To
he the best riders ever seen i'm this coun-
try. 7 have not seen d boy that can match
hotter. His handling of a horse is su-
perb. His judgment of pace Is faultless.
and when il comes down TO finish he has
no equal. / have always been of the
opinion that Miller would not have rival
for several years but in this clever Had
! see MlllerS superior.
Smiling Joe would be "A proper title
for the rider He is one of the happiest
boys on earth. and the fact that he will
earn at least $4,000 this year, practically
as much as the president of the United
States has not changed his disposition in
the slightest. NOtter is not over II years
of age.
Entries for the Gldden tour close on
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21

kid" Mccoy never scaled very much,
but l believe he would have taken
chance with Jeffries if it had been Of
fered him. He made a great fight
against Sharkey when the sailor was al
his best knocking him down twice He
faxed with Corbett, but there is little
doubt that he might have won on the
level if he had not chosen TO lie down.
A big dub like Plaacke (260 pounds)
was pie for him. He knocked out Pc
ter Maher Joe Choynsh and a lot of
other good heaVies.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21

New demand for good roads, more urgent
than any preceding, arose with the spread
of the automobile and the indications are
that under the banner of this most mod
eTn of passenger vehicles all the various
tribes of good roads advocates are 10
be united. Never before has there been
a good roads demonstration at which so
many different organizations were repre-
scented as there will be at the Buffalo
convention, to be held under the auspices
July s. and s. This uniting of forces
for the common cause gives a new
strength and significance TO the good
roads movement and the three days al
Buffalo promise 10 mark a new epoch for
the workers in this field.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
BY GEORGE slLER.

low Jhat the middleWeight question
been definitely settled by the vic
4 Of Stanley Ketchel over Billy
PIKE. the approaching battle between
Cans and Battling Nelson is re-
ing the attention of fight fans
bughout the country.
Is the general belief that Nelson
gone back ever since his defeat at
hands OF the black two years ago
Dor day, but in spite of this an inor-
7tte amount of interest is being
Pm IN the coming bout. especially on
coast. where Nelson has done con-
trable boxing during the last year.
Us in his battle with UnhOlz he
EWsd TO poor advantage, on the
p hand, in his contest with Attel.
according TO Jimmy COnrOth, had
Jew so nearly out in the closing
End that a few more punches would
2 finished the affair.
! lille Nelson stu has many admir-
on the coast. Cans viii be an odds
FfaVorite, while most OF the betting
how long Bat can stay That he
can assimilate punishment is un-
STONED, but there seems to beSno
~ a. ~ AAAn Af-AA A-s10-Nf-A 80 ArA4 tA'
ding il out is concerned. Cans. on
other hand. seems as good as ever,
should be i'm much better condition
y he was i'm the Goldheld fight.
Says Negro Makes Terms.
was the negro. and not the Dane,
made the conditions for their
ping match, and Joe will enter the
unhampered by the ironclad
Ses which obtained at their first
ltAg. Cans has everything i'm his
=bT~ihis time. and should show a
1 responding Improvement in his
ting, as his age has yet shown no
s 5 of slowing him up.
f. ans is confident he viii end the
in short order, and before leaving
! for the west stated that he did not
BET the fight 10 go over dozen
s lds.
! Will take no chances with his OPP
: Rnt. though, and will enter the ring
) he best possible condition. He is
far above weight now, and his two
s ks more of training viii give him
! le time i'm which 10 reduce and mt
Z self for the encounter.
Mcfarland and WEIGH.
i ckey Mcfarland and his manager
=ry Gilmore, jr., left on Thursday
for the west. where they have
zlned an active campaign which Will
d the Chicago ightWeights hands
for the next four months at least.
&key makes his second appearance
he coast at Jim Jeffries Los An
- b. where he viii box Freddie
&ch OH July 4. WEIGH is a good.
n boy and will give Mcfarland an
&resting battle, but this is consld-
III only in the light of a second IN
uctiOn for the visiting boxer There
several other matches in sight for
in California, and i'm the prob
prospect of one of these being
4 lies an amusing phase of the
e. Some time ago il was stated i'm
4 column that on account OF Nc
Hands sidetracking at the hands OF
Son. after the former had con-
ptuously turned down Unholz, the
match in sight for Packey was the
he had not deigned to notice. And
has turned out Rudolph is on the
Il of those after whose scalpS the
#lyvards boxer has gone TO the coast.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21

WalcOtt was known as the Giant
Killer because he could fight big
men even better than little men. He
knocked out Joe ChOynski, the clever
heavyweight. although he had been de-
feated himself by kid" Lavigne. light
weight, and Mysterious Billy Smith,
welterweight. Walcott never kicked on
weight. One of his favOrite amuse-
ments was fighting Sandy Ferguson.
Sandy was one of the toughest rough
house fighters in the ring. He never
was a good heavyweight, but he would
bite, kick and run the gamut of foul
ing when he met Walcott, and get
away with it. Also, he weighed we'll
above 200 pounds