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The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
NEWS OF S | ARKANSAS l
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Court Rules Against Saloons at

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 Cross county is being organized from prohibition standpoint. Rev. C. w Eichelberger lectured there Sunday and organized an anti-saloon league for the county with Edward Hamilton as president and Flow Will. Hams, Mayo and Harris as vice-presi. dents, and Mrs. W. W. Haver as sec. retary and treasurer
 Sunday night Mr. Eiehelberger lee. tured at Vanndale and organized a league, with W. E. Richards as presi- dent and Messrs. Thomas. Killough. Wolf and Mrs Dr. Smith -presi- dents, and Dr. Griffith as secretary and treasurer.
 Monday night Mir Eichelberger spoke 10 the negroes of Wynne and nearly the entire audience pledged themselves to vote for statewide pro- hibition next September. Mir. Eiehel- berger stated that this county will be thoroughly organized with a view to turning 1t from a wet county to dry one this year
 A contest is now on in court to be tried next Saturday. in which the ae- curacy of the count in the recent pri- mary will be tested.
 Ce'nty Judge Gooch Monday passed upon a three-mile petition presented by prohibitionists. asking that saloons be prohibited from Wynne. The pe- tition was granted the majority being overwhelmingly against license.
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Church pulIdinn Sold

The congregation of the Christian church at Ark adelphia has purchased the old building and lot of the First Baptist church. and will occupy f as soon as the Baptists' new building is completed The purchase price was S2,500
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
Has Her Brother Arrested.

On a warrant sworn out by his sis ter. Lou Maybry charging him with having taken one of her horses with out her knowledge or consent. William Ford was arraigned before Justice Jake Probst. al Corning A compro. mise was effected at the preliminary trial. The arest was made by Con. stable Arnold
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Magistrate Stays. Flees, surrenders.

A longdistance telephone message was received at Van Buren Monday morning by Sheriff Miller from Nat ural Dam, a small trading post in the northern part of the county, % miles west Of Van Buren. stating that w. F. Jones, the justice of the peace at that point, had killed Horace Swearengen The message requested him to send a posse of the officers to join in the chase after the alleged slayer.
 Late Monday afternoon message was received from the pursuing par ty stating that Jones had surrendered to a deputy sheriff in an adjoining township. and that he was being hur- ried 10 Van Buren to be placed in jail.
 Both Jones and Swearengen were prominent in the locality in which they lived. and both have families.
 The cause of the tragedy is not known there. Jones went to the field where Swearengen was blowing and attacked him with a knife. it is al leged, stabbing him repeatedly until he touched a vital point, when Swear engen fell dead almost between his blow handles
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Sold Whiskey. Fined S75.

Tobe Langford was brought before Mayor Arnold at Prescott Monday, charged with selling whiskey. and pleaded guilty. without gsing to trial He was fined S75.
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
Has oIdtime Newsnaner.

Clyde Hancock Of Conway has copy of the New York Weekly Herald dated October I. 1S5l. The paper is well preserved and = retained as a memenIo of his grandfather
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msimed Tn sswmlll.

George Newman. negro. was caught in the llye rolls al the sawmill el he Wm Farrel Lumber Company at Hen~ley Thursday. and his hand sa badly crushed that amputation was H#sH5#Fs=-aH#
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-09
ROBERT S


Roberts, Jan S.-Rey r. w Rob
erts and family arrived last week and
We're welcomed by great many
friends and old acquaintance.
4 bCrglaF entered the hone of Mr.,
]. d. Mackey last Sunday and gof
away with purse containing large
sum Of money. He made his escape
and left no clue.
Mrs. A f. Fleming visited her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. NJ. Fleming last
Saturday,
Misses Gale Everhart and Pearla
Mcakey spent the holidays with
friends and relatives in Pensacola
Miss AmeIie Fleming spent last
week with friends at Gouiding.
Miss Annie B. Richardson returned
20 her home in DeFuniak last Monday,
after spending Christmas with her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. P. w. Richard
son.
Ira Waters is spending the holidays
with his parents here.
Miss PearIe Mackey entertained a
few of her young friends last Friday
night. The evening was spent most
pleasantly with parlor games and
ether amHsements.
Miss Claude Cocker visited friends IN
Pensacola last week
Misses Ethel and Naomi Gonzalez
have returned from Pensacola. after
spending the holidays with relatives.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-09
Ala. LIQUOR
MEN COMING
Three Have Already Located
Here. Recently Procur-
ing Licenses.

Liquor dealers who were put out OF
business on January l in Alabama.
when many of the counties that were
carried by the prohibitionists went
dry. are beginning to flock towards
Pensacola and other places IN Flor
ida and Alabama, where they are al
lowed TO Sell liquors
Within the past ten days or two
weeks three firms have located III Pen
sacola, two of which are wholesale
concerns, who will endeavor to serve
their former patrons By shipping 70
them from this state Another party,
who was in the business In Alabama
has also purchased saloon. making a
totalsof four TO come to this city.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-09
BEULAH.
Social to FAC JournaI.


Beulah, Jan S.--The county author
tiles are doing large amount OF
much needed work on the Shelby
hard road, under the direction of Com
missioner George DAVIS, but the re-
cent hard rains have made it neces-
sary TO do great deal of it over
again,
The new prison of the Star Turpen-
tine Company at Beulah Springs. will
soon be ready for the convicts, and
they will soon be moved TO their new
quarters where they viii be much
nearer 10 their work
James Snowden was the guest of
relatives at Quintette Sunday last.
Miss Bessie Hanna, after a very
pleasant visit with relatives here, has
returned to her home at Quintette.
Mrs. Annie Bowman. principal OF
our school, has been confined TO her
bed by a severe attack of la grippe
this week.
D. ". Bowman has charge of the
school during the illness of Mrs. Bow
man
Arthur spare and daughter, Miss
Mary, were Pensacola visitors last
Saturday
Miss Gertie Busby has been out of
school for a few days. confined to the
house by the grippe
Mrs Eliza Busby is on the sick
list at present
John B. HiEst was in the city Satur-
day on business.
A. j. Busby made his usual weekly
trip TO the city WITH produce on We'd.
nesday.
Tommy Hanna. Of ouintette, is the
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-09
THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL MORNING JANUARY

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The tumultuous Widow Bedott
wrote land. in hiding behind the bole
OF big tree, recited to the unwilling
ears OF her priestly lover) the we'll
remembered lines:
Full forty dollars would / give
If we'd a-continnered apart.
For though he makes my sperrft live.
He'll surelie bust my heart"
SO while the long-drawn- out clamor
OF noise may possibly and perhaps add
70 the galety of the many nations here
represented, it is still beyond dispute
that the mighty horns must silence
laelr abuse or our tympanums, else
VIII we all presently be stone-deaf.
The Seats of the Mighty was. and
Is, an excellent tale, but it's quite an
other tale from those narrow seats of
arched stone which environ the gov,
eminent building on which, of an eve
ming time, a long array of SQUADS and
otherwise, perch and percolate tobac-
co juice toward the earth and walk
and NIL the air with noise and smoke
1t may be that reasonable excuse
can be supplied for this situation, the
anront of which is discernable by all
but 1T must strike the casual visitor
or observer as most curious feat
ure of life in great and growing city.
A series of spikes. rightly located in
the arch of the stones, or a brisk
move on suggested by the Mr.. Off
Ger Man, would, it is respectfully sub
mftted. be of real value to the city.
1t offers fair study to consider how
many people have enjoyed the outlook.
cityward. to be had from the upper
floors of the Blount building, where.
looking north, fair Pensacola rests
coyly in many hill and dale as far
as the eye can reach
Before and to the left and right are
series Of plateaus and highways. of
church and parked garden and green
trees; of distant monument. where the
broad highway yclept Palafox climbs
the hillside and disappears amid a
Drofusion of winter green's On every
hand are to be seen smiling views
and yards of living green. the whole
ensemble comprising picture worth
not only the ride on the elevator. or
the climb ND the winding iron stairs,
but even a more effortful journey to
discover. Seen of bright afternoon
when the sun glints. its rays across
the expanse, and cOlorS the buildin gs
and shades the green into many sub
divisions OF colors, a landscape is pre-
sented which, could it be faithfully
transferred to print. would materially
enhance the claims of the city for
beauty
1t is not a matter to be lightly
touched upon. but just suppose the en-
tire roof of the Biount structure We're
transformed into a roof garden where |
en-. come summer evenings, the tired
inhabitants might assemble. there tot
sit for time and enjoy the cool air. |
the glorious star-lit skies. and the
broad panorama which. then ablaze |
with electric fights, glimmers and |
shines in silent charm, Would it not, |
my masters, afford a bit of comfort !
and enjoyment not otherwise obtain |
able? wot not If the suggestion be
possible of realization. but it would |
certainly afford much pleasure and /
innocent recreation (
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-09
Ellen Terry Writes
About Henry Irving

Miss Ellen TeTry's Memoirs are
still running in McClure's. and lose
none of their interest. The January
number contains The Story of What
Henry Irving Did For the English
Stage" but, as usual, Miss Terry wan
ders delightfully."- from the beaten track
into all kinds Of reminiscent gossip.
OF her preparation for Ophelfa, she
says:
Like all Ophelias before (and after
me / went TO the warehouses TO study
wits astray. | was disheartened at
first There was no beauty, no nature
no pity, in most of the lunatics.
Strange as it may sound they were
too theatrical to teach me anything.
Then, just as I was going away, no.
need a young girl gazing at the wall
went between her and the wall to
see her face 1t was quite vacant.
'a' the body expressed that she was
waiting, waiting Suddenly she threw
Up her hands and sped across the
room like swallow. | never forgot
H. She was very thin, very pathetic.
Very Young, and the movement was
as poignant as it was beautiful.
u saw another woman laugh with
" ACE that mad no Sleam OF IauSh
Ter anywhere-a face Of pathetic and
resigned grief.
Ny experience convinced me that
the actor must imagine first and OBJ
serve afterward 1t is no good OBJ
serving life and bringing the result
% the stage without selection. with
Out q definite idea. The idea must
'oine first, the realism afterward.
Miss Terry had journey TO Birm1ng-
nam 10 see what she ever after con-
S'leTed the most wonderful perform
"hce OF Hamlet She says:
perhaps because / was nervous and
irritable about my own part from in
Gu cient rehearsal, perhaps because
rs responsibiIity as lessee weighed
upon him. Henry Irving 81 Hamlet on
.ae first night at the Lyceum seemed
% me less wonderful than 1T had been
q birmingham AT rehearsals he had
n the perfection of grace. On the
n.-At itself he dragged his leg ana
S[5Med sim from self-consciousness.
re asked me, later on. IL j thought
me -h-natured criticism Of his walk
va in any way justified. and II he
.edlIF said 'Gud' for God. and the
"sst OF It. 7 said straight out that ne
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-09
Random Thoughts
~ :. On Pensacola
BY cOsDfcr PACKARD

Greetings to the New Year must inn
press those Of Pensacola as of such
value as few preceding like anniTer-
ssries have shown. CONSIDERING
things we all daily see and lightly
pass by, there is much of interest
Underneath the shadows OF the gov
eminent building rests whfNe dream,
which. had ii sprung up in a night,
would have surprisingly amazed all
hehOlders-a marble palace, simmer
ing in the sunlight or standing. white
snd attractive at night under the RAYS
o. the moon. thing of rare beauty
and one which challenges rivals wher-
ever located-the artistic home of
the First National Bank. Soon it will
b. thrown open to business, prosaic
detail. seemingly far beneath its real
merits. for not doge nor senator of the
now vanished cities of ancient Greece
showed that which more fittingly set
forth the best thought of the artist
and the most excellent skill of the ar
t-san That the city is thus crowned
is matter-of-fact detail to those who
daily pass, and repass its doors, but
none the less, il deserves the highest
aulogium, the most emphatic APP
prevail
=
Some adverse comment is heard
wIthal these winter days OF the street
car service, and one sees odd tTifes
which might wisely be corrected. Still,
in the main. that branch of our city
life safely challenges that enjoyed by
any city Of like size. north or south.
bar none Harking back a few brief
years and encountering the sleepy
81 -.
dilatory dummy" service down the
BAY. and now having regard for that
which we have, and its many better
ments, he were q Carper indeed who
would voice his protest. That it
might be better is to be admitted, but
II is manifestly superior to other cit
les of the Tx and parallel of Pensa-
cola, and offers so much of good that
u eeemeth but Just and proper that
lovers of this municipality should. at
odd times, toss a bouquet thitherward.
No doubt there is normal demand
FOR the fiye-cent show, else it would
rot command the support it receives.
l. supplies brief entertainment for
people who might not otherwise find
relief from the tame Sameness of
their lives, and, when kept within
nifty for adverse comment Still. it is
extremely doubtful if there is tolera bic
excuse for the blatant intrusion of
the trumpet-horns whose hideops out
bursts so commerciaEze the atmos-
phere and make of life so heavy d bur-
den In the majority of cities, these
striden-toned blares are now forbid
den by city ordinance. and it is d reas-
enable claim that Pensacola could
wisely thus relieve the people of what
IS needless and annoying incident
IN their discordant outcry. they sur.
pass. beyond question, those roaring
ram 'S-Iorns with which Joshua and
his ancient baud shook down Iericho's
walls in the long ago. While these
Vandal tones may not be expected TO
wreck fair PensacoIa's most recent
stUrdily constructed buildings, they
are surely tending toward wrecking
the nerves and dispositions OF many
of her mosi CHEEKY and amiable cit
liens
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-09
mAscors TO ORDER.
Answers.
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Gamblers are DOtoriOasly supersli-
tious. as all who have visited Monte
Carlo know There you win find a
parasitic class who live on the supeE-
sfitIon of the frequenters of the Ia
bles. They are hunchbaciSs. and tile
gamblers imagine that they are certain
10 have a run of luck after touching
the humps OF these unhappy wretcffes.
Accordingly. one finds at each en-
trance 20 The casino 8 row of waiting
hunchbaeks ready 70 bring luck to
any one VINO will pay them Each has
his own list OF patrons, and a very
comfortable income some OF them
earn.
Not a few of them are normal IN
every respect, their hunaps being sim
ply padding and framework strapped
ltpon their shoulders. One such WAS
recently exposed aud punished sum-
rariiy 4 rIn1or had spread among
the gaming fraternity thar he was
fraad. so one OF lis patrons. instead
OF pattiDg him gently on the back. a.
which e1fectIally dfs1odged the bogus
hump
Having thus effected a record quick
cure. the ganaessers determined thaE
their patient must also take the El-
ters in the lake at the casino gardens
IN case he should have a relapse Al
ter a lengthy dip. he was so thorongis-
Is cured that he left Monte Carlo
never 70 return. But there are Sill
bogus mascots 1t the doors OF the
gaming hall. and there always will be
TN the foolish superstition dies oat-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-09

did say his vowels in a peculiar way
and that he did drag his leg.
j think, / added, .sit is. because
you stand too long at the wing before
you go on. You get self-conseious.'
He said he would think it over.
When we first played The Merchant
of Venice, / noticed that he had Civ
en- up that dreadful paralyzing wait
ing at the side for his cue He came
to me and said very simply that he
had adopted my plan, with great COM
fort to himself.
This is the worst of NV trying to
give consecutive narrative of my
first years at the Lyceum Henry
Irving looms across them. reducing
all events, all feelings, all that hap
pened and all that was suggested to
pygmy size" says Miss Terry Dur
ing the first rehearsal he read every
ones part except mine, which he
skipped, and the power that he put
into each part was extraordinary. He
threw himself so thoroughly into it
that his skin contracted and his eyes
slione. His lips grew Writer and whit
er and his skin more drawn as the
time went on. until he looked like a
living thing, but beautiful
He never got at anything easily.
and often / felt angry that he would
waste so much of his strength in try
ing to teach people to do things in
the right way. Very often it only end
ed in his producing actors who gave
colorless, feeble. and uninteiligent i'm
itations of him. There were exceptions.
of course"
OF his associates at the Lyceum.
Miss Terry says:
.-Stoker and Loyeday were daily
nav, houriy-associated for many
years with Henry Irving, buts after
all, did they or anyone else, really
know him? And what was Henry Irv-
ing's attitude? / believe. myself. that
he never wholly trusted his friends.
and never admitted them TO his init
macy. although they thought he did,
which was the same thing to them.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-09
Austin Corbln. whose game presery.

Austin Corbin, whose game preserve
in New Hampshire was one of the
hobbies OF his famous father, bas
found the Corbia buffalo herd success
ful to the point OF embarrassment. De
spite the predictions Of old piaiasmen
that the animals would net breed In
the New Hampshire park. the herd has
increased and multiplied until il IS
becoming problem TO supply enough
grazing space Tor them in SO large a
tract as the Corbin fence incioses.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-09

prison they received the same fregula-
ton treatment that IS given the hum
blest yeggman ShaveS and baths,
then measurement for the striped suits
with the numbers on the back and the
Bertiliion measurement were in or
der, Photograph also were taken.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-09
500 MORE MEN ARE
OUT OF EMPLOYMENT
ey Hearst News Service

Chattanooga, Tenn. Jan. S.--The 5.
Eddy Coal Company, operating mines
and ovens at Rathburn. sixteen miles
from here, today closed down It's
plant, and about 500 men are now
idle
The company proposed a wage re
duction amounting 10 ten per cent
which the men showed a tendency 10
reject Rather than enter Upon d a
Dor controversy. the company decid
ed to close its plant It is stated the
shutdown is only temporary.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-09

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-09
A ROLL CALL
AND RECEPTION

The annual roll call and reception of
the First Presbyterian church viii be
held on Friday evening. AZ 80. in
the Sabbath-school building. All the
members of the church and oongfeSa-
ton are expected 10 be present
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-09
GREENE AND GAYNOR
INTO FEDERAL PRISON
BY Associated press.

Atlanta Ga, Jan s.-benjamin D.
Greene and John f. Gaynor arrived
here today from Macon to serve their
terms OF four years each in the fed.
erai prison Upon the arrival at the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-09

guest of his amt. Mrs. James Snow
den, and will remain ana go TO
school here for the balance OF the
term.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-09

The old year soon viii fade away.
It's getting very much pas5e:
So clear your throats TO shout Hoo
ray,
Noughf- eight,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-01-23
At BOWLING GREEN
Cen Lees Bttadsy rlttInrIy Observed.
Bowling Green. Va. Ian. 2,

Bowling Green, Va, Jan. 20
The memory OF Gen Robert f. Lee was
tittingly observed here today by ths
Bowling Green Chapter United Dsugh.
ters OF the Coniederacy in the hall of the
Bowling Green Seminary. After appro.
pirate remarks by Mrs Eugene 3 Travis
who acted in place Of the president, Mrs.
A. B. Chandler. who was unable to At
tend, the following program was carried
out:
Hymn-How Firm a Foundation.
Prayer by Rev. J. F. Billingslsy, Chap
lain OF the Caroline Camp of Coniederats
Veterans
Song-Bonnis Blue Flag.
Recitation-Gen. Robert E. Lee, by
Miss Frances Glassell.
Song-Maryland
Reading-What Northsrn Critic has
to Say OF Gen. Lee, Miss Florsncs
Gravatt.
solo-Ths Southern Cross, by Mis-.
Lsnnie Smith.
Sone-Going Back to Dixie.
Recitation-A Confederate Note, by
Mas Lucille Collins.
Song-Ay Old Kentucky Home.
Southern crosses OF honor were then
conferred upon the following veterans
Capt G. Allensworth, w. ii. Garrett, ],
n. Page, Jno.P. Shepherdson, Asa Gould.
man, K. D. Barlow. ID. 8. Cash, W. L.
Coleman, r. h. Chiles, r. ii. Saunders,
and r. C. Thornton.