The Springdale news., 1908-11-27
"BE THANKFUL UNTO HIM."

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 2 Serve the Lord with gladness: before his presence with singing.
 B Know ye that the Lord he is God: 1t is he that hath made us, and not ourselves; his people, and the sheep of his pasture
 4. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him and bless his
 S. For the Lord is good his mercy is lasting; and his truth endureth to all generations. Tooth Psalm.
 The might riders Ill the light tobacco district of Kentucky have finally out in their fight with the tobacco trust. The American Tobacco Company, which IS the trust, has been buying the tobacco grown in that section for seven and eight cents per pound, when 1t cost the growers about eight cents per pound to produce 1t. Some time ago an organization formed of tobacco growers known as the Burley Tobacco Society. the interests of all growers was pooled, and 1t was resolved to demand d certain price for their tobacco not sell Some of the growers yielded to the persuasive methods of the trust and dis posed of thelr crops, and this brought the night riders into existence. They visited summary vengeance on those of the organization who failed to keep the compact, and thus ntlmldated other weak-kneed brethren and kept them in line. It also part of the compact that crop to be grown during 1908. and the American Tobacco Company absolutely had to have the to- bacco they yielded to tfe demands of the growers and paid 2o15 cents per pound for the 190b crop and F cents per pound for the 1907 crop The deal involved about So.oo0, 900 pounds of tobacco, requiring outlay of probably Sl4,000oo0 the part of the American Tobacco Company. The action of the night riders cannot be con- mended III all things that they did, but when 1t Is realized that the tobacco trust was realizing from 40 cents to 510O per pound on the tobacco for which they paid the growers only : and eight cents, 1t would seem that they had just cause, and that they have finally triumphed will be gratifying to every fair-fnnded person.
 We hope every business man in Springda1e read the article on this page last week from the Mem phis Conmereial-Appeal on the value of newspa- per advertising. Some merchants have the mis- taken idea that when times are hard and money is scarce they must curtail expenses and do no advertising. The business man who conducts a vigorous advertising campaign when trade IS dull not only gets the cream of the trade at that time, but he gets his business strongly before the public that when times are good and money is plentiful the trade naturally turns to hlm. The merchants of Sprngdale have done less ad- vertisng this fall than for a number of years, while those at Rogers, Bentonville and Siloam Springs appear to be pushing their advertising usual at this of the year. We know the merchants ot this town can sell goods just as cheap merchants in neighborng towns, but 1t makes little difference how cheap you sell goods If the people do not know about 1t.
 Mayor Tom l.. Johnson, of Cleveland, Ohio, who has been spectacular figure in the affairs years past. is said to be bankrupt. Johnson started on his career as a street newsboy, and by his boundess energy and ability accumulated fortune Ill dealing in street railways and other enterprises. He las served number of terms as mayor of Cleveland and one of his greatest fights was for Scent fares in the city. A few years ago he the unsuccessful candidate for governor of Ohio on the Democratc ticket. Whatever else may be said of Johnson, there is no denying the fact that he stryed to the interests of the whole people, and there will be universal regret that financial reyerses have overtaken him. How ever, he s not the kind of man to stay down long, and says there IS as much fight in him as there ever was.
 In response to our request correspondents came to the front nicely last week, although there