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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-13

The program = will commence
promptly at 6 p. m., and Judge R. H.
Terrell, Of the municipal court OF the
District of Columbia, will oftlciate
as master of ceremonies. The prin-
cipal address will be delivered by DR..
Booker T. Washington. On such q
day and with such theme as the day
affords him, the Wizard" will be
heard at his best. Other speakers
invited to deliver short addresses
will be: Asst. Sup. Roscoe G. Bruce,
representing the schools; Miss Eva
A. Chase, the kindergarten; Rev. M.
W. D. Norman, the Baptist churches !;
Rev. J. H. Welch, the A.. M. E.
church; Rev. F. J. Grimke, the Pres
byterian church.; Rev. Sterling N.
Brown, the Congregational church !;
Rev. T. J. Brown, the Protestant
Episcopal church; Hon. J. G.. Dancy,
the A.. Nj. E. Zion church; Hon. r.
q w. Tyler, the federal government; !;
Attorney T. l.. Jones, the. district
bar; Editor w. Calvin Chase, the
press; Undertaken j. H. .Dabney, the
Negro business interests of the city
and Chief w. r.. Griffin, the True Re.
formers. Music will be furnished by
leading band and large chorus Of
trained voices. 1t IL expected by the
managers that not less than $500
will be cleared for the Douglass Me-
mortal Home Fund the raising OF
which is a duty very near to DR..
Washington'a. heart. 1t Is understood
that accommodations have been ar
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
State Capital Notes
Five Governors In IS Months.

The chance remark by Secretary
Paul Little to the effect that he had
served as private secretary to four gov.
ernors in a little less than year and
half resulted In a little figuring on
just how many chief executives Ar
kansas has had since the election of
1906.
The list, covering a period Of less
than sixteen months, totals FIVE, as
follows JEFF Davis, John S. Little,
John Ike Moore, Xenophen o. Pindall
and Allen II. Hamiter.
On the 18th of January a year ago,
Gov jeff Davis retired to make way
for Gov Little. A few weeks after
this Gov Little was stricken in health
and the Office reverted to the presi-
dent of the senate, Hon. John |. Moore,
who became the third governor in the
list. At the close Of the session of the
general assembly Gov. Moore was sue
ceeded by Hon. X O. Pindall, who was
elected from the holdover senators as
president Of the senate and became the
fourth in the list of executives Elev-
en- months later, through the absence
.Of Gov Pindail from the state Hon.
Allen Hamiter, speaker of the house,
is qualified as governor, completing
the quintet Of governors who have
ruled the destinies of the State since
January 1G, 1907
This would make, on an average,
little over three months to the execu-
tive, though, of course, most of the
time has been served by Cows. Moore
and Pindall
Incidentally, It is interesting to note
that within the next eight months
there will be two other governors.
making a total of seven governors for
a little over two years This results
from the fact that at the next meet.
ing Of the general assembly if Gus.
tom is followed out, the senate will
organize in advance of the house, elect
ing their president Of the senate and
other officers. The president Of the
senate will, by virtue Of his Office, be.
come acting governor, since this duty
must be filled by the president Of the
senate until the installation Of the
next regularly elected governor. As
the governor is not formally installed
until after the organization Of both
houses Of the legislature it is evident
that the next president of the senate
will be acting.goyernor during the time
between the election Of officers in the
senate and the formal Inauguration
Of the now governor, after organiza,
tion OF the house Of representatives.
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
SOURCE OF oesTNAt;Y GONE.
loss of supplies" ouNSdy' Brought
juror to Reason.

A gentleman who on served on an
Irish jury tells all amusing story Of
his experiences Whan the hearing
was over and the hry retired TO their
room to consider their verdict they
found that they stood II, to l in favor
of an acquittal, but the one happened
TO be a very comBacent old gentle
man. who rested Lis, chin upon the
head Of thick bamboo cane and an
nounced defantly that he was ready
to stay there as long as any Of them.
The hours dragged, on, evening ar
rived, and the old gentleman OBJ
stinately held out The other jurors
YEARLY arranged themselves to make
a night of it. From time 10 time the
old gentleman would contempIatively
suck the head of the, cane.
Finally he fell asleep ami the cane
dropped heavily to the foon Then one
of the jurymen picked it up, and found
to his surprise. that it was nearly hln
Of good old Irish whisky. The thank
ful eleven passed the cane round, re-
lieyed it Of its contents. and then
awakened its slumbering owner Sow,
ly he lifted the cane to his mouth,
looked at his watch. and then arose
with the announcement: Boys, I'm
afther changin' me moind-"
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Cannot Complain, for He Left Mo
the Heart Of a Man.

went much with other men Of his age,
and learned to smoke cornsilk and
cigarettes For the first time in his
life he had no sweetheart, and he
wanted none. He decided that he
would wait until he met Dorothy and
then he would explain how he had
come to desert her and would beg
her pardon, and she would tell him
that he was the only boy she had
ever cared anything about, and they
would be happy up there.
Then the new family moved into the
vacant house across the street, There
was one boy in the new family and
ne was strange in the town, and stood
difdcnUy watching the other boys
play II was only right that this
friend Of mine should show some
courtesy to the stranger and invite
him to join I'm building a snow fort
There were two sisters of the strange
boy, and one was tall and fair, with
golden hair and blue eyes, and a
sweet seriousness that made ones
heart beat faster That day he gave
her brother his new pockotFnifo, and
it was but q few days after that he
carried her books ON the way to
school.
Was ne faithful to her this reckless
lover? That ! shall not tolI for he
won't away before long, meyer TO re-.
turn. / remember quito well the day
me departed lr was the day / donnod
my FIRST long rouaors He was with
mo I'm the morning, and In the even
ing ho was gouo-and no one can
bring him My Childhood Self
Bur Il ho carried with him my hap.
pDust days cannot complain, for he
left me- the heart of % man.
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
Encampment Preparations.

All arrangements for the Arkansas
National Guard officers oncampment
40 Fort Logan II Roots and for the
two.compauy cncampmont at Camp
pindau viii be completed this week
by AdIutant General Paul Little and
Maj. e. b Jetr both Of the Arkansas
National Guard
Mai. Jott stated that 80 line officers
Of the guard were expected TO arrive
In Little Rock May 90 aad q, to at.
tend the officers oncampmont and
school m Fort Logan II. Roots. The
school opens May 81 and closes May
g. II was frs intended that each
Iiuo officer should have a tcnt to him.
"lf a' the fort during the cncamp-
mnui but upon finding each tent was
was TO bo furnished with a floor Il
w0H decided that In order to cut down
expense. two men should be Quartcrcd
.n 70 tent Fifteen tents will be pitch.
al Iu lho rear Of the quarters Of Mai.
Thompson, The commanding officer.
Officers win be required 10 be at
D." fort oynry day during the entire
wclmDmoul ae daily exercises arc
poyIdnd
laj Jott viii take out the tents
0noothcr equipment TO Camp Plndall
near Little Rock this week, for the
'nraupmon' Of the two companies
which win engage In target practice
'horn commencing May rs. Proyis
ION. viii also bo purchased this week
Tor the tyo companies
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
Hmm Shot un In caMbaD slyLc.

shawnee OEIa-OUa man dead.
one dangerously wounded by pistol
shots, and one with two logs broken.
ia the result NJ throo mon shooting
mp tho town OF Hanna, northeast OF
Shawnee, George sT0ur Horny
Whlot ana WIN stevens roda into tho
town IN buRef ond began shooting
at everything they saw, and WHOM Dep.
uIy Sheriff Abbans chilled ON lhrm 10
surrender they turned their guns on
him In the Aght, Strong was killed.
White shot IN tho arm by 'ho deputy.
and stevens attempted 20 ro' AWAY I'm
the buggy but oYorlunod rNa yoh.aIo
and broke both logs
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
HIS INFLUENCE OVER BOYS.
How Bishop Williams Saved the Hay
and Won the Students.

"IDo never forgot chat ho had once
been % boN" says Bishop Henry c. Pot
tu of Bishop John Williams president
%. Trinity college Hartford IN bis
"Num0U." uuutu# nr Bishop" and Arch
bishops" Ilu Says chat Dh.a was ono
of the woaona of ha extraordinary iu.
lIuuucn over young mon
n was tine custom of those I'm am.
Dnorg TO goU the grass ON the campus
ro "omo farmer iU tho uu.ahhorh0ud,
It w1s also the custom of me students
uo destroy Nr much OF the hay nude
from u oa wa. possible usually by snl
Ting 10 ON nru ON one occasion %
trusting and cuuHd.un farmer lorl %
I0aI of has 900 hIH cUrr Io stand ON the
campus over Might A roat opnor
luO'y w0. open f1 Dho students I0
hWu luu The president was certain
advantage would ho taken NJ il and
so watched to #uu what would bo done
HI'b M. h0y IIo bad a cap and mu
0r clothes much I..n uhu.u tau au.
dent" Wuuo Thuu Nu dunnol. and
waited patiently among Uo rooa In
thu grove About NJ 700 mnhr the au.
dm.# ulmu of rnn m#cuIuv0u8 ones.
began lo nUUhur Tho uOnht WAS dark.
10 ww Omnu Oh'u r0 ruuOm.lu friends
from Iuu. "O INu president IuIUod tho
crowd u w0a the intention uf the stu.
dents Go dump lhu h0r cart and all,
Into ih. IN'. WluIHg Ia Dbu rear of
The college grounds, and thus glyo tho
hay n dose Of water instead Of Are. aa
Il had been strictly forbidden them
10 do
The president followed In tho roar
and Just Os the edge of the bank was
reached, and they wore phout 10 let
go The cart IN hIg natural yoIco he
said Como, boys, / guess we hayo
hauled thIa hay far enough Lot ua 20
10 our rooms" Such a Rcaitoring ~
there was, ana such fear and from.
bling The next day' That was the last
Of II, howoyofi no student was called
up or disciplined But the Incident.
and treatment ot IT, won tho hoarta
and respect Of the atudents for their
presldent-You,hu Companion,
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
What II Showed.

Lillian b. Hill. the weu-known wrl.
Ter Of humorous advertisements. told
AZ a dinner i'm Chicago about a grocer
wh2 advertised for a boy and whose
wife presented him the next day with
twins-both boys.
Thin story was printed" said Miss
Hill the other day, and aftorward a
famous HshAmorciau woman dress.
maker spo'e TO me about it
There vas no point TO it, the
woman obiocNd
"'No point9 said J. Consider The
man advertised Tor a boy His wife
presented him wlh twins. both boys.
If that doesn't shbw the value Of adj.
yertisoment what ogos it shove
It shows the drt.maror ropIjod
that If he had conGAsd his business
affairs TO his wife. aa q man ought
TO do. he would have booG saved the
expense Of that advertisement"
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
Rcalluranl Slnr,n.

Az 'bo LuauIm clubs recent dinner
I'm Now York George w. Rector told
% wat many restaurant stories He
ha" been % collector of these uorrce
for number u. years.
"Ihoro ia ho Frnnchmcuu story %
ho w.d THE rrmch menu As rrcoe.
aw Noom.. wo haven. ry I'm Enc.
O.ah .ho words t0 describe c.rraIo
sauces and certain methods of cook.
na u.1o. $500 should au know ru.
0oo# French Otherwise wo mako
"oN" w0. Tbm I know young
man "Oo took 20 mI ont 90 lunch and
thu wI.m asked.
#u. monsieur have % ia carto or
table Ih0lum
I.oth' said Dho young man. and
put plenty of nyy ON 'om'"
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
The Wakc Wac rLnn

Dennis and Patrick were Gaming
over the rail OF the big liner OF IN
the sIarbomd was 70 dluey coal ,orgo
the hull of o once graceful clipper
ship
what kind Of a boat ls thot. Pu 2o
0uoriod Dennis as ho shaded hIs c,,s
with hia hnnd
"Iho. ia what yo1 cau % dead shin.
replied Patrick
Dennis watched the bubbles chnrn
in" under her stern for long Wniro
"pan"
'Y# Unnr"
'Ta 20 a.ad .h.p oha.
"YIs Uu1g
"W.I. bodod OI Nnyo ut Look nj
Oh h.g wake as abo noa."
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
Rosamond Gets l.as. LII

The initial act Of the new actin.
governor Allen II. Hamiter was ,bo,.
oughly humanitarian He granted .,
extension of a weeks time to I,s,,
Rosamond, the Lafayette county no
gro condemned TO die for killing hi,
companion, Charley Lewis. year ,go
The reason for the change in n,
date for the execution was based on
the fact that the original date. lima
10, was Emancipation Day and ho
governor was petitioned by the citizen,
Of the county to set some other d,y
fars the execution, as the gathering,
OF negroes on Emancipation Day ara
always abnormal There was also fhp
reason that It was hardly the proDor
thing TO hang a negro on the date
whton his fellows were celebrating
their chief festival
The hanging was simply postponed
a week, and Rosamond win be hanged
on June Goth.
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
SURELY A REAL ONE.
Growing Glory of an Evening in the
Life of Rev. Mr. Brough.

Something had TO be done. Rev. Mr..
Rrough had been pastor Of Hardens'
burg church for % years, and
The anniversary was to be properly
celebrated. Harieusburg was a small
Mace The church was small and the
people were poor. but after much con.
suItauon it was decided to give the
aged couple a surprise donation party
10 was a real donation party, with
"a barrel of -four. a sack of yams, side
Of bacon. q ham and all the other lux
uries of Hardeusburg life. And, as
arowning feature, Deacon Rogers, who
had lust introduced electric lights into
the village, had the parsonage wired
as a gift to the church. and agreed to
turn on the lights on the evening OF
the donation
To make it all complete he left the
rarsou without knowledge that the
wiring was finished and installed c
switch on the outer wall by which
every light in the house could be
thrown on at once. Then, in the dusk
of a hot autumn evening the members
of the Hardeusburg church brought
their gifts to the minister's door,
The parsonage was dark. Not even
candle gIimmered from the window.
Parson Brough and his wife had the
good habit of sitting quietly in the
dark on such evenings, resting their
eyes and discussing the aFairs Of the
day
Cautiously. quietly thI supplies
were carried to the foot Of the front
steps, quietly the parishioners were
arranged in a semi-circle in front Of
the parIor windows, and then, in the
darkness. Deacon Rogers swiftly tip
toed up to the switch, and with a
quick turn threw on every light in the
house.
The surprise was a grand success,
From the parsons sittiugroom came a
quick gasp and an exclamation of dis,
may. The callers, waiting outside,
had a glimpse of two well-known
forms scurrying away through the
glaring light from room to room,
vainly seeking a place Of retreat. And
in the parIor beside two still rocking
easy chairs. stood four battered shoes
and two pairs Of neatly-darned stock
ings Rev. Mr. Brough had been com
pletely surprised.
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
Great Men Not Arithmeticians.
supplies

In a recent trial a San Francisco
judge made arithmetic a test of mental
soundncss. But if this test had been
applied to certain great men they
would have been declared imbecies.
Dean Stanley, eminent author and di-
vine, for one, would have been set
down as hopeless had he been judged
by his incapacity to do a sum in simple
addition or multiplication Had Keble
writer Of famous hymns, depended
upon his arithmetic oxford would not
long have known him, When bursar
he found, to his horror, that certain ac-
counts came ont nearly $4,000 to
to bad In vain did the learned and
pious men Of the college go over the
figures with him Not until an expert
was summoned was it discovered that
Keble, I'm casting up a column, had
added the date Of the year to the col.
leges debts.
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
MeIcome 10 American Countess.

The Buda-Pesth correspOn sent of a
Vienna paper says. that Count Szechen-
vi certainly did not get rid of all the
inQuisiuye people, when he went TO
his own country On his ride to the
home Of his mother, Countess En-
merich Szechenyi, where he and
Countess GLADYS We're invited to
luncheon. and later Count Alexander
Andrassys. where they dined, the pro.
tocraphers, amateur and professional
were eXaspcratmgly persistent Even
Prof. Lumnitzcr. who is treating the
countess for a throat trOuble, was an
u9yed by these people. At the recep-
rion arranged for the yUung couple at
Oermezo the blessing Of the old
priest, the warm welcome on the part
of the widowed mother, the uni
formed peasants, the white-robed girls,
the active band and the formal ad.
dresses all probably impressed the
young American woman, but she was
most surprised when a little girl ad-
yanced and presented to her a large
heartshaped brown cake. The verse
which the little girl repeated told that
the LebkucheD was the Hungarian
symbol Of welded bliss
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
-a- = ,
Done Eor.

"With Eddie Foy,' said q tragodian,
81 made, the other Sunday, an oxcur.
sion into the country
"Tho country, fresh and green, was
beautiful i'm the April sunshine. An
old man and his daughter q GIN Of 18,
had a little booth whore you threw
basoballs at dolls, getting a cigar for
every hit.
"Foy throws phenomonaIIy well. and
he had soon won 30 cigars. These he
presented with q courly bow to the
young girl
Thanks. said She smiling proDuly
they'll do for father
Last Sunday Foy and / made the
same excursion again The booth stood
I'm the same spot but now the rlH was
running a. alone.
An said Foy. they've done for
father"
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
Prenarlnn Biennial Report

Assistant state Superintendent d
instruction W. A Crawford is now en-
gagged in the preliminary work Of pre-
pairing the biennial report Of the state
superintendent Of instruction The re-
port viii be published in the fall u
will be very complete one, showing
the progress Of school work generally
throughout Arkansas during the past
two years,
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
LIlcrature'a Marrow Esc5pe.

win lhn fire of gouiua flashing u
hI8 oyo Woul raised hIa yoIco and
hls magnificent cyordlum gug OUT
~ come not here 90 iuut
"rho h0oN The hook" yelled the
@OIwO# he didn't como hero TO-
WN m1 hoH UlEu" Give him the
h0uE"
Instantly Jho loumh0Udlod lmpIo
mont ab0t ou. from the wings and
RJul. bowling and protesting waa
yWuN.d from the stage
Iaruu however hu secured leave 10
PRINT and n.a address %. oyuy school
boy knows wJ# H.ym D0 the public
In m.I
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
eoodIe Cases G..

-, II all the Doodle case, 60, ,'a'
cuit cut present Co~s term of the puaes, ,oE 'r
court will be grinding NO, " Trial The
onnn ol July. } No cases have 'b,.l boa, The last
yohd July II, and it is roo Deen Set BE-
tnn tn,n sa3 that Judge Lea will Isonssy not e''
one setting of cases in Ansn.s ro, Sanction
against ~orn ST. the recently indicted sJ'. &C.. Gases
were IRE set for trial as follows. su senators
July 6-Thomas Hard
July July ST. H. Jobe. pc, periDrT ipgrlpy'
July 1O-George F FIoIa FRC,5a'y
July July. I3-John H. Holland s9d' psri' perjury
July l5-Wnliam F, Ha,., rru perjury
jury. Harrison, pe,.
July John A. HipkIo ,-a
,rtho,.,. The case against c. V. ',,p(,'. AD@.,
tn,5e, Drloery' is set for June "a; A. AVc'sVs W c
Fuller, July 3. "Da Claude
The only one Of no
indicted who hss oeca in 'TI yi,. recently
since the bench warrants uo.. .,ie Rock
Is Is Thomas IT" G. JoOe Of Hope e'g Hs served ",
at lhe court house early T"s.s r,e was
morn morning and looked over the 'Issaay is,
ment. tie also called upon pro,oanl' m ,nal't
Attorney Rhoton. The tri.I ,S'ecu'llg
set set for July 5. The former g' sSS, 'oos IS
Said ne was informed tba, 'el1r
not obtain a trial any soono, "' &c colt
aSinuch as that is the state q, a.p sa H.
he is satisfied. VI 9ualfs
The bench warrant against G..
John II. Holland, who is q o,l 9Vus'r
ior ! reelection to the Senate ,r,'se fron a.
oastian county was served ''V'u se
nome nome IN Greenwood Tuesday Se,,,o, ns
Holland is accused Of perin,,as "'ul''
self before the Grand jury vEo. VIZ MN i,
said that he did not receive st sDyn "a, ae
influence his vote on railroad ,''lu w., .
lation. 0'u lesS
All of the warrants against menA.,.
ol the 1903 Senate have been soryos
Doodle warrants not vet sorro5 o5''yu.
to be against persors ne r.s a,s
were not legislators 'u'
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
Fumes Beat Burglar.

Momphla Rendered mauu.oI0ur hv
fumes from a bottle of ammonia bro.
u during his dish through .nu bath
room 10 lJbouy George Williams "A
uorro BURGLAR was cUH0 md mupd
over lo police Monday O.nu ug ur
Walter Mcclcm who.n ru.Ioupo no
had hfokon IN, lIo had almost p.
capped, but the ammonia probably mv
cd his life, ns the physician was IN
close pursuit with pistol drawn when
the ammonia exploded.
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
Wants 25.Ceni A,lr cui.

Acting Mayor Hollis lus received n
communication from n rtaidcnt Of Lit.
I' Rock whose name rs withheld, who
0.bcd that the mayor recommend TO
me council gomo action TO roducc the
price Of u haircut, The latter saying
'ho I'orbors Union h making The poo.
pI" pay 30 cents 70 haircut when,
IN bis opinion, 20 'ontg which used
10 be- the price, ws cxtorlIon, Hc
asked that Dbo ouncn regulate
chargo modo by b.rbcrs for their
work Mayor Hollis vii turn the com.
nuIcnIion over 10 IN council
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
Fly a-9er 10 aFssss.,y,A,a.,

AT number Of places IN Little Rock
where property owners have fne
shade trees, fly paper wrapped around
the trunk Of the tree, Just below the
branches, with the sticky side out, Is
being used to protect the trees from
the rayagcs Of worms. This Is tho
season when the caterpillar Matched
in the ground at tae foot Of trees,
climbs 10 the limbs and ont TO the
leaves and there eats every yesiiso
Of the green foliage away These
worms cover trees by the thousands
in sono instances but Il Is claimed
that the sticky ny paper forms bar
ricr past which they cannot crawl
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
10 Catch Cockroaches-

A florist has discovered by accident
q now way TO catch cocMoachos. A
pint fruit Jar containing scrap of
bacon happened to De left oyer night
In ono of his greenhouses. Noy. morn.
ing q dozen or more coclro0chos were
yaiuIy trying TO climb the slippery
sides Of the glass Iar The florist has
succeeded m Kidding his establishment
of these r.pulsiyn creatures. which
formerly a'n such high priced plants
oa orchids and nudnulaa
u ls necessary 20 paste % piece of
Uapur oD rho outside of tho jar $50
that rho insects can gut sufficient foot
hold 40 climb mp into the uup In the
ud.luoI o1.o the label of Duo manu-
laouu supplied DhIa need.
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
bsyo,es Life ia oood WosLs

Mrs Charles Al Alexander nm Eng
llHh woman Of birth ana fortune IN the
lender Of u band Of women who are
aldmr a monster evangelical omaanr
IN Philadelphia rullko many women
of wealth gho Wulora llro of ane
rlncp ana onduuyur to the Whin of
aocDul myoly She lH accompanied by
her muBhand In her visit To the unllod
9mlon aud Intends 10 roman hero
some mOhthe
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16
Soon to Have poIns Ma,ron,

i la md that onoDho Of the things
recommended by Mayor Hollis in his
message TO the council viii be- car.
Il.d ool soon namely Dhu Of securing
Oho Horylcoa Of q woman ,s polIcc mn.
IRON Mayor Hollis uomc, thIa nm one
o' 'ho urgent Moods of DhooIDy and the
proposition has been sanctioned by
.''.' Wy 'N' aldermen Enough the
'oonrII may not act on the matter I'm.
mrdlaIoly It win only be a ghor, tImo.
il J" believed before n nation IA ON.
ployud W" ~ ~"