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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
NEW LAWS.

The following bills have been sigh
ed by the governor:
No. 1914 (Whaley), increasing the
salary of the county and probate
Judge in Nevada county.
No. 1873 Dyer, making disposition
of the road taxes collected in van
Buren,.
No. so Uittle), making night-rid-
ing a felony, and deaths resulting
from night-riding raids murder III the
first degree.
No. 223 Hudson), changing the
time of holding probate court in Ma
rion county.
No. 245 DuLaney), permitting the
county court of Little River county
to loan funds in the county treasury.
No. lat (Hodges), separating the
office of sheriff and collector OF
White county
No. 1853 (Harris), changing the time
of holding the chancery court IN IN
dependence and lizard counties.
No. AS (HatchetD, organizing Poe
special school district in Van buren,
and Cleburne counties.
No. 207 Davis of Columbia), appro-
priating 500 to pay the reward Tor
the conviction of Field Paschal.
No. 2S4 (Deaton), to permit the spe-
cial school district of Delight to Dor
row money.
No. !41 Glover, organizing the
special school district of Bismarck
in Hot Spring county.
No. 246 OeRositD, amending sec
ton 1876 of the act of 1907.
No. 104 QHamiter), amending acts
of 1907 relative to the FourcbA Drain
age District Of Pulaski county.
No. 16S (KeeD, curing defects IN
levee districts Nos. 1, 2, 3, A, and
of Poinsett county.
No. 243 (Simms), authorizing the
council of Lake Village to close GER
tain streets.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No.
Is montgomery, inviting William
Jennings Bryan to address the Gen
eral Assembly.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
Younq Lads Drown.

Jonesboro.-Two young sons Of
Henry Weaver, a farmer residing on
John Logan's farm on Cache river.
were drowned Sunday morning at
Logan's bridge in Cache river. Three
boys, age 10, IL and IA years, went
into a boat to look after their trott
lines and the younger Of the trio fell
out of the boat The two older boys
became excited and undertook to
save the life of their brother. but
they went to watery grave and the
younger managed 10 save himself by
catching the limb of tree. AS soon
as he could get to land he notified
the parents, and search was at once
instituted for the missing bodies, and
in a short time they were recovered
near where they went down.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
TWO HUNDRED
FIRMS INVOIVEn|
RETAIL DEALERS IN MISSiss,pp,
AFFECTED BY COURTS
DECISION.
PROBABLY LEAVE THE STAT
Probable That Appeal viii Be Ma.
to Supreme Court by Lumber
men-Admit Combination.

Jackson, Miss.-The Supreme Com,
of the state has decided that the "a
tail Lumber Dealers Association =
Mississippi and Louisiana is a com
bination in restraint of trade ana
therefore operating illegally With,
the state of Mississippi. Some 9Oo4
firms doing retail business in tbs
state will be effected and must either
go out of the association and coma
into competition with each other =,
go out of the state.
1t is probable, however, that OWN,
to the magnitude of the interests n.
volved, an appeal will be taken Il
the United States courts.
The association does not deny tia,
il is a combination designed to ro
duce competition between its mem.
bers and more particularly compett
ton from wholesalers who might trv
to sell directly to the consumers. n
was argued that. such a combination
was necessary to preserve the retailer
and that 1t was a convenience to tha
whole trade.
On this point the court ruled that
the retailer had no right to exist II
he did not serve the convenience and
necessities of the people without dan
gerous and fictitious aids. 1t held
that a combination with the avowed
purpose to stifle competition was in
violation of the letter and spirit Of the
law.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
Bury Gypsy Queen.

Cincinnati, O.-The funeral :"
Queen Mary German. wife of james
German, king of the Gypsics, con
Guided here early Monday, was a.
tended by tribes of Gypsies from al
parts of the country. The Gyps'
funeral service, conducted by the va
rious camps, began with the evehins
of Saturday and was not eonciuoes
until early Sunday. This foilowss
services that had previously 'ahsA
place at st. Joseph's cemetery
The queen died ON, November =
1908. in Pittsburg, Kas.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
TIE HOUSE

On Nondav 10 House passed the
Little bill. regulating the st. Francis
Levee District and the control OF It's
affairs One of the features OF the
bill is that directors of the district
are hereafter TO be elected instead
OF being appointed by the governor.
A warm discussion was enjoyed over
the Little measure and TO statement
made by Mr.. Going that the mem
bers of the board now served through
a spirit of patriotism Mr.. Little as
serted that many of them served
through new kind of patriotism
spelled graft" The bill passed, 80
to o.
The University Appropriation Bill
was called up.
Several hours were passed in the
discussion of the bill and the differ
ent amendments. The discussion was
general and created much disturbance
and confusion, with the result that
practically nothing was accomplished.
The bill was considered by the House
in committee of the whole with Mr..
Martin of Yell in the chair. The
fight to cut down the appropriation
was led by Mr.. Shafer, while Messrs.
Parks. DuLaney, Jones of Pulaski and
Hurst were among those who fought
for the appropriations considered
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

The next innovation in Great Brit
ain will be the establishment of ma
tional labor exchange, where any one
out of work can register his name and
any one in need Of laborers can pro
cure them without cost 1t is the same
thing. on a larger scale, as the free
employment bureaus conducted at
state expense in many states of the
union
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

1.-The Daughter of the Regiment
has become a reality among the ltal-
ian troops At the suggestion of the
minister of war each regiment has
adopted an orphan from Reggie or
Messina. and the officers will defray
the cost of their education and main
tenance till they reach their majority
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
IN THE HOUSE.
Bills Passed.

House Bill No. 1875 (Shackelford),
providing for county depository for
Clark county. Passed as amended by
the Senate. Vote, IS to O. -.
Senate Bill No. AZ (KeeD, to fix
the salaries of certain officers OF
Jackson county. Vote. 80 to 0.
Senate Bill No. 80 (Robertson),
prohibiting the destruction OF natural
drains. Vote, 60 to IL.
Senate Bill No. 259 (Wadley), Gre
ating the Womble special school dis
trict in Montgomery county. Vote,
IS to @.
Senate Bill No. 90 henderson,, al
lowing a county to drain bitches
Vote, 81 to 20.
House Bill No. 209 (Hudson),
amending section $3.50 of Kirby's Di-
gest so that county tax of per
cent is levied on all judgments grant
ed by juries in courts of record.
Vote, 50 to S.
House Bill No 374 (CarlLee), ere
ating county and probate court
In the southern district of Woodruff
county. Vote, 65 to L.
House Bill No. 407 (Winn), appro-
priating $4,000 for the expenses OF
the legislature Adopted by House
sitting as committee of the whole,
with Mr.. Clerget of Conway in the
chair. Passed House by vote of II
to 3.
House Bill No 40S (Batson), al
lowing citizens of Faulkner county
fishing privileges. Vote, 65 to /.
Patterson state capitol bill passed
after being before the House almost
an entire week. Vote 46 TO 38.
House Bill No 3S7 (McCracken and
ClergeD, granting a pension to Jo-
seph A. Haley. Rules suspended and
bill not considered by committee of
the whole. Passed. II to 0.
House Bill No. 364 (Hollabaugh),
creating depository for Searcy coun,
ty. Vote, 20 to 0.
House Bill No. 3S6 (HuGson), reg
ulating the attendance at public
schools of Boone and Marion coun-
ties. Votef 62 to d.
House Bill No. 3S1 white of JEFF
ferson), To organize Wabbeseka spe-
ciaI school district in Jefferson coun-
ty. Vote. CT to 0.
House Bill No. 1858 (Thompson of
Greene). authorizing the payment of
pensions to widows or estates If the
warrant is drawn before the death
of the pensioner and before it is paid.
Vote. 68 to O..
House Bill No. Ala (Granger), au-
thorizing the city council of Eureka
Springs to convey certain lands to
the government for the construction
of government buildings. Vote. GA
to @.
House Bill No 342 (Collins), au.
thorizing the Drew county judge to
appoint common school directors.
Vote, CT to 2.
House Bill No. 1872 (Sweet, regu.
lating the manner in which the st
Francis county judge shall work the
roads. Vote. &C to O..
House Bill No 379 Little), pro
Francis levee district shall be elected
instead of appointed by the governor.
and making other provisions relative
to the levee district Vote, so TO %
House Bill No. 424 (Owen), amend
ing the act relating to the construc
ton of a viaduct at TeXarkana. Vote
SO TO O.
Bills introduced
House Bill No. 429 (Hudson), reg
ulating taxing privileges subject to
taxation for county purposes in Ma.
rion, Boone and Baxter counties
Read twice.
House Bill No. 430 (Hodges)
amending section TAGS of Kirby's Di.
gest relative to the salaries of the
treasurer and judge OF White county.
, Read twice.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
Think GRAVY Snake Dead.

Muskogee, Okla.-There is ruin S.
here that Crazy Snake, chief oil -,
Creek Indians, who has been sous
by the state militia for the past w
weeks, Is dead, but II cannot be Ve''
fed. The government has represen ~
tives in the field searching lot "a
Indian leader, but has received
word from them.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

Concrete itself is. of course. very
old. The concrete stairs of Colchester
and Rochester castles still show the
marks of the encasing boards; the
dome of Agrippa's pantheon, which is
l42 feet in diameter, is OF concrete;
and fragments OF concrete buildings
are sn,lnd in Mexico and Peru.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

News from vessels in the Alaska
trade will be published in daily pa
per issued on the grounds of the Alas
ka-Yukon Pacific exposition. The pub
lication will be known as the Wire
less. and will contain both local AID
foreign news received in Seattle by
wireless
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

Now you have The data 10 decide
whether or not Detroit women ave
political rustlers Figure in TIE fact
that several of their automobiles gave
the speed limit the musical ha-ha and
there were but two wheels down when
they took the corners Feminine en-
thusiasm is what put the distinguish
ing mark on election day.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

Wilfrid Laurier says that war be-
tween Canada and the United States
Is impossible. The premier got it right
the first time. Real friends spat, but
draw the line at cutting and slashing.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

Telephone companies who want to
abolish the word Hello will not find
as much popular nterest as would at
tach to the proposition to abolish the
phrase At e'S busy
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

A man in Iowa wants a divorce from
his wife because she persists IN Wr't-
ing poetry and r"aking him print 1t
This ought certaiNly to make out a
good case cf cruo' treatment.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
OFFER to Build a Railroad.

Brentwood, Tex.-Brownwood n'.
received definite proposliuv,,,
from Michigan capitalists to pui's
railroad from Breckenridge throus.
Eastland and intermediate points =
this city.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

Another Knockout blow for college
co-education. If men and women
cannot be educated together can they
exercise the suffrage together?
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

A Boston woman, we are told. has
embraced % different religions" 1t
may be that up to the present time
she has not found any that recipro-
Gated.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

1t is still a question whether the old
Kansan. who got rich by buying whisky
at 70 cents a gallon, adding water to
1t and selling it at six dollars a gallon,
really did anything to advance the
cause of temperance.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

A Boston inventor has succeeded. he
claims, in storing up rays from the
sun to make electricity. Perhaps in
DAYS not far off natural fog and
cloudy days will be made bright by
artificial sunshine kept in storage for
such emergencies This is truly
great age
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

An octceerarian in Pennsylvania
father OF thirty odd children, has iusf
married his fifth wife. He seems to
be SLIGHTLY anticipating the rejuvenat'
ing effects of ra 'io-thor
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
L-enox. Mass. is Fire Swept.

Lenox, Mass.-The centra. poruV'
of Lenox was swept by fire early o'r
day morning Two big busih's.
block and four dwelling houses W..
burned. The firement were appars''
ly powerless.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
We knew that if country doctor

We knew that If country doctor
ever went after the president In a
horseback riding contest, the president
would be a has been. He is beaten
% miles by that physician OF Piqua.
Ohio. and the doctor is 65. Odds are
that he carried saddlebags. wore leg
gings and did HIS equine prompting
with SPURS
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

1t would seem to be wise economy
on the part of the city to lop off from
the pay roll all those inspectors who
do not inspect.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

Lackawanna is the highest-priced
railroad stock in the world. The par
value of its shares is $50, and the
price ranges between $500 and $500.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

Nearly $30,000,000 is to be expended
this year on automobile tires, not
counting the value of the wind pumped
into them
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

To be tired may be foolish, as the
psychotherarists say, but one cannot
blame President Roosevelt for feel
ing of relief as he gets a somewhat
recalcitrant CONGRESS- off his hands
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

Boston women have declined to take
their hats off at a symphony concert
This is a great disbursement to REQ
pie who go tosconcerts TO see rather
than TO hear
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

The chance discovery is made that
President Eliot of Harvard can not
milk COW. Sooner or later an over
rated man is found out
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

The radicals in the suffragette move
ment are the worst enemies Of the
cause.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

The American Museum of Natural
History has bought duck 100000
years old. But the birds dead!
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

Statistics show that the death rate
is increasing, but that is because peo-
pie are living faster.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15

The inventors might now expert
ment with colorless autos or smokeless
cigars.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-07-02
HIS NERVE COMPLETELY GONE.
Clarence Zimmerman, Steel Worker,
Has Terrible Experience.

Hagerstown. - Clarence thinner
man, foreman of a gang of steel
workers on the Williamsport Bridge,
who went down in the collapse of
the bridge last December and was
severely injured, resumed his former
job on the bridge, but had to quit
work, being overwhelmed with the
recollection Of the fearful plunge he
made several months ago when a
number of his coworkers met death.
His position was one of the most
dangerous on the bridge. His place
was at the end of the boom of the
traveller, which swings Is feet above
the ground. Wednesday, after go
ing to work for the first time since
the accident, he became SO nervous
when the traveller swung out that he
had to cling to the boom, where he
remained motionless. His fellow
workmen called to him, but he gave
no answer. The traveller was swung
back and two workmen released
Zimmerman from his perilous posi-
ton.
After being released zimmerman's
speech returned. He said when the
boom swung out all the horrors OF
his fall in December came back to
him. 1t seemed to him as If he
were again falling and the former
tragedy passed before his eyes as Ii
real.
The Pennsylvania Steel Company,
which is doing the ironwork on the
bridge, will assign Zimmerman to
another job.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-07-02
BY DAVID HUNTER.

What an amazing difference there
is between our home independence
Day celebrations this year and that
never to be forgotten day 1873 years
ago. Now we are comfortable, at
peace with the world, with no danger
Of a foreign soldiery driving US from
home and destroying all we have.
Those who, waiting in their homes
July 4. Hts, heard the triumphant
boom of independence Bell, knew the
signal of approaching homelessness
and privation for many of them was
sounding. They had comfortable
homes in what many persons were
pleased to call "the struggling colo
nies," Just as comfortable to their
occupants as ours are to us. 1t was
harder to make a home then than
now, and to be obliged to give one
up was, therefore, the greater sac
rifice.
From the very beginning of things
In these United States the home has
been the bulwark of the Nation. 9th
or things have been called by that
name, but the home is really the bull
wark that has kept overwhelming
waves of disaster from coming
aboard the good Ship of State. His
torians only tell of formal actions and
Incidents, and other matters connect
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-07-02

sense prevailed, and the scheme of
government upon which the Nations
career was modelled came into be-
ing.
Then there was really no one to
celebrate the country's birthday 1t
seemed as If there would be no more
birthdays. To-day the world cele-
brates it. Even the ruler of the Ma
ton whose defeat Independence Day
practically signalizes pays grateful
tribute to American prowess through
the American Ambassador at the
Court of st. James. In every capital
of Europe Americans and friendly
foreigners toast in elaborate banquet
halls the American Nation and it's
President.
In our own country the Day has
taken on wider significance than
any of the other anniversaries called
National celebrations. Indeed it is
known as THE Day We Celebrate"
and is unquestionably the leader of
all festal occasions. Instead of dying
out, the enthusiasm of the celebrants
seems to increase with the years, and
within the last decade it has been
necessary to pass-at least in the
larger towns and cities-local laws
that regulate the fireworks displays
and the like.-American Home
Monthly. Q
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-07-02

ually stood in the corner, and fairly
good pictures, including portraits by
Copley and historic scenes by Trum-
bull, hung upon the walls. OF books
there were very few by American
authors. Milton and Bunyan, Pope
and Young, the Spectator, the Letters
of Junius and Rollins Ancient His
tory were the books most often seen
lying about.
Most everyone dressed exactly as
did the men and women of England,
If they sought to be fashionable, a
fashion that has not altogether died
out in some American homes of to-
day. Social life consisted largely in
dinners and teas and churchgoing.
Instead of the modern piano there
were spinets and harpsichords-sm small
instruments something like piano,
with thin metallic tones. Theatres
were just being established, although
bitterly opposed.
Country homes of that day were
often large and handsome houses, as
many of them still standing, such as
Longfellow's home at Cambridge,
Mass, and the Jumel mansion in New
York City, show. These were built
of wood with very solid frames.
Farmers usually lived in smaller
homes, often with only single floor
and garnet. In the centre rose an
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-07-02

the outgrowth of those same train
ing days when the Colonial militia
was seen in all its glory. 1t was one
of these days the author of Yankee
Doodle had in mind when he wrote:
"An' there was Gen'r'l Washington,
With Gentlefolks about him.
They say he's got so tarnal proud
He will not ride without EN-"
Withal there were home celebra-
lions in plenty everywhere, but they
took on little of the nature of
Thanksgiving, for there were dinners
such as the old colonials thought de-
lightful, although their food capacity
and digestive. powers must have ex-
celled ours of to-day by considerable.
fancy that when celebrant had
manfully made his way through the
courses of an old-fashioned indie
pendence Day dinner, he felt it was
most fortunate the event was annual.
When 1912 came we celebrated IN
dependence Day by taking up cudgels
against the British again and soon
after sinking six of the enemy's YES
sells without loss to ourselves. There
was nothing secert about this celebra-
ton. for the NEUROLOGICAL eagles
wings had grown, and his scream was
heard throughout the civilized world.
When peace was declared. or rather
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-07-02

as late as 1918, the Nation really be-
gan to celebrate its birthday in some
thing the same fashion as to-day, al
though the methods have altered with
conditions.
All this time the Stars and Stripes
had played growing part in Inde-
pendence Day events. They were
first hoisted in the form of a flag
made of scraps of blue jacket, a
white shirt and red flannel, during
the siege of the American garrison of
Fort Stanwix. afterward Rome, New
York, August s. 1777. The first dis
play meant that the flag designed by
General Washington and made by
Mrs. Betsy Ross In her little Philadel-
phia home signalized the humbling
of one great nation and the birth OF
another destined to become great.
Nowadays, the display means that
eighty millions of people rejoice at
the marvellous results of the action
of the little company that met in In
dependence Hall, just 1913 years ago.
Great changes have taken place,
while all the events noted were hap
pening, in the American home. These
may be largely attributed to altered
methods of living. While from the
first settlement up to 1900 there was
considerable difference, it is since
1900 that the homes nave changed
most.
At that time there were no large
cities. Philadelphia had a popula-
ton Of $4,000. Next came New York
with $4,000. Then Boston with 49,
900, and Baltimore with $4,000. The
places named had not lost q rural
appearance. In Boston. for example,
the streets were unpaved. and the