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The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-11
SITUATION OF COTTON CROP
Spinners Up to All Kinds of Bluffing in Order to Induce Farmer to
 Market Staple Quickly.

While there is always more or less talk among the spinning interests dur ing that portion of the season when cotton is most active in passing out of the hands of the growers, especially when shortage in the yield forces an advance in the price, about curtailing consumption because of the dearness of the raw material, we doubt if there has been a single instance since, the resumption of business on a normal scale following the interruption caused by the civil war where the price of the raw material itself was directly re- sponsible for the mills operating on short time The higher cost of the raw cotton might, it is true, slightly affect the consumption demand for the finished product, yet not to such an ex- tent as would make it good business judgment to let the machinery lie idle and the investment, consequently, re- turn nothing. Indeed not-the profits have always been too large for that, says the Houston Post.
 In this connection tht Kansas City Times calls attention to certain pub lished statistics bearing on the profits of the industry in New England that are worth noting. When the tariff bill was pending" says the Times, "the cotton manufacturers of New England demanded and secured re- vision upward instead of revision downward for the schedule affecting them. They declared that the cot ton industry could not possibly stand few days ago Boston newspaper published big display advertisement for the sale of new stock in a cotton mill located in Boston. To show how
 profitable cotton stock investments had been in the past, list of IS mills was given, together with their capi
 talization, surplus and dividends for 1907. An analysis of the table shows that the dividends averaged 21 per cent. on the capital stock, that the accumulated surplus was almost as much as the capital and that the mar ket value of the stock of the IS com panies was almost two and one-half times the par value. Therefore, con- gross increased the protection" on an industry in which the value of stocks market quotations and accumulated surplus being taken into account-has l increased more than 300 per cent over | the par value, and which, in addition | to this increase in value, are paying 21 per cent. dividends"
 The truth of the matter is, the spin l ming wrold is up to all the arts of | bluffing in order to hasten the market
 ing of the crop, as it is in such quick | movement that it is best enabled to | dictate the price. The farmers inter- | est lies in getting wise to this fact | and in arranging his affairs so as to 1 market his staple only when it pleases | him to do so.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-11

It is worth while to say kind things.
 A firm stand now and the battle is won.
 Greet the new member with a cor dial welcome.
 Poor seed corn means a correspond ing poor yield.
 A poor home and a good farmer do not go together.
 It does not hurt to hope that the cost of living will be reduced.
 The person who believes himself miserable is certainly miserable.
 A mans friends can sometimes make him more uncomfortable than his enemies.
 From the rolling stones point of view moss may not be desirable asset.
 Many man who tells you he is de- serving is lucky to escape what he deserves.
 When a man begins to live in the past instead of the present he be- comes back number.
 The Farmers union has set the pace and there should be no hesi- tation in following its lead.
 The steady onward movement of the members of the great farmers organization is shaking the earth.
 A fruit professor says an apple came into the world after a pear That is something learned if little late.
 The south has been and is a seller of the raw material which has proven unprofitable. Why not manufacture the raw product and make the profit both ways that the other fellow now does, and save freight both ways.
 Perfect cooperation among all the members of the union will bring a certainty that you can command the price of your chief commodity. The quicker you all get in line the sooner all will feel the renewed activities in their lives owing to the better prices obtained.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-11
Bigamist Powers is Pardoned.

Acting Governor Robertson issued a proclamation of pardon to T. J. Powers, who was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary, on charge of bigamy, after a sensational trial in Craighead county.
 The pardon was granted on the ground that Powers had not intended to violate the law. It appears that Powers, a young white man, came from Illinois to Jonesboro and mar ried young lady of that city. Sub- sequent to this marriage woman who claimed to be the wife of young Powers apeared in Jonesboro an,l preferred charges of bigamy agains. him. He set up a defense that he thought his former wife was dead, but was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary.
 These facts, together with the sym- pathy of the community for the young woman, resulted in a petition being circulated, and many of the most prominent citizens of Craig head County, including several of the public officials signed the docu- ment, and induced acting Governor Robertson to issue the pardon.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-11
DONAGHEY TO MOVE
WILL FIT UP QUARTERS IN THE
 NEW STATE CAPITOL.
Governor Declares His Intention 10 Look Closely After Building
 Under Construction.
Little Rock, Ark.

LllJle hOCk, AIN.
 About the first of the new year there will be two vacant rooms in the old statehouse, and Governor Don aghey will have established head quarters in the nnew state capitol building.
 Gov Donaghey has decided to fit up without delay quarters for the ex- ecutive department, and hopes to be at the new state capitol when the contractor who succeeds in land ing the job of completing the struc- ture is ready to commence work.
 When the contractor begins work there will be a constantly shifting scene, for the reconstruction is ex- pected to be pushed to as early q finish as possible.
 Governor Donaghey stated that he would make the best of what the building offered in order to be on the job and watch the progress of the work.
 The bids for the completion of the building will be opened on Decem- Der l, when the capitol commission will meet again. It has not been definitely decided to let the contract at that time, but it is the intention of the commission to rush the work and if the bids are acceptable the contractor who lands the job will be expected to begin work by the first of January.
 By that time the floors and all the concrete work will be completed, the steel work will be in place and the walls will be in, with the possible exception of some of the partitions.
 The contractor will have no stone work to do in completing the build ing, except the stairways and the dome.
 Every effort is being made to have the building ready for occupancy by all departments of state on January l, 1910.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-11
< STATE CAPITOL NOTES. k 4 4 <

The Dalark Bank of Dalark has filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state.
 The Southwestern Amusement Com pany of Hot Springs is the name of a new corporation chartered by the Secretary of State. The capital stock of the company is 5000, of which SlS,000 has been subscribed.
 Commissioner Guy B. Tucker has sent requests to every county in the state to have samples of their re- sources exhibited in the state agri- cultural department. The rice ex- hibit which will come from the east ern part of the state will be the fin est ever shown in the United States.
 A transcript has been filed in the case of Bank of Clarksvile against Clarksville lumber company and oth- CTS.
 The Walnut Ridge Furniture com pany has secured charter from the secretary of state. The capital of concern is stated to be $20,000.
 Samples of cotton raised at the state farm are again on exhibit, and a top-notch price is expected for the 200 bales now ready for sale.
 Sergeant Louis Sancier, U. s. A., who has been assigned for service with the Arkansas National Guard, has started in at Jonesboro, where instruction was first given to the non commissioned officers.
 The International Life Insurance Company of St. Louis has been char tered to do business in Arkansas.
 A proclamation of pardon has been issued in the case of Charley Sex ton, who was sent to prison from Independence county.
 A transcript has also been filed ir the case of J. M. Branch against A B. Gerlach, of Argenta, appealed from the Pulaski county circuit court. Attorney General Hal Norwood has appointed Senator Jess Nj. Martin as special counsel for the state to col lect the inheritance tax in Pope coun. ty.
 The Garland Power and Develop ment Company has filed transcript against the State Board of Railroad Incorporation, being petition fol writ of mandamus to compel the defendant board to issue it charter The oil, Gas and Mining Compa 
 ny, of Oil City, notified the secretary of state that 1t had forfeited its charter
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-11
GENERAL FARM NOTES.

The currycomb will benefit the dairy COW. Try it the next rainy day.
 Milk set in shallow vessels is more liable to sour than that in deeper ones.
 If you are buying new milk utensils. see that all joints are smoothly sold cred.
 Feed silage after milking. As with other farm animals, silage should be fed with roughage to milch cows.
 No animal is profitable at stand still; keep them all growing.
 Ensilage furnishes good succulent food for sheep. In the absence of roots it is most valuable. Keep salt in the pens at all times.
 Did you ever know a neighborhood to go into the dairy business and then give it up?
 Dairying makes lots of chores. But can you name any successful business that doesn't makes lots of chores?
 Cut corn for the milk cows when the ears are we'll glazed and see that the shocks are tied closely round the top.
 The quality and kind of food given the mare affects the milk at once, so a close watch should be kept to start the colt in proper growth.
 Sheep must be fed with great regu. larity. Slipshod methods are fatal to success.
 As 8 pet or object of fancy breeding no breed of fowls calls forth more admiration than the abundantly feath. cred Cochin.
 As a rule, chickens sell best during June, July and August, but the de. mand for old hens is best in Septem. Der. Michaelmas for geese and Christmas for turkeys.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-11
STATE HELPS PAY TAXES.
Resolution to That Effect Adopted by
 Penitentiary Board.

The penitentiary board adopted a resolution declaring that 1t Is in fa- vor of paying a pro rata share of the annual tax of the Linwood and Au- burn Levee District for the revet- ment work at Cummins and for the maintenance of levee at the state farm, based upon the acreage of the maintained on other property in the district.
 During the discussion of the levee situation Gov Donaghey stated that if it were feasible to secure $1.50 a day for the convicts for an indefi- nite period it would probably be well to hire out the convicts and abandon the farm.
 Com'r. Tucker suggested that rice might be grown on the farm at a greater profit than cotton, arguing that rice could be produced for about S10 per acre, which is great deal less than it costs to grow cotton.
 Attorney General Norwood and Au- ditor lobe were of the opinion that the present method of operating the farm is best, while Secretary of State Ludwig suggested that later on the wardens might be placed in charge of separate tracts, and prizes be giv- en for the best results.
 This discussion was carried on in a purely informal manner, and while no official action was taken by the board, it is reasonably certain that some changes will be made soon.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-11
{. z. :. REPLENiSHiNG GENERAL FUND

Commissioner Tucker Would Provide
 Money for Agricultural Schools.
 With view of assisting the new board of trustees of the four agrl- cultural schools, which are to be es- tablished in Arkansas, Commissioner Guy B. Tucker has urged the pen itentiary board to transfer $10,000 to the general revenue fund from the penitentiary fund for the use of the agricultural school trustees to assist them inH,heir preliminary work.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-11
Right Temperature.

The first matter of importance is that our milk should be kept at uni formly low temperature from the mo- ment it is received until it is used, preferably at about 40 degrees Fahr
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-11

The St. Louis lakes-to-the-gulf deep waterway boomers have planted the mine and lighted the fuse for the bomb which will be exploded to jar loose a substantial governmental appropria- ton, probably s50,000,000, for beginning the first years work.
 After being out a few minutes jury at Marshall, Mo, acquitted John w. Gofero of the charge of killing J.. E. Spangler.
 Mayor Murphy of Oregon, Mo, pro Date judge of Holt county, Mo, is dead at his home in Oregon.
 A review of the troops was held at Tokio in honor of the emperor's birth day. Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, who was 8 visitor, accompanied his majesty to the saluting point. The spectacle was a magnificent one, 3O,- 900 troops taking part.
 Mrs. Clara E. Sater, widow of Mill ton Sater, a Cincinnati lawyer, who died October 13, was found dead in her room. Mrs. Sater had written note saying today was her wedding anniversary and she could not live any longer.
 The sight of William Holloway of Sioux City, Iowa, was suddenly re- stored to him following brief spell of weeping. Some time ago Mir. Hol- loway became blind while reading newspaper. Specialists held out little hope for the aged man.
 Two masked highwaymen held up the Cariboo stage at 150-Mile House in Cariboo, B. C., and stole several sacks of registered mail. It is be- lieved they obtained s4,000 to $5,000.
 Mrs. Thomas Spencer of Webb City, Mo, gave up her life in an effort to have her son, Carl Postlewaite, con- victed forger, pardoned by Governor Hadley. The boy arrived home in time to gratify the wish of the mother to see her son before she died.
 Mrs. Alpha Mack, St. Louis wid ow, is preparing to go to Asheyille N. C., to take charge of an estate val ued at between $40,000 and $50,000 which has been left to her by JohI Hastings, 43, an old sweetheart whom she had refused.
 In collision between a westbount immigrant train and eastbound freigh train at Tocsin, Ind, on the Chicago & Erie railroad, 35 immigrants, men women and children were injured some of them perhaps fatally.
 The Cook-Barrill Mount McKinle, controversy was enlivened by the an nouncement of the obtaining of an af fidavit from George w. Solleder, farmer of Ravilli county, Mont. hvfnt near the homes of Barrill and Printz in which Solleder declares Barrill tolt him he and Dr. Cook had climbe Mount Mckinley.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-11
NE EWS IF THE WEEK
LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD
 TERSELY TOLD.
NORTH. EAST. SOUTH AND WEST
Notes From Foreign Lands Through cut the Nation. and Particularly
 the Great Southwest.

TWO women were among the 29 ap- plicants for census appointments who took the government civil service ex- aminations at Chicago.
 The United States Rubber conn panys boot mill at Millville, Mass, will be shut down next week indef1- nitely to curtail production. Eight hundred hands will be thrown out of work.
 The twenty-fourth annual conyen- tion of the Young Women's Christian Association of Illinois is in session at Galesburg. Delegates are present from thirty-six student associations, eleven city associations and two county asso- citations.
 A man who registered as L. C. Ross man, St. Louis, but whose papers in- dicate him to be Llewellyn c. Reber, assistant general manager of Sprague Mercantile Agency, Chicago, was found dead in his room at the Nelson hotel at Rockford, III. Suicide by morphine poisoning was evident.
 An involuntary petition in bank ruptcy was filed with Federal Com missioner Moseley by creditors of the c. L. Gross company of Canton, O., the amount involved being the largest heard of there in years. The liabili- ties are placed at s64, 900; assets, con- sisting of merchandise, at about s16.- poo.
 Returning home from an aii-day ex- cursion at Spearfish, s. D., Miss Ethel Logan. 19, was instantly killed and her cousin and aunt, Edna and Edith Sedgwick, were injured in a wreck on the Burlington, five miles south Of Deadwood when the rear trucks Of the baggage car, in which the women were riding, left the rails. Before the train could be stopped the car struck an empty on a siding and lurched over Into the creek. Miss Logan was thrown through the open door, strik- ing on her head and breaking her neck.
 Owen Fergus of Geyser, Mont, and Thomas Cleary of Great Falls were badly injured and will probably die as a result of a rear-end collision at Rug by, N. w, between a Great Northern fast mail train and a stock train. Eight other stockmen and part of the trains crew were also seriously in- iured. One car of horses was burned
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-11
Railroad is Granted Time.

The State Board of Railroad In corporation granted the St. Louis Iron Nth. and Southern Railway com pany three years in which to con struct and have in operation the Memphis, Helena and Louisiana roat from Marianna to Bridge Junction
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-11
Judge Trieber Orders Bond Forfeited.

Judge Jacob Trieber, in the United States Court, ordered forfeiture of the bond of James W. Green, charg- ed with forging a money order, and suit was entered against Scipio A.. Jones and Early Green, the bonds men.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-11
Deleqates to the Land Congress.

Governor Donaghey has appointed the following additional delegates to the National Farm and Land Con gress, which meets in Chicago Nov ember 1920: w. M. Price of Stutt- gart; J. w. Allen of Dewitt; Jno. w. Byington of Pine Bluff; Fred L.. Purcell of Warren, and J. A. Thorn as of Clinton.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-11
STRAlGHTENING LEGAL TANGLE.
Power of Circuit Courts Over Elec-
 ton Contests Questioned.


 In order that the supreme court should determine the question as to the jurisdiction of circuit courts to require a recount of the votes cast in an election for state senators, the response of the Sebastian County Election Commissioners to the mo- tion of Thomas Boles to dismiss the appeal in the case of Boles against the Sebastian County Commissioners was presented to that tribunal.
 The ground on which Boles asked for dismissal of the case was that the order of the Sebastian Circuit Court for a writ of mandamus di- recting the election commissioners to recount the votes in certain wards and townships in Sebastian County, cast in the Twenty-eighth district at the election held September 4, 1908, had been superseded before the order of the court has been compiled with, the Senate having declared Holland entitled to the seat. On this account, Boles, the Republican contestant, contends that the question presents no real controversy, and that the appeal should be dismissed.
 The Sebastian County Election Commissioners, who are the appel lants in the case, raise the follow ing questions to prevent the dismis- sal of the case, and have asked the supeme court to pass upon them:
 Have circuit courts jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus to con- trol or cause a recount of the cleo tion returns of state senatorial cleo tions?
 Have they jurisdiction to issue such a writ after the certificate has been issued to the person whom the returns how to be elected?
 Have circuit courts the power to grant writs of mandamus to compel the performance of ministerial acts after they have been performed as required by law?
 Have circuit courts the legal pow CT to issue writs of mandamus to obtain proof to be used in sena- torial contest?
 Gan the process of the writ of mandamus be used as a means to aid and assist, and as an auxiliary to pending proceedings contesting state senatorial election?
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 Railroad is Granted Time.
 The State Board of Railroad 1n- corporation granted the St. Louis, Iron Nth. and Southern Railway com pany three years in which to con struct and have in operation the Memphis, Helena and Louisiana road from Marianna to Bridge Junction.
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 Judge Trieber Orders Bond Forfeited. Judge Jacob Trieber, in the United | States Court, ordered a forfeiture of the bond of James W. Green, charg- ed with forging money order, and suit was entered against Scipio A. Jones and Early Green, the bonds men.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
-o FIGHT SHEP4RD FIRM.
,dboTders You'd Wrest Control
If Com poHies from 1t.
committee ~ the bondholders

,,,nr7ittee ~ the bondhoIders Of the
J'-'o o,-,ulnies promoted by L. D. Shepard &
rsr'-s .,b according to a report of two experts.
Co hs71v tangled condition. formed yes
ssv % investigate ''ie rs ana consider
if''-- = reorganzatioH-
pan = .,,r,5t-ee. which IS composed of l. Latin
ne LAWYER Of No. rs Broadway. chairman:
hfno75Z, Z,s-ai,lsr. q. II. Lee. J. +. French W s.
D ;. n 4 Harder. W. Rayard Cutting and
va e+,rges held meeting late yesterday after
:, NJ Kellogss office Several plans Of re-
no'n ,ra,io7 were discussed, and tentative plan
fsd.s eli, drawn up. copies Of which were sub
s.5 ~ the members of the committee for con-
&c, rntl the next meeting, which will be
"a on Monday
h.a 1sn. according to member Of the commit
.,l,,es the establishment of Il corporation to
y. ere Of the interests of all the stockholders
~ tor5bolders OF the different Shepard com
Ha and 10 be controlled independently by such
91Is+ 1-,IoI5ers and bondholders. This means the
sa-.r.+ion Of Z D. Shepard & Co. from the con-
= -soort Of the two experts who examined the
..-5 properties submitted at a general meeting
-. bondholders on Wednesday shows that two
- ,orf;ar1s-the Santa Fe. Ration & Des Moines
..n-osd Company and the Santa Fe. Liberal &
-,,,,o5 Compsny-have no value whatever
. IN the amount of S295.0o0 and $4,000 Of stock
he former company and S7S0.0eO bonds and ST.
80 stock of the latter concern have been sold
.,otber Of the companies. the Yankee Fuel Com
= 5efaulted yesterday the interest due on
= e ee 900 hrst mortgage bonds Representatives
: Es company said that. in view of the fact that
.ss in process Of reorganization. il was decided
m. 70 pay the interest
+ was learned yesterday that A b Farquhar.
- n the members Of the reorganization commit
:. rad reimbursed his friends who had invested
he bonds Of this concern on the strength OF his
h,riag done so himself, even though he did not
,arise them 10 invest The amount OF bonds he
,ok I'd in this way could not be learned, but 1t
rss said 10 be considerable. Mr.. Farquhar is head
~ me Agricultural Implement Company and a
wealthy man
New-York tribune., 1909-04-02
SFFKS OUTLET TO COAST.
Chicago s Northeastern Wdnts Con-
troll of DcuCer s Rio Grdnde.

interests representing the Chicago & Northwest
81 Railway Company have recently bought in the
~, market and had transferred 10 their names.
,ooording TO q Wall Street report. about one hun
,rs; and twenty thousand shares of the common
rosk Of the DeneVer & Rio Jirande Railroad Com
asur out Of 2 total Of three hundred and eighty
thousand shares outstanding President Jeffrey
n the Denver & Rio Grande however. said yester-
asr that ne was unaware OF any such transfer,
nd interests identified with the Chicago & North
rs,e-n said that the transaction was news to
ten
According 10 the rumor. the Chicago & North
vss,ern which Is the only large railroad system
Il the West now without independent outlet
70 the Pacific Coast. is desirous Of arranging
.g such an outlet and is planning to secure II
Trough control Of the Denver & Rio Grande which
n urn controls the new Western Pacific road. ex-
finding from Salt Lake City TO The coast The
,rcsgo & Northwestern has close traffic relations
with the Union PacInc and also with the New York
Central system. IN which Mr.. Hartman Is q
acsor. The latter IS also now the most friendly
urns with George J. Gould. head Of the Gould
gsism. and the inference is drawn from that fact
some quarters that NJ Gould may not oppose
Al arrangement BY which the Chicago & North