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The Adair County news., 1909-12-01
She Could Not.

with one wave of my wand, "
says the fairy, 81 can make you
grow young again."
Excuse me" replied the wo-
man, "if I decline your kind Of
fer. If you can bring youth to
me at my present age, all right !;
but positively refuse to travel
back through typography the
first stages of bridge, the habit
back, the straight front, balloon
sleeves, and all the rest of the
fads | can remember. "
The Adair County news., 1909-12-01
Profitable Hog Feeding.

1t is much the best economy to
furnish swine a grain ration when
they are on pasture, as it results
in better gains and a better pro-
duct. One man estimates that it
takes from one-half to one third
less corn on alfalfa pasture than
on a straight grain ration to make
hog ready for market. Many
let the hogs run on alfalfa until
about five or six months old, by
which time they reach a weight
of Is to 125 pounds, feeding just
little grain; then they feed
heavily for about two months and
sell the hogs at eight months old
weighing 200 to 225 pounds. One
farmer, who raises about a thou
sand hogs a year and who in one
year sold $11, 200 worth, makes a
practice of growing his hogs on
alfalfa pasture until about eight
months old feeding one ear of corn
per head daily. He then feeds
heavily on corn for a month or
two and sells at an average
weight of 200 to 225 pounds. An
other man feeds all the corn and
slop the pigs will clean up, all the
while grazing them on alfalfa
pasture, and sells at six to eight
months old at weights of $50 to
300 pounds. Another who raises
about a thousand head a year,
feeds all the corn the pigs will
eat, beginning shortly after wean
ing and continuing until the hogs
are sold at ten to eleven months
old averaging abont 125 pounds.
Another farmer, from weaving
time 1.-TWO months old until
eight months old, feeds the pigs
nothing but dry corn on alfalfa
pasture, averaging about one-hal
gallon of corn (39 pounds) a day
per head. At the end of eight
months he sells at an average
weight.of $50 pounds. From Co.
burns Swine in America"
The Adair County news., 1909-12-01

ton to those who would be edu-
Gated without the public school.
1t is time the attention of the
State was directed to the real
purposes of the public school
system and reach out after those
who are growing up illiterate
and furnishing two thirds of our
criminals. e. Town News.
The Adair County news., 1909-12-01
Our IIIiterate COnvictS.

The Louisville Times has be-
gun the publication Of a series
of articles on the subject Of pris-
on reform. Judging from the
firsl article, which appeared in
last Saturdays paper, the gener-
al purpose of these articles is to
change our penitentiary system
SO that when men are leased af-
ter serving sentences they will
make good citizens instead of
committing crime again. In his
connection the Prison Commits
Sioners make the stratling state
ment that of the 1000 prisoners
confined in the Frankfort and
Eddyville penitentiaries two out
of every three can neither read
or write. It seems from this,
that while reforms may take
place in the prisons we are in
need Of reform outside to keep
men from committing crime. If
ten per cent of our population,
which is illiterate, furnishes two
thirds of our criminals it looks
like the greatest reform would
be to introduce the spelling book
and the reader. 1t costs very
much less to educate to prevent
crime than either the care of
criminals in our prisons or their
reformation.
Education, according to the
figures of the prison commission
would reduce our convicts from
1000 to less than 1000 and at
the same time protect life and
property and save court and
prison cost. Kentucky has been
busy for some time in looking
after College, High School and
Normal education at a heavy ex-
pense to the State and instituting
ne changes to stamp out litter
acy. Seventy-fve per cent of
the children for whom the Com
mon School was established
Chose too poor to be educated
otherwise) are out of school
while all the school effort is being
expended to give higher educa-
The Adair County news., 1909-12-01

can could hardly walk the streets
without being insulted. But
things have changed, and follow
ing the recent furry Republicans
were treated with the utmost
courtesy. We did not hear OF a
single jeer or taunt, and there
was no Growing. And this gen.
tlemanly conduct was appreciat-
ed. Glasgow Republican.
The Adair County news., 1909-12-01
A Poultry House For Winter.

In making a poultry house,
care should be taken to make it's
wall proof against the wind. 1t
is the little draught that strikes a
hen that gives her roup, catarrh
and such diseases. Make the
north, west and east sides perfect
ly tight and in the south leave a
big window. Cover this on the
outside with poultry wire fencing
and on the inside tack stout
muslin, using no glass and the
house will be light and perfectly
ventilated without any draughts
to hurt the fowls. Put the perch
es above platform, having the
platform thirty inches from the
floor. The perches should be six
or eight inches above the plat
form. This gives the fowls the
entire floor space and adds to the
room in the house. A house 8x10
feet is plenty big enough for
twenty-five fowls, where they are
allowed to run out of doors. Put
a foot of straw on the floor and
throw the grain into. it so the
fowls must dig for it so they VIII
get exercise during the cold wea-
ther. Give them a box of grit a
box of fine charcoal, a wide, shall
low box of dust and keep plenty
of pure water where they can get
at it. Feed wheat, corn, oats,
barley and beef scrap. Don't
worry about getting balanced
rations until you have got run
of the bu siness. Poultry.
The Adair County news., 1909-12-01

The theory that a man must
depend on the munificence of
friends if he wishes to enter the
lists OF literature, and be entire
ly contended with the glory that
may come to him is a perfect
absurdity. Inventors work for
glory and for money. Men who
write give a fair return to the
world. They are entitled to
some reward more tangible than
mere words. He who contribut-
es a classic to our literature adds
to the sum total of civilization.
The Adair County news., 1909-12-01

We want to commend the de-
mocrats Of Barren county county
upon their courteous treatment
of the Republicans following
their victory. A few years ago,
after a victory like the recent
one, a man could hardly hear his
ears in Glasgow, and a Republi-
The Adair County news., 1909-12-01
Examiners For Kentucky Banks.

With the Endorsement of the
Kentucky Bankers, association a
bill prepared by Secretary of
State Ben. L. Bruner, will be in
PRODUCED in the next session of
the Legislature providing for the
appointment of the Kentucky
Board of Bank Examiners, which
will consist of four members.
The members will be appoint
ed by the secretary of state for
term of four years and shall be
appointed first in April of next
year if the bill becomes a law.
The board will be non-partiSan as
two members will be selected
from the political parties casting
the largest vote and the next
largest vote at the preceding
election. it is provided in the
measure that the terms of office
of two members shall expire the
first Monday in January 1912, and
that the appointments and vacan-
cies shall be filled by the secre-
tary of state.
Under the terms of the bill
each state bank, building and
loan association, savings bank
investment company, safe depos-
it, trust company savings and
loan societies and associations,
combined banks and trust COM
panies and every other character
of state bank doing business now
in the state, or that will be or
ganized hereafter, shall be ex-
amined twice year, and the ex-
aminers shall have the power to
make a thorough examination of
the cash, bills, collaterals, secur-
ity of every kind owned by the
bank.
The bill also provides that no
officer of stakeholder of any
banking institution shall exam
inc any bank in which he is in
terested as stakeholder, officer
or director, and that no notice
shall be given any institution to
be examined before the eXami-
nation takes place. The exami-
ners shall be required to give
81. 600 bond for the faithful per-
Torrance of their duty. The
salary shall be $4,000 and all the
necessary travelling expenses and
other expenses incident to the
work; and the secretary of state
shall be paid 81, 900 annually for
the services rendered by him as
an ex-officio member of the board.
For the purpose of reimburs-
ing the state for the money ex-
pended under this measure the
law shall assess all institutions
governed by this act as follows:
From institutions having a cap
ital stock of SIS, 900 and less than
$25,0O 500; those having a cap
ital stock of $4,000 and less
than $50, 1000, %; those having a
capital stock of $4,000 and less
than $3.50, 900, $50; those having
a capital stock of 100000 and
less than 100000, s35; those
having a capital stock of $780,
600 and less thap 100000; 40,
and SO on. SIS being added for
each 100000 of the capital
stock.
The Adair County news., 1909-12-01
EIlenboro. N. c.
Editor News:

Editor News:
Since / contributed anything
to your columns a great deal of
history has been made, and the
good work is still going on.
l am still backing Cook as
original discoverer of North Pole
and assigning Peary the place of
second fiddler in the enterprise.
If anybody in the old Kentucky
Home desires to know my bust
ness and whereabouts; ! am prin-
cipal of Beams Academy, n
Rutherford county, N. c., near
Ellenboro.
We have an elegant and COM
modious building, nicely painted,
well equipped with good black
boards. patent desks, good stoves,
maps, etc.
Term began on 18th of Novem-
Der, and we have enrolled 76 pu-
pills; with many more to follow.
am glad to learn that Ken
lucky has arrayed herself again
in Democratic columns, and hope
this will not merely apply t O
"off years. i"
I will further add that some of
my views have been receiving
whitening rebukes,
Comfort a monthly maya
zine published in Augusta, Me-,
has a young folks department,
edited by Charles Noel Douglas.
Some time since an article was
published in young folks depart
ment bearing signature of Robt.
G. White, my Is year old son.
This emanation ridiculed those
who believe the moon influences
sowing and cultivating crops,
killing hogs, making soap, or
cutting timber.
A deluge of letters has fallen
on Robt., some for and some
against his views and those of
Chas. Noel Douglas, who as
"Uncle Charlie" edits columns
and criticises the articles.
The hoop snake was discussed,
and Robt. was skeptical as to
the present or past existence OF
such a serpent, in which view he
was sustained by Uncle Char
lie,'
But a mother in Isreal wrote
Robt. that she had been chased
by hoop snakes, and whose scott.
ed at the moon had denied the
faith and is worse than an inf.
del. Others said Robt. was right,
and still others sided with the
anciet dame.
What gave rise to the hoop
snake episode was one of my
neighbors killed a snake which
some called a hoop snake. Iscout-
ed the idea of the hoop snake ever
being in existence. Such q
theory is no better authenticated
than the existence of ghosts,
witches, or sea-serpents.
Howbeit, some editors, preach
ers, etc., who believe anything
that will fill their pockets, spoke
out; and | was left among the
skeptics. Hear you own dogs
and believe in the moon to be
recognized in good society. Any
body who believes that the moon
influences things mundane is pre-
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-22
 GENERAL NEWS.

Representative Tawney attitude on the waterway proposition gives the friends of that measure much new hope, and if party canvass can be had there is a chance that a sea. 5.000,- 900 bill might pass at this session.
 Chas. s. Cameron, president of the Pittsburg & Tube City Railroad Co.,, who was found guilty of bribing Former Councilman Wm. A. Martin in the interest of an ordinance before councils, will not be allowed his free. dom on bail.
 One by one, as his four young children, three girls and one boy. de, scended the stairs from their bed. rooms to the kitchen, James York living near Bradley's Crossing, Minn.. slaughtered them with a kife cutting their throats. Then he went to a wood. shed and hanged himself
 Queen Victoria of Spain was mysteriously shot in the forehead dur. ing the recent visit of herself and King Alfonso to the hunting lodge of .Archduke Frederick. according to a story printed in the Neue Weiner Journal.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-22
LEADING CITIZEN INDICTED.
With Being Accessory to Crime
 of Arson

Lewisville.-J o. Smith, a promi- nent Mason, elder in the Presbyter- ian church and cashier of the Mer- chants and Farmers bank of Lewis fille, is under indictment returned by the Grand Jury, which has just ad- journed, on charge of accessory to arson with Ben Marshall and RuuDe Gray, two negroes. Mir. Smith is al legged to have hired the negroes to fire his house, which burned June He is out on bond and the case has gone over to the May term of court.
 MT. Smith is member of the firm of Smith & Hamiter, which holds the Lewisville insurance agencies. A. H. Hamiter, his partner, was speaker of the last House of Representatives.
 June p the Smith residence was destroyed by fire. It was insured for $4,000, $2,500 on the house and S1,500 on the furniture. Late in December employ of Mr. Smith, was arrested on suspicion and later, it is charged made a sworn statement before Jus tice W. H. Wilson in which he al leged that he paid $25 by MT. Smith to fire the residence; that he secured Ben Marshall to help him and together they poured coal oil in the dining room and set fire to it. The evidence was taken before the Grand Jury and indictments returned charging Gray and Marshall with arson and Smith with accessory before the fact. A second indictment was returned againt Gray charging him with set ting fire to the Kalker Bros general merchandise store at Old Lewisville, which was burned December 2.
 Marshall fled after the alleged arson with Myrtle Garrett, formerly COOK at the Smith home, and was not cap tured until last Saturday, when Mar shall Nicely Black at Hope caught him.
 Lewisville is stirred deeply over the arrest of Smith His friends claim he is being ''jobbed."
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-22
Trieber is Non-committaI.

Judge Jacob Trieber of Little Rock, who is in St. Louis this week, when asked whether he would serve as suggested by Governor Donaghey in his inaugural message, on an arbi- tration board to settle the question of financial settlement between the state and Caldwell & Drake, in case the state capitol job should be taken from them, was noncommittal. He commission without consultation with Federal Judge Rogers of Fort Smith and Chief Justice Hill of Lit tie Rock, the other two arbitrators proposed by Governor Donaghey.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-22
KEYS ARRIVE TOO LATE.
George Lacey and Jesse CoIIis Vic tins of Efforts to Escape at TiIlar.


 Tillar.-A desperate attemn: to es- cape from jail made by two prisoners resulted in their being burned to death The men were George Lacey and Jesse Collins. They had been confined in the city jail on minor charges and planned to escape by means of fire alarm, it is thought. The prisoners set fire to the struc- ture and then cried for help, which was not answered as promptly as they had expected.
 Their cries gradually turned into frenzied screams of terror as they saw the flames getting beyond their control outside the bars where they were confined Before the jailer ar rived with the keys the building was a mass of flames and nothing could be done by the horror stricken per sons who had heard the alarm until the keys arrived. Then it was too late and the building was soon con- stunned, together with the bodies of the prisoners.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-22
Hidinq to Evade Summons.

Little Rock-Superintend J. A. Pitcock, of the Arkansas penitentiary, is prisoner within the walls of the penitentiary in this city, where he is hiding from officers who would serve summons on him in connection with the injunction suit against the state peni tentiary board, restraining him from recalling state convicts from the Ar kansas Brick & Manufacturing Com ed. He has been hiding eyading the summons, in order that he could mobilize the convicts here.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-22
t.ORSEWHIp WEAPON USED.
leased on Bail-Great Indignation by Both Whites and Blacks.

Hope.-A negro boy, Luther Bass, aged If years, died Sunday night near Bells Mill from injuries which necessitated an inquest. A coroners jury held that the boy came to his death from injuries inflicted by Riley Neal, prosperous negro farmer. owner of 700 acres of land near Bells Mill
 From the testimony at the investi- gation held by Coroner Gosnell it de- velOped that Neal tied Bass to a tree and whipped him viciously with a horsewhip and the limb of tree, the boy afterward dying from his inju rieS.
 After the inquest Coroner Gosnell arrested Neal and brought him to Hope, where he was released on bail of $1.000. Great indignation is felt by both whites and blacks.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-22
IN THE SENATE. Bills Introduced.

Senate Bill No. 13 (Henderson) |, to enlarge the powers and duties of the Railroad Commission of Arkansas; gives commission power to inspect tracks, order repairs and limit speed of trains on defective tracks or struc- lures; failure to repair tracks, after ordered made misdeameanor; if loss of life result from failure to obey orders of commission, trainmen responsible may be charged with a felony, a conviction carrying two to ten years imprisonment.
 Senate Bill No. 19 (Patterson), to segregate the school taxes according to race. The bill is similar to 5egra- gation bills introduced at previous sessions of the Assembly that failed to pass. In substance tue tax paid by white persons is to go to the SUD- port of white schools ard the negro tax to the negro schools.
 The grandfather clause" was also introduced in the stipe of resolu- tion calling for an amendment to the constitution It was introduced by Mir. Davis of Desha and if made a law will mean a reduction in the ne- gro vote in. Arkansas.
 At the afternoon session the gover- nor notified the House that he had signed his first bill, House Bill No. l., which appropriates $100000 for the expense incurred by the legislature. The announcement was greeted by hearty applause.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-22
P rohibition Bill Up.

MT. Brown of Cleveland county call ed up Hohse Bill No. 30, introduced by him last week and providing for the abolishment of the sale of lntoXl- eating liquors as beverages, in Ar kansas.
 And, Mr. Speaker continued the Cleveland county gentleman, T want to insist lon my constitutional right to have thq bill read from 'administra- tion ii wolf-scalf.'" MT. Brown evi- dently having in mind the incident % the occasion of the first reading of the bill, when the clerk 1aadver- tently turned two pages at once.
 The bill was placed on it's second reading, and after the clerk finished the speaker announced that amend ments were in order. Immediately two amendments were proposed, one by MT. Jackson of Phillips and the other by Mr. Vim of Pulaski
 MT. Jackson moved to amend the bill by striking out the words, min istersl stewards church officers, etc, and Inserting therefor the words eliceu sed attorneys The reference is to( that portion of the bill provid- ing that wine may be had for sacra- mental purposes, etc., by churches, on the order from a minister, stew ard hr other church officer. The pro- posdd amendment provoked consld- erahle amusement.
 Representative Vim moved to amand the bill by excluding from its proLisions all counties in which majority of the electors at the pre- ceding general election were favor able to licensed liquor houses. This wdnld of course, exempt Pulaski anb other counties where the vote w;bs wet" at the last election.
 kOn motion of MT. Brown, author of thte hill ii was referred with the aJnendments, to the committee on
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-22
With The Legislators
Governors special Messane

6oVcFnoT'S SpeCIdi MeSSd1e.
 During the reading of the journal, a special message from the governor was announced, and Bruce Bullion, secretary to Governor ronaghey, read the message asking for the passage of the concurrent resolution ratifying the act of the State Penitentiary Board in ordering the convicts under the contract of the Arkansas Brick and Manufacturing Company back to the exclusive control of the state.
 After the reading If the message the reading of the journal was re sumed.
 Senator Dill introduced Senate Bill No. 29, bill for the protection of passengers and employees of railways. The bill provides that railways shall employ not less than five section men, exclusive of foreman, for every six miles of railway operated in the state, and prohibits the running of freight trains without a caboose containing a cupola, except iii cases of mixed passenger and freight trains. It was read twice and referred to the com mittee on judiciary
 Senator Simms introduced Senate Bill Mo- B, providing for the reissue of $500 in county scrip of Chicot coun- ty, to replace that amount of old scrip which was called in. A. B. Simms having $500 of the paper which was overlooked at the time. Read twice and referred to committee on judiciary
 Senator Fletcher introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 5, provid- ing for the printing of 5000 copies of Governor Donaghey's message. The resolution was unanimously adopted.
 Senate Bill No 28, by Glover of Grant, providing for the appropriation of S50,000 for the establishment and maintenance of one agricultural school in Arkansas. was introduced. The provisions of this bill are iden- tical with that introduced by Senator Henderson, except that 1t provides for one school instead of four. The bill was read twice, referred to the committee on agriculture, and 200 copies ordered printed.
 A messenger from the House an- nounced that that body had passed Concurrent Resolution No. 3, ratify- Ing the acton or the Stdte Ienlten tiary Board i'll the matter of the Dick inson convict lease.
 Senator Wingo called the resolu- tion up under special privilege, stated the immediate necessity for action and asked that the resolution be pass ed. He said he die not believe the resolution would give the board any further power, but said it's passage could do no harm, and he would like to see the legislature back the board up in it's action. The resolution pass ed unanimously.