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The Brinkley argus., 1909-01-22
A rIs BLAZE.
Yesterday Mornings Fire The Brinkley Grocery
 Co. Total Loss.

The Brinkley Grocery Co.,, occupy ing the Theo. Ried double brick stores on West Cypress street. was burned out Thursday morning.
 The fire was first discovered by Mir and Mrs. T. L. Shelby. who live on Cedar street 10 the rear of the store. Even when the fire was dis covered the flames were bursting out the rear windows. The alarm was given but the company was slow in turning out. After the stream was turned on it was found that there was scarcity of water and hsnce the fight against the flames did not avail much in saving the goods after the woodwork had burned away.
 The stock is said to have footed up about $2O,OOO, tho it is impossible to arrive at anything definite until the books are recovered from the burned safe. There was SIS. GOO insurance carried on the stock and 1000 on the building which was owned by Theodore Reid, the Memphis capi- talist. The building was probably worth $3.0C0 The origin of the fire is altogether mystery.
 Mir. Park. when seen by the ARGUS man. said that he would re open the business at earliest date possible if Mir. Reid would rebuild or if he could secure some other building.
 The Brinkley Grocery Co. has been a valuable accession to our town in a commercial way and 1t is to be hoped that Its clever manager will sooa. find suitable quarters and open up the business,
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Percy Walker, Of Vgenasshe'

Percy Walker. Of Wenasehee Washington, brother of Mrs. B. M Thomsscn, arrived here "Wednesday evening and left on the morning train Thursday. accompanied by Miss Fay Euhrer, for Memphis, where they go to visit Mrs. Thompson, who is stil in the Hospital.
 -fhe oldsfront is being torn out, and handsome plate glass.front will be pu, in the store room recently vacated by A. J. Vaccaro & O.. and the place will be papered, painted, and otherwise m lde fit for occupancy by Mesdame: Vaccaro & Dickeyson. who will open ur firstclass Millinery Emporium therein between now and February st. We wish these excellent ladies success. --Fcrrest City, Times. s
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Evan Houser and Miss Pearl Fur ney spent Sunday in Brinkley the guests of friends.
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! by me for the arrest and
 bny person stealing timber off
 Monroe, Lee and St. Francis AdpinistratorT, ~ {. Esvin Estate, Memphis, Tenn.
The Brinkley argus., 1909-01-22
tsctls caovt Nrws-ii YEARS Aco.


 Rev. J. K. Fsris vsat up ;c Chr endon last Monday on businsss.
 Ed Patterson. Of Sherrill. Is hare now. We understand he will work with Mir. Campbell this year. Miss Lillian Peete returned home Friday from Brinkley. where she has been visiting relatives.
 pr. s. E. Parker spent Sunday night in Clarendon with his father. ] We understand his father Is real sick up there.
 Miss Georgia Lambert. one of Holly Groves. most charming young ladies. spent last week in Marvell and Poplar Grove visiting friends. She returned home Saturday night
 Mrs. ]. o. Baker. nee Beulah Youngblood. spent part of last week in Duncan vith Mrs T. H. Young blood. She sso spent Monday in Holly Grove with relatives and friends. BrAcxnoN BliNKINcS-l.l YEARS Aco. Evan Houser and Miss Pearl Fur ney spent Sunday in Brinkley the guests of friends.
 Wallace and Lawrence Graham are moving out on Trent Grahsn's place. Miss Katie Cannon came ID from Red Bud and spent Saturday and Sunday in Basckton-
 Miss Katie Cannon entertained her friends Saturday night with card party. Messrs R. 3. Stricsland A. R. Eaton. Dudley Cray an$ Stark Oaipasnt. Misses Jamie Gray. Claude
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Coming Next WeeN!

On Wednesday. Jan. 27th, Miss Ina Wightman. scientific pure food .demonstrator and cook, will be
 = nAT FoME''
 to the ladies of BrInkley in Sim mons & ShuIts Grocery Store where she will serve delicious samples of Biscuit and Cake made from the celebrated
 WHITE CREST FLOUR which is to be had in Brinkley cNLY at Simmons & Shults.
 We would like every lady in Brinkley-little. btg, old and younR-to come on Wednesday ana bring your friends along with you. See Miss Wiehtman and how She handles White Crest"
The Brinkley argus., 1909-01-22
'.,ix. JacK.' SHIPS Toyv6
The Crystal Theatre Han Hikes It Away for
 Creener Fields


 When the time came to open the Crystal Theatre moving picture show Thursday night 1t was found that Jack Wagner. the manager had "vamoosed the rznch.''
 Jack took along all the cash oi the show just to remember '.dear old Brinkley."
 Jack was long on hot air and short on cash but he evidently had pleasing ways as he rented the BrickslI store and then fitted # up in pleasing and attractive manner. He bought him a piano and was apparently making things hum.
 The business appeared 10 be pros pesiae aAf there was nothing to indi- cate that "Jack. old boy" expected to hike it away.
 Jack has gone however and fin the meantime the Crystal theatre was run last night by Landlondl Bickell.
 lack will be remembered in "dear old Brinkley' for the pretty place he made. the dehts he didn't pay and the "smcke" he made at the recent smoker.
The Brinkley argus., 1909-01-22
Residence S6r Safe.

A real pretty $ room res!ddnce with servants house and barn. good cissefn. good garden and fruit trees, 2 good high lots facing east on pretty resiy dence street. Will be sold for s Sl6oO, part cash. balance on time. Address. H.. care Monroe County Bank.
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Peterson. the young hostess and her sister. Miss Cola.
ORDNANCE NO. l4o.


 An ordinans- entitled 'ssn os1laaace to
 establish n .nprovenez | - n 1
 city of BrinkIsy. Arksns11 lcs ths
 purpose of constructing and meIn.
 taing sewerage system for ss.s 1.sy
 of Bnnkiey. Arkansas, and to be
 known as Sewerage District No. L."
 WHEREAS, Ten resident owners of real estate of the city of Brinkley, Arkansas. and living and being owners cf said real estate in the territory hereinafter described, have petitioned the City Council of said City of Bnnkisy. Arkansas to take steps as may be necessary by law to construct. and maintain Sewerage System for the whole of said City of Bnnkiey. Arkansas. Therefore be it ordained ty the City Council Of the City of Brinklsy. Arkansas: Sec. |. That all territory lying and being inside the corporate limits Of the city of Bnnkley, Arkansas, b and the name is hereby laid off into n Improvement Dis~ trict for the purposs d having construct ed. and maintained, Sewerage System, which shall be known as Sewerage Dis- hies No. I'' which improvement will in it's nsture be local Improvement to said City cf Brinkley, Arkansas, Sec. 2. That tbsis ordinance take effecs and be in force from and after it's passage. Passed Jan. 20. 'o9.
 T. H. JACKSON. Fl. L. BRlcKELL, clerk.
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-FoR RENT OR SALE:- A nice cczy brand pew, 4roo:n cottage. with 4 lots on south Main street. Phone or call on Claude Leaky.
 -PANo FOR s27.5o; good square piano, if sold avith-in next .oedays will go for s27.5o. Apply s. care Argus.
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n Tears Aeo In Brinikley.

| .l. - s.f TThe following items appeaSed in the ARGUS Jan. 20. isae- -1zI years aeo-snd was lively news in BxisEey then, ] MT. and Mrs. Garland Black win occupy the residence vacated by F. Goldman and family.
 Mesdames D. H. and J. L. Smith are st homo again from a pleasant lvislt to Alabama relatives.
 Miss, Bonnie shnsbly. of Howell. very promising elocutionist and reader. is in the city the guest of Rev. lT. Fl. Howard.
 E. C. Brown and family went to Chrsndon today to be present at the marriage of his son, Brodie, to Miss Ellie saase. formerly of this city. They mitIdtum home tomorrow. 1 A ccIored boy recently in the em- Eyloy Of Hon. c. F. Greenlee as a houssboy. received sentence Tuss- I:day in Judge Cameron's court for stealing valuable isveiry.
 | Miss Genie Gum teluned tcschool last week. accompanied ty her aunt. Miss uesSy. Sho came oyer 10 attend the chasas sssdding II Mr and Mss. l.
 Ms. J. w. Laws. II szlt Lake Icity. utah.. ts an she city visiting her brother. H. H. Myers, The good lady expresses herssli as been agree Iatly surprised with this part of the fc0untry. I
 ! Real sslate contl6ues to chaage hands h 6fhklsy.; Hsnxy co'dmsn ! Ihas posckSsed from col. D. D. Cum
 msss tlye progeny nov vocUuptsd ty fP. B. Foote and will move his family there in about thirty days.
The Brinkley argus., 1909-01-22
eezfuA w )ooW eURAslE.

ZEM0, | sc3sntt1c pFeparation fcFex.. tefna1 uGc, stops itching instantly and destroys the germs that cause akin dis- easn. Ecscms quickly yields and is permanently cured by this yelnafkabls medicine.
 For ale everywhere. Write for ssnI- ple, F. ". Rose Medicine Co, St. Louis.
 For Sale at New Drug Store.
The Brinkley argus., 1909-01-22
1 PERSONAL h0IEs
eoo Reward.

by me for the arrest and uy person stealing timber off Monroe, Lee and St. Francis BARTER Administrator, :. {. avin Estate, Memphis, Tenn. Hoses of "656" will cure Ehills and Fever. 9-l0 Mrs. Joe Howard are Ives in Brirkley.
 B. Irvan made a pleasure pphis Sunday, returning ming.
 Land has sold his home n Folsom. Who Is now ary M;Nssss has gone to visit her son, Tom, stivss there.
 Mrs. I. s, Nettletou. y entertained the Epworth sday night.
 materi4l of all kinds i1gi ceiling, etc. Prompt prevailing prices, ' HARDWOOD MFG. Go. Q. Bridgeforth and pretty Memphis, visited. Mcs- cousin. Mrs. Ira Wood last.
 os'ta Basi. one of 'af school teach CTS. visit Saturday and Sunday, ele Folsom.
 Ms Haynie, of Helena, i, bfinklay, the guest of Mf ani Mrs. E.. e: a'lngsr. Of Memphis, Is 'aIlsy' the guest of his ns', E, |. Hirch ana 'nls hsynaid, of Lexa,
 sister, Mrs. Jas. M. n expects to remain |sks.
 young iady made her Dr'aefley Tuesiay night up her aboard with Mrl 09aaiip,
 Ma'als of oxlsho na,
 Una Ma2lss of this ''' af'hs week the guest !. Howard. ''aacs of Alabama, ! '''y' is the guest of 'a'' aal family.
 @aaa' meeting of the 2 ths Bank of Brt,k,4S Pdsy the same otIiesr, lte' 'ss'o's s's.s We're rs-eleclsd, :, Fsss'a sa'- Jas Gum, ST. e,as. '.'a Andrews. Sec V, slsa'sf 2 A. M. Carter. A- Garter. F. r. s',as s''s'srn Henry Wolf
 ssa' 2 s. Marsh. w ,,s., ! dividend of 10 De, 1,
 s'sd and a rice s,,',, ,o, \, s'i :. The pastysar .'I.' is
 FEY ,as most successful
 ''assi P this soIsad' asIl| i 1
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-27
The Insolence Of New York
IT, Hopkinson Smith in Ladies' Home Journal)

e. Hopkinson Smith in Ladies' Home Journal
Listen to this for a moment-that is,
if you can without having your collar
choke you:
Il leave tonight by the late train to
see my sick daughter and | must have
warm dress; 1 thought you might
have one ready made" 1t was dear.
sweet old lady who spoke, with, a rose
in each cheek, her gray hair smooth to
her forehead, her kindly eyes peering
through gold trimmed spectacles. Hav-
ing lived all her restful life with her
own and her children's children in her
arms, she had grown stout--a COM
Portable stoutness. Your own mother
might have been like that--you can re-
member even now every curve and hol-
low, and the way the apron strings
tape measured the waist.
She was addressing an upholstered
gent" (don't miss the abbreviation) in
charge of the ready made department
sixth floor. He had seen her ap
preaching, had sized her up and had
attempted to appear busy, when the
lord high eunueh in charge of the floor
oyerhauled him with 'She wants a
tailor made" The gent" shot out his
cuffs, ereadjusted the glass pin in his
gray satin necktie, gave a glance at
his sterilized hands and said languidly:
This way"
Then began the hauling out and put
ting back, a young woman with her
hair in an African Mombasa twist and
her teeth in a wad of pepsin, assisting.
In one costume the shoulders were all
right and so was the length, but It
wouldn't meet in front. In another
everything would do but the waist
line-that blessed old waistline you
have had your arms around a
thousand times. Then the fright of not
getting anything at all began to take
possession of her. She was tired, too
tired of the elevator and the long walk
to the far end of the several floors to
which various idiots had misdirected
her, they being reserved for shoes, or
crockery, or Tan -jeer-y," instead OF
bodies and skirts for dear old ladies.
"You must try to get something /
can wear" she pleaded at last. TT is
so Important All my warm clothes are
home and there isn't time-I must leave
tonight
The gent was already closing the
cases. He was through-no more of
that in his.
whats the use OF lookin'?" he
snapped-short like the shutting of a
rat trap ANY woman who's got hips
like yours has got to have something
built round 'em."
don't blame you, dear reader. If it
had been my own blessed mother I'd
have dropped him through the elevator
with the car on the top floor.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-27
Denver's Foe of Graft
Urges Heney's Election
JUDGEB .LINDSEYWRITES TO HENEY
September is, 1909.


!. "a ,ooo E.
HON. Francis j. san
Interested I'm campaign
and and
> after
all this
Francisco
used by
aRo to vote ns
As a
of the
ervln doubt be he ime receive
the time
the cts be 8 to from
1 sneerely
B.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-27
IA Hint TO
Los Angeles
IJeccssioniSts


said hundred
straight line southey direction the Colo.
the thirtyhfh of
middle OF the channel of the said
May 80 1848;
extending English
northwesterly direction and following
the line of said degree north latitude the
beginning Also including all the islands habor
along and adjacent to the coast
To divide the would be necessary this
provision, would
approved by twohrd the legislature
ratified by the popular general election Having obtained
the of the electorate and the legislature the division
lists might address themselves congress
These of the legal obstacles that lie in the that
will be by making speeches and adopting of
resolutions As matter of fact the worked
up by gang of Los Angeles politicians and
1t has support of any outside of Los Angeles city, and
the popular the proposition would
single south of the Tehachapi with the possible
exception of Los Angeles which hopes dominate the proposed
commonwealth
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-27

LANDMARKS Subscriber, Alameda. CAL
What was the object of the California historic
landmarks leaguel
The objects of the league as set forth
in the constitution of that body are:
To restore and preserve maintain and care
Tor, buildings, monuments and sites throughout
the state Of California, commemorative Of the
cary ca history Of the state including the missions
which IS OF historic interest. either from its
associations with the early Spanish settlers or
the California pioneers; as we'll also to erect
ana maintain monuments and put in appropriate
places memorial tablets commemorative of his
i ,oric places and events to the end that said
buildings may be preserved as emblems OF the
style OF architecture in vogue during the early
periods OF California life. and with said Trionu-
ments, sites and roads. serve as object lessons
to the students Of California history and for
that purpose to buy and sell, acquire and hold
with their appurtenances. water. water rights
OF stock In water companies, to receive and hold
personal property Of all kinds and collect
money due from members of said corporation
ny lectures and entertainments or otherwise
Tor the furtherance of said objects; to collect
ton. relics and documents of historical value
ana store and exhibit them in appropriate places
to encourage historical research and the study
OF California history. and to use all proper means
to establish chair Of California history in the
University OF California and incorporate the
study of California history in the curriculum
OF schools OF the state as regular study. and
to any and all other things necessary and con-
them.
SNAILS-B. 8. W.. City. What is the hest
way to get rid Of snails that destroy plants? 3
One way is to place cabbage leaves.
edge on the ground, in the garden and
in the morning there will be found
snails and slugs sticking to the inner
slde OF the leaves. which can be taken
up and the pest destroyed. 1t 10 said
that If the beds containing the plants
are surrounded by a slate or board
edging. made to stand five inches above
the ground and this Is occasionally
coated with paste made of train oil
and SCOT; 1t will form a barrier over
which snails or slugs will not pass.
ROSES II. K. City. Please state whether
rose slips planted in pots and raised on q back
better than outdoors!
Such can be kept in pots in such a
place as You describe. but they give
better results when set IN the open.
LOHMAN--A. l. r.. OAK, Cal. Is Pete Ioh-
man who used to catch for the Oakland baseball
team, deadf
He is not He is ON the sick list and
now In sanatorium near Los Angeles
WAR CLAIMS %. s., City. Youf question re-
lating to Indian war claims will hsve to be
mora definite before 1t ecu be ansuarsa
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-27
Why Power
Grabbers Are
In a Hurry

law in this regard such within month after the
transfer made every hitherto unapproprated power
California would be taken without regard public rights
Riverside Press. published district writes on
this subject:
California has Conservation
meeting single helping
reSurces of the state
That the is nota
compared with policy
And until this
to deal with the problem
privileges which
authorities
Public sentiment the subject of growth
OF the last five 1t given impetus work
OF Roosevelt and Pncot while firmly established
national policy the legislatures had time
the force statutory That be done by degrees
and the meantime of the powers are safe in the
hands of the national administration fact helps to explain
the haste with which power grabbers are working to get
these valuable rights turned before restrictive
legislation is enacted
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-27
laments the
Decay Of
Politics


there politics in the
of
ONCE That grown so
and party discipline hangs loose in both
laid in
nowhere
will be
their landed
Doodle bosses
the devil cbons
with thought of being toeaby to get the
easy make burning tariff It is no
longer party question and now always has
local issue We and do hold up greed
hog combine but, fine, the does not
dignity of book keeping, selling
mule These piping times of peace con-
suIner pays the piper with what grace he may
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-27
San Francisco
The Ideal
Summer Resort

lie knows mankind from Podunk Diego and understands
where he must be comfortable star RACES
Mr. Mccormick:
People are just beginning realize that California greater
but California the only There IS
nothing
N world ~ eiNae''
We that the
we want to it but what impress upon the
folks
enjoyable canb b spent - f'N~o '"e al
That nice of Mr. Mccormick and as he speaks with
hundred tongues the whole American people must stand still;
and listen
OF San Francisco the place to spend summer
The immediate coast region of California onv part Of the
United States where the temperature in sumre, m ;r
winter uncomfortable. If add to the climate b
attractions of metropolitan city clear that Mr. NJ
cormicks enthusiasm is amply justified
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-27

which describes the boundaries OF the stat
as they now are. Article XXI section | o
the state constitution declares:
The boundary of the state of California
shall be as follows: Commencing at the point
of intersection of the forty-second degree of
north 1atif,tde with the cue hundred and t,yeu-
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-27

E need put-t altogether to certain we'll recop
" nized amabily of disposition mere desire to ga,
the pleasant thing when hear Traffic Director Nc
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-27

booming issues that might inf1ame the imapi-
nation or set the world on fire. Marse Henry
has made the discovery that Edmund Burke
made more than hundred years ago. and
for him the age of chivalry is gone and
that of book keepers. If not economies
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-27

Cormick of the Southern Pacific remark tha,
San Francisco is the ideal summer resort
Mr.. Mccormick is a truthful man, and he
knows. He is familiar with the bIisterine
rlgors of Chicago summer and with the
soapy humidity of New York in the doc d.ys
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-27

OR the instruction of excited friends Los Angeles who
= loose from the of California
while call their the constitutional provision
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-27

ME recent appropriation of the whole flow of Pitt
power purposes by the simple of filing claim the
Shasta county attention to the defective
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-27

relation and it supplies instructive COM
mentary on the proposition of Representative
Smith to turn over to the states the control
OF water powers which still remain part of
the national domain The condition of the
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-27

n ARSE HENRY WATTERSON, writing from London to
Iv the Louisville Courier Journal aments the politics
of The Atantic NJ
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-27
Clubwomen and Their Work
BY MARY AsHE MILLER

w yOMANKIND is ever versatile,
w and to prove that women's or
w 9anizations do mt lead ent{rAlv
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-27
Answers to Queries

LANDMARKS-Subscrib Alameda CAL
What was the object of the California historic
landmarks leagueg
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1909-05-14

Continued on page ~.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-09

Many are the tales they tell Of the wonderful things
ne made when he was but a little boy. Precocious he
must have been, and early he became indispensable to
his foster father, Joseph.
Joseph, we learn, from these legends, was none too
good a carpenter-that is, judged by the modern stand
ards of carpentering. Often he would cut pieces of wood
that were too long or too short, for his means of meas.
urement were faulty. What, then, did Jesus do but take
the wood and stretch it or shorten it to the desired
length.
People told
Touching a plank, it stretched to rightful length.
Or shortened at his will-the dead wood quick
TO live again and serve him.
In those days, it Is related, Joseph was awarded a
commission to make a throne for a king at Jerusalem.
1t was to be an elaborate affair, as all thrones are, with
great arms and twisted legs and grotesque carvings-one
of those things only kings like to sit in.
Jesus spent much time watching Joseph hewing and
carving the wood. Joseph worked patiently from morn
ing until night and the work required two whole years.
And then, imagine the poor carpenters disappointment
when it was taken to Jerusalem and he discovered that
it was too small for it's place.
Alas! ne had made a grave error. Yes, they had
given him the right dimensions, but, as it often happened,
and carpenters do still, he made the mistake. Two en-
tire years OF labor wasted! The poor man was discon.
solate.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-09

lus clouds. All great souls live alone, and are lonely IN
the midst of men. About a beautiful life humanity loves
to build legends, and the simple life which leads to spir-
of miracles.
Many stories are told Of the child Jesus having raised
people from the dead in the little known days Of his
childhood. 1t is related, too, that when his parents took
him to Jerusalem-on the same journey when he had
the famous discussion with the learned doctors in the
temple-he paused at the sight of Jerusalem, and a spir-
1t of prophecy revealed to him it's doom.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-09
Prophetic Beethoven,

Has anyone remarked on the startling resemblance to
the sharp foot of a motor horn of those four-times repeated
double notes In Beethoven's Second Symphony" which
demonstrates how a great imaginative genius may be far
ahead OF his contemporaries? The classic example is
Shakespeare and the telegraph. When these familiar notes
are heard in the symphony the audience may be seen to
look anxlously over the shoulder and prepare to cut and
run:-London Chronicle.