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 Aecofding the PfesIdentlsi PartyN
 a True Southern Welcome.

Memphis, Tenn.-Thousands of peo- pie lined the river front here and yelled a royal and true Southern welcome to President w. H. Taft and his distinguished party, when they anchored the grandest flotilla that ever graced the Father of Waters and favored the city of Memphis with a personal call.
 The government craft and steam boats formed an impressive sight as the flotilla rounded the Hopefield berd, and old river enthusiasts were once more made to feel the impress sivenes of the mighty Mississippi.
 President Tafts stay of four hours in Memphis was replete with events which afforded the citizens of this city, and the thousands of guests on this occasion, an excellent opportunl- ty tC see what this commercial and so- cial center is capable of accomplish ing in the way of entertainment.
 The cheering of the presidential party has virtually extended from St. Louis along the entire river course. At night great bon fires have thrown light across the waters that thou sands might see the pageant go by, while the towns favored with a day light view have gone wild in their demonstrations of loyalty to the head of the nation.
 President Taft will stop at eight citiac an routo down the MisSiSSiDDi river and deliver as many addresses. Accompanying him in the fleet of boats which left St. Louis, and which has been augmented at several points enroute, there is the most brilliant assemblage of high government of ficials ever brought together outside of Washington
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ARKANSAS BREVlTIES.

H. D. Morton, of Russellville, won six prizes on apples at the state fair.
 The White river bridge on the St. Paul branch of the Frisco was de- stroyed by fire recently, and St. Paul and Pettigrew were without train ser vice for several days. The destruc- tion of the bridge resulted from a forest fire.
 Chicken fanciers of Saline county organized the Saline County Poultry association and decided to hold show at Benton December 17-1S.
 Prof J. N. O'Neal, principal of the Scotland public school, has been ap- pointed county examiner of Van Blu ren county, to succeed F. M. Ell banks, resigned.
 The Central Cooperative Union of ijot Springs has recently received many letters from different parts O. the country favoring the establish n4ent of a National Federation sana- torium in that city.
 The business men of Batesville want a free bridge constructed across White river at that place. They argue that a bridge would cost only $40,000 and that it would be the means of attracting $100,000 of trade annually from the south side of the river.
 In checking ever his records Re cruiting Officer Oats of the United States army, stationed at Fort Smith, finds that more than 50 per cent of the applicants at his station for enlistment ill the army within the last six months were rejected be- cause of their inability to read or write.
 The order disseminating the post office at Bills, Pike county, has been rescinded. Thomas J. Rice has been commissioned postmaster at Yauco- pin and Nathaniel B. Moore at Brink
 The work on the concrete floors in the new county court house al Harrison has been comp leted, and the work of laying brick on the waits is now in progress.
 Forty-nine Italian laborers, taken to Jonesboro from Springfield, Mo-, to work for the road at West Marion, objected to the accommodations fur nished them by the railroad com pany and took possession of freight car in which they passed the night. They only agreed to vacate the car upon the promise that they should be provided with better quarters.
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RICH DIAMOND FIELD.
Expert Says Arkansas Deposits
 Should Be Developed.


 Little Rock.-Development of Ar. kansas' recently discovered diamond mines is urged by Emile Ludwig, a jeweler of Leipzig, who gave out d statement for publication in New York the other day.
 "If diamonds continue to be dis covered" he said, "in different parts of the world, the price of these gems should decrease somewhat I see that diamonds have been discovered in Arkansas, and the deposits should be developed, and the finishing of cut stones therefrom should be under- taken Diamonds have been discov- cred in the German possessions in South Africa recently, and the Ger man government apparently is going to reap a rich reward for the millions it spent in quelling uprisings among the natives there.
 Your Arkansas diamond fields should be developed. If this is done it will add immensely to the wealth of the state in which they have been found"
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Prison Fund Row Seul

Little Rock.-The squaDs the payment of penitenll1' was settled by Attorney Gels wood in an opinion given S3 ditor lobe. He says, in palj
 At the time the leglslalals| the act making the applop, ..1 on the penitentiary tuna ', \ nothing in the treasury to of such fund, and it was 1 the intention of the ieslsl''s the amount borrowed llvA
 oral revenue fund should
 hack whenever the penllenu. was able to do so, and Il l,.:| 2 ion that it was the inlen'u,| ls', legislature to pay the l..,a Dal'sl purchase price of the :, S'as .ss ! ter p"i if if had reimbursed the
 revenue fund, and had \, amount on hand to pay, pay .a ,, after meeting the curlsu
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H.AsssiaI Progress Is General and
 ahorers are in Demand

Paragon. u.d.-Business of all kinds is brisk and no one is idle who will accept work At no time in the his tory of this city has there been so much building going on as at the present time, and the reports from neighboring towns are equally as en- couraging. For the past three or four months labor has been hard 70 get at the very best prices to meet the demands of the various building operations in progress.
 All the mills and factories in this section are running full time with increased forces of men, and num- Der of slave factories are working night shifts. The weather has been favorable to stocking up on material, and most of the mills have ample timber laid in to run them all win, ter.
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RIVER IMPROVEMENT
White, Black and Cache Al
 Met at Newport,

Newport.-At a meeting White, Black and Chache Ml provement association in this| impetus was given to river \ ment which is expected to q crete form.
 The slogan of the conVen' solved itself into a proposlu straighten and deepen the of the Cache river, open bao for navigation as far as Pop1 open White river for naslss far as Forsythe, Mo, and '
 the passage of the bill lnlroa' ! Congressman Oldfeld at the sion of congress and now II tee.
 The Oldfield bill proVldes ' operation of dredges Tn VIZ and it's tributaries.
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Tennessee Bank Insolvent.

Nashville, Tenn. Between 300 and 400 people gathered in the street in front of the City Savings bank dis cussing their losses, but made no demonstrations. The bank closed it's doors Saturday, and they were not opened Monday ". H. Green, who was named as assignee, is enjoined from acting in that capacity. It is shown that the banks indebtedness is more than $30O,000 and that the
 institution is hoplessly insolvent, a number of it's assets being worthless
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aevetmert Work on Mississippi.

Memphis, Tenn. - Announcement has been made in the office of Major M. L. Walker, chief engineer of the first and second districts, Mississippi river improvements, that work on revetment at the Hopedeld bend will begin without delay. The govern ment will start work by putting about 150 laborers and many teams into service. Most of the force will be taken from the improvement work at Luxora, Ark. Something like S50,000 will be expended on the project
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ALL NATIONS MOURN FOR ITO.
Remains of Murdered Prince Will be
 Taken Home on Warship.

Taken Home on Warship.
 Tokio.-The body of Prince Ito, the murdered elder statesman of Ja- pan, will be taken from Harbin on board the Iwato, a Japanese warship, and, accompanied by a full suite, rep resenting the entire nation, the re- mains will be closely guarded through out the sorrowful journey.
 Hirbumi Ito, who was generally conceded to be the greatest com moner of the nation, and for two years the un-crowned ruler of Korea, was asassinated by Koreans, as he alighted from a special train at liar bin, Manchuria.
 It is generally believed that Prince Ito intended to inaugurate and en- force a distinct policy in Manchuria, but the exact nature of this was not disclosed.
 Telegrams are pouring into Tokio from every country in the world, Of fering condolences, and the officials of the foreign office are kept busy answering them.
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Few Could Hear Speaker.

President Taft was in such poor voice that few of the many thousands assembled could hear his speech, but all were in good-natured humor and seemed satisfied to catch an occa- sional glimpse of the chief executive over the heads of those in front of them The broad, expansive smile of President Taft elicited cheers from the throng when the distiu- guished speaker appeared on the platform and at the conclusion of his brief speech the crowd cheered to the echo.
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lsn0ks sssvs~1 ss.,' Growth Since ,s. ss'ss " s
 Put in cu,.'' .r''a''iss

Loewer, buyer ye'faalns fao to
 mlll' if the presen, sne Loa
 rice holds up this win market r year of the new indn.l n%, De the
 sas' Mr. Loewer aaS'fy baa h
 the entire rice belt as as, 'raVsls isfint t.Gh to know the exact ss' ,a,i'' ], n of last st ,nuon yearl bet better than the q, as in mat that of previous ereos po''s
 no,,tsi Tn better condition for tl'ps s,a' sa'| polisning' pol The Japan riea lll'a !. u,s tn tho a little below that ts 6, l' ''lJ onsna9 slnee July MT. Loswe, ,,.l sda enased . over 10000 bush busS.,a aa'] TOT the local bill. In tsasIs tsa Z \ hels helgnborhood of Lonoke s's sbaa' lna| ousnelS ousnea Were grown. The s'os' @s, enaseS en'aa v were made in othe, ''a' 2 some of it coming a tlrts dists,' nuhdred miles. At Weipe. " ter, Ark, he purchased -s, s, aat bushels. aoout Visitors to Lonoke are s,,,,. lne activity and progress vs'' growing gre is causing in tbi' s',s < All day long teams are % b..,,' to the mill. Property valus, increased both in town and {, this being especially so M in the prairie lands. Aside ,,' iacl that a greater profit made from rice than any otbs, one of the attractive featu,s. iact | that when the crop is b,, It can be sold in one lump; it is frequently purchased stands in the field I,
 CT feel pretty good to wal rom the mill with a check to, to S6,OO0 in his jeans,
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Cotton Prices Still Climb.

New York.-There is continued ex. citement in the cotton market, with prices making new high records ana most of the active selling has been above 14h cents, on sensational es- inmates and reports that the planters are holding for higher prices. De cember cotton sold as high as 1447 and May 14.63. Two very prominent southern authorities estimate the crop at 10,500,000 bales, compared with last years cotton crop of about 13,S00,000 bales.
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Seek Kidnapers in Arkansas.

Chicago.-Authorities in many Ar kansas cities were notified by the Chicago police to look for number of Italian laborers who left here the day before the recovery of the kid named Viviano children of St. Louis One of the Italians who left here with several companions for Arkan' sas. the police have learned, was Samuel Turrisi, sought as the kid naper of the St. Louis children last August. Detectives have gone to Ar kansas to search for Turrisi.
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New Railroad in the Southwest.

Guthrie, Ok.-The St. Louis and Oklahoma Railway company, with headquarters at Bromide, Coal coun ty, and capitalized at $50,000, has been chartered by the secretary of state and work will be commenced on a line from Salisaw through Sequo yah, Haskell, Pittsburg, Coal, Johns ton, Murray, Carter, Garvin, Stephens, Jackson and Greer counties, to q point between the Red River and Salt Fork The estimated length of the road is 300 miles.
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Meat Prices Still Soar.

Chicago.-No hope of permanently lower prices for meat was held to the delegates to the fourth annual convention of the American Packers association, in session in this city
 Michael Ryan, president of the as sociation, said that prices might drop slightly for @ short time, as there has been some increase in the number of cattle raised recently, but this boon to American housewives would be short lived, and there can be no hope for much lower prices.
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RICHES IN RICE,
one Planter Realizes s22moI
 on This Years crou

Oe aheer heallzes S220Oo
 on This Years crop
 Little Rock.-Twenty-two tb1 dollars net was cleared of op crop of 400 acres of land in Arkansas, according to T. C. N Jr., of Lonoke, who was a rec ltor in Little Rock. While he Trimble told unusual stories money-making powers of the Arkansas rice fields. He staia the farm referred to produced bushels of rice in one crop. rice sold for $1.O5 per bushS cost $22 an acre to produce th
 Cashier Couch of a LonOkeI MT. Trimble states, has oae deed a farm of 160 acres of rjd to anyone who will take tbG from him, make one crop of E it and give him the entire S one year only. It is claimed | land could be bought for aha an acre and that the rice crop bring $75 an acre.
 On one acre of land the sti cultural experiment station hai 120 bushels of rice, according Trimble. The smallest aI0l rice raised on one acre was els.
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Teach Purity in Schools.

Burlington.-The National Purity congress considered stricter law en- forcement and suppression of vice in the larger cities of the country. Miss Jessie Phelps of Ypsilanti, Mich, ad- vocated teaching sex relationship in the public schools if parents did not do their duty in that respect Dr. Horace Reed of Chicago, of the Hi nois vigilance committed, said that the teaching of purity in the public schools should be made compul- SOry
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Taft's Promise to Return.

When President Taft informed his hearers that he had promised to re
 turn to Arkansas at a future date, to make longer stay and become bet ter acquainted with the wonderful re- sources of the state, his words were received with vociferous applause. It vas evident that the presidents es- cort lost no time in praising the state.
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Increased s4o,oo''m

Little Rock.-DaSla r A ~uI of the Arkansas ..laa laa Rocl spent a day in n Ll',ls inc slsts| strenuous trip oyer .alssosJ 'ns q up properties that .assors' essas' 1 ton of county assessor ssont thsl| says he is now col,nq'd, al,[ he a sessments ses throusn0us5 sl" oso 'as Dvsr increased fully s4O,oSs .oss vbsa| assessments. He say sasI IDoass property is on the hen tax be Irsdl3 ent state levy can pc 40 per cent.
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Cheating Customs weieher confesses

New York.-Eight years of syste- matic and exceedingly profitable cheating of the United States gov ernment was described by George E. in the trial of Antonio and Philip Musica, cheese importers.
 After telling how he had under weighed a large importation of cheese for the Musicas, and receiving $194 as his share of the profits. he said that he had similar dealings with hundreds of other importers.
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p,o Drainage Ditch yp'',

Paragould. "A eaas lOlns and officials of -awrs'to 'IS in this I tive to the prelimiln,@ig' nig draInl! dc down the channel ll.ad Ol to dss1
 widen the channel rlasactisely d1 sands oapl ..0 of acres res..aossd of tI's diiel. | in Greene county l renee county \
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Taft's Arrival at the State Capital.

Taft's Arrival at the State Capital.
 AL Little Rock, in the thick of the crowd between the presidential train and the speakers platform, fat man pushed and showed his way tC ward the front.
 Hey, you, quit your showing" :" shouted some of those whom he ruth lessly pushed out of his path.
 "Oh, come on," returned the fat man. How do you suppose I'm go-
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1..-......I1,s ......s17s of fhe board 0I

l trsdl Dz5.zz- s Mir. Taft to the speak CTS platf6fm which had been erect ed on the east side of the new union depot facing the plaza. there was an outburst of cheers that brought the expansive Taft smile iu happy re- sponSe.
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place for the innocent by sthe case of automobile NE Somewhere else.
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We Ia is lookking for war and yet,
 o.,, Such ufkpreparedness!
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Y expect to be taken of barbarous or half
 while its government
 res with outrages
 rest of the world. 1fl arose after the last ould have taught the N9seon. but evidently it kind whose intelligence perior to its racial preju- gn.
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Students Turn Out at Philadelphia.

Students Turn out at Arkadeiphia.
 After brief introduction by Sena- tor Clarke, President Taft said:
 Ladies and Gentlemen
 If 1 croak like a crow you won't mind. I am exceedingly indebted to the governor of your state, to your Senator Clarke, to your United States marshal and to General Clay ton and other gentlemen of Little Rock and other parts of the state for welcoming me at the state line at that town you call reXarkana, Jo indicate that part is in Texas and part in Arkansas. You have long names in Arkansas, and beginning with the state apparently you are noc afraid to call your town Philadelphia.
 Tt is a great pleasure for me to stand before an Arkansas audience, especially when made up chiefly of
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lbj,o reason whS the equinox is so |atAny is that, like some humans, 1t
 -ot to be rough ana ugly when IL NSSod
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 jriu Of Japan, who is try and is a sailor of discernment, praises srships. Of the bat ;nt, which led the world, he says it is 1 fighting machine he he great scores made s during recent prac- 2 admiration he has liPs and men.
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such thing as an equi-
 say the, scientists. ur shns as "scien- Wc d.latest sufferers from IS.
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(By our Little Rock Correspondent

TAFT, while enroute from Texarkana
 to St. Louis, over the
 Iron Mountain Route, Sunday, made three brief speeches. thousands of
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citizens being congregated at Ark adelphia Benton and Little Rock, to extend a cordial welcome to the dis tinguished guest and hear his mes sage of good cheer to the people of Arkansas.
 At TeXarkana the presidential par ty was met by the Little Rock board though there were large crowds at Hope, Prescott and Gurdon, the first stop was made at Philadelphia, where the cadets and the co-eds from Qua chita and Henderson colleges were at the station, together with a crowd that included nearly all the inhabi- tants of the town.
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N)era singers. The ( this industry had
 New York was
 its suppression.
 custom, but here 'lackmail and prop as such.
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HE BRINKLEY ARGUS pvslIsmep EVERY sa.sAvu
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lnn0lfence.

S~spirit of fair play Equipment to take into
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Subscription Price $'the whole coun- nearly so impor- VIM. B. MS
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be poor man is happier, after all" y., an eastern writer. He is hap we hut he does not have so much
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IFS become ordinary
 and the unsuitable ng for more. The isbelief is changing l fer more wonders
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a fayoTite stage device classes of performers
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N ordinance tol
 er the age ot New Jersey wants h+;nr tho h;ll;. the schools. This
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IT appears |. s reported to be op- In Milwee mobile racing This h ., ,. the streets of New
 eiio'' 'iiI CT than they were be- hg to be b
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iioe couhe.s appraisers at New state. ronted with puzzle in -, to decide whether per
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the least of it Ection on u
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the fear of hades om wrong doing. ear of Madame D of the jail and
 forms of pun loRsa~imminent.
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