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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-18


 au'ice IS to be sure to have a new l one. Why is it that women never seem to realize the importance of , fresh, new leather belongings It 1 LOOK q decade of patient endeayor to : impress upon femininty the fact that , doWntrodden, overworn shoes were ah unpardonable blemish on an oth er"lse handsome appearance. Now i one sees every day crisp. fresh spring suit, with spic span cloves snoes and hat-and shabby out-of- date handbag.
 "The handbag is just as much a detail or the gown as is the cut of a sleeve, and the very particular wou- an takes infinite pains to have hay leather belongings ill keeping with | the rest of her street costume. There 1 will be no trouble matching the gown with a suitable bag, either, for tin. ne" bags came in as many colors. as .'oseph's immemorial coat "T1Hs one tone costume effect. complaiued a maker of fine leather goods, keeps us pretty busy getting onto shades. As fast as Paris brings them out we have to reproduce them somehow or other. And it is true that no sooner do the new co1ors assert themselves in fabrics than they are repeated in soft-hHed calf and other feathers.
 Catawba bags are the latest fad Rlffed calf and alligator are coloyf,d Ill the various tones of the grape. and one sees all shades. from the Da!a, limpid green of the unripe fJui1 Ia deep purplish black and wine color. Llnings match the soft fruit color- ings and frames are of dull finished metal ill the graceful are nouveau designs.
 Levant, soft beaver. suede. calf and the always distinguished f,nslisi, n{o. rocco feathers are dyed in exnu;sjt, shades to match Easter gowns: ana some of the mauves, pale greens and rose shades are very beautiful. These dainty bags. completing the one-tono effect of dressy costumes, are con- sldered much smarter now than th, gilt and silver mesh bags of a sea !, son ago. Of coure, lining and finish ! of these handbags de luxe are n keeping with the outside. Sunken jewels, matching the leather in color, . decorate the frames, and inside shir- red silk pockets hold trimmed , eardcases and inner purses.
 Morocco handbags ill scarlet. green al.d navy blue always have a vogl:e iE the summer season. when they are by parasols. and make an eXcee l:nsly smart color note wit'l dark silk or wool suits or line;1 frocks. This year there is fad for the red handbags, which will ba matched by scarlet parasols and car ried with the new cherry and currant hats.
 The MOyen age revival in dress has brought into prominence the littl,, money bag, or numonnier, which hangs at the side from jeweled chains or silk cords. Brooks built in the. cassock tunic and surp!ice styles of the medieval mode are provided win these pretty little bags made of the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-18
EOES UP TO
 | S7.5O A BARREL
%le Price vn Hard Wheat kllice and Navy Beans
 mpathy Rise of Half Cent.

Srleat flour. which is used lusively by housewives in
 made another local ad-
 fday says the Little Rock Fhe best grades of winter
 was quoted $7.50 a bar Resale. where 9 to 50 bar \ purchased. The second Datent process flour whole 7 and a low grade at $6.75 Mhere sMar was ordered in $ these prices were shad- hts a barrel.
 theat flour, which is used
 bakers, was quoted yes bo cents a. barrel lower IT wheat, which is called at, in standardization to winter wheat. While win hour is easier to kneed and for pastry purposes. yet fer spring wheat flour be- sorbs water better and the h kneading it by hand is by the use of machinery.
 the local bakers are ask hts for a dozen loaves of hotels. restaurants and Although one bakery yes
 the same amount for 45 Izen. The further advance
 expected to bring all bak- Inform price of 50 cents a les.
 Is been no change in quota bl prices of crackers. cook
 snaps and similar goods eracker companies. but a kpected by grocers and re- |c and Beans Go Up. |athy with the rise ill the |price of cereals. rice went pf cent a pound yesterday beans made a similar ad- |are selling a 24-pound sack four for S1, which is at sS a barrel.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-18
E CURTIS SIGNS
 WITH D0CKSTADER

Singer Given il Contract
 Dockstader Show for Next
 Joins Company in New
 July.
 fkstader, the minstrel. made While ill this city recently he Curtis, the we'll known Fer, as a result signed a With Mr. Dockstader for n's tour with the Docksted- IS that will net him a nice Pney. Mir. Curtis will join
 Dockstader show in New July. After arriving in the Is of MT. Dockstader told rtls, whose home is in Tex ut who has been making lis place of abode for more ar. He has a fine baritone remarkable sweetness and Nr. Curtis was asked to Mir. lDockstader Friday af- efore the evening perform ne Dockstader company at heater. He sang two songs Pockstader grabbed at" the |y to book him. He made offer and the voice sale" pmated. Mir. Curtis is at Ppglng in the choir of Trim Ppal Church and has ;ep-c
 many amateur perform |the past few mor.ths. His 'lleve that there is a great store for the. Arkansaw
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-18
NEW BANK FOR
 DUMAS PEOPLE
Will in No Wise Be Connected With thc Old Institution Which is in the Hands Of a Receiver.


 Dumas. Ark. April IA neew in- so''tlon to be known as the Mer- chants &$Farmers Bank for the pNr- pose o' gconductin. general coip- mt rcial sbanking business at this place was organized here recent1ys "i'h aiA authorized capital Of $25o0O of Whiqh $20.ooO is to be fully paid up.
 'H. lhane will head the new bank as Fresldent and J. Bernhardt was selerted as Secretary and Treasurer. The nev stockholders already suo4 scribers. Aare Gus Waterman, D. q Porter. TAH. Bowles, C. Dante, J. <. Morton. D.N>. Gates, F. G. Williy1s, F. M Rogers>and several others<who have not yet had an oppostfnty to subscribe to the corporation articles
 This bank is iii no way connected with the old bank of Dumas, HOT does 1t in any way become liable for the liabilities of the old bank. An offer will bc made to the court next week seeking to acquire by purchase out right. the banking house and fix lures: and if the deal is consumated. the new bank will open it's doors by May 1st; if not, then temporary quar- ters will be secured, so that busi- ness will be commenced by that date anyway.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-18
'LAYfRS' MEALS
 ARE UNPAID FOR
AYERS MEALS 1Spta ~' Riggs and Former Hot
 oail Club Made the De.

ss' April IA. s. Riggs
 1neerpoNors of the base
 VI last season were made
 'n's In a suit filed in be- t's. F. B. Ellison yesterdav. Pect of the controversy is Tor the ball players due year. which was unpaid by
 s'erday the new associa- su m bank a draft to 4thea 'eue Tor its franchise, and so.efed 'eft by garnishment irn- alter the suit was filed. will be fought out rcait court. '
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-18

C. M. i'arnwell. who is employed with the government fleet at Piae Bluff. came in this morning to spend a few days with his family-Bates- vile Guard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-18
Is Your Privaf List of RESPONSIBILITIES" TOOLARGE?

Perhaps things have been placed upon your Per. sonal Catalogue of Responsibilities which have no place there.
 Go brayey to work to dscredit lstto prove that
 lot of your impOssble" things possible and feasible
 and you will find your whole scheme of life readusted You will find, also, that persona individual business cess, WITH THE MEANS AND RESOURCES AT HAND, is really attainabe- your available forces USED.
 Rational malicious of publicity will enable you to revise your list of "mpossbiles radically that will no longer terrfy you-no longer act your iaer-no longer Code of "easons for your lack of pro perity.
 Publicity-of the sort you aiord"-Mll search the person in the city who is really eager buy the thing you to sell: thus ersng what may be Impos- sibity" No from your list. It will dispose of what may be "ImpossibiIity" No your list by enabling you to double the number of customers of your storeciangn a tagging business to bus! one-withont exhausting your This calls for "nerve your part for some faith, self-assnrance But it be done ifs being done all of the time-and is worth doing.
 thruogh your list of Impossbilities" will be found things that persistent of advertising space will remedy will "edit out" of your list Business obstacles office Reorganization, household annoyanceshese do not be- long your list for publicity remedies hem InterwOveM with all of your affairs, dyertising will come to play a part in your life vital. .clpnl, that you will forget that you ever had list of "Impossibities"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-18

W. l.. Banks. the we'll known Pa ducah. Kentucky. salesman. is ill the city calling on his trade.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-18

Special prices on all goods this week at the Union Furniture Co.
 AIS St
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-18

-Oiiicc desks and furniture at l tnion Furniture Co. 4.1S3t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-18

Red Cedar Chests. &. at Union Furniture Co. AIS 3t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-18

.a,hiture Co. have the
 '' at the right prices. AIS 2.
The Marshall republican., 1909-01-15
A Storm Party.

A storm party" was given at
G. M. Woods residence north OF
town last Thursday might at
which about AS guests were pres
ent. Tip Isaac, Rufus Aulgur and
C. M. Wood looked after the
music for the occasion by citing
down their fiddles and handling
them In the old time way.
JAS. Bdllingsley and daughters.
Mrs. Msncrmott and Mrs. Mad
dox were present and Mr., Billings
ley danced every SGT, we are to d.
w. b. Lynch ami 1S children
we're present. We were tod a
lot OF other facts" about the
affair and the large number
present, but 1t locked like an at
tempt to get us into the Woods"
and il successful we would have
to get up a tree" in a hurry-a
trick we don't like TO indulge in
during zero weather.
The Marshall republican., 1909-01-15
A SPLENDID
OPPORTUNITY.

Business men desiring the SER
vice Of a stenographer or book
keeper can get first class help
by applying to the Moberly Com
erc.al College Employment Bur-
eau. This school maintains one
OF the most compete Employ
ment Bureaus to be found any
where; 1t Is prepared to furnish
graduates fresh from the school
that Ire thoroughly trained in
the most modern business meth
DDS, or furnish experienced he p
in almost any line of business
that could be named. 1t main
taIns this employment bureau SO
that it may place it's graduated
as soon as their course Is finish
ell and should they not be placed
in positions paying sufficient sal
airy to Justify their remaining
there, then it may secure for
them better paying pc iticn3 al
ter they have had some ex?er-
fence.
The Marshall republican., 1909-01-15
Good Roads.

There Is no tax or burden that
falls more directly or more heavily
upon the people OF the state than that
which is caused by poor roads, or the
lack of roads. The expense of trans
portation is in all instances an added
cost to the consumer, and al added
reduction in the return enjoyed by
the producer.
Experience has clearly shown that
such a system of. public improve
ments must be planned and executed
as a whole, and that 1t is unwise to
leave to the local supervision of the
state either the planning or the exe-
cution of the more important part of
the necessary work. And then a sys-
tenn of state roads, extending to tho
different parts of the state, would be
both an inspiration and an example
to the people of each county to con-
struct their own Independent sys-
tenn of public highways connecting
Herewith.
Missouri, the Pioneer.
The Missourian has been the great
pioneer. Missouri was the first state
lying wholly west of the Mississippi
to be admitted to the Union. Maine
entered the Union upon the shoulders
of Missouri.
For forty years Missouri stood as
an outpost of civilization, reaching
out into the unknown and undevel-
oped West. From her borders radi-
ated those two great highways of
Western exploration, travel, COM
merce and conquest, one ending in
the Northwest on the shores of the
Pacific, and the other in the South
west, in the land of the Mexican and
Spaniard. And along these great
highways marched those hardy Mis-
souri, pioneers, hunters, trappers,
traders and soldiers who were to
bind to our national domain that
great empire that lies between the
Mississippi and the Pacific by strong
err ties than treaties and laws.
The Missourian mas been the pIon-
eer of the West, leading the westward
march of civilization across the
American continent.
The glory of Missouri Is not alone
the glory that ONE from things done
in the past. She lives today in the
active, throbbing, eager life of the
civilization of the twentieth century.
And in that great moral awakening
which has swept across the country,
creating an increased interest in the
exercise of the duties of citizenship,
raising the standard of honesty and
efficiency in the public service and in
the working out of those great prob
lens which, as the product of our
complex and commercialized civiliza-
ton, confront us today, Missouri has
also been something OF a pioneer.
The Marshall republican., 1909-01-15
Scientific Education.

In no depar .ment of this work has
greater progress been made than in
study and investigation Of agricul-
ture horticrlture and the raising
and care of live stock. The import
ance of this work in increasing the
wealth ard happiness OF the people
of the state cannot be overestimated.
There slould be no lack OF funds to
carry on this work in the most thor
ough manner pos bile.
Under the scientific direction of
the representatives OF the state. and
those whom-it educates, should be
conducted the investigation OF the
mineral deposits; the means OF I'm
proving the fertility and productivity
OF the soil; the growth and conserva-
The Marshall republican., 1909-01-15

ton of our forests; the S of our
water power; the development of our
water highways; the Improvement of
the conditions Of life and the protec-
ton of the health and welfare of our
pople.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
VIOLATION
OF THE STATE Law IS THE WHITE TAG
GED AUTOMOBILE.

All automobiles running in West
Virginia with white tags are being
operated in violation of the law, and
are subject to penalties when appre-
hended by the officers. In the cities
throughout the state there are many
machines being run with the white
tag in violation of the license laws of
the State.
The automobile tags for West Vir-
ginia this year are red with black
figures. This change in color from
the preceding year was made by Au-
ditor John S. Darst, in order to en-
able the officers to tell at a glance if
4 machine is being run without y IL
cenSe.
Officials have been instructed to
ascertain the ownership Of machines
which are being run withouta license
for the year 1909.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
Ethics and Morality.

II wommn's husband has been silly
enough TO take more wine than is good
for him. morality would lead her to
send him 10 bed. Ethics would lead
her to send him TO Coventry. And
etholosy you'd probably lead her to
send him t" Il penal settlement for IN
eb.iateS.
II mans wife throws a teapot at
him cas happened recently in the aris-
tocraic ueiShborhood in which lIve)
morality would lead him TO 20 out of
the house FOR an hour or so and give
her nerves Il chance. Ethics would
probably induce him TO 20 out OF the
town and write TO her from a garden
city that their temperamcnts were in
compatible. What etholoSy would
make him do l hardly dare to think
Chesterton In illustrated London News.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
Specially Selected.

A mild faced individual entered
the postotfice.
'Do you keep stamps" he asked.
eve do, sir" answered the polite
clerk, somewhat surprised.
what sorts do you keep" pur-
sued the customer.
"All the values that are issued,
tir," replied the official, 'from a
talfpenny upward"
"Could l see some penny ones?'
Promptly the office clerk pro-
auced twenty shillings worth
sheet of penny perforateds and
spread it out upon the counter.
''There you are, sir" he said. off
you want penny stamps there are
few"
The mild faced individual looked
them over and then pointed to the
center stamp in the sheet.
u think" he said, producing q
penny, IN take that one, pleasep
London Scraps.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
Ending a Letter,

The simplicity OF Yours" as letter
ending would have astounded Jeremy
Taylor. whose letters to John Evelyn
often wind up with perfect triumphs
Of completely In this respect. His best
Is, Relieve me that am. in great
heartiness and dearness OF affection,
dear sir, your obliged and most anec-
tlonate and enjeared friend and serv-
ant" or Your very arfectionate friend
and hearty servant" Even In his
shortest perorations OF the kind the
'affecdonats" and the servant" are
always the TWO indispensable words.
Probably no man. woman or child
would combine these two at the end
Of u letter today.-London Taller.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
WILL ABOLISH COLLECTION PLATE.

Methodist preachers of the Wheel
ing district have gotten busy with
one of the time-honored customs of
the church and have taken steps to
abolish it. 1t is the 6 collection
plate 1t is the intention of the
pastors of the churches in the dis
trict to do away with passing the
plate in church and to depend en-
tirely on subscriptions by members.
The Methodist Episcopal Church at
Cameron has already abolished the
collection plate, and all the other
churches in that district will shortly
follow suit.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
PUGILESTIC CIRCLES
ROBERT W. maxwell SAYS CHAMPION
JOHNSON IS A HUGE JOKE.

As heavyweight champion, John
son, is huge joke. Hell champion
of the heavyweight division because
the fight game has gone to pieces
and there are no more good men.
Ten years ago, had johnson been
tossed into his present position by
evil FAIRIES he would have found regi-
ment of heavyweights capable of
hanging the high sign on him in a
few rounds. He has no trace of class
as fighter. Heis simply big, heavy
and 50 slow that he gets under way
like broken down canal boat.
johnson has learned all he can ever
learn in the boxing game. He has
but one ring trick, which he was able
to deliver in the case of Tommy
Burns-a right upper cut which is
deadly if it ever lands. But he is
so slow with that right nit that a
fighter who couldn't keep out of its
way would be in hourly danger of
being run down by an ice wagon or
"a hearse. A good fighter would
stand in as much danger of catching
yellow fever in Alaska as he does of
being caught by that right of John
sons.
But what is the use of discussing
this accidental eruption of Jack John
son into the championship class. He
has no license there, never did and
never will. Jim Corbett could have
cut him to ribbons when he was in
form, and Tom Sharkey could have
battered him to pulp. Bob Fitz-
simmons could have disposed of him
in a round. Old John L. Sullivan
would have given one yell of rage
and been on the smoke like ton of
coal upon sick kitten.
Johnson would have offered no OPP
position to Charlie Mitchell and Jake
Kilrain, and Joe Choynski or Peter
Maher would have taken the cham
pionship honors away from him like
a hobo robbing kid of a growler of
beer.
For that reason, it seems futile to
waste good white paper discussing
this champion by default. Because
there are so few good men in the
ring; because the old timers have
grown stale or have become disquali-
fed by age, this accidental champion
wears his title.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
THE VIRGINIA DEBT
WEST VIRGINIA IS ACORRUPT AND TUR-
BULENT LITTLE COMMONWEALTH.

She was conceived in sin and born
in iniquity and violence and we be-
lieve much of the decentralization
there is the result of the general
feeling that the state has set the ex-
ample of ignoring her honest and
sacred obligations and disregarding
the requirements of honor. The best
thing the really good people there
can do is to unite in the demand
that an honest settlement be made
and the cloud over the states credit
and people removed permanently
Richmond News-Leader.''
So far as corruption and turbul-
ence are concerned, West Virginia
is a headlight of civilization compar-
ed with our beloved but Indifferent
Mother State. Also, so far as pro-
gressive, free, enlightened, popular
government is concerned the child
makes the mother look like the
cars kitchen.
Whatever may be said for or
against West virginia's attitude in
this debt matter, Virginia is in no
position to cast stones at her. vir-
ginia has done the foul thing of len
ding the use of once honorable
name to a bunch of New York and
London money-grabbers and secur-
tiles gamblers and any decision in
her favor will benefit that crowd
alone to the entire exclusion of her
own people.-Wheeling Intelligent
Ger.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
Old and Blind and Stupid.

No one could say sharp or BIT
ter thing with more absolute cool
ness than Lord Westbury. After
retiring from the Office Of lord
chancellor he took very active part
in the house Of lords sitting as a
court OF appeal, where his colleagues
were Lord Chelmsford and Lord Co
lonsay. Lord st. Leonards, who
was senior to them all, never at
tended. One day Lord Westbury
CHANGED to meet him and said to
him, MY dear St. Leonards, why
don't You come down and give Us
your valuable assistance in the house
of lords:"
"Ah," said Lord St. Leonards, 81
should be of no use! am old and
blind and stupid"
MY dear lord" said Westbury,
shat does not signify in the least.
l am old, Chelmsford is blind, and
Colonsay is stupid; yet we make the
very best court of appeal which has
ever sat in that assembly, Lon
don Mail.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
More Accurate

The pastor and his wife had called
upon member Of the congregation. a
widow with small but exceedingly
lively boy. and We're on their way
home. Well" said the preacher, "she
seems TO b" u very intelligent woman
anyhow"
yes"
"And very positive IN expressing her
opinions"
"on the contrary" said his wife. ''she
struck me as being strongly negative. .
Negative? Eowr
Everything she said to her little
boy began With Don't, Johnny
Exchange.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
OLD VIRGINIA SNAKE THAT TAKES
THE CAKE; HEAD AT EACH END.

Roanoke, Va, July 2e.-WhiIe
cutting hay on theplantation of Robt.
Gillian, in Botetout county, on Tues
day, Lewis johnson, young farmer
killed a snake which is said to be a
freak of nature. Johnson struck the
reptile with moving scythe, cut
ting off its head. He was surprised
to see the snake crawl in another d.
rection and ran 4 tine of his pitch
fork through its body. Upon hold
ing it up he discovered another head
on the other end The head on the
tail section of the body was smaller
than the one on the forepart. Other
farmers youch for the story.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
. Sympathy Of tho Elomsrs

More or IerS credence Is still given
IN England TO the old belief In the
sympathy 81 the vegetable Kingdom
for human suffering. - prayed all
night. writes d gardener whose en-
ployer WAS very sick. and the flowers
on my window sill dropped. and said
to myself they were dead. But toward
morning they picked up. and ! was
sure enough The master was better.
And the sam" thing had happened to
the flowers had sent TO his bedroom.
They were dying. and they came to life
again. And / knew when those fow-
ers picked up that the master was
better"