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The Prescott daily news., 1909-02-17
ELECTION AT FORT SMITH

Fort Smith, Feb. 17.-Follow ing the close of a hot cam paign in which there has been much mud slinging" sensational charges and counter charges, an election is being held to- day to determine who shall be the Democratic candidates for mayor. police judge and aldermen from the seven wards of the city
 The fate of the Bourland ad- miniStratlon is at stake. Pagan BOurland candidate for a second nomination, has been making the fight of his life in defending the administration's policies and ac- tions from the attacks of Alder man w. J. Johnston and of Ezra Morgan who are participating in the three cOrnered fight to place at the head of the Democratic ballots in the municipal election in April.
 The police department has been the chief point of attack of the AntiBourland forces The recent escapade Of two Fort Smith patrolemen has entered in- to the campaign as a factor. They were arrested on Garrison avenue, the main thOroughfare of the city, drunk and offensive in actions after having used pro fane language in the presence of ln6inS n lnosf hnSn tho charges which resulted in their losing their stars and uniforms.
 Testimony in a recent case wherein an eX-convict was on trial for impersOnating all officer developed testimony that some of the officers on Mayor Bourland's police force were never sworn in and that others had never been given commissions. This testi- mony was given by Police Cap tain Johnston who is a nephew of w. J. Johnston, Bourland's op- pOnent.
 The whole city is voting on can didates for aldermen instead of voting by wards This is creating some dissatisfaction in certain quarters but is pleasing to others The ruling of the city committee, on this point is sustained by the city attorney, Chairman Fish- bach Of the Democratic City Cen tral Commit tee cites the amend ment Of 1893 to the act Of 1885 which provides that aldermen shall be elected by the vote oi the whole city instead of by the vote of the wards they seek to represent This law he says ap- plies to the general election and should therefore apply to the primary election
 There are four candidates for police judge. They are; Frank Freer, C. C. Cook, Harry Woest- man and Frank Bredlow. The candidates for aldermen are First ward; J. D. Johnson, Joe McAfree and C ID. Brochus; Second ward $. Winter, T. H. R. Johnson, Maritime Thurer and Arch Monroe Third ward; N F. Scruggs and AAPantet Fourth ward, l.. M Afford; w G. Kemp and Robert Dawson Fifth ward, John Howell Sixth ward; Geo. W. Moss, Styles T. Rowe; Sev- enth ward, Sid Collier and Tom
The Prescott daily news., 1909-02-17
LANEBURG.SUTTON

Laneburg Sutton, Feb 15.-The heaviest rain of the season fell here Saturday night and Sunday with cold and snow Monday.
 News was received here Satur- day of the death of Mr. John Lee of Dequeen. Mr. Lee was once a resident oi Nevada county and has a host of friends here,
 Mrs. Bessie Waddle has been seriously ill the past week, but is some better now,
 Mir. J. r. WoOsley and family visited at Emmet Saturday re- turning Sunday.
 j. s. Andres moved to Hope one day last week.
 A considerable storm struck Slut ton Saturday night which blew down considerable timber and fencing and some out Buildings one of which was w. F.. Sutton's wagon shed and the COW barn Of T $. Garrett.
 Miss Hattie mMay Blake took her position today as teacher in the Sutton High School after be . ing absent several days on ac count of the illness of her father H.. G. R. Blake of Prescott.
 Miss Bettie George Martin com menced school today at Vanns school house.
 Rev. J. F. White and Dr. and Mrs. Wren visited lat Emmet Thursday.
 w T. Woodul and family of L3neburg are visiting relative 1t Sutton.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-02-17
ORDER NEW ELECTION
 WITHIN FIFTY DAYS
Senafe by Vote of IS to l5 Drop Greaves. Sumpter Contest. Order Election. Appointment to be Made by
 Governor Donaehey


 Little Rock, February IT. The Senate today at noon by vote of eighteen to fifteen on substitute resolution by Senator Henderson decided to drop the Greaves -Sumpter contest and order a new election to be held within thirty days. Judge Sump- ter will be candidate. Cover nor Donaghey will fiji. the vacan-
 y by appointment.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-02-17

On account of Mardi Gras the Iron Mountain will sell tickets to New Orleans and return for S14.35. Tickets on sale Febru- ary IT to 22; good returning March 1st. But passengers by depositing their tickets with the agent at New Orleans and S1.OO may have tickets extended to March 13.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-02-17
NEW ASPECT OF
 SENATE CONTEST
Lengthy Speeches by Senators in What
 May be Filbuster

Little Rock, February IT. What appears to be a filibuster movement to talk the Greaves- Sumpter contest to death, was started in the Senate yesterday when Senator WingO completed a lengthy argument OH the case. He was followed by Senate Ham iter and then by Senator Pat tersOn spoke so tOuchingly Of re- construction days that Senator Henderson Wept through most of his hours speech. Senator Pindall who has already spoken several hours on the case, followed with a speech which lasted until o'clock when he was interrupted by an adjournment with the as- surance that he could begin where he left off this morning. The tide is rapidly swinging back to Sumpter and there seems to be no doubt but that ii a vote is talk en today the committee will be given authority to go fully into the election and determine whe- ther Judge o, H. Sumpter, life long Democrat, should yield his seat to Charles D. GreaveS the Republican claimant Many sen ators are against seating a Re- publican under any circumstan- cpS
The Prescott daily news., 1909-02-17

stances Of the murder of Joseph Mccartney a wealthy mill own CT who lived near ShOffner's Switch were revealed through the shrewd and persistent detective work of Sheriff $. Simmons.
 Mccartney was found dead by the roadside in October 1906, with his head crushed. His horse and buggy stood nearby The corOner'S jury after investigat ting the case returned a verdict that Mccartney had been killed by a kick from the horse But this yer diet did not satisfy Sheriff Sim mons,
 The sheriff let the matter blow over for a time and then began line of investigation He found two little girls who said. they haG seen Mccartney killed by two negroes whom they named as Asa and Levy Borders. Levy Borders soon afterward on his supposed death bed is said to have made a confession of the ;. | CT recovered however and Banks had him in his power Borders then appealed to leader of bad negroes named WeS Barker who IS said to have threatened Banks with sudden death ii he didn't im- mediately retract all that he had been telling about Borders con- nectlon with the murder. But Sheriff Simmons becoming inform ed Of what was going on arrested Barker, Banks, Asa and Levy Bor- ders and one other negro. two having been held for murder and third for perjury.
 The coming trial is expected to clear up the details of the mys- tery.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-02-17

Little Rock, February IT, To consider matters which are pending before the Arkansas Leg isIature assessors of about 35 counties of the state are here to- day to formulate an association similar to that organized by the county treasurerS, Clerks and circuit clerks. They do this in order to make the work upon the legislature more systema tic and thus defeat the action being talk en by a number of legislators to change the fees in many of the couhtieS ol the state. Governor Donaghey delivered pleasing address to the assessors this morning and west over with them his ideas on taxation which he spoke on fully in his inaugur- al address. The assessors will en- deavor to have the legislature pass an act to have the assessors this year cause the tax levy to be On the face value ,of all prop erty and thus decrease the rate of taxation of the state They claim this will act as good advertisement to Arkansas the present high rate oi taxation keeping many away from the sttate.
 Little Rock, February IT,
 More than anything else for a long time Little Rock was stir red yesterday afternoon by S1OO,000 islander suit which was filed in the circuit court by Cald- well & Drake in which Thomas Cox, well known al! over the state, through his connection with the Thomas Cox & Sons Ma chinery Co., was made the de- fendant. The plaintiff charged Mir. Cox gave out for publication an interview in which he alleged the plaintiffs had changed the plans upon which the New State Cap itol is being constructed, from the original plans. The plaintiffs Further state that Mir. Cox in the interview, alleged the contractors had been influential in getting the old state capitol commission of which he was a member, re- moved and new men submitted under whom the plans were changed The article to which the plaintiffs except was sent out from Little Rock by corres- pondent and appeared in a morn ing paper of Fort Smith. Mr Cox has nothing to say concerning the suit other than he has no fears for the outcome claiming the report was garbled and he was given credit for saying many things which never occurred to him and which he did not say The suit will not come up in the March term of the circuit court unless it gets before the court on demurrer as the calendar for the first six months term of the year has been printed already.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08

The City Council, the Board of
affairs and everybody and every
thing are being criticised in con-
nect1on with the dry question and
the general deplorable conditions
now existing as a result of the
bipartisan charter. The blame of
the whole matter rests entirely
with two men-the boss of each
political party who engineered the
infamous charter graft through
the legislature and THEY Should
reap the reward of their Judaism
and not be allowed to hide behind
innocent parties.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08
HARMONY RESTORED.

The special convention of the
miners Of the Kanawha Valley *
now thing of the past and har
mony reigns supreme within their
ranks. 1t is now up to every
miner in the district to get into the
organization and prepare to 90
forth for better things in the future
ana TO organize the entire state.
1t only takes united action to
accomplish this result and the OK
periences of the past have clearly
shown that if the organization is
TO be maintained and placed in il
position to elevate the men who
uelve in the bowels of the earth.
they must stand together at all
times and aid and assist thcir
National, District and Local
Officers to the best of their ability
and understanding.
There is no room in the union
ranks for gossip mongerS and
trouble breeders, what is needed
is workers who lay aside their DER
sonal prcjudices and strive for the
uplift of all. Remember Il new
scale is to be signed next sprino
and now is the time to prepare for
that event. SO get on the firing
line and remain their at all times.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08

In itself the writ of Injunction
is of highly important and bcne
hcent character. Its aim and pur-
pose are for the protection of
property rights. 1t never was in
tended, and never should be i'm
voked, for the purpose of de-
priving free men of their personal
rights, the right of mems owner
ship of himself; the right of free
locomotion, free assemblage, free
association, free speech. free press:
the freedom to do these things pro-
motive of life, liberty and hap
plneSs, and which are not in
contravention of the law of ou1.
land.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
state Of West Virginia., Kanawha

state Of West Virginia. Eauawho
county IS:
At rules held i'll the Clerks office of
kanawlla county, Oh the first MONDAY in
the month of June, 1000.
Leather MCGEE, Plaintiff
VS.. III Chancery No. Psi.
Charles MCGEE, Defendant
:, lie object of this suit is to obtain
divorce from the bonds of lnatrinumvl
Inns day came the plaintiff by her al.
torney; and OH his mot on and it ap-
pea,"'S by AL affidavit filed, that the de.
PENDANT Charles MCGEE, is a nol-re-
sident Of this state, it is ordered that he
90 appear within one month after the
date OF the first publication hereof
ana 90 what Is necessa, y to protect his
interest i'll this suit
leSte: IRA II. MoTTERSIIERD Clerk
I. G. NUTrER Sol.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08
NOTICE TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS

10 Charles McGce, Take notice: That
on the 10th day of JULY, A. y. 1853
between the hours of 9 o clock a. IN and !
O'Clock p. III. at the law office Of I. G.
Nutier, e"4k kanawha Street in the city
or Charleston, County of kauawha state Of
West Virginia, will take the dero
s1tlon OF myself and others. to te
read III evidence III my behalf i'll Ger
tam suit i'll Chancery now ,,cnding III
the circuit court for the county Of Kan
a"ha and State of West Virginia,
IN "nlch Leather MCGEE is plaintiff and
Charles MCGEE defendent
II from any cause the taking OF sad
deposition shall not be commenced OF
completed ON the day aforesaid, the
same shall be continued from day 70
DAY or from time to time, at the SANE
pace and between the same hours, m
III the same shall be completed
Leather McGee, bv Counsel.
I. -. Nutter, Sol.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08
CONVERTING DEVILS.

In the horrible murder OF the
young woman in New York City
by the beasts whom she had set
cut to convert to th. paths of
Christianity, We have another ex-
ample Of Oriental life. Millions
of people engaged in industrial life.
in this country have prutcs ted
most vehementiy upon the entir.
exclusion of these leprous Asia
tics They have been oppo> ed by
those men who sought to exploit
cheaper labor, and who didn't
give Il tinkers' damn abou,
whether that cheap labor was
mad" up of mur,lererS, libertin"S,
or devils. "Cheap labor was
their battle cry.
The people of the Pacific Coast
have nearly gone to war with the
Federal Government in their in
Sistence that these yellow devils Of
the Orient be forever barred from
polluting this country with their
putrid morals. Those men and
women of the western part of this
continent are in direct contact
with numbers of these Sliny
snakes aud vermin. They hold
their homes, their mothers, wives.
daughters and sisters too high for
contact with the stinkpots whom
cheap labor exploiters would flood
this county with.
The element that predominates
in those yellow devils who seek to
enter upon these shores is OF the.
most beStial. He has no more ron.
Germ over the sanctity of women
hood or maidenhood than he has
for any religion but that of Con-
fuciouS. What that belief teaches
him along right Lying and moral
lines he aJ once puts into practice
when he is thrown into contact
with the ''unbelieverS.' He is
CdlS III lniI lnOSc VINO are not of
his belief are the Legitimate prey
to ''believers.'
1t is to be hoped that the Asia
tic Exclusion League will succeed
not only in keeping out any further
arrivals, but that at no distant
date every yellow devil within the
confines of this country will be
thrown aboard boat and their
kind forever forbidden to put foot
upon it again under penalty of
death.
The sacrifice of such younpr
women in the cause of Christian
missionary zeal is not worth the
conversion CD of a billion of those
yellow vampires. Confucius gave
them IL belief, and if we had our
way, every DEVILS son of them
would Gle in that bciief.-Cin-
rinnati Chronicle
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08

Every effort of a man to i'm
prove the condition of himself and
his family and associates is sub
lime slmuinS to society. Though
The effort itself may fail OF the sue
cess sought, the world is somewhat
better for the attempt. Not
failure, but low aim is crime
me ann OF uni, nism is bctterment
individual, domestic, social:
TO overcome the opposite; to max.
life victory; to establish the
standard of existence OH a higher
einlnence OF ideal.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08
THURSDAY, JULY s, 1909.
LABOR'S WATCHWORD,

:Fe triN stnnd by on, fricnds dnd
administer Il stinyiny rcbuke 10 men
or parties ,rho are either indiDe' cnt,
ncgliyent or hostic, dnl, ,chencucr OPP
pO,tunity a6ords, sccnre the election
Of intelligent, honest, earnest hndes-
unionists ,oith, mbienishcd, pnid M
uniOn carts IN their possession.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08
PREPARE FOR FUTURE CONFLICTS.

MI AM TIN rU UKE OUNflll ,.
1t Is not upon the boycott that
Organized Labor needs to RELY for
its weapon in future conflicts, ex-
cept In exceptional cases.
In the past the public was not
Informed upon Labor's side of the
indus trial discussion, and often
not /" sS rnpathy with its demands.
Things are very different now.
" neither flo:n Il motive of self
preservation or as a result of the
persistent campaign of education
waged for decade by the leaders
of Labor, the public ut large is
disposed TO concede that Labor has
rights i'll the premises. 1t is seen
that II Is better for th,. community
at large to Earmonize Labor and
Capital than it is to aid and abet
Capital i'll crushing Labor. The
public temper, in great measure,
Is disposed to insist that Labor
and Capital shall work hand in
hand, and that neither Shall be
permitted to dominate to the in
jury Of the body polite.
When the public is disposed to
accord Labor IA square deal, Labor
should meet the advance half way.
No matter if, in this heart, the
toller tancieS the uverLures are
made as matter of policy rather
than from love of him, he should
not hold his olive branch behind
him.
Vioience,ritheri in physical action
or in speech, should be frowncd
upon, and hot heaGs repressed
Show The world that Labor men
can govern themselves, that they
are capable of holding their tenn per.
DO not permit the calculating
dIplomatist in Capitals legal
bureaus to provoke you into IN
temperance of living or speech.
10 achieve results, patronizins
fair industries must be the rule as
rlgidly as refraining from pur-
chase of unfair products. 1t
avails the cause of the toilers
naught if the unionist refuses to
purchase Smcllem's unfair cigars.
but is cOntented with Stinknm's
equally unfair cigars. To accomp-
liSh the full need of good. he
must insist upon square deal
nnion-l label cigars. If the union
man wishes unionism to prevail he
must ask for and refuse to accent
no product which does not bear
the union label, be it broom. stove.
clothing, lamp chimney, suspend.
e's, hats, shoes, printing, any old
thing for which use is rad.
Trade unionism, to achieve any
thing, must be positive as well as
negative.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08

Ilnkerton spies, hloodthirstv
guards and Baldwin thugs are
sun permitted by the officers of
the law to daily ignore the laws of
the state and brazenly carry Oh
their wanton depredatiors within
the shadow of the state capitol.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08
REIGN OF LAWLESSNESS.

From time to time we hav call
cd public attention to the infamous
''guard' system that prevails in
the unorganized coal fields of West
Virginia and chroniclcd the facts
III connection with many deeds of
lawlcssncss committed by this band
OF criminal corporation hired out
laws, and yet there are many
officers of the law in the state who
publicly defend this disgl accrul
abuse of the laws of God and man
and who contend in our legislative
nails and our court rooms and
elsewhere that this army of
''guards'-many of whom are
fugitives from justice from other
states-is maintained by the cor.
poratlons to simply protect their
property and prevent trcsspass.
That this contention is malicious
~ false is well known to everyone
who travels in the scab coal fields
i 'o'iic III contact with these
lawless thugs, who do not hesitate
10 beat up anyone who refuses to
give the nature of his business and
nus family history. The absurdity
OF the operators claim can he
readily seen from the fact that
guards are not used to protect
property i'll the organized field
where 1t is just as valuable rs in
the scab fields. This in itself *
conclusive proof that the '.guards''
are not hired to protect property.
some of the defenders of this
slave driving system should w.t.
ness some of the scenes that occur
daily III the "scab' coal fields ot
our commonwealth and they
would change their opinion of the
good kind masters and would de
houhce the cooperation VAMPIRES
VINO promote this reign of lawless.
ness III even stronger terms than
some of the victims.
Morning and evening squads of
men can be seen vending their
way through the West Virginia
nils to and from their work i'm thu,
mines with ''guards' armed with
" lhchesters driving them like
common felons, to prevent them
from escaping from a life of slaver,
or communicating with friends or
the outside world. The miners arr.
bound with ironclad rules and
'heir conditions rival those of the
eAlleS III the imines of Siberia. and
wee unto the poor wretch who
violates these rules in the sliobtast
manner as a swift and deadly
punishment Is wrcakcd upon them
ny their diabolical GUARD, task
masters of which the many un.
marked graves that dot the West
Virginia hills are silent monn.
mentS.
The half of the evil deeds and
crimes committed by these human
blood hounds have never been told
and will never be known A,a
sui 1t Is permitted to go on I'M
checked by the Ulcers of the law
ana right here within the shadow
OF the State Capitol-who have
taken solemn oath to uphold the
Ia" ana deal out equal and exact |
Justice to all.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08

W hen purchasing hat or any
other article ask for the labeled
article, and see that the label is
properly affixed. DO not blindly
accept the dealers word for it that
1t Is union made BE like our
Missouri friend, see for yourself.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08

AS the days pass by the more
convincing the proof becomes tina,
the bl- partisan chart, I was inten !
Ell solely Tor the purpose of plac-
ing few corrupt political graftcr>
III complete control of the city.
The only salvation for the peopl.
is to have this illegal instrumen,
Oh the bosses passed upon by thu
courts and relrgated to the ash
heap.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08

If YOU are delinquent sub
Scrlber and wish to continua tbo
Argus you must send in Your sub
Scrlptlon at once. as we need the
money to meet financial obligations.
All subscriptions will be cut off
just as soon as they become de.
linquent.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08

The tin horns and street walkers
still flourish and the police force
has not been cut either.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08

The man who works the hardest
is invariably the happiest and the
hcalthiest.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08

Skin grating is merely a new
branch of an old art--all grating
is Il skin process.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08

Every man has his financial
limit, and nearly any woman can
make him 20 it.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08

Subscribe for the Labor Arms
It's dollar well spent.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08

Death does not d, al with all
alike. The rich get lengthy obitu-
AIRY notices in the newspapers.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08

1t is easier to be satisfied with
yourself than to satisfy others.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08

We respectfully call the atten
ton OF the following verse TO our
delinquent subscribers:
they say that man is made of
dust,
And back to it go hence lie
must.
Dust settles sure in Natures plan
The question, then, care you a
man?''
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-08

Inc city council still refuses to
pe whipped into line by the bosses.