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Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1910-10-21
TEACHERS WILL
HOLD A MEETING
Walnut Ridge Has Been Selected
for the Next Meeting of
Teachers in Tri-COun-
ty Association

The program for the meeting of
the Tri-county Teachers Associa-
ton, composed of the counties of
Lawrence, Randolph and Sharp is
now being arranged by the execu-
tive committee, or the committee
on program, and it has been given
out that it will eclipse that of the
last, which was pronounced good
with the accent on ~good."
The meeting will be held on the
oath of November, Thanksgiving day
and several prominent educators Of
the state will be in attendance
There will be large attendance of
the teachers from Randolph county
and they will 60 there with the de.
termination to have Pocahontas
selected as the next place of meet
ing.
The entire program will appear
in next weeks issue of this paper
and all the teachers of the county
are urged to attend the meeting at
Walnut Ridge and do all in their
power to make it a brilliant sue.
cess.
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1910-10-21
LANGSTON INNOCENT
SAYS JURY
Finding of Jury Leaves The fa-
nous Shirley Murder Case
Still a Mystery.

The long drawn out trial of j. G.
Langston, charged with the muir
der of A. w. Shirley, the rich mer-
chant of Minturn, last March came
to an end at Walnut Ridge late last
Friday afternoon and resulted in
the acquittal of Langston. The
jury was out four hours and only
three ballots were taken. The first
resulted in seven for acquittal and
five for conviction. The second
was nine TO three for acquittal and
the third was unanimous.
In all III witnesses were examin-
ed, so for the defendant and 81 for
the state. Out of the eighty de-
Tense witnesses, 26 came all the way
from South Dakota to testify that
the defendant was in that state at
the time of the murder and could
not have committed the crime.
The great question in the minds
o f b cop e Ii + e
now is, if Langston did not COM
nit the crime, who did? The case
is now much more mysterious than
before.
The case against w. j. Smith,
w. T. Blackburn and jeff Hill,
charged in an indictment with being
accessories to the murder, were
continued for the term this after
noon. Smith Is one of the lawyers
who defended Laugston, while Jeff
Hill is brother of the young wife
of Shirley, the man murdered
Just before the adjournment of
court, Judge Coffin was presented
with a goldheaded umbrella, the
gift of the bar, in token of the fair
ness with which he presided over
the case. The presentation speech
was made by II. L. Ponder, a mem
Der of the bar. Judge Coffin re-
sponded in a s h ort but feeling
speech.
Immediately following the pre-
sentation of the umbrella to Judge
Coffin, the bar presented diamond
ring, valued at 800, to Sheriff w.
X. Surridge in token of his efficient
services to the lawyers and the
court in the trial of the famous
case. He was also presented with
an Elks sofa pillow bv Mrs. j. p.
Rogers, the leader of the w. &. Z.
u, for his untiring zeal in sup
pressing, "blind tigers" in Law
renee county. The ring was pre-
scented in speech by George Glib
son, assistant prosecuting attorney,
while the sofa pillow was present.
ed by Mrs. Rogers herself.
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1910-10-21
The Moods Sisters

The people of Pocahontas and
surrounding country will be pleased
to know that they will have another
opportunity of seeing the Woods
Sisters this season They will APP
pear at the opera house next MOI :
day night in that well known and
beautiful play, ST. Elmo. This
makes the fifth season for the
Wonds Sisters in Pocahontas and
they have never yet failed to give
entire satisfaction. People from
the country and adjoining towns
will not regreta trip to Pocahontas
to see this play and this excellent
company. You can see this play
for so or Is cents here, while the
same attraction would cost from 81
to $3.50 in the cities.
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1910-10-21
PUBLIC SALE

Notice is hereby given that on
Saturday, Oct. 20, at the north
front door of the court house in Pc.
cahontas, at | o'clock, to the high.
est and best bidder Mr.. d. V. Cooke
will offer for sale, two good work
horses and harness and one good
mare with colt one month old.
Terms of sale will be on a credit
of IL months, purchaser to give
note with approved security, note
bearing interest at the rate of ten
per cent from date until paid. s
per cent off for cash.
The reason | am offering this
stock for sale is that ! have more
work stock than | need.
7-2t JOE WElsENBAcn,
Brockett, Ark.
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1910-10-21
CATHOLIC FAIR
AGRfAI SUCCESS
Business men Lend Helping
Hands and with Beautiful
Floats Parade the City

The annual fair held by the Cath /,
olics of Pocahontas last Friday and
Saturday was pronounced to be The
best and most profitable of any ever
held here. The entertainment at
the church in the afternoon and
evening of each day were enjoyed
very much by those who were for.
tunate enough to be able to attend.
The principle feature of the occa-
sion, however, was the beautiful
parade which took place at one
o'clock Saturday.
The parade was headed by bear
ers of the United States flag, fol
10 we'd by Grand Msrshal, VIM.
Geiser and aids, Val Bauer and
VIM. DeClerk and the Pocahontas
band. Then came floats bearing
"Uncle SAM" the Goddess of Lib
erty, Corn Queen, Drill girls, Old
Woman in Shoe, Minstrel school
children, Boot Blacks, Kinder
garten School Children, and indus
trial floats as follows: f. j Baltz,
Peter Frenken, Pocahontas Produce
81 Commission Co., Palace Drug
Store, Joe Jansen, Kercheval and
Cooke, Joe Schmidt Brick Co.,
Henry Gschwend, w. H. Skinner,
H. Meier, Joe Peters, Spinnenweb-
er & Peters and J. w. Nemier.
The floats we're all well arranged
and suitably decorated and under
the excellent management of Joe
II. DeClerk, who was master of
ceremonies, the parade was a very
nice affair.
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1910-10-21
JameS-MOCk
years.

On Monday of this week, a very
pretty wedding occurred at the home
of Rev. Bridges, near Holmes, the
contracting parties being Rufus
Mock of Warm Springs and Miss
Bertha James of Holmes. Both are
among the very best yonng people
of the county aud have many
friends who wish TO- them a hap
py journey through life. The hap
py young couple will remain here
for about two weeks, after which
they will go to Valparaiso, Ind,
to attend school. Misses Birdie
and Meta Belle Mock will accom-
pany them and attend school also.
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1910-10-21
Fire at Catholic ChCrCh

Wednesday night at about s
o'clock fire was discovered in the
old Catholic church building by two
of HILBERT Peters sons, who gave
the alarm and upon investigation
it was clearly seen that someone
had tried to set the building on
fire for the purpose of destroying
the same. The fire was extinguish-
ed, however before any damage was
done. The trustees are offering a
reward of $50 for information that
will lead to the arrest and convic.
ton of the guilty party.
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1910-10-21
ChOat & Wilson Shows

The Choat & Wilson tent shows
held a three nights engagement here
this week. The tent was located
on the Shannon property, opposite
Spinnenweber & Peters livery barn.
The attendance at these. as well az
all other shows in Pocahontas was
very good and the plays were
little above the average. They
went from here to Biggers.
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1910-10-21
WORK STOPPED
ON BRIDGE
One Pier Has Been Erected but
Contract Has Not Been Civ
en- Tor Completion of
Bridge


Z The Contractors, who have been
erecting one Of tlc the piers to be
USED for the railroad bridge across
Black river last week completed
their work and all machinery has
been taken from the site and moved
away. We are informed that there
will be no mo;e work done on the
bridge this year and that the con.
tract has not been let for it. There
Is mach speculation as to when
work will he resumed but IN all
probability not before next sum
mer. All those connected with
the work have gone to other points.
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1910-10-21
WILL IMPROVE
BANK PROPERTY
Randolph County Bank People
viii Arrange for Additional
Room

Architect Henry Leismeister, jr.,
of Jonesboro, was here first
of the week, making an estimate
of the cost of some very material
changes to be made In the Ran
dolph County Bank building at an
early date. 1t is proposed to re-
arrange the entire front of the
building and put large plate glass
in both the front and south side,
move the vault to the rear of the
building and numerous o b e r
changes. The work will begin at
an early date.
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1910-10-21
Fourth Quarterly Meeting

Ed. J. X. Farris, presiding elder
for the Paragould district, will
hold the fourth and last quarterly
meeting for this charge this year,
tomorrow Saturday night. He
will preach at the regular hour and
hold the conference after preaching.
He will also preach Sunday at III,
a. m. The public cordially invited
to attend all services.
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1910-10-21

The Times Dispatch of Walnut
Ridge is certainly booster for its
town and county. 1t has recently
been enlarged to six.column quartO
and is filled every week with good,
live, news and editorial matter,
while the advertising columns re-
fleet the fact that the business men
of the town appreciate Lindsey's
efforts to publish paper worthy OF
their patronage.
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1910-10-21
Big LAND DEAL
CLOSED LAST WEEK
HI. NJ. Carter Secures 1000
Acres of Land at a Cost CT
Sl4, 600

Last week big land deal was
pulled off in Pocahontas, in which
j. w. Going sold his big farm
Just east of the river to NJ. NJ
Carter, the consideration being $l4,
600. Mr.. Going bought this land
two years ago from w. T. Bis.
pham, paying for it $1,000. This
shows clear profit of $1,000 on
Randolph county real estate in three
years.
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1910-10-21

The Corning Courier of last week
contained lengthy article relative
to the Randolph county Boys Corn
Club contest. The Courier is a
mighty good newspaper and does
not stop at boosting Clay county,
only, but always has something
good to say about Randolph when
ever the opportunity presents itself.
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1910-10-21

Cotton has been coming in at
lively clip this week, the average
being about 80 loads per day.
This means that about $4,000 per
day has been paid out for cotton in
p Jcahoutas this week.
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1910-10-21

G. Lee Wilson of the Star Herald
went to Chaffee last Saturday where
he was called as an important wit.
ness in case at law.
Mrs. j. 0. Ssllee left yesterday
for Little Rock to visit her daughter,
Miss Ona, who is attending school
there.
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1910-10-21

The fall campaign for trade Is
now on and Pocahontas merchants
are going after it. We are expect
ing that more goods will be sold
in Pocahontas this fall than ever
before in the history of the town.
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1910-10-21
A Few Bushels of Grain

few bushels of planted the ground many bushels
of grain So with the few dollars you put bank from time TO
time The rain causes grain grow and the we paw on
your savings account causes your dollars grow.
Would the abest business country have bank account
there advantages m Would hev have
been able to reach their commanding position spent
half their time worrying about the safety money they had made
We invite you to open account they did and the advantages
they found will surely you When you your money
don't let slip way from you, small amounts time.
We offer you onr bank safe place in which deposit your
money nice check and pass book If your name is not on our
books as a customer we invite you 20 begin this week.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-20
PUBLIC STILL HOLDS
AWAY FROM MARKET

James A. Pollock & Co. bankers and
| brokers. furnish the following, received
over their private wire Yesterday after
noon:
Paine. webher & Co. Letter. Boston
| The strength OF Lake and North Butte
was q feature OF the local market today.
| The monthly meeting Of the Lake dircC-
tors was held. and IL was announced that
conditions at the property continued fav-
orabic. and this brought in moro or less
buying from investors. North Butte de-
clared a dividend or 30c and the stock
rallied easily 10 30. The only trouble
with the market now IS the total lack
are very scarce but bids are equally few
and far between. This dun period must
be broken soon and every indication
points TO a good rally before end of the
year.
Logan s. Bryan Stock Letter. New
YorS.--Today's session was marked by
aggressive professional operations for n
rise. AS Indicated IN our earlier auyiccs.
II has been the rule rather than tho cN-
cepton over n period OF years 10 witness
an enhancement in quoted values during
tho latter part of December and often
times In January. This rise has frc-
quentlY occurred without regard to the
ultimate tendency OF prices and Is con
sidercd more IN the light OF creating a
more cheerful year ana sentiment rather
than as a reflection OF basic cond ditionS.
That tho present rise is professional ad-
mits OF little doubt. and especially AS
thr Investment and speculative Inquiries
from outside sources arc in smaller vol
umc than is generally witnessed at this
period. Reiuvestment IN anticipation Of
January Disbursements has often shaped
tho course OF prices in the latter part
of the year. but IL would seem that the
demands Of the short interest arc perhaps
more responsible than anything else for
the present show Of strength.
New York Standardization furnished
last week for temporarily, at least. that
the stock market was OVersold. was borne
out hv the strength In prices TODAY. Dur
ing the greater part Of the session there
was not much Increase In activity in
comparison with tho business Of the last
few days. but quoted values advanced
strongly on the moderate volume OF buy
ing while greater diyersifcation of in
tcrcst WAS manifested. Market held Its
advance firmly throughout tho afternoon.
with some special diversions furnished by
the strength OF Southern Railway stocks
and other spccaltcs. In the last hour
81 was quiet and there were some fraC |
tional rccessions. but proGt-taking sales
were we'll absorbed.
Horrhlowcr Letter. Boston.--Therc was !
very little doing again today in Boston. !
The uudcrtonc was strong. but demand |
was very limited. Traders did little hut |
worked ON the long sid" when opportJ- |
nitv showed itself F'celpg still modcr
atclv hulltsh hui nothing more than n
traders market in sight,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-20
NEW ORE BODY
HOLDS OUT WELL
Mason Valley Drifts Still Open
ing New Resources on
Third Level.
CONCRETE WORK AT
SMELTER STARTED
Company Provides for Plenty of
Electric Power for Fu-
ture Operations.

Nothing has better illustrated tho pos
sibilitios OF the Mason Valley Mines prop
erty at Mason than the discovery OF the
ore body not long ago cast OF the No. 3
tunnel lcvcl. This body was found about
forty feet cast OF the tunnel. and drifts
are now being driven both north and
south In the ore. That both faces arc
stu In fine grade copper ore. averaging
about per cent, and that the two faces
are now about 100 feet apart, is the
good news brought to the city Monday
by General Manager Jules Lab5rthc,
Mr.. Labarthc Is moro than satisfied with
mine conditions.
At tho Mason Valley smelling plant
tho contractors are losing no time Work
has been started ON the concrete foun-
Gatiou of the plant, tho cNcavating for
the whole smcltcr being about ono half
completed. One thousand yards OF con-
tho foundations FOR tho orc bins have
been started. Tho company has COM
plctcd tho two bunk houses and boarding
house for tho men, while the carpenter
shop and warehouse are about com
pleted
Mr.. Labarthc states that tho company
ls ready TO close the contract for the
power 10 he used at the plant with the
Truclec River General Electric COM
panN. BY the terms of this contract a
new steel tower transmission line will he
installed from Virginia CITY To the smell
ter site, which Will give two independent
sources OF eicCtri" cncrgy the site be-
mission line as we'll With these two
adequate sources OF electricity, the man
agcmcnt can expect no difficulty In Sc
curing steady power.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-20
NOLlCE,

Nolice is hereby given by the CITY
council OF salt Lake City of the nten-
ton OF such council TO make The fol-
lowing described improv vement. ,o-wit.
Constructing cement sidewalks five (5)
feet wide and four (i) inches thick on
both sides of Ninth avenue between X
and NJ streets. except les feet running
east from X street the south side
OF said Ninth avenue. In sidewalk dis
trict No. e. and defray the abutters'
portion OF the cost and expense thereof
estimated al one thousand two hundred
twenty-siX and 50-10O (Sl92650) dollars.
or one and l0-l00 ($l.10) dollars per
front or linear foot OF abuttlng prom
erty, there being Ills feet abutting said
Improvement. by n local ssessment upon
the lots or pieces OF ground within tho
following described district being the
district 10 he affected and benefited by
said improvement, namely:
All OF the south side OF lots | and .
block 1873. all OF the south side of lots
IL and "a Grand View subdivision block
1873: ell OF the north side o! lot 4. block
ll5: all OF the north side OF lots | and
49, Grand View subdivision. block ia
plat D. Salt Lake City survey.
The total cost OF said improvement Is
estimated at one thousand fve hundred
(S150000l dollars, OF which sum the
citys portion Is two hundred seventy
three and 5S-lO0 (s2TS6S> dollars. leaving
one thousand two hundred twenty-six
and 50-l00 (S1226.S0) dollars to be raised
by. local assessment
All protests and objections 10 the car
rying out of such intention must be
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-20
SPLENDID RECORD
Of GOLDF|ELD CON.
Appropriately Termed Worlds
Most Remarkable Gold
Producer.

The following bulletins from Thompson.
To"lc q Co. VIII bc read with interest by
western stockholders OF tho Goldlield Con-
solidatcd and First National Copper com
panics:
With tho payment of the first quarterly
dividend OF so cents regular and 20 cents
extra per share. Goldtcld Consolidated
Will have disburscd 10 stockholders ap-
proximately $4,000, 900. This is won
derful record and on it's present rate OF
dividends which call for, roughly, EnGOo, =
600 per annum, Goldhcld Consolidated Is
the greatest gold mine i'm the world. The
first OF 1868 .2ii was paid In October. 1907.
No dividends were paid from November.
1907, to April, 1903. or ior Approximately a
year and half.
on October 81, aftor the disbursement
OF the last dividend. the companys cash
balance was approximately $liOu. oop.
$il4.12I, which included the sum Of 500
900 for new construction. These figures
were somewhat above those for the
months Of tho third quarter. when total
net profits of 81. 7S3, 900 were made.
Taking the records for the three quar-
'ters Of the year. and estimating Noycm-
bcr and December. Goldheld Consolidated
should show for the calendar year not
profits OF approximately $500, 600, Re
cent developments on tho lOOO-foot level
Of the Clcrmout arc said 10 have been
very promising, this level, ii is stated,
showing a good grade of orc, equal to
that OF any OF the other levels In the
mine.
The management OF the First National
Copper company is in receipt OF the fol-
lowing telegram. dated Coram. Cal. De-
combcr 10:
ION account OF tho attitude taken by
the farmers, operations at tile smclter Will
be stopped until we can install a. new sot
Of electrodes in the CottrCll plant which
VIII require from three TO four weeks
IL Is stated that although tho farmers
have taken this attitude, the general
manager is more encouraged than at any
time and believes that the difficulties will
bc rcmcdicd and the fumes eliminated.
Figures FOR production during Novem-
bcr have not yet been received, but an
estimate places these nj $50 600 pounds.
Tho October figures. which showed
production OF 92S $50 pounds, covered "A
period OF approximately six weeks, or
since operations were begun at the smell
ter. September 20, after two months
shut down. The above figures include
custom ore.
First National should end the year 1910
with between $500. 900 and 10. 600. 900
pounds Of copper, which will include near
ly two and onc-half months when the
plant was shut down. and period since
operations were resumed when but ono
furnace was running.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-20
RIO PLATA COMPANY
FEELS MEXIC0 TROUBLE

Tho officers of the Rio Plata Mining
company hnyc received Information TO
the effect that tho insurreCtiou in Mexico
had intcrfcrcd with the operation Of the
mine and with the shipping OF its pro-
duct The state Of Chihuahua. in the
western part of which the mine Is sit
uatod was for a while the center Of dis
turbances: and tho difficulties OF mining
were further complicated by tho fact
that ono Of the subordinate officials oC
the company quit work To join the revo-
Though II is ciEhty-tive miles from the
terminus OF the Kansas city, Mexico &
Orient railway Cthc ''Stiiwcll linc'O. the
mining company has to depend upon TINT
road 10 chip lis silver most Of the way
TO the market. While the nsurrcction
was I'm progress there the railway was
unable TO move the freight offered. The
scene of war has shifted now. and II Is
understood that trains are again moving
regularly. The Itoductlou OF the Rio
Plata i'm November amounted To 6a.2.o
ounces Of silver, from f. To H. per cent
less than that FOR ihc previous month