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The Mena weekly star., 1910-07-14
BAD NEGRO KILLED
Threatened White Man With Gun and
 Fired on Officers.

A letter received by The Star from E. R. Thomas at Caddo Gap, Mont gomery county, says that bad nig- ger was killed near there recently while in a fight with officers. He had threatened a man with his gun, and the officers were put after him. When they found him he ran away, but fired four shots at the officers, one of whom returned the fire and brought him down with a load of buckshot. He ran a short distance and fell dead. He was buried on the Caddo river.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-07-14
Can't Stand Texas.

c. w. Tribble. formerly of Mis- souri. who has in years past sold much nursery stock in this county, and made good with the purchas- CTS, wrote to A. w. Smith from Wichita Falls, Tex. that he wants to come to this section. He speaks of the wind, dust, sand and water of Texas as though he wanted to get away from them mighty bad.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-07-14
..rorey's Kidney Pi,Is Cured rle"

The above is q quotation from 2 letter written by w. H. Winkler, Ev- ansvi,le. Ind. II contracted severe ease of kidney trouble. My back gave out and pained me. l seemed to have lost all strength and ambition; was bothered with dizzy spells, my head would swim aud specks float before my eyes. took Foley's Kidney Pills regularly and am now perfectly well and feel like new man. Foley $ Kidney Pills have cured me. I" Sold by Jackson Drug and Furniture Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-07-14
GUY BREWER TO LEAVE
Assistant Forest Ranger Transferred
 to Station Above Eagleton.

Guy Brewer, assistant forest rang CT, who has for some months main tained headquarters in Mena, last week received orders from w. D. Adams, the new supervisor of the Arkansas National Forest. to change his post of duty to the Eagle Gap ranger station, three miles north of Eagleton.
 This is done because of a redis- tricting of the forest, and will go into effect during the next sixty days.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-07-14
BLIND FARMER MAKING GOOD
D. W. Pitts. Near Big Fork, Now
 Planting Broom Corn.
, nocIal Correspondence to The Sun

Special Correspondence to The Star.
 Big Fork, July 6.-D. w. Pitts. the blind farmer who came here about year ago from Hill county, Texas, is making a success of his work and now is getting ready to plant broom corn on his oat stubble ground. If this produces well Mir. Pitts says he will have his broom making machinery brought here from Texas in the near future.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-07-14
POLK COUNTY ROADS
B. (. Davis, County Commissioner Tells of Drags and Urges Their Use
 in Place of Picks and Shovels.

To the Editor of The Star; Dear Sir--I was pleased to read what J. c. Garland had to say about better roads and our drags. We have 13 road drags now in this county. We have the A shaped ditch opener and the common King drag all with steel bits.
 1 have been urging the overseers and all the free labor to use more teams. Get the free labor to bring teams. andwhen they can blow. and for all good teams and driver give them three days for one. only say blow. as in some districts we are short on blows.
 I will make road drags and help to make road drags for any and all. More drags used means more good roads.
 We are getting in earnest about better roads.
 First, water is the great destructive agent. In level or flat country we have to grade the road bed and rais, | it above the water soaked earth. But in Polk county, where we have plenty of drainage and good road material. all we have to do is to start ditches. one or two as the case may require. On cross, slanting ground. one ditch is all that is necessary. A ditch on the lower side will help the road bed to wash and cave. When we get the ditches started few inches deep with roots and boulders out, the rains and water will do the rest.
 From one to two years the ditches
 will get SO deep they will not be safe. Then we can use our drags and drag
 from the center to the sides and that will reduce our ditches.
 We have about 800 miles of public
 road in Polk county. We will never
 make good roads with the pick and
 shovel, though the pick and shovel are fine and good tools in their places.
 Now to handle about $50 miles ol public road we have n 3-mill tax and
 about 1,050 free labor men over 2l and under 45 years of age.
 The drag and the blow is the only hope. The drag will bring everything to the center of the road. Now the treat trouble with our roads is, VIC
 don't get back to them often enough They wash and turn the roadbed into
 from one to four ditches. Sometimes
 the roadbed is one big rough rocl
 ditch.
 I If we will get from one to four day'
 on every road we have, and get tho farmers to help use them, this wash | ine will be checked. The call for rock'
 to be taken out of the roads will no | he heard so often then. Now the wa } fer washes the dirt away and leave: the very things we don't need-th'
 large rocks. ,. Gentlemen, have worked and studl ed Polk county roads for five years. believe we have plenty of good roat material on the ground and all WI : have to do is the shaping and mixinl
 of this material. The drag will hell us to bring a small amount Of materia to the right place al the time to make
 good roads cheap don't think owe
 2 few inches of dirt in the road at th'
 time packs well. Twill have to clos'
 and eo. A good overseerer has sent 10 me at Hatfield, Mir. J. I. Grltfln. Your humble commissioner, s BIG. DAVIS. : Mena. Ark. July $, l9lO.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-07-14
FELL DEAD AT WORK
James Eirly. Employee of Dierks Company Overcome by
 Heat at De Queen.
Ffom the DeQueen Bee.

Ffom the DeQueen Bee
 James Early. an employee at Dierks. hardwood mill in this city. fell dead while trucking lumber between two.and three o'clock this afternoon.
 Dr. L. R. Hopkins, who reached the scene just afterward, pronounced the cause of Early's death to be heat pros tration.
 Early was strong in appearance and evidently in good health. He leaves a family. He had been in the em- ploy of the company for about seven years.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-07-14
Fort Smith Merchant Dead.

G. T. Hightower, who travels for Reynolds-Davis Company, wholesale grocers of Fort Smith and was in Mena Thursday received a long distance telephone call and was told that P. R. Davis, one of the members of the firm, had died suddenly that morning.
 MT. Hightower left this afternoon for Fort Smith.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-07-14
The Park Makes Another Hit.

Prof W. R. Ayers. of Brick, Okla, who recently acquired some Polk county property, is making Mena Q visit He says he is surprised at what he finds here. the park and the water being especially pleasing.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-07-14
"Is Life Worth Saving ?''

Mrs. Mollie McRaney, Prentiss, Miss, writes that she had q severe case of kidney and bladder trou- ble, and that four bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy cured her sound and we'll. She closes her letter by saying: "l heartily recommend Foley's Kid ney Remedy to any sufferer of kidney disease. It saved my life. Sold by Jackson Drug and Furniture Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-07-14
A Few Short Weeks.

I'M MT. j. s. Bartell, Edwardsville, its,;, t;, writes; "A few months ago my Aiuneys become congested. I had I;se IIssere oaekache and pain across the pps.1,,neys and hips. Foloy's Kidney aaa a1s promptly cured my backache
 nuu corrected the action of my kid nsla s Ihis was brought about after ana s'ag them for only few short weeks Sala aI can cheerfully recommend them " coa co'a oy Jackson Drug and Furniture
The Mena weekly star., 1910-07-14
Mena, Ark, July 8, 1910.

Folev's Kidney Remedy will cure any case of kidney and blacder trou- ble not beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more. Soiu oy Jackson Drug and Furniture Co
The Mena weekly star., 1910-07-14
POLK COUNTY ELECTION
 COMMISSIONERS CHOSEN

The following dispatch was re- ceived by The Star last week.
 Little Rock, July 6.--J. I. Alley, E. B. Cox and M. A. Stratton were chosen election commissioners of Polk county this afternoon.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-07-14
.JEFFRIES-JOHNSON
 FIGHT CAUSES ROW
One Negro Slain and Another Believed Fatally Wounded as Result of Dis cussion = Black Kills
 Bridge Tender.S

Georeetown, July 5.-A white man and a negro are dead, another negro is believed to be mortally wounded and a third black is slightly wounded, as the outcome of quarrel which arose at the new bridge of the Mis- souri and North Arkansas railroad here last night between whites and hlacks. The trouble originated in a raid made by officers on negro blind tiaer near the bridge some time ago, but was brought to climax in a heated discussion over the Johnson ,Jeffries fight, it is said.
 Frank Johnson, bridge tender, about 30 years old, was shot through the heart by a negro and he died al- most instantly. The black, with his friends, took to his heels, with Win chester, with which he did the shoot ine. in his hands. They escaped in the bottom lands of the White river
 Immediately after the shooting, other white men carried Johnson s body to town and notified the officers. A posse of ten men. including con stables and deputy sheriffs, headed by Deputy Sheriff Harris, started in pursuit of the fleeing negroes, and soon found trace of them in the river bottoms.
 Chase Negroes on Hand Car.
 The chase led through swampy land in the bottoms to the Missouri and North Arkansas tracks, at a point some distance below Georgetown. There the negroes had evidently taken to the tracks.
 The posse commanded hand car and started south. At the junction of the Missouri and North Arkansas and the Rock Island railroads. they overlook a party of negroes.
 Haiti yelled one of the consta- bles.
 The negroes started to run, and a load of buckshot was sent after them One of them was fatally wounded. it is believed, but he was led away by others who escaped in a nearby woods. A second black. stung with buckshot, halted and was captured. He was taken back to Georgetown, where it was found that he had nothing what ever to do with the original trouble.
 The posse continued the chase after the other blacks. They took cir cuitous route through the country. it is said. and then returned to the rail- road tracks near Wheatley.
 Two miles south of Wheatley at o'clock this afternoon. the sheriff s posse again overlook the negroes. The OhC WHO Wdo oiiot Dy q HtttlbCf ui tlit posse earlier in the day was not with them. One of them, however. carried Winchester
 One Sbot by Deputy Sheriff.
 At the command of the posse to halt. the man raised his gun. A quick shot from Deputy Sheriff liar ris, brought him down. The others escaped. and it is believed they are headed toward the Mississippi bot toms.
 The wounded negro died soon after he was picked up. and the body was taken back to Wheatly this afternoon. It IS believed that the other man was abandoned by his companions and left to die in the White river swamps
 The dead man at Whcatley was identified later in the day as the negro
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-06
Organize For
Experiment Crop Work
Progressive Citizens Southeast of City Unite For Agricultural
Development of Section of BernaIlbo County Which is Rap
idly Forging to the Front.

district and even from the city. II has
a membership of 35.
The latest advance mas been the
organization of the Farmers Expert
ment Association" The purpose of
this association Is to promote agricul-
tural experiments. Every member
pledges himself to experiment with
one or more farm products, and to re-
port TO the association the expert
mental crop, the methods Of preparing
the land. the character. times and
method of sowing or planting the seed;
the times and quality of irrigation;
the times and method OF harvesting;
the cost of the crop and its gross pro-
duct.
ON the evening Of last Wednesday
the association met at the Rio Grande
Industrial school and organized by
the adoption OF a constitution and by
and the election OF officers. A..
O.. lleyman. principal of the Rio
Industrial school, was selected
for president. and his kind offer of a
room in the main building Of the
for meeting place was GLADLY
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-06

The southeastern part Of the Albu-
querque valley. that lying below the
stockyards and north Of lsleta and east
of the river. is improving mare rapidly.
in all probability. than any other part
of Bernalillo county.
All but two families in the section
indicated are Americans. Last sum
mer they were given a public school
district Of their own. No. Is; for three
years they have had a private school.
the Lodcn academy. n we years
ago there was started the lilo Grande
Industrial school Thus the school
facilities Of the section are superior to
those OF any other district i'm he
county. outside OF the city OF Albu-
querque.
In addition there has been in eN-
since last spring. The Valley
Literary Society," which meets every
evening at the house Of some
member. and which. has attracted the
attention OF persons outside OF the
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-06
AMERICAS LEADING CLAIR
NOYANT.

The name of Mizpah is known from
coast to coast. she never changes her
name to suit the occasion or location,
she is not Garcia in a Spanish town
or Murphy in an Irish community,
she is proud of her past record.
DO NOT THROW MONEY AWAY
on clairvoyants who are here today
and there tomorrow. Madam Mizpah
is located permanently in her own
home. and will do all she adVertises or
accept no fee. Save 81 by present.
ing this coupon at her office within Is
days, and get her SPECIAL PSYCHE
TRANCE READING. MEDIUMS De
NELOPED. Hours. 10 a. m. to 5 p. IN.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-06

only Dead Trance Medium in the
Southwest. Palmist and Clairvoyant.
SHE TELLS YOUR NAME. WHY
YOU CALLED, WHO AND WHEN
YOU MARRY. Gives facts. dates,
names. Tells of business, journeys,
investments, wills. pensions. enemies,
friends. love, marriage and divorce.
She tells YOU how to remove your
troubles, reunites the separated, To-
Gates the lost and brings about speedy
marriage with the one YOU love. Call,
not to visit, but TO consult her, her
offices are crowded SO she has no
time for idle gossip. but If you are
looking for help SHE CAN AND
WILL HELP YOU.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-06

accepted. j. -. Bowers was elected
vice president and George T Gould.
secretary and treasurer.
The association has been promised
possible assistance from the New
Mexico agricultural college. and IL
hopes to secure the visit and advice Of
the Santa Fe railroads. agricultural
agent. Bernaliilo county is forging
ahead.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-06

Clancy, Surgeon General Robert
Smart. Colonel Se%cundino Romero,
Colonel NJ. NJ. Padgett, Colonel w. A.
Fleming Jones. Colonel Jose u. Sena.
Colonel J. W. Wilson and Colonel e.
w. Dobson. From s until $3.50 the af-
fair viii be a public reception and all
will have an opportunity to meet
Governor Mills and wife. The ball will
open at 9:30, to which only the club
members, their wives and friends are
invited. This viii be the most bril-
liant social affair of the year. and
the club is looking forward with live
Hest anticipation to the event.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. s.. Summers We're
surprised host ana hostess to a party
of friends at their country home three
miles north Of the city on Friday night.
The evening was spent in music. dane
ing ana cards. Mr.. and Mrs. sum
mers rose nobly to the occasion and
unexpected guests. Those present
were: Mr.. and Mrs. y. Thomas and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Albers. Mr..
and Mrs. 4. +. Bin Mr.. and Mrs. j..
Stuckel: Misses Martha Mann. Clara
Butcher. Bertha Saudenlager. Messrs.
Chas. Banghart. L. f.. Steiner, Arno
Butcher. George Mann. otto Mann and
William Mann.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-06

Society'in Albuquerque Is apparent
~ generally observing Lent in spirit
as well as in letter, the Washington
birthday affairs being perhaps excep-
tons to the general closeN observance
OF the season of abstinence from fes-
tivity. st. Patrick's day will have its
customary gayieties among which the
bali of the Theatrical and Mechanical
Observation-Disclosures known as the T..
N. A.-promises to be 4 social sue
cess. The Elks' will hold open house
on the Monday after Easter, with an
elaborate bail. and judging from the
capable committees in charge, il
promises to eclipse all previous sue
cessful efforts of the b. Il. O. f..
The Good Cheer clu met Tuesday
evening at odd Fellows han. This
organization is a branch of the Rebe-
kah's, though engaged in ~philanthro-
pic work Independent of the Triple
Link lodge. These ladies are doing
needle work for the needy and plan
to have sales and give entertainments,
the proceeds TO be applied exclusively
10 charitable purposes. The follow
ing ladies comprise the present MEM
bership: Mesdames A. Bailey, Beyers,
chatham, Collester, Doolittle, Doug
las, L.. Inglee, Pratt, Riehl, II. Il.
Rogers, Sparks, Mary Strouse, Stokes,
Tribby. Van Eaton, sam Vann, John
Wen, Harris Gatchell and Loudon.
= = =
Miss Pauline Cartwright was n
charming hostess to the Saturday AZ
ternoon Stub yesterday, at her home
in Old Albuquerque. Needlework is
the first object of this club, though a
pleasant social hour is easily the
second motive, An appetizing lunch
was a feature of the afternoon. The
members are Mrs. Quinn, Mrs. Pink.
Miss Pratt. Misses Bluensr, Gladys
Mandell, Pauline Cartwright and Sara
Han.
The Tuesday club was entertained
last week by Mrs. w. G.. Hope of West
Copper avenue. italian Architec-
ture,' was the days study. Mrs.
Johnson conducting the class. Short
talks dealing Intimately with the sub
Mrs. Christy, Mrs. Barney and Mrs,
Cooper. After an hour, instructive
as well as interesting, the guests EN-
joyed luncheon.
Among the affairs of recent date
was a thimble party for Mrs. Otto
Schuster, who has left for a s~ojourn
abroad, given by Mrs. Berthold Spitz.
A dainty luncheon was served to the
following guests: Mesdames Gold
burg, Hopewell, Uhlfelder, Max
Schuster. Noa HELD, James Grunsfeld,
Fischer, Danahy and Kempenich.
4 4
Miss Katherine O'Rielly entertained
the Randy Kids yesterday afternoon.
There was a departure from the
usual candv making, and the young
ladies were the guests OF the young
hostess at a picture show, after which
they enjoyed ice cream at O'Rielly's.
q 4 q
Miss Suzanne Edgar. who has spent
the winter as the guest of her bro
thor. will leave Monday for home in
bonneville, Mo. Miss Edgar won
many friends during her s%ojourn in
the city and has been the recipient Of
many social affairs given in her honor. I
= a q
The st. Johns Guild sewing society !
met with Mrs. Rummell Monday af-
Light refreshments were
served.
Mrs. Pitt Ross will extend her hos :
pitality to the w. G. T.. T.. on next !
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-06

The st. Johns Guild sewing society
met with Mrs. Rummell Monday af-
ternoon. Light refreshments We're
served.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-06

Among the affairs of recent date
was a thimble party for Mrs. otto
Schuster, who has left for a sojourn
abroad, given by Mrs. Berthold Spitz.
A dainty luncheon was served to the
following guests: Mesdames Gold
burg, HopeWell, Uhlfelder, Max
Schuster, Noa HELD, James Grunsfeld,
LIschnr nannhN md knmnnnich
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-06

of Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve We're
sold in 1905 and not one word Of COM
plant. though every tube was sold
under a positive guarantee. 1t IS good
for nothing but the eyes. ASK your
druggist.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-06

Fully nine out of every ten cases o.
rheumatism is simply rheumatism of
the muscles due to cold or damp. or
chronic rheumatism. neither of which
require any internal treatment. Al
that is needed to afford relief is the
free application OF Chamberlain's In
iment. Give u a trial. You are GER
tain to be pleased with the quick re-
lief which Il affords. Sold BY all
druggists.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-06

Mrs. Pitt Ross will extend her hos
pitality to the w. G. T. Z. on neX
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-11-25
POINDEXTER DEFENDANT OF
VALIANT SPEAR CARRIERS?

The Poindexters in Jersey, who
spelled their name Poingdestres,
became governors and writer's and
knights, and fought in all the bat
ties there were. When Cromwell
came in they fought for the king,
and when he was defeated they
went over to France to fight for
the Protestant Huguenots.
Four generations of Poindexter
were governors of Jersey, and five
generations were judges.
When America was discovered,
the Poindexters hurried over to
Virginia and settled there. A
George Poindexter, who followed
John Smith to Jamestown was the
ancestor of Senator Poindexter.
1t is only fair to the insurgent
senator to say that this informa-
ton about his past was not dug up
by professional pedigree hunter.
They keep track of such things in
the island where the Jersey cows
come from, and the Evening Post
reporter found all this in the rec
ords of the island. =
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-11-25
Why Do Women Cry?

prised at the young women in the
twenties l treat for nerve disor-
ders, the most usual manifesto
ton of which is crying, and hys-
terics, at the slightest provoca-
ton.
"Of course sorrow, pain and
rage are normal causes for tears.
But the bulk of feminine crying,
according to evidence, is done for
no apparent good reason.
"Why do they cry2 For new
hat, a new dress or just because
they like to. Does anybody really
know"
Women do a lot of crying at
theaters. what are~you bawling
for?" one husband asked his wife
at the show.
When she had finished sniffling
she replied: Probably for the
same reason you threw away a
god hat and lost your false teeth
out at the ball park when some
man you weren't even. acquainted
with slid on his back across the
ground"
Which may explain why women
cry, sometimes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-11-25

The little isle of Jersey, off the
British coast, where the Jersey
cows come from, is now claiming
Miles G. Poindexter, insurgent
senator from Washington, as a
son.
In a recent article printed in
the Jersey Evening Post, publish
ed on the isle of Jersey, a writer
traces Miles ancestors clear back
a thousand years to $50, when the
Normans first settled the island.
The writer tells a legend that
traces the. family back to the times
of Rollo the Norman, who invaded
France and was made ruler of a
corner of it, which became Nor
mandy, in 912, just 99S years ago.
This original Poindexter, it seems,
who wore long hair and whiskers
and sandals and "a breech clout,
and carried a long spear and a
battered helmet and shield, was
the leader of the right wing, and
got the name of Poindexter, mean
ing Striking right arm"